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Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
An Identification Guide
A portable, practical and expertly illustrated field guide to over one hundred grasses, sedges, and rushes—winner of 2020 Library Journal Best Reference Pick of the Year in the Science & Technology category ...
Blooming Flowers
A Seasonal History of Plants and People
An evocative and richly illustrated exploration of flowers and how, over the centuries, they have given us so much sustenance, meaning, and pleasure“From the meaning of carnations in Sex and the City
The Anthropocene and the Humanities
From Climate Change to a New Age of Sustainability
A wide-ranging and original introduction to the Anthropocene (the Age of Humanity) that offers fresh, theoretical insights bridging the sciences and the humanities From noted environmental historian Carolyn...
Taking Back the Constitution
Activist Judges and the Next Age of American Law
How the Supreme Court’s move to the right has distorted both logic and the Constitution What Supreme Court justices do is far more than just “calling balls and strikes.” The Court has never simply evaluated...
Lie Machines
How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives
Technology is breaking politics—what can be done about it? Artificially intelligent “bot” accounts attack politicians and public figures on social media. Conspiracy theorists publish junk news sites to...
The First Soldier
Hitler as Military Leader
A leading expert reexamines history to offer a stunningly original portrait of Hitler as a competent military commander and strategist After Germany’s humiliating World War II defeat, numerous German...
London's New Scene
Art and Culture in the 1960s
A groundbreaking and extensively researched account of the 1960s London art scene In the 1960s, London became a vibrant hub of artistic production. Postwar reconstruction, jet air travel, television arts...
The Anatomy of Grief
An original, authoritative guide to the impact of grief on the brain, the heart, and the body of the bereaved "Dorothy Holinger's exploration of the contours of grief is wise, moving, thought-provoking, and,...
Nature Inside
Plants and Flowers in the Modern Interior
The story of how plants and flowers have shaped interior design for over 200 years From ferns in 19th-century British parlors to contemporary “living walls” in commercial spaces, plants and flowers have...
Practical Form
Abstraction, Technique, and Beauty in Eighteenth-Century Aesthetics
A groundbreaking study of the development of form in eighteenth-century aesthetics In this original work, Abigail Zitin proposes a new history of the development of form as a concept in and for aesthetics...