Mothering Performance is a combination of scholarly essays and creative responses which focus on maternal performance and its applications from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives. This collection extends the concept and action of ‘performance’ and connects it to the idea of ‘mothering’ as activity. Motherin...

This book examines the meanings, uses, and agency of voice, noise, sound, and sound technologies across Asia. Including a series of wide-ranging and interdisciplinary case studies, the book reveals sound as central to the experience of modernity in Asia and as essential to the understanding of the historical process...

A military aviation expert chronicles the decades of breathtaking innovation that took place at Britain's secret airbase. In 1951, Hawker Aircraft started using Dunsfold Aerodrome to test its new jet projects. The Sea Hawk was followed by the superlative Hunter. Then came a radical new engine design for an aircraft ...

In "The Early Christians in Rome," H. D. M. Spence-Jones intricately explores the formative years of Christianity in the ancient capital, meticulously detailing the socio-political landscape that shaped the faith's development. With a narrative style that balances scholarly rigor and accessible prose, Spence-Jones u...

Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) Miyamoto Musashi's Go Rin no Sho or the book of five rings, is considered a classic treatise on military strategy, much like Sun Tzu's The Art of War and Chanakya's Arthashastra. The five "books" refer to the idea that there are different elements of battle, just as there are...

'I like listening to people who know things that I don't,' Gareth Southgate told me. 'That's how you learn.' Former Olympian and best-selling author Matthew Syed is one of the advisors Gareth Southgate engaged from outside football in order to find new ways of working as a team. In Rebel Ideas, discover how Southgat...

In 'Woman; Her Position and Influence in Ancient Greece and Rome, and Among the Early Christians,' James Sir Donaldson offers a meticulous examination of women's roles across pivotal epochs of Western civilization. Drawing on a rich tapestry of historical texts, legal documents, and philosophical discourses, Donalds...

The Nuremberg trials were a series of military tribunals held after World War II by the Allied forces under international law and the laws of war. The trials were most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, judicial, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany, who planned, carried ...

The Nuremberg trials were a series of military tribunals held after World War II by the Allied forces under international law and the laws of war. The trials were most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, judicial, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany, who planned, carried ...

In "The Roman Assemblies from Their Origin to the End of the Republic," George Willis Botsford meticulously examines the critical evolution of Roman political institutions, focusing on the assemblies that shaped the Republic's governance. Through a detailed analysis, Botsford synthesizes historical facts with a scho...

In "Curious Epitaphs, Collected from the Graveyards of Great Britain and Ireland," William Andrews embarks on a literary journey that transcends mere historical documentation, weaving together rich narratives from the gravestones across the British Isles. The work is an eclectic fusion of folklore, social commentary...

In "Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia," Ludwig Leichhardt offers an illuminating account of his ambitious journey across the Australian continent during the mid-19th century. Exhibiting a vivid narrative style that melds meticulous observation with lyrical prose, Leichhardt's journal captures the divers...

Formation of Periodical Authorship in 1920s Korea argues that Korean authors who entered the literary scene during modern literature’s formative years were the subject mediated by periodicals. However, it has been difficult to substantiate this statement because periodicals, including magazines, were open to differe...

Jews and Science examines the complicated relationship between Jewish identities and the evolving meanings of science throughout the history of Western academic culture. Jews have been not only the agents for study of things Jewish, but also the subject of examination by “scientists” across a range of disciplines, f...

The Nuremberg trials were a series of military tribunals held after World War II by the Allied forces under international law and the laws of war. The trials were most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, judicial, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany, who planned, carried ...

Journals of Robert Rogers of the Rangers is the firsthand account of British/American colonial frontiersman, major Robert Rogers. In his diary Rogers covers the period from 1755 until 1761 during which he raised and commanded the famous Rogers' Ranger, a famous company trained for raiding and close combat behind ene...