1460-1660 was a dramatic and crucially formative period in the emergence of the modern English state, language and identity.

Living Waters - The Mei HaShiloach: A Commentary on the Torah by Rabbi Mordechai Yosef of Isbitza (1800-1854) is the collected teachings on the Torah by the hasidic master Rabbi Mordechai Yosef of Isbitza.

First published in 1997, this volume challenges the belief that possessive individualists need states to restrain them from trespassing on the natural rights of others or from harming themselves and questions whether anarchy can be ...

Study of voyage narratives, including Cook and Bligh, set in the context of British imperialism.

An original and wide-ranging study of the pilgrimage theme in literature.

The work which the author sees Shakespeare striving to create is the perfect fusion of comedy and tragedy and he suggests that we are watching the progress of a mind as acutely conscious as anyone today of the disorder and lack of meaning ...

This book puts another-and elegant-nail in the coffin of so-called ‘American isolationism’ before World War II by analyzing the 1900–1930s era as the background necessary for understanding the tragic wars of 1950 to 1975.”-Walter ...

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Come along on an unforgettable journey across the ocean in this seaworthy retelling of the classic tale about a whaling ship, its formidable captain, and his relentless search for the great white whale of ...