The History of Development, now in its fourth edition, is a classic development text, which has both... more

This book is the first major study of the history of environmentalism, from its origins in romantici... more

The work of Lorenzo Valla (1406-57) has enjoyed renewed attention in recent years, as have new criti... more

English summary: Nuccio Ordine and Abraham Flexner argue for the usefulness of the useless. Through ... more

range of Sanskrit literature, an assessment that still rings true. Patrick Olivelle’s new translation of this significant...... more

Focusing on the case of the Hazaras, a population from central Afghanistan, this book shows how migr... more

Hermetic theosophy, originally an offspring of Egyptian religion, spread throughout the ancient worl... more

Struggles over drinking water, new outbreaks of mass violence, ethnic cleansing, civil wars in the e... more

tzi the iceman could not do without wood when he was climbing his Alpine glacier, nor could medieval... more

In The Delusions of Economics, Gilbert Rist presents a radical critique of neoclassical economics fr... more

In The Delusions of Economics, Gilbert Rist presents a radical critique of neoclassical economics fr... more

Twenty years have passed since the Italian Communists last Congress in 1991, in which the death of ... more

This book takes a thematic look at the historical roots of the debate surrounding old age and diseas... more

It is commonly assumed that the rise of modern democracies put an end to the spectacular and ceremon... more

It is commonly assumed that the rise of modern democracies put an end to the spectacular and ceremon... more

Generating Traces in the History of the World is a synthesis of Monsignor Luigi Giussani s reflectio... more

Generating Traces in the History of the World is a synthesis of Monsignor Luigi Giussani s reflectio... more

Global warming and the future of the climate is one of the greatest challenges of our time, but what... more

Mother Louise Margaret Claret de la Touche, a Visitation sister, was commissioned first by Our Lord,... more

The shocking treatise that was a bestselling international media sensation upon its 2007 publication... more

Albert Speer remains the most mysterious character of the leadership of the Nazi regime. He was the ... more

As a young priest, Luigi Giussani was troubled by Catholicism’s inability to effectively deal with s... more

As a young priest, Luigi Giussani was troubled by Catholicism’s inability to effectively deal with s... more

This richly documented book asks the major questions about the enormously important political and ge... more

Fidel Castro is one of the most interesting and controversial personalities of our time - he has bec... more

This richly documented book asks the major questions about the enormously important political and ge... more

In this major new work - the result of a lifetime of intellectual engagement - one of the developing... more

Critically addressing gender relationships, the author gives a poignant account of the linkage betwe... more

According to current deabtes, individualization has frequently been proposed as the conceptual cou... more

First published in Spanish in 1971, The Mexican Revolution has been praised by Mexico’s Nobel Prize-... more

Esther Benbassa and Jean-Christophe Attias pose a number of controversial questions that challenge p... more

As this memoir reveals, Count Miklos Banffy lived in a time and era of great transition. Banffy s li... more