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Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed aby precursors...

Considered żeby many to be one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, The Lonely Crowd opened exciting new dimensions in...

Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) was a woman of extraordinary talent who carved for herself a career within the art world of nineteenth-century...

This book, the most thoroughly researched and accurate history of Czechoslovakia to appear in English, tells the story of the country from...

A renowned Buddhist teacher's magnum opus, based on his fresh reading of the tradition's earliest texts

Subtitled, }A History Of Himalayan Mountaineering From The Age Of Empire To The Age Of Extremes{. With maps and sketches by Dee Molenaar.

Based on recently discovered material, this biography of Marcel Proust sheds new light on one of the most celebrated voices in 20th-century...

This is Volume 20 of "The Anchor Bible", a new translation in fifty-six volumes, each with an introduction and notes. John L. McKenzie,...

This compelling new biography provides the most authoritative picture yet of King Stephen, whose reign (1135-1154), with its 'nineteen long...

An original, authoritative guide to the impact of grief on the brain, the heart, and the body of the bereaved "Dorothy Holinger's exploration...

Richard Owen was, after Darwin, the leading naturalist of 19th century Britain. In the debate over natural selection, Owen was Darwin's...

The definitive account of the life and music of Hungary's greatest twentieth-century composer This deeply researched biography of Bela Bartok...

David Livingstone (1813-1873) is revered as one of history's greatest explorers and missionaries, the first European to cross Africa, and...

A riveting, comprehensive history of the Arab peoples and tribes that explores the role of language as a cultural touchstone This kaleidoscopic...

The hidden costs of artificial intelligence-from natural resources and labor to privacy, equality, and freedom"This study argues that [artificial...

A comprehensive overview of more than two decades of Huma Bhabha's prolific and multidisciplinary output in sculpture, drawing, and photography

From the leading Wellington historian, a fascinating reassessment of the Duke's most famous victory and his role in the turbulent politics...

Well-written and eminently accessible, this book explores and celebrates the Upper Palaeolithic art of the Dordogne, admirably conveying...

Amidst all the emotional uproar about democracy and the widespread talk of revolution comes this clear call to reason--a mind-stretching...

From the school yards of the South Bronx to the tops of the Billboard charts, rap has emerged as one of the most influential cultural forces...

Since it was first published, "French in Action: A Beginning Course in Language and Culture - The Capretz Method" has been widely recognized...

John Ruskin's "Sesame and Lilies", first published in 1865, stands as a classic 19th-century statement on the natures and duties of men...

In Victorian London, filth was everywhere: horse traffic filled the streets with dung, household rubbish went uncollected, cesspools brimmed...

This beautifully illustrated survey examines the art and artists of the Edo period, one of the great epochs in Japanese art. Together with...

A compelling intellectual biography of Stalin told through his personal library "[A] fascinating new study."-Michael O'Donnell, Wall Street...

Philip de Laszlo (1869 - 1937) was the pre-eminent portrait artist working in Britain between the years 1907 and 1937. He painted more than...

A spirited and thought-provoking history of the vast changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages The millennium...

Good advice that stands the test of time - those things we all know are true, tips that help us live the good life - we call wisdom. But,...

A leading neuroscientist and pioneer in the study of mindfulness explains why addictions are so tenacious and how we can learn to conquer...

A major new history of the Crusades that illuminates the strength and sophistication of the Western and Muslim armies During the Crusades,...

A film-centric portrait of the extraordinarily gifted movie director whose decades-long influence on American popular culture is unprecedented...

John Ruskin, one of the greatest writers and thinkers of the nineteenth century, was also one of the most prolific. Not only did he publish...

Historian John Buckley offers a radical reappraisal of Great Britain's fighting forces during World War II, challenging the common belief...

Born in Syria in 1930, Adonis is one of the most celebrated poets of the Arabic-speaking world. His poems have earned international acclaim,...

In a lengthy new concluding chapter labeled A Reply to Critics, Lon L. Fuller extends and clarifies his definition of the relation between...

How does poetry work? Poet Lucy Newlyn demystifies the principles of the form, from sonnets and haiku to volta and synecdoche, all through...

John D. Hosler explores the great clashes and delicate settlements of medieval Jerusalem, from the Persian sack in 614 through the bloody...

An Eames Anthology collects for the first time the writings of American designers Charles (1907-1978) and Ray Eames (1912-1988). Celebrated...

