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After Nuremberg
American Clemency for Nazi War Criminals
How the American High Commissioner for Germany set in motion a process that resulted in every non-death-row-inmate walking free after the Nuremberg trialsAfter Nuremberg is about the fleeting nature of...
Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century
The definitive biography of Soviet Jewish dissident writer Vasily Grossman, called “gripping" and "fascinating" by William Taubman in the New York Times “[Popoff] tells Grossman’s story with...
Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry (You too, August Wilson)
The fourteenth winner of the Yale Drama Series prize explores “Blackness” and the reasons why joy and peace might be harder to get than we think What does it mean to be safe when you’re a person of color in the...
The Dissolution of the Monasteries
A New History
The first account of the dissolution of the monasteries for fifty years—exploring its profound impact on the people of Tudor England “This is a book about people, though, not ideas, and as a detailed account of...
The Repeating Image
Multiples in French Painting from David to Matisse
An authoritative and elegant study of the theme of repetition in early modern painting Today serial imagery dominates all forms of visual media, from advertising to conceptual sculpture. In this...
A World Safe for Democracy
Liberal Internationalism and the Crises of Global Order
A sweeping account of the rise and evolution of liberal internationalism in the modern era, selected as a Best Book of 2021 by Foreign Affairs “A thoughtful and profound defence of liberal...
Englishmen at Sea
Labor and the Nation at the Dawn of Empire, 1570-1630
A deeply researched, analytically rich, and vivid account of England's early maritime empire Drawing on a wealth of understudied sources, historian Eleanor Hubbard explores the labor conflicts behind the rise of the...
Nikolai Astrup
Visions of Norway
A compelling introduction to the life and artistic output of a trailblazing Norwegian painter, printmaker, and horticulturist Nikolai Astrup (1880–1928) was a highly individual Norwegian Modernist artist...
The Nature of Tomorrow
A History of the Environmental Future
An examination of how Western visions of endless future growth have contributed to the global environmental crisis “This book does something that is worth doing and that no other scholarly book I know of comes...
The World Before Us
The New Science Behind Our Human Origins
A fascinating investigation of the origin of humans, based on incredible new discoveries and advanced scientific technology "Conveys the thrill of archaeological discovery.”—Alexander Larman, The Observer