Their voices come from Bethlehem and Hebron. You can hear them from Jerusalem to Nazareth, and witness their protests in Gaza and Ramallah. From the refugee camps in the West Bank, you can hear the voices of the Palestinian people call out to demand self-determination and a better quality of life. But outside of Israel and the occupied territories, these individual voices are rarely heard—until now. [more]
History, politics, music - a few award-winners from Cornell University Press [more]
The masterpiece of one of Scandinavia’s preeminent literary figures and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature [more]
Political theory, Ambergris, Tamil literature, Pastoral [more]
'I cannot imagine a more perfect guide to such a rich trove of ancient and modern memories. Illuminating, erudite, entertaining, and evocative.'—Adrienne Mayor, author of The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithidrates' [more]
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science With 269 colour illustrations [more]
Illustrated with 8 colour and 34 b/w illustrations 'Utterly idiosyncratic, there won't be another study like it. After Skabelund, the Japanese Akita joins the German Shepherd and the British Bulldog as nationalism takes canine form.'--Alison Bashford, TLS (27 April 2012) [more]
After the Arab Spring [more]
'This is a fresh new way of looking at our core problems on the planet - a different lens to try to understand why we're having such problems and how we might find better paths.'--Bill McKibben [more]
'Sbardellati shows with convincing detail that the FBI, conservative politicians, and Hollywood anti-Communists were motivated by an intense drive to reshape American culture'--Lary May, author of 'The Big Tomorrow: Hollywood and the Politics of the American Way' [more]