Andrew Preston 
Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith [EPUB ebook] 

One hundred years ago on April 28, 1917, 25-year old Thomas D. Lindholtz enlisted in the US Army for service in World War I. The War had begun in Europe in 1914, but America did not enter the conflic …

Drawing upon the author»s extensive field research among pastoral peoples in the Middle East, India, and the Mediterranean, and on more than 30 years of comparative study of pastoralists around the …

Although women have long been active residents in African cities, explorations of their contributions have been marginal. This volume brings women into the center of the urban landscape, using case s …

Since the demise of Soviet power, the newly independent republics are redefining their identities and their relations with the world at large. In Central Asia, which lies at the crossroads of several …

Originally published in 1948, the author follows the idea that the instincts are ‘the spring and basis of all animal behaviour (with the exception perhaps of play), and therewith the core of the anim …

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award (Holocaust Category) Winner of the Canadian Historical Association John A. Macdonald Prize Featured in The Literary Review of Canada 100: Canada’s Most Import …

Robert Clark delves into 100 millennia of human history to create a unified and consistent explanation for humankind»s inner need to spread itself across the globe. He examines key events from diffe …

Taking a chronological approach, this book challenges established economistic and ideologistic narratives of neoliberalism in Britain by charting the gradual diffusion of an increasingly intervention …

Critical questions remain unanswered on the events of the cold-blooded and devastating terror attacks in Mumbai on 26 November 2008. Investigative and introspective, this book offers a lucid and grap …

Reveals attempts by American Jews to influence US policy toward Germany after the war and traces the efforts through to President Reagan»s visit to Bitburg. The reemergence of a united Germany as a …