James Sharpe: 9 books
Foreign Exchange: The Complete Deal
A comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of the Forex market
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2012
The foreign exchange market is the largest and most liquid financial market in the world. In recent years its volatility has been especially pronounced, which has posed problems for investors, companies and governments attempting to manage their economies. The management of exchange rates has become...
A Fiery & Furious People
A History of Violence in England
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
*Chosen as a Book of the Year by The Times, History Today and the Sunday Telegraph*
‘Wonderfully entertaining, comprehensive and astute.’ The Times
‘Genuinely hard to put down.’ BBC History Magazine
From murder to duelling, highway robbery to mugging: the darker side of...
The Bewitching of Anne Gunter
A Horrible and True Story of Deception, Witchcraft, Murder, and the King of England
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
In 1604, 20-year-old Anne Gunter was bewitched: she foamed at the mouth, contorted wildly in her bedchamber, went into trances. Her garters and bodices were perpetually unlacing themselves. Her signature symptom was to vomit pins and "she voided some pins downwards as well by her water or otherwise.."...
by James Sharpe
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
With the renewed interest in the history of witches and witchcraft, this timely book provides an introduction to this fascinating topic, informed by the main trends of new thinking on the subject. Beginning with a discussion of witchcraft in the early modern period, and charting the witch panics...
by James Sharpe
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2019
Witchcraft in Early Modern England provides a fascinating introduction to the history of witches and witchcraft in England from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century.
Witchcraft was a crime punishable by death in England during this period and this book charts the witch panics and legal persecution...
The Antipodean Philosopher
Public Lectures on Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
Philosophy in both Australia and New Zealand has been has been experiencing, for some time now, something of a 'golden age', exercising an influence in the global arena that is disproportionate to the population of the two countries. To capture the distinctive and internationally recognised contributions...
by James A Sharpe
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Still the only general survey of the topic available, this widely-used exploration of the incidence, causes and control of crime in Early Modern England throws a vivid light on the times. It uses court archives to capture vividly the everyday lives of people who would otherwise have left little mark...
Rethinking the Enlightenment
Between History, Philosophy, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
One of the most persistent, troubling, and divisive of the ideological divisions within modernity is the struggle over the Enlightenment and its legacy. Much of the difficulty is owed to a general failure among scholars to consider how history, philosophy, and politics work together. Rethinking the...
Transformative Student Experiences in Higher Education
Meeting the Needs of the Twenty-First Century Student and Modern Workplace
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
Transformative Student Experiences in Higher Education: Meeting the Needs of the 21st Century Student and Modern Workplace presents a thorough consideration of the role, use, and implications of transformative and active instructional strategies in higher education. It examines the changing landscape...