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The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
In 1968 University of California Press published an unusual manuscript by an anthropology student named Carlos Castaneda.The Teachings of Don Juan enthralled a generation of …
May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases--And What We Can Do about It
Adam Grant's "8 New Idea Books to Start Spring" Next Big Idea Club's Must-Read Books for May 2024 How our biases cause us to fall for misinformation--and how to combat it. Our …
The Constitution of Society
Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade. In "The Constitution of Society" he outlines the distinctive position he has evolved …
The Men and the Boys
Questions about men and boys have aroused remarkable media attention and public interest in recent years. But what have we learned about masculinity, and where is our thinking on …
The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt
The Golden Age of German cinema began at the end of the First World War and ended shortly after the coming of sound. From The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari onwards the principal films of …
The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II: Volume I
This reissue of Fernand Braudel's great work brings the original back in print and looks at the Mediterranean world in the second half of the sixteenth century. The focus of …
Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence
Updated with a new foreword by Margaret Meserve, Giovanni and Lusanna provides a fascinating view of Renaissance Florentine society and its attitudes on love, marriage, class, and …
Reinventing Britain: Constitutional Change Under New Labour
Contrary to popular myth, Britain does have a constitution, one that is uncodified and commanded little political interest for most of the twentieth century. In the late 1990s, …
Esau and Jacob
Reinventing the Wheel: Milk, Microbes, and the Fight for Real Cheese Volume 65
The Age of Openness: China Before Mao
The era between empire and communism is routinely portrayed as a catastrophic interlude in China's modern history. But in this book, Frank Dik tter shows that the first half of the …