In this classic work, Huntington challenges old assumptions and ideas on the role of the military in society. Stressing the... Læs mere
Davis retrieves three women’s lives from historical obscurity to give us a window onto the early modern world. Glikl bas Judah Leib, Marie de... Læs mere
The Boy Who Would Be a Helicopter focuses on the challenge posed by the isolated child to teachers and classmates alike in the unique community of the classroom. It is... Læs mere
Long before GPS and Google Earth, humans traveled vast distances using environmental clues and simple instruments. What is lost when technology substitutes for our innate... Læs mere
This book addresses a vexing question about privatization: how can government fairly and effectively regulate “natural... Læs mere
Biophilia is Edward O. Wilson’s most personal book, an evocation of his own response to nature and an eloquent statement of the conservation ethic. Wilson argues that our natural affinity for... Læs mere
Goldstein explores understandings of the self in France from the later 18th century through the Revolution, culminating in the 1840s.... Læs mere
Exploring themes that preoccupied Albert Camus--absurdity, silence, revolt, fidelity, and moderation--Robert Zaretsky portrays a moralist who... Læs mere
It is widely believed that the free market is the best mechanism ever invented to efficiently allocate resources in society. This book argues that our faith in 'free markets' has severely distorted American politics and punishment practices.
A representation of Irish poetic achievement in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from poets such as Austin Clarke and Samuel Beckett who were writing while Yeats and Joyce were still living.
Morton argues that the chief stumbling block to environmental thinking is the image of nature most writers promote: they propose a new world... Læs mere