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All the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic are here presented in the only complete one-volume Plato available in English. The editors set out to choose the contents of this...

James C. Scott places the critical problem of the peasant household--subsistence--at the center of this study. The fear of food shortages, he argues persuasively, explains many otherwise puzzling...

An examination of Afghan society in conflict, from the 1978 communist coup to the fall of Najibullah, the last Soviet-installed president, in 1992. This edition, revised by the author, reflects...

A discussion about how each age created Jesus in its own image, discovering in his life and teachings the answers to fundamental questions of human life and destiny. It studies the images of Jesus...

Surveys the centuries of folklore about vampires, and offers a scientific explanation.

"Das Heilige und das Profane" sind zwei existentielle Situationen, die der Mensch im Laufe seiner Geschichte ausgebildet hat. Die ganze Vielfalt der geheiligten physischen und psychischen...

History associates the early Roman Empire with its male rulers, yet not one of the Julio-Claudian dynasty's emperors was the blood son of his predecessor. Now, this captivating popular history...

Chaos and Dynamical Systems presents an accessible, clear introduction to dynamical systems and chaos theory, important and exciting areas that have shaped many scientific fields. While the rules...

Physics can explain many of the things that we commonly encounter. It can tell us why the night is dark, what causes the tides, and even how best to catch a baseball. With In Praise of Simple...

Zu Lebzeiten, als er in den zwanziger und dreißiger Jahren einen ganzen Kosmos mythischen Grauens zusammenfabulierte, war H. P. Lovecragt gänzlich unbekannt. Erst posthum wurde dem "Meister der...

The Virgin Mary has been an inspiration to more people than any other woman who ever lived. For Catholics, Protestants, Jews, and Muslims, for artists, musicians, and writers, and for women and men...

In classical antiquity, there was much interest in necromancy - the consultation of the dead for divination. People could seek knowledge from the dead aby sleeping on tombs, visiting oracles, and...

Dieser erste Band der Sämtlichen Erzählungen Hermann Hesses enthält seine frühesten Geschichten. Er schrieb sie im Alter von 22 bis 25 Jahren. Nur zwei davon ("Der Novalis" und...

Hermann Hesses Erzählungen zeigen den Weg und die Entwicklung eines Dichters, der es sich leisten kann, auf alles Sensationelle, Extravagante und Makabre zu verzichten, weil er auch ohne...

The description for this book, The Survivors and Other Poems:, will be forthcoming.

Born into slavery in 1818, Frederick Douglass escaped to freedom and became a passionate advocate for abolition and social change and the foremost spokesperson for the nation's enslaved African...

A biography of French author Marcel Proust, dealing at length with the themes of Jewishness and homosexuality.

Im eisigen Zentrum von Mario Vargas Llosas jüngstem Roman steht die nur allzu reale Gestalt des Generals Leónidas Trujillo, genannt "Der Ziegenbock". Doch der Blick des Schriftstellers...

Seit über drei Jahrzehnten lebt Tuvia Tenenbom in New York. Als er sich 2015 für seine neue Großreportage erstmals auf eine Reise quer durch die USA begab, ahnte er nicht, was ihn erwarten würde:...