The misguided forces driving conflict escalation between America and China, and the path to a new relationship
A presentation of eight contemporary artists whose work considers environmental questions in terms of their social and political implications
An introduction to the postmodern photographs of Allan Chasanoff, whose work interrogates and subverts the notion of photography as a truthful record of the real
An exhilarating chronicle of the ruling families of France and England, showing how two dynasties formed one extraordinary story
A fast-paced narrative about the world-famous libertine Giacomo Casanova, from celebrated biographer Leo Damrosch
A lively tour through experimental Chinese photography from the early 1990s to today
Mark Rothko’s classic book on artistic practice, ideals, and philosophy, now with an expanded introduction and an afterword by Makoto Fujimura
The essential companion for lovers of the contemporary novel
A concise history of “just price,” from Aristotle to the present day
A wide-ranging, insightful history of culture in West Germany—from literature, film, and music to theater and the visual arts
A biography of Vergil, Rome’s greatest poet, by the acclaimed translator of the Aeneid
A beautifully illustrated introduction to the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s encyclopedic collection