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Barbarians and Romans: The Birth Struggle of Europe, A.D. 400–700
1st Edition
By Justine Davis Randers-Pehrson
January 19, 2026
Barbarians and Romans (1983) examines the rise of the barbarian tribes and the consequent decline of the Roman Empire. The author contends that the two sides were not bent on destroying each other, and that after years of accommodation and alienation a new world would emerge that had its ...
Beckett: A Study of his Plays
1st Edition
By John Fletcher, John Spurling
January 19, 2026
First published in 1978, Beckett examines the plays of Beckett in the order in which they were written. The book affords a lively and fresh introduction to Beckett’s theatre. Both authors stress that ‘Beckett was waiting for the theatre as the theatre was waiting for Beckett.’ The differing ...
Before the Bluestockings
1st Edition
By Ada Wallas
January 19, 2026
First published in 1929, Before the Bluestockings is a study of the individual lives and the position of educated Englishwomen from the Restoration to the end of the first third of the eighteenth century. The question is approached not only from the women’s point of view—Hannah Woolley, Mary Astell...
Behind The Wall: The Story of the Ghetto
1st Edition
By Poul Borchsenius
January 19, 2026
Originally published in English in 1964, this volume describes the ghettos which formed medieval enclaves in the cities of Renaissance and post-Renaissance Europe. In their overcrowded quarter where the only protection against disease and epidemics was their own religious rules, the Jews were ...
Berlin Before the Wall: A Foreign Student's Diary with Sketches
1st Edition
By Hsi-Huey Liang
January 19, 2026
In the 1950’s, Berlin had come under four-power occupation while still struggling to recover from the war. It had also become the object of a fierce ideological conflict between Stalinist Communism and capitalist democracy, between traditional German values and hopes for a new and better Europe. ...
Beyond Realism and Idealism
1st Edition
By Wilbur Marshall Urban
January 19, 2026
First published in 1949, Beyond Realism and Idealism argues for a consistency of idealism with realism, or synthesis of the two positions which should retain the essential cognitive meanings and values of both. The argument of this book falls into two main parts: chapters one to six are concerned ...
Biotechnology in Japan
1st Edition
By Malcolm V. Brock
January 19, 2026
In the early 1980s, biotechnology caused worldwide excitement as a high technology with almost unlimited potential in science, medicine, and industry. It not only allowed the manufacture of traditional products more quickly and inexpensively, but also offered the possibility of synthesizing ...
Birth Control in Germany 1871-1933
1st Edition
By James Woycke
January 19, 2026
First published in 1988, Birth Control in Germany deals in detail with the dissemination and acceptance of ideas of birth control from 1871 -1933 and shows the variety of methods that were in use-condoms, pessaries, diaphragms, caps and most notably abortion. In common with many western societies, ...
Block Printing & Book Illustration in Japan
1st Edition
By Louise Norton Brown
January 19, 2026
Block Printing & Book Illustration in Japan (1924) was one of the first guides to Japanese illustration, and remains indispensable to this day. The author travelled widely in Japan, persuading Japanese collectors to open their archives to her for study, and here compiles a wealth of unique ...
Borough Government and Politics: Reading 1835-1985
1st Edition
By Alan Alexander
January 19, 2026
Originally published in 1985, this book was a study of one example of an all-purpose, unitary, borough council in the UK. It covers the years since the democratization of the borough councils in 1835, through the attainment of county borough status in 1888, the major expansion in local government ...
Brahms: His Life and Work
1st Edition
By Karl Geiringer, Irene Geiringer
January 19, 2026
Originally published in 1936, as a second edition in 1948 and as an enlarged and third edition in 1982, Karl Geiringer’s biography of Brahms is generally regarded as one of the finest studies of the composer ever published in any language. It is based on the body of material in the archives of the ...
Bricks: to build a house
1st Edition
By John Woodforde
January 19, 2026
First published in 1976, Bricks tells the story of bricks in Britain. The story of the brick begins with the sun-dried, mud bricks formed with hands alone. Walls built with such bricks have been found in the ruins of Jericho – probably the oldest town in the world. John Woodforde describes bricks ...