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Reimagining Time
A Light-Speed Tour of Einstein's Theory of Relativity
A quirky, funny, and accessible blend of science and art that delves into the heart of Einstein’s theory of relativity “A fascinating introduction to the core concepts of special relativity. The unique...
The Year of Peril
America in 1942
This fascinating chronicle of how the character of American society revealed itself under the duress of World War II "place(s) today’s myriad social traumas and dislocations in perspective."—George Will, Washington Post...
The Life of Music
New Adventures in the Western Classical Tradition
Nicholas Kenyon explores the enduring appeal of the classical canon at a moment when we can access all music—across time and cultures“Nicholas Kenyon is an amiable and enthusiastic guide to a thousand years of...
The Science of Abolition
How Slaveholders Became the Enemies of Progress
A revealing look at how antislavery scientists and Black and white abolitionists used scientific ideas to discredit slaveholders“While recent historical literature has shown the complicity of the early science of...
The Voice Catchers
How Marketers Listen In to Exploit Your Feelings, Your Privacy, and Your Wallet
Your voice provides biometric data. How are marketers using it to manipulate you?“[Dr. Turow ] is encouraging policymakers and the public to do something I wish we did more often: Be careful and considerate about...
Introduction to the Apocrypha
Jewish Books in Christian Bibles
An ambitious introduction to the Apocrypha that encourages readers to reimagine what “canon” really means Challenging the way Christian and non-Christian readers think about the Apocrypha, this is an ambitious...
Unrevolutionary Mexico
The Birth of a Strange Dictatorship
An essential history of how the Mexican Revolution gave way to a unique one-party state In this book Paul Gillingham addresses how the Mexican Revolution (1910–1940) gave way to a capitalist dictatorship of...
The New World Written
Selected Poems
A lyrical collection of the finest poems by a leading Mexican poet, superbly translated for English readers “A literary event. . . . [Baranda’s] work provides a bestiary as fierce as those found in the
Warda
A Novel
Sonallah Ibrahim’s 2000 masterpiece offers readers a view of twentieth-century world events through the diary pages of his titular character 1950s Cairo: the intersection of conflicting dreams and political...
The Popes against the Protestants
The Vatican and Evangelical Christianity in Fascist Italy
An account of the alliance between the Catholic Church and the Italian Fascist regime in their campaign against Protestants Based on previously undisclosed archival materials, this book tells the fascinating, untold...