Emmanuel Gerard and Bruce Kuklick reveal a tangled web of international politics in which many people—black and white, well-meaning or ruthless, African, European, and American—bear responsibility for this crime.

Presents a thirteen-volume reference guide to the geography, history, economy, government, culture and daily life of countries in Europe.

This revised second edition differs from the first edition in a number of significant ways. Each chapter has been rewritten and many of them substantially revised.

This highly illustrated volume serves as an ideal introduction to the rich history of the Low Countries for students and the generally interested reader alike.

. . . If you could read only one book to understand generals and GIs and what their different wars were like this is the book.

Bringing to life the shambolic upbringing that The Guardian describes as, "the odd, ugly, excremental poetry of their grubby lives," The Misfortunates "can be unexpectedly tender as well as uncomfortably funny . . . this novel continually ...

The definitive study. . . . A learned, lively, and highly readable book, now the essential introduction to the subject.--Choice

Are we really motivated by ideals such as freedom, equality, and justice? In fact these are only distractions useful to the state, which demands conscience of us but is itself above all moral constraints, seeking only power.

Orphan William Crimsworth, raised by aristocratic uncles and educated for the clergy, rejects that life for work at his brother's Yorkshire mill.

In this emotionally charged tale, we see Lucy Snowe's response to the challenges of her restrictive social environment as she flees from her unhappy past in England to a new life as a teacher at Madame Beck's school in Villette.