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The Little Street
The Neighborhood in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art and Culture
An interdisciplinary study of the central role that the neighborhood played in seventeenth-century Dutch painting and culture The neighborhood was a principal organizing structure of Dutch cities in the...
Paul Transformed
Reception of the Person and Letters of Paul in Antiquity
A fascinating reception history of the theological, ethical, and social themes in the letters of Paul In the first decades after the death of Jesus, the letters of the apostle Paul were the chief written resource...
Legitimate Opposition
The first theory of legitimate opposition in fifty years In political systems defined by legitimate opposition, those who hold power allow their rivals to peacefully challenge and displace them, and those who have...
The Economic Consequences of U.S. Mobilization for the Second World War
A reminder that war is not always, or even generally, good for long-term growth Many believe that despite its destructive character, war ultimately boosts long‑term economic growth. For the United States this view...
The Strategy of Denial
American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
Why and how America’s defense strategy must change in light of China’s power and ambition—A Wall Street Journal best book of 2021 “This is a realist’s book, laser-focused on China’s bid for mastery in...
The Twilight Struggle
What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today
A leading historian’s guide to great-power competition, as told through America’s successes and failures in the Cold War “There is an undeniable ease and fluidity to Mr. Brands’s narrative, and his use of Cold War...
Why Food Matters
From the author of Ten Restaurants That Changed America, an exploration of food’s cultural importance and its crucial role throughout human history“A rich and fascinating narrative that reaches deep into...
Beaton
Portraits
An exquisite book that celebrates the masterful and evocative portraits created by one of the world’s most famous twentieth-century photographers Sir Cecil Beaton (1904–1980) was one of the most...
Teaching Problems and the Problems of Teaching
In this fascinating book, an experienced classroom teacher takes us into her fifth-grade math class through the course of a year and shows how classroom dynamics—the complex relationship of teacher, student, and content—are critical...
denver
A Photographic Survey of the Metropolitan Area, 1970-1974
denver and What We Bought, together with The New West, form a loose trilogy of Robert Adams’s work exploring the rapidly developing landscape of the Denver metropolitan area from 1968 through 1974...