Edmund Burke 
A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beatiful [PDF ebook] 

During the sweeping changes taking place in 19th century Japan, no thinker was more important than Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901). Born into a low-ranking samurai family, he traveled to Nagasaki at age …

The Professionalization of Public Participation is an edited collection of essays by leading and emerging scholars examining the emerging profession of public participation professionals. Public part …

First Published in 1994. Part of a collection on Classical Heritage, this is a collection of Homer”s influence from the Middle ages to the twentieth century. This series will present articles, some …

La Cazzaria is the most outspoken erotic text of the Italian Renaissance-a ribald dialogue about politics, sex, and desire. The book is remarkable for its frank discussions of sexuality and explicit …

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA NON-FICTION DAGGERIn some places, it”s easier to get a gun than a glass of water.In some places, you are allowed to carry concealed firearms into schools.In some places, ther …

With its emphasis on early modern emissaries and their role in England”s expansionary ventures and cross-cultural encounters across the globe, this collection of essays takes the messenger figure as …

In this account of the growth of newspapers in modern, industrial society, Helen Hughes traces the development of a mass audience through analysis of the origins of the human interest story in the po …

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, India stood on the brink of an exciting new era. Yet only a decade later, a series of corruption scandals and acts of violence against women had tarnishe …

Thomas Dixon was a lawyer, North Carolina state legislator, Baptist minister, lecturer, and novelist. This novel, an abridgement by Cary Wintz was originally published in 1905. It reflects turn-of-th …