A. E. Thierens 
Astrology in Mesopotamian Culture [PDF ebook] 

This book proposes a new theoretical framework to move beyond the traditional tenets of modern international relations theory to investigate European integration and shed light on current events. Bas …

This title, first published in 1969, is concerned with historic documents and their uses, and with a discussion of living standards among the peasants, as it is the author’s belief that any worthwhil …

The boom in tourism to and within China is quite a recent phenomenon. China is now among the leading international tourist destinations, and demand for domestic tourism is rapidly increasing. This st …

Waging Gendered Wars examines, through the analytical lens of feminist international relations theory, how U.S. military women have impacted and been affected by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Alt …

This book contributes to the re-emerging field of ”theology through the arts” by proposing a way of approaching one of the most challenging theological concepts – divine timelessness – through the …

It is no secret that twentieth-century Britain was governed through a culture of secrecy, and secrecy was particularly endemic in military research and defence policy surrounding biological and chemi …

Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. Known as ‘Old Hickory, ‘ he was the first President who championed the rights of the ”common man”. Originally from the frontier, he wa …

‘Villians’ provides a rare insight into local and family traditions of petty crime. It looks at attitudes to crime and law enforcement, and the relationship of those attitudes to the culture in which …

Law, Liberty and Church examines the presuppositions that underlie authority in the five largest Churches in England – the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, the Methodist Church, the Unit …

Examining the evolution of kingship in the Ancient Near East from the time of the Sumerians to the rise of the Seleucids in Babylon, this book argues that the Sumerian emphasis on the divine favour t …