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Ignited by the infamous shooting of Amadou Diallo, unarmed and innocent, at the hands of New York City police officers, journalist Jill Nelson was moved to assemble this landmark anthology on the...

HAZMAT, meaning “hazardous material,” is an abbreviation familiar from signs at the entrances to long dark tunnels or on the sides of suspicious containers. Here, in a series of stunning poems, J. D...

In this short book Peter Sloterdijk clarifies his views on religion and its role in pre-modern and modern societies. He begins by returning to the Mount Sinai episode in the Book of Exodus, where he...

Hailed as the definitive work upon its original publication in 1975 and now extensively revised and updated by the author, this vastly absorbing and richly illustrated book examines film as an art...

From the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, a new collection of philosophical, elegiac, and wry meditations on film, painting, music, and poetry itselfEarthly Delights begins with an...

Un Excepcional Testimoni De Les Més Nobles Manifestacions De La Nostra Cultura Al Llarg De Deu Segles.la Panoràmica Inèdita De L’art Català Més Universal, Escrita Per Una Generació D’historiadors Que...

A collection of eleven essays dealing with methodological and empirical issues in cognitive science and in the philosophy of mind, Representations convincingly connects philosophical speculation to...

"The Promise of American Life is part of the bedrock of American liberalism, a classic that had a spectacular immediate impact on national politics when it was first published in 1909 and that has...

“The best education in grand strategy available in a single volume . . . a book that should be read by every American leader or would-be leader.”—The Wall Street JournalA master class in strategic...

"On the 250th anniversary of his greatest achievement, two leading historians take on the question, "Does Thomas Jefferson still matter?" Fifty years after signing the Declaration of Independence,...

A delightful and provocative journey across four decades of contemporary American poetry with Stephanie Burt, “the leading poetry critic of her generation” (New York Times), as our surefooted guide...

Wry humor and sharp insight capture the distinctive voice of a young teen forced by his mother's unstable mental health to recalibrate his outlook and build a new life with found family. For fans...

Most social commentators and politicians have espoused the Tocquevillian conviction that voluntary efforts contribute vitally to the health of American society, making up a third sector "between...

This collection of original essays honors the influential work of Robert W. Hanning. Contributors cover a wide range of fields within medieval studies, from Anglo-Saxon England to twelfth-century...

Essays Critical and Clinical was the final work of the late Gilles Deleuze, one of the most important and vital figures in contemporary philosophy. It includes essays, all newly revised or published...

From its first mention in biblical references up through its emergence as the international cuisine of the nineties, yogurt has been the constant kitchen cure-all. And particularly in the last...

Boethius (Boetius) - Anicius Manlius Severinus - c.480-524 A.D., Roman statesman and philosopher, was son of Flavius Manlius Boetius, after whose death he was looked after by several men, especially...

Good for Otto, which premiered in October 2015 at the Gift Theatre in Chicago, directed by Michael Patrick Thornton, is an unflinching portrayal of the world of mental illness and therapy. Drawing on...

Winner of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize in History "A feast for Civil War buffs. . . . One of the best firsthand records of the Confederate experience. . . . Electrifying."--Walter Clemons, Newsweek "By...

In its first issue, published a quarter of a century ago, Conjunctions established itself immediately as a major journal of international literary arts, with contributors including Paul Bowles,...