Latest titles for the week of August 19, 2019
Before Our Eyes
New and Selected Poems, 1975–2017
Eleanor Wilner
"Before books, the ancients had their memory theaters to treasure and keep in reach all they knew. Eleanor Wilner's memory theater is a vast and glorious gathering of years of poems that question, deepen, rage, inspire, and connect. Working from myth and history, through grief and edgy expanse, Wilner is our oracle, the generous troubling overvoice of our age, our light, our dark, and our best."—Marianne Boruch, author of The Anti-Grief
Hardcover | 2019
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Chicago Price Theory
Sonia Jaffe, Robert Minton, Casey B. Mulligan, and Kevin M. Murphy
"A tremendous resource. This comprehensive and innovative book brings together in one great package the Chicago way of thinking about price theory."—Douglas A. Irwin, author of Free Trade under Fire
Hardcover | 2019
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The Book of Genesis
A Biography
Ronald Hendel
"[Hendel's] book is recommended to all those who would like to strike up an acquaintance with Genesis in its austere beauty and intriguing complexity."—Krzysztof Napora, Biblical Annals
Hardcover | 2012
Paperback | 2019
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Brooklyn
The Once and Future City
Thomas J. Campanella
"A lively biography of New York's second borough. . . . Teeming with information, this is a must-read for fans of urban history."—Kirkus Reviews
Hardcover | 2019
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Jewish Emancipation
A History Across Five Centuries
David Sorkin
"In Jewish Emancipation, David Sorkin provides an illuminating and accessible new interpretation of modern Jewish history. Without sacrificing nuance and detail, Sorkin's narrative is propelled by a set of compelling arguments that revise our understanding of an important phenomenon we thought we understood. The combination of historical insight and meticulous research makes Jewish Emancipation an indispensable work for scholars and lay readers alike."—Elisheva Carlebach, Columbia University
Hardcover | 2019
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Overwhelmed
Literature, Aesthetics, and the Nineteenth-Century Information Revolution
Maurice S. Lee
"Comprehensive, punchy, and clever, Overwhelmed is packed with intellectual energy, ceaseless curiosity, and an insouciant disregard for methodological decrees. Given today's tensions between literary criticism and data-driven analysis, this is a breath of fresh air and a splendid achievement."—Russ Castronovo, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Hardcover | 2019
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Patient Care under Uncertainty
Charles F. Manski
"Medicine has made spectacular advances, but its techniques for approving and selecting treatments remain locked in statistical and experimental design methods developed in the first decades of the twentieth century. In this book, Manski gives an accessible, practical explanation for why failures to confront the ambiguities of treatment decisions harm patients. He describes how modern statistical decision theory, including his own contributions, can save lives if incorporated into medical training and the decision making of clinicians, standard-setting bodies, and regulatory agencies. This is a must-read for those who take the Hippocratic Oath seriously."—Daniel McFadden, Nobel Laureate in Economics
Hardcover | 2019
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The River Twice
Poems
Kathleen Graber
"Even more powerful than the profound intelligence of Kathleen Graber's poetry is its wisdom, and its compassion for the many private and collective forms we singly and together take—forms like self, other, community, and nation. The River Twice is lyric philosophy, and a supreme consolation."—Tracy K. Smith, Poet Laureate of the United States and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Life on Mars
Hardcover | 2019
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The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali
A Biography
David Gordon White
"Wildly entertaining."—Matthew Remski, Reality Sandwich
Hardcover | 2019
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Latest titles for the week of August 12, 2019
Affordable Housing in New York
The People, Places, and Policies That Transformed a City
Edited by Nicholas Dagen Bloom & Matthew Gordon Lasner
"An excellent primer on the many efforts that have been made toward tackling affordability, with lessons both cautionary and encouraging."—Anthony Paletta, Metropolis
Hardcover | 2015
Paperback | 2019
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Democratic Equality
James Lindley Wilson
"This book defends a pathbreaking theory of democracy as a partnership among equals. It has all the makings of a classic: commanding clarity, a devastating attack on democratic practice today, and institutional proposals that should give us some hope."—Eric Beerbohm, Harvard University
Hardcover | 2019
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Elephant
Errol Fuller
"In this fascinating, informative, and beautifully illustrated book, Errol Fuller traces the cultural and historic significance of elephants while also presenting them in their evolutionary context. A thoroughly enjoyable read."—Lucy Bates, University of Sussex
Hardcover | 2019
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Entitled
Discriminating Tastes and the Expansion of the Arts
Jennifer C. Lena
"How is it that elite tastes have broadened, but a cultural hierarchy is still well in place? Weaving together case studies that span history and cross artistic disciplines, Lena deftly answers this question. She shows how even as elites incorporate cultural forms created by marginalized groups into their taste repertoire, social hierarchies can remain firm. This powerfully written account of taste and inequality is an essential read for cultural observers and critics"—Patricia A. Banks, Mount Holyoke College
Hardcover | 2019
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Global Development
A Cold War History
Sara Lorenzini
