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The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 2: Quanta and Fields
THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING SERIES 'Neat, and extremely simple: only a deep thinker such as Sean Carroll could introduce the complexity of Einstein's general relativity in such a luminous and straightforward...
Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic
At the Israel America Council's national conference in 2018, Nancy Pelosi spoke these words: 'If this Capitol crumbled to the ground, the one thing that would remain is our commitment...
Making a Moral Society: Ethics and the State in Meiji Japan
This innovative study of ethics in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) explores the intense struggle to define a common morality for the emerging nation-state. In the Social Darwinist atmosphere of the time,...
In the Name of Italy: Nation, Family, and Patriotism in a Fascist
What was the nature of justice in Italian Fascist society? Through the lens of the case of Luigia Paulovich, a legal appeal filed against the Prefect of Trieste in 1931,...
Imagining Mars: A Literary History
For centuries, the planet Mars has captivated astronomers and inspired writers of all genres. Whether imagined as the symbol of the bloody god of war, the cradle of an alien...
The Promise of Human Rights: Constitutional Government, Democratic
International human rights law is sometimes criticized as an infringement of constitutional democracy. Against this view, Jamie Mayerfeld argues that international human rights law provides a necessary extension of checks...
Aliens and Sojourners: Self As Other in Early Christianity
Early Christians spoke about themselves as resident aliens, strangers, and sojourners, asserting that otherness is a fundamental part of being Christian. But why did they do so and to what...
Edmund Wilson: A Life in Literature
From the Jazz Age through the Kennedy administration, Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) stood at the center of the American cultural scene. A champion of the young Ernest Hemingway, a loyal friend...
Gendered Dynamics in Latin Love Poetry
In recent decades, Latin love poetry has become a significant site for feminist and other literary critics studying conceptions of gender and sexuality in ancient Roman culture. This new volume,...
Apollo's Eye: A Cartographic Genealogy of the Earth in the Western
Long before we had the ability to photograph the earth from space - to see our planet as it would be seen by the Greek god Apollo - images of...
Knowing the Past: Victorian Literature and Culture
To what extent is it possible to know the past or to know other cultures? Can one describe the past without imposing one's own cultural, political, social, or personal preconceptions?...
Passion and Order: Restraint of Grief in the Medieval Italian Communes
The way in which a society expresses grief can reveal how it views both intense emotions and public order. In thirteenth-century Italian communes, a conscious effort to change appropriate public...
Noble Bondsmen: Ministerial Marriages in the Archdiocese of Salzburg,
"A fascinating and very original book, based on an enormous amount of primary research. Freed is a leading authority on the ministerials of the Holy Roman Empire, who kept their...
The Beatles in America: The Stories, the Scene, the Memories
This is the definitive, fully illustrated account of the Beatles' concerts and controversies, and of how the United States dominated their lives in so many ways. Written by one of...
The Flavour Thesaurus
'Delightful and informative ... packed with knowledge and information, but conveyed with such a lightness of touch' YOTAM OTTOLENGHI 'The books I value most are those I return to again...
The Fat Duck Cookbook
In this beautiful, smaller format edition of the award-winning Big Fat Duck Cookbook , we hear the full story of the meteoric rise of Heston Blumenthal and The Fat Duck,...
Style City: How London Became a Fashion Capital
London now ranks alongside Paris, New York and Milan as a global fashion capital, and it has produced such outstanding designers as John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan and Stella...
High-Frequency Financial Econometrics
High-frequency trading is an algorithm-based computerized trading practice that allows firms to trade stocks in milliseconds. Over the last fifteen years, the use of statistical and econometric methods for analyzing...
Islam: A Guide for Jews and Christians
Entering Islam through the same biblical door Muhammad did, this book introduces readers with Christian or Jewish backgrounds to one of the world's largest, most active, and - in the...
Colors and Blood: Flag Passions of the Confederate South
As rancorous debates over Confederate symbols continue, Robert Bonner explores how the rebel flag gained its enormous power to inspire and repel. In the process, he shows how the Confederacy...
Eruption: The Eddie Van Halen Story
Arriving in California as a young boy in the early 1960s, Edward Van Halen and his brother Alex were ripe for the coming musical revolution. The sons of a Dutch,...
The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 1, 1907-1922
With the first publication, in this edition, of all the surviving letters of Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), readers will for the first time be able to follow the thoughts, ideas and...
Jihad in the West: The Rise of Militant Salafism
Militant Salafism is one of the most significant movements in politics today. Unfortunately its significance has not been matched by understanding. To begin to address this knowledge deficit this book...
The Last Soul Among Wolves
The Last Soul Among Wolves is the dazzling second instalment in Melissa Caruso's bestselling Echo Archives series, a whip-smart fantasy adventure packed with murder, mystery and mind-bending magic. All Kembral...
Savage Blooms: the Sunday Times bestselling gothic fantasy romance
'A drizzly, moody, and lustrously carnal rendition of a storybook tale, Savage Blooms is the holy grail for lovers of dark academia and faery magic alike. By the time I...
