The Patria is a fascinating four-book collection of short historical notes, stories, and legends about the buildings and monuments of Constantinople,... Læs mere
Scholars have long claimed that the Eastern Roman Empire, a Christian theocracy, bore little resemblance to ancient Rome. Here, Anthony Kaldellis... Læs mere
Illustrated with many color images, The Annotated Wuthering Heights provides those encountering the novel for the first time, as well as those returning to it, with a... Læs mere
More than 50 years later the murky circumstances and tragic symbolism of Patrice Lumumba’s assassination trouble people around the world. Emmanuel Gerard and... Læs mere
Old English Shorter Poems offers tantalizing insights into the Anglo-Saxon mental landscape. These poems and charms find meaning in the loss of... Læs mere
From 1980 to 1988 Iran and Iraq fought the longest conventional war of the century. It included tragic slaughter of child soldiers, use of chemical weapons, striking of civilian... Læs mere
Aldus Manutius was the most innovative scholarly publisher of the Renaissance. This ITRL edition contains all of his prefaces to his editions of the Greek classics, translated for the... Læs mere
Minuchin traces for the first time the minute operations of day-to-day practice. Having achieved renown for his theoretical breakthroughs and his success at treatment, he now... Læs mere
Religious beliefs and practices, which permeated all aspects of life in antiquity, traveled well-worn routes throughout the Mediterranean. New gods encountered by... Læs mere
According to Yeats, rhetoric is the expression of one’s quarrels with others, while poetry is the expression (and sometimes the resolution) of one’s quarrel... Læs mere
We see the word 'religion' everywhere, yet do we understand what it means, and is there a consistent worldwide understanding? Who discovered religion and in what context? This title offers an argument that the comparative study of religion finds its origin in early modern Europe.
Offers commentary and an illustrated history of the representations of people of African... Læs mere