Harvard University Press

: (Actual Size: 14 x 11 inches, slipcased); view a slideshow of Audubon's illustrations from the book

AUDUBON: EARLY DRAWINGS: INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD RHODES, SCIENTIFIC COMMENTARY BY SCOTT V. EDWARDS, FOREWORD BY LESLIE A. MORRIS; “[Audubon] single-handedly introduced an entire continent’s birds to the world...This is the first book to collect and reproduce the pastel, ink, and watercolor studies from early in his career...His genius was to convey their liveliness...Even though Audubon’s letters reveal frustrations in this regard...these ‘difficulties and disappointments...never for a moment destroyed the desire of obtaining perfect representations of nature.’”; —Boston Globe; read more about Audubon's indelible mark on reference illustration in the Boston Globe

LONELINESS AS A WAY OF LIFE: THOMAS DUMM; “What does it mean to be lonely?” Dumm asks. His inquiry, documented in this book, takes us beyond social circumstances and into the deeper forces that shape our very existence as modern individuals. The modern individual, Dumm suggests, is fundamentally a lonely self. This book challenges us, not to overcome our loneliness, but to learn how to re-inhabit it in a better way.; read an excerpt

WHAT HAPPENED AT VATICAN II: JOHN W. O’MALLEY; During four years in session, Vatican Council II held television audiences rapt with its elegant, magnificently choreographed public ceremonies, while its debates generated front-page news on a near-weekly basis. This book captures the drama of the council, depicting the colorful characters involved and their clashes with one another.; read an excerpt

SAMUEL JOHNSON: A Biography; PETER MARTIN; “Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) remains one of the most-quoted and carefully observed authors who ever lived. On the occasion of Johnson's tercentenary, Martin searches out the psychological elements covered up by Boswell and others: the immense insecurities, bouts of deep depression, corrosive self-doubt and, in his last days, despair for his very soul...Martin admirably succeeds in giving a new generation Dr. Johnson, warts and all, from the inside.”; —Publishers Weekly; read an excerpt