This text recounts Charlemagne's personal life and his achievements in warfare, learning, art, building, and in the skillful administration of the state.

Kant's views on education, which influenced the liberal and democratic ideals that guide educational theory today

A social history of the merchant class of 14th- and 15th-century London

The most comprehensive contemporaneous record of the rise and fall of the Carolingian Empire

An examination of the effects of colonialism on those who are held in check

An autobiographical novel of race and class by one of the leading Black writers of the 20th century

A compelling and intricate novel of emigration and the effects of colonialism on a people

Memories of a turn-of-the-century childhood by the granddaughter of Charles Darwin

Originally published in 1932, this book is the first known mystery novel written by an African-American. Rudolph Fisher, one of the principal writers of the Harlem Renaissance, becomes a 'conjure-man', a fortune teller, a mysterious figure who remains shrouded in darkness while his clients sit directly across from him, singly bathed in light. It is in this configuration that one of these seekers of the revelation of fate discovers he is speaking to a dead man.

Pioneering work on an important new approach to economics.