Causal inference encompasses the tools that allow economists to determine what causes what. In an accessible and contemporary way, Scott...

A richly illustrated book featuring recent revelations about China's first emperor, Ying Zheng, and his famous burial site containing an...

Mark Rothko, one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century, was born in the Jewish Pale of Settlement in 1903. He immigrated to...

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, at the high tide of imperial struggles in North America, an indigenous empire rose to...

A unique work of fiction from the troubled streets of Ukraine, giving invaluable testimony to the new history unfolding in the nation's...

Frees Schumann from 150 years of myth-making and psychological speculation.

A fascinating exploration of our reality through the eyes of a physicist and a dancer-and an engaging introduction to both disciplines From...

A hard-hitting assessment of the alarming current consequences of the denuding of global natural capital.

Eighteenth-century artist and court insider Mary Granville Delany is best remembered for her elegant collages of flowers and other flora....

"Bom dia, Brasil!" is a completely revised and updated edition of the popular beginning Portuguese text "Portugues Basico para Estrangeiros"....

The story of filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's life and work, including his significant impact on Japan and the world—"an essential work in anime...

In this ambitious book, acclaimed writer Marilynne Robinson applies her astute intellect to some of the most vexing topics in the history...

While the collected writings of many major 20th-century artists, including Barnett Newman, Robert Motherwell and Ad Reinhardt, have been...

In this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to...

Janusz Korczak (1879-1942) is one of the legendary figures to emerge from the Holocaust. A successful paediatrician and well-known author...

This fabulously illustrated book explores western culture's fascination with extravagant and fashionable shoes. Over the past decade, shoe...

The first English-language biography of Astrid Lindgren provides a moving and revealing portrait of the beloved Scandinavian literary icon...

Considered aby many to be among the greatest writers of the past hundred years, Polish novelist Witold Gombrowicz explores the modern predicament...

An engrossing new biography of the musical revolutionary who was the world's first international megastar Hungarian composer Franz Liszt...

From Kaliningrad on the Baltic to the Russian Far East, journalist Ben Judah has travelled throughout Russia and the former Soviet republics,...

A lively and engaging biography of the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States, a man fiercely committed to protecting...

For thirty years Ben Kiernan has been deeply involved in the study of genocide and crimes against humanity. He has played a key role in...

Treacherous, power-hungry, untempered by moral restraint, and embittered aby physical deformity, Richard, the younger brother of King Edward...

Updated with two new chapters, this book exposes the profound influence of the United States, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar...

When and why did large-scale exhibitions of Old Master paintings begin, and how have they evolved through the centuries? In this work, art...

Philip II is not only the most famous king in Spanish history, but one of the most famous monarchs in English history: the man who married...

What is it to be a work of art? Part philosophical monograph and part memoiristic meditation, this book challenges the popular interpretation...

A fascinating biography of a revolutionary American artist ripe for rediscovery as a photographer and champion of other artists

Published to coincide with the bicentenary/ies of the Peninsular War and its major battles, this is the first major biography of Wellington...

Climate change is profoundly altering our world in ways that pose major risks to human societies and natural systems. We have entered the...

Despite recent ferocious public debate about the likelihood of the existence of God, the most central concept in such arguments remains...

A major theoretical statement żeby a distinguished political scholar explains why a policy of liberal hegemony is doomed to fail It is widely...

Why do policies and business practices that ignore the moral and generous side of human nature often fail$420

A groundbreaking account of Napoleon Bonaparte, Pope Pius VII, and the kidnapping that would forever divide church and state In the wake...

This highly acclaimed, prize-winning biography of one of the foremost political philosophers of the twentieth century is here reissued in...

The reign of Mary Tudor has been remembered as an era of sterile repression, when a reactionary monarch launched a doomed attempt to reimpose...

This is a comprehensive guide to the buildings of the Isle of Wight. The beguiling architecture of the many towns, villages and resorts...

The Second Crusade (1145-1149) was an extraordinarily bold attempt to overcome unbelievers on no less than three fronts. Crusader armies...

A leading expert on foreign policy reveals how tensions between America, NATO, and Russia transformed geopolitics in a Foreign Affairs Best...

A brilliant new translation of Cadhain's modern Irish literature masterpiece, meant to spark debate and comparison with Alan Titley's Dirty...

This stunning collection showcases the love poetry and mystical teachings at the heart of the Islamic tradition in accurate and poetic original...

