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Louise Bourgeois
Paintings
Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) is celebrated today for her sculptures. Less known—and the focus of this publication—is the body of paintings produced by the artist between her arrival in New York in 1938 and her turn to three...
I Maccabees
A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary
I Maccabees, composed in the second century BCE, chronicles four decades of clashes between Hellenistic Syria and Judea, from Antiochus Epiphanes’s ascent to the throne in 175 BCE to the Hasmoneans’ establishment of an independent...
Deuteronomy and the Pentateuch
The book of Deuteronomy introduces and develops many of the essential ideas, events, and texts of both Judaism and Christianity, and it has thus been a resource—and in some instances even a starting point—for investigations of themes...
Late Fragments
Flares, My Heart Laid Bare, Prose Poems, Belgium Disrobed
While not as well‑known as his other works, Charles Baudelaire’s late poems, drafts of poems, and prose fragments are texts indispensable to the history of modern poetics. This volume brings together Baudelaire’s late...
Victory at Sea
Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II
In this engaging narrative, brought to life by marine artist Ian Marshall’s beautiful full-color paintings, historian Paul Kennedy grapples with the rise and fall of the Great Powers during World War II. Tracking the movements of the...
Birmingham and the Black Country
This fully revised account of the buildings of the City of Birmingham, its suburbs and outskirts, and the adjacent Black Country explores an area rich in Victorian and Edwardian architecture. Even the small towns of the Black Country...
Notes on the State of Virginia
An Annotated Edition
Annotated Edition
Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia has been called the most important book written in America prior to 1800: a highly influential portrait of the young republic by one of its leading citizens. In the first...
Security and Conservation
The Politics of the Illegal Wildlife Trade
Debates regarding environmental security risks have generally focused on climate change and geopolitical water conflicts. Biodiversity conservation, however, is increasingly identified as a critical contributor to national and global...
Household Servants and Slaves
A Visual History, 1300–1700
The first book-length study of both images of ordinary household workers and their material culture, Household Servants and Slaves: A Visual History, 1300–1700 covers four hundred years and four continents, facilitating a...
A Little History of Art
Why did our ancestors make art? What did art mean to them and what does their art mean for us today? Why is art even important at all? Charlotte Mullins brings art to life by focusing on those who made it, from teenage...