Robert Parker

This book explores certain contemporary problems of accounting through the eyes and pens of historians. Many accounting problems are not new ones and it is therefore important to understand their history and development through the ages. Meer

The main magnetic field of the Earth is a complex phenomenon. To understand its origins in the fluid of the Earth's core, and how it changes in time requires a variety of mathematical and physical tools. Meer

Tantalizingly little documented, ancient Greek religion is all too often reduced to the dry analysis of archaeological remains. This major new work, by the most prestigious expert on the subject in the UK, is a revolutionary attempt to bring ancient religion to life, setting it firmly in the thick of contemporary events and politics. Meer

The Early Greek Alphabets brings a range of perspectives to bear in revisiting the legacy of Anne Jeffrey's work on archaic Greek scripts. The research extends the scope of Jeffrey's research, by considering the fortunes of the Greek alphabet in Etruria, in southern Italy, and on coins. Meer