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A powerful and counterintuitive argument that we should welcome the current slowdown―of population growth, economies, and technological innovation...

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Across seven decades, Bob Dylan has been the first singer of American song. As a writer and performer, he has rewritten the national songbook in a way that comes from his own vision and yet can feel as if it belongs to anyone who might listen...

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This gripping book traces the evolution of brainwashing from its beginnings in torture and religious conversion into the age of neuroscience and social media. When Pavlov introduced scientific approaches, his research was enthusiastically supported by...

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This fresh look at artist Takashi Murakami takes on the "monstrous" themes of rampant consumerism, human fallibility, and the perils of life in the digital fast lane, in works from the past decade. One of Japan's leading contemporary artists, Takashi...

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One of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture's value. Culture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture and pinpointing its role in our lives is not...

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Hilary Davidson delves into the clothing of one of the world's great authors, providing unique and intimate insight into her everyday life and material world. What did Jane Austen wear?Acclaimed dress historian and Austen expert Hilary Davidson reveals...

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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. Since the fall of Kabul in 2021, the Taliban have effective control of Afghanistan-a scenario few Western commentators anticipated...

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Treating the symptoms of global ecological stress isn’t enough; we need to think about sustainability in an entirely different light...

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A provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took drugs to explore the hidden regions of the mind...

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Selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2011 in the Social and Behavioral Sciences category...

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A penetrating account of how unchecked capital mobility is damaging international cooperation, polarizing the economic landscape, and ultimately reshaping the global order When it comes to the afflictions of the global economy...

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A brisk, concise, and readable overview of Irish history from the Protestant Reformation to the dawn of the twenty-first century Five centuries of Irish history are explored in this informative and accessible volume...

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A literary master’s entertaining guide to reading with deeper insight, better understanding, and greater pleasure...

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The first English-language book to document the men who emerged from the gulags to become Russia's much-feared crime class: the vory v zakone Mark Galeotti is the go-to expert on organized crime in Russia, ...

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"[A] smart take on modern Chinese nationalism" (Foreign Policy), this provocative account shows that "China"-and its 5,000 years of unified history-is a national myth, created only a century ago with a political agenda that persists to this day...

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An engrossing analysis of the pseudo-democratic methods employed by despots around the world to retain control. Contrary to what is commonly believed, authoritarian leaders who agree ...

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Ten years after its first publication, Michael Reid's best-selling survey of the state of contemporary Latin America has been wholly updated to reflect the new realities of the "Forgotten Continent." The former Americas editor for the Economist, ...

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Beginning in 1800, Looking at Men explores how the modern male body was forged through the intimately linked professions of art and medicine, which deployed muscular models and martial arts to renew the beau ideal. This ideal of the virile body derived...

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“She is one of the—if not the—most stylish women living,” says designer and film director Tom Ford, speaking of Daphne Guinness, the subject and co-author of this extraordinary book. From her platinum-and-black ...

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Drawing from Susan Sontag's seminal essay, this striking volume explores the meaning of camp and its expression in fashion from its origins to today. Although an elusive concept, "camp" can be found in most forms of artistic expression, ...

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