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An essential, rigorous, and lively introduction to the beginnings of American law.How did American colonists transform British law into their own? What were the colonies' first legal institutions,...

How do we know what happened in the past? We cannot go back, and no amount of historical data can enable us to understand with absolute certainty what life was like “then.” It is easy to demolish the...

“Its theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly.” —New YorkerThe famous bestseller with “concise insight into what drives the mind of the fanatic and the dynamics of...

In For Ourselves and Our Posterity: The Preamble to the Federal Constitution in American History, author Peter Charles Hoffer offers a sweeping, dramatic narration of a crucial moment in Early...

A happy comic gift book for all ages―especially those who are hard to buy for!In this little hardcover book about gifts and giving, a satisfied lizard has found the perfect presents for a...

A history of the humble footnote and its impact on the highest court in the landIn May 2022, a seismic legal event occurred as the draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health was leaked...

How three skilled orators navigated a polarized political landscapeFor the generation of politicians who inherited the Republic and the Union, the opening months of 1850 were a desperate time filled...

This account of the “laboratory of radical democracy” in the months before East Germany’s absorption in the West challenges memories of Germany’s reunification. For many, 1989 is an iconic date, one...

An empirically powerful account of why interpersonal violence across the globe exacts a far greater cumulative cost on society than war and terrorism combined Civil wars, interstate wars, and...

Fire Series began as an experiment in working recursively through the specialized diction of fire investigators, using technical phrases such as "structured fire," "foliage freeze," and "fire...

It takes a very inclusive anthology to encompass the protean personality and range of interests of Benjamin Franklin, but The Portable Benjamin Franklin succeeds as no collection has. In addition to...

The authoritative edition of Franklin's autobiography, with a foreword by the eminent Franklin scholar Edmund S. Morgan“The best and most beautiful edition [of the Autobiography].”—J. H. Plumb, New...

The first new selection of O’Hara’s work to come along in several decades. In this “marvellous compilation” (The New Yorker), editor Mark Ford reacquaints us with one of the most joyous and...

Andare oltre i canoni stabiliti, alla costante ricerca di una nuova libertà espressiva. È il mondo creativo di Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011), una delle figure più influenti del movimento artistico...

"In October 1977, Frank Stella arrived in Ahmedabad, India, at the invitation of the prominent Sarabhai family, whose foundation regularly extended hospitality to visiting artists. Assisted by the...

A celebrated return of Robert Frank's seminal photobook The Americans to Aperture's catalog--one of the most important bodies of photographic work ever made.In the nearly seven decades since its...

This Library of America volume presents three novels and the collected essays of the most promising of the American naturalist writers. Inspired by the "new novel" developed by Zola and Flaubert,...

Famous as a scientist, statesman, philosopher, businessman, and civic leader, Benjamin Franklin was also one of the most powerful and controversial American writers of his time. He has been a subject...

J. Frank Adams was one of the world's leading topologists. He solved a number of celebrated problems in algebraic topology, a subject in which he initiated many of the most active areas of research...