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As more and more people are questioning the assumptions of present U.S. foreign policy they are reexamining the roots of these policies in the diplomacy of the Cold War. This scrutiny has made the...

How disasters—that have wrecked work sites throughout American history, in all parts of the nation and all sectors of the economy—have also inspired policy reform.Workplace disasters have wreaked...

Explores how straight Americans make sense of their sexual and gendered selvesSince the Stonewall Riots in 1969, the politics of sexual identity in America have drastically transformed. It’s almost...

For two generations historians have debated the significance of the New Deal, arguing about what it tried and tried not to do, whether it was radical or reactionary, and what its origins were. They...

Join Pete the Kitty on a journey up the beanstalk in this My First I Can Read story from New York Times bestselling team Kimberly and James Dean. Once upon a time, a kitty named Pete and his friend...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-FictionLong-listed for the National Book AwardLos Angeles Times Book Prizes Finalist New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year"A beautiful...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-FictionLong-listed for the National Book AwardLos Angeles Times Book Prizes Finalist New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year"A beautiful...

Since the 1970s, the U.S. economy has been sending more and more of its rewards to fewer and fewer people. Once seen as a global exemplar of egalitarianism and middle-class opportunity, America has...

"From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of...

From the beginning, the implications of quantum theory for our most general understanding of the world have been a matter of intense debate. Einstein argues that the theory had to be regarded as...

A new paradigm that integrates human and nonhuman communication and cultureAre language and culture uniquely human, justifying an exceptionalism that sets people apart from the rest of nature? New...

Translators Leonard Nathan and James Larson present seventy-five poems from Gunnar Ekelof's middle phase (1938-1959), a period that saw the production of his richest and most enduring poetry...

Covering Portugal and Castile in the West to the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in the East, this collection focuses on Muslim minorities living in Christian lands during the high Middle Ages, and...

Since the 1970s, the U.S. economy has been sending more and more of its rewards to fewer and fewer people. Once seen as a global exemplar of egalitarianism and middle-class opportunity, America has...

James M. McPherson is acclaimed as one of the finest historians writing today and a preeminent commentator on the Civil War. Battle Cry of Freedom, his Pulitzer Prize-winning account of that...

LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2025 "Big-hearted and hilarious, an ode to authenticity and a must-read in our current times." --Shelby Van Pelt, New York Times bestselling...

LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2025 "Writing a funny book is hard. Writing a convincing takedown of one of America's most popular prejudices is harder still. Writing a funny...

The Swing Era was that magic moment in America when the popular music of the nation became virtually identical with the great new music of the period--jazz. The man most responsible for bringing this...

The tz'u, or lyric, reached its full maturity in China during the eleventh century and the first quarter of the twelfth. Until now this important poetic genre has been little known to English...

Translators Leonard Nathan and James Larson present seventy-five poems from Gunnar Ekelof's middle phase (1938-1959), a period that saw the production of his richest and most enduring poetry. ...