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Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection
$22.95 Read moreCo-Winner of the Senior Book Prize, American Ethnological Society
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What the struggle over the Indonesian rainforests can teach us about the social frictions that shape the world around us- Author: Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0691263515
- Language: English
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The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture
$65.00 Add to cartA major new survey of American sculpture, exploring how it both reflects and redefines concepts of race and identity in the United States
How does American sculpture intersect with the history of race- Author: Lemmey, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0691261490
- Language: English
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A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of South America
$49.95 Add to cartThe definitive comprehensive photographic field guide to the larger mammals of continental South America
South America’s wide range of habitats support a tremendous diversity of plants and animals, in- Series: Wildguides #26
- Author: Webb, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 0691174091
- Language: English
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Manet: A Model Family
$49.95 Add to cartA groundbreaking and richly illustrated account of the importance of Manet’s family to his art
All families are complicated, but the family of ?douard Manet (1832-1883) was more complicated than most.- Author: Greenwald, Diana Seave
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0691260664
- Language: English
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The Language of Mathematics: The Stories Behind the Symbols
$27.95 Read moreA marvelous compendium of mathematical symbols and their fascinating histories
Galileo famously wrote that the book of nature is written in mathematical language. The Language of Mathematics is a wide- Author: Rojas, Ra?l
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: January 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0691201889
- Language: English
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Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World
$26.60 Add to cartA comprehensive narrative history of the ancient world’s center, from its founding to its modern rediscovery
The oracle and sanctuary of the Greek god Apollo at Delphi were known as the “omphalos”–th- Author: Scott, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 20 2015
- ISBN10: 0691169845
- Language: English
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Betye Saar: Heart of a Wanderer
$48.00 Read moreA richly illustrated look at how travel influenced the work of renowned contemporary artist Betye Saar
Betye Saar (b. 1926) is an artist whose assemblages tell visual stories and convey powerful polit- Author: Greenwald, Diana Seave
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 0691973857
- Language: English
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Calculus 2 Simplified: Integration and Infinite Series
$24.95 Add to cartFrom the author of Calculus Simplified, an accessible, personalized approach to Calculus 2
Second-semester calculus is rich with insights into the nature of infinity and the very foundations of geomet- Author: Fernandez, Oscar E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0691263752
- Language: English
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Queer Moderns: Max Ewing’s Jazz Age New York
$49.95 Add to cartA richly illustrated history of the glittering world of queer artistic life in the 1920s and ’30s
In Queer Moderns, Alice Friedman tells the fascinating story of the queer avant-garde of the 1920s and- Author: Friedman, Alice T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 0691267340
- Language: English
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Shark: The Illustrated Biography
$29.95 Add to cartA marvelously illustrated look at the life of the shark
No two species of shark have the same life history, yet these magnificent creatures share many things in common. This one-of-a-kind narrative bi- Author: Abel, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0691261679
- Language: English
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Bodypedia: A Brief Compendium of Human Anatomical Curiosities
$17.95 Add to cartAn eclectic collection of strange and amazing stories about body parts you never knew you had, from acetabulum to zygomaticus major
Bodypedia is a lively, fact-filled romp through your body, from A to- Series: Pedia Books
- Author: Taor, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 0691256780
- Language: English
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Reefs of Time: What Fossils Reveal about Coral Survival
$29.95 Add to cartHow fossilized reefs hold clues to the survival of corals in the Anthropocene
With rising global temperatures, pollution, overfishing, ocean acidification, and other problems caused by humans, there’s- Author: Gardiner, Lisa S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 691247331
- Language: English
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In Praise of Good Bookstores
$16.95 Add to cartFrom a devoted reader and lifelong bookseller, an eloquent and charming reflection on the singular importance of bookstores
Do we need bookstores in the twenty-first century? If so, what makes a good- Author: Deutsch, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0691229651
- Language: English
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The Power of Cute
$14.95 Add to cartAn exploration of cuteness and its immense hold on us, from emojis and fluffy puppies to its more uncanny, subversive expressions
Cuteness has taken the planet by storm. Global sensations Hello Kitty- Author: May, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0691271143
- Language: English
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American Maccabee: Theodore Roosevelt and the Jews
$35.00 Add to cartA major biography of a mesmerizing statesman whose complex bond with the Jewish people forever shaped their lives–and his legacy
A scion of the Protestant elite, Theodore Roosevelt was an unlikely al- Author: Porwancher, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 691203660
- Language: English
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The World at First Light: A New History of the Renaissance
$45.00 Add to cartA magisterial history of the Renaissance and the birth of the modern world
The cultural epoch we know as the Renaissance emerged at a certain time and in a certain place. Why then and not earlier? Why- Author: Roeck, Bernd
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1184
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 069118383X
- Language: English
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Puerto Rico: A National History
$18.95 Add to cartA panoramic history of Puerto Rico from pre-Columbian times to today
Puerto Rico is a Spanish-speaking territory of the United States with a history shaped by conquest and resistance. For centuries, P- Author: Mel?ndez-Badillo, Jorell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 069123129X
- Language: English
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Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages
$29.95 Add to cartAn enthralling tour of the world’s rarest and most endangered languages
Languages and cultures are becoming increasingly homogenous, with the resulting loss of a rich linguistic tapestry reflecting un- Author: Gibb, Lorna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0691274177
- Language: English
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A Cure for Chaos
$22.95 Add to cartFrom bestselling cartoonist C. C. Tsai, a delightful graphic version of the stories and teachings of the important Chinese philosopher Mencius
C. C. Tsai is one of Asia’s most popular cartoonists, and- Series: Illustrated Library of Chinese Classics #24
- Author: Mencius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0691179816
- Language: English
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Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History
$35.00 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Shia Revival
A gripping account that overturns simplistic portrayals of Iran as a theocratic pariah state, revealing how its strategic moves on the wor- Author: Nasr, Vali
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 0691268924
- Language: English
