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American Covenant
National Parks, Their Promise, and Our Nation's Future
Part memoir, part critique, and paean to the value of national parks, American Covenant distills the experience and insights from two long careers in conservation. Michael A. Soukup and Gary E. Machlis show how the national...
Becoming Organic
Nature and Agriculture in the Indian Himalaya
Tracing the social and bureaucratic life of organic quality, this book yields new understandings of this fraught concept. Shaila Seshia Galvin examines certified organic agriculture in India’s central Himalayas, revealing how
Revise
The Scholar-Writer’s Essential Guide to Tweaking, Editing, and Perfecting Your Manuscript
Writing and revision are two different skills. Many scholar-writers have learned something about how to write, but fewer know how to read and revise their own writing, spot editorial issues, and transform a draft from passable to...
Locating Sol LeWitt
A pioneer of minimalism and conceptual art, Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) is best known for his monumental wall drawings. LeWitt’s broad artistic practice, however, also included photography, artist’s books, sculpture, and printmaking. From...
Arthur Dove
A Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings and Things
Arthur Dove (1880–1946) was a major American modernist of the early 20th century. While he is tied to a circle of artists, including John Marin and Georgia O’Keeffe, who were associated with the preeminent photographer and art dealer...
The Prophet's Heir
The Life of Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Ali ibn Abi Talib is arguably the single most important spiritual and intellectual authority in Islam after prophet Mohammad. Through his teachings and leadership as fourth caliph, Ali nourished Islam. But Muslims are divided...
The Great Mongol Shahnameh
A detailed study of the Great Mongol Shahnameh, considered to be the greatest of all Persian illustrated manuscripts?The Great Mongol Shahnameh is widely considered to be the definitive version of...
The First Irish Cities
An Eighteenth-century Transformation
A backward corner of Europe in 1600, Ireland was transformed during the following centuries. This was most evident in the rise of its cities, notably Dublin and Cork. David Dickson explores ten urban centers and their...
The Ever-Changing Past
Why All History Is Revisionist History
History is not, and has never been, inert, certain, merely factual, and beyond reinterpretation. Taking readers from Thucydides to the origin of the French Revolution to the Civil War and beyond, James M. Banner, Jr.. explores what...
Women and Gender in Islam
Historical Roots of a Modern Debate