An engagingly accessible introduction to war, from ancient times to the present and into the future

Hugh Pearman deftly guides us through the compelling stories of 55 buildings that explain our world, from antiquity to the present day

The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company-from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch-to laying the groundwork for future British expansion

The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company-from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch-to laying the groundwork for future British expansion

A reassessment of the tumultuous culture of politics on the national stage during America's earliest years, when national leaders struggled to define themselves and their role in the new nation. The author shows how the rituals and rhetoric of honour provided ground rules for political combat.

A critical examination of the major existing philosophical and constitutional theories on affirmative action in the United States. The book elaborates a theory that strongly defends the justice of affirmative action from the standpoint of both philosophy and constitutional law.

A classic novel from recent Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano, now available to English-language readers in a superb new translation