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                                                    The Elements
                                                    A Visual History of Their Discovery
                                                    Philip Ball
                                                    From water, air, and fire to tennessine and oganesson, celebrated
                                                    science writer Philip Ball leads us through the full sweep of the field
                                                    of chemistry in this exquisitely illustrated history of the elements.
                                                       “Ball has once again produced a terrific book, one that presents a
                                                    tremendous amount of the history of chemistry in a manner that is
                                                    engagingly written, beautifully illustrated, and conscientious about
                                                    avoiding the usual traps of popular science. . . . I cannot think of
                                                    another popular history of chemistry I have so enjoyed reading.”
                                                    —Michael D. Gordin, author of On the Fringe
                                                    2021 224 p. 71/2 x 93/4 200 color plates
                                                    1 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-77595-1 $35.00 Your Price: $28.00

Tropical Arctic
Lost Plants, Future Climates, and the Discovery of Ancient Greenland
Jennifer C. McElwain, Marlene Hill Donnelly, and
Ian J. Glasspool
“A compelling fusion of art and science, Tropical Arctic brings to life
a warmer world at the dawn of the Jurassic when Greenland was
covered with lush forests and global climate change wrought ecologi-
cal disruption. Tropical Arctic reveals the creativity and dedication
needed to understand our planet’s ancient past”—Sir Peter Crane,
president, Oak Spring Garden Foundation
   “Tropical Arctic recreates a collapsing ecosystem 200 million years
ago in words and visuals that are detailed and beautiful. . . . This
timely book is engrossing as it relays the dangers of exceeding the
limits of plant and animal resilience and overheating an already too
hot Earth.”—Foreword
2021 144 p. 81/2 x 11 91 color plates, 15 halftones
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                                                    Aesop’s Fables
                                                    Illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker
                                                    For 25 centuries, the animal stories that go by the name of Aesop’s
                                                    Fables have amused and instructed generations of children and adults
                                                    alike. This beautifully illustrated edition contains some of the best-
                                                    loved fables, including “The Boy who Cried Wolf,” “The Lion and the
                                                    Mouse,” “The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg,” “The Hare and the
                                                    Tortoise,” and “The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse,” alongside
                                                    many of the lesser-known tales. These timeless stories are illustrated
                                                    with 37 woodcuts by Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), one of the
                                                    greatest British wood engraving artists of the twentieth century.
                                                    Distributed for Bodleian Library
                                                    2021 208 p. 71/2 x 91/2 35 halftones
                                                    3 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-85124-537-6 $50.00 Your Price: $40.00

Strata
William Smith’s Geological Maps
Edited by the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
“Some books are beautiful, others are enlightening. Strata is both.
Packed with exquisite illustrations, it presents the work of William
Smith, a seventeenth-century geologist, who was the first person to
comprehensively map the earth beneath our feet. It’s the best non-
fiction book I’ve read in a long time.”—BBC News
   “Offers a glimpse of ancient history and reminds us of the immensity
of geological time. . . . The book’s visual appeal distinguishes it—beauti-
fully drawn, colorful maps and drawings are as much a work of art as of
science.”—Library Journal
2020 256 p. 101/2 x 143/8 500 color plates
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Black Paper                                                 The Nutmeg’s Curse
Writing in a Dark Time                                      Parables for a Planet in Crisis
Teju Cole                                                   Amitav Ghosh
“Darkness is not empty,” writes Teju Cole in Black          “In this brilliant book, aflame with insight and
Paper, a book that meditates on what it means to            moral power, Ghosh shows that in the history of the
sustain our humanity—and witness the human-                 nutmeg lies the path to our planetary crisis, twisting
ity of others—in a time of darkness. One of the             through the horrors of empire and racial capitalism.
most celebrated essayists of his generation, Cole           The Nutmeg’s Curse brings to life alternative visions
here plays variations on the essay form, giving us          of human flourishing in consonance with the rest
intriguing new ways of thinking about blackness             of nature—and reminds us how great are the vested
and its numerous connotations. As he describes the          interests that obstruct them.”—Sunil Amrith, author
carbon-copy process in his epilogue: “Writing on            of Unruly Waters
the top white sheet would transfer the carbon from
the black paper onto the bottom white sheet. Black             “Ghosh challenges readers to reckon with war,
transported the meaning.”                                   empire, and genocide in order to fully grasp the
2021 288 p. 51/2 x 81/2 8 color plates, 6 halftones         world-devouring logics that underpin ecological col-
5 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-64135-5 $22.50 Your Price: $18.00   lapse. . . . Do not miss this book—and above all, do
                                                            not tell yourself that you already know its contents,
Available for Preorder                                      because you don’t.”—Naomi Klein, author of This
Black in White Space                                        Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
                                                            2021 336 p. 6 x 9 6 halftones
The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life               8 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-81545-9 $25.00 Your Price: $20.00
Elijah Anderson
“A captivating book that is a must-read for anyone          The Subversive Simone Weil
seeking a lucid discussion of American race rela-           A Life in Five Ideas
tions.”—William Julius Wilson, Harvard University           Robert Zaretsky
   “Black in White Space is an elegantly composed,          “This memorable survey delivers a rich portrait of
brilliant, and intimate look at how Black people are        the intellectual currents that shaped a one-of-a-kind
seen in and navigate through predominantly white            thinker. Those curious about Weil’s work will find
spaces. This will be an extremely useful text—              this to be a welcome place to start.”—Publishers Weekly
particularly as we grapple with what diversity means
in its substance as an aspiration.”—Imani Perry,                “[An] absorbing and tender intellectual portrait.
Princeton University                                        . . . With her demanding vision of the life well lived,
2021 272 p. 6 x 9                                           in her extreme judgments and through her punish-
6 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-65723-3 $25.00 Your Price: $20.00   ing empathy, Weil emerges here as a figurehead for
                                                            the intellectual and ethical challenges of the current
The Porch                                                   moment.”—Alice Kaplan, author of Looking for The
Meditations on the Edge of Nature                           Stranger: Albert Camus and the Life of a Literary Classic
                                                            2021 200 p. 51/2 x 81/2
Charlie Hailey                                              9 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-54933-0 $20.00 Your Price: $16.00
“A Sand County Almanac for the Anthropocene. . . .
