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New book explores Michelangelo’s last great challenge, building St. Peter’s Basilica

Just when Michelangelo was considering retirement, he was asked to help oversee construction of St. Peter's Basilica and helped create one of the world's great architectural masterpieces.

Browse titles from Washington University’s faculty and alumni. Thoughtful. Diverse. Well researched. These books might just make it to your shelf, nightstand or coffee table.

The Anthropology of Islamic Law

Education, Ethics, and Legal Interpretation at Egypt's Al-Azhar

By Aria Nakissa

Statistics With R

Solving Problems Using Real-World Data

By Jenine Harris

City on a Hill

A History of American Exceptionalism

By Abram Van Engen

Romance in Marseille

By Claude McKay

Edited by William J. Maxwell and Gary Edward Holcomb

Staging Frontiers

The Making of Modern Popular Culture in Argentina & Uruguay

By William Acree

The Norton Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales

By David Lawton

We Average Unbeautiful Watchers

Fan Narratives and the Reading of American Sports

By Noah Cohan

Award Winner

I Met Loh Kiowan

Translated by Ji-Eun Lee

Tigers, Fairies, and Gods

Enchanting Folktales from Korea

By Mijeong Mimi Kim

The Economics of Higher Purpose

Eight Counterintuitive Steps For Creating a Purpose-Driven Organization

By Anjan V. Thakor

Michelangelo, God’s Architect

The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece

By William E. Wallace

Flatlining

Race, Work, and Health Care in the New Economy

By Adia Harvey Wingfield