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Sacred habitat

nature and Catholicism in the early modern Spanish Atlantic

Known as a time of revolutions in science, the early modern era in Europe was characterized by the emergence of new disciplines and ways of thinking. Taking this conceit a step further, Sacred Habitat shows how Spanish friars and missionaries used new scholarly approaches, methods ...

Nature's greatest success

how plants evolved to exploit humanity

The 15,000-year story of how grass seduced humanity into being its unwitting labor force-and the science behind it. Domesticated crops were not human creations, and agriculture was not simply invented. As Robert N. Spengler shows, domestication was the result of an evolutionary process in ...

Brunelleschi and the moment of the Renaissance

Filippo Brunelleschi is at once the most famous and most misunderstood architect of the Renaissance. The founding architect of the movement that led the way to modernity, his originality was not expressed in words or theory but rather in the materials he used, the scenography ...

Ramesses the Great

Egypt's king of kings

Ramesses II ruled the Nile Valley and the wider Egyptian empire from 1279 to 1213 B.C., one of the longest reigns in pharaonic history. He was a cultural innovator, a relentless self-promoter, and an astute diplomat-the peace treaty signed after the Battle of Kadesh ...

Facing down the Furies

suicide, the ancient Greeks, and me

In Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus the Tyrant, a messenger arrives to report that Jocasta, queen of Thebes, has killed herself. To prepare listeners for this terrible news, he announces, "The tragedies that hurt the most are those that sufferers have chosen for themselves." Edith Hall, whose ...

Our Palestine question

Israel and American jewish dissent, 1948-1978

American Jews began debating palestinian rights issues even before Israel's founding in 1948. Geoffrey Levin recovers the voices of american jews who, in the early decades of Israel's existence, called for an honest reckoning with the moral and political plight of palestinians. These ...

Cuarenta años de continuidad institucional democrática en Argentina: un balance pluridisciplinar

Transcurridos cuarenta años desde el regreso de la democracia, Argentina se enfrenta en nuestros días a numerosos interrogantes: ¿cuáles son los principales desafíos para la democracia? ¿Dichos desafíos revelan tanto la regresión en su proceso de consolidación como la amenaza misma de su estabilización? ¿Cómo ...

The democratic marketplace

how a more equal economy can save our political ideals

An urgent critique of the market-fundamentalist ideals undermining democratic politics, pointing the way to principled reforms. Democracy has been hollowed out by capitalism. A narrow view of markets and their aims-prioritizing efficiency, profit, and growth-now dominates thinking about democracy itself. Citizens are ignorant of the ...

900 Conclusions

(The I Tatti Renaissance Library, 100 )

A groundbreaking edition of controversial theses proposed by the most famous philosopher of the Italian Renaissance. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494), the most famous philosopher of the Italian Renaissance, had ambitions in line with his talents, especially in philosophical theology. His boldest venture urged Christians ...

Fascist Yoga

grifters, occultists, white supremacists, and the new order in wellness

'Anything Stewart Home writes intrigues me... He turns things upside down and shakes them up' - Lynne Tillman, author of Weird Fucks The practice of yoga promises peace, self-realisation and release, thanks to the power of its 'mystic' Indian origins. But what if this is just ...

Strike

labor, unions, and resistance in the Roman Empire

From plebeians refusing to join the Roman army to bakers withholding bread, this is the first book to explore how Roman workers used strikes, boycotts, riots, and rebellion to get their voices-and their labor-acknowledged. Sarah E. Bond explores Ancient Rome from a new angle to ...

Israelite religion

from tribal beginnings to scribal legacy

A panoramic, thousand-year history of Israelite religion, from the Iron Age to the birth of Judaism, by a renowned biblical scholar From its Iron Age beginnings to its aftermath in the Roman period, Israelite religion went through significant changes and transformations. As the Israelites responded ...

A little history of the United States

The United States is one of the most powerful countries in the world. This is the remarkable story of how it came to be. Beginning with the first contact between the old world and the new over 500 years ago, this Little History moves through ...

NATO

from Cold War to Ukraine, a history of the world's most powerful alliance

A wide-ranging new history of NATO, from its origins to the present day-published for the alliance's seventy-fifth anniversary For seven decades, NATO's stated aim has been the achievement of world peace-but playing great power politics always involves conflict. Russia's war on Ukraine ...

A short history of Ireland, 1500-2000

A concise history of Ireland from the Protestant Reformation to the present day - newly revised and expanded In this compact and accessible account, John Gibney traces five centuries of Irish history. He explores major events and key themes, including the Cromwellian conquest, the Great Famine ...

Epic of the earth

reading Homer's Iliad in the fight for a dying world

An urgent study of Homer's Iliad, exposing the beginnings of the ecological disaster we now face and facilitating our understanding of its history The roots of today's environmental catastrophe run deep into humanity's past. Through this unprecedented reading of Homer's Iliad ...

Cryptic

from Voynich to the angel diaries, the story of the world's most mysterious manuscripts

An absorbing history of Europe's nine most puzzling texts, including the biggest mystery of all: the Voynich Manuscript Books can change the world. They can influence, entertain, transport, and enlighten. But across the centuries, authors have disguised their work with codes and ciphers, secret ...

Francis of Assisi

the life of a restless saint

One of the most famous figures in Christian history, Francis of Assisi (1181/82-1226) was revered as a miracle worker during his life and quickly canonized after his death. He has inspired generations of Christians and other spiritual seekers, from medieval ascetics to 1960s hippies ...

A little history of psychology

A rich and engaging guide to psychology, the science devoted to understanding human nature Psychology is the science devoted to understanding human nature. Its practitioners have long sought to understand behaviour, feelings and thoughts. In her fascinating history, Nicky Hayes tells the story of psychology ...

A little history of religion

A rich and inclusive history of belief, from humanity's earliest days to our own times Religion is distinctly human. We can't help wondering about where we come from and why we are here. Did some all-powerful being make the universe? When we die ...