Humanities books

The Meeting of Rivers reconstructs the prehistory of India's newest religion, Virasaivism (or Lingayatism) from...  Read More >>

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A chilling global history of the human shield phenomenon—now with urgent new reflections on the wars in Ukraine...  Read More >>

Based on interviews with dozens of musicians, I Hear Freedom tells the story of free jazz and its connection to...  Read More >>

Brigid Lowry s reflections on ageing are a gentle, wise companion full of grace, gratitude, and loving kindness....  Read More >>

""Surekha Davies invites readers to imagine the lives of historical monsters and to empathize with their often-wretched...  Read More >>

Life is too short to live on autopilot. You long to live with intention, build a legacy that matters, and walk...  Read More >>

They were a people of a proud heritage, of ancient myths and wars. Now, their world was changing, and among them...  Read More >>

The Declaration of Independence depicted Native Americans as bloodthirsty savages, and from its founding the United...  Read More >>

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Krista Lawlor offers the first comprehensive study of reasonableness. Being reasonable is critical to law, politics,...  Read More >>

The so-called Golden Age of Athens, during and after the primacy of Pericles, was in fact a time of ruinous culture...  Read More >>

This substantially updated edition of a classroom standard provides students with an accessible introduction to...  Read More >>

A monumental work, decades in the making: the first atlas to illustrate the entire scope of the transatlantic slave...  Read More >>

In this unique approach to retelling the story of the woman at the well, Nessa is devastated when her father marries...  Read More >>

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Based on interviews with dozens of musicians, I Hear Freedom tells the story of free jazz and its connection to...  Read More >>

Always Under Siege presents a remarkable and harrowing account of life in dark times that describes and embodies...  Read More >>

""This contributed volume, from the five-year Beyond the Elite project, examines Jewish daily life in medieval northern...  Read More >>

""In Critical Failures, Miyabi Goto examines the rise of hihyåo, a practice of critical reading, in Japan's Meiji...  Read More >>

""This book explores how the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush reshaped US national security...  Read More >>

""Marianne Tarcov argues that early 20th century Japanese lyric poetry was able to serve as a mode of political...  Read More >>

In Quest of a Cure explores the literary and medical cultures of European health resorts in the nineteenth and early...  Read More >>

A young machine gunner's war with the Big Red One;from D-Day through the Hurtgen Forest;the Battle of the Bulge;Remagen...  Read More >>