Hailey’s book reaches beyond the merely static facts        Keats’s Odes
of history to something more poetic.”—Guernica              A Lover’s Discourse
   “The Porch first appears to be a study of a minor        Anahid Nersessian
architectural element, but it turns into a meditation       “Intense emotion abounds in this literary blend of
on the secrets of human existence and the world.            analysis and autobiography. . . . In six essays that
This book demonstrates convincingly how even a              examine each of Keats’s Great Odes, Nersessian
modest piece of architecture turns into a mediat-           tells a ‘kind of love story’ between herself and the
ing device that frames, focuses, and articulates our        poems.”—Publishers Weekly
views of reality. This book is a delightful invitation      2021 160 p. 51/2 x 81/2
to the joys of reading, imagining, and dreaming.”           10 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-76267-8 $20.00 Your Price: $16.00
—Juhani Pallasmaa, Aalto University, Helsinki
2021 224 p. 51/2 x 81/2 6 halftones, 6 line drawings
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The Oak Park Studio of Frank                                 Supernatural America
Lloyd Wright                                                 The Paranormal in American Art
Lisa D. Schrenk                                              Edited by Robert Cozzolino
“In this magnificent offering, Schrenk takes a re-           “Covers more than 200 years of visualizations of
markably detailed look at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Oak           paranormal phenomena and otherworldly contact,
Park Studio in Chicago. . . . Architecture buffs won’t       demonstrating a search for healing from the coun-
want to miss this extraordinary monograph.”                  try’s violent past by embracing the uncanny.”
—Publishers Weekly                                           —Bookseller
   “Frank Lloyd Wright said he shook his designs                “Cozzolino aims to offer new ways of seeing, and
out of his sleeve. In this remarkable and informa-           new entry points for comprehending how artists
tive new book, Schrenk shows what Wright had up              have given physical form to intangible visitations or
his sleeve at his Oak Park Studio—a talented team            experiences (spanning the realms of UFOs, séances,
of architects, artists, and designers who helped him         and spirits of Indigenous or enslaved peoples). . . .
produce a masterpiece a year.”—Kevin Harrington,             Whether or not readers believe in the supernatu-
Illinois Institute of Technology                             ral, they’ll be impressed by the erudition of these
2021 336 p. 81/2 x 11 179 halftones, 1 table                 texts and the wide range of beautifully presented
11 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-31894-3 $35.00 Your Price: $28.00   artworks.”—Library Journal
                                                             2021 320 p. 91/4 x 11 200 color plates
Matisse                                                      14 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-78682-7 $50.00 Your Price: $40.00

The Books
Louise Rogers Lalaurie
                                                             Vincent’s Books
                                                             Van Gogh and the Writers Who Inspired Him
“[A] fresh, in-depth, lavishly illustrated study.”
                                                             Mariella Guzzoni
—Financial Times
                                                             “Vincent van Gogh’s letters are almost as wonderful
   “Henri Matisse did not confine his art to the cut-        as his paintings and in one of them he writes, ‘I
out or the canvas. In fact, over a period of 18 years,       have a more or less irresistible passion for books.’
he produced eight limited-edition books that dem-            Guzzoni traces that passion in the beautifully
onstrate a deft understanding of the interplay be-           designed Vincent’s Books. If you need a gift for a book
tween word and image. In this new volume, Louise             or art lover, this is it.”—Washington Post
Rogers Lalaurie considers the significance of these
editions. . . . Not only does it contain rarely seen            “During this meandering journey through Hol-
images, but also a sensitive analysis of [Matisse’s]         land, Paris, Provence, and beyond, Guzzoni reveals
relationships (as inscribed in these books) and his          just how much Van Gogh’s favorite books and
political affiliations during World War II.”                 authors defined his life and art.”—Christie’s
                                                             2020 224 p. 6 x 9 132 color plates
—Arts Society                                                15 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-70646-7 $25.00 Your Price: $20.00
2020 320 p. 121/2 x 103/8 350 color plates
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                                                             Fantastic Women
Chicago Apartments                                           Surreal Worlds from Meret Oppenheim to Louise
A Century and Beyond of Lakefront Luxury                     Bourgeois
Neil Harris and Teri J. Edelstein                            Edited by L. Kirstin Degel and Ingrid Pfeiffer
The ribbon of high rise luxury apartment buildings           Seeking to present the female perspective of the
along the Lake Michigan shore has few, if any, rivals        women artists of surrealism, Fantastic Women
nationwide for sustained architectural significance.         highlights this forgotten side of the avant-garde
This historic confluence of site, money, style, and          movement. Including 350 color plates, this book
development lies at the heart of the updated edition         showcases paintings, drawings, photography, films,
of Neil Harris’s Chicago Apartments. Featuring nearly        and other artworks that create a powerful case for
350 stunning images and a foreword by renowned               the recognition and celebration of the women artists
Chicago author Sara Paretsky, this new edition of            of the avant-garde.
                                                             Distributed for Hirmer Publishers
Chicago Apartments offers a wide-ranging look inside         2020 420 p. 91/2 x 111/2 350 color plates
some of the Windy City’s most magnificent abodes.            16 Cloth ISBN: 978-3-7774-3414-8 $60.00 Your Price: $48.00
2020 368 p. 81/2 x 11 344 duotones
13 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-61087-0 $85.00 Your Price: $68.00
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The Modern Myths                                             Pulp Empire
Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular                   The Secret History of Comic Book Imperialism
Imagination                                                  Paul S. Hirsch
Philip Ball                                                  “Hirsch positions the early decades of the American
“From acclaimed popular science writer Ball comes            comic book in a global context and illuminates the
a fresh look at the modern legends that shape our            anxieties this powerful new form of popular culture
perception of reality. Stories like Dracula, Batman,         inspired not only in parents and cultural critics but
Sherlock Holmes, or Frankenstein, which we keep              also in government officials and world leaders.”
