Inspired by stories he heard in the West Bank as a child, Hillel Cohen uncovers a hidden history in this extraordinary and beautifully written book--a history ...more on ebook "Army of Shadows: Palestinian Collab..."

This is the first history of public health surveillance in the United States to span more than a century of conflict and controversy. The practice of reporting ...more on ebook "Searching Eyes: Privacy, the State,..."

Blood contains extraordinary symbolic power in both Judaism and Christianity--as the blood of sacrifice, of Jesus, of the Jewish martyrs, of menstruation, and ...more on ebook "Blood and Belief: The Circulation o..."

In this erudite and elegantly composed argument, Karol Berger uses the works of Monteverdi, Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven to support two groundbreaking claims: ...more on ebook "Bach's Cycle, Mozart's Arrow: An Es..."

The received wisdom of popular jazz history is that the era of the big band was the 1930s and '40s, when swing was at its height. But as practicing jazz ...more on ebook "Making the Scene: Contemporary New ..."

This thoroughly revised, entirely rewritten edition of what is the essential reference on California's diverse and ever-changing vegetation now brings readers ...more on ebook "Terrestrial Vegetation of Californi..."

Music Divided explores how political pressures affected musical life on both sides of the iron curtain during the early years of the cold war. In this ...more on ebook "Music Divided: Bartok's Legacy in C..."

Sometimes by accident and sometimes on purpose, humans have transported plants and animals to new habitats around the world. Arriving in ever-increasing numbers ...more on ebook "American Perceptions of Immigrant a..."

It is well known that Béla Bartók had an extraordinary ability to synthesize Western art music with the folk music of Eastern Europe. What this ...more on ebook "Bartok, Hungary, and the Renewal of..."

Among maternal deities of the Greek pantheon, the Mother of the Gods was a paradox. She is variously described as a devoted mother, a chaste wife, an ...more on ebook "The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and..."

Trailblazing marine biologist, visionary conservationist, deep ecology philosopher, Edward F. Ricketts (1897-1948) has reached legendary status in the ...more on ebook "Breaking Through: Essays, Journals,..."

Marine fishes have been intensively studied, and some of the fundamental ideas in the science of marine ecology have emerged from the body of knowledge derived ...more on ebook "The Ecology of Marine Fishes: Calif..."

This innovative volume is the first collective effort by archaeologists and ethnographers to use concepts and models from human behavioral ecology to explore ...more on ebook "Behavioral Ecology and the Transiti..."