Iron Men

Iron MenA nuts and bolts history of engineering enterprise in the first half of the nineteenth century, based on the life and work of Henry Maudslay and his followers

This book applies an original theoretical framework to unpack the threat perceptions and strategic calculus driving the behaviour of the Gulf monarchies

It shows how the willingness of the city to welcome international influences has enriched its creative life and that many of the most important trends and new developments have been the direct result of the creative combination of influences from all over the world

Offers students a comparative analytical framework for ways of thinking about fatherhood and new insights into why some welfare states have ‘father-friendly’ social policies and why others don’t

Yet in the postmodern era

The authors conclude that the liberation of the West fell prey to global conflict and high-risk situations

It is a comparative study that covers twenty-one countries across the region

John Derricke’s Image of Irelande

Edward Shils was a major intellectual and social thinker of the mid-twentieth century

a study of greenwashing

Stefania Michelucci on myth and war in ‘The Ladybird’

as process and design

Chesterton’s delightful detective series