retelling and reimagining, are doing the kind of             —Jared Gardner, author of Projections: Comics and the
cultural work that ancient myths and fairy tales             History of Twenty-First-Century Storytelling
once did. How do they operate, and why do we need               “Every so often, a single book changes our under-
them? And what tales will come to be the new myths           standing of an entire topic. Hirsch’s brilliant, artfully
of the future?”—Bookseller                                   written Pulp Empire does that for mid-twentieth-cen-
2021 368 p. 6 x 9 60 halftones
17 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-71926-9 $30.00 Your Price: $24.00   tury American studies. The billions of comic books
                                                             that rolled off American presses and circumnavi-
Gen Z, Explained                                             gated the globe in the 1940s and ’50s reveal significant
The Art of Living in a Digital Age                           unexplored aspects of American society, politics,
Roberta Katz, Sarah Ogilvie, Jane Shaw, and
                                                             and foreign policy.”—Martin J. Sherwin, coauthor of
Linda Woodhead                                               American Prometheus
                                                             2021 344 p. 6 x 9 44 color plates, 6 halftones
“This extraordinarily rich and empathetic account            21 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-35055-4 $30.00 Your Price: $24.00
of Gen Z offers a groundbreaking understanding
of this generation’s habits and motivations without          Beyond Weird
reducing them to the sum of their posts and tweets.          Why Everything You Thought You Knew about Quantum
. . . Parents, teachers, and anyone who cares about          Physics Is Different
our future as a society should read this deeply in-          Philip Ball
formed contribution to the research on Gen Z.”
                                                             “Ball’s gorgeously lucid text takes us to the edge of
—Devorah Heitner, author of Screenwise
2021 280 p. 6 x 9 18 halftones, 7 tables
                                                             contemporary theorizing about the foundations of
18 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-79153-1 $22.50 Your Price: $18.00   quantum mechanics.”—Washington Post
                                                                “[Ball] weighs up the competing interpretations,
Seeing Silicon Valley                                        and the misconceptions, that have attached them-
Life inside a Fraying America                                selves to quantum theory in its 100-year history,
Mary Beth Meehan and Fred Turner                             finishing with more recent attempts to rebuild the
“Seeing Silicon Valley spotlights people lost in the         theory ‘from scratch’, and new ideas that offer tan-
shadows of the tech capital. . . . Through their col-        talizing glimpses beyond. . . . [A] laudable achieve-
lection of around 30 portraits and mini-narratives           ment.”—Sunday Times
of everyday people, Meehan and Turner take us                2020 384 p. 51/2 x 81/2 14 halftones, 19 line drawings
                                                             22 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-75510-6 $18.00 Your Price: $14.40
through the unique lives of a swath of the region’s
residents who each struggle, in their own ways, to
feel a sense of stability.”—San Francisco Chronicle
                                                             In Praise of the Bicycle
2021 112 p. 10 x 7 67 color plates
                                                             Marc Augé
19 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-78648-3 $25.00 Your Price: $20.00   “In this playful (and playfully illustrated) little book
                                                             . . . a French anthropologist expounds on his love
Now in Paperback
                                                             of cycling. On a bicycle, he asserts, ‘you become
Crime Dot Com                                                someone else, and yet you are yourself as never
From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global        before.’ . . . His argument is fast and incautious; he’s
Geoff White                                                  freewheeling and having great fun.”—New York Times
Distributed for Reaktion Books                               Book Review
2021 344 p. 5 x 73/4                                         Distributed for Reaktion Books
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                                                             23 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78914-138-2 $14.00 Your Price: $11.20
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Animals’ Best Friends                                        What’s Eating the Universe?
Putting Compassion to Work for Animals in Captivity          And Other Cosmic Questions
and in the Wild                                              Paul Davies
Barbara J. King                                              “Brilliant. You won’t find a clearer, more engaging
“Sharing her personal experiences and her exten-             guide to what we know (or would like to know) about
sive research, King shows how people can treat               the universe and how it is put together.”—Bill Bryson,
animals with sensitivity, from not killing spiders           author of A Short History of Nearly Everything
in the home to avoiding eating Chinook salmon, a                “Davies gives us a thought-provoking, fascinat-
preferred food of orca whales. . . . This interesting        ing, and delightful journey through some of the Big
work is often troubling to read, yet it’s important in       Questions that have perplexed and tantalized scien-
showing how people can compassionately care for              tists throughout history. . . . What happened before
the animals that share our planet.”—Library Journal          the beginning? What is the meaning of the universe?
2021 280 p. 51/2 x 81/2
24 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-60148-9 $25.00 Your Price: $20.00   Are there other universes?”—Michio Kaku, author of
                                                             Physics of the Impossible
The Other Dark Matter                                        2021 208 p. 51/2 x 81/2 17 halftones, 1 tables
                                                             28 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-81629-6 $22.50 Your Price: $18.00
The Science and Business of Turning Waste into Wealth
and Health                                                   ‘I Know Who Caused
Lina Zeldovich
                                                             COVID-19’
“Zeldovich shows to dazzling effect how a famously           Pandemics and Xenophobia
difficult subject—the often peculiar scientific history
                                                             Zhou Xun and Sander L. Gilman
of human waste—can become an engrossing tale.
The story is enlightening, surprising, occasionally          This is a timely, cogent examination of the blame and
enraging—and wholly worth your time.”                        xenophobia that have been brought to the surface by
—Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of              the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a close analysis
The Poison Squad                                             of four cases from around the world, this book
2021 264 p. 6 x 9 8 halftones                                explores prejudice toward groups who are thought
25 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-61557-8 $26.00 Your Price: $20.80   to have caused and spread COVID-19. The authors
                                                             examine stereotyping and the false attribution of
Geometry of Grief                                            blame towards these groups, as well as what hap-
Reflections on Mathematics, Loss, and Life                   pens when a collective is actually at fault, and how
Michael Frame                                                the community deals with these conflicting issues.
                                                             Distributed for Reaktion Books
“With concision and compassion, Frame shows how              2021 256 p. 51/2 x 81/2
a mathematical mind makes sense of a grieving                29 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78914-507-6 $22.50 Your Price: $18.00

heart. The result is a peculiar, wise, and beautiful
book.”—Ben Orlin, author of Math with Bad Drawings           Breathing
2021 200 p. 51/2 x 81/2 45 halftones                         An Inspired History
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                                                             Edgar Williams

How to Make a Vaccine                                        Our knowledge of breathing has shaped our social
                                                             history and philosophical beliefs since prehistory.
