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Capital and Ideology

Capital and Ideology

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A New York Times Bestseller An NPR Best Book of the Year The epic successor to one of the most important books of the century: at once a retelling of...
Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

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A New York Times #1 Bestseller An Amazon #1 Bestseller A Wall Street Journal #1 Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller A Sunday Times Bestseller Winner of the Financial Times and...
Ten Indian Classics

Ten Indian Classics

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2,500 years of India's dazzling literary tradition, translated from a wide range of classical languages, and introduced by an award-winning poet. Romantic ghazals and devotional quatrains, medieval battles and separated...
The Mending of Broken Bones: A Modern Guide to Classical Algebra

The Mending of Broken Bones: A Modern Guide to Classical Algebra

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A joyful and intimate celebration of the beauty and creativity of algebra from one of the foremost math educators of our time. For many of us, algebra conjures up memories...
The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter

The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter

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A Seminary Co-op Notable Book A BBC Sky at Night Best Book "An impressively comprehensive bird's-eye view of a research topic that is both many decades established and yet still...
A Brief History of Equality

A Brief History of Equality

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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A Public Books Best Book of the Year "A profound and optimistic call to action and reflection. For Piketty, the arc of...
Measurement

Measurement

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For seven years, Paul Lockhart's A Mathematician's Lament enjoyed a samizdat-style popularity in the mathematics underground, before demand prompted its 2009 publication to even wider applause and debate. An impassioned...
The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can't Think the Way

The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can't Think the Way

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"If you want to know about AI, read this book It shows how a supposedly futuristic reverence for Artificial Intelligence retards progress when it denigrates our most irreplaceable resource for...
The Conscience of the Party: Hu Yaobang, China's Communist Reformer

The Conscience of the Party: Hu Yaobang, China's Communist Reformer

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The definitive story of a top Chinese politician's ill-fated quest to reform the Communist Party. When Hu Yaobang died in April 1989, throngs of mourners converged on the Martyrs' Monument...
What Art Does: An Unfinished Theory

What Art Does: An Unfinished Theory

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Why do we need art? What Art Does is an invitation to explore this vital question. It is a chance to understand how art is made by all of us....
Sylvia Plath's Tomato Soup Cake: Nigella Lawson: 'Absolutely ideal

Sylvia Plath's Tomato Soup Cake: Nigella Lawson: 'Absolutely ideal

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Dine with beloved writers in this 'utterly charming' (Nina Stibbe) new anthology of their very own favourite recipes, introduced by Bee Wilson. Agatha Christie's hot bean salad. Jack Kerouac's green...
A Barrister for the Earth: Ten Cases of Hope for Our Future

A Barrister for the Earth: Ten Cases of Hope for Our Future

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Can a planet have legal rights? Could it be defended in a court of law? How do we redefine a 'right to life'? A revolution is taking place. Around the...
Bad Friend: A Century of Revolutionary Friendships

Bad Friend: A Century of Revolutionary Friendships

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A rebellious new history of female friendship and timely reclamation of the 'bad friend'. Move over idealised BFFs, glossy gal pals and indestructible work wives. Meet the bad friends. The...
Brian Friel: Essays, Diaries, Interviews: 1964-1999: Essays and

Brian Friel: Essays, Diaries, Interviews: 1964-1999: Essays and

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Since the success of "Philadelphia, Here I Come!" in 1964, Brian Friel has written over twenty plays, successively confirming his reputation as a major dramatist of the twentieth century. But...
The Devotional Qur'an: Beloved Surahs and Verses

The Devotional Qur'an: Beloved Surahs and Verses

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A beautifully curated and translated collection of the Qur'anic surahs and verses that are most cherished and memorized by Muslims the world over Muslim devotional practices vary greatly over time...
Why Surrealism Matters

Why Surrealism Matters

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An elegant consideration of the Surrealist movement as a global phenomenon and why it continues to resonate "Mr. Polizzotti carefully balances the movement's aspirations and attainments against its flaws and...
Churchill's Citadel: Chartwell and the Gatherings Before the Storm

Churchill's Citadel: Chartwell and the Gatherings Before the Storm

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A major new history of Churchill in the 1930s, showing how his meetings at Chartwell, his country home, strengthened his fight against the Nazis In the 1930s, amidst an impending...
A Guide to Infinity: Ten Mathematical Journeys

A Guide to Infinity: Ten Mathematical Journeys

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An accessible introduction to infinity explaining the different ways that mathematicians use it in their daily work Infinity has traditionally been a topic for philosophers, physicists, and artists, and it...
Henri Rousseau: A Painter's Secrets

Henri Rousseau: A Painter's Secrets

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Two of the greatest collections of Rousseau's work come together in a new exhibition that offers fresh insights into the painter's art and life The Barnes Foundation is home to...
The Coming of the Railway: A New Global History, 1750-1850

The Coming of the Railway: A New Global History, 1750-1850

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The first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway Railways, in simple wooden or stone form, have existed since prehistory. But from the 1750s onward the...
Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief

Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief

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The second volume in an acclaimed biography of Oliver Cromwell, from the capture of Charles I to the expulsion of the Long Parliament In 1647, the Parliamentarians were divided. They...
A Little History of Archaeology

A Little History of Archaeology

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The thrilling story of archaeological adventure, and astonishing discoveries around the globe Archaeology tells the story of our ancestors: how they lived, what they believed in and how their cultures...
A Little History of the World

A Little History of the World

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The internationally bestselling guide to the extraordinary human story, for the curious of all ages The World has existed for over 4 billion years, but humanity arrived much more recently....
A Little History of Economics

