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Books supported by this Endowment Fund range in subject matter from philosophy and history to world religions and languages, and set the standard for exceptional scholarship and bookmaking in the humanities.

2000 Years of Mayan Literature

by Dennis Tedlock (Author)
November 2011
Paperback $31.95, £27.00|
eBook $31.95, £27.00

Absolute Music, Mechanical Reproduction

by Arved Ashby (Author)
June 2010
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

Adventure Capital: Migration and the Making of an African Hub in Paris

by Julie Kleinman (Author)
December 2019
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

Amateur Cinema: The Rise of North American Moviemaking, 1923-1960

by Charles Tepperman (Author)
December 2014
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00

American Ethnographic Film and Personal Documentary by Scott MacDonald

American Ethnographic Film and Personal Documentary: The Cambridge Turn

by Scott MacDonald (Author)
June 2013
Paperback $39.95, £34.00|
eBook $39.95, £34.00

American Rhone: How Maverick Winemakers Changed the Way Americans Drink

by Patrick J. Comiskey (Author)
October 2016
Hardcover $34.95, £30.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

The Anatomy of Harpo Marx

by Wayne Koestenbaum (Author)
February 2012
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
Hardcover $74.95, £63.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

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At the Edges of Sleep: Moving Images and Somnolent Spectators

by Jean Ma (Author)
October 2022
Paperback $34.95, £30.00
Read a free ebook version at luminosoa.org

The Authority of Everyday Objects by Paul Betts

The Authority of Everyday Objects: A Cultural History of West German Industrial Design

by Paul Betts (Author)
December 2007
Paperback $30.95, £26.00

Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2 by Mark Twain, Benjamin Griffin, Harriet E. Smith, Victor Fischer

Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2: The Complete and Authoritative Edition

by Mark Twain (Author), Benjamin Griffin (Editor), Harriet E. Smith (Editor), Victor Fischer (Editor)
October 2013
Hardcover $45.00, £38.00|
eBook $45.00, £38.00

Barolo and Barbaresco: The King and Queen of Italian Wine

by Kerin O’Keefe (Author)
October 2014
Hardcover $39.95, £34.00|
eBook $39.95, £34.00

Bartok, Hungary, and the Renewal of Tradition by David E. Schneider

Bartok, Hungary, and the Renewal of Tradition: Case Studies in the Intersection of Modernity and Nationality

by David E. Schneider (Author)
November 2006
Hardcover $85.00, £71.00|
eBook $85.00, £71.00

Berenike and the Ancient Maritime Spice Route

by Steven E. Sidebotham (Author)
April 2019
Paperback $39.95, £34.00|
Hardcover $85.00, £71.00|
eBook $39.95, £34.00

Berlin Alexanderplatz: Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture

by Peter Jelavich (Author)
March 2009
Paperback $34.95, £30.00

Between Household and State by Subah Dayal

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Between Household and State: The Mughal Frontier and the Politics of Circulation in Peninsular India

by Subah Dayal (Author)
December 2024
Paperback $34.95, £30.00

Beyond the Soundtrack by Daniel Ira Goldmark, Lawrence Kramer, Richard Leppert

Beyond the Soundtrack: Representing Music in Cinema

by Daniel Ira Goldmark (Editor), Lawrence Kramer (Editor), Richard Leppert (Editor)
June 2007
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

Biography of an Empire by Christine M. Philliou

Biography of an Empire: Governing Ottomans in an Age of Revolution

by Christine M. Philliou (Author)
December 2010
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $63.00, £53.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Bluecoated Terror: Jim Crow New Orleans and the Roots of Modern Police Brutality

by Jeffrey S. Adler (Author)
April 2024
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $85.00, £71.00

The Boundless Sea: Self and History

by Gary Y. Okihiro (Author)
October 2019
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

Bread from Stones by Keith David Watenpaugh

Bread from Stones: The Middle East and the Making of Modern Humanitarianism

by Keith David Watenpaugh (Author)
May 2015
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

Brecht at the Opera

by Joy H. Calico (Author)
September 2019
Paperback $39.95, £34.00|
Hardcover $85.00, £71.00|
eBook $49.95, £42.00

Building Home: Howard F. Ahmanson and the Politics of the American Dream

by Eric John Abrahamson (Author)
February 2013
Hardcover $34.95, £30.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

Cartographies of Youth Resistance by Maurice Rafael Magaña

Cartographies of Youth Resistance: Hip-Hop, Punk, and Urban Autonomy in Mexico

by Maurice Rafael Magaña (Author)
November 2020
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

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Celluloid Democracy: Cinema and Politics in Cold War South Korea

by Hieyoon Kim (Author)
September 2023
Paperback $34.95, £30.00
Read a free ebook version at luminosoa.org

Cinema and the Wealth of Nations by Lee Grieveson

Cinema and the Wealth of Nations: Media, Capital, and the Liberal World System

by Lee Grieveson (Author)
November 2017
Paperback $44.95, £38.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $44.95, £38.00

