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Delves into the clothing of one of the world's great authors based on her surviving garments and 161 letters, offering intimate insight into her life and times

A timely and compelling argument for a revitalized and restructured global politics

A thought-provoking exploration of the loss of civilizations and communities, offering compelling stories of abandoned places, the important events and fascinating characters that punctuate their history, and lessons we can learn from them today

A sweeping exploration of the shaping role of animal skins in written culture and human imagination over three millennia

An in-depth examination of the law and geopolitics of China's maritime disputes and their implications for the rules of the international law of the sea

The rediscovery of a pivotal figure in Black history and his importance and influence in the struggle against slavery and discrimination

A groundbreaking account of the Secret Gospel of Mark, one of the most hotly debated documents in Christian history

A masterful deciphering of an extraordinary art object, illuminating some of the biggest questions of the eighteenth century

This thought-provoking book traces the science of invisibility from its sci-fi origins in the nineteenth-century writings of authors such as H. G. Wells and Fitz James O'Brien to modern stealth technology, invisibility cloaks, and metamaterials. Physicist Gregory J. Gbur explores the history of invisibility and its diverse science and technology connections.

The most complete picture to date of the moral worlds of the political left and right and how their different views relate to specific political issues

A spirited dive into the life and career of a performer, writer, and director who dominated twentieth-century American comedy

A wide-ranging illustrated history of transparency as told through the evolution of the glass window

This is the first major biography, now available in English, of Martin Heidegger (1889?1976) in many years. Drawing on previously untapped sources, Guillaume Payen presents a balanced portrait of the German philosopher's life, from his upbringing in an uncompromising Catholic family to his membership in the Nazi Party and beyond.

A profound and genre-defying work of literature about love, death, and illness from one of Portugal's most celebrated writers

An exploration of Maimonides, the medieval philosopher, physician, and religious thinker, author of The Guide of the Perplexed, from one of the world's foremost bibliophiles

Biography of the unwanted daughter of Henry VIII who went on to become queen and reign during one of England's most glorious eras.

An examination of what algorithmic polarization means for society and how conservative elites use media literacy tactics to spread propaganda

How the United States was created-a complex and surprising story of patriots, Indigenous peoples, loyalists, visionaries and scoundrels

A wonderfully engaging, accessible introduction to war, from ancient times to the present and into the future

An informed modern plan for post-2020 American foreign policy that avoids the opposing dangers of retrenchment and overextension

Your voice as biometric data, and how marketers are using it to manipulate you

The experiences of two families-one in seventeenth-century Holland, the other in America today-and how they coped when a family member changed religions

A first-ever collection of contemporary Muslim women's khutbahs (sermons) drawing on their social, religious, and spiritual experiences and framed by original reflections on an emerging Muslim feminist ethics

A comprehensive account of a pioneering archaeological project in the province of Shandong that transformed understandings of regional settlement patterns