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Objects in Exile
An essential examination of how emigration and resettlement defined modernismIn the fraught years leading up to World War II, many modern artists and architects emigrated from …
The Evolution of Biological Information
Why information is the unifying principle that allows us to understand the evolution of complexity in natureMore than 150 years after Darwin’s revolutionary On the Origin of …
Pox Romana
A wide-ranging and dramatic account of the Antonine plague, the mysterious disease that struck the Roman Empire at its pinnacleIn the middle of the second century AD, Rome was at …
Birds of China
A comprehensive, fully illustrated field guide to the birds of ChinaChina is home to some of the most spectacular birdlife to be found anywhere in the world. This richly …
What’s the Matter with Delaware?
How the “First State” has enabled international crime, sheltered tax dodgers, and diverted hard-earned dollars from the rest of usThe legal home to over a million companies, …
The Importance of Being Educable
In the age of AI, why our future depends on better understanding what makes us humanWe are at a crossroads in history. If we hope to share our planet successfully with one another …
They Called It Peace
A sweeping account of how small wars shaped global order in the age of empiresImperial conquest and colonization depended on pervasive raiding, slaving, and plunder. European …
Pax Economica
The forgotten history of the liberal radicals, socialist internationalists, feminists, and Christians who envisioned free trade as the necessary prerequisite for anti-imperialism …
A Politics of Melancholia
Why melancholia is a vital form of social critique and a catalyst for political renewalMelancholia is wrongly condemned as a condition of withdrawal and despair that alienates its …
Wonderstruck
A philosopher explores the transformative role of wonder and awe in an uncertain worldWonder and awe lie at the heart of life’s most profound questions. Wonderstruck shows how …
Wasps of the World
A richly illustrated guide to wasps around the worldWasps have been around since before the dinosaurs and are one of the world’s largest insect groups. More than 150,000 species …
The Last of Its Kind
How an iconic bird’s final days exposed the reality of human-caused extinctionThe great auk is one of the most tragic and documented examples of extinction. A flightless bird that …