Yale University Press
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Why Empires Fall: Rome, America, and the Future of the West
$18.00 Read moreA new perspective on parallels between ancient Rome and the modern world, and what comes next
“[A] provocative short book . . . with a novel twist.”–The Economist Over the last three centuries, the- Author: Heather, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0300280084
- Language: English
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Tchaikovsky’s Empire: A New Life of Russia’s Greatest Composer
$35.00 Add to cartA thrilling new biography of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky–composer of some of the world’s most popular orchestral and theatrical music
Tchaikovsky is famous for all the wrong reasons. Portrayed as a hop- Author: Morrison, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 030019210X
- Language: English
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Spice: The 16th-Century Contest That Shaped the Modern World
$25.00 Read moreThe story of the sixteenth-century’s epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific
Spices drove the early modern world econo- Author: Crowley, Roger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 18 2024
- ISBN10: 0300267479
- Language: English
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Catullus: Selected Poems
$26.00 Add to cartA vivid and musical rendering of the poetry of Catullus, whose passionate verses have captivated readers for centuries
In the fourteenth century, a manuscript surfaced in Verona that had been lost fo- Author: Catullus, Gaius Valerius
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0300275293
- Language: English
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The Brothers Grimm: A Biography
$35.00 Read moreThe first English-language biography in over fifty years to tell the full, vibrant story of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, known to history as the Brothers Grimm
“Magisterial.”–Kirkus Reviews More than tw- Author: Schmiesing, Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0300221754
- Language: English
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Atlas of Finance: Mapping the Global Story of Money
$40.00 Add to cartA unique illustrated exploration of the development of finance that combines data from every part of the world and covers five thousand years of history
From the emergence of money in the ancient wor- Author: Wojcik, Dariusz
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0300253052
- Language: English
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Written in Water: The Ephemeral Life of the Classic in Art
$40.00 Add to cartA deeply personal yet broadly relevant exploration of the ephemeral life of the classic in art, from the eighteenth century to our own day
Is there such a thing as a timeless classic? More than a dec- Author: Gurstein, Rochelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 520
- Publish Date: May 28 2024
- ISBN10: 0300215487
- Language: English
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Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America’s Political Crisis
$40.00 Add to cartThe long-developing cultural divisions beneath our present political crisis
Liberal democracy in America has always contained contradictions–most notably, a noble but abstract commitment to freedom,- Author: Hunter, James Davison
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0300274378
- Language: English
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Glorious Lessons: John Trumbull, Painter of the American Revolution
$30.00 Add to cartThe complicated life and legacy of John Trumbull, whose paintings portrayed both the struggle and the principles that distinguished America’s founding moment
“Nuanced, engaging and incisive.”–Stephen- Author: Brookhiser, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: May 28 2024
- ISBN10: 0300259700
- Language: English
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Dark Persuasion: A History of Brainwashing from Pavlov to Social Media
$22.00 Add to cartA “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- Author: Dimsdale, Joel E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0300271034
- Language: English
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Roe: The History of a National Obsession
$27.00 Read moreThe leading U.S. expert on abortion law charts the many meanings associated with Roe v. Wade during its fifty-year history
“Ziegler sets a brisk pace but delivers substantial depth. . . . A must-read- Author: Ziegler, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0300266103
- Language: English
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Whose Language Is English?
$28.00 Add to cartAn exhilarating new account of the English language, from British colonialism to the age of social media, emphasizing dynamism and democratization
Whose language is English? Although we often think o- Author: Kiaer, Jieun
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0300264054
- Language: English
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William Eggleston Portraits
$50.00 Read more“So many people take those simple snapshots of life, but there’s something about Eggleston that no one can match.” –Sofia Coppola
The eminent American photographer William Eggleston (b. 1939) was a- Author: Prodger, Phillip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 0300222521
- Language: English
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Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition
$30.00 Add to cartThe ultimate gift edition of Walden for bibliophiles, aficionados, and scholars
“Replaces all other available editions of Walden as the most attractive and reliable way to approach this great American- Author: Thoreau, Henry David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 11 2004
- ISBN10: 0300104669
- Language: English
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The Widening of God’s Mercy: Sexuality Within the Biblical Story
$28.00 Add to cartA fresh, deeply biblical account of God’s expanding grace and mercy, tracing how the Bible’s narrative points to the full inclusion of LGBTQ people in Christian communities
Discussions of the Bible a- Author: Hays, Christopher B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0300273428
- Language: English
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All Things Are Full of Gods: The Mysteries of Mind and Life
$32.50 Add to cartA world-renowned philosopher’s genre-defying exploration of the mystery of consciousness
In a blossoming garden located far outside all worlds, a group of aging Greek gods have gathered to discuss th- Author: Hart, David Bentley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0300254725
- Language: English
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The Philosophy of Translation
$28.00 Add to cartA deep dive into the nature of translation from one of its most acclaimed practitioners
Avoiding theoretical debates and clich?d metaphors, award-winning translator Damion Searls has written a fresh,- Author: Searls, Damion
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0300247370
- Language: English
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Squanto: A Native Odyssey
$28.00 Add to cartTaken to Europe as a slave, he found his way home and changed the course of American history
American schoolchildren have long learned about Squanto, the welcoming Native who made the First Thanksgiv- Author: Lipman, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0300238770
- Language: English
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Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II
$25.00 Add to cartA sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War II
“When he is at his best, as he often is in these pages, Kennedy can be dazzling.”–Ian W. To- Author: Kennedy, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 644
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 0300276788
- Language: English
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Ayn Rand: Writing a Gospel of Success
$28.00 Add to cartA deeply researched biography of the prominent and divisive writer Ayn Rand, whose pro-capitalist novels and nonfiction have influenced three generations of Americans
Biographer Alexandra Popoff trac- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Popoff, Alexandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0300253214
- Language: English