Classic Chic: Music, Fashion, and Modernism

by Mary E. Davis (Author)
May 2008
Paperback $34.95, £30.00

Cold War Captives by Susan L. Carruthers

Cold War Captives: Imprisonment, Escape, and Brainwashing

by Susan L. Carruthers (Author)
October 2009
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

Comic Books Incorporated by Shawna Kidman

Comic Books Incorporated: How the Business of Comics Became the Business of Hollywood

by Shawna Kidman (Author)
April 2019
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

The Complete Poetry by César Vallejo, Clayton Eshleman

The Complete Poetry: A Bilingual Edition

by César Vallejo (Author), Clayton Eshleman (Editor)
December 2009
Paperback $46.95, £40.00|
eBook $46.95, £40.00

Composing the Citizen: Music as Public Utility in Third Republic France

by Jann Pasler (Author)
July 2009
Hardcover $85.00, £71.00|
eBook $85.00, £71.00

Converting Words: Maya in the Age of the Cross

by William F. Hanks (Author)
March 2010
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
Hardcover $75.00, £63.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

Cuisine and Empire: Cooking in World History

by Rachel Laudan (Author)
April 2015
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $65.00, £55.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

The Culture Broker by Margaret Leslie Davis

The Culture Broker: Franklin D. Murphy and the Transformation of Los Angeles

by Margaret Leslie Davis (Author)
August 2007
Hardcover $85.00, £71.00|
eBook $85.00, £71.00

Deep History by Andrew Shryock, Daniel Lord Smail

Deep History: The Architecture of Past and Present

by Andrew Shryock (Author), Daniel Lord Smail (Author)
November 2011
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $54.95, £46.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

The Devil in History by Vladimir Tismaneanu

The Devil in History: Communism, Fascism, and Some Lessons of the Twentieth Century

by Vladimir Tismaneanu (Author)
March 2014
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $44.95, £38.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Dissimulation and the Culture of Secrecy in Early Modern Europe

by Jon R. Snyder (Author)
August 2012
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $85.00, £71.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Divided Rule: Sovereignty and Empire in French Tunisia, 1881–1938

by Mary Dewhurst Lewis (Author)
September 2013
Hardcover $49.95, £42.00|
eBook $49.95, £42.00

Drag: A British History

by Jacob Bloomfield (Author)
October 2024
Paperback $24.95, £21.00|
Hardcover $29.95, £25.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Edmund Burke and the Conservative Logic of Empire

by Daniel O'Neill (Author)
March 2016
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

The Emerging Female Citizen by Theresa Ann Smith

The Emerging Female Citizen: Gender and Enlightenment in Spain

by Theresa Ann Smith (Author)
May 2006
Hardcover $85.00, £71.00|
eBook $85.00, £71.00

The Environment and World History

by Edmund Burke III (Editor), Kenneth Pomeranz (Editor)
April 2009
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

The Erotics of History by Donald L. Donham

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The Erotics of History: An Atlantic African Example

by Donald L. Donham (Author)
March 2018
Paperback $29.95, £25.00
Read a free ebook version at luminosoa.org

Essays on Politics and Society

by Thomas Carlyle (Author), John M. Ulrich (Editor), Lowell T. Frye (Editor), Chris Ramon Vanden Bossche (Editor)
August 2022
Hardcover $150.00, £125.00|
eBook $150.00, £125.00

The Ethics of Sightseeing

by Dean MacCannell (Author)
May 2011
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

The Family on Trial in Revolutionary France

by Suzanne Desan (Author)
June 2006
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00

The Fastest Game in the World by Bruce Berglund

The Fastest Game in the World: Hockey and the Globalization of Sports

by Bruce Berglund (Author)
December 2020
Paperback $24.95, £21.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

Food, Politics, and Society by Alejandro Colas, Jason Edwards, Jane Levi, Sami Zubaida

Food, Politics, and Society: Social Theory and the Modern Food System

by Alejandro Colas (Author), Jason Edwards (Author), Jane Levi (Author), Sami Zubaida (Author)
October 2018
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $95.00, £80.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

French Wine: A History

by Rod Phillips (Author)
April 2020
Paperback $29.95, £25.00|
Hardcover $34.95, £30.00|
eBook $29.95, £25.00

From Madrigal to Opera by Mauro Calcagno

From Madrigal to Opera: Monteverdi's Staging of the Self

by Mauro Calcagno (Author)
April 2012
Hardcover $85.00, £71.00|
eBook $85.00, £71.00

Funny Pictures by Daniel Ira Goldmark, Charles Keil

Funny Pictures: Animation and Comedy in Studio-Era Hollywood

by Daniel Ira Goldmark (Editor), Charles Keil (Editor)
July 2011
Paperback $34.95, £30.00|
eBook $34.95, £30.00