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In this new volume of Robert Alter’s award-winning translation of and commentary on the Hebrew Bible are some of the most magnificent works in world literature.  >> more

Honour emerges at the centre of our modern world in Kwame Anthony Appiah’s The Honor Code.  >> more

With its deep roots and global scope, the capitalist system provides the framework for our lives.  >> more

Our instincts—for food, sex or territorial protection evolved for life on the savannahs 10,000 years ago, not in today’s world of densely populated cities, technological innovations and pollution.  >> more

From the schism of Rome and Constantinople to the rise of the T’ang Dynasty and to the birth of Muhammad, this erudite book tells the fascinating, often violent story of medieval kings, generals and the people they ruled.  >> more

Pain regularly accompanies illness, as David Biro knows only too well.  >> more

In 1972 the Hamburg State Court acquitted the German chief of police in the Polish city of Starachowice of war crimes committed against Jews.  >> more

This is the story of the adventurers who risked death to discover strange life forms in the farthest corners of Earth.  >> more

This landmark volume captures three millennia of Greek poetry—more than 1,000 poems and 200 poets.  >> more

Rosetta Costantino grew up in Calabria—the beautiful, mountainous region at the tip of Italy’s "boot"—her father, a shepherd and wine maker, and her mother his tireless assistant.  >> more

Never before have the four great works of Charles Darwin - Voyage of the H.M.  >> more

Beginning his epic history in the early 1600s, Eric Jay Dolin traces the dramatic rise and fall of the American fur industry, from the first Dutch encounters with the Indians to the rise of the conservation movement in the late nineteenth century.  >> more

In the 1970s, as disco engulfed America, the question, "Do you wanna dance?  >> more

No saga of personal hardship so captivated the British public in the eighteenth century as that of James Annesley, the presumptive heir of five aristocratic titles and scion of the mighty house of Annesley.  >> more

Because It Is Wrong asks whether torture can ever be justified, when eavesdropping is acceptable and if a kidnapper should be waterboarded to reveal where his victim has been hidden.  >> more

Prize-winning author and journalist Norberto Fuentes was once a revolutionary: a writer with privileged access to Fidel Castro’s inner circle during some of the most challenging years of the revolution.  >> more

Becoming a Doctor portrays the arc of a doctor’s life, from a medical student’s first encounter with a cadaver to an intern’s reliance on dance during a gruelling year in an inner-city hospital and an experienced doctor’s ruminations on what it means to really listen to a patient’s story.  >> more

Amanda Hesser brings her voice and expertise to this compendium of recipes from chefs, home cooks and food writers.  >> more

This is the first biography of the cinematic hero Charlie Chan, whose character was inspired by the real-life story of Chang Apana, a bullwhip-wielding, five-foot-tall Chinese-American immigrant detective whose raids on opium dens and gambling parlours made him a legend.  >> more

Although we may try to keep it hidden in the back of our minds, most of us are aware of our own mortality.  >> more