Green: 4240 books

Sufism is often regarded as standing mystically aloof from its wider cultural settings. By turning this perspective on its head, Indian Sufism since the Seventeenth Century reveals the politics and poetry of Indian Sufism through the study of Islamic sainthood in the midst of a cosmopolitan Indian...

This innovative book investigates the roots of contemporary experiences of stigma, throwing new light on the phenomenon by examining a variety of long-term conditions. Behaviour, lifestyle and identity are no longer the results of mass-production by social class and nation, but increasingly...

A lively combination of scholarship and unorthodoxy makes these studies in ancient history and literature unusually rewarding. Few of the objects of conventional admiration gain much support from Peter Green (Pericles and the "democracy" of fifth-century Athens are treated to a very cool...

With a simple name change, it seemed that Martin Luther King Jr.’s fate was sealed.Taking the name of a man who led one of the greatest social revolutions of the 16th century, young Martin would later lead an important revolution of his own.He was first born Michael King in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929.King’s...

Looking for a satisfying, meticulously plotted mystery with which to while away an afternoon? Look no further than "X Y Z," a short story from one of the most influential early writers in the genre, Anna Katherine Green. Her remarkable skill in leading readers to the unexpected but fascinating solution to this puzzle mystery makes this story an eminently worthwhile read.

The story is about the experiences of an Indigo child; what it means to be an Indigo.

This is Book One of a quartet that showcases the life of a typical Black woman living in a world where the colour of her skin determines every facet of her life.As a child living on the island of Jamaica, in the 1970’s, she was exposed to the waning horrors of Black slavery. However, a year-and-a-half...

Bloodlines is a historical novel set during the last thirty-seven years BCE. (Before the Christian era) It begins with Herod’s victorious siege of the Temple in Jerusalem and the capture and execution of the last Hasmonean king.It brings to life Herod’s preoccupation with construction, his many...

How has development affected the practices of the state in Africa? How has the development state become the basis of social organisation? How do Tanzanians position themselves to obtain aid money to effect change in their personal lives? Financial aid flows have entrenched an economy of intervention...

This 1874 history, a surprise bestseller, brought Green fame and fortune.  The secret of his success was a radically new approach to history, one that, for the first time, gave substantial weight to the contributions and ambitions of the common people, rather than focusing exclusively on aristocratic elites. 

The language of crime has a long and venerable history - in fact, the first collection of words specifically used by criminals, Hye-Way to the Spittel House, dates from as early as 1531. Jonathon Green is our national expert on slang, and in Crooked Talk he looks at five hundred years of crooks and...

How could settlement emerge in an early modern 'world on the move'? How did the Sufis imprint their influence on the cultural memory of their communities? Weaving together investigations of architecture, ethnography, local history, and migration, Making Space offers bold new insights into Indian,...

George Orwell coined the term ‘Newspeak’ for his novel 1984, the purpose of which was designed to shrink vocabularies and eliminate subtlety and nuance. For this dictionary, first published to herald the year 1984, Jonathon Green compiled nearly 8, 000 entries – selected from the slangs and...

Ever wondered how Milla Jovovich rose to stardom? Milla Bogdanova Jovovich was was born on December 17th, 1975 in Kiev, Ukraine. In one of the Soviet Union’s most important military bases and fastest growing cities, Milla was born into a culture that was quickly being absorbed by Russia....