Author: John Francis Guilmarti
Publisher: Cassell
Keywords: galleys, galleons
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2002-03-28
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0304352632
ISBN-13: 9780304352630

The turn of the 16th century saw the start of a revolution in sea warfare--one long in the making but, once begun, remarkably swift. The driving force: gunpowder. The principal agents: galleys (long, low boats propelled principally by oars) and galleons (heavy, square rigged sailing ships). Suddenly, Europe, formerly on a technological par with India and China, dominated the waters. They crossed the Atlantic, reached America, and became world powers. A beautifully written account of the age conveys exactly how a country like Portugal could establish outposts from South America to the Pacific,

Authors:Steven Shankman, Stephen Durrant,
Publisher: Cassell
Keywords: greece, china, ancient, wisdom, sage, knowledge, siren
Number of Pages: 257
Published: 2000-05-01
List price: $72.00
ISBN-10: 030470640X
ISBN-13: 9780304706402

A comparative study of what the most influential writers of Ancient Greece and China thought it meant to have knowledge and whether they distinguished knowledge from other forms of wisdom. It surveys selected works of poetry, history and philosophy from the period of roughly the eighth through to the second century BCE, including Homer’s "Odyssey", the ancient Chinese "Classic of Poetry", Thucydides’ "History of the Peloponnesian War", Sima Qian’s "Records of the Historian", Plato’s "Symposium", and Laozi’s "Dao de Jing and the writings of Zhuangzi". The intention

Authors:Donatella Della Porta, Yves Meny,
Publisher: Cassell
Keywords: europe, western, series, change, social, corruption, democracy
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1997-02-01
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 1855673673
ISBN-13: 9781855673670

The contributors to this book analyze the various forms of corruption in Western European countries, in Russia and in Japan, and assess its impact on the political and administrative system, on political parties and on standards in public life.

Author: Jonathon Gree
Publisher: Cassell
Keywords: phrases, occasion, slang, dirty, talking, book
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2006-02-28
List price: $3.98
ISBN-10: 0304368229
ISBN-13: 9780304368228

“Dirt” cleans up! Jonathon Green’s previous compilation, The Big Book of Filth, sold more than 100,000 copies.Smuttier, ruder, and better than ever, with 5,000 richly humorous phrases. Drink and drugs, scatology, sex, insults, money: these are the main preoccupations of the delightfully dirty slang so colorfully defined and illustrated in this no-holds-barred follow-up to the bestselling Big Book of Filth. Those with “politically correct” and delicate sensibilities can tune out; broad-minded readers will dig in to discover terms of affirmation, approbation, contempt, and dismissal, a

Author: John Keegan
Publisher: Cassell
Keywords: paperbacks, military, cassell, generals, churchill
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2007-05-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0304367125
ISBN-13: 9780304367122

A unique collection of essays by eminent historians—and edited by one of the world’s most acclaimed military writers: John Keegan. Churchill’s reputation as Prime Minister during World War II fluctuated according to the successes and failures of his generals. Most were household names—even heroes. Yet all were prey to the intolerance, interference, irascibility, and inspiration of Britain’s leader, who wanted to be both the general in the field and the presiding strategic genius. Yet, despite sacking his warlords ruthlessly, in the end Churchill was served by perhaps the greatest gen

Author: Jonathon Green
Publisher: Cassell
Keywords: slang, dictionary, leading, market, major, cassell, new
Number of Pages: 1508
Published: 2006-03-28
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0304366366
ISBN-13: 9780304366361

With its unparalleled coverage of everything from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay jargon, plus its uncluttered design, Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when it first appeared in 1998.  And now the world’s best single-volume dictionary of English slang is even better! Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project, doing in-depth research on vernacular vocabulary, hunting down and recording written instances of as many of these words as possible. He not only uncovered many thousands of new expressions (12,000 of which will appear here), but h

Author: Sally R. Munt
Publisher: Cassell
Keywords: lesbian, gay, studies, amp, gender, inside, butch, femme
Number of Pages: 244
Published: 1997-12
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0304339598
ISBN-13: 9780304339594

An edited collection of over twenty essays and fictional works on the theme of butch and femme identities, which seeks to think both creatively and intellectually about the significance of these designations in both lesbian culture and more broadly.