Nearly two hundred years ago, Mary Wollstonecraft wrote what is considered to be the first major work of feminist political theory: A Vindication of the Rights of Women. Much has been written about this work, and about Wollstonecraft as the intellectual pioneer of feminism, but the actual substance and coherence of her political thought have been virtually ignored. Virginia Sapiro here provides the first full-length treatment of Wollstonecraft's political theory.

Drawing on all of Wollstonecraft's works and treating them thematically rather than sequentially, Sapiro shows that Wollstonecraft's ideas about women's rights, feminism, and gender are elements of a broad and fully developed philosophy, one with significant implications for contemporary democratic and liberal theory. The issues raised speak to many current debates in theory, including those surrounding interpretation of the history of feminism, the relationship between liberalism and republicanism in the development of political philosophy, and the debate over the canon. For political scientists, most of whom know little about Wollstonecraft's thought, Sapiro's book is an excellent, nuanced introduction which will cause a reconsideration of her work and her significance both for her time and for today's concerns. For feminist scholars, Sapiro's book offers a rounded and unconventional analysis of Wollstonecraft's thought.

Written with considerable charm and verve, this book will be the starting point for understanding this important writer for years to come.

Opstellen over verschillende antieke culturen rond de Middellandse Zee (met nadruk op de Grieks-Romeinse cultuur), waarin diverse typen schurken en schelmen belicht worden.

Alle in de periode 1957-1977 verschenen verhalen en schetsen.

Overzicht van leven en werk van de belangrijkste kinderboekenschrijvers uit binnen- en buitenland.

The work of Piet Mondrian is highly eclectic: from impressionist landscapes to cubism and abstracts, in the final years of his working life. This volume, enriched with images, provides a fascinating analysis of the Dutch artist's various artistic phases. De basistekst is Engels, maar van alle commentaar is ook een vertaling aanwezig in het Frans, Duits, Spaans, Italiaans en Nederlands. 

Een jongetje groeit op in Zuid-Spanje in de jaren 1947 tot 1949, de periode die nu bekend staat als 'De driejarige terreur'.

Drie volksjongens in Istanbul vangen zangvogeltjes om ze te verkopen aan vrome moskeebezoekers.

Een grofbesnaarde Zuid-Afrikaanse boer begint een verhouding met de dochter van zijn voorman, maar zijn jaloerse dochter uit een eerste huwelijk neemt bloedig wraak.

Een jonge vrouw is in Parijs curator van het door haar opgerichte Museum van verbroken beloftes. Mensen brengen haar voorwerpen waaraan ze pijnlijke herinneringen hebben.

De Noorse schrijver ziet parallellen tussen zijn eigen leven en dat van de 17de-eeuwse Jan van Riebeeck, stichter van de Kaapkolonie, en dat van twee (fictieve) personages uit Zuid-Afrika aan het eind van de 20ste eeuw.

Een Duitse familie uit de DDR reist de halve wereld rond.

Analyse van decadentie, literatuur, kunst en cultuur. De hoogtepunten in beeldende kunst en literatuur kunnen volgens Paglia niet los gezien worden van de verhoudingen tussen de seksen. Zij beschouwt de Natuur en Sex als demonische krachten. Zij dicht feministen sentimentaliteit en 'wihsful thinking' toe waar het gaat om de oorzaken van verkrachting en onderzoekt de habitat van de moderne homoman.

Aangetrokken door de goudkoorts in Nieuw-Zeeland belandt een jonge Schot in 1866 vrijwel direct na zijn aankomst in een geheime bijeenkomst van twaalf mannen die proberen enkele raadselachtige misdrijven te ontrafelen die op een en dezelfde dag hebben plaatsgevonden.

In een heterogeen gezelschap op een eiland in de Middellandse Zee rond 1917 ziet een anglicaanse missiebisschop zijn ideeën veranderen over goed en kwaad.

Een gecultiveerde gehuwde, heimelijk homoseksuele Franse fabrieksdirecteur blikt terug op zijn inzet aan het Oostfront als SS-officier.

Dagboekaantekeningen van de Duitse schrijver over de politieke onlusten in München in 1919.

In White Eagle, Red Star, distinguished historian Norman Davies gives us a full account of the Polish-Soviet War, with its dramatic climax in August 1920 when the Red Army--sure of victory and pledged to carry the Revolution across Europe --was crushed by a devastating Polish attack. Since known as "The Miracle of the Vistula," it remains one of the most crucial conflicts of the Western world. Drawing on both Polish and Russian sources, Norman Davies shows how this war was a pivotal event in the course of European history.

A new narrative history of the Viking Age, interwoven with exploration of the physical remains and landscapes that the Vikings fashioned and walked: their rune-stones and ship burials, settlements and battlefields.

