Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalisation
Book
One of the world’s leading economists of inequality, Branko Milanovic presents a bold new account...
Politics economics
Digital Visual Effects in Cinema: The Seduction of Reality
Book
Avatar. Inception. Jurassic Park. Lord of the Rings. Ratatouille. Not only are these some of the...
Rural China on the Eve of Revolution: Sichuan Fieldnotes, 1949-1950
Stevan Harrell, G. William Skinner, William Lavely and Zhijia Shen
Book
In 1949, G. William Skinner, a Cornell University graduate student, set off for southwest China to...
The World the Railways Made: Christian Wolmar's Railway Library
Christian Wolmar and Nicholas Faith
Book
Across American praries, through Siberian tundra, over Argentinian pampas and deep into the heart of...
Going to Boston: Harriet Robinson's Journey to New Womanhood
Book
As a poet, author, and keen observer of life in 1870s Boston, Harriet Robinson played an essential -...
It Ain’t Easy: Long John Baldry and the Birth of the British Blues
Book
Long John Baldry is considered the father of the ‘60s British blues movement. Drawing on intimate...
America: Nation of the Goddess: The Venus Families and the Founding of the United States
Alan Butler, Janet Wolter and Scott F. Wolter
Book
In America: Nation of the Goddess, Alan Butler and Janet Wolter reveal how a secret cabal of...
American Woman (2019)
Movie
A political activist (Hong Chau) helps take care of a group of America’s most wanted fugitives —...
The Crash of 2016: the Plot to Destroy America--And What We Can Do to Stop it
Book
The United States is more vulnerable today than ever before - including during the Great Depression...
The United States of Beer: A Regional History of the All-American Drink
Book
From the author of "the definitive history of bourbon" (Sacramento Bee) comes the epic true tale of...