In The Country Places Av Charles (senior Research Fellow Manhattan Institute For Policy Research) Murray

<b>Very Short Introductions<b>: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring </b>The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), or Vatican II, is arguably the most significant event in the life of the Catholic Church since the Reformation. The Council initiated,...

During the later sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, it was usual to consolidate power through lines of royal succession and marriage into other royal and princely families. Michael Questier shows that while this secured political power, it also...

This book provides a brief, accessible overview of the Qur'an in question-and-answer format. Jane McAuliffe, one of the world's foremost scholars of the Qur'an, introduces readers to this important text by discussing its origins, structure,...

Imitating Authors is a major study of the theory and practice of imitatio (the imitation of one author by another) from antiquity to the present day. It extends from early Greek texts right up to recent fictions about clones and artificial humans, and...