Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is...... more

result, called by one critic "the greatest short story collection of all time" (Leonard Barkan, Princeton University) is a...... more

A collaboration representing multiple nationalities, professional perspectives, and denominational traditions, this...... more

The Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible created by Jews seeking a place of legitimacy for diaspora...... more

a long historical evolution of the idea of Christian knighthood and holy war. Carl Erdmann developed this argument first...... more

a long historical evolution of the idea of Christian knighthood and holy war. Carl Erdmann developed this argument first...... more

structure. Beginning with a critical introduction for nonspecialists and specialists alike, Frances Pritchett and Owen Cornwall...... more

. The work was intended as a continuation of the earlier chronicle of Helmold of Bosau, and covers the years 1172-1209, in...... more

theory. He brings together political theory, critical social science, and a keen sense of the power of popular movements to...... more

Hired to write a travel article for a magazine, Ulan-Bator ventures to Mongolia, where he finds a cast of odd and...... more

A superb new edition of Epictetus s famed handbook on Stoicism--translated by one of the world s leading authorities on...... more

For 872 days during World War II, the city of Leningrad endured a crushing blockade at the hands of German forces...... more

Sara Lovestam’s Wonderful Feels Like This is "a coming-of-age tale of a young artist and is as soulful as it is...... more

A hypnotic novel intertwining the author s past with James Earl Ray s attempt to escape after shooting Martin Luther...... more

English-speaking world with extensive commentary by the compiler, Wang Xiang, and annotations by the translator. As a female...... more

provides the necessary historical and literary context for understanding the novel, as well as a foreword by Olga Matich...... more

literature). It tells the story of a disgruntled factory worker who, finding himself on the streets, takes the opportunity to...... more

in Ionia, a set of Greek colonies located in present-day Turkey. Contrasting Athenian democracy with Ionian isonomia-a...... more

in Ionia, a set of Greek colonies located in present-day Turkey. Contrasting Athenian democracy with Ionian isonomia-a...... more

house churches. It offers a structure of prayer offices and blessing rituals for all times of day and year, and articulates...... more

In Search of the Grail continues Svetislav Basara s Cyclist Conspiracy, a fantastical exploration of civilizational...... more

The Dual State, first published in 1941, remains one of the most erudite books on the logic of dicta... more

structure. Beginning with a critical introduction for nonspecialists and specialists alike, Frances Pritchett and Owen Cornwall...... more

Long considered a masterpiece of the eerie and fantastic, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of...... more

the results and their significance for the future use of offshore wind energy in a style that is understandable for...... more

P. A. Gorner’s English translation of Ernst Tugendhat’s major philosophical work brought new perspectives to some of...... more

is a translation into English of a major work of scholarship by a leading historian of modern Japan, and may be...... more

its founding ideology - Zionism - is anything but a simple reaction to antisemitism. Dispelling the notion that every Jew...... more

poetry. Yet it was as a poet that he wished to be remembered and it is in his poems that he reveals the most intimate and...... more

This book introduces for the first time selected poetry, letters, and other writings by the German w... more

their sources and advocates "acousmatic" listening-listening without visual access to a sound’s cause-to disentangle...... more

their sources and advocates "acousmatic" listening-listening without visual access to a sound’s cause-to disentangle...... more

The Spring and Autumn (Chunqiu) is a chronicle kept by the dukes of the state of Lu from 722 to 481 B.C.E. Luxuriant...... more

all times in the real-life concerns of a young writer during the late communist and postcommunist eras in the former...... more

noteworthy medieval biblical interpreters who commented on Genesis between the ninth and fifteenth centuries. Representing a...... more

My Papa Murdered Mikhoels is an autobiographical account of the author’s life in the Russian worlds ... more

President Anwar Sadat and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. In later years, however, the organization issued a surprising...... more

them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....... more

Written by one of Italy’s leading historians, this book analyses the Neapolitan nobleman Gaetano Fil... more

is a translation into English of a major work of scholarship by a leading historian of modern Japan, and may be...... more

This book explores how the Budapest School of Psychoanalysis took shape and examines the role played... more

Marc Bloch said that his goal in writing Feudal Society was to go beyond the technical study a medievalist would...... more

experiences as a Siberian penal laborer during the late nineteenth century....... more

experiences as a Siberian penal laborer during the late nineteenth century....... more

that the 1990s would be a Japanese decade. Today, however, the dominant view is that Japan is inescapably on a downward...... more

The thirteen Discourses of Philoxenos of Mabbug (445-523) were delivered to new monks at a monastery under his...... more

The intellectual and social theorist Yukichi Fukuzawa wrote An Encouragement of Learning (1872-1876) as a series of...... more

Jewish German philosopher Ernst Cassirer was a leading proponent of the Marburg school of neo-Kantianism. The essays in...... more

of Jewish Identity vis-a-vis modernity. The discussion follows historical events in both philosophy and everyday life. It...... more

In Polish Hero Roman Rodziewicz, Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm presents the fascinating and tragic real-life story of a...... more

In The Reality of the Resurrection Stefan Alkier bridges the chasm between history and theology. Through a patient...... more

Lisette, a Saint-Domingue-born Creole slave and daughter of an African-born bossale, has inherited not only the...... more

First published in 1945, Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s monumental Phénoménologie de la perception signalled the arrival of a...... more

Crucial themes and issues explored by a premier missiologist Johan Herman Bavinck (1895-1964) was a prominent...... more

York State and its seventeenth-century native inhabitants. Van den Bogaert was a keen observer, and his journal is not only...... more