It is 1899 as twenty-three-year-old Jackie Lindquist settles into a window seat on the train to St. Paul. Dissatisfied as a school marm, Jackie waves goodbye to her forlorn parents…

When newspapers give daily contradictory advice on how to live longer, and on what foods will either help you or kill you, how do we know who to trust and…

This volume explores whether theatre pedagogy can and should be transformed in response to the global climate crisis. It will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners of…

First published in 1920, The House of Dust is a landmark work of modernist poetry and a haunting meditation on the transience of human life. Composed in a series of…

Foreshadows twenty-first-century concerns about terrorism and international espionage. This book is set in the seedy world of Adolf Verloc, a storekeeper and double agent in late-Victorian London who pretends to…

This volume locates the Book of Acts within the framework of the Roman Empire in the eastern Mediterranean. Drawing on recent archaeological field work and epigraphic discoveries, the author contextualizes…

A practical guide for practitioners working at all levels in public health and health protection. It is aimed at individuals training in health protection and public health including those with…