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An award-winning historian reconstructs the life of Francis of Assisi and his medieval world, uncovering the man behind the myths

A sweeping history of the violence perpetrated by governments committed to extreme forms of secularism in the twentieth century

An intimate portrait of James Baldwin, offering a new understanding of his life and work as seen through his close relationships and private life

The rise and fall of William J. Levitt, the man who made the suburban house a mass commodity

The long history of the racial wealth gap in America told through the stories of six Black families who struggled to build wealth over multiple generations

Kenneth Turan brings to life the extraordinary partnership of Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg and their role in creating the film industry as we know it

A major new history of Saudi Arabia, from its eighteenth-century origins to the present day

A panoramic, thousand-year history of Israelite religion, from the Iron Age to the birth of Judaism, by a renowned biblical scholar

A revealing biography of Anne Frank, exploring both her life and the impact of her extraordinary diary

Commemorating the life and scholarship of Lingyi Zeng, this volume considers production and exchange within the larger context of early Eurasian societies

A monograph on one of the leading figures of German Expressionism, Erich Heckel and on artistic exchange in wartime Europe.

A celebration of Peter Eisenman’s illustrious career as architect, thinker, author, and educator

A major new biography of Maria Theresa, the formidable Habsburg Empress

A striking collection of French tapestries, from the 1940s to today, from the collection of the Mobilier nationale, Paris

A vibrant presentation of Stanley Tigerman’s imaginative architectural drawings and working methods

An engaging guide to the waterways of Rome and their role in shaping the city’s culture, history, and landscape

An expansive look at the contemporary artists confronting, challenging, and reimagining R. Buckminster Fuller’s techno-utopianism to envision sustainable futures

A human history of one of the planet’s most iconic lakes, and the civilizations that surrounded its shores

A social psychologist reveals how to nudge local cultures toward positive structural change by moving people from individual action to collective action

An evocative voyage through the Carpathian mountain range and its threatened landscape, peoples, and history

This book will be a major survey of one of the most famous artist couples namely Hans (Jean) Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp, two of the most important artists of the 20th-century avant-garde.

Essential reading for anyone interested in art, community, and the built environment

Experience the world of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame, with the help of Stoic philosophy