February 2013

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Title \| Price	Date	Subject	Type	Imprint
Antonio Benítez Rojo Del mundo cerrado al Caribe infinito Maria Rita Corticelli This literary biography tells Benítez Rojo's journey from his emergence in the Cuban intellectual world in 1967 to his death in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 2005. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £55.00 \| US $95.00	July 2013	Hispanic Studies	Academic	Tamesis Books
The Book of Isaiah Personal Impressions of Isaiah Berlin Edited by Henry Hardy This collection of pen-portraits of the renowned public intellectual Isaiah Berlin, published to mark the centenary of his birth, brings him vividly to life from many vantage-points: essential reading for all who seek to understand the full range of his impact. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.99 \| US $29.95	September 2013	Philosophy	Paperback	Boydell Press
Britain and Colonial Maritime War in the Early Eighteenth Century Silver, Seapower and the Atlantic Shinsuke Satsuma In early modern Britain, there was an argument that war at sea, especially war in Spanish America, was an ideal means of warfare, offering the prospect of rich gains at relatively little cost whilst inflicting considerable damage on enemy financial resources. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £65.00 \| US $115.00	September 2013	Modern History	Academic	Boydell Press
British Naval Power in the East, 1794-1805 The Command of Admiral Peter Rainier Peter A. Ward Shows how Rainier skillfully coped with the immense difficulties of maintaining British naval power in a huge area fraught with difficult circumstances. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £65.00 \| US $115.00	July 2013	Modern History	Academic	Boydell Press
A Companion to the Works of Hermann Hesse Edited by Ingo Cornils New essays on the works and themes of Hesse, one of the most perennially relevant and widely-read German authors. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.99\| US $39.95	August 2013	German Literature	Academic	Camden House
Conflict and Security in Africa Edited by Rita Abrahamsen Spanning the period from the cold war to the 'war on terror', examines the political economy dynamics of security and insecurity on the continent, as well as its implications for political actions. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.99 \| US $34.95	September 2013	African Studies	Paperback	James Currey
Crafting Identity in Zimbabwe and Mozambique Elizabeth MacGonagle Crosses conventional theoretical, temporal, and geographical boundaries to show how the Ndau of southeast Africa actively shaped their own identity over a four-hundred-year period. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £16.99 \| US $24.95	August 2013	African Studies	Academic	University of Rochester Press
Emerging German-Language Novelists of the Twenty-First Century Edited by Lyn Marven and Stuart Taberner Presents fifteen new German-language novelists and a close reading of an exemplary work of each for academics and the general reader alike. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.99 \| US $34.95	August 2013	German Literature	Paperback	Camden House
Empire, Development and Colonialism The Past in the Present Edited by by Mark Duffield and Vernon Hewitt This book makes a unique contribution to the renewed debate about empire and imperialism and will be of great interest to all those concerned with understanding the historical antecedents and wider implications of today's emergent liberal interventionism, and the various logics of international development. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £17.99 \| US $29.95	September 2013	African Studies	Paperback	James Currey
Exploring Atlantic Transitions Archaeologies of Transience and Permanence in New Found Lands Edited by Peter E. Pope with Shannon Lewis-Simpson Current approaches to the archaeological understanding of permanence and transience in the early modern period. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £30.00 \| US $50.00	September 2013	Archaeology	Academic	Boydell Press
Fatherhood and its Representations in Middle English Texts Rachel E. Moss The figure and role of the late-medieval father is reappraised through a close reading of a range of documents from the period, including both letters and romances. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00 \| US $99.00	September 2013	Medieval History	Academic	D.S. Brewer
The Fifteenth Century XII Society in an Age of Plague Edited by Linda Clark and Carole Rawcliffe Essays address plague and disease in the fifteenth century, as manifested throughout Europe. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00 \| US $99.00	September 2013	Medieval History	Academic	Boydell Press
The French Symphony at the Fin de Siècle Style, Culture, and the Symphonic Tradition Andrew Deruchie The first extended study of seven beloved French symphonic masterpieces, from Saint-Saëns and Franck to d'Indy and Dukas. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £55.00 \| US $85.00	September 2013	Music	Academic	University of Rochester Press
Ghosts of Kanungu Fertility, Secrecy & Exchange in the Great Lakes of East Africa Richard Vokes Shortlisted for the Herskovits Award, this book throws light on secrecy and violence in Uganda, Rwanda and the Great Lakes area of East Africa. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £18.99 \| US $34.95	September 2013	African Studies	Paperback	James Currey
Goethe Yearbook 20 Edited by Daniel Purdy A new crop of essays on topics in the literature of Goethe and the Goethezeit, with a special section providing innovative readings of Goethe's lyric poetry. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £50.00 \| US $75.00	July 2013	German Literature	Academic	Camden House
Handling Sin Confession in the Middle Ages Edited by Peter Biller and A.J. Minnis Penance and confession were an integral part of medieval religious life; essays explore literary evidence. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.99 \| US $34.95	September 2013	History of Religion	Paperback	York Medieval Press
Henry V: New Interpretations Edited by Gwilym Dodd Fresh examinations of the activities of Henry V, looking at how his reputation was achieved. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00 \| US $99.00	September 2013	Medieval History	Academic	York Medieval Press
