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A Life in Comics
From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a meditation on the deeply Jewish and surprisingly spiritual roots of Stan Lee and Marvel Comics Few artists have had as much of an impact on American popular culture as Stan Lee. The characters …
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The German Army in the Third Reich
Yale University Press
A penetrating study of the German armys military campaigns, relations with the Nazi regime, and complicity in Nazi crimes across occupied Europe For decades after 1945, it was generally believed that the German army, professional and morally decent, had largely …
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The Elusive American
From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, an exuberant biography of the worlds greatest escape artist In 1916, the war in Europe having prevented a tour abroad, Harry Houdini wrote a film treatment for a rollicking motion picture. Though the movie …
A spirited volume on the great adventures of science throughout history, for curious readers of all agesIn Mr. Bynums telling, a little history goes a long way.Alan Hirshfeld, Wall Street Journal For readers of all ages, this inviting book tells …
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Rising Dragon
Yale University Press
An enlightening and persuasive (Jonathan Mirsky, New York Review of Books) survey of Vietnam as an emerging Asian power The eyes of the West have recently been trained on China and India, but Vietnam is rising fast among its Asian …
View book details for Charles Darwins Barnacle and David Bowies Spider
How Scientific Names Celebrate Adventurers, Heroes, and Even a Few Scoundrels
Yale University Press
An engaging history of the surprising, poignant, and occasionally scandalous stories behind scientific names and their cultural significance, More fun than youve ever had with taxonomy in your whole entire life!" (Diana Gabaldon, author of the Outlander series and PhD …
View book details for Marriage Equality
From Outlaws to In-Laws
The definitive history of the marriage equality debate in the United States, praised by Library Journal as "beautifully and accessibly written. . . . An essential work."[A] comprehensive history of the battle for equal marriage rights in America. . . …
View book details for Bread Winner
An Intimate History of the Victorian Economy
The forgotten story of how ordinary families managed financially in the Victorian eraand struggled to survive despite increasing national prosperityA powerful story of social realities, pressures, and the fracturing of traditional structures.Ruth Goodman, Wall Street Journal Deeply researched and sensitive.Simon …
View book details for The Internet in Everything
Freedom and Security in a World with No Off Switch
A compelling argument that the Internet of things threatens human rights and security"Sobering and important."Financial Times, "Best Books of 2020: Technology" The Internet has leapt from human-facing display screens into the material objects all around us. In this so-called Internet …
Fifteen years in the making, a landmark reinterpretation of the life of a pivotal figure in British and European history In this magisterial addition to the Yale English Monarchs series, David Bates combines biography and a multidisciplinary approach to examine …
View book details for What Are Biblical Values?
What the Bible Says on Key Ethical Issues
What does the Bible actually say about many of today's most contentious moral issues?For drawing attention to the relevant scriptures and for guidance in recognizing what are and arent valid interpretations of them, Collins pertinent brief is beyond praiseworthy.Booklist (starred …
View book details for The First Irish Cities
An Eighteenth-Century Transformation
The untold story of a group of Irish cities and their remarkable development before the age of industrialization A backward corner of Europe in 1600, Ireland was transformed during the following centuries. This was most evident in the rise of …
Yale University Press
Ben Hechts critically acclaimed autobiographical memoir, first published in 1954, offers incomparably pungent evocations of Chicago in the 1910s and 1920s, Hollywood in the 1930s, and New York during the Second World War and after. His manners are not always …
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A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two
A thrilling history of MI9the WWII organization that engineered the escape of Allied forces from behind enemy linesA fitting tribute to the hundreds of men and women who risked their lives in assisting Allied escapees.Giles Milton, Sunday Times (London)A masterful …
A literary masters entertaining guide to reading with deeper insight, better understanding, and greater pleasure What makes a work of literature good or bad? How freely can the reader interpret it? Could a nursery rhyme like Baa Baa Black Sheep …
Yale University Press
An award-winning professors introduction to essential concepts of calculus and mathematical modeling for students in the biosciences This is the first of a two-part series exploring essential concepts of calculus in the context of biological systems. Michael Frame covers essential …
View book details for Sodom and Gomorrah
In Search of Lost Time, Volume 4
Yale University Press
An authoritative new edition of the fourth volume in Marcel Proust's epic masterwork, In Search of Lost Time series Marcel Proust's monumental seven-part novel In Search of Lost Time is considered by many to be the greatest novel of the …
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The Last European Dictatorship
Yale University Press
A comprehensive and revelatory history of modern Belarusfrom independence to Lukashenka's contested 2020 re-election "Andrew Wilson has done all students of European politics a great service by making the history of Belarus comprehensible, and by showing how the future of …
View book details for How the Just So Stories Were Made
The Brilliance and Tragedy Behind Kipling's Celebrated Tales for Little Children
Yale University Press
A fascinating, richly illustrated exploration of the poignant origins of Rudyard Kiplings world-famous childrens classic From "How the Leopard Got Its Spots" to "The Elephants Child," Rudyard Kiplings Just So Stories have delighted readers across the world for more than …
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Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France
Yale University Press
A powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destruction Alluring and disturbing. . . . The depths of French anti-Semitism is the stunning subject that Mr. …
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The British Army and the Liberation of Europe
Yale University Press
Historian John Buckley offers a radical reappraisal of Great Britains fighting forces during World War Two, challenging the common belief that the British Army was no match for the forces of Hitlers Germany. Following Britains military commanders and troops across …
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A Life in Art
Yale University Press
The story of filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's life and work, including his significant impact on Japan and the world"an essential work in anime scholarship. (Angelica Frey, Hyperallergic) A thirtiethcentury toxic jungle, a bathhouse for tired gods, a redhaired fish girl, and …
View book details for Ecologies of Witnessing
Language, Place, and Holocaust Testimony
An innovative reassessment of Holocaust testimony, revealing the dramatic ways in which the languages and places of postwar life inform survivor memory This groundbreaking work rethinks conventional wisdom about Holocaust testimony, focusing on the power of language and place to …
View book details for An Essay on the Principle of Population
The 1803 Edition
Malthuss Essay on the Principle of Population remains one of the most influential works of political economy ever written. Most widely circulated in its initial 1798 version, this is the first publication of his benchmark 1803 edition since 1989. Introduced …
View book details for Old English Literature
Critical Essays
Recognizing the dramatic changes in Old English studies over the past generation, this up-to-date anthology gathers twenty-one outstanding contemporary critical writings on the prose and poetry of Anglo-Saxon England, from approximately the seventh through eleventh centuries. The contributors focus on …
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