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A leading expert reexamines history to offer a stunningly original portrait of Hitler as a competent military commander and strategist
A compelling argument about the importance of using more than one language in today's world
The first in a ground-breaking two-volume history of Henry III's rule"Professor Carpenter is one of Britain's foremost medievalists...No one knows more about Henry, and a lifetime of scholarship is here poured out, elegantly and often humorously.…
At once engaging, personal, and analytical, this book provides the intellectual resources for the critical understanding of art
A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literatureThe Times and Sunday Times, Best Books of 2020 "[A] fizzing, exhilarating book."-Sebastian Faulks, Sunday…
A new collection of key texts from a leading critic of modern art
An unprecedented portrait of Moses's inner world and perplexing character, by a distinguished biblical scholar
The first history of the western polymath, from the fifteenth century to the present day From Leonardo Da Vinci to John Dee and Comenius, from George Eliot to Oliver Sacks and Susan Sontag, polymaths have moved the frontiers of knowledge in countless…
The extraordinary, and largely unchronicled, account of the Cuban people's struggle for survival in a post-Soviet world
An accessible and contemporary introduction to the methods for determining cause and effect in the social sciences
A penetrating account of how unchecked capital mobility is damaging international cooperation, polarizing the economic landscape, and ultimately reshaping the global order