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Hitler's Hangman
The Life of Heydrich
A chilling biography of the head of Nazi Germany’s terror apparatus, Reinhard Heydrich—a key player in the Third Reich whose full story has never before been told“Gerwarth dispassionately examines...
Ravel
This new biography of Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), by one of the leading scholars of nineteenth- and twentieth-century French music, is based on a wealth of written and oral evidence, some newly translated and some derived from...
George II
King and Elector
Despite a long and eventful reign, Britain's George II is a largely forgotten monarch, his achievements overlooked and his abilities misunderstood. This landmark biography uncovers extensive new evidence in British and German archives...
Skogen
Skogen is the Swedish word for forest, and while the dense woods featured in Robert Adams's most recent series of photographs grow near his home in Oregon, the pictures evoke a wild utopia, and convey a hushed,...
What I Don't Know About Animals
A book for those who are entranced by animals, those who cherish elegant writing, and those who delight in the meditations of an original thinker What does novelist, essayist, and memoirist Jenny Diski...
Russia's Cold War
From the October Revolution to the Fall of the Wall
The first history of the Cold War focusing on the Soviet dimension, based on previously inaccessible archives The phrase “Cold War” was coined by George Orwell in 1945 to describe the impact of the...
A Cultural History of Wallonia
Wallonia—the southern region of Belgium—boasts an extraordinarily rich cultural heritage. This book presents the first comprehensive overview of Walloon culture, exploring in particular the roles that literature, music, and art...
Wim Delvoye Introspective
Wim Delvoye (b. 1965) is known for his inventive and often controversial projects, and his work has been exhibited around the world. One of a generation of Belgian artists who have revolutionized contemporary art, Delvoye...
Koo Jeong A
Constellation Congress
Since the early 1990s, Koo Jeong A (b. 1967) has created ephemeral environments, sculptures, and drawings that examine the poetics of everyday life and the mysteries of imagination. This book, the first critical study of Koo's...
The Mechanical Smile
Modernism and the First Fashion Shows in France and America, 1900-1929
A superlative study of the roots of the modern fashion show In the early 20th century, the desire to see clothing in motion flourished on both sides of the Atlantic: models tangoed, slithered, swaggered,...