Despotic dominion

Despotic Dominion brings together the work of scholars whose study of the evolution of property law in the colonies recognizes the value in locating property law and rights within the broader political, economic, and…

Despotic Dominion brings together the work of scholars whose study of the evolution of property law in the colonies recognizes the value in locating property law and rights within the broader political, economic, and…

'Ackroyd makes history accessible to the layman' - Ian Thomson, IndependentThe penultimate volume of Peter Ackroyd?s masterful History of England series, Dominion begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of…

In a radically new account of the importance of early Africa in global history, Gomez traces how Islam's growth in West Africa, along with intensifying commerce that included slaves, resulted in a series of political…

The Eternity War: Dominion is the adrenaline-fuelled third novel in the Eternity War, a new SF trilogy from Jamie Sawyer - set in the same universe as his acclaimed Lazarus War novels

In this book, Muncy explains the continuity of white, middle-class, American female reform activity between the Progressive era and the New Deal. She argues that during the Progressive era, female reformers built an…

Matthew Scully's Dominion explores the many ways our society has turned away from animals and created a climate of cruelty and exploitation toward them, and the justifications mankind uses to maintain its dominion over…

The latest instalment in the most famous thriller series of them all. Bourne is back, and this time the stakes are higher than ever... 'A killer of a thriller' USA TODAY

'If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great book indeed . . . Written with terrific learning, enthusiasm and good humour, Holland's book is not just supremely…

The Eternity War: Dominion is the adrenaline-fuelled third novel in the Eternity War, a new SF trilogy from Jamie Sawyer - set in the same universe as his acclaimed Lazarus War novels

This 1951 book is the history of an idea. The unique concept of dominion status within a Commonwealth of Nations is the result of the need for freedom combined with peace, for independence combined with international…

The third in the epic YA Sci-Fi series by bestselling author John Connolly and Jennifer Ridyard, brimming with jaw-dropping action, and set in a stunningly realised world.

Jason Bourne is back in the forthcoming major motion picture starring Matt Damon and Alicia Vikander. Go back to where it all began for Bourne in his original adventures. 'Watch your back 007 - Bourne is out to get you'…

The Great Smog. London. A dense, choking fog engulfs the city and beneath it, history is re-written . . .

The fifth instalment in Peter Ackroyds acclaimed and bestselling six-volume History of England. &b &/ b

The fifth instalment in Peter Ackroyd's acclaimed and bestselling six-volume History of England.

This book is a selective retrospective of David Goldblatt (born 1930), a key figure in 20th-century photography. Starting from his earliest photographic series, it shows the foundations of Goldblatt's critical passion…

The Great Smog. London. A dense, choking fog engulfs the city and beneath it, history is re-written . . .

Christianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world, and its emergence the single most transformative development in Western history. Even the increasing number in the West today who have…

When you live in an ornamented world where your home is a museum of 1940s design, you don t leave the house without a hat and tie, and your wife owns a barber shop which you designed it s hard to imagine letting a…

The Committee was commissioned to report on the state of trade between Britain and America after the United States Congress had passed legislation imposing duties and restrictions on imports in 1789. Merchants and ship…

By the 1920s, psychoanalysis was a technology of both the late-colonial state and anti-imperialism. Insights from psychoanalysis shaped European and North American ideas about the colonial world and the character and…

The story is set against the backdrop of Caesar's tumultuous conquest of Gaul. As Caesar's campaign unfolds, tests of courage and belief will confront the three protagonists, shaping them as individuals and challenging…