"Francis (Professor Emeritus, University of Montpelier) Halle"

Literatures of small nations represent a minuscule portion of the global literary marketplace, where books written in English outnumber translated works. The st ...

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Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? This book examines these questions. It begins by r ...

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What a rare mushroom can teach us about sustaining life on a fragile planetMatsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world—and a weed that grows in human ...

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The roster of Muslim superheroes in the comic book medium has grown over the years, as has the complexity of their depictions. Muslim Superheroes tracks the in ...

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Thomas Piketty―whose Capital in the Twenty-First Century pushed inequality to the forefront of public debate―wrote The Economics of Inequality as an introducti ...

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A Financial Times Book of the YearA Fortune Book of the Year“This book compels us to change our position, move out of our comfort zone, and see the world diffe ...

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An innovator in contemporary thought on economic and political development looks here at decline rather than growth. Albert O. Hirschman makes a basic distincti ...

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What are things made of? What is the sun? Why is there night and day, winter and summer? Why do bad things happen? Are we alone? Have you heard the tale of how ...

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Some people bounce back in response to setbacks; others break. We often think that these responses are hardwired but this is not the case. William B.Irvine comb ...

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In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divi ...

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A major bestseller in Japan, Financial Times Top Ten book of the year, Book-of-the-Month Club bestseller, and required reading at the best business schools, Thi ...

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How can one European capital be responsible for most of the West’s intellectual and cultural achievements in the twentieth century?   Viennese ideas sa ...

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The first account of the new Taliban—showing who they are, what they want, and how they differ from their predecessors  A Newsweek Staffers’ Favorite B ...

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An enjoyable, accessible exploration of the legacy of ancient Greece today, across our daily lives and all forms of popular culture   Our contemporary ...

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Acclaimed cultural critic Greil Marcus tells the story of Bob Dylan through the lens of seven penetrating songs "The most interesting writer on Dylan over ...

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A spirited and essential companion to Orwell and his works, covering all the novels and major essays   An intellectual who hated intellectuals, a socia ...

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From two distinguished experts on election law, an alarming look at how the American presidency could be stolen—by entirely legal means  “Their new boo ...

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An engaging guide to the various ways in which war is now waged-and how to adapt to this new reality "This brisk everyman's guide-straight-talking and free ...

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A revelatory meditation on class and consumer culture, from 2022 Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux"Translated from the French with great intelligence and sensiti ...

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A compelling new history of the EU and the people who sought to shape and challenge it-from Maastricht to today The European Union is the most ambitious, and on ...

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A timely and provocative essay about the parallel lives of Rosa Luxemburg and Hannah Arendt and their mission for a more humane society "[A] short but movi ...

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