An Essential Guide for COVID-19 and Beyond
                                                             Ranging over topics from ancient meditation prac-
John Rhodes                                                  tices to modern ventilator technology, air pollution,
“At a time when online searches for books on vac-            and the threat of respiratory viruses, this book tells
cines are more likely to turn up misinformation              the fascinating story of breathing—a tale relevant to
than reliable literature, How to Make a Vaccine is           everyone.
a required primer that demystifies concepts and
                                                                “An expansive piece of scholarship that explores
gives an informative overview of how vaccines are
                                                             the wild and often weird history of our most essen-
developed and how they work. An essential guide
                                                             tial biological function.”—James Nestor, author of
indeed.”—The Inquisitive Biologist
2021 184 p. 51/2 x 81/2 1 table
                                                             Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
27 Paper ISBN: 978-0-226-79251-4 $15.00 Your Price: $12.00   Distributed for Reaktion Books
                                                             2021 256 p. 51/2 x 91/4 70 halftones
                                                             30 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78914-362-1 $27.50 Your Price: $22.00
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A Brief History of Nakedness                                 The Fires of Lust
Philip Carr-Gomm                                             Sex in the Middle Ages
“As Carr-Gomm reveals in his academic romp                   Katherine Harvey
through two millenniums of public exhibitionism              “With unabashed directness, a delicate touch of wit,
from the ancient Greeks to animal-rights activists,          and constant humanity, Harvey surveys the world
you can be naked anywhere. You are only nude                 of medieval sex and sexuality. Throughout The Fires
if someone is watching. Nakedness on its own is              of Lust she situates the twin themes of morality and
straightforward—it’s the context and the audience of         medicine in the social and material world that me-
nudity that make it interesting.”—Times                      dieval people inhabited. . . . Here, in its messy com-
  “Carr-Gomm’s lushly illustrated book takes a long          plexity, is medieval life—life laid bare, but always
and enthusiastic look at the politics and culture of         with respect and care. A triumph.”—John H. Arnold,
nakedness. . . . Thought-provoking.”—Economist               author of Belief and Unbelief in the Middle Ages
                                                             Distributed for Reaktion Books
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                                                             2021 320 p. 61/4 x 91/4 17 halftones
2013 288 p. 6 x 9 99 color plates, 44 halftones
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The People’s Porn                                            With the Hand
A History of Handmade Pornography in America                 A Cultural History of Masturbation
Lisa Z. Sigel                                                Mels van Driel
“From erotic scrimshaw made by nineteenth-                   “An enthusiastic, amusing, and eye-opening ex-
century sailors to amateur polaroids, [this book]            ploration of a topic which remains disappointingly
charts a course through the ways in which appar-             taboo.”—New Scientist
ently ‘ordinary’ men and women represented sex                  “When [van Driel’s] stethoscope is about his neck,
in all its variety—cis and trans, straight and queer,        the M.D. employs all the unvarnished plainspoken-
in couples or groups, with people or animals and             ness of any health care professional. But when he
somewhere in between. . . . The People’s Porn is at its      entertains historical, literary, and other arts-and-
most illuminating when exploring the place of sex            humanities perspectives, he is as curious and open
in shared cultures of humor and conviviality, show-          to surprise as any cultural critic.”—Chronicle of
ing that pornography was as much about male (and             Higher Education
sometimes female) bonding as it was about private            Distributed for Reaktion Books
                                                             2012 255 p. 51/2 x 81/2 60 halftones
fantasy.”—History Today                                      35 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-86189-919-4 $30.00 Your Price: $24.00
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2020 256 p. 61/4 x 81/4 70 color plates, 29 halftones
32 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78914-226-6 $40.00 Your Price: $32.00   Sex in the World of Myth
                                                             David Leeming
The Pleasure’s All Mine                                      In this survey of the sex lives of the world’s mytho-
A History of Perverse Sex                                    logical figures, Leeming demonstrates that even
Julie Peakman                                                when such myths are meant to elicit laughter or
“Whether sussing out topics like homosexuality               titillation, they also offer answers to questions of
and BDSM, to those that still remain taboo, like             religion, existence, and human sexuality.
bestiality and pedophilia, Peakman is able to pro-             “Destined to become a classic in its field. . . .
vide a well-needed historical context for all things         [Leeming] understands that lack of respect for the
‘perverse’ (or in her opinion, not perverse at all) and      female is the great wound at the heart of human
shine a light in the many places we would rather             sexuality, and this book serves as a starting point to
keep dark.”—Bookslut                                         heal it.”—Australian
  “Peakman’s broad overview is stunning, sweeping,           Distributed for Reaktion Books
                                                             2018 256 p. 51/2 x 81/2 50 color plates, 50 halftones
and very carefully nonjudgmental. . . . A fact-filled,       36 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78023-977-4 $25.00 Your Price: $20.00
entertaining read for sex history neophytes and
scholars alike.”—Library Journal
Distributed for Reaktion Books                                          This catalog is available online at
2016 472 p. 6 x 9 64 color plates, 114 halftones
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Hyphens & Hashtags*                                          On Revision
*The stories behind the symbols on our keyboard              The Only Writing That Counts
Claire Cock-Starkey                                          William Germano
In our digital world, we owe much of our ability to          “On Revision is about the process of writing and
communicate to the punctuation marks, mathemati-             its last steps, those of shaping a text and turning a
cal symbols, and other glyphs that hover on the              manuscript into a well-argued and readable book it
edges of our keyboard. Hyphens & Hashtags presents           wants to be. With On Revision at your side, you will
the history and modern evolution of these stalwart           have a superb guide to gaining the skills and experi-
symbols, revealing the long road many have taken             ence needed to finish your own project, all the while
on their way to general usage.                               enjoying the elegance and wit of Germano’s prose.”
