Books: The Pile Grows...

The pile of must-read excellent books grows higher and higher. In this morning's mail:

• Eric Jones (2006), Cultures Merging: A Historical and Economic Critique of Culture (Princeton: Princeton University Press: 0691117373).
• Harold James (2006), The Roman Predicament: How the Rules of International Order Create the Politics of Empire (Princeton: Princeton University Press: 0691122210).