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In an increasingly globalised world, paradoxically regional innovation clusters have moved to the forefront of attention as a strategy for economic and social development. Transcending international success >>

"John Henry Biggart was quite simply the most creative force in Ulster medicine in the twentieth century, perhaps ever." With these words Sir Peter Froggatt, former Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University, >>

Sir Henry Sumner Maine was one of the great intellects of the Victorian era. In Popular Government he examines the political institutions of men. He saw that popular governments, unless they are founded >>

Educator, writer, critic, intellectual, film-maker-Henry Louis Gates, Jr., has been widely praised as being one of America's most prominent and prolific scholars. In what will be an essential volume, The >>

When World War II broke out in September 1939 the US Army - starved of resources since 1919 – numbered just 174,000 men. By VJ-Day, 2 September 1945, a total of 8.3 million had served in an army which >>

When Doctor Spencer Evans, a brilliant genetics research scientist discovers hidden strands within human DNA he inadvertently opens the doorway to his ancestors past emotions, traumas and deeds. A finding >>

Be it spring cleaning in a see-through apron while two wealthy women have sex or performing with 'Tinker Bell' while 'Peter Pan' whips her, the life of a teenage prostitute in Beverly Hills was never dull. >>

Daisy Miller, a novella published in 1878 is the precursor to many of James' later works. Daisy is a free spirited American traveling in Europe. She breaks all the rules of polite society by having fun >>

A comprehensive guide to Saint-Saëns' HENRY VIII, featuring Principal Characters in the opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and an insightful and in depth Commentary >>

"The Altar of the Dead" is a short story by Henry James, first published in his collection Terminations in 1895. A fable of literally life and death significance, the story explores how the protagonist tries to keep the remembrance of his dead friends, to save them from being forgotten entirely in the rush of everyday events. Although James was not religious in any conventional sense, the story shows a deep spirituality in its treatment of mortality and the transcendent power of unselfish love.