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Winner, 2024 Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of Law Section, American Sociological Association Winner, 2024 Outstanding Book Award, Division of Policing, American Society of Criminology ...

We are a weird species. Like other species, we have a culture. But by comparison with other species, we are strangely unstable: human cultures self-transform, diverge, and multiply with bewildering...

Ronald Inglehart argues that economic development, cultural change, and political change go together in coherent and even, to some extent, predictable patterns. This is a controversial claim. It...

How our brains have evolved so that we control how we think and behaveThe Unpredictable Species argues that the human brain evolved in a way that enhances our cognitive flexibility and capacity for...

Ancient empires on the ground: Provincial and peripheral perspectives / Bleda Düring & Tesse Stek -- The transformation of rural societies and landscapes -- Engineering empire: A provincial...

"In just the past twenty years, we have learned more about dinosaurs than we did in the previous two centuries. This book describes the extraordinary advances in paleontology that are beginning to...

Without a doubt, the topic of energy--from coal, oil, and nuclear to geothermal, solar and wind--is one of the most pressing across the globe. It is of paramount importance to policy makers,...

A definitive and richly illustrated guide to the botanically unique area of Upper Teesdale in England’s County DurhamTo anyone who loves the wild flowers of Great Britain and Ireland, there are some...

A magnificent work of original research that unravels history through textiles and cloth—how we make it, use it, and what it means to us. A New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceHow is a...

⭐ "Beautifully presented and thoughtfully researched....informational and inspirational."--School Library Journal (STARRED REVIEW) ⭐"Thoughtful....skillful." --Publishers Weekly (STARRED REVIEW) An...

An urgent and profound history of the origins of vaccine skepticism, seeking to understand how our three most common fears about vaccines hardened into a lethal ideology—from a leading science...

New title in the colourful Artisan Art Sketch Book collection by Flame Tree Studio, in a range of hues to suit the mood, crafted with decorated page edges and embellished with beautiful tactile art...

A panoramic history of the antiquarians whose discoveries transformed Renaissance culture and gave rise to new forms of art and knowledgeIn the early fifteenth century, a casket containing the...

The Federal Clean Air Act of 1970 is widely seen as a revolutionary legal response to the failures of the earlier common law regime, which had governed air pollution in the United States for more...

"Doubts about the international dominance of the dollar are only growing amid worries about tariffs, political dysfunction, and fraying international alliances. Will the dollar continue to reign...

Why the living world may be the next great frontier of physicsThe frontiers of physics can seem impossibly remote—located in the invisible quantum realm or the farthest reaches of the cosmos. But one...

In their pursuit of social justice, revolutionaries have taken on the assembled might of monarchies, empires, and dictatorships. They have often, though not always, sparked cataclysmic violence, and...

New title in the colourful Artisan Art Sketch Book collection by Flame Tree Studio, in a range of hues to suit the mood, crafted with decorated page edges and embellished with beautiful tactile art...

Now available in paperback, this is a radically new approach to the understanding of abstract art, expanded to include sixteen new contemporary artists from six continents, and an emphasis on textile...

"How we search for meaning in our futures, as revealed by the divine, occult, or supernatural, from ancient prophets to the end of days. What will happen to us next? From the earliest beginnings of...