Why do we design where we live and work? Why do we not just live in nature, or in chaos? Why does society care about…

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Offers a more effective way to go about identification - he calls it the "Whole Bird and More" approach - that will enable…

In this book, novelist Colm Tibn offers a deeply personal introduction to the work and life of one of his most important…

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Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks.…

Everyone deplores narcissism, especially in others. The vain are by turns annoying or absurd, offending us whether they are…

In this book, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet C. K. Williams sets aside the mass of biography and literary criticism that has…

This landmark book explores the Great Mother as a primordial image of the human psyche. Here the renowned analytical…

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During the spring of 1933, Stalin's police rounded up nearly one hundred thousand people as part of the Soviet regime's…

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Set in 1998 with flashbacks to classical Greece, this title investigates the confrontation between opposing views of…

Calculus. For some of us, the word conjures up memories of ten-pound textbooks and visions of tedious abstract equations.…

Often downplayed in the excitement of starting up a new business venture is one of the most important decisions…

A cross-national account of working mothers\' daily lives--and the revolution in public policy and culture needed to improve…

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This bilingual edition of New Impressions of Africa presents the original French text and the English poet Mark Ford's…

Revives the classical idea that a city expresses its own distinctive ethos or values. This book explores how this classical…

Adair Turner became chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority just as the global financial crisis struck in 2008,…

This is the best-selling field guide that 'sets new standards' ("New Scientist") and 'makes all other field guides for…

Honeybees make decisions collectively - and democratically. This book reveals that these incredible insects have much to…

This is a major work of history and political theory that traces radical democratic thought in America across the twentieth…

Lessons Learned gives unprecedented access to the university president's office, providing a unique set of reflections on…

All American presidents, past and present, have cared deeply about power--acquiring, protecting, and expanding it. While…

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Stoics view both the gods and a supreme God as essential elements. This belief system is clearly expressed by Cicero in a…

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Aristotle’s essential guide to human flourishing—the Nicomachean Ethics—in a lively new abridged translationAristotle’s…

Provides an important way to understand human behavior, revealing how our identities - and not just economic incentives -…

This book explores one of the great questions of our time: How can we preserve our sense of what it means to be a person…

Are antisemitism and white supremacy manifestations of a general phenomenon? Why didn't racism appear in Europe before the…

From Greek and Roman times to the digital era, the library has remained central to knowledge, scholarship, and the…

How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does it influence our children? More…