134 results for '"Presner, Todd'

How computational methods can expand how we see, read, and listen to Holocaust testimonyThe Holocaust is one of the most documented—and now digitized—events in human history. Institutions and...

A photographic journey by one of the twentieth century’s great photographers through eight African countries on the cusp of independence post WWII.Todd Webb is largely known for his skillful...

"Definitely a book your cat would want you to read!"—Dr. Sarah Ellis, co-author of The Trainable Cat"Zazie Todd has created a must-have guide to improving your cat's life."—Modern Cat MagazineWe all...

This is an investigation of the state of French society. France, arguably the most influential member of the European Community, its economy booming and institutions stable, appears in short to be a...

Reproductions of some of the world's favorite artworks celebrate leisure activities in the nineteenth century.No group of painters pursued the civilized and sensual pleasures of life so avidly while...

A lavish monograph featuring the houses of the major Nordic-Canadian architect Todd Saunders.Norway-based Canadian architect Todd Saunders has a unique understanding of the arctic landscape. His...

How France's elites used soft power to pursue their imperial ambitions in the nineteenth centuryAfter Napoleon's downfall in 1815, France embraced a mostly informal style of empire, one that...

A bloody, erotic love story from "the greatest horror writer you've never read . . . In Stainless, Todd Grimson set out to write 'the Ultimate, Final Vampire Novel'--and succeeded." (The Guardian)...

What should Christians do with all the laws in the Old Testament? The Old Testament tells the story of the beginnings of God's salvation history, and it is part of the authoritative canon of...

Say "the Sixties" and the images start coming, images of a time when all authority was defied and millions of young Americans thought they could change the world--either through music, drugs, and...

The left views alienation as something to be resisted or overcome, but could it actually form the basis of our emancipation?In Embracing Alienation, Todd McGowan offers a completely different take on...

You’re probably never going to be a saint. Even so, let’s face it: you could be a better person. We all could. But what does that mean for you?In a world full of suffering and deprivation, it’s easy...

Offering a guide on how to positively engage suffering, Todd May ultimately lays out a new way of thinking about how we exist in the world, one that reassures us that our suffering, rather than a...

Todd McGowan forges a new theory of capitalism as a system based on the production of more than what we need: pure excess. He argues that the promise of more--more wealth, more enjoyment, more...

Despite creating vast inequalities and propping up reactionary world regimes, capitalism has many passionate defenders--but not because of what it withholds from some and gives to others. Capitalism...

Should we bring new humans into the world? Or would it be better off without us? A renowned philosopher and advisor to NBC’s The Good Place offers a thoughtful exploration of humanity’s future—or...

A beautiful, bold collection of more than 100 dazzling poems by Black poets for the whole family to treasure. Discover classic favorites and new stars. This gorgeously illustrated children's...

This design-savvy paperback uses beautiful photography of exploded and deconstructed objects to conjure the childlike joy of taking something apart to see how it works.In Things Come Apart, fifty...

Hegel is making a comeback. After the decline of the Marxist Hegelianism that dominated the twentieth century, leading thinkers are rediscovering Hegel's thought as a resource for contemporary...

During the 1830s and 1840s the remarkably versatile composer-pianist-organist-conductor Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy stood at the forefront of German and English musical life. Bringing together...