A Little History of Economics

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An accessible account of the history of economics through the ideas of great thinkers "A whistle-stop introduction to the great works and thinkers of each age, this is a clear...
A Little Book of Language

A Little Book of Language

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A lively journey through the story of language, from an infant's first word to the languages of the internet Language never leaves you alone. It's there in your head, helping...
A Little History of Science

A Little History of Science

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A lively and engaging introduction to the progress of science over the ages "In Mr. Bynum's telling, a little history goes a long way."-Alan Hirshfeld, Wall Street Journal Science is...
Equality Is a Struggle: Bulletins from the Front Line, 2021-2025

Equality Is a Struggle: Bulletins from the Front Line, 2021-2025

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An acclaimed economist's observations on four years of events that have shaped the world In this new volume drawn from his columns for the French newspaper Le Monde , renowned...
NATO: From Cold War to Ukraine, a History of the World's Most Powerful

NATO: From Cold War to Ukraine, a History of the World's Most Powerful

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A wide-ranging new history of NATO, from its origins to the present day-published for the alliance's seventy-fifth anniversary For seven decades, NATO's stated aim has been the achievement of world...
The Sealed Envelope: Toward an Intelligent Utopia

The Sealed Envelope: Toward an Intelligent Utopia

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An award-winning author argues for the necessity of cultural critics and intellectuals to American democracy This incisive collection of essays investigates the moral imagination of modernism and our intellectual and...
Elie Wiesel: Confronting the Silence

Elie Wiesel: Confronting the Silence

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An intimate look at Elie Wiesel, author of the seminal Holocaust memoir Night and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, Biography category "An...
Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief

Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief

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The second volume in an acclaimed biography of Oliver Cromwell, from the capture of Charles I to the expulsion of the Long Parliament In 1647, the Parliamentarians were divided. They...
Belfast: The Story of a City and its People

Belfast: The Story of a City and its People

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A lively and inviting history of Belfast-exploring the highs and lows of a resilient city Modern Belfast is a beautiful city with a vibrant tradition of radicalism, industry, architectural innovation,...
Ruthless: A New History of Britain's Rise to Wealth and Power,

Ruthless: A New History of Britain's Rise to Wealth and Power,

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A revelatory new history of Britain's industrial revolution and the exploitation that enabled it Was Britain's industrial revolution the result of its machines, which produced goods with miraculous efficiency? Was...
A Little History of Art

A Little History of Art

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A thrilling journey through 100,000 years of art, from the first artworks ever made to art's central role in culture today "This lively volume is ideal for the precocious high-schooler,...
Five Days in London, May 1940

Five Days in London, May 1940

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"A masterpiece. . . . Nobody has done more than John Lukacs to turn the short history book into an art form."-Anthony Beevor "As gripping as any novel."-Robert Harris "A...
Tudor Children

Tudor Children

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The first history of childhood in Tudor England " Tudor Children is social history at its best. . . . By connecting with our own history as children, Orme invites...
No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World

No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World

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How, for just over a century, Britain ensured it would not face another Napoleon Bonaparte-manipulating European powers while building a global maritime empire At the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars,...
The White Lady: The Story of Two Key British Secret Service Networks

The White Lady: The Story of Two Key British Secret Service Networks

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A major new history of the two most important British secret service networks in the First and Second World Wars Intelligence gathering was essential to both sides in the First...
A Little History of Mathematics

A Little History of Mathematics

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A lively, accessible history of mathematics throughout the ages and across the globe Mathematics is fundamental to our daily lives. Science, computing, economics-all aspects of modern life rely on some...
Tudor England: A History

Tudor England: A History

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A compelling, authoritative account of the brilliant, conflicted, visionary world of Tudor England When Henry VII landed in a secluded bay in a far corner of Wales, it seemed inconceivable...
Can Europe Survive?: The Story of a Continent in a Fractured World

Can Europe Survive?: The Story of a Continent in a Fractured World

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A bold new account of Europe's plight as it faces political fracture, economic stagnation and external challenges from the U.S., China and Russia Today, Europe finds itself in a fast-changing,...
Ancient Wisdom for Polarized Times: Why Humanity Needs Herodotus, the

Ancient Wisdom for Polarized Times: Why Humanity Needs Herodotus, the

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How the wisdom of Herodotus can fortify us against political falsehoods and violent extremism Nearly 2,500 years ago, the Greek writer Herodotus introduced the concept of objective truth derived from...
The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War

The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War

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The first international history of the emergence of economic sanctions during the interwar period and the legacy of this development "Valuable . . . offers many lessons for Western policy...
Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union

Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union

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A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union-showing how Gorbachev's misguided reforms led to its demise "A deeply informed account of how the Soviet Union fell apart."-Rodric Braithwaite,...
Abraham: The First Jew

Abraham: The First Jew

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The story of Abraham, the first Jew, portrayed as two lives lived by one person, paralleling the contradictions in Judaism throughout its history In this new biography of Abraham, Judaism's...
The Art of Solitude

The Art of Solitude

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In a time of social distancing and isolation, a meditation on the beauty of solitude from renowned Buddhist writer Stephen Batchelor A Los Angeles Review of Books "Best of the...
Empathy in Politics and Leadership: The Key to Transforming Our World

Empathy in Politics and Leadership: The Key to Transforming Our World

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A timely account of empathy, politics, and leadership, showing how greater understanding and connection can foster trust, community, and innovation Empathy has become a cliche of contemporary politics, often espoused...
Carole King: She Made the Earth Move

Carole King: She Made the Earth Move

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Jane Eisner traces the professional accomplishments and personal challenges of pop icon Carole King, exploring her unique contribution to American music Carole King's extraordinary career has defined American popular music...