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In 1996, during the relatively early days of the web, Kenneth Goldsmith created UbuWeb to post hard-to-find works of concrete poetry. What started out as a site to share works from a relatively...

Noise is a widely recognized problem and health concern in the modern world. Given the importance of managing noise levels and developing suitable 'soundscapes' in contexts such as industry, schools,...

The bestselling, "excellent…poignant—and scientifically lucid—portrait" (New York Times Book Review) of the remarkable Marie Curie. Through family interviews, diaries, letters, and workbooks that had...

Acclaimed artist Kenneth Goldsmith’s thousand-page homage to New York CityHere is a kaleidoscopic assemblage and poetic history of New York: an unparalleled and original homage to the city, composed...

Sound is integral to how we experience the world, in the form of noise as well as music. But what is sound? What is the physical basis of pitch and harmony? And how are sound waves exploited in...

NOW AN ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY, Winter JourneySet amid the growing tyranny of Germany's Third Reich, here is the riveting and emotional tale of Günther Goldschmidt and Rosemarie Gumpert, two courageous...

This edition brings together four eighteenth-century comedies that illustrate the full variety of the social and cultural mores of the time. Fielding's The Modern Husband, written before the 1737...

Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best NovelNamed a Best Crime Novel of the Year by The New York Times and a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and AutostraddleAlma Rosales is back and trouble is...

"In the Shadow of Justice tells the story of how liberal political philosophy was transformed in the second half of the twentieth century under the influence of John Rawls. In this first-ever history...

"A forceful, encyclopedic study."—Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times A history of how political philosophy was recast by the rise of postwar liberalism and irrevocably changed by John Rawls’s A...

Shows how transnational corporations use lobby groups to shape EU policy. New updated edition

The dramatic story of the secretive decade-long Pentagon campaign to bring AI-powered targeting systems onto the battlefield. In 2017, a small crew gathered in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at...

Leading thinkers offer fresh insight into the workings of vibrant, ecological, equitable communities and their economies.

A richly illustrated look at bird anatomyThere is more to a bird than simply feathers. And just because birds evolved from a single flying ancestor doesn't mean they are structurally all the same...

Barry's family tries to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina hits their home in New Orleans. But when Barry's little sister gets terribly sick, they're forced to stay home and wait out the storm. At...

The first English translation of a classic adventure involving two very different twins by the celebrated author of The Letter for the KingLaurenzo and Jiacomo are identical twins, as alike as two...