The Rise of the British Presidency

Parliament Today (Politics Today Series)

Political Issues in Ireland Today (Politics Today)

Performance Art in Eastern Europe Since 1960 (Rethinking Arts Histories)

This volume presents the first comprehensive academic study of the history and development of per...

Law, society and political culture in late medieval and Reformation Germany (Manchester Medieval Sources)

This book offers a selection of edited and translated sources that shed light on law, society and...

An Apology for Poetry (or the Defence of Poesy)

'An Apology for Poetry (or The Defence of Poesy),' by the celebrated soldier-poet Sir Philip Sidn...

Folklore

A gripping guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore. In this unique, deeply rese...

Dirtbag dreams

The first book to share the untold story of this unique sport, from its origins in the Victorian ...

Family Romance

A glittering account of John Singer Sargent’s relationship with an eminent Edwardian family. In F...

Eva Gore-Booth

An acclaimed biography of poet, pacifist and political firebrand Eva Gore-Booth.The Irish poet an...

The Island Book of Records Volume III

The third in the acclaimed Island Book of Records series chronicles 197172, two years that saw th...

Eclipsing the West

With a new postscript addressing the changing global situation under Trump 2.0, this incisive boo...