Auteur: Peter Lewis

Over 125 years ago, barely a year and a half after the Tay Railway Bridge was built, William Mc Gonnagal composed his poem about the Tay Bridge Disaster, the poem about Britain's worst-ever civi …

‘God wants people to become like Christ, ‘ said international preacher, writer and teacher John Stott in a public address at the end of his long life. Peter Lewis is similarly passionate about the Bi …

Christlikeness is something God planned from the beginning and will one day finally complete. But now we are in the process of change, becoming more like Jesus Christ. Really? How can we overcome the …

This book focuses on the historical construction of African states, the modes of political control in the region, and the character of political elites. It examines the nature of political legitimacy …

This book focuses on the historical construction of African states, the modes of political control in the region, and the character of political elites. It examines the nature of political legitimacy …

Africa has undergone significant political, economic, and social change since the first edition of this book was published in early 1988. Now revised and updated throughout, this new edition includes …

Clinical Pharmacology in Obstetrics presents an extensive examination of drug usage in pregnancy. It discusses the principles behind the adverse effects of drugs on the fetus. It addresses studies in …

Haile Selassie I, the last emperor of Ethiopia, was as brilliant as he was formidable. An early proponent of African unity and independence who claimed to be a descendant of King Solomon, he fought w …

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An author, foreign correspondent, academic, and television personality, Roger Willemsen is a familiar figure in Germany, and The Ends of the Earth offers English-language readers a chance to engage w …

From the famed Atlantis to the remote Rupes Nigra, islands have long held our fascination: they are locales isolated from ordinary life, lurking in unexplored corners of the globe and thus full of un …

In What Do Animals Think and Feel?, the biologist Karsten Brensing has something astonishing to tell us about the animal kingdom: namely that animals, by any reasonable assessment, have developed the …

On a business trip to Tunisia, Preising, a leading Swiss industrialist, is invited to spend the week with the daughter of a local gangster. He accompanies her to the wedding of two London city trader …

Marking the 150th anniversary of Charles Dickens’s death, Dickens’s London leads us in the footsteps of the author through this beloved city. Few novelists have written so intimately about a place as …

It is 2009: writer Clara Burger arrives in Rome to sort out the affairs and clear the flat of her school friend Ines, prematurely dead from cancer. Sorting through Ines’s belongings, Clara finds a ma …

Nearly one hundred years after Franz Kafka’s death, his works continue to intrigue and haunt us. Kafka is regarded as one of the most significant intellectuals of the nineteenth and twentieth century …

Idiomantics is a unique exploration of the world of idiomatic phrases. The very etymology of the word  »idiom » reveals what »s so endlessly fascinating about the wide range of colourful phrases we u …

In 2015, an unprecedented number of people from Africa and the Near East took flight and sought refuge in Europe. By the end of that year, some 1.8 million migrants had arrived in the EU, the vast ma …

Graduate nurses are expected to ‘hit the ground running’, taking on complex care challenges in a stressful and fast-paced environment. This comprehensive yet accessible textbook provides expert guida …

Graduate nurses are expected to ‘hit the ground running’, taking on complex care challenges in a stressful and fast-paced environment. This comprehensive yet accessible textbook provides expert guida …

‘Gripping and all too timely’ James Hawes’A brilliant mix of detailed research and vivid storytelling’ Julia Boyd’History at its very best and a fabulous translation, too’ Graham Hurley In March 1930 …

War words have embedded themselves in our collective psyche; British politicians are fond of invoking the ‘Dunkirk spirit’ whenever the country is faced with major crisis or even minor adversity, and …

Idiomantics is a unique exploration of the world of idiomatic phrases. The very etymology of the word  »idiom » reveals what »s so endlessly fascinating about the wide range of colourful phrases we u …

War words have embedded themselves in our collective psyche; British politicians are fond of invoking the ‘Dunkirk spirit’ whenever the country is faced with major crisis or even minor adversity, and …

‘One of the greatest novels of the Second World War’ The Times ‘A remarkable find’ Antony Beevor’A masterpiece’ Mail on Sunday Stalingrad, November 1942. Lieutenant Breuer dreams of returning home fo …

Now in paperback, Nowak reveals the lesser-known side of Salzburg through stories of those who have lived there over the centuries.Situated in the shadow of the Eastern Alps, Salzburg is known for it …

Named "Man of the Millennium" in 1999, Johannes Gutenberg was the creator of one of the most influential and revolutionary inventions in Europe’s history: a printing press with mechanical m …

A fresh, stimulating look at Adolf Hitler and his dictatorship throughout the study of ten key aspects. Hitler s tyranny is still difficult to understand today. In this book, Ralf Georg Reuth examine …

The Fertile Crescent region-the swath of land comprising a vast portion of today’s Middle East-has long been regarded as pivotal to the rise of civilization. Alongside the story of human development, …

A sensitive consideration of Mary, mother of Jesus, in the Qur’an.An entire chapter (surah) is dedicated to her, and she is the only woman mentioned by name in the Qur an indeed, her name appears mor …

Since the fifteenth century, when humanist writers began to speak of a "middle" period in history linking their time to the ancient world, the nature of the Middle Ages has been widely deba …

A deftly crafted biography of the author of Siddhartha, whose critique of consumer culture continues to inspire millions of readers.Against the horrors of Nazi dictatorship and widespread disillusion …

When Charlemagne died in 814 CE, he left behind a dominion and a legacy unlike anything seen in Western Europe since the fall of Rome. Distinguished historian and author of The Middle Ages Johannes F …