Richard (New York University) Sennett

A Business Week Best Book of the Year.... "A devastating and wholly necessary book."-Studs Terkel, author of Working

This is a fascinating new overview of European-American relations during the long twentieth century. Ranging from economics, culture and consumption t

The thesis of this original and provocative book is that representative government should be understood as a combination of democratic and undemocrati

Egypt played a crucial role in the Roman Empire for seven centuries. It was wealthy and occupied a strategic position between the Mediterranean and In

Carol Gilligan's landmark book In a Different Voice – the "little book that started a revolution" – brought women's voices to the fore in work on the

Most of us have to work. But is work just a means to an end? In trying to make a living, have we lost touch with the idea of making things well? This

Mensen zijn sociale wezens en elke maatschappij is op samenwerking gebaseerd. Maar in onze neoliberale samenleving komen we nauwelijks in aanraking me

"There is no better guide to virtually all one needs to know to begin to appreciate what myth was and meant to the ancient Greeks. Exploring Greek Myt

The Financial Times - Best books of 2022: Politics 'The prolific military chronicler and analyst Mark Galeotti has produced exactly the right bo

This innovative study of the patriarchy belies the accepted notion of the father figure as tyrannical and exploitative.

You'd think you would be allowed to relax over Christmas, but not in the world of the Thursday Murder Club. On Boxing Day, a dangerous package is s

Focusing on forensic serology and forensic DNA analysis, this book introduces students to the methods and techniques utilized by forensic biology labo

Since the 1960s, many people around the world have challenged the idea that western perspectives are the only ones that count. This book examines the

A collection of nearly seventy Late Antique primary religious texts. It includes discussions of asceticism, religious organization, ritual, martyrdom,

A RENOWNED BRAIN EXPERT SHARES THE SIMPLE TRICKS THAT WILL FUTURE-PROOF YOUR MEMORYMemory gets worse with age - right? A fact of life. But what if we

The first edition of this highly readable narrative of modern Iran was named the Choice Outstanding Academic Title in 2009. This second edition brings

An accessible, compelling introduction to today’s major policy issues from columnist, best-selling author and Nobel Prize–winning economist Paul Krugm

This is a revised version of the survey on Homer which the author originally published in 1996. It is a clear introduction to the Iliad and the Odysse