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New York Times Best Historical Fiction of 2025A May 2025 Indie Next List Great Read"Like Gabriële herself, this book takes on big ideas about modern art and modern life."--The New York TimesThe story...

Brave bear hunters go through grass, a river, mud, and other obstacles before the inevitable encounter with the bear forces a headlong retreat.

The first collection of Annette Michelson's influential writings on film, with essays on work by Marcel Duchamp, Maya Deren, Hollis Frampton, Martha Rosler, and others.The celebrated critic and film...

"Bob Dylan's longtime interest in film is an under-explored aspect of his creative life. From his earliest attempts at crafting a star persona for himself, with James Dean as his role model, to his...

"Demands comparison with the very best books of our century . . . A truly important writer . . . His people, his places are masterly."― New York Times Book ReviewDurrell's masterpiece is onne of the...

A much anticipated reissue of Who Wrote the Bible?—the contemporary classic the New York Times Book Review called “a thought-provoking [and] perceptive guide” that identifies the individual writers...

Book by Annette Michelson

The first full-scale biography of the brilliant filmmaker and cinema theorist. 36 photos.

The early writings of renowned poet and critical theorist Jackie Wang, drawn from her early zines, indie-lit crit, and prolific early 2000s blog.Compiled as a field guide, travelogue, essay...

"A new investigation that shows how conversionary preaching to Jews was essential to the early modern Catholic Church and the Roman religious landscape. Starting in the sixteenth century, Jews in...

A new investigation that shows how conversionary preaching to Jews was essential to the early modern Catholic Church and the Roman religious landscapeStarting in the sixteenth century, Jews in Rome...

"How do armies fight and what makes them victorious on the modern battlefield? In Divided Armies, Jason Lyall challenges long-standing answers to this classic question by linking the fate of armies...

This expansive volume traces the rhetoric of reform across American history, examining such pivotal periods as the American Revolution, slavery, McCarthyism, and today's gay liberation movement. At a...

"An innovative application of economic methods to the study of art history, demonstrating that new insights can be uncovered by using quantitative and qualitative methods together, which sheds light...

A revealing look at how the Orpheus myth helped Renaissance writers and thinkers understand the force of eloquenceIn ancient Greek mythology, the lyrical songs of Orpheus charmed the gods, and...