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The Lost Michelangelos

The Lost Michelangelos
by Antonio Forcellino

The first-hand account of the discovery of two rare Michelangelo paintings hitherto lost to the art world.

Read the New York Times article on the discovery: "The Pieta Behind the Couch"

"An art mystery for the ages"
New York Post

"An unlikely and rather miraculous piece of art history"
Bay Area Reporter

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Why Some Politicians are More Dangerous than Others
by James Gilligan

"This book will change the way you think about our two major political parties."
George Soros

"A new formula for thinking about American politics: Gilligan is telling us, in essence, that how we vote is a life or death decision."
Seymour M. Hersh

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Joining the Resistance
by Carol Gilligan

"Helps heal the split between reason and emotion, mind and body, self and relationships, especially as they relate to gender identity. There is much food for thought in this work."
The Scientific and Medical Network

"A leap forward in what has become Gilligan’s life-journey, connecting psychology to culture... beautifully written and full of surprises"
Richard Sennett, New York University

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The Strange Non-Death of Neoliberalism
by Colin Crouch

"A highly approachable and illuminating argument in political economy."
The Guardian

"A compelling read."
Michael Mann, University of California, Los Angeles

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Collateral Damage
by Zygmunt Bauman

"Catalogues the almost irreparable damage and corruption visited on the fabric of humanity and its collective values of solidarity, as well as shared interests, by the practices of modern capitalism".
Morning Star

"A wise old man, raging against the rise of new evils and yet retaining a passion for a redemptive and transformative mission for sociology and its concerns, is something laudable".
Times Higher Education

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Power in the 21st Century
by Michael Mann

"Mann displays here in summary strokes the continuing relevance of his grand sociological vision."
Randall Collins, University of Pennsylvania

"A brilliant dialogue offers rich insights into the likely developments of an age that we cannot yet know."
Sir Ian Kershaw, Sheffield University

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