215 results for '"Fishman, Joshua'

An award-winning historian’s “searing" (Wall Street Journal) account of America's internal slave trade—and its role in the making of AmericaSlave traders are peripheral figures in most histories of...

From Joshua Angrist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, and Jörn-Steffen Pischke, an accessible and fun guide to the essential tools of econometric researchApplied econometrics, known to...

An illustrated guide to the fantastic world of Japanese myths: retelling the stories and exploring how Japanese mythology has changed over time, as new gods, heroes, and spirits have entered the...

Alexander Lemons is a Marine Corps scout sniper who, after serving multiple tours during the Iraq War, returned home seriously and mysteriously ill. Joshua Howe is an environmental historian who met...

A guide for parents whose adult children have cut off contact that reveals the hidden logic of estrangement, explores its cultural causes, and offers practical advice for parents trying to...

This book examines how English writers from the Elizabethan period to the Restoration transformed and contested the ancient ideal of the virtuous mean. As early modern authors learned at grammar...

"This updated collection is as timely now as it was back then: few students of political theory are sufficiently conversant with the rich medieval tradition of reflection on such problems as 'reason...

"In this book, classicist Joshua Billings considers classical Greek drama as intellectual history. Developing an innovative approach to dramatic form as a mode of philosophical thought, Billings...

The Final Volume of the Groundbreaking Trilogy on Agent-Based ModelingIn this pioneering synthesis, Joshua Epstein introduces a new theoretical entity: Agent_Zero. This software individual, or...

Why do some leaders and segments of the public display remarkable persistence in confrontations in international politics, while others cut and run? The answer given by policymakers, pundits, and...

Winner, James Beard Award for Best Book in Vegetable-Focused Cooking Named a Best Cookbook of the Year by the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Bon Appétit, Food Network Magazine, Every Day with...

The weird and wonderful stories of the ancestors of today’s comic-book and cinematic superheroes.Superhumans—humans who’ve evolved into creatures stronger, smarter, and more gifted than we have any...

A brief, cutting-edge introduction to the brightest cosmic phenomena known to science Gamma-ray bursts are the brightest--and, until recently, among the least understood--cosmic events in the...

Winner of the William Sanders Scarborough Prize“This trenchant work of literary criticism examines the complex ways...African American authors have written about animals. In Bennett’s analysis,...

Finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionFinalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Book PrizeFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionOne of NPR's Best Books of...

Increase your beer IQ with this insider look at how to sip superior suds, written by one of America’s foremost beer experts.Winner of the Gourmand Award in the Beer category (US).With thousands of...

The author of Lincoln's Boys takes us inside Lyndon Johnson's White House to show how the legendary Great Society programs were actually put into practice: Team of Rivals for LBJ. The personalities...

Named one of Amazon’s Best Books of the YearNamed one of Amazon’s Holiday Gift PicksJames Beard Award Finalist “[An] essential guide to cooking by ingredient. . . . Destined to become a go-to guide...

A bold retelling of the 1960s civil rights struggle through its work against police violence—and a prehistory of both the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter movements that emerged half a...

When we think about viruses we tend to consider ones that afflict humans—such as those that cause influenza, HIV, and Ebola. Yet, vastly more viruses infect single-celled microbes. Diverse and...