An updated and expanded new edition of the definitive walking guide to Seattle

Seattle Walks

Discovering History and Nature in the City

David B. Williams

Can a state make its people forget the dead?

Necropolitics of the Ordinary

Death and Grieving in Contemporary Singapore

Ruth E. Toulson

A transformative look at the lives of Filipina care workers and their mutual aid practices

Caring for Caregivers

Filipina Migrant Workers and Community Building during Crisis

Valerie Francisco-Menchavez

An early commentary on one of the Chinese Five Classics

The Great Commentary on the Documents Classic / Shangshu dazhuan尚書大傳

Translated by Fan Lin and Griet Vankeerberghen

How wine has transformed Tibetan land and lives

Crafting a Tibetan Terroir

Winemaking in Shangri-La

By Brendan A. Galipeau

Published in association with a major survey of the work of the pioneering Belgian surrealist artist

Magritte

Edited by Nicholas Chambers

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