For all curious readers, a lively introduction to radical ideas and discoveries that are transforming our knowledge of the universe. --
Follow an epic animal race, a quest for a disembodied hand, and an emu egg hunt in constellation stories from diverse cultures
A trenchant look at how the coronavirus reveals the dangerous fault lines of contemporary society
In anticipation of solar eclipses visible in 2017 and 2024, an exploration of the scientific and cultural significance of this mesmerizing cosmic display
This book is the indispensable guide to the history of architecture in Venice, encompassing the city's fascinating variety of buildings from ancient times to the present day.
In contrast to content-, theme-, or issue-based approaches to French film, this title stresses 'the cinema-tic-ally specific, the warp and fabric of the film itself, the stuff of which it is made'.
A classic novel from recent Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano, now available to English-language readers in a superb new translation
Selections from the "Pandemic Files" published by The Yale Review, the preeminent journal of literature and ideas