"A unique achievement. Lorenzini brings together a wealth of recent historical studies on development and integrates them into a global narrative that is both lucid and comprehensive."—Nick Cullather, author of The Hungry World: America’s Cold War Battle against Poverty in Asia
Hardcover | 2019
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A History of Art History
Christopher S. Wood
"A tour de force. I can't think of another book that even comes close to this one in the way it encourages art historians to understand their own disciplinary history."—Michael Ann Holly, author of The Melancholy Art
Hardcover | 2019
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Human Forms
The Novel in the Age of Evolution
Ian Duncan
"Human Forms is a virtuoso performance on how, over the course of a century, two very different ways of thinking about the gap between the history of man as an individual and the history of the human species transformed each other. Beautifully written and impeccably researched, this book belongs in the mainstream of novel studies."—Nancy Armstrong, Duke University
Hardcover | 2019
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Hydropolitics
The Itaipu Dam, Sovereignty, and the Engineering of Modern South America
Christine Folch
"Hydropolitics is a lively account of the political maneuvering that led to the construction and operation of the planet’s largest generator of hydroelectricity. It speaks to urgent questions in environmental anthropology while advancing conversations in political and legal anthropology around sovereignty and social theories of the state."—Caroline Schuster, Australian National University
Hardcover | 2019
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Indebted
How Families Make College Work at Any Cost
Caitlin Zaloom
"Zaloom’s comprehensive exposé of the college-financing industry argues that middle-class Americans are in an unresolvable bind: culturally mandated to ensure 'open futures' for their children, but unable to afford to do so without help, they become ensnared in risky, speculative debt. . . . The facts described here will be familiar to anyone who’s heard of the student-debt crisis; the analysis, with its emphasis on the moral dilemma facing middle-class families, will resonate with parents confronting it."—Publishers Weekly
Hardcover | 2019
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Peaceful Families American Muslim Efforts against Domestic Violence Juliane Hammer
"Peaceful Families examines American Muslim efforts against domestic violence as a way of better understanding how American Muslims become entangled in discourses about Islam in the United States and the globe. Erudite and accessible, this book has a wide scope and will interest anyone working on domestic violence in the United States, on gender relations in Islam or the United States, and on Islam in America. A groundbreaking work." —Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, author of A History of Islam in America
Hardcover | 2019
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Restoring the Global Judiciary
Why the Supreme Court Should Rule in U.S. Foreign Affairs
Martin S. Flaherty
"In Restoring the Global Judiciary, Flaherty skillfully weaves together many strands of historical, legal, and empirical argument to demonstrate that judges must check and balance executive power just as much in foreign as in domestic affairs. The alternative is a global twilight zone in which individuals have no recourse against national governments. His proposals for the evolution of American law are bold and even shocking in the current environment, but deeply necessary."—Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO of New America
Hardcover | 2019
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Taking the Floor
Models, Morals, and Management in a Wall Street Trading Room
Daniel Beunza
"This is a remarkable look inside a Wall Street trading room through the years. The account of the organization of the trading room, its traders, and the methods and tools they use is compellingly told, and the level of engagement with the subjects is an extraordinary accomplishment."—Walter W. Powell, Stanford University
Hardcover | 2019
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Latest titles for the week of August 5, 2019
African Dominion
A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa
Michael A. Gomez
"[A] groundbreaking study."—New Yorker
Hardcover | 2018
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American Empire
A Global History
A. G. Hopkins
"A grand history that combines great ambition, immense learning, and illuminating insights. . . . No one who studies modern empires and America's place among them can ignore this book."—Dane Kennedy, H-Diplo Roundtable Review
Hardcover | 2018
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Beating the Odds
Jump-Starting Developing Countries
Justin Yifu Lin & Célestin Monga
"After the failure of Washington Consensus economic policies, Justin Yifu Lin and Célestin Monga draw on examples of successful economic development from all over the world to show us the way forward. Rather than focus on austerity and painful 'reform' programs, Lin and Monga demonstrate that there is a role for government, industrial policy, and other measures that help business grow and create jobs. They forcefully show that another world is possible."—Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia University, Nobel Laureate in Economics
Hardcover | 2017
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Boko Haram
The History of an African Jihadist Movement
Alexander Thurston
"A must for anybody interested in Nigeria’s recent past as well as the dynamics of political and religious development in the larger West African region."—Roman Loimeier, Africa Spectrum
Hardcover | 2017
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Korngold and His World
Edited by Daniel Goldmark and Kevin C. Karnes
