The first comprehensive history of Black photographers, Reflections in Black returns in this ground-breaking, magnificently produced pictorial collection of African American life
Fresh and candid, but turns earthy, defiant, and romantic, E. E. Cummings' poems celebrate the uniqueness of each individual, the need to protest the dehumanizing force of organizations, and the exuberant power of love.
The classic, elegant translation of Stendhal's masterful novel of ambition, desire, and politics in post-Napoleonic France.
The First World War comes to harrowing life through the intertwined lives of the soldier poets in Michael Korda’s epic Muse of Fire
Winston Churchill’s frequent stays at the White House inform this illuminating account of America and Britain’s “Special Relationship” during the Second World War and the 1950s
Prue Shaw’s absorbing, highly accessible introduction to the Commedia promises to be the essential edition for years to come
A ground-breaking history that chronicles how blackface dominated American society culturally, financially and racially for nearly two centuries
From “the most imaginative director in the US” (The New York Times) comes this generational work with a vision for transforming opera into a powerhouse cultural phenomenon
A bold, revisionist translation—in an innovative and inviting format—of one of the most influential texts in human history
“A powerful debut, populated with lovers and painters and musicians and poets, all of it unified by D.S. Waldman’s keen, unblinking eye.” —Patrick Phillips, author of Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America
A paradigm-shifting work that explores humanity’s most fundamental desire
The iconic Renaissance songbook–an inspiration to love poets since the fourteenth century–in an elegant, fluid and inviting translation