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The Enigma of the Owl
An Illustrated Natural History
A rare invitation into the mysterious lives of owls around the world, with spectacularly revealing photographs and fascinating details"This book is sure to delight any nature lover."—Wall...
Eternity's Sunrise
The Imaginative World of William Blake
In this richly illustrated portrait, a prize-winning biographer surveys the entire sweep of William Blake’s creative work while telling the story of his life William Blake, overlooked in his time, remains...
Peggy Guggenheim
The Shock of the Modern
A spirited portrait of the colorful, irrepressible, and iconoclastic American collector who fearlessly advanced the cause of modern art One of twentieth-century America’s most influential patrons of the...
In Praise of Forgetting
Historical Memory and Its Ironies
A leading contrarian thinker explores the ethical paradox at the heart of history's wounds The conventional wisdom about historical memory is summed up in George Santayana’s celebrated phrase, “Those who...
Inventing Boston
Design, Production, and Consumption, 1680–1720
During the late 17th and early 18th centuries, Boston was both a colonial capital and the third most important port in the British empire, trailing only London and Bristol. Boston was also an independent entity that pursued...
Wellington
Waterloo and the Fortunes of Peace 1814–1852
From the leading Wellington historian, a fascinating reassessment of the Duke’s most famous victory and his role in the turbulent politics after Waterloo Wellington’s momentous victory over Napoleon was the...
New Money
How Payment Became Social Media
A new vision of money as a communication technology that creates and sustains invisible—often exclusive—communities"In an engaging and timely work, brimming with fascinating anecdotes and historical and...
The Heart of the Declaration
The Founders' Case for an Activist Government
An eye-opening, meticulously researched new perspective on the influences that shaped the Founders as well as the nation's founding document From one election cycle to the next, a defining question...
Essential Modernism
Design between the World Wars
A beautiful and expansive look at Modernist design, representing iconic works including architecture, interiors, graphic design, and product design This wide-ranging survey showcases and analyzes the work...
The Curious World of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn
An intimate portrait of two pivotal Restoration figures during one of the most dramatic periods of English history Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn are two of the most celebrated English diarists. They were...