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A deeply researched biography of the prominent and divisive writer Ayn Rand, whose pro-capitalist novels and nonfiction have influenced three generations of Americans

Tracing the metaphor of America as the Book of Revelation’s New Jerusalem, Yii-Jan Lin shows how apocalyptic narratives are used to exclude unwanted immigrants

A deep dive into the nature of translation from one of its most acclaimed practitioners

A comparative legal history of Jewish sovereignty and religious freedom, illuminating the surprising ways that collective and individual rights have evolved over the past two centuries

A landmark survey, offering a nuanced and deeply researched account of the career and life of the iconic modern architect

The story of humanity’s evolving relationship with the natural world from pre-history to the present day

Born in the small town of Galesburg, Illinois, the life, and art of Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012) perfectly exemplifies the transnational spirit and nomadic practice of Surrealism, though it was all the harder an achievement for a woman. In Dorothea Tanning: A Surrealist World we travel with her across lived places and imagined spaces in Chicago, Arizona, Paris, Seillans, through to her final years in New York. Expertly drawn from extensive archival and curatorial research to map the artist’s life story across a seventy-year career, Alyce Mahon situates Tanning at the very heart of avant-garde discussions on art and philosophical ideas. She explores how this circle of relationships informed Tanning’s work at critical moments of her career and how she navigated the difficulty of being the wife of a male artist already established on the international stage. Mahon demonstrates how Tanning’s work expanded post-war global Surrealism in offering a world of kaleidoscopic, constantly shifting perspectives.

A penetrating account of the religious critics of American liberalism, pluralism, and democracy—from the Revolution until today

A revelatory perspective on the Native man who was taken to Europe as a slave, found his way home, and changed the course of American history

The second volume of a world-renowned scholar’s long-awaited Qur’an commentary, now available in English

A global history of how Thomas Jefferson’s descendants navigated the legacy of the Declaration of Independence on both sides of the color line

A look at the origins of British abolitionism as a problem of eighteenth-century science as well as one of economics and humanitarian sensibilities

The life and thought of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, one of the most influential—and controversial—rabbis in modern Judaism

The first English-language biography in over fifty years to tell the full, vibrant story of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, known to history as the Brothers Grimm

An insider's spirited history of Yale Repertory Theatre   In this serious and entertaining chronicle of the first fifty years of Yale Repertory Theatre, award-winning dramaturg James Magruder shows how dozens of theater artists have played their parts in the evolution of a sterling American institution. Each of its four chapters is dedicated to one of the Yale Rep's artistic directors to date: Robert Brustein, Lloyd Richards, Stan Wojewodski Jr., and James Bundy. Numerous sidebars-dedicated to the spaces used by the theater, the playwrights produced most often, casting, the prop shop, the costume shop, artist housing, and other topics-enliven the lavishly illustrated four-color text. This fascinating insider account, full of indelible descriptions of crucial moments in the Rep's history, is based in part on interviews with some of America's most respected actors about their experiences at the Rep, including Paul Giamatti, James Earl Jones, Frances McDormand, Meryl Streep, Courtney B. Vance, Dianne Wiest, and Henry Winkler-among many others.   More than just a valentine to an important American theater, The Play's the Thing is a story about institution-building and the force of personality; about the tug-of-war between vision and realpolitik; and about the continuous negotiation between educational needs and artistic demands.

How the character of war is changing and how militaries can successfully adapt to meet the challenge

An expansive look at the significant role of Hungarian immigrants in shaping American photographic culture and practice in the twentieth century

A groundbreaking examination of a central question in international relations: Do states act rationally?

A fascinating and moving biography of Colin Anson, the German refugee who became an elite British commando

Amy Sherald’s work, life, and significance for American art, as revealed in her powerful figurative paintings of Black subjects

The second volume in an acclaimed biography of Oliver Cromwell, from the capture of Charles I to the expulsion of the Long Parliament