Distributed for Bodleian Library                             —Liliane Weissberg, University of Pennsylvania
2021 192 p. 43/4 x 71/4                                      2021 208 p. 51/2 x 81/2 1 halftones, 6 line drawings
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Storycraft, Second Edition                                   I, Grape; or The Case for
The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction
Jack Hart
                                                             Fiction
                                                             Essays
“This book is a master class in narrative nonfic-            Brock Clarke
tion, a must-read for anyone who wants to tell true
stories. Whether you’re a novice writer or seasoned          “Novelist Clarke chronicles in this whimsical outing
veteran, you will learn from Hart’s insight and ex-          his obsession with fiction as an art form. . . . This
amples culled from decades of coaching and editing           impassioned defense of fiction is great for dipping
some of the country’s best reporters. He shows us            into, and those who engage with fiction on a deep
how to seek scenes, build structure, explore voices,         level will find much here that piques.”
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                                                             Information Now
An Inky Business
A History of Newspapers from the English Civil Wars to
                                                             Second Edition
the American Civil War                                       A Graphic Guide to Student Research and Web Literacy
Matthew J. Shaw                                              Matt Upson, Holly Luetkenhaus, C. Michael
                                                             Hall, and Kevin Cannon
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newspapers and their extraordinary role in the
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transformation of society over two hundred years.
                                                             they navigate the complex information world. It
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book could not be more timely.”—Paul Lay, editor of
                                                             examples, good humor, and helpful exercises. The
History Today
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The Pocket Epicurean                                         The Daily Henry David
John Sellars                                                 Thoreau
Though today we tend to associate the word                   A Year of Quotes from the Man Who Lived in Season
“Epicurean” with indulgence in the form of food              Edited by Laura Dassow Walls
and wine, the philosophy of Epicurus was about
a life well lived even in the hardest of times. This         “Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air,
book is a concise, approachable guide to living the          drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself
good life through the teachings of Epicurus.                 to the influence of each.”

   “In this brief and eloquent book, Sellars takes              Drawn from the full range of Thoreau’s journals
us through the basic arguments of Epicureanism               and published writings, and arranged according to
with wonderful clarity, distilling the essence of an         season, The Daily Henry David Thoreau allows us to
ancient philosophy that speaks with increasing               discover the endless variation and surprise to be
urgency to our troubled times.”—David Konstan,               found in the natural world. This little volume em-
New York University                                          bodies, in small compass, Thoreau’s own ambition
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The Pocket Stoic                                             2020 224 p. 51/2 x 81/2
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John Sellars
“Sellars’s book is an excellent starting point for any-      The Daily Sherlock Holmes
one interested in experimenting with this approach
                                                             A Year of Quotes from the Case-Book of the World’s
to life.”—Five Books
                                                             Greatest Detective
   “Expertly and vividly Sellars presents lessons            Edited by Levi Stahl and Stacey Shintani
in Stoicism that are strikingly relevant to modern
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                                                             The Daily Jane Austen
                                                             A Year of Quotes
Seneca                                                       Edited by Devoney Looser
Fifty Letters of a Roman Stoic                               “Delightful. . . . Some [quotations] are the briefest
Lucius Annaeus Seneca                                        little bons mots, others provide a satisfying chunk
In the year 62, the Roman philosopher Seneca with-           of Austen to illuminate your day.”—Jane Austen’s
drew from public service and devoted his time to             Regency World
                                                             2019 208 p. 41/2 x 71/4
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into his personal life and provide lucid explana-
tions for many key points of Stoic philosophy. This          The Daily Charles Dickens
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Seneca’s thought, with much that speaks directly to
                                                             Edited by James R. Kincaid
the modern reader. Above all, they explore the inner
life of the individual who proceeds through philo-           “Dickens was a chronicler of Victorian times, an
sophical inquiry from a state of emotional turmoil           entertainer and a fighter for social justice. So what
to true friendship, self-determination, and personal         book lover wouldn’t want a daily quote to chew on to
excellence.                                                  start the day?”—Our Windsor
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8 Food & Travel                                                                                                  1-773-702-7000

                                                                                    Cityscopes from
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                                                                                        Paris
                                                                                        Adam Roberts
                                                                                        “Roberts’ Paris combines the intel-
                                                                                        lect with the emotional. . . . The rich
                                                                                        history that belongs to the city—stone
                                                                                        by stone, bridge by bridge, ruler by
                                                                                        ruler, era by era—comes alive within
                                                                                        these pages.”—Robert Wheeler,
                                                                                        author of Hemingway’s Paris
                                                                     2017 320 p. 43/4 x 7 3/4 90 color plates, 20 halftones
                                                                     57 Paper ISBN: 978-1-78023-746-6 $22.00 Your Price: $17.60

                                                                                        London
                                                                                        City of Cities
                                                                                        Phil Baker
                                                                                       “If you love London but live else-
Oishii                                                                                 where, it is an emotional experience
The History of Sushi                                                                   to read a book that immerses you
Eric C. Rath                                                                           deep in the city. . . . Baker contem-
“Oishii means ‘delicious’ in Japanese, and this                                        plates the multitudinous city from
impressive book both nourishes and delights. . . .                   diverse perspectives to create a picture of depth and
Rath’s narrative is revelatory as he traces sushi’s                  detail. . . . Approach this book like one of the long
history in relation to culinary methodologies,                       solitary walks through the city it describes: enjoy its
nationalism, wartime rationing, global innovations,                  spirit and energy, be captivated by its curiosities.”
and more.”—Darra Goldstein, founding editor of                       —Guardian
Gastronomica                                                         2021 256 p. 51/2 x 81/2 60 color plates, 50 halftones
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                                                                                        Madrid
                                                                                        Midnight City
Fermented Foods
                                                                                        Helen Crisp and Jules Stewart
The History and Science of a Microbiological Wonder
Christine Baumgarthuber
                                                                                        “There is no better guide to Madrid.
                                                                                        A treasure trove of fascinating anec-
“Main streets and farmers’ markets show off sour-                                       dotes and details, not to be missed.”
dough bakers, craft brewers, small winemakers,                                          —Jason Webster, author of Violencia:
cheesewrights, soy sauce makers, and more. . . .                                        A New History of Spain
Baumgarthuber fascinatingly renews our acquain-                      2021 272 p. 51/2 x 81/2 75 color plates, 30 halftones
tance with the long list of ancient microbiological                  59 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78914-219-8 $22.00 Your Price: $17.60
wonders achievable domestically.”
