The Temple Of Optimism

Famously, Jane Austen created a fictional universe for 'three or four families in a country villa...

English, Scottish and Irish Violin Makers - A Selection of Classic Articles on the History of the Violin (Violin Series)

Invention of Discovery, 1500-1700

The early modern period used to be known as the Age of Discovery. More recently, it has been trop...

Cold Blood

The Russian Revolution is breaking out around him, but Charlie Doig has a private war to fight...

Fidelity to Our Imperfect Constitution

In recent years, some have asked Are we all originalists now? and many have assumed that original...

Historical Perspectives on Climate Change

This intriguing volume provides a thorough examination of the historical roots of global climate ...

Thomas Gage

Thomas Gage is a happy man. He has a fine house in Norfolk, two delightful children, a wife wh...

Milton’s Secrecy

Scientific modernity treats interpretation as a matter of discovery. Discovery, however, may not ...

White Blood

The son of an English father and Russian mother, Charlie Doig is a big man - big in stature an...

The Callendar Effect

Guy Stewart Callendar (18981964) is noted for identifying, in 1938, the link between the artifcia...

Invention of Discovery, 1500-1700

The early modern period used to be known as the Age of Discovery. More recently, it has been trop...

Milton’s Secrecy

Scientific modernity treats interpretation as a matter of discovery. Discovery, however, may not ...