"In this fascinating history, leading expert Nicky Hayes tells the story of psychology across the centuries and around the world. Hayes introduces key thinkers, including Carl Jung, Anna Freud, Frantz Fanon, and Daniel Kahneman. We see how they tried to expand our understanding, from Pavlov and his dogs to Milgram and his famous electric shock experiments to the CIA's secret mind-control projects. Hayes explores key concepts like child development,...

"Some historians assert the American Revolution began long before the first shots of the war were fired. This essential volume about the conflict that led to the establishment of the United States starts with the causes of the war, delving into the events and policies that preceded the clash at Lexington and Concord. Readers will then learn about many other battles and how the Continental army under George Washington secured a final victory at Yorktown....

"For Emmanuel Acho and Noa Tishby no question about Jews is off-limits. They go there. They cover Jews and money. Jews and power. Jews and privilege. Jews and white privilege. The Black and Jewish struggle. Emmanuel asks, Did Jews kill Jesus? To which Noa responds, "Why are Jewish people history's favorite scapegoat?" They unpack Judaism itself: Is it a religion, culture, a peoplehood, or a race? And: Are you antisemitic if you're anti-Zionist? The...

Examines World Cup soccer, covering its history, how it works, players, scandal, and more.

An acclaimed sociologist's exploration of the connections among performances in life, art, and politics In “The Performer”, Richard Sennett explores the relations between performing in art (particularly music), politics, and everyday experience. It focuses on the bodily and physical dimensions of performing, rather than on words. Sennett is particularly attuned to the ways in which the rituals of ordinary life are performances. The book draws...

This memoir from the renowned author delves into her connection with activist Anthony Russo, a key figure in the Pentagon Papers leak and explores the transformative year that helped reshape our nation.

Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of synchronized swimming’s elevation to Olympic status, this breathtaking book, tracing a century of aquatic performance, from vaudeville and dime museums to the Olympic arena, honors the grit, glamor and sheer athleticism of an utterly unique sport that forever changed women’s relationships with water.

"By early morning of June 30, 1860, a large crowd began to congregate in front of Oxford University’s brand-new Museum of Natural History. The occasion was the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and the subject of discussion was Charles Darwin’s new treatise: fact or fiction? Darwin, a simultaneously reclusive and intellectually audacious squire from Kent, claimed to have solved 'that mystery of mysteries,'...

For sixty years, the perceived elegance and idealism of the Kennedy presidency has come to be known as the era of Camelot. Like the fabled reference to another time, Frozen Camelot is the incredible story of how a little-known actor, Lawrence Hinsdale, became JFK's presidential double. We learn how the double was only used from time to time, simply waiving at crowds, but as time goes on, things progress into a much more dynamic role. In the end, we...

"Some studies of early America highlight events such as the first Thanksgiving and the establishment of different colonies. But true historians realize that American history is tightly bound to the history of enslavement in the Americas. This carefully researched volume presents the difficult topic of American slavery sensitively yet comprehensively. Readers will learn about the European slave trade and how and why it expanded to the American colonies....