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Athens
A History of the World's First Democracy
A history of the world’s first democracy from its beginnings in Athens circa fifth century B.C. to its downfall 200 years later The first democracy, established in ancient Greece more than 2,500 years ago,...
Job
A New Translation
This "bold new English translation” (Adam Kirsch, Wall Street Journal) of Job by one of the world’s leading biblical scholars will reshape the way we read this canonical text “A work of erudition...
Dress in the Age of Jane Austen
Regency Fashion
A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated examination of dress, clothing, fashion, and sewing in the Regency seen through the lens of Jane Austen’s life and writings This lively book reveals the clothing...
Polygamy
An Early American History
A groundbreaking examination of polygamy showing that monogamy was not the only form marriage took in early America"A richly sourced, elegantly written, and strikingly original interdisciplinary study of...
Savage Tales
The Writings of Paul Gauguin
An original study of Gauguin’s writings, unfolding their central role in his artistic practice and negotiation of colonial identity As a French artist who lived in Polynesia, Paul Gauguin (1848–1903)...
Artists’ Moving Image in Britain Since 1989
An in-depth study of the expanding role of the moving image in British art over the past thirty years Over the past three decades the moving image has grown from a marginalized medium of British art into...
The Kremlin Letters
Stalin's Wartime Correspondence with Churchill and Roosevelt
A penetrating account of the dynamics of World War II’s Grand Alliance through the messages exchanged by the "Big Three" Stalin exchanged more than six hundred messages with Allied leaders Churchill and...
Life in the Country House in Georgian Ireland
A deft interweaving of architectural and social history For aristocrats and gentry in 18th-century Ireland, the townhouses and country estates they resided in were carefully constructed to accommodate their...
The Jazz Age
American Style in the 1920s
An exhilarating look at Art Deco design in 1920s America, using jazz as its unifying metaphor Capturing the dynamic pulse of the era’s jazz music, this lavishly illustrated publication explores American...
Richard III
The Self-Made King
An "excellent new biography" (Keith Thomas, New York Review of Books) of the wily and formidable prince who unexpectedly became monarch—the most infamous king in British history“An intricately...