Sometime around 1190, King Alfonso VIII of Castile granted a royal charter to the community of Cuenc... more

The Germania of Tacitus is the most extensive account of the ancient Germans written during the Roma... more

Formal logic, free from the ambiguities of natural languages, is especially suited for use in comput... more

The Athenian democracy of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. is the most famous and perhaps the mos... more

This is a major, groundbreaking study by a leading scholar of continental witchcraft studies, now ma... more

Published in the new Methuen Classical Dramatists series A dramatist whose trademark was the unexpec... more

This first-time English translation of the Wakan roei shu includes insightful annotations after each... more

This long overdue English translation of Karl L with s magisterial study is a major event in Nietzsc... more

Georg Knepler s biographical study explores Mozart s life and works from many new perspectives. It s... more

The name of John Calvin is frequently associated with the doctrine of predestination. Published in 1... more

Erasmus: His Life, Works, and Influence is a comprehensive introduction to Erasmus’s life, works, an... more

Matthew s Gospel is the most significant Jewish-Christian document of the New Testament. Ulrich Luz ... more

Why do we find it necessary to slaughter living animals in order to enjoy their flesh? And why does ... more

One approach to Chronicles would suggest that it was not considered an altogether vital component in... more

Thirty years ago, our attention was drawn to the alphabetical incom- itances in strabismus. As an el... more

Brilliantly rich and wildly provocative, a postmodern take on the literary thriller by the inimitabl... more

’’The review articles in this series are invariably of a high standard, and those contained in the m... more

This book is of interest for students of mathematics or of neighboring subjects like physics, engine... more

The characteristics of all main groups of soil-bound insects are given in this book.... more

The 1889 Meiji constitution: how it actually worked, the establishment of the Diet and the shifting ... more

Selected essays from the rich and complex collection of Edouard Glissant, one of the most prominent ... more

This magnificent survey of the most popular period in music history is an extended essay embracing m... more

A study of the life of Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote. It traces his life as a soldier, as a t... more

This important book brings together three long-lost texts, the earliest known writings on Zen. -- Re... more

This annotated translation is the first systematic rendering into any Western language of the nine m... more

The Foundations of Arithmetic is undoubtedly the best introduction to Frege s thought; it is here th... more

Few stories were as widely known during the Middle Ages as the account of Iwein and Laudine, which a... more

The Arthurian verse-novel Wigalois, written by the German knight Wirnt von Grafenberg in the early y... more

Rilke’s work translated by J. B. Leishman....... more

St. Thérèse’s autobiography was first published soon after her death in 1897 at the age of 24. Combi... more

original and enormously influential, Thus Spoke Zarathustra is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale in Penguin...... more

The brilliant first novel in the Encircling Trilogy, a searing psychological portrait of a man by hi... more

WWII began with a metallic roar as the German Blitzkrieg raced across Europe, spearheaded by the mos... more

’If we submit everything to reason our religion will be left with nothing mysterious or supernatural... more

For Christians, Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God, who died for the sins of the world, and who ros... more

In late 1888, only weeks before his final collapse into madness, Nietzsche (1844-1900) set out to co... more

This bilingual board book edition of Donald Crews s Caldecott Honor Book is perfect for teaching bas... more

Personified animals (snakes, wolves, sheep), natural things (a swamp, a lake, a rainbow, trees), man... more

After the death of his parents, Botchan leaves Tokyo to be a math teacher in the ultra-traditional M... more

A playful, personal, and profound interview with Gilles Deleuze, covering topics from Animal to Z... more

Choo choo A train is passing by Can you count the cars? Can you name the colors? Where is the train ... more

A contemporary English translation of the Arabic holy book which brought the sacred words of Allah t... more

A selection of the tales told by Shahrazad in an attempt to save her life, including The Young Woma... more

The Guin Saga is epic heroic fantasy in the same vein as Robert E. Howard’s Conan, the Barbarian. Mo... more

Nigel J. Cooper of six stories, including two that have never before appeared in English....... more

After Lucius is transformed into an ass because of his curiosity and fascination for sex and magic, ... more

A grieving widow discovers a most unexpected form of healing--hunting for mushrooms. Moving . . . L... more

Now made available for both domestic and international Spanish readers, L. Dee Fink s updated bestse... more

For the modern world Greek tragedy is represented almost entirely by those plays of Aeschylus, Sopho... more

For the modern world Greek tragedy is represented almost entirely by those plays of Aeschylus, Sopho... more

translator J. Kates calls a "mystic community of communication."...... more

Generally considered something of a departure for Dostoyevsky, The Landlady was first published in 1... more

This collection offers the first English translation of the oldest known Christian hymnal, a book of... more

A new translation that captures the gripping power of one of the greatest war stories ever told--Jul... more