A History of Malawi 1859-1966 John McCracken A distinguished scholar's magnum opus and the first full account of Malawi's colonial history. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.99 \| US $34.95	September 2013	African Studies	Paperback	James Currey
In the Steps of the Black Prince The Road to Poitiers, 1355-1356 Peter Hoskins The author has retraced on foot the routes taken by the Black Prince during the French campaigns of 1355-1356, enabling him to provide an entirely new dimension to the events. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £16.99 \| US $29.95	September 2013	Medieval History	Paperback	Boydell Press
Indirect Rule in South Africa Tradition, Modernity, and the Costuming of Political Power J. C. Myers A groundbreaking new study of the ways in which South African leaders struggle to legitimize themselves through the costuming of political power. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £16.99 \| US $24.95	August 2013	African Studies	Paperback	University of Rochester Press
Journal of Medieval Military History Volume XI Edited by Clifford J. Rogers, Kelly DeVries and John France A collection which highlights "the range and richness of scholarship on medieval warfare, military institutions, and cultures of conflict that characterize the field". History 95 [2010] Click here for a printable information sheet UK £60.00 \| US $99.00	September 2013	Medieval History	Academic	Boydell Press
Language and Culture in Medieval Britain The French of England, c.1100-c.1500 Edited by Jocelyn Wogan-Browne et al Groundbreaking surveys of the complex interrelationship between the languages of English and French in medieval Britain. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £25.00 \| US $45.00	September 2013	Medieval Literature	Paperback	York Medieval Press
Letters of John Buddle to Lord Londonderry, 1820-1834 Edited by Anne Orde Letters between a colliery manager and his employer provide valuable evidence for the growth and development of the coal trade in north-east England. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £40.00 \| US $70.00	September 2013	Modern History	Academic	Surtees Society
Music and Ultra-Modernism in France: A Fragile Consensus, 1913-1939 Barbara L. Kelly Exploring the ideas of consensus, resistance and rupture, this book contributes an important and nuanced reflection to the current debate on modernism in music. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £55.00 \| US $95.00	September 2013	Music	Academic	Boydell Press
A New Generation of African Writers Migration, Material Culture and Language Brenda Cooper Brenda Cooper examines the work of the new generation of African writers who have placed migration as central to their writing. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £17.99 \| US $29.95	July 2013	African Studies	Paperback	James Currey
Plague and Public Health in Early Modern Seville Kristy Wilson Bowers This study of sixteenth-century Seville offers a new perspective on how early modern cities adapted to living with repeated epidemics of plague. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £55.00 \| US $80.00	September 2013	History of Science & Medicine	Academic	University of Rochester Press
Poverty, Gender and Life-Cycle under the English Poor Law, 1760-1834 Samantha Williams Examination of welfare during the last years of the Poor Law, bringing out the impact of poverty on particular sections of society - the lone mother and the elderly. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £17.99 \| US $29.95	September 2013	Modern History	Paperback	Boydell Press
Spanish Reception of Russian Narratives, 1905-1939 Transcultural Dialogics Lynn C. Purkey This book examines Spain's reception of Russo-Soviet literature and its relationship with Nuevo Romanticismo through the lens of Bakhtin's theories on the novel. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £65.00 \| US $115.00	June 2013	Hispanic Studies	Academic	Tamesis Books
The Stechlin Theodor Fontane Translated by William L. Zwiebel First English translation of the final work of Theodor Fontane, one of Germany's most significant novelists. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.99 \| US $39.95	August 2013	German Literature	Paperback	Camden House
The Swahili Novel Challenging the Idea of 'Minor Literature' Xavier Garnier An overview of the Swahili novel, its place in a globalized world and a reflection on the status and dynamism of Kafka's concept of 'minor literature'. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £50.00 \| US $90.00	September 2013	African Studies	Academic	James Currey
Translingual Identities Language and the Self in Stefan Heym and Jakov Lind Tamar Steinitz Explores the psychology of literary translingualism in the works of two authors, finding it expressed as loss and fragmentation in one case and as opportunity and mediation in the other. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £55.00 \| US $85.00	September 2013	German Literature	Academic	Camden House
The Urban Roots of Democracy and Political Violence in Zimbabwe Harare and Highfield, 1940-1964 Timothy Scarnecchia A timely examination of African politics during the formative years of Zimbabwean nationalism. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £16.99 \| US $24.95	August 2013	African Studies	Paperback	University of Rochester Press
War and the Making of Medieval Monastic Culture Katherine Allen Smith The monastic life, traditionally considered as an area of withdrawal from the world, is here shown to be shaped by metaphors of war, and to be actively engaged with battle in the world outside. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.99 \| US $34.95	September 2013	Medieval History	Paperback	Boydell Press
Women and English Piracy, 1540-1720: Partners and Victims of Crime John C. Appleby Drawing on a wide body of evidence, the book argues that the support of women was vital to the persistence of piracy around the British Isles at least until the early seventeenth century. The emergence of long-distance and globalized predation had far reaching consequences for female agency. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £55.00 \| US $95.00	September 2013	Early Modern History	Academic	Boydell Press
Writers and Politics in Germany, 1945-2008 Stuart Parkes A comprehensive survey of German literary writers' political writing and involvement since 1945. Click here for a printable information sheet UK £19.99 \| US $29.95	August 2013	German Literature	Paperback	Camden House