Timed for the 200th anniversary of John Keats's death, these intimate essays show why we love Keats still, and why his odes continue to speak powerfully to our own desires.
A guide to dog behaviors of all kinds
Warmly written and scientifically informed, Animals’ Best Friends is the invitation we all need to improve the lives of nonhuman animals among us—and thereby improve our own.
Darfur Allegory marries the analytical precision of a committed anthropologist with an insiders view of Sudanese politics at home and in the diaspora, laying bare the power of words to heal or perpetuate civil conflict.
The Family Story of Robert and John Gregg Allerton. An Open Secret tells the unusual story of Robert and John Gregg Allerton, whose early twentieth-century same-sex relationship made legal history and defied societal norms, then and now.
Distinguished literary biographer Robert Zaretsky upends our thinking on Simone Weil, bringing us a woman and a philosopher who is complicated and challenging, while remaining incredibly relevant.
With The Modern Myths, brilliant science communicator Philip Ball spins a new yarn. From novels and comic books to B-movies, Bram... Læs mere
Samantha Barbas presents a long-overdue biography of the legendary civil liberties lawyer—a vital and contrary figure who both defended Ulysses and fawned over J. Edgar Hoover.
Uncovers the gripping untold story of how the US government used comic books as propaganda tools to help wage World War II and the Cold War.
Most of the people who visit the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris probably do not realize... Læs mere