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A Mask for Janus
A collection centered in myth, A Mask for Janus is the 49th volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets While Merwin’s poetry as a whole is grounded in the poetic forms of many eras and societies,...
The Mind Is Flat
The Remarkable Shallowness of the Improvising Brain
In a radical reinterpretation of how the mind works, an eminent behavioral scientist reveals the illusion of mental depth Psychologists and neuroscientists struggle with how best to interpret human...
They Knew They Were Pilgrims
Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty
Published for the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's landing, this ambitious new history of the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony "will become the new standard work on the Plymouth Colony.” (Thomas Kidd) ...
The Conquest of Malaria
Italy, 1900-1962
At the outset of the twentieth century, malaria was Italy’s major public health problem. It was the cause of low productivity, poverty, and economic backwardness, while it also stunted literacy, limited political participation,...
No Fixed Points
Dance in the Twentieth Century
The definitive history of twentieth-century theatrical dance, enhanced with more than 200 exceptional photographsWinner of the 2005 Congress on Research in Dance Award for Outstanding Publication in...
Political Order in Changing Societies
This now-classic examination of the development of viable political institutions in emerging nations is a major and enduring contribution to modern political analysis. In a new Foreword, Francis Fukuyama assesses Huntington’s...
A New Anatomy of Ireland
The Irish Protestants, 1649–1770
What was life like for Irish Protestants between the mid-seventeenth and the late-eighteenth centuries? In an account filled with entertaining episodes and memorable characters, Toby Barnard scrutinizes social attitudes and...
The Duel
The Eighty-Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler
This is a day-by-day account of the eighty-day struggle in 1940 between Hitler—poised on the edge of absolute victory—and Churchill—threatened by imminent invasion and defeat--on the eve of the second World War. ...
Painting the Word
Christian Pictures and Their Meanings
Christianity is another country, says John Drury, and we need to familiarize ourselves with it in order to understand the universal meaning of its art. In this beautifully written book, Drury, an Anglican priest and...
William Tyndale
A Biography
The dramatic life of William Tyndale, the first person to translate the Bible into English from the original Greek and Hebrew"A massive contribution to the history of the Reformation in England."—J....