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From an esteemed scholar of American religion and sexuality, a sweeping account of the century of religious conflict that produced our culture wars

From a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, a biography of the American anarchist Lucy Parsons

A revised and expanded edition of the classic, myth-shattering exploration of American family life during the Cold War

From a renowned historian, the story of a prosperous early American family and the great middle class land grab that propelled the nation's staggering economic and territorial growth

An award-winning science writer introduces us to mathematics using the extraordinary equation that unites five of mathematics' most important numbers

An expert guide to how conversation works, from how we know when to speak to why huh is a universal word.

The director and founding member of the Houston Galveston Institute documents the emergence of postmodern narrative therapy and shows how linguistics and social discourse influence the changing culture of psychotherapy. Anderson shows how the therapist can empower the patient through the use of narrative and discourse, thereby creating a collaborative environment.

A rising historian's narrative chronicle of race in America, and the successes, failures, and stalemates of black leaders in the past fifty years

An acclaimed historian presents a dual biography of Theodore Roosevelt and New York City, showing how Roosevelt's identity and politics were forged in the booming city of his birth.

Beautifully designed and carefully curated, a fascinating collection of the things that shaped the way we live and play in America

"American power and a pervasive globalization are the central realities of today's world, and the source of its thorniest dilemmas. Yet while America's unprecedented might should be the source of globa"

The surprising and counterintuitive origins of America's racial crisis

A sweeping, authoritative history of the expansion of slavery in America, showing how forced migrations radically altered the nation's economic, political, and cultural landscape.

An expanded edition of a classic intellectual history of Zionism, now covering the rise of religious Zionism since the 1970s

From a leading authority on race and public policy, a deeply researched account of how families rise and fall today

A fully updated edition of the classic business reference book on product development from a world renowned innovation management scholar

"This is not only one of the most important works on medical ethics yet written. It also breaks through the frontiers of historiography to provide a convincing psychological interpretation of the Third Reich and the crimes of National Socialism."-New York Review of Books

What we can learn from Atlanta's struggle to reinvent itself in the 21st Century

An acclaimed novelist and critic argues that video games are the most vital art form of our time

In the heart of Europe's current crisis, one of the continent's foremost statesmen issues a clarion call to radically remake the European Union in the mould of the United States' own federal government.

The definitive biography of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, leader of the only successful slave revolt in world history

"A priceless manual for anyone seriously interested on the restaurant world. Concise, pointed, informative, and candid, it explains simply to the neophyte chef the difficult but wonderful and rewarding world of the kitchen."-Jacques Pepin

From distinguished Catholic scholar George Weigel, a memoir of his relationship with Pope John Paul II

An acclaimed music scholar presents an accessible introduction to the art of listening to jazz

From one of our foremost experts in Ottoman history, a biography of the 16th century Russian slave who rose from a concubine to become the only queen in the history of the Ottoman Empire

A rising star in philosophy examines the cultural, social, and scientific interpretations of love to answer one of our most enduring questions

A long-time chief data scientist at Amazon shows how open data can make everyone, not just corporations, richer

"The best single treatment of psychoanalytic theories, classical and current."-Choice

Two award-winning scholars offer a bold critique of the Constitution and argue that it lies at the root of our government dysfunction