World Impressionism: The International Movement, 1860-1920
In a much-needed, revelatory survey, impressionism is seen not as a French school but as a major event in the world's visual culture. The luminous palette and spontaneous brushwork of Renoir, Monet Continue reading »
The Power of Feminist Art: The American Movement of the 1970s, History and Impact
An exciting testament to the power and enduring impact of feminist art of the 1970s, this visually overwhelming volume combines 245 illustrations, nearly half in color, with essays and interviews by Continue reading »
The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else’s Game
C Thi Nguyen
Score-keeping fosters creativity in games, but in real-life institutions it makes for rigid policies and distorts values, according to this trenchant philosophical Continue reading »
World Enemy No. 1: Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Fate of the Jews
Jochen Hellbeck
Nazi hatred of the Soviet Union played a larger role in precipitating the Holocaust than is generally understood, according to this riveting revisionist study. Historian Continue reading »
In Sickness and in Health: Love Stories from the Front Lines of America’s Caregiving Crisis
Laura Mauldin
This gut-wrenching account from sociologist Mauldin (Made to Hear) spotlights the hardships endured by couples in the U.S. when one partner becomes disabled or ill and the other Continue reading »
A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future
Robert Wachter
Wachter (The Digital Doctor), chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, offers an evenhanded and insightful exploration of the ways Continue reading »