Cultural Studies
The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction
Hardback
A revelatory account of how Christian monks identified distraction as a fundamental challenge—and how their efforts to defeat it can inform ours, more than a millennium later
American Comics: A History
Paperback
The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their hold on the American imagination
Well of Souls: Uncovering the Banjo's Hidden History
Hardback
An illuminating history of the banjo, revealing its origins at the crossroads of slavery, religion and music
Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Hardback
From a prize-winning scholar of Indigenous history, a landmark work that overturns America's dominant origin story
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
Paperback
A startling and profound exploration of how Jewish history is exploited to comfort the living