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Capital Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1 Karl Marx

Marx for the twenty-first century
The first new English translation in fifty years鈥攁nd the only one based on the last German edition revised by Marx himself
Featuring extensive original commentary, including a foreword by acclaimed political theorist Wendy Brown
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We Have Never Been Woke We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite Musa al-Gharbi

How a new 鈥渨oke鈥 elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and status鈥攚ithout helping the marginalized and disadvantaged

The African Revolution The African Revolution: A History of the Long Nineteenth Century Richard Reid

A panoramic global history of Africa in the age of imperialism

To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause (Pulitzer Prize Winner) To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause (Pulitzer Prize Winner): The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement Benjamin Nathans

WINNER OF THE 2025 PULITZER PRIZE

A "riveting history" (Wall Street Journal) of the Soviet dissident movement, which hastened the end of the USSR and still provides a model of opposition in Putin鈥檚 Russia鈥攁nd beyond

Europe without Borders Europe without Borders: A History Isaac Stanley-Becker

The contested creation of free movement鈥攆or people and goods鈥攊n the Schengen area of Europe

The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism Yanni Kotsonis

A sweeping global history of the birth of modern Greece

Ancient Christianities Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years Paula Fredriksen

How, over the course of five centuries, one particular god and one particular Christianity came to dominate late Roman imperial politics and piety

Relics of War Relics of War: The History of a Photograph Jennifer Raab

How a single haunting image tells a story about violence, mourning, and memory

The Book of Yerba Mate The Book of Yerba Mate: A Stimulating History Christine Folch

The untold story of South America鈥檚 most interesting beverage

Erased Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men Patricia Owens

How a field built on the intellectual labor and expertise of women erased them

Controlling Contagion Controlling Contagion: Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to Covid Sheilagh Ogilvie

How human institutions鈥攎arkets, states, communities, religions, guilds and families鈥攈ave helped both to control and to exacerbate epidemics throughout history.

Empire of Purity Empire of Purity: The History of Americans' Global War on Prostitution Eva Payne

How the US crusade against prostitution became a tool of empire

How the New World Became Old How the New World Became Old: The Deep Time Revolution in America Caroline Winterer

How the idea of deep time transformed how Americans see their country and themselves

The Last Peasant War The Last Peasant War: Violence and Revolution in Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe Jakub S. Bene拧

A history of the largely forgotten peasant revolution that swept central and eastern Europe after World War I鈥攁nd how it changed the course of interwar politics and World War II

Man-Devil Man-Devil: The Mind and Times of Bernard Mandeville, the Wickedest Man in Europe John J. Callanan

A lively and provocative account of Bernard Mandeville and the work that scandalized and appalled his contemporaries鈥攁nd made him one of the most influential thinkers of the eighteenth century

Lost Souls Lost Souls: Soviet Displaced Persons and the Birth of the Cold War Sheila Fitzpatrick

A vivid history of how Cold War politics helped solve one of the twentieth century鈥檚 biggest refugee crises

The Question of Unworthy Life The Question of Unworthy Life: Eugenics and Germany鈥檚 Twentieth Century Dagmar Herzog

The dark history of eugenic thought in Germany from the nineteenth century to today鈥攁nd the courageous countervoices

The Migrant's Jail The Migrant's Jail: An American History of Mass Incarceration Brianna Nofil

A century-long history of immigrant incarceration in the United States

American Dark Age American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of Black Liberalism Keidrick Roy

How medieval-inspired racial feudalism reigned in early America and was challenged by Black liberal thinkers