—Michael Symons, author of Meals Matter                                                 Nashville
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53 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78914-375-1 $20.00 Your Price: $16.00                              Richard Schweid
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             Your Price: $15.96                                      My Cyprus
                                                                     A Memoir
                                                                     Joachim Sartorius
             Hummus
                                                                     The island of Cyprus has been a site of global history
             Harriet Nussbaum
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                                                                     other. In this sensuous and poetic guide, Sartorius
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                                                                     brings to life the colors and lights of the Levant area
             Yoghurt                                                 of the Middle East.
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                                                                     need of a summery armchair getaway.”—Metro
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press.uchicago.edu/directmail                                                                Places & Travel 9

Boston’s Oldest Buildings and                                Walking Pepys’s London
Where to Find Them                                           Jacky Colliss Harvey
Joseph M. Bagley                                             “Undaunted by the seedier aspects of the great
As Boston approaches its 400th anniversary, it is            diarist’s character, Jacky Colliss Harvey’s new walk-
remarkable that the city still maintains its historic        ing guide to London invites us to step into Pepys’s
character despite constant development. This book            shoes on five carefully plotted routes. . . . It cannot
takes readers on a tour of fifty historic buildings in       help but leave the reader with a profound sense of
Boston that pre-date 1800, ranging from homes to             architectural loss.”—Telegraph
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as chapters on the history and preservation of each
structure, this book is perfect for history lovers,                  Armchair Travels from
architectural enthusiasts, and tourists alike.
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Secrets of the Great
Ocean Liners
John G. Sayers
In the heyday of ocean travel—between the late
nineteenth century and World War II—ocean liners
were a home away from home. Passengers prepared
for voyages that could last as long as three months,
and shipping companies ensured their guests were
as comfortable as possible, providing entertain-
                                                             Kafka’s Prague
ment, dining, sleeping quarters, and smoking                 Klaus Wagenbach
lounges to accommodate passengers of all ages and            “A useful addition to any thinking person’s library.
budgets. Secrets of the Great Ocean Liners dives into        . . . Wagenbach’s volume on Kafka includes repro-
a vast, unique collection of ephemera to reveal the          ductions of Kafka’s letters, original book covers
scandals, glamour, challenges, and tragedies of              and a well-drawn map of Prague showing the places
ocean liner travel.                                          mentioned in the text.”—New Statesman
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                                                             Dickens’s London
India                                                        Peter Clark
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
                                                             Marking the 150th anniversary of Charles Dickens’s
Edited by Shikha Jain, Vinay Sheel Oberoi, and               death, Dickens’s London leads us in the footsteps of
Rohit Chawla
                                                             the author through his beloved city.
This stunning photographic survey presents India’s           2020 160 p. 5 x 8 20 halftones, 5 maps
thirty-eight World Heritage Sites, together with com-        67 Paper ISBN: 978-1-909961-67-8 $18.95 Your Price: $15.16

mentary by architects and conservationists. The
cultural sites in India are a rich repository of             Hemingway in Italy
the country’s long history, bearing witness to the           Richard Owen
creativity and influence of multiple communities,            “An exceptionally lively study. . . . Hemingway’s
crafts, and religions. They include ancient rock art,        adoration of Italy never waned.”—Times Literary
Buddhist caves and Hindu temples, Sultanate and              Supplement
Mughal forts, medieval Hindu and Islamic cities,             2020 174 p. 5 x 8
Portuguese churches, Victorian and Art Deco archi-           68 Paper ISBN: 978-1-909961-70-8 $17.95 Your Price: $14.36
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Galileo Spirals Out of Control                               The Making of Lewis Carroll’s
Chiara Pastorini and Frédéric Morlot                         Alice and the Invention of
Who is throwing melons and pumpkins from the                 Wonderland
highest tower in Pisa? It’s the mad scientist Galileo
                                                             Peter Hunt
Galilei, confounding the old ideas of the Greeks
around Aristotle. This strange old fellow does sci-          Illustrated with manuscripts, portraits, original line
ence everywhere, even in the taverns! When Galileo           drawings from the first editions, and contemporary
meets a whirling dervish, he comes up with an                photographs, Hunt’s book guides readers through
outrageous idea: what if, against all appearances,           the fantasy worlds of Lewis Carroll.
the earth wasn’t the center of the universe, but in-            “This attractive and ingeniously illustrated little
stead everything revolved around the sun? Around,            volume . . . will add much enjoyment to reading and
around, he thinks . . . and begins to feel dizzy. An         thinking about this remarkable book.”
offbeat and giddy look at Galileo’s contributions            —Kimberley Reynolds, Newcastle University
to the history and philosophy of science, Galileo            Distributed for Bodleian Library
                                                             2020 128 p. 63/4 x 81/4 67 color plates
Spirals out of Control is an accessible and informative      74 Paper ISBN: 978-1-85124-532-1 $25.00 Your Price: $20.00
delight.
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2021 64 p. 53/4 x 81/2 illustrated in color throughout       The Solar System
69 Cloth ISBN: 978-3-0358-0372-3 $15.00 Your Price: $12.00   A Cosmic Adventure
                                                             Royal Observatory Greenwich
           Plato & Co. from                                  It’s time to discover the solar system! Designed for
         Diaphanes Publishers                                ages 7–11, this brilliant guide is perfect for fact-
                                                             hungry space cadets! With contributions from real
  The Plato & Co. series introduces young readers to
                                                             astronomers at the Royal Observatory Greenwich,
 the lives and work of famous philosophers through
                                                             The Solar System: A Cosmic Adventure teaches kids all
engaging storytelling and vibrant color illustrations.
                                                             about the phenomena of the solar system through
                                                             short explanations of the planets and fascinating
                                                             facts, quizzes, and did-you-know features. Beautiful
                                                             illustrations and bright accompanying graphics help
                                                             children engage with science from a young age.
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Why Do Things Have Names?
Jean Paul Mongin
                                                             Books for Young Readers from
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                                                               Unicorn Publishing Group
                                                               Designed for babies and toddlers ages 18 months
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Kierkegaard and the Mermaid                                    words and pictures in a colorful nautical setting.
