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Hidden Laws
How State Constitutions Stabilize American Politics
How state constitutional reform guides and stabilizes American constitutional and political development State constitution reform guides and stabilizes American constitutional and political development. Using data...
County Durham
A comprehensive guide to County Durham, one of Northern England’s most fascinating and architecturally diverse counties This volume surveys one of northern England’s most varied and rewarding counties....
Grey Wars
A Contemporary History of U.S. Special Operations
An analysis of U.S. Special Operations Command, at the center of America’s twenty-first-century wars This original and accessible book is a comprehensive, authoritative analysis of U.S. Special Operations. ...
Hung Liu
Portraits of Promised Lands
A major survey of contemporary artist Hung Liu, whose layered portraits explore history and memory through the stories of marginalized figures?Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands presents the stunning work...
Providence and the Invention of American History
How providential history—the conviction that God is an active agent in human history—has shaped the American historical imagination Sarah Koenig traces the rise and fall of Protestant missionary Marcus Whitman’s...
Solving Public Problems
A Practical Guide to Fix Our Government and Change Our World
How to take advantage of technology, data, and the collective wisdom in our communities to design powerful solutions to contemporary problems The challenges societies face today, from inequality to climate change to...
The Great Mongol Shahnama
A detailed study of the Great Mongol Shahnama, considered to be the greatest of all Persian illustrated manuscripts?The Great Mongol Shahnama is widely considered to be the definitive version of...
A Writing Guide for Learners of Chinese
An accessible guide to writing Chinese at the intermediate level This guide is an easy way to add more writing practice to the intermediate Chinese curriculum, helping Chinese learners express themselves correctly...
The New World Written
Selected Poems
A lyrical collection of the finest poems by a leading Mexican poet, superbly translated for English readers The poetry of María Baranda is a haunting homage to the natural world: transcendent in scope, attentive to...
From Sarah to Sydney
The Woman Behind All-of-a-Kind Family
The untold life story of All-of-a-Kind Family author Sydney Taylor, highlighting her dramatic influence on American children’s literature This is the first and only biography of Sydney Taylor (1904–1978),...