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The No-State Solution: A Jewish Manifesto
$30.00 Read moreA provocative manifesto, arguing for a new understanding of the Jews’ peoplehood
“A self-consciously radical statement that is both astute and joyous.”–Kirkus Reviews Today there are two seemingly- Author: Boyarin, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: January 31 2023
- ISBN10: 0300251289
- Language: English
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Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not to Be Seen
$30.00 Read moreA lively exploration of how invisibility has gone from science fiction to fact
“The science of invisibility remains largely theoretical and abstract. It is in the literature that the field comes aliv- Author: Gbur, Gregory J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0300250428
- Language: English
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A Little History of Music
$15.00 Add to cartA superbly engaging guide to music around the world, from prehistory to the present
Music excites and moves us perhaps more than any other art form. From a Neanderthal’s bone flute to the festivals o- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Philip, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300279086
- Language: English
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John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community
$24.00 Add to cartThe first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis
A New Yorker “Best Book of 2024” Selection “The perfect book, at the right time.”–Michael Henry Adams, The Guardian F- Series: Black Lives
- Author: Arsenault, Raymond
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 588
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0300281811
- Language: English
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Vigilance Is Not Enough: A History of United States Intelligence
$40.00 Add to cartA broad and deep survey of American intelligence from before the Revolution to the present
Every nation has an intelligence apparatus–some means by which its top officials acquire needed information- Author: Lowenthal, Mark M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 832
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0300269293
- Language: English
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A Little History of Economics
$15.00 Add to cartAn accessible account of the history of economics through the ideas of great thinkers
Economics explains the world. For example, the fact that you’re holding this book in your hands puts you in a spe- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Kishtainy, Niall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300283245
- Language: English
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A Little History of the World
$15.00 Add to cartThe internationally bestselling guide to the extraordinary human story, for the curious of all ages
The world has existed for over 4 billion years, but humanity arrived much more recently. Here E. H.- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Gombrich, E. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300283253
- Language: English
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Against Constitutional Originalism: A Historical Critique
$22.00 Add to cartA detailed and compelling examination of how the legal theory of originalism ignores and distorts the very constitutional history from which it derives interpretive authority
“What are the chances tha- Series: Yale Law Library Legal History and Reference
- Author: Gienapp, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 030028487X
- Language: English
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A Little History of Philosophy
$15.00 Add to cartA lucid guide to humankind’s greatest thinkers, from Aristotle to Peter Singer
Philosophy begins with the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Warburton, Nigel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300283261
- Language: English
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The Children of the Dead
$22.00 Read moreThe magnum opus of 2004 Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek–a spectral journey through the catastrophic history embedded in the landscape of Austria
“The surface of [Jelinek’s] prose cracks and bursts .- Series: Margellos World Republic of Letters
- Author: Jelinek, Elfriede
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 0300281943
- Language: English
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A Little History of Art
$15.00 Read moreA thrilling journey through 100,000 years of art, from the first artworks ever made to art’s central role in culture today
Art can help us see the world differently or understand our place in it a li- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Mullins, Charlotte
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300278357
- Language: English
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Mark Rothko: From the Inside Out
$28.00 Read more“The journey to understand the painting is also the journey to understand Rothko, because the work is so thoroughly suffused with the man.”–Christopher Rothko
Mark Rothko (1903-1970), world-renowned- Author: Rothko, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: October 30 2018
- ISBN10: 030023841X
- Language: English
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Chitto Harjo: Native Patriotism and the Medicine Way
$28.00 Add to cartHow a Mvskoke traditionalist leader forged a movement to resist the division of tribal lands and keep his people on the everlasting Medicine Way
Chitto Harjo (“Crazy Snake”) had several names–Wilson- Series: The Henry Roe Cloud American Indians and Modernity
- Author: Fixico, Donald L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0300272413
- Language: English
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Perfect Communities: Levitt, Levittown, and the Dream of White Suburbia
$32.00 Add to cartThe rise and fall of William J. Levitt, the man who made the suburban house a mass commodity
Two material artifacts defined the middle-class American lifestyle in the mid-twentieth century: the autom- Author: Berenson, Edward
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0300259549
- Language: English
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True Conservatism: Reclaiming Our Humanity in an Arrogant Age
$30.00 Add to cartDrawing on the riches of the Western tradition, Anthony T. Kronman defends a humane conservativism for our enlightened age
As the party of the left has grown more strident, its conservative critics h- Author: Kronman, Anthony T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0300277032
- Language: English
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Portraits of a Mother: A Novella and Stories
$18.00 Add to cartFrom beloved Japanese author Shūsaku Endō, a newly discovered novella and five short stories of love, grief, and maternal longing
Shūsaku Endō, widely considered one of the gr- Series: Margellos World Republic of Letters
- Author: Endo, Shusaku
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0300279434
- Language: English
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Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity
$20.00 Add to cartA fascinating look into how the transformative joys of mathematical experience are available to everyone, not just specialists
Math has a reputation for being inaccessible. People think that it requi- Author: Bessis, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 0300283288
- Language: English
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Josephine Baker’s Secret War: The African American Star Who Fought for France and Freedom
$35.00 Add to cartThe full story of Josephine Baker’s wartime and intelligence work in France and North Africa
Before the Second World War, Josephine Baker (1906-1975) was one of the most famous performers in the worl- Author: Diamond, Hanna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0300279981
- Language: English
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Who Will Rescue Us?: The Story of the Jewish Children Who Fled to France and America During the Holocaust
$35.00 Add to cartThe first account of Jewish children’s flight from Nazi Germany to France–and their subsequent escape to America from the Vichy regime
At the eve of the Second World War, an estimated 1.6 million Je- Author: Hobson Faure, Laura
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 030026996X
- Language: English
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A Little History of Mathematics
$26.00 Add to cartA lively, accessible history of mathematics throughout the ages and across the globe
Mathematics is fundamental to our daily lives. Science, computing, economics–all aspects of modern life rely on s- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Lawrence, Snezana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300273738
- Language: English
