An intimate portrait of James Baldwin, offering a new understanding of his life and work as seen through his close relationships and private life
The rise and fall of William J. Levitt, the man who made the suburban house a mass commodity
A major new history of Saudi Arabia, from its eighteenth-century origins to the present day
Kenneth Turan brings to life the extraordinary partnership of Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg and their role in creating the film industry as we know it
A panoramic, thousand-year history of Israelite religion, from the Iron Age to the birth of Judaism, by a renowned biblical scholar
How European enslavers tried to meet African consumer demand for their trade goods in the eighteenth-century transatlantic slave trade
Exploring the role the decorative arts played in the representation of Black people in European visual and material culture
A fascinating and highly original history of medieval magic told through twenty key illuminated manuscripts
One of the world’s leading scholars of Buddhism presents the story of its dramatic journey across the globe, from 2,500 years ago to the present day
An exploration of the multifaceted characters and complex events that have defined the Lone Star State from its inception through today
A study of why the ancient Mediterranean and Indian Ocean took different paths to peace and stability and its lessons for international order today
A landmark survey of the wide-ranging practice of one of the twentieth century’s most innovative artists