A collection of essays from one of the most renowned bibliographical scholars of our time.

A remarkable analysis of an important medieval text... This work will surely initiate new studies of the precolonial frame of mind and the role of distinct versions of medieval manuscripts in the shaping of medieval understanding. -Sixteenth Century Journal

Fire in My Bones contributes to our understanding of gospel-and of the nature of religious experience in general.

A resource for veterinarians interested in alternative medical treatments for animals.

Winner of the Albert J. Beveridge Award in American History. Packed with suggestive historical detail. --

An engaging narrative history of the origins of formal education in the West. Winner of the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History, awarded by the American Philosophical Society.

Material London, ca. 1600 reconstructs one of the great world cities at a critical moment in Western history.

Acclaimed historian/anthropologist Greg Dening revisits the bloody history of the Marquesas and other islands in Oceania to craft an extended essay on human change and transition. Beach Crossings is part memoir, part history, and part imaginative exploration of the symbolic meeting of land and ocean.

The Complexion of Race marks a decisive break with literary history's binary version of eighteenth-century British radical thought. -Journal of Social History

An authoritative guide to the whole of the cradle of civilization. A History Book Club selection. A useful reference book of the highest quality. -Journal of Near Eastern Studies

A classic battle history of an underpublished war.

Provides an assemblage of the horticultural knowledge and wisdom of the seventeenth century. This book includes drawings of garden layouts, diagrams of inventions for plant and tree cultivation, and plans for the artificial and natural embellishment of the land, all of which were to contribute to the beauty and utility of the gardens.

Gives an account of how the author sighted a spirit form while participating in the Ihamba ritual of the Ndembu. This work presents a view not common in anthropological writings - the view of millions of Africans - that ritual is the harnessing of spiritual power.