A New Literary History of America Author : Greil Marcus & Werner Sollors (eds) ISBN : 9780674035942 Publisher : Harvard University Press Price : $84.95 Pub Date : Available Now Availability : In Stock In more than 200 original essays, cultural creations of every kind—including, literature, music, film, art, history, science, philosophy, political rhetoric—appear in relation to each other, and to the time and place that give them shape. This volume gives us a fresh, kaleidoscopic view of what ‘Made in America’ means.

A Reader on Reading Author : Alberto Manguel ISBN : 9780300159820 Publisher : Yale University Press Price : $49.95 Pub Date : Available Now Availability : In Stock In this major collection of his essays, Alberto Manguel argues that the activity of reading, in its broadest sense, defines our species. Reading our own lives and those of others, reading the societies we live in and those that lie beyond our borders, reading the worlds that lie between the covers of a book are the essence of A Reader on Reading.

Commonwealth Author : Michael Hardt & Antonio Negri ISBN : 9780674035119 Publisher : Harvard University Press Price : $59.95 Pub Date : Available Now Availability : In Stock Drawing on scenarios from around the world and elucidating the themes that unite them, this book focuses on the logic of institutions and the models of governance adequate to our understanding of a global commonwealth. Hardt and Negri argue for the idea of the ‘common’ to replace the opposition of private and public and the politics predicated on that opposition.

Daring Pairings: A Master Sommelier Matches Distinctive Wines with Recipes from His Favorite Chefs Author : Evan Goldstein ISBN : 9780520254787 Publisher : University of California Press Price : $59.95 Pub Date : Apri 2010 Availability : Not Yet Published Exploring the flavours and pairing potential of 36 distinctive grapes from around the world, Evan Goldstein offers advice on crafting unforgettable wine and food pairings, suggests wines for everyday and special occasions, and recommends producers and importers.

Dinosaur Odyssey: Fossil Threads in the Web of Life Author : Scott D. Sampson ISBN : 9780520241633 Publisher : University of California Press Price : $52.95 Pub Date : Available Now Availability : In Stock Situating these fascinating animals in a broad ecological and evolutionary context, a leading dinosaur expert fills us in on the discoveries of the past 25 years—the most active period in the history of dinosaur paleontology. Addressing key topics such as extinction and global warming, this book brings the dinosaur world to general readers. 13 colour + 59 line illustrations + 5 b/w photographs

March of the Microbes: Sighting the Unseen Author : John L. Ingraham ISBN : 9780674035829 Publisher : Harvard University Press Price : $49.95 Pub Date : Available Now Availability : In Stock Microbes are the tiny force behind the pop in Champagne, the granite walls of Yosemite, the workings of gunpowder—yet we tend to regard them as peripheral, disease-causing, food-spoiling troublemakers. This book shows us how to examine and appreciate microbes by making sightings of microbial activities, identifying particular microbes, and understanding what they do and how they do it.

Moses Montefiore: Jewish Liberator, Imperial Hero Author : Abigail Green ISBN : 9780674048805 Publisher : Harvard University Press Price : $59.95 Pub Date : March 2010 Availability : Not Yet Published Humanitarian, philanthropist, and campaigner for Jewish emancipation on a grand scale, Sir Moses Montefiore (1784–1885) was the preeminent Jewish figure of the 19th century. This biography follows Montefiore through the realms of court and ghetto, tsar and sultan, synagogue and stock exchange to present his story.

Myths about Suicide Author : Thomas Joiner ISBN : 9780674048225 Publisher : Harvard University Press Price : $43.95 Pub Date : April 2010 Availability : Not Yet Published This book dismantles myth after myth about suicide to bring compassionate and accurate understanding of a massive international killer. Drawing on a fascinating array of clinical cases, media reports, literary works, and scientific studies, Thomas Joiner demolishes both moralistic and psychotherapeutic clichés to show that suicide is not easy, cowardly, vengeful, or selfish.

On Evil Author : Terry Eagleton ISBN : 9780300151060 Publisher : Yale University Peess Price : $42.95 Pub Date : April 2010 Availability : Not Yet Published Is evil really a kind of nothingness? Why should it appear so glamorous and seductive? Why does goodness seem so boring? In this book Terry Eagleton launches a surprising defense of the reality of evil, drawing on literary, theological, and psychoanalytic sources to suggest that evil, no mere medieval artifact, is a real phenomenon with palpable force in our contemporary world.

Prefaces to Shakespeare Author : Tony Tanner ISBN : 9780674051379 Publisher : Harvard University Press Price : $64.95 Pub Date : March 2010 Availability : Not Yet Published In the final ten years of his life Tanner tackled the largest project any critic in English can take on: writing a preface to each of Shakespeare’s plays. Tanner brings Shakespeare to life, explicating everything from big-picture issues such as the implications of shifts in Elizabethan culture to close readings of Shakespeare’s deployment of complex words in his plays. This collection serves as a comprehensive introduction for the general reader.

The Crisis of Capitalist Democracy Author : Richard A. Posner ISBN : 9780674055742 Publisher : Harvard University Press Price : $43.95 Pub Date : March 2010 Availability : Not Yet Published Richard Posner takes a longer view of the continuing crisis of democratic capitalism as the world economies crawl back from the depths to which they had fallen in 2008 and 2009. Through a lucid narrative of the economic crisis and a series of chapters pinpointing critical issues of economic collapse and gradual recovery, Posner helps non-technical readers understand business-cycle and financial economics.

Vietnam: Rising Dragon Author : Bill Hayton ISBN : 9780300152036 Publisher : Yale University Press Price : $49.95 Pub Date : April 2010 Availability : Not Yet Published The eyes of the West have recently been trained on China and India, but Vietnam is rising fast among its Asian peers. This book addresses a broad variety of issues in today’s Vietnam, including important shifts in international relations, the growth of civil society, economic developments and challenges, the nation’s budding democracy movement, and its notorious internal security.