Circassia was a small independent nation on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea. For no reason other than ethnic hatred, over the course of hundreds of raids the Russians drove the Circassians from their homeland and deported them to the Ottoman Empire. At least 600,000 people lost their lives t[...]

Modern epistemology has run into several paradoxes in its efforts to explain how knowledge acquisition can be both socially based (and thus apparently context-relative) and still able to determine objective facts about the world. In this important book, Richmond Campbell attempts to dispel some of t[...]

A gripping novel of romance and adventure, the Persiles will moreover captivate anyone interested in Cervantes' development as a novelist; the culture of the Counter-Reformation; romance as a narrative genre; gender studies; literary theory; and the study of early modern commerce, exploration, emp[...]

In The Mad Art of Caricature, award-winning caricaturist and illustrator Tom Richmond shares his secrets to creating great caricatures, drawing on his 25 years of experience teaching caricature techniques and producing award-winning humorous illustrations and caricatures for publications, books, adv[...]

Pioneering study of the importance of dress to the collective and individual identities of the nineteenth-century English poor.[...]

Part one of Richmond's 1920 three-volume series on the role of the Navy during the War of Jenkins' Ear.[...]

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Designed for practicing critical hydraulic calculations, Basic Fire Hydraulics Workbook, combines graphics, concise explanations, and step-by-step examples and exercises to help both beginning and experienced pump operators learn to calculate quickly and accurately while under pressure on the firegr[...]

Richmond Park is the largest Royal Park in London, covering an area of 2,500 acres. From its heights there is an uninterrupted view of St Paul's Cathedral, 12 miles away. The royal connections to this park probably go back further than any of the others, beginning with Edward I in the thirteenth cen[...]