This book traces the evolution of caesarean delivery from postmortem ritual to the most commonly performed operation on women worldwide: from relig...

Originally given as a series of lectures at the Sorbonne, François Guizot's The History of Civilization in Europe was published to great acclaim in...

Here is a story that begins with L. Ron Hubbard's immersion in a deeply spiritual, deeply traditional Asia, where he met and befriended -- among ot...

David Hume's great, enduring reputation in philosophy tends to obscure the fact that, among his contemporaries, his history of England was a more s...

David Hume's great, enduring reputation in philosophy tends to obscure the fact that, among his contemporaries, his history of England was a more s...

David Hume's great, enduring reputation in philosophy tends to obscure the fact that, among his contemporaries, his history of England was a more s...

This 2 part book, originally published in 1890, was written to help students of morals comprehend the significance of morals. The questions with wh...

This two volume book, originally published in 1890, was written to help students of morals comprehend the significance of morals. The questions wit...

This comprehensive and richly detailed study by renowned scholar Willem Floor is the culmination of what is known about domestic glass and ceramic ...

Aplace for the sick (bimarestan) had existed in Iran since the mid-sixth century, but such institutions never developed into real hospitals, except...

Catherine Julien's new translation of Titu Cusi Yupanqui's Relasçion de como los Españoles Entraron en el Peru --an account of the Spanish conque...

Catherine Julien's new translation of Titu Cusi Yupanqui's Relasçion de como los Españoles Entraron en el Peru --an account of the Spanish conque...

The architecture of India Proper is treated in an exhaustive manner in this work. Its description might easily extended even beyond these limits, b...

Nakosteen has drawn from German, Persian, Arabic, English, and French sources as well as his own understanding of the Eastern and Western cultures ...

The aim of the History of Julius Caesar is to prove that, when Providence raises up such men as Cæsar, Charlemagne, and Napoleon, it is to trace o...

The aim of the History of Julius Caesar is to prove that, when Providence raises up such men as Cæsar, Charlemagne, and Napoleon, it is to trace o...

This book contains a comprehensive research on the works of leading figures in the field of literary criticism in modern Iranian thought of the nin...

60 years of the UK's National Health Service and the NHS is treating more people than ever and the population is living longer, healthier lives. Th...