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Keynes for our times

From John Maynard Keynes's foremost biographer, an illuminating look at how the economist's ethical approach can be used to address today's pressing problems John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) was arguably the most important economist of the twentieth century; his ideas have fundamentally altered ...

Conquer we must

a military history of Britain 1914-1945

A major new account of Britain's military strategy between 1914 and 1945, including the two world wars and everything between The First and Second World Wars were separated by a mere two decades, making the period 1914-45 an unprecedentedly intense and violent era of ...

In good faith

how the nature of belief shapes the fate of societies

How a society's capacity for belief forms the foundation of its success Do you struggle to find reasons to feel optimistic about the future? Are you trying to understand the creeping institutional dysfunction we see the world over? In this book, Ryan Avent explores ...

Berenice

queen in Roman Judea

The life story of the Judean queen Berenice, descendant of Herod the Great, who became a player on the stage of Roman conquest and politics Berenice (born ca. 28) was the most notorious Jewish woman in the Roman Empire of her time. Multiple marriages, rumors ...

Iran and the revolution

a history

A major new history of revolutionary Iran, from the 1940s to the present Iran's revolution in 1979 shook the world. The Pahlavi dynasty came crashing down, and the Islamic Republic rose in its place. But what led to this seismic event? How did the ...

The monastic world

a 1200-year history

A major new history of medieval monasticism, from the fourth to the sixteenth century From the late Roman Empire onwards, monasteries and convents were a common sight throughout Europe. But who were monasteries for? What kind of people founded and maintained them? And how did ...

No more Napoleons

how Britain managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One

How, for just over a century, Britain ensured it would not face another Napoleon Bonaparte-manipulating European powers while building a global maritime empire At the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars, a fragile peace emerged in Europe. The continent's borders were redrawn, and the French ...

To dare mighty things

U.S. defense strategy since the revolution

The definitive history of U.S. defense strategy Much of the history of U.S. defense over the course of 250 years has been a story of success. Insulated by two oceans and mostly friendly neighbors, but constantly ambitious abroad, America has dared mighty things ...

The accused

how women faced justice for Nazi-era crimes

A compelling examination of Nazi women's perpetration of war crimes, and how-or whether-courts held them accountable To date, our understanding of women's participation in Nazi war crimes has been shaped by political decisions made by men, which reflect entrenched gender norms that diminish ...

Walter Benjamin

the pearl diver

An accessible and authoritative biography of Walter Benjamin that guides the reader through the complexity of his intellectual legacy and the turbulence of his time "A short, serene volume. . . . Gordon avoids treating his subject in allegorical terms, in part because Benjamin always resisted conscription into ...

Cross purposes

Christianity's broken bargain with democracy

What happens to American democracy if Christianity is no longer able, or no longer willing, to perform the functions on which our constitutional order depends? In this provocative book, the award-winning journalist Jonathan Rauch-a lifelong atheist-reckons candidly with both the shortcomings of secularism and the ...

Mao

power and contradiction

Mao Zedong lived one of the most epic and influential lives of the twentieth century. His impact on the People's Republic of China was vast. Half a century after his passing, he remains a divisive and controversial figure. This book provides an accessible narrative ...

Enver Hoxha

twentieth-century tyrant

Featured in New Statesman's Culture Preview 2026: The best non-fiction to read this year Enver Hoxha, one of the most fanatical communist leaders of the twentieth century, ruled Albania for forty years. He was a Stalinist modernizer who sought to pull his country out ...

Qaddafi

beyond the myth

This book explores the life of Muammar al-Qaddafi, the enigmatic Libyan leader, from his birth to his assassination in a drainage ditch outside the city of Sirte in October 2011. The first authoritative biography of Qaddafi, it aims to make sense of his remarkable life ...

Antisemitism

a history of Jew hating

Why do Jews continue to serve as targets of hatred - and how coherent is the idea of antisemitism itself? In Antisemitisms, Sander L. Gilman argues that such hatreds are less stable and more opportunistic than is often assumed. Tracing fantasies of Jewish difference - from appearance ...

Plato

a civic life

Plato is a key figure from the beginnings of Western philosophy, yet the impact of his lived experience on his thought has rarely been explored. Plato lived in turbulent times, born during a war that led to Athens's defeat and decline. A restored democracy ...

Francisco de Zurbarán and the fabric of the world

Francisco de Zurbarán, master of Spain's Golden Age, painted with unmatched stillness and intensity. Famed for his monks, saints and martyrs, he also created mesmerizing still lifes, making fabrics shimmer and fruit glow with quiet presence. This book explores how Zurbarán's art captures ...

Stories of the stones

imagining prehistory in Britain, Ireland and Brittany

Stories of the Stones explores how ancient monuments - standing stones, megaliths and earthworks - have been reimagined across the centuries in folklore, literature, art and popular culture. From medieval myths to Romantic fascination and from folk-horror cinema to Julian Cope, the powerful stories inspired by these ...

The craft of Indo-Arabic numerals

how practical arithmetic shaped commerce and mathematics in Western Europe, 1200-1600

An illuminating, fine-grained account of how Indo-Arabic numerals facilitated the spread of practical knowledge in Western Europe-reshaping both commerce and mathematics in the process. In the thirteenth-century Mediterranean, commerce transformed as merchants shifted from Roman to Indo-Arabic numerals-an alternative that better facilitated complex calculations. It ...

The first social democracy

the democratic Republic of Georgia, 1918-1921

The enthralling, forgotten story of how the world's first social democracy took shape in the wake of the Russian Revolution. Following the collapse of the Russian Empire, the small nation of Georgia established its independence in May 1918. Its leaders surprised the world by ...