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A Little History of Poetry

John Carey

A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literature--selected as the literature book of the year by the London Times  ...

March 9, 2021, PB-with Flaps, $15.00

A World Out of Reach

Dispatches from Life under Lockdown

Edited and with an Introduction by Meghan O'Rourke

Selections from the "Pandemic Files" published by The Yale Review, the preeminent journal of literature and ideas“If only our response to the pandemic on other fronts could have been as speedy and...

November 24, 2020, Paper, $15.00

Packing My Library

An Elegy and Ten Digressions

Alberto Manguel

A best-selling author and world-renowned bibliophile meditates on his vast personal library and champions the vital role of all libraries.“The author brings a fresh hopefulness to the enterprise of books...

April 23, 2019, Paper, $15.00

Fabulous Monsters

Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends

Alberto Manguel

“In art and words, a book lover honors the characters he can’t forget.”—New York Times Book Review An original look at how literary characters can transcend their books to guide our lives, by one of the...

October 20, 2020, Paper, $15.00

A Little History of the World

E.H. Gombrich; Translated by Caroline Mustill; Illustrated by Clifford Harper

The international bestseller: E. H. Gombrich’s sweeping history of the world, for the curious of all ages   “All stories begin with ‘Once upon a time.’ And that’s just what this story is all about: what...

October 7, 2008, PB-with Flaps, $15.00

Light Is the Theme

Louis I. Kahn and the Kimbell Art Museum

Comments on architecture by Louis Kahn; Compiled by Nell E. Johnson; Foreword by Eric M. Lee

Originally published in 1975 as a memorial to the Kimbell Art Museum's architect, Louis I. Kahn, Light Is the Theme provides an extended expression of the major themes articulated in his design for the museum. The text...

February 28, 2012, Paper, $15.00

An American Experiment

George Bellows and the Ashcan Painters

David Peters Corbett; With contributions by Katherine Bourguignon and Christopher Riopelle

In the first decades of the 20th century, George Bellows and other painters of the Ashcan School, a loosely connected group of gritty, urban realists, created images of the city from street level. Following older artist Robert...

March 29, 2011, PB-with Flaps, $15.00

Vermeer and Music

The Art of Love and Leisure

Marjorie E. Wieseman

A fascinating exploration of the role of music in the art of Vermeer and many of his contemporaries Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) is one of the world’s most captivating artists. Renowned for his sublimely...

August 13, 2013, Paper, $15.00

Michael Landy

Saints Alive

Colin Wiggins; With Richard Cork and Jennifer Sliwka

British artist Michael Landy (b. 1963) is known primarily as an installation artist. His work, along with others associated with the Young British Artists (YBAs), was first catapulted to the world spotlight when it was...

August 20, 2013, Paper, $15.00

Safe Enough Spaces

A Pragmatist's Approach to Inclusion, Free Speech, and Political Correctness on College Campuses

Michael S. Roth; With a New Preface

From the president of Wesleyan University, a compassionate and provocative manifesto on the crises confronting higher education In this bracing book, Michael S. Roth stakes out a pragmatist path through...

November 16, 2021, Paper, $15.00

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