Yale University Press
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Dark Persuasion: A History of Brainwashing from Pavlov to Social Media
$22.00 Add to cartA “highly readable and compelling” account (Science) of brainwashing’s pervasive role in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
“Riveting. . . . Dimsdale . . . shows how the art of dark persuasion a- Author: Dimsdale, Joel E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0300271034
- Language: English
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Roe: The History of a National Obsession
$27.00 Read moreThe leading U.S. expert on abortion law charts the many meanings associated with Roe v. Wade during its fifty-year history
“Ziegler sets a brisk pace but delivers substantial depth. . . . A must-read- Author: Ziegler, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0300266103
- Language: English
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Whose Language Is English?
$28.00 Add to cartAn exhilarating new account of the English language, from British colonialism to the age of social media, emphasizing dynamism and democratization
Whose language is English? Although we often think o- Author: Kiaer, Jieun
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0300264054
- Language: English
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William Eggleston Portraits
$50.00 Read more“So many people take those simple snapshots of life, but there’s something about Eggleston that no one can match.” –Sofia Coppola
The eminent American photographer William Eggleston (b. 1939) was a- Author: Prodger, Phillip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 0300222521
- Language: English
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Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition
$30.00 Read moreThe ultimate gift edition of Walden for bibliophiles, aficionados, and scholars
“Replaces all other available editions of Walden as the most attractive and reliable way to approach this great American- Author: Thoreau, Henry David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 11 2004
- ISBN10: 0300104669
- Language: English
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The Widening of God’s Mercy: Sexuality Within the Biblical Story
$28.00 Add to cartA fresh, deeply biblical account of God’s expanding grace and mercy, tracing how the Bible’s narrative points to the full inclusion of LGBTQ people in Christian communities
Discussions of the Bible a- Author: Hays, Christopher B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0300273428
- Language: English
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All Things Are Full of Gods: The Mysteries of Mind and Life
$32.50 Add to cartA world-renowned philosopher’s genre-defying exploration of the mystery of consciousness
In a blossoming garden located far outside all worlds, a group of aging Greek gods have gathered to discuss th- Author: Hart, David Bentley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0300254725
- Language: English
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The Philosophy of Translation
$28.00 Add to cartA deep dive into the nature of translation from one of its most acclaimed practitioners
Avoiding theoretical debates and clich?d metaphors, award-winning translator Damion Searls has written a fresh,- Author: Searls, Damion
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0300247370
- Language: English
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Squanto: A Native Odyssey
$28.00 Add to cartTaken to Europe as a slave, he found his way home and changed the course of American history
American schoolchildren have long learned about Squanto, the welcoming Native who made the First Thanksgiv- Author: Lipman, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0300238770
- Language: English
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Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II
$25.00 Add to cartA sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War II
“When he is at his best, as he often is in these pages, Kennedy can be dazzling.”–Ian W. To- Author: Kennedy, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 644
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 0300276788
- Language: English
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Ayn Rand: Writing a Gospel of Success
$28.00 Add to cartA deeply researched biography of the prominent and divisive writer Ayn Rand, whose pro-capitalist novels and nonfiction have influenced three generations of Americans
Biographer Alexandra Popoff trac- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Popoff, Alexandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0300253214
- Language: English
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The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome: A History of the Ptolemies
$35.00 Add to cartA compelling history of the Ptolemies, the decline of Egypt, and the rising power of the Roman Empire
The Ptolemaic era, Egypt’s last and one of its longest dynasties, was in many ways a gilded age.- Author: De La Bedoyere, Guy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0300275528
- Language: English
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Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me
$28.00 Read moreAn award-winning classicist turns to Greek tragedies for the wisdom to understand the damage caused by suicide and help those who are contemplating suicide themselves
“Remarkable, brave and compassio- Author: Hall, Edith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0300273533
- Language: English
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Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900-1939
$60.00 Add to cartA scintillating account of the cultural freedom and empowerment that American women experienced as leaders in the avant-garde scene in early twentieth-century Paris
For the American women who made Pa- Author: Asleson, Robyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0300273584
- Language: English
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Battleground Ukraine: From Independence to the War with Russia
$35.00 Add to cartThe first major English-language history of Ukraine from its emergence after the demise of the Soviet Union through the current Russian invasion
“A fascinating and highly informative narrative.”–Art- Author: Karatnycky, Adrian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0300269463
- Language: English
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Rich World, Poor World: The Struggle to Escape Poverty
$35.00 Add to cartA landmark history of the world economic order, exploring how developing countries have fought to escape impoverishment
Over the past two decades, experiments in neoliberal economics have opened up a- Author: Allawi, Ali a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0300214286
- Language: English
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How to Enjoy Architecture: A Guide for Everyone
$25.00 Read moreCharles Holland challenges us to look beyond the day-to-day familiarity of buildings to rediscover the pleasure of experiencing architecture
Architecture is bound up with our daily lives but, for mos- Author: Holland, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0300263937
- Language: English
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The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie
$35.00 Add to cartFrom a renowned biologist and best-selling author, a whole new way of looking at living organisms: reading them as documents describing ancient worlds
An exquisitely camouflaged lizard has a desiccat- Author: Dawkins, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0300278098
- Language: English
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Predator of the Seas: A History of the Slaveship That Fought for Emancipation
$35.00 Add to cartThe dramatic biography of a slaveship turned freedom-fighter–which brings new insights into Britain’s involvement in the end of the trade in enslaved people
In 1827 the Royal Navy purchased a Baltim- Author: Taylor, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0300263996
- Language: English
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Smithsonian Trees of North America
$75.00 Add to cartAn indispensable illustrated source of information for hundreds of species of North American trees
This authoritative reference on native and non-native trees of North America, by Smithsonian veteran- Author: Kress, W. John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0300185219
- Language: English
