Elizabeth Currie: 5 books

It is the close of the hot summer of 1559 and Spain is at the height of its Imperial powers. Its treasure fleets ply the Spanish Main between the New World and Seville, laden with the gold and silver of vanquished Indian nations, whilst at home the all-powerful Inquisition jealously guards the nation’s...

Salia Bennett is a successful freelance journalist and travel writer, living in Hampstead with her husband Matt, editor at a Bloomsbury literary agency. Ostensibly settled and happily married, Salia never questions the validity of her relationship with Matt, although it has been many years since they...

Dress became a testing ground for masculine ideals in Renaissance Italy. With the establishment of the ducal regime in Florence in 1530, there was increasing debate about how to be a nobleman. Was fashionable clothing a sign of magnificence or a source of mockery? Was the graceful courtier virile...

For those ready to participate in making transformative changes, Transforming Undergraduate Education provides evidence and case studies that suggest how steps can be taken and progress made. For those who are currently leading their campuses through a change in culture, this book offers support and...

The fourth volume in the Harte Research Institute’s landmark scientific series on the Gulf of Mexico provides a comprehensive study of ecosystem-based management, analyzing key coastal ecosystems in eleven Gulf Coast states from Florida to Quintana Roo and presenting case studies in which this integrated...