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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A fascinating behind-the-scenes account of the making of Bruce Springsteen's ground-breaking album, Born to Run--one of the most iconic records in rock...

Jürgen Habermas is Germany’s most important postwar philosopher, the leading figure of the Frankfurt School in this period. He is best known for the concept of the public sphere, which forms the...

What neurobiology and artificial intelligence tell us about how the brain builds itself How does a neural network become a brain? While neurobiologists investigate how nature accomplishes this feat,...

An in-depth look at the history, leadership, and structure of the Federal Reserve BankThe independence of the Federal Reserve is considered a cornerstone of its identity, crucial for keeping monetary...

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,...

Picking up on Edward Said's claim that the historical experience of empire is common to both the colonizer and the colonized, Peter van der Veer takes the case of religion to examine the mutual...

One of the Washington Post's 50 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024The bestselling author of Other Minds shows how we and our ancestors have reinvented our planet.If the history of the Earth were...

This is the second of two volumes of essays in commemoration of Alan Turing. Key issues in contemporary philosophy of mind and cognitive science are explored in the course of celebrating Turing's...

Book by Edwards, Nancy, Gregori, Mina, Humphery, Peter, Gilbert, Creghton, Brindgeman, Jane

How decolonization and the cold war influenced literature from Africa, Asia, and the CaribbeanHow did superpower competition and the cold war affect writers in the decolonizing world? In The...

Commonwealth of Letters complicates the traditional understanding of the relationship between elite, aging modernists like T.S. Eliot and the generation of colonial poets and novelists from Africa...

"Enthralling . . . breathtaking . . . Metazoa brings an extraordinary and astute look at our own mind’s essential link to the animal world." ―The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)"A great...

From a beloved San Francisco culinary landmark, a showstopper cookbook that honors a family legacy and celebrates ingredient-driven, multi-regional Chinese cooking in America The 100-plus recipes...

Contrary to widespread expectation, the ending of the Cold War has not produced continuous harmony and cooperation in U.S.-Latin American relations. Instead, NAFTA seems to threaten as much as it...

Poet, philosopher, and sensitive misanthrope, a spectacular fly in the ointment of the refined eleventh-century Andalusian-Jewish elite, Solomon Ibn Gabirol comes down to us as one of the most...

How the digital revolution has shaped our languageIn the age of search, keywords increasingly organize research, teaching, and even thought itself. Inspired by Raymond Williams's 1976 classic...

This collection of provocative essays, edited by bestselling authors Peter Collier and David Horowitz, explores how Martin Luther King's dream of a color-blind society is being undermined by black...

Named a Best Cookbook of Summer 2025 by Bon Appetit and Epicurious"Where some might see a cheap, ubiquitous food product, Kim sees a world of possibilities and wonder." --The Washington Post"This is...

A narrative guide to the most scenic and inspiring cycling climbs in the French Alps.The Alps are a place of legend for cyclists, road racers, and enthusiasts alike. Home to one of the most demanding...

These centuries, as the author demonstrates, were the era in which the most deeply rooted of ancient institutions disappeared for all time. By 476 the Russian empire had vanished from western Europe;...