Jakob Rachmanski and Line Faden-Babin
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                                                                                    National Maritime Museum,
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                                                                                    123 of the Sea
Leibniz, or The Best of All                                                         National Maritime Museum,
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Possible Worlds                                                                     2021 16 p. 63/4 x 63/4 illustrated in color
Jean Paul Mongin                                                                    throughout
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Reynard the Fox                                              Basilisks and Beowulf
Retold by Anne Louise Avery                                  Monsters in the Anglo-Saxon World
“A tour de force of storytelling and a beautiful object      Tim Flight
in itself.”—Wall Street Journal                              “A bold and wide-ranging expedition into the wildest
   “Game of Thrones meets The Wind in the Willows            corners of the early medieval mind; Flight skillfully
in Avery’s retelling of Reynard the Fox. Riffing on          conjures the primal fears and ancient wonders that
William Caxton’s 1481 English translation of a popu-         once lurked in England’s shadowed groves and hol-
lar Dutch beast epic, this is set in an intricate medi-      lows.”—Thomas Williams, author of Viking Britain:
eval world reminiscent of Brian Jacques’s ‘Redwall’          A History
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world-building.”—School Library Journal
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                                                             Eaters of the Dead
78 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-85124-555-0 $30.00 Your Price: $24.00   Myths and Realities of Cannibal Monsters
                                                             Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
Shapeshifters                                                “Wetmore has written a fascinating history of the
A History                                                    ultimate recycling—cannibalism. . . . The book is
John B. Kachuba                                              two-fold, investigating not only the innate fear of be-
“[A] wide-ranging study . . . of our long-established        ing eaten but the nightmare of becoming a cannibal
fascination with shapeshifting in all its guises. It         ourselves.”—Del Howison, author and editor
                                                             Distributed for Reaktion Books
is ubiquitous in literature and folklore, from the           2021 276 p. 61/4 x 81/4 43 halftones
countless metamorphoses in Greek myth down                   82 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78914-444-4 $22.50 Your Price: $18.00
to the apprentice wizards of Hogwarts. Transfor-
mation is the lifeblood of narrative. . . . Kachuba          The Devil and His Advocates
refreshes the meager store of case studies from the          Erik Butler
time of the European witch craze with comparable             “[Butler] explores the character of the devil in litera-
modern accounts.”—Literary Review                            ture, theology, visual art, and music from antiquity
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2019 208 p. 51/2 x 81/2 20 halftones                         up to the present, discussing canonical authors such
79 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78914-079-8 $22.50 Your Price: $18.00   as Dante, Goethe, and Milton.”—Publishers Weekly
                                                                “The Devil and His Advocates presents a grand
Fairies                                                      sweep of Western intellectual history that amounts
A Dangerous History                                          to an alternative history of evil in the Christian
Richard Sugg                                                 world. In Butler, the Devil has found his most
“[A] bulging field guide to fairy lore. Taking read-         eloquent, sophisticated, and measured advocate to
ers on a tour of the brownies, hobs, changelings,            date.”—Nick Groom, University of Macau
kelpies, selkies, sea trows, and various other fairy         Distributed for Reaktion Books
                                                             2021 248 p. 61/4 x 81/4 29 halftones
types of the British Isles and beyond, Sugg inves-           83 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78914-373-7 $27.50 Your Price: $22.00
tigates ‘the great heresy of fairyland’ in folklore,
the arts, and historical testimony.”—Times Literary          The Writer’s Map
Supplement                                                   An Atlas of Imaginary Lands
    “Far from the innocuous flutterings of Disney            Edited by Huw Lewis-Jones
films, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries            “One of life’s great treats, for a lover of books (espe-
fairies were often regarded as dangerous creatures.          cially fantasy books), is to open a cover to find a map
. . . This account of apparent ‘sightings,’ and what         secreted inside and filled with the details of a land
they tell us about wider society, makes for compel-          about to be discovered. . . . The Writer’s Map contains
ling reading.”—History Revealed                              dozens of the magical maps writers have drawn
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2019 280 p. 51/2 x 81/2 17 color plates, 4 halftones         or that have been made by others to illustrate the
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Gladius                                                      Now in Paperback
The World of the Roman Soldier                               Egyptomania
Guy de la Bédoyère                                           A History of Fascination, Obsession and Fantasy
“In his encyclopedic Gladius, Guy de la Bédoyère             Ronald H. Fritze
collects pretty much every fact known about what
                                                             “The richness, distinction and diversity of ancient
it was like to be in the military arm of the Roman
                                                             Egyptian culture has fired imaginations for millen-
Empire.”—New York Times Book Review
                                                             nia. Here, historian Fritze examines ‘Egyptomania’
  “Neither a history of the army nor a review of             in detail and through time. As Herodotus and other
battlefield tactics, [Gladius] studies daily life in         classical scholars extolled Giza’s pyramids and the
military services far beyond the aspects of soldier-         great lighthouse at Alexandria, Egyptian cults, and
ing typically treated in history books. . . . de la          esoteric tracts seeped into Greece and Rome—to later
Bédoyère’s informative and readable book offers              fascinate and befuddle medieval and Renaissance
real immediacy to readers.”—Clifford Ando,                   scholars. The cracking of hieroglyphs, discovery of
University of Chicago                                        Tutankhamun’s tomb, and ‘mummymania’ from the
2020 352 p. 6 x 9 16 halftones, 4 tables                     nineteenth century onwards ensured that the craze
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                                                             persists almost unabated today.”—Nature
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Heroes and Marvels of the                                    2021 448 p. 61/4 x 91/4 50 halftones
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Middle Ages
Jacques Le Goff                                              The Making of a King
Heroes and Marvels of the Middle Ages is a history of        Antigonus Gonatas of Macedon and the Greeks
the imagination that explores the iconography of the         Robin Waterfield
medieval universe.
