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Arguing About War
A provocative discussion of recent wars and the issues that surround them, written by a preeminent political theorist Michael Walzer is one of the world’s most eminent philosophers on the subject of...
Walden
A Fully Annotated Edition
The ultimate gift edition of Walden for bibliophiles, aficionados, and scholars"Replaces all other available editions of Walden as the most attractive and reliable way to approach this...
Chinese Silks
The first comprehensive history of China's most luxurious textile and its enduring influence on Chinese civilization and art Over the past fifty years, archaeological explorations in China have unearthed...
The Christian West and Its Singers
The First Thousand Years
A renowned scholar and musician presents a new and innovative exploration of the beginnings of Western musical art. Beginning in the time of the New Testament, when Christians began to develop an art of ritual singing with an...
Here in Our Auschwitz and Other Stories
The most complete English-language collection of the prose of Tadeusz Borowski, the most challenging chronicler of Auschwitz, with a foreword by Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny “Borowski’s sharp...
Birds, Mammals, and Reptiles of the Galápagos Islands
An Identification Guide
Second Edition
This is the first comprehensive guide to the unique wildlife of the Galápagos, encompassing the birds, mammals, and reptiles a visitor to these extraordinary islands might encounter. The innovative, simple-to-use format of...
The Merchant of Venice
In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia but lacks the necessary funds. He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow from...
50 Signs of Mental Illness
A Guide to Understanding Mental Health
A user-friendly, alphabetical guide to psychiatric symptoms and what you should know about them. Anger, fatigue, obsessions, memory loss, sexual performance problems, suicidal thoughts. Are these signs of...
Soldiers and Ghosts
A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity
A major new history of battle in the ancient world, from the age of Homer through the decline of the Roman empire What set the successful armies of Sparta, Macedon, and Rome apart from those they...
The Siege of Budapest
One Hundred Days in World War II
The definitive history of one of the fiercest battles of World War II This definitive history of one of the fiercest battles of World War II describes the siege of Budapest in unprecedented detail. Both...