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    The New Global Universities
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    The New Global Universities

    Reimagining higher education around the world: lessons from the creation of eight new colleges and universities in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and North America.Higher education is perpetually in crisis, buffeted by increasing costs and a perceived...
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    As Gods Among Men
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    As Gods Among Men

    How the rich and the super-rich throughout Western history accumulated their wealth, behaved (or misbehaved) and helped (or didn't help) their communities in times of crisis.The rich have always fascinated, sometimes in problematic ways. Medieval...
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    The Farm Animal Movement
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    The Farm Animal Movement

    America is undergoing an ethical revolution involving the industrial treatment of farm animals. This book tells its stories from midwestern slaughterhouses to the halls of Capitol Hill to Ivy League universities and Silicon Valley laboratories. This is a...
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    Healing Pluto Problems
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    Healing Pluto Problems

    Discover how understanding Pluto in your birth chart can help you understand aspects of your childhood, adulthood, and your life.In Healing Pluto Problems, Donna Cunningham explains how Pluto functions in the birth chart and shows how Plutonian problems...
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    Inside the Political Mind
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    Inside the Political Mind

    Why have efforts to strengthen quality of governance so often failed in some of the world's most troubled states? Because they almost always ignore the human side of politics.Drawing on his experience of working with hundreds of politicians in more than...
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    Griffith Review 81: The Leisure Principle
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    Griffith Review 81: The Leisure Principle

    In 1930, John Maynard Keynes spelt out a vision of the impending utopia. Work, he said, will become a thing of the past. 'For the first time since creation,' he predicted, 'man will be faced with his real, his permanent problem - how to occupy the...
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    A Handsel
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    A Handsel

    Liz Lochhead is one of the leading poets writing in Britain today. Her debut collection, Memo for Spring (1972), was a landmark publication. Writing at a time when the landscape of Scottish poetry was male dominated, hers was a fresh, new voice, tackling...
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    The Chipilly Six
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    The Chipilly Six

    **Shortlisted, 2024 NSW Premier's History Awards, Anzac Memorial Trustees Military History Prize**On 9 August 1918, at Chipilly Spur overlooking the Somme River, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners.The battle has raged for...
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    Back Up
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    Back Up

    Back pain is the one of the world's greatest public health challenges. It is the leading reason we visit the doctor, the leading reason we take time off work, the biggest cause of disability worldwide. One in 10 people will develop chronic back pain. And...
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    Coping Fibromyalgia
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    Coping Fibromyalgia

    Fibromyalgia is a painful, chronic condition that affects many people around the world. While the cause of this condition remains unknown, the symptoms can range from aches, pains, and fatigue to disturbed sleep and mood disorders. If you or someone you...
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    Failure to Launch
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    Failure to Launch

    Not all dreams come true! While history is written by the winners, the full story of humanity is built on the moments when things went completely sideways; the spectacular screw-ups, monumental mistakes, and explosive errors that paved the way for the...
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    Painting as an Art
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    Painting as an Art

    One of the twentieth century's most influential texts on philosophical aestheticsPainting as an Art is acclaimed philosopher Richard Wollheim's encompassing vision of how to view art. Transcending the traditional boundaries of art history, Wollheim draws...
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    Christian Iconography
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    Christian Iconography

    An illuminating look at the iconography of the early church and its important place in the history of Christian artIn this book, historian Andr Grabar demonstrates how early Christian iconography assimilated contemporary imagery of the time. Grabar looks...
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    The Secret of the Five Rites
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    The Secret of the Five Rites

    An investigation ofThe Eye of Revelation,a system of inner alchemy meant to awaken the subtle powers of the human body and mind.This book examines in detail a short book, often referred to asThe Five Tibetansthat was published in 1939 teaching a simple...
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    Ernest Cole: The True America
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    Ernest Cole: The True America

    The first publication of photographs taken by Ernest Cole in the United States during the turbulent and eventful late 1960s and early 1970s.After fleeing South Africa to publish his landmark book House of Bondage (1967) on the horrors of apartheid, Cole...
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    David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the sun machine
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    David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the sun machine

    In this one-of-a-kind book, novelist and academic Nicholas Royle brings together two remarkably different creative figures: Enid Blyton and David Bowie. His exploration of their lives and work delves deeply into questions about the value of art, music...
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    The Needle and the Lens
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    The Needle and the Lens

