Patrick Whelan 
Battle at Fort Anchor [EPUB ebook] 

The world of finance is again undergoing crisis and transformation. This book provides a new perspective on finance through the prism of popular and formal culture and examines fascination and repuls …

This original study examines the claims for sensational intrigues in the 6th century Egyptian palace, culminating in the possible assassination of King Teti by his own bodyguards. New evidence from t …

Rewriting Hong Kong”s history from the bottom up, the chapters investigate vital, but hitherto obscured, aspects of the colony”s rise. They cover the Chinese collaboration with the colonial regime, …

Bradshaw”s Railway Handbook was originally published in 1866 under the title Bradshaw”s Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain and Ireland. It appeared in four volumes as a comprehensive handbook f …

From divine visions to self-tortures, some strange mystical experiences have shaped the Christian tradition as we know it. Full of colourful detail, Mystics of the Christian Tradition examines the my …

Explaining Auschwitz and Hiroshima explores the way in which the main combatant societies of the Second World War have historicised that experience. Since 1945, debates in Germany about `the past tha …

Michael Dintenfass provides a challenging account of Britain”s economic performance since 1870. He combines a succinct, clearly-written survey of recent scholarly work in British economic and busine …

The word-wide impact of evangelicalism has long been recognized as a vital force. Providing both a clear and accessible guide to the recent literature, this introduction examines the revival in the B …

Research in collective memory is a relatively new area capturing the interest of scholars in social psychology, memory, sociology, and anthropology. The core idea is that collective attitudes and beh …

During the nuclear heyday of the post-war years advocates of atomic power promised cheap electricity and a prosperous future. From the present, however, this promise seems tarnished by accidents, lea …