The Crusades were the bridge between medievl and modern history, between feudalism and colonialism. In many ways, the lttle explored later Crusades were the most significant of them all, for thy made the crisis truly global. The Last Crusaders is about the perio's last great conflict between East and West, and the titanic contest betwee Habsburg-led Christendom and the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth and ixteenth centuries. From the great naval campaigns and the ferocious struggl to dominate the North African shore, the conflict spread out along trde routes, consuming nations and cultures, destroying dynasties, and spawing the first colonial empires in South America and the Indian Ocean. The Last Crsaders is narrative history at its richest and most compelling. REVIW: "This is an ambitious project and The Last Crusaders provides narrative history on the grand scale." --Daily Telegraph "Barnaby Rogerson paints a vivid canvas, sweeping n scope and full of memorable detail...The author is especially good at narrating in gripping, andoften grisly, detail the great sieges and battles that punctuated thi struggle. The book is furnished with excellent maps, a useful chronologial chart, numerous illustrations, and a very full bibliography. The wriing is engaging and vivid, never pedantic. Any history buff will find this bok a pleasure." -ForeWord Review "Rogerson's narrative colorsthe conflicts of the sixteenth century with the derring-do of kings, corsair, and crusaders; this book will keep readers up long past bedtime" -- Foreord Magazine "This thoroughly readable book provides a vibrant ad well-organized account of this tumultuous, lesser-known period of histoy. Highly recommended for both students and general readers." - Library Jornal STARRED REVIEW "The Last Crusaders is a fascinating istory of the great conflict between Christianity and Islam from the mid-140s to the mid-1500s...Rogerson proves himself a skillful storyteller as he recunts the deeds and misdeeds of both sides." -Internet Review of BooksAUTHORBIO: Barnaby Rogerson is the author of more than a dozen books, ncluding The Heirs of Muhammad: Islam's First Century and the Origins ofthe Sunni-Shia Schism, The Prophet Muhammad: A Biography, and A History of Noth Africa. He has lived and worked in many parts of the Arab world, and currently resides in London.

"De Indonesische archipel heeft meer dan 450 jaar strijd geleverd tegen buitenlandse handelscompagnieën en mogendheden. Bijna altijd was er wel ergens oorlog, vaak op meer plaatsen tegelijk. Dit boek geeft een gedetailleerd overzicht van de honderden militaire acties en expedities. Portugezen, Spanjaarden, Engelsen, Fransen, Japanners, en met name ook de Nederlanders, voerden hun koloniale oorlogen in de archipel vooral vanwege economisch gewin, volgens het devies van Jan Pieterszoon Coen: "Geen handel zonder oorlog". Hun legers vormden de ruggengraat van het koloniaal systeem, dat ook door tijdgenoten in Europa al bekritiseerd is. Door zijn brede aanpak en uitgebreide registers is het boek tevens een naslagwerk over de geschiedenis van Indonesië. Het laat zien hoe behalve vrijheidsdrang ook de islam een belangrijke rol speelde in het verzet tegen vreemde overheersers."

The Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, the Hundred Years War, the War of the Roses... A succession of dramatic social and political events reshaped England in the period 1360 to 1461. In his lucid and penetrating account of this formative period, Gerald Harriss draws on the research of the last thirty years to illuminate late medieval society at its peak, from the triumphalism of Edward III in 1360 to the collapse of Lancastrian rule. The political narrative centres on the deposition of Richard II in 1399 and the establishment of the House of Lancaster, which was in turn overthrown in the Wars of the Roses. Abroad, Henry V's heroic victory at Agincourt in 1415 led to the English conquest of northern France, lasting until 1450. Both produced long term consequences: the first shaped the English constitution up to the Stuart civil war, while the second generated lasting hostility between England and France, and a residual wariness of military intervention in Europe. Equally significant changes occurred in English society. The Black Death produced a crisis in agrarian structures, marked by the Peasants' Revolt in 1381 and the end of serfdom. In landed society distinctive grades of knights, esquires and gentlemen emerged, linked to the nobility in a web of patronage and service, with an ethos of 'good lordship' and fidelity. While the nobility were the king's immediate counsellors, the gentry reflected the concerns of the community of the realm in parliament. An increasingly well-educated and articulate class, they served as MPs and JPs and staffed the growing legal profession. The greater merchants controlled the wool trade, the source of England's wealth, and distributed commodities through a network of towns and markets. The marked individualism of this society, memorably depicted in The Canterbury Tales, was accompanied by a growing sense of national identity, expressed in the use of standard London English. A spate of church building in perpendicular, a distinctive national style, was matched on the one hand by the intensity of Catholic devotion and on the other hand by the proto-Protestantism of John Wyclif and the Lollards.