                                                             “General, patron of the arts, votary of the god Pan,
   “In these 19 short essays—originally published in         generous king, and occasional tyrant, Antigonus
French in 2005—[Le Goff] offers case studies of ‘the         Gonatas ruled the legendary Kingdom of Macedon.
medieval imaginary’ to argue that many creations             . . . The Making of a King is the perfect introduction
of medieval culture not only had long lives but are          to this eccentric and exciting figure.”—J. E. Lendon,
still present today. . . . The erudition is smoothly         author of Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in
presented with an implicit argument for the basic            Classical Antiquity
similarity between medieval culture and its modern
                                                                “Not merely an impressive biography of Antigo-
heirs. . . . Recommended.”—Choice
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                                                             nus Gonatas but also an excellent introduction to the
2020 224 p. 51/2 x 81/2 32 halftones                         whole early Hellenistic era. The author combines
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                                                             to bring to life an oft-neglected period of ancient his-
The Sarpedon Krater                                          tory.”—Philip Matyszak, author of Forgotten Peoples of
The Life and Afterlife of a Greek Vase                       the Ancient World
Nigel Spivey                                                 2021 296 p. 6 x 9 16 halftones, 8 maps
                                                             89 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-61137-2 $27.50 Your Price: $22.00
Perhaps the most spectacular of all Greek vases, the
Sarpedon krater was decorated some 2,500 years               Laughing Shall I Die
ago by Athenian artist Euphronios. Its subsequent            Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings
history involves tomb raiding, intrigue, duplicity,
                                                             Tom Shippey
litigation, international outrage, and possibly even
homicide. This concise, stylish book braids together         “Magnificent. . . . Lively, friendly, and occasionally
the creation and adventures of this extraordinary            barbed. . . . Shippey’s magnum opus provides not
object with an exploration of its abiding influence.         only an exhilarating, mind-expanding appraisal and
2019 240 p. 51/4 x 8 83 color plates                         retelling of Viking history but also an invitation to
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                                                             eval North. Take up that invitation.”—Washington Post
                                                             Distributed for Reaktion Books
                                                             2020 368 p. 6 x 9 5 halftones
                                                             90 Paper ISBN: 978-1-78914-217-4 $18.00 Your Price: $14.40
press.uchicago.edu/directmail                                Ancient Worlds & European History 13

Homer                                                            King of the World
The Very Idea                                                    The Life of Louis XIV
James I. Porter                                                  Philip Mansel
“This book is a reckoning with who or what we                    “Why did a king make such blunders? Mansel seeks
understand Homer to be and how we have rein-                     to find out in this superior study that will appeal to
vented him for our own ends. Porter makes clear the              history buffs and may become the go-to biography of
impossibility of Homer both as a concept and as a                Louis XIV.”—Library Journal
person, revealing him as the illusion of a perfectly                “[Mansel] is as good at explaining and illustrat-
formed whole that has been kept alive for millennia,             ing Louis’s decline as his ascendancy. . . . Copiously,
a ghost in the machine, a phantom both alive and                 beautifully, and intelligently illustrated, comple-
dead. . . . An original, compelling, and eye-opening             mented by excellent maps and diagrams (notably a
book.”—Alex C. Purves, author of Homer and the                   ground-plan of Versailles), King of the World is one
Poetics of Gesture                                               of the most stimulating and enjoyable works on
2021 280 p. 6 x 9 14 halftones
91 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-67589-3 $27.50 Your Price: $22.00       European history to have been published for many a
                                                                 long year.”—Wall Street Journal
        Lost Civilizations from                                  2020 608 p. 6 x 9 57 color plates, 2 halftones
                                                                 98 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-226-69089-6 $35.00 Your Price: $28.00
           Reaktion Books
 The books in this series explore the rise and fall of           William III
    the great civilizations of the ancient world.                From Prince of Orange to King of England
                                                                 William Pull
                                                                 This book tells the story of William of Orange before
                                                                 he became the king of England, examining the sys-
                                                                 tem of clan family and patron-client relationships
                                                                 across Europe on which the prince’s political and-
The Aztecs                                                       diplomatic influences rested. Providing a full and
Frances F. Berdan                                                detailed recounting of the dramatic clash between
2021 208 p. 51/2 x 81/2 40 color plates, 20 halftones            William’s regime with Louis XIV’s governance of
92 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78914-360-7 $25.00 Your Price: $20.00       France, the book does not shy away from engaging
                                                                 in historical controversies. Drawing from English
The Sumerians                                                    and Dutch sources and historiography, the book is
Paul Collins                                                     a detailed study in the struggle for power between
2021 208 p. 51/2 x 81/2 40 color plates, 20 halftones
93 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78914-415-4 $25.00 Your Price: $20.00
                                                                 seventeenth-century European ruling elites.
                                                                 Distributed for Unicorn Publishing Group
                                                                 2021 576 p. 7 x 93/4 12 color plates
The Indus                                                        99 Paper ISBN: 978-1-913491-60-4 $37.95 Your Price: $30.36

Andrew Robinson
2021 208 p. 51/2 x 8 1/2 78 halftones
94 Paper ISBN: 978-1-78914-385-0 $15.00 Your Price: $12.00
                                                                 A History of the Silk Road
                                                                 Jonathan Clements
The Phoenicians                                                  The Silk Road is not a place, but a journey, a route
Vadim S. Jigoulov                                                from the edges of the Mediterranean to the central
2021 248 p. 51/2 x 81/2 39 color plates, 23 halftones            plains of China, through high mountains and
95 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78914-478-9 $25.00 Your Price: $20.00       inhospitable deserts. A History of the Silk Road takes
                                                                 a comprehensive and illuminating look at the rich
The Barbarians                                                   history of this dynamic and little known region, and
Peter Bogucki                                                    provides an easy-to-use reference source. Clements
2017 208 p. 51/2 x 81/2 25 color plates, 25 halftones
96 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78023-718-3 $25.00 Your Price: $20.00
                                                                 pays particular attention to the fascinating histori-
                                                                 cal sites that feature on any visitor’s itinerary and
                                                                 also gives special emphasis to the writings and reac-
The Goths                                                        tions of travelers through the centuries.
David M. Gwynn                                                   Distributed for Haus Publishing
2018 208 p. 51/2 x 81/2 48 color plates,20 halftones             2017 220 p. 5 x 8 1 map
97 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-78023-845-6 $25.00 Your Price: $20.00       100 Paper ISBN: 978-1-909961-37-1 $16.95 Your Price: $13.56
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