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Radical Love
Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Tradition
This stunning collection showcases the love poetry and mystical teachings at the heart of the Islamic tradition in accurate and poetic original translations At a time when the association of Islam with...
Joy
100 Poems
One hundred of the most evocative modern poems on joy, selected by an award-winning contemporary poet“Bursting with energy and surprising locutions. . . . Even the most familiar poets seem somehow new...
The Secret Poisoner
A Century of Murder
Murder by poison alarmed, enthralled, and in many ways encapsulated the Victorian age. Linda Stratmann’s dark and splendid social history reveals the nineteenth century as a gruesome battleground where poisoners went head-to...
Caspar David Friedrich
Nature and the Self
A revelatory look at how the mature work of Caspar David Friedrich engaged with concurrent developments in natural science and philosophy Best known for his atmospheric landscapes featuring contemplative...
The Club
Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age
The story of the group of extraordinary eighteenth-century writers, artists, and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavernNamed one of the 10 Best Books of 2019 by the New York Times Book Review •...
The Solace Is Not the Lullaby
Jill Osier’s poems of quiet attention comprise this 114th volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, called "stunning" by Kimberly Burwick in OrionThe hollow more than shape is certain. The...
The Iceman Cometh
A critical edition of O’Neill’s most complex and difficult play, designed for student readers and performers This critical edition of Eugene O’Neill’s most complex and difficult play helps students and...
The Yellow Demon of Fever
Fighting Disease in the Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Slave Trade
A pathbreaking history of how participants in the slave trade influenced the growth and dissemination of medical knowledge As the slave trade brought Europeans, Africans, and Americans into contact,...
The Clock Mirage
Our Myth of Measured Time
Named one of Book Riot’s Six Great Nonfiction Books about Time: a tour of clocks throughout the centuries—from the sandglass to the telomere—that reveals the physical, biological, and social nature of time
The Prophet's Heir
The Life of Ali ibn Abi Talib
The life and legacy of one of Mohammad’s closest confidants and Islam’s patron saint: Ali ibn Abi Talib “The best biography of Ali I’ve ever read.”—Reza Aslan, author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of...