Organizations now measure and rank nearly every aspect of our lives, using data to make predictions about our purchasing power, tastes, and character. The Ordinal Society shows how... Læs mere
Selected Stories by Franz Kafka offers new renderings of the author’s finest work. Mark Harman’s English translations convey the uniqueness of Kafka’s German—the wit, irony, and... Læs mere
Zhou Enlai, China’s first premier, is overshadowed by Mao, but Zhou’s influence in his own time and since has been vast. Chen Jian shows Zhou using his political and bureaucratic... Læs mere
A successful business deal maximizes value for all parties. Drawing on diverse case studies and decades of experience, Michael Klausner and Guhan... Læs mere
Across the twentieth century, Asians imagined universalist ideals centered on the idea of Asia itself, rivaling European colonial... Læs mere
Ancient Greek Heroes, Athletes, Poetry centers on masterpieces of ancient Greek literature, from the Iliad and Odyssey to tragedies from the Classical Age of Athens... Læs mere
In this updated and expanded second edition of Regarding Penelope, Nancy Felson explores the relationship between Homer’s construction of... Læs mere
In Experimentalist Constitutions, the first book that systematically compares subnational... Læs mere
The second edition of An Introduction to Literary Chinese incorporates recent developments in linguistics and has been expanded to include a lesson on... Læs mere
The second edition of An Introduction to Literary Chinese incorporates recent developments in linguistics and has been expanded to include a lesson on... Læs mere
Julia Rombough explores the regulation of sound in women’s residential institutions in early modern Florence. Silence was tied to ideals of... Læs mere
A collection of stories meant to be read while dining and drinking, the Dinner Pieces, or Intercenales, are among Alberti’s most innovative works. They constitute an important monument in... Læs mere