Corinne Hofmann describes her return to Switzerland and the difficulties that faced her there, detai... more

In this classic study from management expert Fredmund Malik, managers will find sound professional a... more

Includes tales as ’Isabella and the Pot of Basil’ (famously adapted by Keats) and ’Patient Griselda’... more

Tears of Eros is the culmination of Georges Bataille’s inquiries into the relationship between viole... more

Shortlisted for the 2014 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award National Geographic Adventurer o... more

A new translation by Peter Constantine Introduction by Albert Russell Ascoli The first modern treatise of political...... more

Juvenal’s Satires create a fascinating (and immediately familiar) world of whores, fortune-tellers, ... more

Poems include elegies to Ovid s mistress, advice on courtship, suggestions on how to break off a rel... more

powerful, illuminating, heart-rending picture of what the war was really like. In this masterful book, renowned historian Peter...... more

This is the new and substantially expanded edition of a modern chess classic. Upon its publication i... more

Alain Badiou, one of the most powerful voices in contemporary French philosophy, shows how our preva... more

Niklas Luhmann ranks as one of the most important sociologists and social theorists of the twentieth... more

Gone are the times when sprouting hair on a man s chest was considered to be unstylish. Chest hair a... more

Presents a collection of all of Catullus extant works.... more

The two types of meditation that form the core of Buddhist spiritual practice are: tranquillity (sam... more

Like many founding fathers, Rida Sa d (1876-1946) lived a cosmopolitan life before taking on his mon... more

In his day Ernst Toller (1893-1939) was as renowned as the young Bertolt Brecht. High profile person... more

A master of high modernist literature explores female sexuality and desire through the eyes of two w... more

In this meticulously researched study, Konrad Schmid offers a historical clarification of the concep... more

Charged with treason under Theodoric the Great in sixth-century Rome, Boethius served one year s imp... more

Charged with treason under Theodoric the Great in sixth-century Rome, Boethius served one year s imp... more

verse translation into contemporary English, Peter Thornton makes the classic work fresh again for a new generation of...... more

This is the first of five volumes that will be based on lectures given by Pierre Bourdieu at the Col... more

The novels comprise a series of laws issued in the sixth century by the famous Emperor Justinian (r.... more

Have you ever wondered what your cat is saying? Cats do not meow randomly, nor do they growl or hiss... more

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A riveting biography of one of German Communism’s most important, if little studied rank and file le... more

Ernst Bloch was one of the most significant twentieth-century German thinkers, yet he remains oversh... more

Subsistence crops ? the grains and other food items necessary to a people s survival ? were a centra... more

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International Dagger Award shortlisted author Cay Rademacher delivers a captivating follow-up to his... more

culinary tradition of equal richness and importance. In The Culinary Crescent: A History of Middle Eastern Cuisine, Peter Heine...... more

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A deftly crafted biography of the author of Siddhartha, whose critique of consumer culture continues... more

Any organization, no matter how stolid, may be unsettled by the news that a new boss is about to tak... more

Bookshops is the best kind of biblio-mystery, in which a cultivated and civilized detective guides u... more

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An impressive and very funny collection of stories by Teresa Solana but the fun is very dark indeed.... more

Fiction. Literary Nonfiction. Translated by Peter Thompson. In 1970, Nabile Far s was asked to interview James Baldwin...... more

The original version of the classic novel of the epic World War II battle, confiscated by the Russia... more

of its passion and literary vigor. Restoring the lyricism of Augustine s original language, Peter Constantine offers a...... more

. For more than seven centuries, these poems have resonated with countless readers ... Peter MacMillan s] excellent new...... more

In 2015, an unprecedented number of people from Africa and the Near East took flight and sought refu... more

down. Brilliant’ ***** Translated from the German by Peter Millar...... more

Mountain ) and sheds light on its origins and authorship like never before. Kazuaki Tanahashi and Peter Levitt honor the...... more

Built within an exceptional watershed, Montreal is intertwined with the waterways that ring its isla... more

A fascinating, helpful exploration of the underlying principles of the ancient Chinese discipline of... more

Peter Boyle. In addition, Boyle provides an extensive introduction placing Kozer s work in a critical context. The Spanish...... more

translator Peter Green. Accompanied by an illuminating introduction, maps, chapter summaries, a glossary, and explanatory notes...... more

Gennady Aygi’s longtime translator and friend Peter France has compiled this moving collection of tributes dedicated to...... more

poets to come. In Writings from the Golden Age of Russian Poetry, Peter France interweaves Batyushkov’s life and writings...... more