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An eloquent call to draw on the lessons of the past to address current threats to international order

Prize-winning biographer Leo Damrosch tells the story of "the Club," a group of extraordinary writers, artists, and thinkers who gathered weekly at a London tavern

The newest best-seller by Patrick Modiano is a beautiful tapestry that brings together memory, esoteric encounters, and fragmented sensations

How popular democracy has paradoxically eroded trust in political systems worldwide, and how to restore confidence in democratic politics

One of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states

The second book in the Why I Write series provides generous insight into the creative process of the award-winning Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard

Why we're better off treating corporations as people under the law--and making them behave like citizens

Why efforts to create a scientific basis of morality are doomed to fail

An evocative exploration of the impact of the Mediterranean on British culture, ranging from the mid-eighteenth century to today

A fascinating collection of cosmological essays for the armchair astronomer from an award-winning science writer

A landmark account that reveals the long history behind the current Catalan and Scottish independence movements

An earthy, cruel, and hilarious family drama of profound and reckless love

Stunning satellite images of one hundred cities show our urbanizing planet in a new light to reveal the fragile relationship between humanity and Earth

A compelling account of Christianity's Jewish beginnings, from one of the world's leading scholars of ancient religion

Present-day challenges to liberal democracy call on leaders to make growth more inclusive, address fraught social and cultural issues frankly, and manage the tensions of political life

A vivid account of the forgotten citizens of maritime London who sustained Britain during the Revolutionary Wars

Why we need a science of miracles

Now in a new, affordable edition with updated notes, a superbly readable translation of Kant's classic work

A comprehensive new survey tracing the global history of urbanism and urban design from the industrial revolution to the present

An exploration of what it means to be fabulous--and why eccentric style, fashion, and creativity are more crucial than ever

The story of our separate and unequal America in the making, and one man's fight against it

A watershed book that masterfully integrates insights from evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and more to explore the development and workings of human societies

A beautifully illustrated look at the vogue for night landscapes amid the social, political, and technological changes of modern America

A unique work of fiction from the troubled streets of Ukraine, giving invaluable testimony to the new history unfolding in the nation's post-independence years

A lively and engaging biography of the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States, a man fiercely committed to protecting all minorities

A new history of the long-overlooked WWII theater in Iran and Iraq, its unrecognized significance, and its impact on local society and politics

The first comprehensive history of the most decisive military campaign of the Third Crusade and one of the longest wartime sieges of the Middle Ages

A new biography of the seminal twentieth-century historian and thinker who pioneered the study of Jewish mysticism and profoundly influenced the Zionist movement