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Reimagining the Mothman?West Virginia's famed cryptid and a harbinger of tragedy?reluctantly coming of age, Robert Wood Lynn deftly explores love and grief, the utility of warnings, the devastation of the opioid epidemic, and the experience of youth in the rural Virginias.

The iconic image of Beethoven is of him as a lone genius: hair wild, fists clenched, and brow furrowed. Beethoven may well have shaped the music of the future, but he was also a product of his time, influenced by the people, politics, and culture around him. ... Tunbridge offers an alternative history of Beethoven's career, placing his music in contexts that shed light on why particular pieces are valued more than others, and what this tells u...

A funny, fierce, and uninhibited musical chronicle of the convulsive past six years, from one of our finest cultural critics

Ranging through the centuries and across the globe, Kasia Boddy explores the importance of flowers from their associations in perfumes and paintings to their use in social and political ritual. She moves through the seasons to consider how and why the sunflower, poppy, geranium?and many others?matter so much to us.

This groundbreaking book explores Gustave Courbet's astonishing landscape paintings and their profound impact on modern painting.

This beautifully produced first annotated edition of Edna St. Vincent Millay's oeuvre re-presents the work of the Jazz Age's most famous poet

In this biography of Lorraine Hansberry, writer of A Raisin in the Sun, theater professor Soyica Colbert considers the playwright's life at the intersection of art and politics, with the theater operating as a "rehearsal room for [her] political and intellectual work.?

An unparalleled reassessment of Pierre Bonnard, exploring how the artist sought novel approaches to vision and representation in his paintings, drawings, photography, and prints

In this biography Kidd tells the story of Thomas Jefferson's ethical life, focusing on the issue where Jefferson's idealistic philosophy and lived reality clashed most obviously: his sexual relationship with his enslaved woman Sally Hemings. This is a unique perspective on one of American history's most studied figures.

Transnational crime expert Mark Galeotti provides a comprehensive and ground-breaking survey of the new way of war. Ranging across the globe, Galeotti shows how today's conflicts are fought with everything from disinformation and espionage to crime and subversion, leading to instability and a legitimacy crisis across the globe.

A comprehensive history of the struggle to define womanhood in America, from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century

A vigorous and timely defense of the state as a force for good

An immensely pleasurable biography of two interwoven, tragic figures: John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald

First published as Venetièe: de leeuw, de stad en het water by De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, in 2019" -- title page verso.

The noted Dutch poet and novelist Cees Nooteboom reflects on the life of the mind through a reexamination of books, music, art, travel, and gardening

In this illuminating book, New York Times best-selling author Bart Ehrman contextualizes early Christian narrated journeys to heaven and hell within the broader intellectual and cultural worlds from which they emerged. He shows how these narratives promoted reflection on matters of ethics, faith, ambition, and life's meaning and shaped Christian belief today.

A remarkable exploration of the science, history, and politics of the Anthropocene from two renowned experts, with a new Preface for this edition

W. Carter Johnson and Dennis H. Knight have blended the natural history and human history of the Northern Great Plains into a well-illustrated, comprehensive work that ranges from geological developments millions of years ago to the effects of glaciers, modern agriculture, conservation, and climate change.

Published on the 70th anniversary of the Marimekko brand, this book surveys the classic design collaborations, patterns, and vibrant textiles from the much-loved Finnish lifestyle design house

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