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A HistoryThe definitive story of Russia, from tenth-century Kiev and Muscovy, through empire and revolution, to the fall of Communism and the Putin era....

The Art and Culture of the Hip-Hop DJIt&'s all about the scratch in Groove Music, award-winning music historian Mark Katz&'s groundbreaking book about the figure that defined hip-hop: the DJ.  Today hip-hop is a global phenomenon, and the sight and sound of DJs mixing and scratching is familiar in every corner of the world. But hip-hop was born in...

Writings on Common Law and Hereditary RightA critical edition of two great works by Thomas Hobbes.    The Dialogue of the Common Laws is his classic critique of common law, essential reading for anyone interested in English political thought or legal theory. It is accompanied by Hobbes>'s last word on politics, a fragment in which he mounts a...

Environmental Suffering in an Argentine ShantytownSurrounded by one of the largest petrochemical compounds in Argentina, a highly polluted river that brings the toxic waste of tanneries and other industries, a hazardous and largely unsupervised waste incinerator, and an unmonitored landfill, Flammable&'s soil, air, and water are contaminated with...

Cults and New Religions in American HistoryIn Mystics and Messiahs--the first full account of cults and anti-cult scares in American history--Philip Jenkins shows that, contrary to popular belief, cults were by no means an invention of the 1960s. In fact, most of the frightening images and stereotypes surrounding fringe religious movements are...

Just over four hundred years ago, in 1610, Galileo published the Siderius nuncius,        or Starry Messenger, a 'hurried little masterpiece' in John Heilbron's words.          Presenting to the world his remarkable observations using the recently invented        telescope - of the craters of the moon, and the satellites of Jupiter,...