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The Western World is becoming atheist. In the space of three generations churchgoing and religious belief have become alien to millions. We are in the midst of one of humankind's great cultural changes. How has this happened? Becoming Atheist explores how people of the sixties' generation have...

The tip of the Dingle Peninsula, at the westernmost edge of Europe, is one of Ireland's most isolated regions. For millennia, it has also been a hub for foreign visitors: its position made it a medieval centre for traders, and the wildness of its remote landscape has been the setting for spiritual...

Capital [Das Kapital] is a ground-breaking work of economic analysis, one of the most significant essays ever devised by the 19th-century economist and philosopher Karl Marx in which he expounded his theory of the capitalist system, its dynamism, and its tendencies toward self-destruction. Marx’s...

The ancient Italian province of Venetia is of interest to us in the present inquiry as the source to which the first Venetians looked as the home of their fathers or of their own youth. It was a region of Northern Italy, which extended from the foot of the Alps to the Adriatic Sea; but its boundaries...

A richly rewarding narrative about a young painter's love affair with the Greek island of Sifnos When Christian Brechneff first set foot on the Greek island of Sifnos, it was the spring of 1972 and he was a twenty-one-year-old painter searching for artistic inspiration and a quiet place to...

The essays in this collection make up the first study of “dropping out” of late state socialism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. From Leningrad intellectuals and Berlin squatters to Bosnian Muslim madrassa students and Romanian yogis, groups and individuals across the Eastern Bloc rejected...

Although the end of the Cold War was greeted with great enthusiasm by people in the East and the West, the ensuing social and especially economic changes did not always result in the hoped-for improvements in people’s lives. This led to widespread disillusionment that can be observed today all across...

There are certain towns and cities that have an immediate effect on arrival, and certainly Bristol is one of those places. Whether you arrive into Bristol via her wonderful station, or drive past that impressive gorge traversed by Brunel’s glorious suspension bridge, you feel lifted, a distinct...

London, England is the perfect destination for your next overseas trip.  What is it that sets London part from the rest?   Its famous tourist attractions. In London, there are hundreds of historical and cultural noteworthy attractions that depict its past and give a clear...

If you  want to see just how far Liverpool has come since hosting the Capital of Culture Year, there is probably no better place to start than down by the Mersey. The central area of the city has managed to pull off that delicate balancing act of keeping the best of the old while shoe-horning...

Manchester is ideally placed for any tourist wishing to explore, either, the surrounding area, or much further afield. Manchester sits at the centre of an excellent road   network, which includes the M6, M56, M60, M61 and M62 motorways. In addition, there are a number of good A road links,...

**Walk in the steps of Socrates, test the acoustics of the amphitheater of Epidavros, and set sail for Santorini: with Rick Steves on your side, Greece can be yours! Inside Rick Steves Greece: Athens & The Peloponnese you'll find:** Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more...

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Crete, Greece. Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and is in the Mediterranean Sea between the Sea of Crete and the Libyan Sea. Crete consists of four prefectures: Chania, Rethimno, Heraklion and Lasithi.  If there was a beauty contest for...

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to the beautiful city of Dubrovnik, Croatia. Dubrovnik is one of the most prominent tourist resorts on the Mediterranean coast and is nicknamed "Pearl of the Adriatic" and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Dubrovnik is the proudest feather...