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The Condor Trials
Transnational Repression and Human Rights in South America
Through the voices of survivors, human rights activists, judicial actors, and experts, The Condor Trials unravels the secrets of transnational repression masterminded by South American dictators between 1969 and 1981. Under...
Your Dry Eye Mystery Solved
Reversing Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, Restoring Hope
In Reversing Dry Eye Syndrome (Yale University Press 2007), ophthalmologist Steven Maskin introduced readers to Dry Eye syndrome, explaining what the syndrome is, why it occurs, and how it can best be managed and treated. In
Immigration
An American History
The history of the United States has been shaped by immigration. Historians Carl J. Bon Tempo and Hasia R. Diner provide a sweeping historical narrative told through the lives and words of the quite ordinary people who did nothing...
Beacon to the World
A History of Lincoln Center
In this comprehensive history of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, longtime Juilliard president Joseph Polisi guides us through the complex convergence of the worlds of politics, finance, and the performing arts throughout the...
Shiva's Waterfront Temples
Architects and Their Audiences in Medieval India
The red sandstone towers of India’s Pattadakal temple cluster have attracted visitors since the eighth century. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the coronation place of the Chalukya dynasty, and capital of Deccan India, Pattadakal is a...
Franz Kafka
The Drawings
The year 2019 brought a sensational discovery: hundreds of drawings by the writer Franz Kafka (1883–1924) were found in a private collection that for decades had been kept under lock and key. Until now, only a few of Kafka’s drawings...
Queens of the Wild
Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe: An Investigation
In this riveting account, renowned scholar Ronald Hutton explores the history of deity-like figures in Christian Europe. Drawing on anthropology, archaeology, literature, and history, Hutton shows how hags, witches, the fairy queen,...
Critical Revolutionaries
Before the First World War, traditional literary scholarship was isolated from society at large. In the years following, a younger generation of critics came to the fore. Their work represented a reaction to the impoverishment of...
Bletchley Park and D-Day
The untold story of Bletchley Park's key role in the success of the Normandy campaign Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in the 1970s, the work of its codebreakers has become one of the most...
Portraits of Resistance
Activating Art During Slavery
This timely and eloquent book tells a new history of American art: how enslaved people mobilized portraiture for acts of defiance. Revisiting the origins of portrait painting in the United States, Jennifer Van Horn reveals how...