
Anthology
Book
"I am the man," wrote Artaud, "who has best charted his inmost self." Antonin Artaud was a great...

The Zodiac of Paris: How an Improbable Controversy Over an Ancient Egyptian Artifact Provoked a Modern Debate Between Religion and Science
Jed Z. Buchwald and Diane Greco Josefowicz
Book
The Dendera zodiac--an ancient bas-relief temple ceiling adorned with mysterious symbols of the...

Assassin's Creed Unity
Video Game
Paris, 1789 - The French Revolution turns a once-magnificent city into a place of terror and chaos....

Germaine de Stael: A Political Portrait
Book
Germaine de Stael (1766-1817) is perhaps best known today as a novelist, literary critic, and...
Just Property: Volume Two: Enlightenment, Revolution, and History
Book
Property remains the bedrock of the societies we all inhabit. It underpins our core institutions -...

Ruth's Journey
Book
Set against the backdrop of the American South from the 1820s until the dawn of the Civil War, this...

Turner: The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J. M. W. Turner
Book
The extraordinary life of J. M. W Turner, one of Britain's most admired, misunderstood and...

Must Try Harder!: The Very Worst Howlers by Schoolchildren
Book
A side-splitting collection of the most earnest and mangled attempts at the English language made by...

How the West Came to Rule: The Geopolitical Origins of Capitalism
Alexander Anievas and Kerem Nisancioglu
Book
**Winner of International Studies Association (ISA)'s International Political Sociology Best Book...

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
Book
Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot. Call if what you like, it matters now more than ever. In The Ascent...