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Sons of the Waves
The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail
A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail, and his role in Britain’s trade, exploration, and warfare“No other book resurrects the wooden world of Jack Tar in such...
The Art of War in an Age of Peace
U.S. Grand Strategy and Resolute Restraint
An informed modern plan for post-2020 American foreign policy that avoids the opposing dangers of retrenchment and overextension Russia and China are both believed to have a “grand strategy”—a detailed set of goals...
The Multifarious Mr. Banks
From Botany Bay to Kew, The Natural Historian Who Shaped the World
A fascinating life of Sir Joseph Banks which restores him to his proper place in history as a leading scientific figure of the English Enlightenment“An extensive, admiring account of his subject’s...
Spatial Orders, Social Forms
Art and the City in Modern Brazil
A fascinating look at modernist urban planning and spatial theories in Brazilian 20th-century art and architecture Exploring the intersections among art, architecture, and urbanism in Brazil from the 1920s through...
Conversations with God: Jan Matejko's Copernicus
Two icons of Polish culture and history, an artist and an astronomer Largely unknown outside his homeland, Jan Matejko (1838–93) is widely regarded as the national painter of Poland, where he is revered...
Humour
A compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western culture—by one of its greatest exponents Written by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature of...
Condemned
The Transported Men, Women and Children Who Built Britain's Empire
A powerful account of how coerced migration built the British Empire In the early seventeenth century, Britain took ruthless steps to deal with its unwanted citizens, forcibly removing men, women, and...
The Voice Catchers
How Marketers Listen In to Exploit Your Feelings, Your Privacy, and Your Wallet
Your voice as biometric data, and how marketers are using it to manipulate you The first in-depth examination of the voice intelligence industry, this timely book exposes how artificial intelligence is enabling...
Worlds Beyond
Miniatures and Victorian Fiction
An innovative study of how the Victorians used books, portraits, fairies, microscopes, and dollhouses to imagine miniature worlds beyond perception In 1856, Elizabeth Gaskell discovered a trove of handmade miniature...
Minerva's French Sisters
Women of Science in Enlightenment France
A fascinating collective biography of six female scientists in eighteenth-century France, whose stories were largely written out of history This book presents the stories of six intrepid women of science in...