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Birds of New Zealand
A Photographic Guide
A must-have guide for anyone interested in the extraordinary birds in New Zealand New Zealand’s birdlife developed extraordinary diversity as a consequence of evolving on isolated islands without mammalian...
La Vida Doble
A Novel
A tale of violence, lofty ideals, and moral ambiguity, Fontaine’s best-selling novel is now available in a superb English translation Set in the darkest years of the Pinochet dictatorship, La Vida Doble is...
St Petersburg
Shadows of the Past
Fragile, gritty, and vital to an extraordinary degree, St. Petersburg is one of the world’s most alluring cities—a place in which the past is at once ubiquitous and inescapably controversial. Yet outsiders are far more...
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin
Volume 42: March 1 through August 15, 1784
The forty-second volume of the collected writings and correspondences of the American statesman, ambassador, and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin In the spring of 1784, Franklin, John Jay, and British...
An Argument Open to All
Reading "The Federalist" in the 21st Century
From one of America’s most distinguished constitutional scholars, an intriguing exploration of America’s most famous political tract and its relevance to today’s politics In An Argument Open to All,...
Critique of Religious Discourse
An important work of contemporary Islamic thought argues against the programmatic use of Islamic religious texts to support fundamentalist beliefs First published in Arabic in 1994, progressive Muslim...
The Elusive Brain
Literary Experiments in the Age of Neuroscience
Featuring a foreword by renowned neuroscientist Joseph E. LeDoux, The Elusive Brain is an illuminating, comprehensive survey of contemporary literature’s engagement with neuroscience. This fascinating book explores how...
From Victims to Suspects
Muslim Women Since 9/11
Drawing on interviews and examples from across the globe, this book tackles the shifting narratives surrounding Muslim women Once regarded as passive victims waiting to be rescued, Muslim women are now...
In the Demon's Bedroom
Yiddish Literature and the Early Modern
This important study is the first to offer a sustained look at a variety of early modern Yiddish masterworks—and their writers and readers—paying particular attention to their treatment of supernatural themes and beings.
Stop Mugging Grandma
The 'Generation Wars' and Why Boomer Blaming Won't Solve Anything
A decisive intervention in the "war" between generations, asking who stands to gain from conflict between baby boomers and millennials Millennials have been incited to regard their parents’ generation as...