A concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade both Christian and pagan traditions, from the medieval period to the present day

A sweeping and overdue retelling of U.S. history that recognizes that Native Americans are essential to understanding the evolution of modern America

A classic reference book on user interface design and graphic design for web sites, updated to reflect a rapidly changing market Consistently praised as the best volume on classic elements of web site design, Web Style Guide has sold many thousands of copies and has been published around the world. This new revised edition confirms Web Style Guide as the go-to authority in a rapidly changing market. As web designers move from building sites from scratch to using content management and aggrega...

A revealing exploration of how prescient nineteenth-century artists, writers, and scientists began to sound the alarm on climate crisis

A comprehensive new survey tracing the global history of urbanism and urban design from the industrial revolution to the present “An engaging read for urban planners and non-designer urbanists.

The extent and detail of Mumford’s geographical coverage of the topics are exceptional.”—Christopher Auffrey, Journal of Urban Affairs Written with an international perspective that encourages cross-cultural comparisons, leading architectural and urban historian Eric Mumford presents a compr...

A fascinating journey through Europe’s old towns, exploring why we treasure them—but also what they hide about a continent’s fraught history