Mike Davis

Earthquakes. Wildfires. Floods. Drought. Tornadoes. Snakes in the sea, mountain lions, and a plague of bees.

A unique approach to maps, exploring how they have shaped society and culture.

A groundbreaking study of Latinization in the urban US landscape, a demographic and cultural revolution with extraordinary implications

The archaeology of death and burial

In this gem of a book, Natalie Zemon Davis explores the role of gifts in Renaissance France. From the King's bounty to the beggar's alms, from the la

To receive a royal pardon in sixteenth-century France for certain kinds of homicide—unpremeditated, unintended, in self-defense, or otherwise excusabl

From trailblazing political activist Angela Y. Davis, a major new collection of essays and interviews that argue for a radical rethinking of our priso

The clever peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost won his case when a man with a wooden leg swaggered into the French courtroom, denounced du Tilh, and ree

Met De reis van dokter Leonardo wilde Johansen een verhaal creëren waarin de traditionele rolverdeling tussen personages en setting op z’n kop staat,

A new collection of short fiction from the critically acclaimed master of the form and winner of the Man Booker International Prize, Lydia Davis

Lydia Davis is the author of Collected Stories, one novel and six short story collections, the most recent of which was a finalist for the 2007 Nation

'Winter warmers' biedt 60 hartverwarmende cocktails voor de koude dagen. Steek je open haard maar aan en ga aan de slag om klassiekers als Hot Toddy e

Mensen komen kortstondig samen in een trein, een restaurant of op straat; gesprekken worden zijdelings opgevangen en verkeerd begrepen; een klein kind

This book provides photographers with the foundation to craft more compelling photos from concept all the way through to creation and distribution.

In City of Quartz, Davis reconstructs LA's shadow history and dissects its ethereal economy.

Old Gods, New Enigmas is the highly-anticipated book by the best-selling author of City of Quartz and Planet of Slums.

New edition of the classic, bestselling (100,000+ copies) worldwide survey of slums by the world's leading urbanist

Through a careful examination of the work of the canonical nineteenth-century novelists, Mike Davis traces conspiracies and conspiratorial fantasy fro