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Diane Coyle
The Measure of Progress

Why do we use eighty-year-old metrics to understand today's economy?The ways that statisticians and governments measure the economy were developed in the 1940s, when the urgent economic problems were enti…

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Thomas Crow
Murder in the Rue Marat

How an enigmatic masterpiece of the French Revolution became a talisman of the revolutionary spirit in our own timeJacques-Louis David's The Death of Marat depicts the painter's friend and fellow revoluti…

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Kathleen M Crowther
The Book Everyone Read

How an all-but-forgotten medieval astronomy book ushered in the modern age of scienceFew people today have heard of Johannes de Sacrobosco, yet his textbook was the most widely read astronomy book ever wr…

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Helen De Cruz
Wonderstruck

A philosopher explores the transformative role of wonder and awe in an uncertain worldWonder and awe lie at the heart of life's most profound questions. Wonderstruck shows how these emotions respond to ou…

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Nan Z. Da
The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear

A compelling new reading of The Tragedy of King Lear that finds parallels in twentieth-century Chinese historyAt the start of Shakespeare's famous tragedy, King Lear promises to divide his kingdom based o…

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Hamid Dabashi
Persian Parables

A major reassessment of the parable in Persian literature and its contribution to philosophical and creative thinkingIn this book, Hamid Dabashi offers a radical reconsideration of the parable in Persian …

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Hamid Dabashi
Persian Parables

A major reassessment of the parable in Persian literature and its contribution to philosophical and creative thinkingIn this book, Hamid Dabashi offers a radical reconsideration of the parable in Persian …

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Krista N. Dalton
How Rabbis Became Experts

"How rabbinic expertise was socially constructed, performed, and defended in Roman Palestine at the turn of the common era. The Jewish communities of Roman Palestine saw the organization of a small g…

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Edwidge Danticat
Create Dangerously

A New York Times Notable Book A Miami Herald Best Book of the YearA moving and deeply personal account of art and exile from Edwidge Danticat, winner of two National Book Critics Circle Awards---now with …

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Charles Darwin,
The Descent of Man

"The first annotated edition of the book that shocked the Victorian world and continues to generate controversy today"-- Provided by publisher.

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Charles Darwin,
The Quotable Darwin

"If anyone ever asks me which figure from history I'd invite to a dinner party, my instant answer will be Charles Darwin. This book of quotations is one long argument for his profundity, warmth, char…

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Indraneil Das
A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Borneo

A richly illustrated, easy-to-use identification guide to all of Borneo's reptilesBorneo is home to a marvellous array of crocodiles, turtles, lizards and snakes. This comprehensive field guide covers the…

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Andreas W Daum,
Alexander Von Humboldt

An engaging account of the life and work of the legendary polymath Alexander von HumboldtIn this lucid biography, Andreas Daum offers a succinct and novel interpretation of the life and oeuvre of Alexande…

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Joshua Clark Davis
Police Against the Movement

A bold retelling of the 1960s civil rights struggle through its work against police violence-and a prehistory of both the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter movements that emerged half a century lat…

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Alizee Delpierre
Serving the Wealthy

The invisible relationship between the ultra-rich and their domestic workersBehind the facades of luxurious Parisian buildings, the immense gates of châteaux, and the bay windows of vast villas on the Côt…

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Arthur der Weduwen
The Last Invasion of England

An electrifying narrative history that reframes Britain's constitutional revolution as a full-scale Dutch invasionIn popular accounts of the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the autocratic Catholic King James…

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Owen Deutsch, Michael J Parr
Birds of the Tropical Andes

A spectacular photographic guide to the birds and biodiversity of the tropical AndesSpanning much of the western part of South America, the Andes are home to some of the world's most magnificent birds, fr…

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Jeff Deutsch
In Praise of Good Bookstores

From a devoted reader and lifelong bookseller, an eloquent and charming reflection on the singular importance of bookstoresDo we need bookstores in the twenty-first century? If so, what makes a good one? …

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Klaas-Douwe B Dijkstra
Dragonflies and Damselflies of the World

A richly illustrated guide to the incredible diversity of dragonflies and damselflies around the world.

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Carsten F Dormann, Aaron M Ellison
Statistics by Simulation

An accessible guide to understanding statistics using simulations, with examples from a range of scientific disciplinesReal-world challenges such as small sample sizes, skewed distributions of data, biase…

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