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We are a predominantly open access publisher committed to making the humanities research we publish widely available.

We have a long-established history of publishing, including a number of series in recent years with the renowned humanities Institutes based at the School of Advanced Study at the University of London, and have published over 750 books. In recent years, we have focused on growing our open access books programme, and our books have reached over 1,000,000 downloads in just a few years.

Explore our books on this page, or use the filters to find the specific title you’re looking for. You can visit our series page to see a full list of our current series, or visit our subjects page to see the areas we publish in. We are actively commissioning in many areas across the humanities, so if you’re interested in publishing with us please visit Publish with us to find out more.

364 books
Book cover for Magna Carta: history, context and influence

Magna Carta: history, context and influence

Lawrence Goldman

31 July 2018

Book cover for Shakespeare and Revision

Shakespeare and Revision

Stanley Wells

31 July 2018

Book cover for Brazil: Essays on History and Politics

Brazil: Essays on History and Politics

Leslie Bethell

31 May 2018

Book cover for The Narrators in ‘Macbeth’

The Narrators in ‘Macbeth’

Barbara Hardy

23 May 2018

Book cover for We Mark Your Memory: writings from the descendants of indenture

We Mark Your Memory: writings from the descendants of indenture

David Dabydeen
Maria del Pilar Kaladeen
Tina K. Ramnarine

30 April 2018

Book cover for Rethinking Past and Present in Cuba

Rethinking Past and Present in Cuba

Antoni Kapcia

17 March 2018

Book cover for People, Texts and Artefacts

People, Texts and Artefacts

David Bates
Edoardo D'Angelo
Elisabeth Houts

31 January 2018

Book cover for Philosophy and Medicine in the Formative Period of Islam

Philosophy and Medicine in the Formative Period of Islam

Peter Adamson
Peter Pormann

26 January 2018