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  1. A Guide to Influential Philosophical Works of the 20th CenturyPhilosophy in the last century rarely stayed inside a department. It reshaped how people thought about language, government, labour, gender, psychology and the…
  2. Essential Books on the History of the American Civil WarThe American Civil War of 1861 to 1865 remains one of the most thoroughly studied yet intensely contested episodes in modern history. Its battles, political…
  3. The greatest works of French literature available in translationFrench literature reaches English readers through translation, and the finest translations do more than relocate a story. They carry unfamiliar habits of…
  4. How Krosos.org Can Help You Discover Books on Marine BiologyMarine biology covers far more than fish identification. It includes coral reefs, ocean chemistry, marine mammals, fisheries, conservation, coastal…
  5. The definitive texts on the philosophy of religionReligious philosophy asks how claims about gods, revelation, worship and salvation relate to evidence, reasoning, ethics and human experience. It is not simply…
  6. A guide to the best works of modernist poetryModernist poetry transformed the literary landscape of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Emerging across Europe, Britain, Ireland, America and…
  7. Reading the changing story of EnglishEnglish is never a finished object. Its words, sounds, grammar and writing systems have changed as communities spoke, wrote, taught and traded. Books that…
  8. The most comprehensive books on Islamic historyThe history of the Islamic world reaches beyond Arabia and the modern Middle East. It spans states and communities shaped by the Qur’an, as well as trade,…
  9. A reader’s path through Spain’s literary golden ageThe Spanish Golden Age, or Siglo de Oro, is usually dated from 1492 to the mid-seventeenth century. It was not one settled style but a cultural field shaped by…
  10. A Curated List of Books on the Art of the RenaissanceRenaissance art is often reduced to a parade of instantly recognisable masterpieces: Leonardo’s women, Michelangelo’s ceiling, Raphael’s Madonnas, and the…