Our books

‘Thieves’ marks’ and ‘tinder-wolves’: The Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law

Read Adèle Kreager's take on our new title 'A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law'.

On 'Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora' by Grace Aneiza Ali (ed.).

Read Domenic Rotundo's reflections on our forthcoming book 'Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora' by Grace Aneiza Ali (ed.).

OBP Newsletter

OBP Spring Newsletter 2020

Welcome to our Spring Newsletter! Amid all the uncertainties surrounding the COVID19 pandemic, at Open Book Publishers we remain committed to making knowledge accessible and we are still working —albeit from our separate homes— to bring you the latest news and open access academic books.

Our books

Margery Spring Rice: Pioneer of Women’s Health in the Early Twentieth Century

In this new blog Dr Lucy Pollard, author of 'Margery Spring Rice: Pioneer of Women’s Health in the Early Twentieth Century', reflects on her new title and her role as a biographer.

textbooks

'Models in Microeconomic Theory'

by Martin J. Osborne As an undergraduate, I was fortunate not to learn microeconomic theory from a textbook. Instead, I was privileged to have two wonderful teachers, Frank Hahn and Partha Dasgupta. Frank

Open resources

Gallucci's Commentary on Dürer’s 'Four Books on Human Proportion': Renaissance Proportion Theory

by James Hutson Ever since the seminal publication on human proportion by the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, the relevance to such studies to other areas was rarely in question. Writers on poetry,

open education

Open education is key to the future of learning

Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash Education is the key to human development and social mobility. Education is also the engine that drives economic growth and social development. Thus, education is essential for

International relations

History of International Relations: A Non-European Perspective – Erik Ringmar

International Relations (IR) can be defined as the study of the interconnectedness of nations on a global level, merging the disciplines of economics, history, political science and law to examine such topics as

‘Thieves’ marks’ and ‘tinder-wolves’: The Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law

On 'Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora' by Grace Aneiza Ali (ed.).

Photography and Protest

The cost of Open Access books: a publisher writes

‘Thieves’ marks’ and ‘tinder-wolves’: The Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law

On 'Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora' by Grace Aneiza Ali (ed.).

Margery Spring Rice: Pioneer of Women’s Health in the Early Twentieth Century

'Models in Microeconomic Theory'

Gallucci's Commentary on Dürer’s 'Four Books on Human Proportion': Renaissance Proportion Theory

Open education is key to the future of learning

History of International Relations: A Non-European Perspective – Erik Ringmar