Available in its complete form for the first time since its original publication.
A distinctive American subculture responds to the forces of social change.
Now in paperback, the New York Times best-selling biography of the legendary Revolutionary War patriot and America's first spy
The updated edition of a classic contemporary account of Vermont's environmental history, told through the interaction of natural and human components
Short stories explore cultural change and class conflict in contemporary West Virginia.
A leading Frost critic guides the reader through some of the poet's most challenging verse.
Keith Thomas's earlier studies in the ethnography of early modern England, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Man and the Natural World, and The Ends of Life, were all attempts to explore beliefs, values, and social practices in the centuries from 1500 to 1800. In Pursuit of Civility continues this quest by examining what English people thought it meant to be "civilized" and how that condition differed from being "barbarous" or "savage." Thomas shows that the upper ranks of society sought to distinguish themselves from their social inferiors by distinctive ways of moving, speaking, and comporting themselves, and that the common people developed their own form of civility. The belief of the English in their superior civility shaped their relations with the Welsh, the Scots, and the Irish, and was fundamental to their dealings with the native peoples of North America, India, and Australia. Yet not everyone shared this belief in the superiority of Western civilization; the book sheds light on the origins of both anticolonialism and cultural relativism. Thomas has written an accessible history based on wide reading, abounding in fresh insights, and illustrated by many striking quotations and anecdotes from contemporary sources.
Thirty-six artists, scientists, and renowned writers go wild about the virtues, pleasure, and importance of dirt!
Wang Wei was one of the most celebrated poets of China's Tang Dynasty (618-907). An influential painter and practitioner of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, many of his poems contain concise and evocative descriptions of nature whose elegant minimalism offers subtle expression of a transcendence from everyday life. While this purity of poetic expression is what Wang Wei's reputation is built upon, he lived a courtly life of highs and lows in a tumultuous era, suffering demotions and exile, imprisonment and rehabilitation, all of which are evidenced in his verse. Wang Wei's poems grapple with the trappings of worldly life and the quest for enlightenment, painting a complex picture of both his psyche and his Chan discipline. Laughing Lost in the Mountains includes translations of poems running the spectrum of Wang Wei's subjects, as well as an extensive introduction that sheds light on Wang Wei's craft, spirituality, and historical context.
Recent work on best management practices for sound and light in national parks
Libby Burton's brilliant debut is the winner of the 2017 Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize
The wild, zany, and forgotten history of the NFL's now-premier franchise
Five rings to rule them all! A history of the modern Patriots as seen through the lens of their Super Bowl games, by the bestselling author of From Darkness to Dynasty
The importance of teamwork in the success of U.S. women at the world cross-country ski championships
The story of one of the most outrageous national championship teams of the swashbuckling '70s
The first comprehensive field guide to the habitats and wildlife of the Adirondack State Park
A guide to creating treasure hunts that teach and share the special places in your community.
Offers a geographical perspective on the development of British America in the 17th and 18th centuries. It covers the American eastern seaboard, eastern Canada and the West Indies, as well as the trans-Atlantic links to Western Europe and West Africa.
This bilingual edition of the 15th-century poet's work incorporates recent scholarship.
As a poet, author, and keen observer of life in 1870s Boston, Harriet Robinson played an essential - if occasionally underappreciated - role in the women's suffrage movement during Boston's golden age. Going to Boston will appeal to readers interested in both the history of Boston and the history of American progress itself.
The definitive battle in the clash of empires that has defined Europe for 500 years
A major voice in transnational American studies addresses politics and culture in post-9/11 America
A comprehensive and thoroughly readable history of New Hampshire's turbulent colonial years
With a comprehensive new introduction by the author, a reissue of the influential text on women's humor
Fascinating analysis of the significance of the gift, and its increasingly complicated role in an emerging capitalist order, in nineteenth-century American fiction
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