Strange Tales of an Oriental Idol: An Anthology of Early European Portrayals of the Buddha
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We tend to think that the Buddha has always been seen as the compassionate sage admired around the...
The Great Paleolithic War: How Science Forged an Understanding of America's Ice Age Past
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Following the discovery in Europe in the late 1850s that humanity had roots predating known history...
The Sins of the Fathers: Germany, Memory, Method
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National identity and political legitimacy always involve a delicate balance between remembering and...
Le Corbusier: Ideas & Forms
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An expanded edition on the master of Modernism, Le Corbusier, by award-winning architectural...
Landscapes: Photographs 1926-1946
August Sander and Rose Rittenhouse
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In 1975, German readers were introduced to the Rheinlandschaften, a collection of stunning images of...
Photography, Trace, and Trauma
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Photography is often associated with the psychic effects of trauma: the automatic nature of the...
The Little Magazine in Contemporary America
Ian Morris, Joanne Diaz, Betsy Sussler and Lee Gutkind
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Little magazines have often showcased the best new writing in America. Historically, they have...
Anger, Mercy, Revenge
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Robert A. Kaster and Martha C. Nussbaum
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE - 65 CE) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, dramatist, statesman, and...
Hidden Hitchcock
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No filmmaker has more successfully courted mass-audience understanding than Alfred Hitchcock, and...
Uncomfortable Situations: Emotion Between Science and the Humanities
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What is a hostile environment? How exactly can feelings be mixed? What on earth might it mean when...