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Machado de Assis
A Literary Life
Novelist, poet, playwright, and short story writer Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839–1908) is widely regarded as Brazil’s greatest writer, although his work is still too little read outside his native country. In this...
On Being Human
Why Mind Matters
A revered psychologist invites us to re-examine our thinking about controversial contemporary issues, from the genetic basis for behaviors to the functions of education In this thought-provoking book,...
I Maccabees
"The Apocryphal book of I Maccabees (Volume 41 in the acclaimed Anchor Bible series) is an inspirational thriller." With the help of God, the aged priest Mattathias and his sons--Judas Maccabaeus, Jonathan, and...
Genesis
Genesis is Volume I in the Anchor Bible series of new book-by-book translations of the Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha. Ephraim Avigdor Speiser was University Professor and Chairman of the Department of Oriental...
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volumes 13-14
With Thomas Gray, Richard West, and Thomas Ashton, I; With Thomas Gray, II
Battle Tactics of the Western Front
The British Army`s Art of Attack, 1916-18
Historians have portrayed British participation in World War I as a series of tragic debacles, with lines of men mown down by machine guns, with untried new military technology, and incompetent generals who threw their troops...
School for Citizens
Theatre and Civil Society in Imperial Russia
This book offers a new perspective on the history of theatre in imperial Russia, focusing on the rise and regulation of the theatre industry and on the development of the idea of theatre. Murray Frame analyzes for the first...
Women's Divination in Biblical Literature
Prophecy, Necromancy, and Other Arts of Knowledge
Divination, the use of special talents and techniques to gain divine knowledge, was practiced in many different forms in ancient Israel and throughout the ancient world. The Hebrew Bible reveals a variety of traditions of...
The Compelling Ideal
Thought Reform and the Prison in China, 1901-1956
In this groundbreaking volume, based on extensive research in Chinese archives and libraries, Jan Kiely explores the pre-Communist origins of the process of systematic thought reform or reformation (ganhua) that evolved into...
The First Circumnavigators
Unsung Heroes of the Age of Discovery
Prior histories of the first Spanish mariners to circumnavigate the globe in the sixteenth century have focused on Ferdinand Magellan and the other illustrious leaders of these daring expeditions. Harry Kelsey’s masterfully...