The first history of all the English cathedrals, from Birmingham and Bury St Edmunds to Worcester and York Minster
Yale Younger Poet Cindy Juyoung Ok resolutely searches for hope in spaces of fragmentation
A unique journey with James Ensor through the history of still life in Belgium in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
A spirited defense of the Enlightenment against assaults from both the left and the right that explains its urgent implications for our contemporary politics
An unflinching investigation of the false promises of land sparing, exposing how its illusory successes mask the failures of green capitalism
This chronicle of natural history argues that the modern environmental crisis and rise in science skepticism codeveloped with the historic distancing of scientific knowledge from folk knowledge
A myth-busting explanation of inflation, the desperate gullibility of central bankers and finance ministers—and our abject failure to learn from history
A provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took drugs to explore the hidden regions of the mind
Uncovers what might seem to be a dark side of the American dream: the New World from the viewpoint of those who decided not to stay. This title focuses on the life-histories of people who left New England during the British Civil Wars and Interregnum, 1640-1660.
Blurring the distinction between high and low, this work asks "What is sport?" In investigating the phenomenon, it considers five different national sports: bullfighting (Spain), car racing (America), cycling (France), hockey (Canada), and soccer (England).
An examination of the interactions between Chubby Maata, a three-year-old Inuit girl, and the adults in her world. In these dramas, Inuit... Læs mere
A deeply researched and poignant reflection on the practice of forgiveness in an unforgiving world