    How the creative use of pop music in film-think Saturday Night Fever or Apocalypse Now-has shaped and shifted music history since the 1960s Quick: What movie do you think of when you hear "The Sounds of Silence"? Better yet, what song comes to mind when...
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    Centers of Power in the Arab Gulf States
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    Centers of Power in the Arab Gulf States

    How are authority and influence accumulated and wielded across the six Gulf states? Mixing theoretical and empirical insights, and utilising both historical and contemporary examples, this book offers a comparative analysis of military, political,...
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    Fodor's Essential Spain 2024
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    Fodor's Essential Spain 2024

    Whether you want to explore the Alhambra, marvel at La Sagrada Familia, or enjoy tapas, wine, and flamenco, the local Fodor's travel experts in Spain are here to help! Fodor's Essential Spain guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated...
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    The Plant Thieves
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    The Plant Thieves

    ** Longlisted, 2023 Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award **The Plant Thieves reveals remarkable stories from the National Herbarium of New South Wales - its people, its archives and its most guarded specimens.Who gets to collect plants, name them,...
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  • Hoarding: It's So Much More Than Clutter
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    Hoarding: It's So Much More Than Clutter

    Hoarding - 'It's So Much More Than Clutter'Become more aware of the issue of hoardingLearn how to help your loved one or friendGain clarity on the health, legal, and financial consequences of this real issueLaurel's Sagen's goal is to provide the...
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    Sweet and Easy Japanese Desserts
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    Sweet and Easy Japanese Desserts

    Japanese desserts from Mochi to Matcha, Manju, Yokan, Anpan, Castella, Wagashi, Dorayaki, Daifuku - and everything in between!Traditional recipes for mochi, wagashi, manju, dorayaki, anpan, melon pan and many others meet the classic Japanese cookies,...
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    More Christmas Ornaments to Crochet
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    More Christmas Ornaments to Crochet

    Deck the Halls with Handmade Christmas Decorations.Get into the Christmas spirit, spruce up your tree, and add some handmade charm to the holiday with the 36 cheerful designs in More Christmas Ornaments to Crochet. Popular author Megan Kreiner is back...
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    Superbook
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    Superbook

    THIS IS THE GUIDE TO CLASSIC SUPERHERO MOVIES YOU NEVER KNEW YOU NEEDED.If you mention the word 'superhero' these days, the mind is immediately bombarded by visions from the MCU, DCU and all the numerous phases, extended TV series and...
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    Lost Federations
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    Lost Federations

    SPACE. THE FINAL FRONTIER. THESE WERE ALMOST THE VOYAGES OF THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE.We think we know the history of Star Trek. Born at the height of 1960s popular culture, the five-year mission of Captain James T. Kirk and his crew faced early...
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    Critical Muslim 48
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    Critical Muslim 48

    Saliha, translated, means 'virtuous'. A question becomes timeless not because it lacks an answer, but also because it requires revisiting as contexts change. So, in our ever- changing, post-normal world, the time is ripe to ask: What...
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    Stuff
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    Stuff

    The fascinating tale of humankind's journey from owning nothing to being owned - by our stuff. Why, when and how did our needs become world-destroying addictions?Over 3 million years ago, our ancestors realised they could break apart rocks for sharp...
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    The Long Shadow of German Colonialism
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    The Long Shadow of German Colonialism

    From 1884 to 1914, the world's fourth-largest overseas colonial empire was that of the German Kaiserreich. Yet this fact is little known in Germany and the subject remains virtually absent from most school textbooks.While debates are now common...
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    Tribes and the State in Libya and Iraq
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    Tribes and the State in Libya and Iraq

    Regime change in Libya (2011) and Iraq (2003) catapulted a host of sub-state actors to the fore, including tribes, which have emerged as influential political, security and social actors.But despite this increased role and visibility, tribes remain...
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    Towards Jihad?
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    Towards Jihad?

    Since 2017, Mozambique has been confronted with a jihadi insurgency. This book looks at the origins of that insurgency, and the broader and longer history of the relationship between Islam and politics in the country. Did Mozambique's Muslim...
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    Fugitive of Empire
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    Fugitive of Empire

    In 1912, Rash Behari Bose made his dramatic entrance into India's anti-colonial freedom movement when he orchestrated a bomb attack against the British Viceroy during a public procession in Delhi. Forced to flee his homeland, Bose settled in Japan,...
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    Seeking Stability Amidst Disorder
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    Seeking Stability Amidst Disorder

