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This book offers a systematized overview of Ian Hacking's work. It presents Hacking’s oeuvre as a network made up of four interconnected key nodes: styles of scientific thinking & doing, probability,...

"A fluent, intelligent history...give[s] the reader a feel for the human quirks and harsh demands of life at sea."—New York Times Book Review Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the...

JAMES BOND PLAYS A DEADLY GAME OF CHANCE IN IAN FLEMING'S LEGENDARY FIRST 007 NOVEL "Le Chiffre" is a ruthless operative and the accountant for a soviet SMERSH cell in France, but he's on the verge...

From the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement and Saturday—”a sharply intelligent novel of ideas” (The New York Times) that asks whether a machine can understand the human heart,...

Byron and Shelley both died young. By the time Byron left Harrow, almost half his life was over; and when Shelley left Eton, three-fifths of his life were gone. Ian Gilmour's highly original book...

*INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*"We think we know everything, but author Ian Leslie proves otherwise. His new book, 'John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs,' is, astonishingly, one of the few to offer...

An astonishing account of life under a murderous regime amid a great city’s descent into utter annihilationIn 1939, when Ian Buruma’s epic opens, Berlin has been under Nazi rule for six years, and...

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “suspenseful, dazzlingly clever and gravely profound” (The Washington Post) novel that brilliantly recasts Shakespeare and lends new weight to the age-old question of Hamlet's...

From the author of To Hell and Back, a fascinating and original exploration of how the Third Reich was willing and able to fight to the bitter end of World War IICountless books have been written...

In the wake of Brexit, Ian Morris chronicles the ten-thousand-year history of Britain's relationship to Europe as it has changed in the context of a globalizing world. When Britain voted to leave the...

Winner of the 2025 Gotham Book PrizeIan Frazier’s magnum opus: a love song to New York City’s most heterogeneous and alive borough. Ian Frazier, one of our best observers and describers, has been...

A masterful study of the elusive French composer, on the centenary of his death.Composer, pianist, and writer Erik Satie was one of the great figures of Belle Époque Paris. Known for his unvarying...

One of our nation's most prolific and widely discussed political theorists, Ian Shapiro speaks with a distinctive voice. His work is Deweyan in its inspiration, cosmopolitan in its concerns, and...

The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England We tend to think of the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement, this “totally gripping and entirely hilarious” novel (The Wall Street Journal) traces the arc of a Nobel...

Lorenzetti's frescoes in Siena serve as the starting point of Ian Heywood's critical work, as well as the initial occurrence of the recurring city motif which he utilizes to reveal the connections...

The recent coronavirus pandemic proved that the time-old notion seems now truer than ever: that science and politics represent a clash of cultures. But why should scientists simply “stick to the...

A deeply insightful social history of Hitler’s rise to power and the attitudes of the German people during the era of the Third ReichThis book is the culmination of more than three decades of...

This new volume in The Big Idea series evaluates the impact of the increased use of technology in everyday life on society.Modern technology has undoubtedly enhanced our lives in numerous, powerful...