Full of extracts and illustrations from the original issues, this is the definitive story of one of the world's great children's papers, by its last editor.
A provocative new study of the failure of 20th-century literary theory to develop a consistent foundation for knowledge and critical analysis.
An essential text for students and general readers alike, exploring some of the most important years in the formation of our sporting heritage.
A two-volume biography of William Makepeace Thackeray and his family, including research that sheds light on the lives of his daughters Minny and Annie.
A stunning collection of watercolours, oils and sketches tracing the length of the River Thames, telling the story of England's greatest waterway.
A succinct and comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of knowledge, rendering a complex and fascinating subject accessible.
A guide to epistemology for undergraduate and AS/Baccalaureate level, revealing links between the development of modern science and the theory of knowledge.
An introduction to the question of what it means to be a woman, exploring the approaches to womanhood and gender of both recent and historical female thinkers.
An examination of the potential environmental catastrophe caused by the loss of genetic diversity in agriculture, tracing the development and loss of diversity.
A concise and elegant guide to the philosophical implications of developments in the physical sciences.
A comparison of the role of myth in understanding Christianity, comparing C.S. Lewis's literal reading with Joseph Campbell's symbolic approach.
An account of how the spirit of Anne Boleyn returned through the medium of a clergyman with no previous experience of the psychic or paranormal.
A selection of the wit and wisdom of the early 19th-century liberal cleric and founder of The Edinburgh Review, arranged thematically.