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Warfare, State and Society on the Black Sea Steppe, 1500-1700
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 39.95This crucial period in Russia's history has, up until now, been neglected by historians, but here Brian L. Davies' study provides an essential insight into the emergence of Russia as a great power. For nearly three centuries, Russia vied with the Crimean Khanate, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire for mastery of the Ukraine... more...
State, Power and Community in Early Modern Russia
Palgrave Macmillan 2004; US$ 150.00State, Power and Community in Early Modern Russia is a vivid reconstruction of life in one of the garrison towns built on Muscovy's southern steppe frontier in the early Seventeenth-century to defend against Tatar raids. It focuses on how the colonization process shaped power relations in a particular southern garrison community, both at the village... more...
Thomas Aquinas
Oxford University Press, USA 2002; US$ 49.99The work of Thomas Aquinas has always enjoyed a privileged position as a pillar of Catholic theology, but for centuries his standing among western philosophers was less sure. Today, Aquinas's work is recognized as a cornerstone of the western philosophical tradition. This book offers a full-scale introduction to Aquinas's philosophy. Brian... more...
Reality of God and the Problem of Evil
Continuum International Publishing 2006; US$ 130.00An important new book on how we can still believe in a God of love and confront the problem of evil in the world. Probably the most important book on the subject since John Hick's book `Evil and the God of Love`. &; Evil is a strong word that people now employ fairly rarely. Many people believe these days that God is omnipotent,omniscient and... more...
Empire and Military Revolution in Eastern Europe
Continuum International Publishing 2011; US$ 120.00In terms of resource mobilization and devastation the wars between Russia, the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire were some of the largest of the eighteenth century, and had enormous consequences for the balance of power in Eastern Europe.Davies examines how these conflicts characterized the course of Russian military development in response to... more...
Thomas Aquinas on God and Evil
Oxford University Press, USA 2011; US$ 22.99Brian Davies offers the first in-depth study of Saint Thomas Aquinas's thoughts on God and evil, revealing that Aquinas's thinking about God and evil can be traced through his metaphysical philosophy, his thoughts on God and creation, and his writings about Christian revelation and the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation. Davies first... more...
Social Control and Education (RLE Edu L)
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 105.00Social control is a central sociological concept which has generated many influential ?models? of man in society. This book examines these major models, and examines the rise of compulsory schooling in Britain and the USA and shows us which aspects of education and social control have been elaborated or neglected in the sociology of education down... more...
Warfare in Eastern Europe, 1500-1800
BRILL 2012; US$ 182.00A comparative examination of military development in early modern Eastern Europe, focusing on Russian, Polish-Lithuanian, Ottoman, Habsburg, Cossack, and Western European mercenary practice. more...
Linear Operators and their Spectra
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 87.00Authoritative text presenting a broad view of the spectral theory of non-self-adjoint linear operators. more...
Spectral Theory and Differential Operators
Cambridge University Press 1995; US$ 43.00This book could be used either for self-study or as a course text, and aims to lead the reader to the more advanced literature on partial differential operators. more...









