The story of the prophet Elijah’s transformation from fierce zealot to compassionate hero and cherished figure in Jewish tradition
A fascinating journey into global politics that made classical music a proxy for power, inadvertently creating the “sound of Hollywood,” and excluding hundreds of composers
The definitive account of the superior fighting force that powered the English Revolution
The latest revised volume in the Pevsner Architectural Guides, covering Birmingham and the towns and settlements of the Black Country
The first biography of Charles Cornwallis in forty years—the soldier, governor, and statesman whose career covered America, India, Britain, and Ireland
A new translation and commentary on the extracanonical Coptic text that describes Judas’ special status among Jesus’ disciples
An authoritative re-definition of the social, cultural and visual history of the emergence of the “avant-garde” in Paris and London
A leading theologian presents a hopeful account of the universe after Einstein, exploring it as a meaningful drama of awakening
Children's Lives After the Holocaust. Told for the first time from their perspective, the story of children who survived the chaos and trauma of the Holocaust.
Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France. A powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destruction.
A deluxe sleeved set that includes a facsimile republication of a classic work on Louis Kahn and an accompanying volume of new writings by colleagues, architects, and the Kahn family
A vibrant history of the castle in England, from the early Middle Ages to the present day