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Featuring intriguing pairings of authors with subjects, each volume in the series will present a concise argument for the continuing relevance of an important person or idea.

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Why Argument Matters

Lee Siegel

02/21/2023, Paper

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ISBN: 9780300271072
Why Architecture Matters

Paul Goldberger

01/31/2023, Paper

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ISBN: 9780300267396
Why Dance Matters

Mindy Aloff

01/17/2023, Hardcover

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ISBN: 9780300204520
Why the Museum Matters

Daniel H. Weiss

11/29/2022, Hardcover

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ISBN: 9780300259353
Why Food Matters

Paul Freedman

09/20/2022, Paper

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ISBN: 9780300268089
Why the New Deal Matters

Eric Rauchway

04/19/2022, Paper

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ISBN: 9780300264838
Why Writing Matters

Nicholas Delbanco

03/22/2022, Paper

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ISBN: 9780300264821
Why Argument Matters

Lee Siegel

02/22/2022, Hardcover

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ISBN: 9780300244267
Why Food Matters

Paul Freedman

09/28/2021, Hardcover

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ISBN: 9780300253771
Why the New Deal Matters

Eric Rauchway

04/06/2021, Hardcover

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Why Writing Matters

Nicholas Delbanco

03/17/2020, Hardcover

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ISBN: 9780300245974
Why Baseball Matters

Susan Jacoby

03/26/2019, Paper

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ISBN: 9780300244403
Why Preservation Matters

Max Page

10/11/2016, Hardcover

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ISBN: 9780300218589
Why Acting Matters

David Thomson

02/09/2016, Paper

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ISBN: 9780300195743
Why the Romantics Matter

Peter Gay

01/13/2015, Cloth

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ISBN: 9780300144291
Why Niebuhr Matters

Charles Lemert

06/28/2013, Paper

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ISBN: 9780300192544
Why Trilling Matters

Adam Kirsch

02/05/2013, Paper

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ISBN: 9780300187823
Why the Constitution Matters

Mark Tushnet

09/27/2011, Paper

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ISBN: 9780300150377