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957) was the last compositional prodigy to emerge from the Austro-German tradition of Mozart and Mendelssohn. He was lauded in his youth by everyone from Mahler to Puccini and his auspicious career in the early 1900s spanned chamber music, opera, and musical theater. Today, he is best known for his Hollywood film scores, composed between 1935 and 1947. From his prewar operas in Vienna to his pathbreaking contributions to American film, Korngold and His World provides a substantial reassessment of Korngold’s life and accomplishments.d
Paperback | 2019
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Making the Arab World
Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East
Fawaz A. Gerges
"A fascinating and deeply researched revisionist history."—Shadi Hamid, Foreign Affairs
Hardcover | 2018
Paperback | 2019
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Misdemeanorland
Criminal Courts and Social Control in an Age of Broken Windows Policing
Issa Kohler-Hausmann
"The must-read criminal justice book of 2018."—Chris Hayes
Hardcover | 2018
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Out of Many Faiths
Religious Diversity and the American Promise
Eboo Patel
"One of America’s deepest thinkers on religion and the human condition."—U.S. News & World Report
Paperback | 2019
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The Origins of Happiness
The Science of Well-Being over the Life Course
Andrew E. Clark, Sarah Flèche, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee & George Ward
With a new preface by the authors
"The Origins of Happiness is a wonderful book. It presents a new look at what causes human well-being, and carefully analyzes the policies and programs that can enhance it."—Ed Diener, coauthor of Happiness
Searching for the Oldest Stars
Ancient Relics from the Early Universe
Anna Frebel
"Frebel's narrative provides a rich picture of the understandings astronomers have gleaned from studies of the elements in stars."—Laurence A. Marschall, Natural History
Hardcover | 2015
Paperback | 2019
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The Solitary Bees
Biology, Evolution, Conservation
Bryan N. Danforth, Robert L. Minckley, and John L. Neff
"The Solitary Bees provides a holistic overview of the astounding diversity of solitary bee species, integrating recent scientific advancements with fascinating stories of complex behaviors. This book will inspire a new generation of scientists to focus their passion on studying these species while helping all of us better appreciate the amazing bees in our backyards, farms, and parks."—Christina M. Grozinger, Pennsylvania State University
Hardcover | 2015
Paperback | 2019
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Straight Talk on Trade
Ideas for a Sane World Economy
Dani Rodrik
"A pragmatic reading of the state of politics and the global economy."—Financial Times
Hardcover | 2017
Paperback | 2019
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Think Again
Contrarian Reflections on Life, Culture, Politics, Religion, Law, and Education
Stanley Fish
"Engaging, provocative, maddening, humorous, and insightful."—Arts Fuse
Hardcover | 2015
Paperback | 2019
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Latest titles for the week of July 29, 2019
Britain's Day-flying Moths
A Field Guide to the Day-flying Moths of Great Britain and Ireland, Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition
David Newland, Robert Still & Andy Swash
This concise photographic field guide helps you to identify the day-flying moths most likely to be seen in Great Britain and Ireland. It combines stunning photographs, clear and authoritative text and an easy-to-use design to increase your knowledge and enjoyment of these intriguing and often colourful insects. Like butterflies, some moths fly regularly in sunshine, whereas others that usually fly at night are readily disturbed from their resting places during the day. This guide describes all of these species and features at least one photograph of each in its natural, resting pose.
Paperback | 2019
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Creating a Constitution
Law, Democracy, and Growth in Ancient Athens
Federica Carugati
"This book does an excellent job of demonstrating the salience of Athens for our understanding of constitutionalism, and provides a historically well-grounded and analytically precise account of constitutional emergence."—Melissa Schwartzberg, New York University
Hardcover | 2019
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Latest titles for the week of July 22, 2019
Birds in Winter
Surviving the Most Challenging Season
Roger F. Pasquier
Illustrated by Margaret La Fargek
"For birds, warm-blooded creatures like us, survival through winter is one of their greatest challenges, especially for those that cannot or will not undertake the hazards of migration. They face often equally challenging problems in staying, as their world changes drastically with the seasons. What is so special about what they do to survive, where others would die? Read this book and be amazed, inspired, and touched with awe."—Bernd Heinrich, author of Ravens in Winter and Winter World
Hardcover | 2019
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Identity Crisis
The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America
John Sides, Michael Tesler, and Lynn Vavreck
With a new afterword by the authors
"There is little if any support in voting data for the notion that 'economic anxiety' drove people to vote for Trump. As documented in Identity Crisis, an important new book analyzing the 2016 election, what distinguished Trump voters wasn't financial hardship but 'attitudes related to race and ethnicity.'"—Paul Krugman, New York Times
Paperback | 2019
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The Master Equation and the Convergence Problem in Mean Field Games
(AMS-201)
Pierre Cardaliaguet, François Delarue, Jean-Michel Lasry, and Pierre-Louis Lions
This book describes the latest advances in the theory of mean field games, which are optimal control problems with a continuum of players, each of them interacting with the whole statistical distribution of a population. While it originated in economics, this theory now has applications in areas as diverse as mathematical finance, crowd phenomena, epidemiology, and cybersecurity.