What was life really like for East Germans, effectively imprisoned behind the Iron Curtain? The headline stories of Cold War spies and surveillance...

An enthralling appreciation of the monumentally gifted popular artist and cultural icon who challenged Hollywood's standards of beauty and...

This remarkable book looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an intimate firsthand account of how the...

Susan Sontag, one of the most internationally renowned and controversial intellectuals of the latter half of the twentieth century, still...

Jan Lucassen presents a truly inclusive history of humanity's endless labor throughout the ages. Spanning China, India, Africa, the Americas,...

The world's leading authority on the prophet Isaiah brings his distinguished three-volume commentary on the book of "Isaiah" to a conclusion...

A bestseller when first published in Germany in 2003, Jens Malte Fischer's "Gustav Mahler" has been lauded aby scholars as a landmark work....

Looks at Elizabethan London and the scientific revolution.

Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides - the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were not only unprecedented,...

Célébrer 250 ans d'expression de soi masculine, enquêter sur le portrait et la garde-robe de l'homme britannique à la modeThe Dandy Style...

A groundbreaking argument on how warm-bloodedness--arguably the most important innovation in vertebrate evolution--developed in birds and...

A nuanced and comprehensive study of the political dynamics between Russia and key countries in Southeast Europe

A beautifully reproduced facsimile edition and translation of Carmontelle's magnificent Garden at Monceau with essays that contextualize...

Today, it is commonly acknowledged that sexual abuse of children is a grave and pervasive problem. Yet 20 years ago many experts believed...

Charles James, often considered to be America's first couturier, was renowned in the 1940s and 1950s as a master at sculpting fabric for...

Historical atlases offer an understanding of the past that is invaluable to historians, not only because they convey a previous age's sense...

An accessible synthesis of the prescient best seller exploring seventeenth-century catastrophe and the impact of climate change

The second book in the Why I Write series provides generous insight into the creative process of the award-winning Norwegian novelist Karl...

Follow along on the exotic journeys of the celebrated French artist Paul Gauguin

For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary martyr who succeeded in leading the French...

An insider's perspective on the life and influence of Israel's first native-born prime minister, his bold peace initiatives, and his tragic...

100 fabulous gowns from the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

One World Now seamlessly integrates major developments of the past decade into Peter Singer's classic text on the ethics of globalization

A brilliant introduction to the philosophical concept of materialism and its relevance to contemporary science and culture In this eye-opening,...

The best cartooning is efficient visual storytelling - it is as much a matter of writing as it is of drawing. In this book, noted cartoonist...

Originally published more than fifty years ago, The Courage to Be has become a classic of twentieth-century religious and philosophical...

Spin and photo opportunities may appear to have emerged onto the political scene only recently, but in fact image and its manipulation have...

As in many postcommunist states, politics in Ukraine revolves around the issue of national identity. Ukrainian nationalists see themselves...

This is a lively, authoritative and practical guide to the buildings of Nottingham, from its medieval beginnings to the innovative architecture...

Edward III (1312 - 1377) was the most successful European ruler of his age. Reigning for over fifty years, he achieved spectacular military...

Hieronymus Bosch’s (c. 1450–1516) Garden of Earthly Delights has elicited a sense of wonder for centuries. Over ten feet long and seven...

A riveting account of ancient Rome's imperial bodyguard, the select band of soldiers who wielded the power to make-or destroy-the emperors...

In this meticulously researched book, Oliver Hilmes paints a fascinating and revealing picture of the extraordinary Cosima Wagner - illegitimate...

This biography of celebrated romantic poet John Keats explodes entrenched conceptions of his as a delicate, overly-sensitive and tragic...

When the armies of the First Crusade wrested Jerusalem from control of the Fatimids of Egypt in 1099, they believed their victory was an...

Biography of influential jazz pianist Bill Evans. 40 illus.

Are humans still subject to the forces of evolution? An evolutionary biologist provides surprising insights into the future of Homo sapiens

Speechless blurs boundaries among senses, media, disciplines, and environments through conversations with eight creative minds, documenting...

Le premier étude complet de ces objets rares et influents, documentant un moment de formation au début de la carrière du célèbre photographeCet...

This book is Makoto Fujimura's broad and deep exploration of creativity and the spiritual aspects of "making." Beautiful and poignant, it...

A major, general history of the French Revolution, which draws on a host of unfamiliar and under-utilised sources to evoke the experiences...