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After Disbelief
On Disenchantment, Disappointment, Eternity, and Joy
An intimate, philosophic quest for eternity, amidst the disenchantments and disappointments of our time “Anyone who, in our age of disbelief, longs to believe in God will find Mr. Kronman worth reading.”—Andrew Stark,...
Designing Reform
Architecture in the People’s Republic of China, 1970–1992
Investigating the rich architecture of post-Mao China and its broad cultural impact In the years following China’s Cultural Revolution, architecture played an active role in the country’s reintegration into...
Lines and Lyrics
An Introduction to Poetry and Song
An introduction to poetry geared toward the study of song “Fusing an approach that engages both lyrics and musical content of English-language songs in a wide swath of genres, Lines and Lyrics gives...
The British Way of War
Julian Corbett and the Battle for a National Strategy
How a strategist's ideas were catastrophically ignored in 1914—but shaped Britain’s success in the Second World War and beyond Leading historian Andrew Lambert shows how, as a lawyer, civilian, and Liberal, Julian...
Two Houses, Two Kingdoms
A History of France and England, 1100–1300
An exhilarating, accessible chronicle of the ruling families of France and England, showing how two dynasties formed one extraordinary story The twelfth and thirteenth centuries were a time of personal monarchy,...
Black Dignity
The Struggle against Domination
Why Black dignity is the paradigm of all dignity and Black philosophy is the starting point of all philosophy “A bold attempt to determine the conditions of—and the means for achieving—racial justice.”—Kirkus...
The Lost Peace
How We Failed to Prevent a Second Cold War
The first account of the new Cold War—revealing how today’s renewed era of global great power competition could threaten us all The end of the Cold War in 1989 heralded a unique prospect for an enduring global...
A Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Engravers, 1714–1820
The first reference work to cover all engravers working on copper in Britain and Ireland 1714–1820 This biographical dictionary of engravers working on copper encompasses both those who produced fine art prints, and...
Inspiring Walt Disney
The Animation of French Decorative Arts
How Walt Disney and the Disney Studios wove the aesthetics of French decorative arts into the fairy-tale worlds of beloved animated films, from Cinderella to Beauty and the Beast and beyond Pink...
The Last Slave Ships
New York and the End of the Middle Passage
This stunning behind-the-curtain look into the last years of the illegal transatlantic slave trade in the United States represents “a signal contribution to U.S. antebellum historiography.” (Library Journal, Starred...