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The Proteus Paradox
How Online Games and Virtual Worlds Change Us—And How They Don't
A surprising assessment of the ways that virtual worlds are entangled with human psychology Proteus, the mythical sea god who could alter his appearance at will, embodies one of the promises of online games...
Galileo
Watcher of the Skies
A provocative and penetrating new life of Galileo, placing the man, his achievements, and his failures in the broader history of the Scientific Revolution Galileo (1564–1642) is one of the most important...
The Long March of Pop
Art, Music, and Design, 1930–1995
An original and insightful new history of Pop Art from one of the most important art historians of our time Thomas Crow’s paradigm-changing book challenges existing narratives about the rise of Pop Art by...
The Genius
Elijah of Vilna and the Making of Modern Judaism
Elijah ben Solomon, the "Genius of Vilna,” was perhaps the best-known and most understudied figure in modern Jewish history. This book offers a new narrative of Jewish modernity based on Elijah's life and influence.
Stay
A History of Suicide and the Arguments Against It
A leading public critic reminds us of the compelling reasons people throughout time have found to stay alive Worldwide, more people die by suicide than by murder, and many more are left behind to grieve....
In the Name of Rome
The Men Who Won the Roman Empire
A definitive history of the great commanders of ancient Rome, from bestselling author Adrian Goldsworthy. “In his elegantly accessible style, Goldsworthy offers gripping and swiftly erudite accounts of Roman...
A Meeting of Land and Sea
Nature and the Future of Martha’s Vineyard
An eminent ecologist shows how an iconic New England island has been shaped by nature and human history, and how its beloved landscape can be protected Full of surprises, bedecked with gorgeous photographs...
Losing an Enemy
Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy
The definitive book on Obama’s historic nuclear deal with Iran from the author of the Foreign Affairs Best Book on the Middle East in 2012This timely book focuses on President Obama’s deeply...
Philo of Alexandria
An Intellectual Biography
Philo was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who left behind one of the richest bodies of work from antiquity, yet his personality and intellectual development have remained a riddle. Maren Niehoff presents the first biography...
Itch, Clap, Pox
Venereal Disease in the Eighteenth-Century Imagination
A lively interdisciplinary study of how venereal disease was represented in eighteenth-century British literature and art In eighteenth-century Britain, venereal disease was everywhere and nowhere: while...