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Short-listed for the Phi Beta Kappa Ralph Waldo Emerson Book AwardIn Ramp Hollow, Steven Stoll offers a fresh, provocative account of Appalachia, and why it matters. He begins with the earliest...

A sweeping history of the electric light revolution and the birth of modern AmericaThe late nineteenth century was a period of explosive technological creativity, but more than any other invention,...

"Overturn everything you knew about history's greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, where it turns out there's a finer line between "genius" and "idiot" than we've previously known. As...

In 1913, an unlikely friendship blossomed between Henry Ford and famed naturalist John Burroughs. When their mutual interest in Ralph Waldo Emerson led them to set out in one of Ford's Model Ts to...

An extensively revised and updated edition of a bestselling classic on modern architecture and its origins by Kenneth Frampton.Kenneth Frampton’s highly acclaimed survey of modern architecture and...

A revised and updated edition of a bestselling introduction to Le Corbusier, one of the leading architects of the twentieth century. Le Corbusier is one of the most famous architects of the twentieth...

Nietzsche, Aesthetics and Modernity analyzes Nietzsche's response to the aesthetic tradition, tracing in particular the complex relationship between the work and thought of Nietzsche, Kant, and Hegel...

This authoritative reference work is designed to take account of the advances that have been made since the publication of the Handbook of British Birds. It provides comprehensive descriptions of...

Pp. x, 722; viii, 695; 204 full page color plates, numerous color distribution maps. Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. The first...

"Survival," writes Mamphela Ramphele, "is a stronger force than the fear of offending others." Born black and female in apartheid-ruled South Africa, Ramphele went on to become one of the most...

An original and comprehensive approach to reduplication, with extensive examples and case studies in many languages.A convincing account of reduplicative phenomena has been a longstanding problem for...

Corporate Coup looks at the attempted overthrow of the elected government of Venezuela, an intervention which, despite open backing by the United States, failed spectacularly.In January of 2019, the...

Part cultural history, part literary criticism, and part memoir, A Body Made of Glass is a definitive biography of hypochondria.Caroline Crampton’s life was upended at the age of seventeen, when she...

This acclaimed survey of modern architecture and its origins has become a classic since it first appeared in 1980. For the fourth edition Kenneth Frampton has added a major new section that explores...

A 400-year history of the development of alchemy in England that brings to light the evolution of the practice. In medieval and early modern Europe, the practice of alchemy promised extraordinary...

This analytical catalogue of sculpture from the historic counties of Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire provides a new perspective on the artistic achievement of the late Saxon kingdom. The volume...

A donkey's trip up the mountain turns eerie when he encounters "monsters" along the way in Monsters in the Fog, a humorous, suspenseful picture book about challenging first impressions. Hakim is...

Review"fine work on the three fascinating groups (all Old World) of desert and steppe birds ... A book for bird watcher, taxonomist, and behavioral scientist alike - and for bird book collectors...

Early medieval Cumbria remains in many ways an enigma: it is rarely mentioned in documentary sources; and settlement sites of the period continue to elude the archaeologist. For the principal visible...