Results for "Wood, Willard"

A Best Book of the Year by Financial Times and BloombergFilled with real political insight and intrigue, this thrilling novel explores the nature of power through the inner workings of Putin’s regime.Known as the “Wizard of the Kremlin,” the enigmatic Vadim Baranov was a TV producer before becoming ... Read More about The Wizard of the Kremlin: A Novel

“The most important economics book of the year―and maybe of the decade.” —Paul Krugman, New York Times, on Capital in the Twenty-First Century A bestselling economist’s history of inequality and guide to a more just, sustainable world, distilled into an engaging and accessible pocket-sized text.In t... Read More about Nature, Culture, and Inequality: A Comparative and Historical Perspective

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICEIn a series of poignant vignettes, a preeminent historian makes a compelling case for Machiavelli as an unjustly maligned figure with valuable political insights that resonate as strongly today as they did in his time. Whenever a tempestuous period in history beg... Read More about Machiavelli: The Art of Teaching People What to Fear

Full of gripping historical vignettes and evocative photographs, an accessible overview of the dynamic figures who resisted colonization, from India, Senegal, and Algeria to Vietnam, Kenya, and Congo.Decolonization started on the very first day of colonization. From the arrival of the Europeans, the... Read More about Decolonization: Unsung Heroes of the Resistance

This absorbing, heartfelt work uncovers the story of the real dancer behind Degas’s now-iconic sculpture, and the struggles of late nineteenth-century Parisian life.   She is famous throughout the world, but how many know her name? You can admire her figure in Washington, Paris, London, Ne... Read More about Little Dancer Aged Fourteen: The True Story Behind Degas's Masterpiece