3450 results for '"Weitz, Joshua S.'

“An elegant and expansive history” (New York Times) of African American women’s pursuit of political power—and how it transformed America In Vanguard, acclaimed historian Martha S. Jones offers a new...

With An Uncommon Faith Eddie S. Glaude Jr. makes explicit his pragmatic approach to the study of African American religion. He insists that scholars take seriously what he calls black religious...

THE DARK FANTASY BOOKTOK BLOCKBUSTER! In this dark, fantasy sensation, S. T. Gibson spins the gothic, seductive tale of Dracula's first bride, Constanta. This is my last love letter to you,...

An original approach to modernism in which skepticism and pessimism are usurped by humanist values and virtues.Modernist Humanism and the Men of 1914 is a defense of literary modernism that...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Propulsive and powerful. . . A gripping roller coaster ride of escalating danger.” —New York Times Book Review“Pick up the novel everyone will be talking about.”...

In 1975, at the height of Indira Gandhi’s “Emergency,” V. S. Naipaul returned to India, the country his ancestors had left one hundred years earlier. Out of that journey he produced this concise...

"On Essays and Criticism" is the first collection of writings about the Nobel Prize-winning author that covers the entire spectrum of his work, and also affords a rare glimpse of the private Beckett...

Tragedy Walks the Streets challenges the conventional understanding that the evolution of European drama effectively came to a halt during France's Revolutionary era. In this interdisciplinary...

One of the world's leading scholars of Buddhism presents the story of its dramatic journey across the globe, from 2,500 years ago to the present day Over the course of twenty-five centuries,...

From global phenomenon C. S. Pacat comes the first novel in her critically acclaimed Captive Prince romance trilogy.“A special, unforgettable series…Lush. Brutal. Unparalleled.”—Sarah J. Maas, #1 New...

Honorable Mention, Book Award in History of the Association for Asian American Studies. In this book, Richard S. Kim examines the central role played by immigrants in the independence movement that...

Livy's account of the Hannibalic War in his Third Decade (Books 21-30) is our fullest source for one of the most crucial wars of all time; it is also a narrative history of unparalleled richness,...

An eye-opening history of taxation showing that battles over taxes have always really been battles over democracy itself Americans have always fought over the meaning of freedom and equality. What...

*INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* One of Barack Obama's Recommended Reads for Summer • New York Times Notable Book • NPR’s Best Books of 2021 • Washington Post’s Best Thriller and Mystery Books of...

The Bancroft Prize-winning history of American strategic bombing"Sherry has given us more than just a major contribution to the literature about air power and World War Two. His real subject is...

An engaging investigation of how 13 key Enlightenment figures shaped the concept of race, from the acclaimed author of Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely.Over the course of the 18th century,...

"A major work, Burroughs's heart laid bare, the origin of his writing"--Allen Ginsberg The definitive text of William S. Burroughs's early, long-unpublished novel, reissued on the seventieth...

The completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 was a monumental achievement. Linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, it transformed New York City into a hub of international trade, drove the rise of...

A new study of the early Renaissance portraitIn fourteenth-century Italy, ever more women and men—not only clergy but also laity—introduced their own portraits into sacred paintings. Images of modern...

Another pandemic is coming. It's only a matter of time. It could be a novel flu virus, a biological weapon, even a prehistoric virus from melting glaciers--and we are not prepared. No one wants to...