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Balance of Power
Central banks now stand between societies and collapse, but are they still democratic?Two decades of financial crises have dramatically expanded central banks powers. In 2008, and …
Shakespeare's Roman Trilogy
Paul A. Cantor first probed Shakespeare's Roman plays-Coriolanus, Julius Caeser, and Antony and Cleopatra-in his landmark Shakespeare's Rome (1976). With Shakespeare's Roman …
Modern Myths
With The Modern Myths, brilliant science communicator Philip Ball spins a new yarn. From novels and comic books to B-movies, it is an epic exploration of literature, new media and …
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The classic tale of adventure, romance, and chivalry--now a major motion picture starring Dev Patel!The adventures and challenges of Sir Gawain, King Arthur s nephew and a knight …
William Kentridge
South African artist William Kentridge's drawings, films, books, installations, and collaborations with opera and theater companies have established him as a world-class star in …
On Revision
A trusted editor turns his attention to the most important part of writing: revision.So you ve just finished writing something? Congratulations! Now revise it. Because revision is …
Against Marriage
In seventeenth-century France, aristocratic women were valued by their families as commodities to be married off in exchange for money, social advantage, or military alliance. Once …
Becoming an Ex
The experience of becoming an ex is common to most people in modern society. Unlike individuals in earlier cultures who usually spent their entire lives in one marriage, one …
Occultism, Witchcraft, and Cultural Fashions
In the period domoninated by the triumphs of scientific rationalism, how do we account for the extraordinary success of such occult movements as astrology or the revival of …
James Joyce and the Irish Revolution
A provocative history of Ulysses and the Easter Rising as harbingers of decolonization. When revolutionaries seized Dublin during the 1916 Easter Rising, they looked back to …
Transmutations of Chymistry
This book reevaluates the changes to chymistry that took place from 1660 to 1730 through a close study of the chymist Wilhelm Homberg (1653-1715) and the changing fortunes of his …