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The True History of Merlin the Magician
Who was the historical Merlin? Merlin the Magician has remained an enthralling and curious individual since he was first introduced in the twelfth century though the pages of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s
Majolica Mania
Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850–1915
The first comprehensive study of the most important ceramic innovation of the 19th century Colorful, wildly imaginative, and technically innovative, majolica was functional and aesthetic ceramic ware. Its...
Making Strange
The Modernist Photobook in France
A richly illustrated look at some of the most important photobooks of the 20th century France experienced a golden age of photobook production from the late 1920s through the 1950s. Avant-garde experiments...
Blooming Flowers
A Seasonal History of Plants and People
An evocative and richly illustrated exploration of flowers and how, over the centuries, they have given us so much sustenance, meaning, and pleasure The bright yellow of a marigold and the cheerful red of a...
Late Stalinism
The Aesthetics of Politics
How the last years of Stalin’s rule led to an imperial Soviet consciousness In this nuanced historical analysis of late Stalinism organized chronologically around the main events of the period—beginning...
Public Freedoms in the Islamic State
Available now for the first time in English, the most important work of one of the great moderate political leaders of the Muslim world Rached Ghannouchi has long been known as a reformist or moderate...
I Live in the Slums
Stories
A major new collection of stories by one of the most exciting and creative voices in contemporary Chinese literature In Can Xue’s world the superficial is peeled away to reveal layers of depth and meaning....
Monet and Chicago
A rich and unprecedented exploration of Chicago’s embrace of Claude Monet’s modernism In 1903, the Art Institute of Chicago became the first American museum to buy a painting by Claude Monet (1840–1926),...
Under the Red White and Blue
Patriotism, Disenchantment and the Stubborn Myth of the Great Gatsby
A deep dive into how F. Scott Fitzgerald’s vision of the American Dream has been understood, portrayed, distorted, misused, and kept alive Renowned critic Greil Marcus takes on the fascinating legacy of F....
Flights of Passage
An Illustrated Natural History of Bird Migration
A visually stunning, photographically driven celebration of bird migration—one of the great marvels of the natural world The vast transcontinental journeys made every year by millions of feathered migrants...