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By: Francine Prose
Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth
$18.00PaperbackAdd to cartA feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy
- Series: Ancient Lives
- Author: Prose, Francine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 0300274157
- Language: English
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The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
$22.95PaperbackAdd to cartA pioneering exploration of the differences between the brain’s right and left hemispheres and their effects on society, history, and culture–“one of the few contemporary works deserving classic stat… [more below]
- Author: McGilchrist, Iain
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 616
- Publish Date: March 26 2019
- ISBN10: 300245920
- Language: English
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By: Jean-Paul Sartre
Existentialism Is a Humanism
$11.95PaperbackAdd to cartA fresh translation of two seminal works of existentialism
“To understand Jean-Paul Sartre is to understand something important about the present time.”–Iris Murdoch “Sartre matters because so many- Author: Sartre, Jean-Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 24 2007
- ISBN10: 0300115466
- Language: English
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By: Josef Albers
Interaction of Color
$21.95PaperbackAdd to cartThe 50th anniversary edition of a classic text, featuring an expanded selection of color studies
“The landmark 1963 book by Josef Albers . . . isn’t just for aspiring artists. Its mesmerizing illustr- Author: Albers, Josef
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 28 2013
- ISBN10: 300179359
- Language: English
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By: Ned Blackhawk
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
$35.00HardcoverRead moreNational Bestseller
Winner of the 2023 National Book Award in Nonfiction – Finalist for the 2024 Los Angeles Times Book Award in History – Winner of 2024 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Nonfiction Name- Author: Blackhawk, Ned
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 616
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0300244053
- Language: English
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By: Michael S. Roth
The Student: A Short History
$26.00HardcoverRead moreFrom the president of Wesleyan University, an illuminating history of the student, spanning from antiquity to Zoom
“[Roth] has a clear vision for what it ought to mean to be a student: Learn what you- Author: Roth, Michael S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0300250037
- Language: English
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California: An American History
$24.00PaperbackAdd to cartA concise and lively history of California, the most multicultural state in the nation
- Author: Faragher, John Mack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0300274238
- Language: English
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The Comanche Empire
$28.00PaperbackAdd to cartFrom the author of Lakota America, an award-winning history of the rise and decline of the vast and imposing Comanche empire
“Cutting-edge revisionist western history.”–Larry McMurtry, New York Revi- Series: Lamar Series in Western History
- Author: Hamalainen, Pekka
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: May 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0300151179
- Language: English
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The Story of Architecture
$40.00HardcoverAdd to cartAn inviting exploration of architecture across cultures and centuries by one of the field’s eminent authors
“Rybczynski’s expansive account traces the influence of social, technological, and economic- Author: Rybczynski, Witold
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: November 29, 2022
- ISBN10: 0300246064
- Language: English
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By: William Bynum
A Little History of Science
$15.00PaperbackRead moreA spirited volume on the great adventures of science throughout history, for curious readers of all ages
Science is fantastic. It tells us about the infinite reaches of space, the tiniest living orga- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Bynum, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 10 2013
- ISBN10: 0300197136
- Language: English
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A Little History of Art
$25.00HardcoverRead moreA thrilling journey through 100,000 years of art, from the first artworks ever made to art’s central role in culture today
“This lively volume is ideal for the precocious high-schooler, the lazy colle- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Mullins, Charlotte
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 0300253664
- Language: English
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By: Peter Lehr
Pirates: A New History, from Vikings to Somali Raiders
$16.99PaperbackAdd to cartA global account of pirates and their modus operandi, from the Middle Ages to the present day
- Author: Lehr, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0300273339
- Language: English
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The Wounded Storyteller: The Traumatic Tales of E. T. A. Hoffmann
$40.00HardcoverRead moreE. T. A. Hoffmann’s classic tales of Gothic horror and fantasy are presented in a new translation accompanying the beguiling drawings of Natalie Frank
“Sumptuous. . . . [Natalie Frank’s] artwork . .- Author: Hoffmann, E. T. a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 0300263198
- Language: English
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By: Rachel Shteir
Betty Friedan: Magnificent Disrupter
$27.00HardcoverRead moreA new portrait of Betty Friedan, the author and activist acclaimed as the mother of second-wave feminism
Finalist, 2024 National Book Critics Circle Awards in Biography – A New Yorker Best of the Week- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Shteir, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0300220022
- Language: English
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By: Richard Siken
Crush
$20.00PaperbackAdd to cartFinalist for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry–an erotic, powerful collection
“One of the best books of contemporary poetry.”–Victoria Chang, Huffington Post “Vital, immediate, a- Series: Yale Younger Poets
- Author: Siken, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: October 22 2019
- ISBN10: 0300246307
- Language: English
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The Body of the Soul: Stories
$18.00PaperbackRead moreA new collection of stories by the acclaimed Ludmila Ulitskaya, masterfully translated into English
A New Yorker Best of the Week Pick – A Library Journal choice for Best World Literature of 2023 – A- Series: Margellos World Republic of Letters
- Author: Ulitskaya, Ludmila
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 0300270933
- Language: English
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By: Raymond Clemens
The Voynich Manuscript
$55.00HardcoverRead moreThe first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle
“For the first time, a complete reproduction [of] The Voynich Manuscript, has been published, fe- Author: Clemens, Raymond
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0300217234
- Language: English
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By: Devorah Baum
On Marriage
$27.50HardcoverAdd to cartA compulsively readable, startling, and philosophically rich book about marriage, from an acclaimed critic and filmmaker
A New Yorker Best of the Week Pick – A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of- Author: Baum, Devorah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 030027193X
- Language: English
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By: Joseph Berger
Elie Wiesel: Confronting the Silence
$26.00HardcoverRead moreAn intimate look at Elie Wiesel, author of the seminal Holocaust memoir Night and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, Biography category “An indispensable t- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Berger, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: May 23, 2023
- ISBN10: 0300228988
- Language: English
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By: Lou Stoppard
Chloe: The Complete Collections
$85.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe brilliance of the house of Chlo? is on full view in this panorama of catwalk photography, celebrating the brand’s seventy years of collections by leading designers including founder Gaby Aghion, K… [more below]
- Series: Catwalk
- Author: Stoppard, Lou
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 632
- Publish Date: November 29 2022
- ISBN10: 0300264089
- Language: English











