Why has Christianity, a religion premised upon neighbourly love, failed in its attempts to heal social divisions? In this ambitious and wide-ranging work, Willie James Jennings delves deep into the late medieval soil in which the modern Christian ima...

During the glory days of the French Renaissance, young John Calvin (1509-1564) experienced a profound conversion to the faith of the Reformation. For the rest of his days he lived out the implications of that transformation – as exile, inspired refor...

Analyzes a highly successful participatory development programme in Indonesia, exploring its distinctive origins and design principles and its impacts on local conflict dynamics and social institutions.

In this meticulously researched book, Oliver Hilmes paints a fascinating and revealing picture of the extraordinary Cosima Wagner – illegitimate daughter of Franz Liszt, wife of the conductor Hans von Bulow, then mistress and subsequently wife of Ric...

This long-awaited biography, twenty years after the last major account, uncovers Dickens the man through the profession in which he excelled. Drawing on a lifetime's study of this prodigiously brilliant figure, Michael Slater explores the personal an...

Throughout the history of the built environment, there has been no more significant endeavour than the construction of houses of worship, which were once the focal point around which civilizations and city-states developed. "Constructing the Ineffabl...

The best cartooning is efficient visual storytelling – it is as much a matter of writing as it is of drawing. In this book, noted cartoonist and illustrator Ivan Brunetti presents fifteen distinct lessons on the art of cartooning, guiding his readers...

Christian Marclay (born 1955) explores the fusion of fine art and audio cultures, transforming sounds and music into a visible, physical form through performance, collage, sculpture, installation, photography, and video. Published in a 3-volume magaz...

The Constitution was written to shape human behaviour and affairs, and it does so by appealing to people's hearts, not only their minds. This title presents an interdisciplinary analysis that focuses on the emotions that underlie constitutional law,...

This book, the most thoroughly researched and accurate history of Czechoslovakia to appear in English, tells the story of the country from its founding in 1918 to partition in 1992 – from fledgling democracy through Nazi occupation, Communist rule, i...