    The 2010s were a decade of transformation and conflict in the Middle East, bookended by the Arab Uprisings and the coronavirus pandemic. Throughout this time, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar - the three Arab states with the most ambitious regional...
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    Muslim Women in Britain, 18501950
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    Muslim Women in Britain, 18501950

    The history of British Islam and British Muslims is a growing area of interest among historians and the general public. But, whilst Muslim women have featured in some research, their lives and experiences prior to the present day have remained obscure,...
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    The Iconoclast
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    The Iconoclast

    Shinzo Abe entered politics burdened by high expectations: that he would change Japan. In 2007, seemingly overwhelmed, he resigned after only a year as prime minister. Yet, following five years of reinvention, he masterfully regained the premiership in...
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    The Innocence of Pontius Pilate
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    The Innocence of Pontius Pilate

    The gospels and ancient historians agree: Jesus was sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate, the Roman imperial prefect in Jerusalem. To this day, Christians of all churches confess that Jesus died 'under Pontius Pilate'. But what exactly...
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    Holy War
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    Holy War

    **AForeign AffairsBest Book of 2022**In 1935, Fascist Italy invaded the sovereign state of Ethiopia - a war of conquest that triggered a chain of events culminating in the Second World War. In this stunning and highly original tale of two Churches,...
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    Greater Tigray and the Mysterious Magnetism of Ethiopia
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    Greater Tigray and the Mysterious Magnetism of Ethiopia

    This is an analytical history of the role Tigrinya-speakers have played and are still playing in the history of Ethiopia and Eritrea, from Tigray's very ancient incipience to the origins of today's tragically fratricidal war.Drawing...
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    Africa's Global Infrastructures
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    Africa's Global Infrastructures

    The boom in South-South relations since the early 2000s has seen a flurry of investment in African infrastructure from emerging markets across the Global South. While the extent to which these projects spur growth is constantly debated, few studies have...
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    The Nirvana Express
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    The Nirvana Express

    The captivating story of the West's love affair with Indian spirituality - from the orientalism of the British Empire to modern counterculture.In 1897, an Indian yogi exhibited himself at London's Westminster Aquarium, demonstrating yoga positions to a...
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    Why Men?
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    Why Men?

    Are war and inequality inevitable, because evolution made men competitive and dominant? Think again with this entertaining yet powerful new history of 'true' human nature.How did humans, a species that evolved to be cooperative and egalitarian, develop...
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    The Girl Prince
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    The Girl Prince

    In February 1910, the young woman who would become Virginia Woolf played the most famous practical joke in British military history. Blackening her face and masquerading as an African prince, with friends she conned her way onto the Dreadnought, the...
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    Violence and Social Transformation in Libya
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    Violence and Social Transformation in Libya

    Ten years after Libya descended into conflict, the contours of a new society are emerging.How has violence remade the country - what has happened to inter-community and inter-personal relations, to social hierarchies and elite composition? Which new...
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    Under the Radiant Hill
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    Under the Radiant Hill

    The northern parish of Assynt boasts some of the most spectacular scenery in Britain. The mountains of Quinag and Suilven dominate a very varied landscape with wild, white hills inland and a complex, intricate moorland to the west. Here, rocky crags,...
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  • Bunny Finds a Fluffle
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    Bunny Finds a Fluffle

    Introducing Bunny Finds a Fluffle! Are you ready to take your child's reading skills to the next level? Follow Bunny and other fascinating animals as they explore their environment and meet new friends in this rhyme-filled adventure book. What could...
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    The Joy of Cruising Again
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    The Joy of Cruising Again

    IntroductionThe Joy of Cruising was published in March 2019 shortly after a wonderful family cruise over Christmas 2018 which was briefly discussed in the culminating chapter, "Holidays." However, The Joy of Cruising was not about me and my family's...
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    The Tech Contracts Handbook
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    The Tech Contracts Handbook

    Written in a clear, plain-English style and updated and expanded for an everchanging world, The Tech Contracts Handbook is a complete resource for lawyers, contract managers, and anyone responsible for getting IT deals done.Author David W. Tollen, one of...
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    The Anxious Lawyer
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    The Anxious Lawyer

    Interest in meditation and mindfulness has skyrocketed in recent years, thanks largely to neuroimaging and the body of scientific research that has validated the many benefits of these practices. Sadly, the legal community has for the most part been left...
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    Mental Health and Conflicts
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    Mental Health and Conflicts

    Mental health needs are universal. About half of us will end up having a diagnosable mental health problem at some point in our lives, and we all know what it is like to have a bad day. We understand that conflicts can be hard and that they can often...
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