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Dark Persuasion
A History of Brainwashing from Pavlov to Social Media
A "highly readable and compelling" account (Science) of brainwashing’s pervasive role in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries“Riveting. . . . Dimsdale . . . shows how the art of dark persuasion a...
Why Argument Matters
Hailed by the New York Times as a book that “examines the role that argument has played throughout history and how it has shaped human existence.”“An invigorating reflection on the nature and value of...
A Map of Longings
The Life and Works of Agha Shahid Ali
The beautifully written first biography of one of the world’s finest twentieth-century poets Agha Shahid Ali (1949–2001) was one of the most celebrated American poets of the latter twentieth century, and his works...
Nalini Malani
National Gallery Contemporary Fellowship
A unique and compelling view of the work of leading contemporary artist Nalini Malani through the lens of her most recent commission This publication presents the latest work of Nalini Malani (b. 1946), recipient of...
Bruegel and Beyond
Netherlandish Drawings in the Royal Library of Belgium, 1500-1800
The Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels houses the largest collection of drawings in the country. Among its highlights are works by leading artists of the Low Countries, including Pieter Bruegel I, Joris Hoefnagel, Hendrick Goltzius,...
Confronting Climate Gridlock
How Diplomacy, Technology, and Policy Can Unlock a Clean Energy Future
An atmospheric scientist explains why global climate change mitigation and energy decarbonization demand American diplomacy, technology, and policy “Daniel Cohan makes a compelling case that the problem of...
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
Mel Brooks
Disobedient Jew
A spirited dive into the life and career of a performer, writer, and director who dominated twentieth-century American comedy Mel Brooks, born Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn in 1926, is one of the great comic voices...
Journeys to Heaven and Hell
Tours of the Afterlife in the Early Christian Tradition
A New York Times bestselling scholar’s illuminating exploration of the earliest Christian narrated journeys to heaven and hell “[An] illuminating deep dive . . . An edifying origin story for contemporary...
Woman
The American History of an Idea
A comprehensive history of the struggle to define womanhood in America, from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century “Exhaustively researched and finely written.”—Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times...