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Alison Bashford
Decoding the Hand

"The astonishing story of palmistry-from occultists to the very foundations of modern science and medicine. Why did Isaac Newton read books on chiromancy, the occult science of hand reading that reve…

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Aeschylus
The Greek Tragedies

"Chicago's renowned translations of the greatest surviving plays of ancient Greece, collected into a single volume. Drawn from the authoritative third editions of David Grene and Richmond Lattimore's…

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Niayesh Afshordi, Phil Halper
Battle of the Big Bang

"Excellent."--Steven Poole, The Wall Street Journal - "Terrific."--Liz Else, New Scientist (Best Popular Science Books of 2025 So Far) - "A brilliant overview of the state of mode…

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Gregory Bateson
Steps to an Ecology of Mind

Gregory Bateson was a philosopher, anthropologist, photographer, naturalist, and poet, as well as the husband and collaborator of Margaret Mead. This classic anthology of his major work includes a new For…

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Mary Beard
Talking Classics

The incomparable Mary Beard is back, and she's talking all things classics.Why the ongoing fascination with the ancient world? This witty, approachable book asks why--for better or (sometimes) worse--anti…

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Francesca Brittan, Sarah Hibberd
Berlioz and His World

A collection of essays and short object lessons on the composer Hector Berlioz, published in collaboration with the Bard Music Festival.Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) has long been a difficult figure to place…

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Martin Buber
A Land of Two Peoples

A new edition of Martin Buber's many writings on Arab-Jewish relations in Palestine, with updated forewords by two preeminent Palestinian and Jewish scholars. The theologian and philosopher Martin Buber (…

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Albert Camus
The Complete Notebooks

The first complete translation of Albert Camus's personal notebooks written between 1933 and 1959, published for the first time in one comprehensive volume.Throughout his career, French writer and philoso…

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Marty Crump
Snake Day

An hourly guide that follows twenty-four snakes as they find mates, hunt, and survive a changing world.Does a snake crossing your path trigger delight or dread? The answer is clear for celebrated biologis…

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Allen B. Downey
Probably Overthinking It

An essential guide to the ways data can improve decision making.Statistics are everywhere: in news reports, at the doctor's office, and in every sort of forecast, from the stock market to the weather. Blo…

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James A. van Dyke
Otto Dix in Detail

How small details in the paintings of Otto Dix materialize the realities of a modern German artist.Offering a fresh look at German art during a period of extraordinary transition and precarity, James A. v…

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Felice C. Frankel
The Visual Elements¿Abstraction

For anyone interested in visual communication, a training guide for evaluating and developing visual representations for the big ideas in science and technology, essential skills for journal submissions, …

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Amitav Ghosh
Great Derangement

Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first major …

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Anne E. Greene
Writing Science in Plain English

Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing

An updated edition of the essential guide for all scientists--from undergraduates to senior scholars--who want to produce prose that anyone can understand.Scientific writing is often dry, wordy, and diffi…

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Adam S. Hayes
Irrational Together

A must-read that reshapes how we think about the social underpinnings of our financial choices.In *Irrational Together,*economic sociologist Adam S. Hayes takes readers on a fascinating journey to uncover…

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Shannon Hoff
How to Read Hegel Now

A powerful exploration of how Hegel's ideas about freedom can speak to social injustice today.One might be forgiven for feeling that the philosophical tradition, notoriously replete with seemingly aloof a…

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Anthony Kaldellis
Phantom Byzantium

How the West appropriated aspects of the eastern Roman empire while portraying it as inferior.Unveiling the ideological foundations of Byzantine studies, Phantom Byzantium is a pioneering survey of wester…

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Maximilian Kasy
The Means of Prediction

"An eye-opening examination of how power-not technology-will define life with AI. AI is inescapable, from its mundane uses online to its increasingly consequential decision-making in courtrooms, empl…

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Sandra Knapp,
Flower Day

An illustrated hourly guide that spotlights twenty-four flowers as they attract pollinators, resist predators, and survive on our changing planet.Is it 4 AM or chicory o'clock? In this short book, botanis…

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Thomas S. Kuhn
Structure of Scientific Revolutions

A good book may have the power to change the way we see the world, but a great book actually becomes part of our daily consciousness, pervading our thinking to the point that we take it for granted, and w…

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