Yale University Press
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The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome: A History of the Ptolemies
$35.00 Add to cartA compelling history of the Ptolemies, the decline of Egypt, and the rising power of the Roman Empire
The Ptolemaic era, Egypt’s last and one of its longest dynasties, was in many ways a gilded age.- Author: De La Bedoyere, Guy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0300275528
- Language: English
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Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me
$28.00 Read moreAn award-winning classicist turns to Greek tragedies for the wisdom to understand the damage caused by suicide and help those who are contemplating suicide themselves
“Remarkable, brave and compassio- Author: Hall, Edith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0300273533
- Language: English
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Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900-1939
$60.00 Add to cartA scintillating account of the cultural freedom and empowerment that American women experienced as leaders in the avant-garde scene in early twentieth-century Paris
For the American women who made Pa- Author: Asleson, Robyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0300273584
- Language: English
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Battleground Ukraine: From Independence to the War with Russia
$35.00 Add to cartThe first major English-language history of Ukraine from its emergence after the demise of the Soviet Union through the current Russian invasion
“A fascinating and highly informative narrative.”–Art- Author: Karatnycky, Adrian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0300269463
- Language: English
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Rich World, Poor World: The Struggle to Escape Poverty
$35.00 Read moreA landmark history of the world economic order, exploring how developing countries have fought to escape impoverishment
Over the past two decades, experiments in neoliberal economics have opened up a- Author: Allawi, Ali a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0300214286
- Language: English
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How to Enjoy Architecture: A Guide for Everyone
$25.00 Read moreCharles Holland challenges us to look beyond the day-to-day familiarity of buildings to rediscover the pleasure of experiencing architecture
Architecture is bound up with our daily lives but, for mos- Author: Holland, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0300263937
- Language: English
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The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie
$35.00 Add to cartFrom a renowned biologist and best-selling author, a whole new way of looking at living organisms: reading them as documents describing ancient worlds
An exquisitely camouflaged lizard has a desiccat- Author: Dawkins, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0300278098
- Language: English
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Predator of the Seas: A History of the Slaveship That Fought for Emancipation
$35.00 Add to cartThe dramatic biography of a slaveship turned freedom-fighter–which brings new insights into Britain’s involvement in the end of the trade in enslaved people
In 1827 the Royal Navy purchased a Baltim- Author: Taylor, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0300263996
- Language: English
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Smithsonian Trees of North America
$75.00 Add to cartAn indispensable illustrated source of information for hundreds of species of North American trees
This authoritative reference on native and non-native trees of North America, by Smithsonian veteran- Author: Kress, W. John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0300185219
- Language: English
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Van Gogh and the End of Nature
$45.00 Add to cartA groundbreaking reassessment that foregrounds Van Gogh’s profound engagement with the industrial age while making his work newly relevant for our world today
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) is most oft- Author: Lobel, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 030027436X
- Language: English
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What Nails It
$20.00 Add to cartFrom a celebrated critic, a heartfelt and adventurous reflection on the art of writing about art
“Essential for fans of Marcus and fruitful reading for anyone reflecting on the mysteries of art.”–Ki- Series: Why I Write
- Author: Marcus, Greil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0300272456
- Language: English
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Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World
$35.00 Add to cartFrom a pioneer in the field of complexity science and chaos theory, a plan for solving the world’s most pressing problems
“Farmer convincingly argues that by using big data and today’s more powerful c- Author: Farmer, J. Doyne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0300273770
- Language: English
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Tattoos: The Untold History of a Modern Art
$35.00 Add to cartThe true history of tattoo as both art and profession in the West
There is a pervasive stereotype of tattoo culture as relating to an underworld of scoundrels, sailors, and ne’er-do-wells, yet it has- Author: Lodder, Matt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0300269390
- Language: English
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Yield: The Journal of an Artist
$20.00 Read moreNamed by the New Yorker as one of the best books of 2022, this posthumously published work serves as the fourth and final volume in Anne Truitt’s remarkable series of journals
“Anne Truitt’s Yield has- Author: Truitt, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0300276842
- Language: English
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Battleground: 10 Conflicts That Explain the New Middle East
$28.00 Read moreThe essential guide to geopolitics in the modern Middle East
The Middle East is in crisis. The shocking events of the war in Gaza have rocked the entire region. More than a decade ago, the Arab Sprin- Author: Phillips, Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0300263422
- Language: English
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100 Dresses: The Costume Institute / The Metropolitan Museum of Art
$24.95 Read moreAn irresistible look into more than 300 years of fashion through an exquisite collection of designer dresses
What woman can resist imagining herself in a beautiful designer dress? Here, for the first- Author: Koda, Harold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 26 2010
- ISBN10: 0300166559
- Language: English
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Arms and Influence
$20.00 Add to cart“This is a brilliant and hardheaded book. It will frighten those who prefer not to dwell on the unthinkable and infuriate those who have taken refuge in stereotypes and moral attitudinizing.”–Gordon … [more below]
- Series: Veritas Paperbacks
- Author: Schelling, Thomas C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 17 2020
- ISBN10: 0300246749
- Language: English
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The Iceman Cometh
$13.95 Read moreEugene O’Neill’s darkest and most nihilistic play, with a foreword by Harold Bloom
“We live and die, in the spirit, in solitude, and the true strength of Iceman is its intense dramatic exemplificatio- Author: O’Neill, Eugene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0300117434
- Language: English
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Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair
$26.00 Add to cartAn insightful new biography of the central figure in the Dreyfus Affair, focused on the man himself and based on newly accessible documents
On January 5, 1895, Captain Alfred Dreyfus’s cries of innoc- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Samuels, Maurice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0300254008
- Language: English
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The Herbal Year: Folklore, History and Remedies
$26.00 Add to cartAn enchanting, beautifully illustrated guide to seasonal plants–showing the long history of herbal remedies and their uses today
“[A] charming almanac. . . . Hart-Davies, a writer and botanical illus- Author: Hart-Davies, Christina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 08 2024
- ISBN10: 0300265867
- Language: English
