Robarts: 5 books

“The eyes are exceptional, dark framed like his hair, even the lids are shaded. It is a wonderful Norse face, not handsome in a conventional sense; the nose is too sharp his expression too intellectual. No you don’t need to tell me, it is obvious I have fallen under his spell.” Kotlyarevski on...

The Cambridge Medieval History is a history of medieval Europe in eight volumes published between 1911 and 1936. Publication was delayed by the First World War and changes in the editorial team. The work was planned by John Bagnell Bury, Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University,...

Insights into the book of James It has become customary to ask the question: Why do bad things happen to good people? The epistle of James turns this question on its head, asking instead: How will you respond when bad things happen to you? In this immensely practical letter to the earliest Christians,...

Drawing upon Ottoman, Russian, and Bulgarian archival sources, this book explores the nexus between the environment, epidemic disease, human mobility, and the centralizing initiatives of the Ottoman and Russian states in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. As part of a broader discussion...

Since it was first published in 1964, Elements of Shipping has become established as a market leader. Now in its ninth edition, Branch’s Elements of Shipping, renamed in memory of Alan Branch, has been updated throughout and revised to take in the many changes that have occurred in the shipping...