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The Collector
The Story of Sergei Shchukin and His Lost Masterpieces
A fascinating life of Sergei Shchukin, the great collector who changed the face of Russia’s art world Sergei Shchukin was a highly successful textiles merchant in the latter half of the nineteenth century,...
Jerusalem
City of the Book
A captivating journey through the hidden libraries of Jerusalem, where some of the world’s most enduring ideas were put into words In this enthralling book, Merav Mack and Benjamin Balint explore...
To Begin the World Over Again
How the American Revolution Devastated the Globe
The first exploration of the profound and often catastrophic impact the American Revolution had on the rest of the world While the American Revolution led to domestic peace and liberty, it ultimately had a...
Twilight of the Elites
Prosperity, the Periphery, and the Future of France
A passionate account of how the gulf between France’s metropolitan elites and its working classes are tearing the country apart Christophe Guilluy, a French geographer, makes the case that France...
Fake Heritage
Why We Rebuild Monuments
The first survey of the many redesigned and imitation historical landmarks and objects that dot the globe“John Darlington shows . . . it is not just written history that is malleable; it is also history...
Religious Pluralism in America
The Contentious History of a Founding Ideal
In this groundbreaking and timely history, an eminent historian of religion chronicles America’s struggle to fulfill the promise of religious toleration enshrined in our Constitution. William Hutchison shows that as Catholics...
The Fabrication of Louis XIV
Louis XIV was a man like any other, but the money and attention lavished on his public image by the French government transformed him into a godlike figure. In this engrossing book, an internationally respected historian...
The Zelmenyaners
A Family Saga
This is the first complete English-language translation of a classic of Yiddish literature, one of the great comic novels of the twentieth century. The Zelmenyaners describes the travails of a Jewish family in Minsk that...
The Case for Literature
The author of Soul Mountain,and China’s only Nobel Laureate in Literature, offers provocative insights into the meaning and enduring importance of literary expression When Gao Xingjian was...
Resurrection and the Restoration of Israel
The Ultimate Victory of the God of Life
This provocative volume explores the origins of the Jewish doctrine of the resurrection of the dead. Jon D. Levenson argues that, contrary to a very widespread misconception, the ancient rabbis were keenly committed to the...