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As a participant and observer, Pulitzer Prize-winning and National Book Award-winning author George F. Kennan has left an indelible mark on more than six decades of this century. In this new volume...

This classic series by legendary Magnum photographer George Rodger introduced the Western world to the Nuba peoples of Sudan. In 1949 the photographer and co-founder of Magnum Photos, George Rodger,...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This inspiring meditation on kindness from the author of Lincoln in the Bardo is based on his popular commencement address.Three months after George Saunders gave a...

In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Together,...

Using cultural anthropology to analyze debates that reverberate throughout the human sciences, George E. Marcus and Michael M. J. Fischer look closely at cultural anthropology's past accomplishments,...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES WITH OVER 80 MILLION COPIES SOLD • With Job Day just around the corner, Junie B. must decide what career her future holds in the hit chapter book series that...

The remarkable transformation of Orwell from journeyman writer to towering iconIs George Orwell the most influential writer who ever lived? Yes, according to John Rodden’s provocative book about the...

Dans ce récit si simple et si uni qu'il convient d'en souligner l'originalité profonde, Georges Perec tente, le premier avec cette rigueur, de mettre au service d'une entreprise romanesque les...

A celebration of diverse families plus a clever 1-10 counting element in this unabridged board book edition of One Family.Just how many things can "one" be?One box of crayons.One batch of cookies.One...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES WITH OVER 80 MILLION COPIES SOLD • Junie B. Jones has always had a knack for spying. But her special skills could lead to a slippery secret in the hit chapter...

A beautiful graphic adaptation of George Orwell’s timeless and timely allegorical novel.“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”In 1945, George Orwell, called “the...

On the 100th anniversary of the publication of History and Class Consciousness, a new edition of this indispensable guide to Lukacs's thought and politicsThe philosophical and political development...

Acclaimed National Book Award-winning author George Packer diagnoses America’s descent into a failed state, and envisions a path toward overcoming our injustices, paralyses, and divides.Democracy...

Named one of WIRED’s "The Best Pop Culture That Got Us Through 2020"In Analogia, technology historian George Dyson presents a startling look back at the analog age and life before the digital...

" . . . impressive and challenging reevaluation of the sixteenth-century origins of the Enlightenment." ―Sixteenth Century JournalIn this book, George Huppert introduces the reader to a group of...

Karl Barth was one of the most important Christian theologians of the twentieth century, but his political views have often not been taken sufficiently into account. Beginning with a representative...

German painter Georg Baselitz emerged in the 1960s and quickly distinguishing himself as one of the preeminent artists of the postwar era. Almost 50 years later, we now know his upside-down imagery...

Winner of the Caldecott MedalAdorned with astonishingly beautiful art from beloved children’s illustrator Trina Schart Hyman, here is an award-winning tale of bravery, perseverance, and peace.This...

This overdue investigation of George Grosz’s (1893–1959) most compelling paintings, drawings, prints, and collages offers a reassessment of the celebrated German Expressionist during his years in...

A comprehensive intellectual biography of the Enlightenment philosopherIn George Berkeley: A Philosophical Life, Tom Jones provides a comprehensive account of the life and work of the preeminent...