The historian explores the life and legacy of the Greek sorceress, persecuted immigrant wife and feminist icon

The King's Eyes formed the world's first elite intelligence network, securing total information control across the ancient Persian Empire.

From Yorubaland and Benin to Nupe and Igboland.

From Akbar’s court to centres of Sanskrit learning, the Mughal centuries saw a period of political change, vigorous intellectual activity and dynamic exchanges between Persian and Sanskrit worlds.

The Sahara is one of the most dynamic zones of interaction in human history.

The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction - Volume 3

Nisi Shawl, a wise and wonderful writer of science fiction and fantasy, had a… Eileen Gunn needs your support for Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!

An anthology of weird, fantastic, supernatural, Dalit futurist, & magical realist fiction by writers from South Asia and the diaspora. edited by R.T. Samuel, Rakesh K. and Rashmi R.D. cover art by...

Ancient state structures in Africa included Empires, which carried with them all the complexity, inequalities, and political baggage inherent in such systems.

A man’s quest to resolve an inherited family trauma leads him to an enigmatic priory in a war-ravaged region, from which he’s not sure he will be able to flee Now available for preorder. All preord...

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From the bestselling author of the Japanese sensation The Full Moon Coffee Shop, this charming and heartfelt standalone novel brings more lost souls to the enchanted café—where they might find some he...

Africa was a haven for religious minorities (“heretics”), political exiles, and other refugees from beyond the continent during Late Antiquity.

Widely regarded as one of the most influential Catalan writers of the 20th century, Mercè Rodoreda was born and raised in Barcelona. At the tail end of the Spanish Civil War, she fled into exile, s…

What hides beneath the waves of an alien world?A gripping sci-fi mystery from the master of the genre, Adrian Tchaikovsky, featuring rebellious clones, deep-sea

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Women may be largely absent from traditional accounts of the Mongol conquests, but they played a crucial role in creating the largest of all land empires.

Manickavel (Things We Found During the Autopsy, a story collection) makes her full-length debut with this wonderfully strange wo...

No single body of primary sources in the literary heritage of West Africa has attracted as much attention and attained as much celebrity as the fabled manuscripts of Timbuktu.

A leading scholar draws on fifty years of reading and studying J.R.R. Tolkien to explain how he created an entire world.Winner of the Tolkien Society Award for Best BookWinner of the Mythopoeic Societ...