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A Sense of Place, a Sense of Time
J.B. Jackson, a pioneer in the field of landscape studies, here takes us on a tour of American landscapes past and present, showing how our surroundings reflect important changes in our culture. Because we live in...
Existentialism Is a Humanism
A fresh translation of two seminal works of existentialism"To understand Jean-Paul Sartre is to understand something important about the present time."—Iris Murdoch "Sartre matters because so...
The Trouble with Ed Schools
American schools of education get little respect. They are portrayed as intellectual wastelands, as impractical and irrelevant, as the root cause of bad teaching and inadequate learning. In this book a sociologist and...
On Classical Economics
A reexamination of classical economic theory and methods, by a senior economist of international stature Thomas Sowell's many writings on the history of economic thought have appeared in a number of...
The Republic
A major new translation of one of the central works of Western Civilization R. E. Allen’s highly regarded translations of the dialogues of Plato have been praised for their faithfulness and readability...
Why Photography Matters as Art as Never Before
A renowned critic and historian offers a radically new account of the meaning of ambitious art photography since the Bechers From the late 1970s onward, serious art photography began to be made at...
Women and the Religion of Ancient Israel
A synthetic reconstruction of women’s religious engagement and experiences in preexilic Israel “This monumental book examines a wealth of data from the Bible, archaeology, and ancient Near Eastern texts and...
It Is Daylight
Announcing the 2008 recipient of the Yale Younger Poets prize Arda Collins is the 2008 winner of the annual Yale Series of Younger Poets competition. Mesmerizing and electric, her poems seem to be...
The Hamburger
A History
America has run on hamburgers for almost a century. This is the story of their sizzle and their symbolism, where they came from and how they conquered the world. What do Americans think of when they think...
Stall Points
Most Companies Stop Growing--Yours Doesn't Have To
Virtually all corporations stagnate at some point in their lifetime, and only one in ten ever recaptures a sustainably high growth rate. Why? Very few large companies manage to avoid stalls in...