Hardcover | 2019
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The Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects
Volume 3: The Magic of Mathematics
Edited by Jennifer Beineke and Jason Rosenhouse
"The material on puzzles was consistently excellent, in topic and exposition. I was struck by the uniformly high level of writing and puzzle fans will find lots of stimulating, even inspirational, reading."—Paul Nahin, author of How to Fall Slower Than Gravity
Hardcover | 2019
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The Song of Songs
A Biography
Ilana Pardes
"In this brilliant and marvelously readable celebration of the Song of Songs, Ilana Pardes illuminates how, for thousands of years, mystics, poets, and writers from ancient rabbis to John of the Cross, from Teresa of Ávila to Walt Whitman and Toni Morrison have loved this poem and transformed it in their own writings."—Elaine Pagels, author of Why Religion? A Personal Story
Hardcover | 2019
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Latest titles for the week of July 15, 2019
Bit by Bit
Social Research in the Digital Age
Matthew J. Salganik
"An enticing and important field guide to the new frontier of digital social research."—Beth Simone Noveck, Forbes
Hardcover | 2017
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Chaos and Dynamical Systems
David P. Feldman
"This book is a readable tour and deep dive into chaotic dynamics and related concepts from the field of dynamical systems theory. Appropriate for use in a sequence at the undergraduate level, this book will also appeal to graduate students, postdocs, and faculty in the biological and social sciences and engineering."—James P. Crutchfield, University of California, Davis
Paperback | 2019
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Dissident Rabbi
The Life of Jacob Sasportas
Yaacob Dweck
"Dweck has reclaimed the figure and the person of Sasportas while also viewing his subject as a creation of his opponents during his lifetime and, more crucially, of a raft of influential Jewish thinkers in the centuries that followed. This book is a triumph."—Elisheva Carlebach, author of Palaces of Time: Jewish Calendar and Culture in Early Modern Europe
Hardcover | 2019
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Globalizing Capital
A History of the International Monetary System - Third Edition
Barry Eichengreen
"Eichengreen's purpose is to provide a brief history of the international monetary system. In this, he succeeds magnificently. Globalizing Capital will become a classic."—Douglas Irwin, author of Clashing over Commerce: A History of US Trade Policy
Paperback | 2019
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Martyrs and Tricksters
An Ethnography of the Egyptian Revolution
Walter Armbrust
"In Martyrs and Tricksters, Armbrust examines the public surfaces of the Egyptian revolution of 2011, linking them to deeper political, economic, and social structures operating on local, regional, and global scales. This ambitious and well-researched book demonstrates once again the author’s deep fluency in Egyptian popular culture and history."—Gregory Starrett, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Hardcover | 2017
Paperback | 2019
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One Nation Undecided
Clear Thinking about Five Hard Issues That Divide Us
Peter H. Schuck
"[Peter Schuck’s] richly detailed, tough-minded book will inform and challenge readers, whether they are on the political left, right, or center. . . . Schuck has given us a model for an informed citizenry. And, alas, a palpable demonstration that hard thinking isn’t easy."—Glenn C. Altschuler, Huffington Post
Hardcover | 2017
Paperback | 2019
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Prime Suspects
The Anatomy of Integers and Permutations
Andrew Granville
Jennifer Granville
Robert J. Lewis
“One of the most creative ways to present advanced mathematical ideas that I have seen.”—Terence Tao, University of California, Los Angeles
Paperback | 2019
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The Corruption Cure
How Citizens and Leaders Can Combat Graft
Robert I. Rotberg
"An exhaustive description of the current state of corruption. . . . The strength of [Rotberg’s] book is its focus on change."—Paul Collier, Times Literary Supplement
Hardcover | 2017
Paperback | 2019
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Visions of Empire
How Five Imperial Regimes Shaped the World
Krishan Kumar
"Kumar . . . argues persuasively that studying historical empires, with their diverse subject populations, far-flung networks, and complex political hierarchies, can provide insight into our globalized present. . . . A judiciously argued and useful survey for any student of empire."—Publishers Weekly
Hardcover | 2017
Paperback | 2019
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Where the River Flows
Scientific Reflections on Earth's Waterways
Sean W. Fleming
"[Fleming] engenders a new appreciation for the waterways around us."—Library Journal
Hardcover | 2017
Paperback | 2019
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