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The aim of this book is both to illustrate and to discuss some of the main varieties of cultural history which have emerged since the questi…

Полный вариант заголовка: «England, Scotland, and Ireland : Vol. 1 : containing a description of the character, manners, customs, dress, div…

Полный вариант заголовка: «Sketches of Persia : Vol. 2 : from the Journals of a traveller in the East : in 2 volumes».

Полный вариант заголовка: «Novels and tales. Vol. 2. Waverley ; Guy Mannering / of the author of Waverley».

Lives of the Caesars tells the stories of 12 of Rome’s most fascinating and influential rulers, uncovering the unique features of their reig…

A complete introduction to the many mathematical tools used to solve practical problems in coding. Mathematicians have been fascinated with …

A timely, accessible introduction to the mathematics of chaos. The past three decades have seen dramatic developments in the theory of dynam…

This is an updated edition of Conrad Totman’s authoritative history of Japan from c.8000 BC to the present day. The first edition was widely…

In this book, Professor Christopher Coker presents an original and controversial thesis about the future of war. Argues that the biotechnolo…

This sharp and authoritative account of American foreign relations analyzes the last fifteen years of foreign policy in relation to the last…

This book offers a fascinating and insightful overview of seven centuries of murder in Europe. It tells the story of the changing face of vi…

The Art of Conversation is a major contribution to the social history of language – a relatively new field which has become the focus of liv…

The Conquest of Mexico is a brilliant account of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, written from a new and unfamiliar angle. Gruzinski analyses…

This book brings together eight of the most influential recent articles on Oliver Cromwell and the Interregnum. Brings together seminal arti…

This concise and practical book shows where code vulnerabilities lie-without delving into the specifics of each system architecture, program…

In this book Peter Burke adopts a socio-cultural approach to examine the changes in the organization of knowledge in Europe from the inventi…

The story of cuisine and the social history of eating is a fascinating one, and Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat covers all its aspects in this cl…

Gendered Talk at Work examines how women and men negotiate their gender identities as well as their professional roles in everyday workplace…

Content distribution networks (CDNs) are the most promising new techniques for coping with the huge and swiftly growing volume of Internet t…

Bestselling author Ron Krutz once again demonstrates his ability to make difficult security topics approachable with this first in-depth loo…