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Martin Luther
Visionary Reformer
A bold, insightful biography of Martin Luther"[A] richly detailed portrait."—D.G. Hart, Wall Street Journal"Even-handed and engaging. . . . A nuanced portrait of Luther...
Sustaining Lake Superior
An Extraordinary Lake in a Changing World
A compelling exploration of Lake Superior’s conservation recovery and what it can teach us in the face of climate change Lake Superior, the largest lake in the world, has had a remarkable history, including...
A Blueprint for War
FDR and the Hundred Days That Mobilized America
In the cold winter months that followed Franklin Roosevelt’s election in November 1940 to an unprecedented third term in the White House, he confronted a worldwide military and moral catastrophe. Almost all the European democracies...
Aldo Rossi and the Spirit of Architecture
An essential new look at the Italian architect, writer, and designer whose work paved the way for the postmodern movement This crucial reassessment of Aldo Rossi’s (1931–1997) architecture simultaneously...
The City Beneath
A Century of Los Angeles Graffiti
A sweeping history of Los Angeles told through the lens of the many marginalized groups—from hobos to taggers—that have used the city’s walls as a channel for communication Graffiti written in storm drain...
Minerva's French Sisters
Women of Science in Enlightenment France
A fascinating collective biography of six female scientists in eighteenth-century France, whose stories were largely written out of history This book presents the stories of six intrepid Frenchwomen of science in...
Advanced Russian Through History
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Malinowski
Odyssey of an Anthropologist, 1884–1920
Bronislaw Malinowski (1884–1942) was one of the most colorful and charismatic social scientists of the twentieth century. His contributions as a founding father of social anthropology and his complex personality earned him...
The Arts of China to A.D. 900
This book is the first in a major three-volume series that will survey China's immense wealth of art, architecture, and artifacts from prehistoric times to the twentieth century. The Arts of China to A.D. 900...
On Empire, Liberty, and Reform
Speeches and Letters
The great British statesman Edmund Burke had a genius for political argument, and his impassioned speeches and writings shaped English public life in the second half of the eighteenth century. This anthology of Burke’s...