Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, has great historical and cultural significance. The city was captured and occupied by the Islamic State in early June 2014 and one month later Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi used Mosul’s al-Nuri Mosque to declare the formation of the caliphate. After a fierce battle, the city was liberated in 2017, however, large parts of the city, including most of the old city, were completely destroyed. Currently, the city is undergoing reconstruction. This book focuses on that...

Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll in Rembrandt’s Time focuses on the generation of rich young men that grew up in the seventeenth century in the Dutch Republic. These men had more money to spend on clothes, music, and recreation than the generation before them. This fascinating account of male adolescence in the Dutch Republic reveals how young men including Rembrandt van Rijn disregarded conservative values and rebelled against the older generation, and consequently created a new youth culture ...