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The I. L. Peretz Reader
Isaac Leybush Peretz (1852–1915) is one of the most influential figures of modern Jewish culture. Born in Poland and dedicated to Yiddish culture, he recognized that Jews needed to adapt to their times while preserving their...
Like Subjects, Love Objects
Essays on Recognition and Sexual Difference
In this important book, the author of The Bonds of Love discusses gender issues from the perspective of developmental psychoanalysis. Jessica Benjamin, a well-known psychoanalyst and feminist, makes a case for what she...
The Plausibility of Life
Resolving Darwin’s Dilemma
Offering daring new ideas about evolution, two highly respected biologists here tackle the central, unresolved question in the field—how have living organisms on Earth developed with such astounding variety and complexity?...
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"Complicity with Evil"
The United Nations in the Age of Modern Genocide
A seasoned foreign correspondent shows how the UN privileges its own neutrality and interests above its founding mission of protecting humanity, with predictably tragic consequences From the killing fields...
As If Silent and Absent
Bonds of Enslavement in the Islamic Middle East
This groundbreaking book reconceptualizes slavery through the voices of enslaved persons themselves, voices that have remained silent in the narratives of conventional history. Focusing in particular on the Islamic...
Breathing Space
How Allergies Shape Our Lives and Landscapes
Why our efforts to eliminate asthma and hay fever have not just failed but have reshaped American life and spurred the dramatic growth of allergic diseases Allergy is the sixth leading cause of chronic...
Baghdad at Sunrise
A Brigade Commander's War in Iraq
A gripping personal account of success and failure in Iraq during the crucial first year after the fall of the Ba’athist regime This compelling book presents an unparalleled record of what happened after...
Selected Lyrics
The selected poems of one of the most important nineteenth-century French writers, masterfully translated In his ABC of Reading, Ezra Pound begins his short list of nineteenth-century French poets...
The Dance Claimed Me
A Biography of Pearl Primus
"Why do I dance? Dance is my medicine. It’s the scream which eases for a while the terrible frustration common to all human beings who because of race, creed, or color, are ‘invisible’. Dance is the fist with which I...
A Single Roll of the Dice
Obama's Diplomacy with Iran
The first objective assessment of the high-stakes diplomatic sparring between Washington and Tehran during President Obama’s first years in office Have the diplomatic efforts of the Obama administration...