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Bletchley Park and D-Day
The untold story of Bletchley Park's key role in the success of the Normandy campaign Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in the 1970s, the work of its codebreakers has become one of the most...
Christianity and the New Spirit of Capitalism
One of the world’s most celebrated theologians argues for a Protestant anti-work ethic In his classic The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Max Weber famously showed how Christian...
County Durham
A comprehensive guide to County Durham, one of Northern England’s most fascinating and architecturally diverse counties This volume surveys one of northern England’s most varied and rewarding counties....
Providence and the Invention of American History
How providential history—the conviction that God is an active agent in human history—has shaped the American historical imagination Sarah Koenig traces the rise and fall of Protestant missionary Marcus Whitman’s...
Hung Liu
Portraits of Promised Lands
A major survey of contemporary artist Hung Liu, whose layered portraits explore history and memory through the stories of marginalized figures?Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands presents the stunning work...
Grey Wars
A Contemporary History of U.S. Special Operations
An analysis of U.S. Special Operations Command, at the center of America’s twenty-first-century wars This original and accessible book is a comprehensive, authoritative analysis of U.S. Special Operations. ...
Kindred Voices
A Literary History of Medieval Anatolia
The fascinating story of how premodern Anatolia’s multireligious intersection of cultures shaped its literary languages and poetic masterpieces By the mid-thirteenth century, Anatolia had become a region of stunning...
Palaces of Pleasure
From Music Halls to the Seaside to Football, How the Victorians Invented Mass Entertainment
An energetic and exhilarating account of the Victorian entertainment industry, its extraordinary success and enduring impact The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the nineteenth century’s growing...
The Great Mongol Shahnama
A detailed study of the Great Mongol Shahnama, considered to be the greatest of all Persian illustrated manuscripts?The Great Mongol Shahnama is widely considered to be the definitive version of...
Daniel Cottier
Designer, Decorator, Dealer
The story of an innovative designer and farsighted art entrepreneur and the important role he played in the dissemination of 19th-century Aestheticism This book follows the phenomenal rise of Daniel Cottier (1838...