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Mary Cassatt at Work
A new study of Mary Cassatt that explores the centrality of work to both her inventive technical practice and her distinctive approach to modern subjects Mary Cassatt’s …
The Ukrainian Night
A vivid and intimate account of the Ukrainian Revolution, the rare moment when the political became the existential “Shore brilliantly captures the contingency, uncertainty, and …
How to Enjoy Architecture
Charles 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 …
The Children of the Dead
The 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 …
The Mack
The most up-to-date account of the Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterwork The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art is a monument of …
A Little History of Psychology
A rich and engaging guide to psychology, the science devoted to understanding human nature What really drives our decisions? Where do language and memory come from? Why do our …
Paris 1874
A wide-ranging exploration of the birth of impressionism centered around the landmark exhibition in Paris in 1874 Discover the origins of impressionism in this revelatory look at …
The Origins of Judaism
Groundbreaking research that utilizes archaeological discoveries and ancient texts to revolutionize our understanding of the beginnings of Judaism “A bravura study.”—Publishers …
The Tragic Mind
A moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedy “Spare, elegant and poignant. . . . If there is a single contemporary book …
Horizons Blossom, Borders Vanish
A bold recovery of Yiddish anarchist history and literature Spanning the last two centuries, this fascinating work combines archival research on the radical press and close …
Rich World, Poor World
A landmark history of the world economic order, exploring how developing countries have fought to escape impoverishment Over the past two decades, experiments in neoliberal …
Minerva Parker Nichols
The untold story of America’s first independent female architect Minerva Parker Nichols (1862–1949) was the first American woman to practice architecture independently. Her …