Humanities books

From the mid-eighteenth century to the early twenty-first century, the Gamtoos floodplain in South Africa has shifted...  Read More >>

A stunning memoir by an Irish ornithologist about the healing power of nature and finding one's place in the world...  Read More >>

The Italian Army in the Battle for Sicily recounts the Sicilian campaign during the summer of 1943, as experienced...  Read More >>

Explores how and why people manipulated borders in the early modern Atlantic world Claiming Land, Claiming Water...  Read More >>

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In Court Poetry and the Culture of Learning in Japan, Ariel Stilerman examines the transformation of classical Japanese...  Read More >>

Abolition Archives, Feminist Futures examines the works of Angela Davis, Shulamith Firestone, and Donna Haraway...  Read More >>

The long-awaited conclusion to Derrida's seminar on the gift and time. In 1991, Jacques Derrida published the...  Read More >>

The Essential Senghor collects and translates essays, speeches and other writings from Senegalese poet, philosopher,...  Read More >>

Needs That Bind reconsiders the dismantling of the Ottoman Empire and the construction of new regimes in the decade...  Read More >>

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Playing the Game uncovers the history of state and regional colleges as engines of opportunity in postwar America....  Read More >>

Settling Debt overturns the familiar tale of early antislavery as a pure moral triumph by revealing its uneasy ties...  Read More >>

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, first published in 1905, provides an extraordinary account of the political corruption...  Read More >>

""Memoir of Pham Duy (1921-2013), a prolific and popular Vietnamese composer and lyricist, whose career (which included...  Read More >>

""The 'triumph' of Christianity (100-450 CE) must be disaggregated into three distinct phenomena: the rise to political...  Read More >>

""Studies how real estate drives China's urbanization through an ethnography tracing the growth of a housing market...  Read More >>

This volume is a powerful recovery of history and memory that expands our understanding of the Holocaust and the...  Read More >>

""Colonial Negatives concerns early photography in colonial Morocco, which Patricia Goldsworthy frames as a study...  Read More >>

This creepy compendium takes a closer look at some of the world's most bloodcurdling mysteries. From demonic possessions...  Read More >>

Taking Territory is an eye-opening account of why territorial conquest remains a phenomenon today. The end of World...  Read More >>

A graphic novel exploring the right to protest, told by people who raised their voices and demanded to be heard....  Read More >>

Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African provides an unequalled portrait of the everyday life of a Black...  Read More >>

An exploration of how comics illuminate medicine, religion, and identity  Read More >>

The unlikely story of how the American big band conductor raised morale and fought Nazis during World War II  Read More >>