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The Watershed of Modern Politics
Law, Virtue, Kingship, and Consent (1300–1650)
The concluding volume of Francis Oakley's authoritative trilogy moves on to engage the political thinkers of the later Middle Ages, Renaissance, Age of Reformation and religious wars, and the era that produced the Divine...
A Little History of Science
A spirited volume on the great adventures of science throughout history, for curious readers of all ages Science is fantastic. It tells us about the infinite reaches of space, the tiniest living organism...
Second Simplicity
New Poetry and Prose, 1991-2011
An eagerly awaited anthology of recent poetry and prose by the celebrated French poet Yves Bonnefoy Yves Bonnefoy, who will soon attain the age of ninety, has gratified his readers during the past two...
The Science of Human Perfection
How Genes Became the Heart of American Medicine
A thoughtful new look at the entwined histories of genetic medicine and eugenics, with probing discussion of the moral risks of seeking human perfection Almost daily we hear news stories, advertisements,...
When Your Child Hurts
Effective Strategies to Increase Comfort, Reduce Stress, and Break the Cycle of Chronic Pain
The foremost resource for parents and caregivers seeking ways to help their child increase comfort and overcome chronic pain—a 2016 National Parenting Product Award winner “Dr. Coakley’s book is a superb roadmap...
The Conversion of Scandinavia
Vikings, Merchants, and Missionaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe
In this book a MacArthur Award-winning scholar argues for a radically new interpretation of the conversion of Scandinavia from paganism to Christianity in the early Middle Ages. Overturning the received narrative of Europe's...
The Corpse Washer
Acclaimed and celebrated in the Arab world for its vivid portrait of Iraq, this heartbreaking novel confronts the war-torn nation’s horrifying recent history Young Jawad, born to a traditional Shi'ite family...
American Lynching
A history of lynching in America over the course of three centuries, from colonial Virginia to twentieth-century Texas"A sophisticated and thought-provoking examination of the historical relationship...
Salvaged Pages
Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust
Second Edition
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award: viewing the Holocaust through the eyes of youth “Zapruder . . . has done a great service to history and the future. Her book deserves to become a standard in Holocaust...
My Dear BB . . .
The Letters of Bernard Berenson and Kenneth Clark, 1925–1959
In 1925, the 22-year-old Kenneth Clark (1903–1983) and the legendary art critic and historian Bernard Berenson (1865–1959) met in Italy. From that moment, they began a correspondence that lasted until Berenson’s death at age...