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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 Medieval Merchants and Money

Medieval Merchants and Money

Matthew Davies
Martin Allen

10 June 2016

Book cover for The Cosmography of Paradise

The Cosmography of Paradise

Alessandro Scafi

6 June 2016

Book cover for Octavia Hill, social activism and the remaking of British society

Octavia Hill, social activism and the remaking of British society

Elizabeth Baigent
Ben Cowell

25 March 2016

Book cover for Reconciling Rwanda

Reconciling Rwanda

Jennifer Melvin

1 December 2015

Book cover for Poets as Readers in Nineteenth-Century France

Poets as Readers in Nineteenth-Century France

Joseph Acquisto
Adrianna M. Paliyenko
Catherine Witt

30 October 2015

Book cover for Administering the Empire, 1801-1968

Administering the Empire, 1801-1968

Mandy Banton

17 July 2015

Book cover for A Liberal Tide?

A Liberal Tide?

David James Cantor
Luisa Feline Freier
Jean-Pierre Gauci

30 May 2015