Born of an Iron Storm: Book Two of the Age of Wrath
Born of An Iron Storm continues the epic tale that started in A Tide of Black Steel ; a compelling fantasy saga of bloody retribution, deadly intrigue, and desperate courage...
The Confessions of Samuel Pepys: His Private Revelations
'A brilliantly entertaining and revealing new transcription of Pepys's diary' Claire Tomalin A collection of the most personal aspects of Samuel Pepys' diaries, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of their...
The Satisfaction Cafe: 'Insightful, necessary and beautiful' Ann
'Captivating from the first sentence' Woman and Home 'Vivid and precise, deliciously cool-eyed, immensely readable' Jonathan Franzen 'Beautiful, superbly told ... just sublime!' Woman's Weekly Joan Liang's life is a...
The Letters of Muriel Spark (Volume 1)
The first of two volumes of the letters of Muriel Spark, one of the greatest and most fascinating writers of the twentieth century. *One of the TLS Books of the...
To the Stars and Back (A Graphic Novel): Volume 1
Opposites attract in this sweet neighbors-to-lovers romance based on a WEBTOON favorite-now with an exclusive new bonus story! Perfect for fans of Heartstopper looking for their next sweet slow-burn queer...
Another Bloody Century: Future Warfare
Many nations, peoples and special interest groups believe that violence will advance their cause. Warfare has changed greatly since the Second World War, but most western armed forces have yet...
The Long Death of Adolf Hitler: An Investigative History
A fascinating exploration of why Hitler's death was only confirmed in 2018 Adolf Hitler has taken a long time to die, despite the lethal efficiency of the gun he put...
Choose Wisely: Rationality, Ethics, and the Art of Decision-Making
A leading psychologist and philosopher challenge the shortcomings of rational choice theory-and propose a new framework for understanding decision-making For many decision scientists, their starting point-drawn from economics-is a quantitative...
Wartime Letters: London and Moscow 1941-1945
The extraordinary story of Kathleen Harriman, daughter of the US ambassador to the USSR, told through her wartime letters Kathleen Harriman was the daughter of American businessman W. Averell Harriman....
Indira Gandhi and the Years that Transformed India
The gripping story of Indira Gandhi's premiership-and the profound influence she had on India Indira Gandhi's ascent as prime minister of India in 1966 was entirely unforeseen. But she soon...
Behind Caesar's Back: Rumor, Gossip, and the Making of the Roman
A thrilling exploration of what Romans thought about their emperors, and how rumors and gossip-ranging from new taxes to rulers' sex lives-shaped leadership Traversing more than seven hundred years of...
A Spy Amongst Us: Daniel Defoe's Secret Service and the Plot to End
The true story of Daniel Defoe and the dirty tricks which helped bring Scotland into union with England In 1706, Edinburgh was on the brink of a popular uprising. Men...
The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin
An engaging biography that offers a new perspective on one of the most influential figures of the Crusades In 1187, Saladin marched triumphantly into Jerusalem, ending decades of struggle against...
Nuclear Weapons: An International History
A groundbreaking history of nuclear weapons across the world, from their invention to the end of the Cold War How should we deal with nuclear weapons? The discovery of nuclear...
Hell No: The Forgotten Power of the Vietnam Peace Movement
Why those who protested the Vietnam War must be honored, remembered, and appreciated "Hell no" was the battle cry of the largest peace movement in American history-the effort to end...
Language and Literacy in Roman Judaea: A Study of the Bar Kokhba
This comprehensive exploration of language and literacy in the multi-lingual environment of Roman Palestine (c. 63 B.C.E. to 136 C.E.) is based on Michael Wise's extensive study of 145 Hebrew,...
Brilliant Discourse: Pictures and Readers in Early Modern Rome
Sixteenth-century Roman presses turned out hundreds of technical treatises and learned discourses written in the vernacular. Covering topics as diverse as the cultivation of silkworms, the lives of the saints,...
John Sloan: Drawing on Illustration
The American realist artist John Sloan (1871-1951) is best known for his portrayals of daily life in early 20th-century New York and as a member of The Eight and the...
G. Evelyn Hutchinson and the Invention of Modern Ecology
Stephen J. Gould declared G. Evelyn Hutchinson the most important ecologist of the twentieth century. E. O. Wilson pronounced him "one of the few scientists who could unabashedly be called...
The History of British Art, Volume 1: 600-1600
Drawing upon the latest discoveries and research, leading scholars unravel the complex stories behind the phenomenal artistic activity of the Middle Ages and into the Reformation across all media, including...
The Virgin of Chartres: Making History through Liturgy and the Arts
Medieval Christians knew the past primarily through what they saw and heard. History was reenacted every year in ritual observances particular to each place and region and rooted in the...
The Imperial Museums of Meiji Japan: Architecture and the Art of the
It was not until Japan's opening to the West during the Meiji period (1868-1912) that terms for "art" (bijutsu) and "art museum" (bijutsukan) were coined. The Imperial Museums of Meiji...
The Name of the Saint: The Martyrology of Jerome and Access to the
The Name of the Saint is a study of the spiritual, social, and liturgical practices of reciting, inscribing, collecting, and bearing saints' names from the seventh through the ninth century....