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Ill Composed
Sickness, Gender, and Belief in Early Modern England
In the first in-depth study of how gender determined perceptions and experiences of illness in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England, Olivia Weisser invites readers into the lives and imaginations of ordinary men and...
Three French Comedies
Turcaret, The Triumph of Love, and Eating Crow
In this entertaining book, a playwright and theater critic presents up-to-date and witty translations of three classic comedies of French theater: Alain-René Lesage's satire Turcaret, Pierre Marivaux's love comedy
American Paintings Before 1945 in the Wadsworth Atheneum
Founded in Hartford, Connecticut, more than 150 years ago, the Wadsworth Atheneum is the oldest continuously operating public art museum in the United States, and it contains one of the most important collections of American...
St. Petersburg
A Portrait of a Great City
This catalogue celebrates the 2003 exhibition at Yale University’s Beinecke Library, highlighting unique materials form Yale’s research collections, brought together to celebrate St. Petersburg in its tercentennial year....
Fighting Napoleon
Guerrillas, Bandits and Adventurers in Spain, 1808–1814
Alongside the Spanish army in the campaign against Napoleon (1808-1814) was an assortment of freebooters, local peasants, and bandits who were organized into ad hoc regional private armies. These “guerrillas”—a term...
Tradition and Invention in Architecture
Conversations and Essays
A thought-provoking, elegantly crafted collection of essays by one of architecture’s most influential figures Among practicing architects today, perhaps only Robert A. M. Stern once contemplated a career...
New Glass Architecture
A timely look at the ways in which glass is utilized in some of today's most beautiful and experimental building designs For centuries, glass has provoked fascination with its properties as a versatile...
Visions of a Vanished World
The Extraordinary Fossils of the Hunsrück Slate
A spectacular collectible volume, with masterful photographs and expert commentary on some of the world's most striking fossils About four hundred million years ago earthquake activity and possibly major...
American Georgics
Writings on Farming, Culture, and the Land
A rich and evocative collection of agrarian writing from the past two centuries, reflecting how shifting views on agriculture have shaped American society, from the first European settlers to the modern organic movement...
The Struggle for Iraq's Future
How Corruption, Incompetence and Sectarianism Have Undermined Democracy
An unbarred account of life in post-occupation Iraq and an assessment of the nation’s prospects for the future Many Westerners have offered interpretations of Iraq’s nation-building progress in the wake of...