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Cover: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, by Bernard Bailyn, from Harvard University Press

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

Cover: China: A New History, Second Enlarged Edition, by John King Fairbank and Merle Goldman, from Harvard University Press

China: A New History, Second Enlarged Edition

John King Fairbank and Merle Goldman

Cover: In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s Development, by Carol Gilligan, from Harvard University Press

In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s Development

Cover: The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double-Consciousness, by Paul Gilroy, from Harvard University Press

The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double-Consciousness

Cover: Capital in the Twenty-First Century, by Thomas Piketty, translated by Arthur Goldhammer, from Harvard University Press

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Thomas Piketty, translated by Arthur Goldhammer

Cover: A Theory of Justice: Revised Edition, by John Rawls, from Harvard University Press

A Theory of Justice: Revised Edition

Cover: A Secular Age, by Charles Taylor, from Harvard University Press

Cover: The Art of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, by Helen Vendler, from Harvard University Press

The Art of Shakespeare’s Sonnets

Cover: On Human Nature: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition, With a New Preface, by Edward O. Wilson, from Harvard University Press

On Human Nature: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition, With a New Preface

Edward O. Wilson

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Cover: Odyssey, Volume I: Books 1–12, by Homer, translated by A. T. Murray, and revised by George E. Dimock, from Harvard University Press

Odyssey, Volume I: Books 1–12

Homer, translated by A. T. Murray, and revised by George E. Dimock

Cover: Eclogues. Georgics. Aeneid: Books 1–6, by Virgil, translated by H. Rushton Fairclough, revised by G. P. Goold, from Harvard University Press

Eclogues. Georgics. Aeneid: Books 1–6

Virgil, translated by H. Rushton Fairclough, revised by G. P. Goold

Cover: Famous Women, by Giovanni Boccaccio, edited and translated by Virginia Brown, from Harvard University Press

Giovanni Boccaccio, edited and translated by Virginia Brown

Cover: The Beowulf Manuscript: Complete Texts and <i>The Fight at Finnsburg</i>, edited and translated by R. D. Fulk, from Harvard University Press

The Beowulf Manuscript: Complete Texts and The Fight at Finnsburg

Edited and translated by R. D. Fulk

Cover: The Vulgate Bible, Volume I: The Pentateuch: Douay-Rheims Translation, edited by Swift Edgar, from Harvard University Press

The Vulgate Bible, Volume I: The Pentateuch: Douay-Rheims Translation

Edited by Swift Edgar

Cover: Therigatha: Poems of the First Buddhist Women, translated by Charles Hallisey, from Harvard University Press

Therigatha: Poems of the First Buddhist Women

Translated by Charles Hallisey

Cover: Six Drawing Lessons, by William Kentridge, from Harvard University Press

Six Drawing Lessons

William Kentridge

Cover: One Writer’s Beginnings, by Eudora Welty, from Harvard University Press

One Writer’s Beginnings

Cover: No Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation’s Founding, With a New Preface, by Sean Wilentz, from Harvard University Press

No Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation’s Founding, With a New Preface

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With Virtue Politics, James Hankins has delivered a bold, revisionist account of the political thought of the Italian Renaissance—from Petrarch to Machiavelli—that reveals the all-important role of character in shaping society, both in citizens and in their leaders. We spoke to him about the importance of virtue to leadership in Renaissance Italy—and its relevance to our own time.…

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