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50th anniversary edition of this masterwork in art education.

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This paradigm-shifting book will change the way you think about artificial intelligence. Kate Cra...

Prize-winning historian M. E. Sarotte pulls back the curtain on the crucial decade between the fa...

Has liberalism failed because it has succeeded? Of the three dominant ideologies of the twentieth...

The unique historical nature of small states that maximise the potential of the sea in relation t...

The national bestseller from the renowned artist and author Patti Smith, exploring the nature of ...

In this second edition of his acclaimed New Testament translation, which now includes a powerful ...

One of the world's leading scholars of Buddhism presents the story of its dramatic journey across...

A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essent...

The story of the sixteenth-century’s epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European m...

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

A meticulously realised history of Iran, combining chronological and thematic approaches to the s...

The first account of the new Cold War—revealing how today’s renewed era of global great power com...

The Carpathian Mountains of Poland, Slovakia, Romania, and Ukraine are Europe's last true wildern...

Focusing on the most iconic and acclaimed designs of his prolific career, this stunning book exam...

The true history of tattoo as both art and profession in the West

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A revelatory meditation on class and consumer culture, from 2022 Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux

Tracing the history of economic sanctions from the blockades of World War I to the interwar confr...

A beloved introductory physics textbook, now including exercises and an answer key, explains the ...

A riveting, comprehensive history of the Arab peoples and tribes

The public sector's role in innovation is explored in cogent detail in an important study that re...

Transnational crime expert Mark Galeotti provides a comprehensive and ground-breaking survey of t...

The Battle for Syria

Robert Philip explores the extraordinary history of music in all its forms and across the globe, ...

A major new history of North and South Korea, from the late nineteenth century to the present day

Michael H. Kater explores the complex manifestations of the West German cultural scene and its at...

The miraculous story of Madrid-how a village became a great world cityFor centuries Madrid was an...

This sweeping exploration of the impact of epidemic diseases looks at how mass infectious outbrea...

The potential of the idea of fabulousness as it manifests itself in queer, black and otherwise ma...

Essential reading for anyone interested in art, community, and the built environment A towering a...

'In this major statement, the renowned international-relations scholar John Mearsheimer argues th...

The world's leading economic thinker on climate change analyzes the economics and politics of the...

The history, territory, and language of 'China? are not ancient facts but modern inventions, turn...

'A passionate and informed critique of mainstream economics from one of the leading economic thin...

The first book to publish the entirety of Franz Kafka's graphic output, including more than 100 n...

A compelling look at the aesthetic and historical significance of Lagerfeld’s work—from his elega...

In this updated and expanded edition of his classic text, Arend Lijphart offers a broader and dee...

An irresistible look at the gorgeous colors that comprise the artist's palette.

'In 2020 Belarus made headlines around the world when protests erupted in the aftermath of a frau...

Originally published in Spanish in 1989, this book introduces Carlos Cruz-Diez's reflections on h...

A leading neuroscientist and pioneer in the study of mindfulness explains why addictions are so t...

An updated and refreshed edition of the groundbreaking book that shows how people can be nudged t...

'This masterful study . . . will most certainly join the canon of required reading for future int...

A searing novel that excavates the human collateral damage wrought by the ongoing conflict in eas...

A compelling history of the Ptolemies, the decline of Egypt, and the rising power of the Roman Em...