One of our most influential political theorists offers a boundary-breaking—and liberating—perspective on the meaning of life in the internet age
A unique journey with James Ensor through the history of still life in Belgium in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
A spirited and essential companion to Orwell and his works, covering all the novels and major essays
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
The first complete history of Southwark, London’s stubbornly independent community over the Thames
The lost memoir of Britain’s first Black Olympic medal winner—and the America he discovered
From two distinguished experts on election law, an alarming look at how the American presidency could be stolen—by entirely legal means
The first sustained study of the vibrant links between domestic craft and British colonialism
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 fascinating history of the profitable paradox of the American outdoor experience: visiting nature first requires shopping
How the demise of the Habsburg Empire, postwar sovereignty, and new diplomatic frontiers shaped the nature of citizenship, identity, and belonging across Europe