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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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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.…

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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…

Cells to Civilizations is the first unified account of how life transforms itself--from the production of bacteria to the…

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This impressive, innovative book connects art and politics by way of forms.--Andrew Sturgeon, Flavorwire, from 10 Must-Read…

Once America's "arsenal of democracy," Detroit is now the symbol of the American urban crisis. In this reappraisal of…

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Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and…

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