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Complete Works
The complete surviving works of Epictetus, the most influential Stoic philosopher from antiquity. Some things are up to us and some are not. Epictetus was born into slavery around …
Fit Nation
How is it that Americans are more obsessed with exercise than ever, and yet also unhealthier? Fit Nation explains how we got here and imagines how we might create a more inclusive, …
Last Consolation Vanished
A unique and haunting first-person Holocaust account by Zalmen Gradowski, a Sonderkommando prisoner killed in Auschwitz.On October 7, 1944, a group of Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz …
Plotinus or the Simplicity of Vision
Since its original publication in France in 1963, Pierre Hadot's lively philosophical portrait of Plotinus remains the preeminent introduction to the man and his thought. Michael …
Democratize Work
An urgent and deeply resonant case for the power of workplace democracy to restore balance between economy and society.What happens to a society and a planet when capitalism …
Handbook of Quantitative Ecology
An essential guide to quantitative research methods in ecology and conservation biology, accessible for even the most math-averse student or professional.Quantitative research …
Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth
This volume presents studies from experts in twelve industries, providing insights into the future role of innovation and entrepreneurship in driving economic growth across …
Practice, Power, and Forms of Life
Philosopher Terry Pinkard revisits Sartre's later work, illuminating a pivotal stance in Sartre's understanding of freedom and communal action.Jean-Paul Sartre s Critique of …
Other People's Colleges
An illuminating history of the reform agenda in higher education.For well over one hundred years, people have been attempting to make American colleges and universities more …
Contested Crown
Following conflicting desires for an Aztec crown, this book explores the possibilities of repatriation. In The Contested Crown, Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll meditates on the case …
Minoritarian Liberalism
A mesmerizing ethnography of the largest favela in Rio, where residents articulate their own politics of freedom against the backdrop of multiple forms of oppression.Normative …