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Buddha, Socrates, and Us: Ethical Living in Uncertain Times
$28.00 Add to cartA renowned Buddhist teacher turns to two of the most influential figures in history for guidance on how to face the ethical challenges of our time
The Buddha’s revolutionary teachings transformed Asi- Author: Batchelor, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 26 2025
- ISBN10: 0300275498
- Language: English
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Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome
$30.00 Add to cartJane Draycott reclaims the life story of Fulvia, one of the most powerful women of the late Roman Republic
“Light and thorough, wide-reaching and focused, entertaining but not sensationalist.”–Financ- Author: Draycott, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: July 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0300278047
- Language: English
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Second Chances: Shakespeare and Freud
$20.00 Add to cartA powerful exploration of the human capacity for renewal, as seen through Shakespeare and Freud
“A compellingly readable and intelligent book. . . . Both authors write with impressive energy.”–Rowan- Series: Anthony Hecht Lectures in the Humanities
- Author: Greenblatt, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 0300283334
- Language: English
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Storyteller: The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson
$35.00 Add to cartFrom a critically acclaimed biographer, an engrossing narrative of Robert Louis Stevenson’s life, a story as romantic and adventurous as his fiction
“This magnificent biography of Robert Louis Stevens- Author: Damrosch, Leo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 0300268629
- Language: English
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A Little History of Archaeology
$15.00 Add to cartThe thrilling story of archaeological adventure, and astonishing discoveries around the globe
Archaeology tells the story of our ancestors: how they lived, what they believed in and how their culture- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Fagan, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300283407
- Language: English
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Into the Weeds
$20.00 Add to cartAn illuminating reflection on the creative process from acclaimed fiction writer, essayist, and translator Lydia Davis
When asked why she writes, Lydia Davis confesses that the question makes her unc- Series: Why I Write
- Author: Davis, Lydia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 0300279744
- Language: English
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A Little History of the United States
$15.00 Add to cartA character-filled history that brings the American saga to life
The United States is one of the most powerful countries in the world. This is the remarkable story of how it came to be. Beginning wit- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Davidson, James West
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300283431
- Language: English
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Love in the New Millennium
$18.00 Add to cartLonglisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2019
The most ambitious work of fiction by one of the world’s greatest writers “In this dreamlike novel . . . amid increasingly bizarre scenarios, ap- Series: Margellos World Republic of Letters
- Author: Can Xue
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0300278268
- Language: English
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Slow Wood: Greener Building from Local Forests
$30.00 Add to cartA radical proposal for healing the relationship between humans and forests through responsible, sustainable use of local and regional wood in home building
American homes are typically made of lumber- Author: Donahue, Brian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: November 26 2024
- ISBN10: 0300273479
- Language: English
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Francis of Assisi: The Life of a Restless Saint
$30.00 Add to cartAn award-winning historian reconstructs the life of Francis of Assisi, uncovering the man behind the myths
“Refreshing. . . . Complex, multilayered, and ambitious.”–Costica Bradatan, Times Literary S- Author: Leppin, Volker
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: January 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0300263805
- Language: English
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In Praise of Floods: The Untamed River and the Life It Brings
$28.00 Add to cartJames C. Scott reframes rivers as alive and dynamic, revealing the consequences of treating them as resources for our profit
“Informative, enjoyable, and provocative. . . . Scott’s [prose] is dry, cle- Series: Yale Agrarian Studies
- Author: Scott, James C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0300278497
- Language: English
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How to Write a Bestseller: An Insider’s Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction for General Audiences
$20.00 Add to cartA bestselling author’s definitive guide to writing and publishing research-based nonfiction for a wide audience
Writing fact-based nonfiction for large general audiences requires two different skill- Author: Mazzeo, Tilar J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 0300267169
- Language: English
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Menachem Mendel Schneerson: Becoming the Messiah
$28.00 Add to cartThe life and thought of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, one of the most influential–and controversial–rabbis in modern Judaism
“Accessible, informed, and balanced. . . . The author manages to tread on f- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Glinter, Ezra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0300222629
- Language: English
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Tamara de Lempicka
$65.00 Add to cartA landmark retrospective on the Art Deco painter exploring her intersectional identities
Tamara de Lempicka (1894-1980), the “Baroness with a Brush,” is often cast as one of Art Deco’s most celebrate- Author: Mori, Gioia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0300278500
- Language: English
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Churchill’s Citadel: Chartwell and the Gatherings Before the Storm
$30.00 Add to cartA major new history of Churchill in the 1930s, showing how his meetings at Chartwell, his country home, strengthened his fight against the Nazis
In the 1930s, amidst an impending crisis in Europe, Wi- Author: Carter, Katherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0300270194
- Language: English
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How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy
$20.00 Add to cartA groundbreaking examination of a central question in international relations: Do states act rationally?
To understand world politics, you need to understand how states think. Are states rational? Mu- Author: Mearsheimer, John J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0300279876
- Language: English
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Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within
$65.00 Add to cartAn expansive look at the multifaceted American artist Toshiko Takaezu within the history of postwar artmaking
Toshiko Takaezu (1922-2011) was an American artist whose multidisciplinary work in cerami- Author: Adamson, Glenn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0300267401
- Language: English
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Supremacy at Sea: Task Force 58 and the Central Pacific Victory
$30.00 Add to cartThe gripping account of the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier force–and how its Central Pacific campaign in 1944 marked the achievement of American naval supremacy
Task Force 58 was World War II’s most power- Author: Mawdsley, Evan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 0300255454
- Language: English
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Herod the Great: Jewish King in a Roman World
$26.00 Read moreA vivid account of the political triumphs and domestic tragedies of the Jewish king Herod the Great during the turmoil of the Roman revolution
“Herod the Great is typical of Yale’s Jewish Lives serie- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Goodman, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0300228414
- Language: English
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Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity
$30.00 Read moreA 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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: May 28 2024
- ISBN10: 0300270887
- Language: English
