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How do nations trade when no purely international money exists? This book describes how the use of national currencies, only some of which have the important international property of being...

In this classic study of the social and economic aspects of landcredit relationships in ancient Athens, first published in 1952, Moses Finley presents a systematic account of the guarantee aspects of...

Freud began university intending to study both medicine and philosophy. But he was ambivalent about philosophy, regarding it as metaphysical, too limited to the conscious mind, and ignorant of...

Elite Romans periodically chose to limit or destroy the memory of a leading citizen who was deemed an unworthy member of the community. Sanctions against memory could lead to the removal or...

Founder of San Francisco's Maitri Hospice for AIDS patients--where he died in 1990--Dorsey praticed Zen for 20 years, after leading an outrageous existence as a drag queen, prostitute, junkie, and...

"A brilliant selection . . . Canetti's range astonishes." —Claire Messud, Harper'sA career-spanning collection of writings by the Nobel laureate Elias Canetti, edited and introduced by Pulitzer Prize...

“Every time I meet someone who also loves I Capture the Castle, I know we must be kindred spirits.” —from the new foreword by Jenny Han, the New York Times bestselling author of To All the Boys I’ve...

A bold graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestselling I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79, with text adapted by Georgia Ball and art by Dave Shephard.The beast beneath the mountain...

An unexpectedly charming bedtime story in which a little girl imagines what it would be like to have a vampire bat as her pet. Have you ever imagined what it would be like to have a vampire bat for a...

In The Devil I Know, award-winning writer Claire Kilroy delivers a delicious novel, a cautionary tale of financial excess set during the Irish property bubble.Tristram St. Lawrence has not been home...

An American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book—Israel Fishman Nonfiction AwardA 2024 Michigan Notable BookBest Nonfiction Books of the Year—Kirkus ReviewsBest Books of the Year—Apple...

Poet, critic, editor, and author, Malcolm Cowley has played a pivotal part in American literature and has dealt with diverse literary figures as Erskine Caldwell, Conrad Aiken, and William Faulkner...

Contents include:PrefaceAbbreviationsWeights and MeasuresPart One: IntroductionChapter I: BackgroundChapter II: General Prniciples of The T'ang CodeChapter III: The Text of the T'ang CodePart Two:...

This volume brings together a diverse group of authors who have been associated with Robyn Dawes over the years. The breadth of topics covered reflects Dawes’s wide-ranging impact on psychological...

THRILLER OF THE YEAR: The Times (London) • The Telegraph BEST FIRST NOVEL WINNER: Edgar Awards • International Thriller Writers Awards • Barry Awards • Macavity Awards A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The...