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Hakluyt’s Promise
An Elizabethan's Obsession for an English America
Peter C. Mancall
$28.00  Paper
A 2007 Top Seller in Geology

Why Arendt Matters
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl
$14.00  Paper
A Top Seller in Politics and Law

Stalin's Wars
From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953
Geoffrey Roberts
$25.00  Paper
A 2007 Top Seller in European History

Simón Bolívar (Simon Bolivar)
A Life
John Lynch
$20.00  eBook
A 2007 Top Seller in Latin American History

Does American Democracy Still Work?
Alan Wolfe
$15.00  eBook
A 2007 Top Seller in Politics and Law

Adolescent Risk Behaviors
Why Teens Experiment and Strategies to Keep Them Safe
David A. Wolfe, Peter G. Jaffe, and Claire V. Crooks
$55.00  eBook
A Top Seller in Medicine


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Stanley
The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer



Remembered today mainly for a question he never uttered (“Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”), Henry Morton Stanley was in truth a brilliant adventurer who overcame a nightmarish childhood to become Africa’s greatest explorer. Drawing on previously closed archives, this grand and colorful biography presents the first accurate picture of Stanley and his extraordinary achievements.

2007   608 pp.
Cloth ISBN: 9780300126259
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The Arts in Latin America, 1492-1820


A magnificent survey of the rich and varied arts in Latin America from 1492 to the end of the colonial era.

2006   592 pp.   -   Cloth ISBN: 9780300120035
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Surrealism and the Spanish Civil War


This book scrutinizes a wide range of artistic responses to the Spanish Civil War to illuminate the relation between art and politics during a period of social crisis. Through the works of Miró, Dalí, Caballero, Masson, and Picasso the author investigates how Surrealism served to bridge the divide between political thought and political act.

2006   240 pp.
Cloth ISBN: 9780300112955
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Angelica Kauffman
Art and Sensibility



This major new study of one of the most internationally celebrated artists of the 18th century considers the artist’s pictorial strategies, significant contributions to portraiture, and role as a woman in shaping European visual culture.

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
2006   352 pp.   -   Cloth ISBN: 9780300103335
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Same Sex, Different States
When Same-Sex Marriages Cross State Lines



Americans are profoundly divided over same-sex marriage, and now that gay civil unions and marriages are legal in some states, the debates have become increasingly vitriolic. In this book Andrew Koppelman draws on legal precedent to suggest workable and humane legal solutions to the problems that arise when gay couples cross state borders.

2006   224 pp.
Cloth ISBN: 9780300113402
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Eva Hesse
Sculpture



Featuring never-before-seen family diaries and photographs, this book examines Hesse’s artistic achievement in sculpture within the historical context of her life.

2006   192 pp.   -   Cloth ISBN: 9780300114188
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The History of British Art, Volume 1
600-1600
Edited by Tim Ayers; David Bindman, General Editor

"These three handsome volumes present a fresh, challenging appraisal of British art from the Middle Ages to the present. . . . An array of expert contributors led by Blake scholar Bindman succeed in presenting an informative, well-written text that is at once authoritative and appealing to a general readership. . . . Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers."—Choice




17th-18th Century Flemish Painting
State Hermitage Museum Catalogue
Natalya Gritsay and Natalya Babina

"With over 500 works by over 140 artists, the Hermitage offers a comprehensive survey of baroque painting in Antwerp and Brussels. [In this work by two Hermitage Museum curators] most of the stunning paintings by Van Dyck, Jordaens, and Rubens are well studied, yet unfamiliar works by these and other, lesser-known artists reveal the Hermitage's remarkable depth. With full documentation of provenance, inventories, and bibliography, this is indispensable for all specialized libraries."—Choice




Calvin
Bruce Gordon

"Besides value for serious scholars, Gordon provides abundant insight into Calvin's personality. . .thanks to his reliance on the wealth of Calvin's letters about himself. . . . Humanizing Calvin and setting him in historical context, Gordon turns in a solid biography."—ALA Booklist




Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery
Edited by Helen A. Cooper with Robin Jaffee Frank, Elisabeth Hodermarsky, and Patricia E. Kane, with the assistance of Amy Kurtz Lansing; Introduction by David McCullough; Essays by Jon Butler, Joanne B. Freeman, Howard R. Lamar, and Jules D. Prown

"Yale University owns one of the premier collections of American art, and this impressive exhibition catalog fully brings its richness and variety to the public's eye. . . . Furniture, decorative objects, medals, jewelry, prints, paintings, and photographs receive equal attention as markers of American values and achievement in this superb catalogue. Essential. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers; general readers."—Choice




Artistic Luxury
Fabergé, Tiffany, Lalique
Stephen Harrison, Emmanuel Ducamp, and Jeannine Falino; With contributions by Christie Mayer Lefkowith, Pilar Vélez, Catheine Walworth, and Wilfried Zeisler

"This catalogue for a Cleveland Museum of Art exhibition provides a sumptuous survey of precious objects sold to the fabulously rich by Fabergé, Lalique, Tiffany & Co., Lewis Comfort Tiffany, and other high-status vendors around 1900. . . . Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through graduate students; general readers."—Choice



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