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We’re delighted to celebrate the publication of Moisés Naím & Quico Toro's CHARLATANS 🎊From snake-oil salesmen to crypto...
10/07/2025

We’re delighted to celebrate the publication of Moisés Naím & Quico Toro's CHARLATANS 🎊From snake-oil salesmen to crypto grifters, the “fascinating” (Fareed Zakaria) story of charlatans—and why we fall for them

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We’re thrilled to announce the publication of Edward J. Watts' THE ROMANS 🎉 This is the full, breathtaking history of Ro...
10/07/2025

We’re thrilled to announce the publication of Edward J. Watts' THE ROMANS 🎉 This is the full, breathtaking history of Rome “with verve and aplomb” (Roderick Beaton), from its emergence in the Iron Age to the capture of Constantinople in the thirteenth century

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🔔SWEEPSTAKES TIME! 📚Enter for a chance to win:🔸Two (2) signed copies of Stephanie Burt's Taylor's Version 🔸Two (2) signe...
10/07/2025

🔔SWEEPSTAKES TIME! 📚

Enter for a chance to win:
🔸Two (2) signed copies of Stephanie Burt's Taylor's Version
🔸Two (2) signed copies of Kristie Frederick Daugherty's Invisible Strings Random House
🔸One (1) "Lover Live from Paris" vinyl album

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📅 Sweeps runs until October 21 at 3 PM EST
Open to U.S. residents only. Must be 18+ to enter. No purchase necessary

Join us in celebrating the publication of Stephanie Burt’s TAYLOR'S VERSION 🎉 “With unfailing lucidity, empathy, and wit...
10/07/2025

Join us in celebrating the publication of Stephanie Burt’s TAYLOR'S VERSION 🎉 “With unfailing lucidity, empathy, and wit” (Greil Marcus), Stephanie Burt explains the artistry—and the celebrity—of Taylor Swift

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“The world has always been full of scam artists and con men. But did you ever wonder why we are so susceptible to their ...
10/06/2025

“The world has always been full of scam artists and con men. But did you ever wonder why we are so susceptible to their tricks? Moisés Naím and Quico Toro have written a fascinating book.”—Fareed Zakaria

Available tomorrow. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Uk73oX

“Chris Eisgruber is the most important voice in higher education at this crucial moment." —Heather GerkenAvailable now! ...
10/06/2025

“Chris Eisgruber is the most important voice in higher education at this crucial moment." —Heather Gerken

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"Higher education and its allies desperately need the thoughtful, probing, and candid guidance that Christopher Eisgrube...
10/01/2025

"Higher education and its allies desperately need the thoughtful, probing, and candid guidance that Christopher Eisgruber offers in TERMS OF RESPECT"—Michael R. Klein

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Drawing from Stephanie Burt’s 2024 course, Taylor Swift and Her World, TAYLOR'S VERSION is "a provocative, sharp, well-...
09/30/2025

Drawing from Stephanie Burt’s 2024 course, Taylor Swift and Her World, TAYLOR'S VERSION is "a provocative, sharp, well-argued book for any fan—or skeptic."—Carmen Maria Machado Read more: https://bit.ly/3VeyQHO

Happy publication day to University President Christopher L. Eisgruber. TERMS OF RESPECT reveals how colleges are getti...
09/30/2025

Happy publication day to University President Christopher L. Eisgruber. TERMS OF RESPECT reveals how colleges are getting on campuses right and how they can do better to nurture civil discourse and foster mutual respect. Learn more: http://bit.ly/4ohXELF

We’re thrilled to share that Lyndal Roper’s SUMMER OF FIRE AND BLOOD has been named a finalist for the prestigious 2025 ...
09/30/2025

We’re thrilled to share that Lyndal Roper’s SUMMER OF FIRE AND BLOOD has been named a finalist for the prestigious 2025 The Cundill History Prize 🎉

In this “extraordinary and brilliant book” (Helen Castor), Lyndal Roper offers the definitive account of the sixteenth-century uprising that revolutionized Europe

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We're thrilled to share the publication of Robin Waterfield's THE HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR 🎉 A definitive and re...
09/30/2025

We're thrilled to share the publication of Robin Waterfield's THE HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR 🎉 A definitive and refreshingly readable new translation of Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War, paired with a brilliant introduction on how to read and understand Thucydides

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