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John Donne's Physics
A reimagining of Devotions upon Emergent Occasions as an original treatment of human life shaped by innovations in seventeenth-century science and medicine. In 1624, poet and …
Afterlife of Data
A short, thought-provoking book about what happens to our online identities after we die.These days, so much of our lives takes place online but what about our afterlives? Thanks …
Extinctions : From Dinosaurs to You
A compelling answer to an important question: Can past mass extinctions teach us how to avoid future planetary disaster?On its face, the story of mass extinction on Earth is one of …
Pandemic Workplace
A provocative book arguing that the workplace is where we learn to live democratically.In The Pandemic Workplace, anthropologist Ilana Gershon turns her attention to the US …
Working Women in Jordan
A surprising look at the meaningful social changes in Jordan as lived and navigated by educated women. Jordan has witnessed tremendous societal transformation in its relatively …
Shock Values : Prices and Inflation in American Democracy
How inflation and deflation fears shape American democracy.Many foundational moments in American economic history—the establishment of paper money, wartime price controls, the rise …
Futures after Progress
A powerful ethnographic study of South Baltimore, a place haunted by toxic pasts in its pursuit of better futures.Factory fires, chemical explosions, and aerial pollutants have …
In Poe's Wake
Explores how Edgar Allan Poe has become a household name, as much a brand as an author. You ll find his face everywhere, from coffee mugs, bobbleheads, and T-shirts to the cover of …
El Lissitzky on Paper : Print Culture, Architecture, Politics, 1919-1933
An examination of the importance of paper in the work of Soviet artist, designer, and architect El Lissitzky. Russian artist El Lissitzky’s work spans painting, photography, …
Shakespeare's Once and Future Child
A study of Shakespeare's child figures in relation to their own political moment, as well as our own.Politicians are fond of saying that children are the future. How did the …
Friedrich Durrenmatt
These translations of Friedrich Durrenmatt s essays introduce the writer to a new generation of readers.The Swiss writer Friedrich Durrenmatt (1921 90) was one of the most …
Liberty's Grid : A Founding Father, a Mathematical Dreamland, and the Shaping of America
The surprising history behind a ubiquitous facet of the United States: the gridded landscape. Seen from an airplane, much of the United States appears to be a gridded land of …