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Fallen Giants
A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes
The story of the world’s highest peaks and the remarkable people who have sought to climb them The first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa teammate Tenzing...
Jonathan Swift
His Life and His World
Winner of the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography: The life of satirist Jonathan Swift, written by a master biographer and leading scholar of eighteenth-century literature“Superb. . . ....
Corridors of Power
The Politics of Environmental Aid to Madagascar
A highly regarded academic and former policy analyst and consultant charts the forty-year history of neoliberalism, environmental governance, and resource rights in Madagascar Since the 1970s, the U.S....
Welcome to Subirdia
Sharing Our Neighborhoods with Wrens, Robins, Woodpeckers, and Other Wildlife
Even as growing cities and towns pave acres of landscape, some bird species have adapted and thrived. How has this come about?Welcome to Subirdia presents a surprising discovery: the suburbs of many...
The Complete Poems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
John Wilmot, the notorious Earl of Rochester, was the darling of the polished, profligate court of Charles II. One of the finest poets of the Restoration, patron to important playwrights, model for countless witty young rakes...
The Democratic Wish
Popular Participation and the Limits of American Government
Revised Edition
This prize-winning book reinterprets more than 200 years of American political history as the interplay between the public’s dread of government power and its yearning for communal democracy. James Morone argues that...
Birds of Northern South America Set
2 Volume Set
Winner of the 2007 National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA) for Nature GuidebooksThe two companion volumes of this extensive and detailed guide make a groundbreaking contribution to bird guide literature:...
Credo
Historical and Theological Guide to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition
One of the world’s leading scholars offers unique insights into the history and significance of Christian creeds Eminent theologian Jaroslav Pelikan has been translating, editing, and studying the Christian...
China's Examination Hell
The Civil Service Examinations of Imperial China
Written by one of the foremost historians of Chinese institutions, this book focuses on China’s civil service examination system in its final and most elaborate phase during the Ch’ing dynasty. All aspects of this...
The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Vol. 24
Volume 24: The Blank Bible
In 1730, Jonathan Edwards acquired a book-like, leather-bound manuscript containing an interleaved printed edition of the King James Version of the Bible. Over the next three decades, Edwards proceeded to write in the...