112 results for 'ranch'

A tragicomic journey across America as one man attempts to create a fast food empire, and a legacy to leave behind. From the prolific and peerless Stanley Elkin, The Franchiser follows Ben Flesh—one...

This part handbook, part history, and part personal narrative will open readers' eyes to the oft-overlooked arm of government that has done more harm and more good than any other in recent years:...

This book tries to show that Berkeley, when he was preparing to write his early books, made a thorough study of the Recherche , that the Berkeleian philosophy still bears the specific impress of that...

What the popularity of the Fast and Furious film franchise says about Hollywood blockbusters and media production Fast and Furious Franchising charts the transformation of Hollywood through the story...

In the bestselling tradition of The Nine and The Brethren, The Most Dangerous Branch takes us inside the secret world of the Supreme Court. David A. Kaplan, the former legal affairs editor of...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A myth-busting glimpse into the inner workings of the Supreme Court, revealing what we get wrong about the Roberts Court, what the justices' clerks gossip about, and how...

The important political motivations behind why women finally won the right to voteIn the 1880s, women were barred from voting in all national-level elections, but by 1920 they were going to the polls...

Explores the philosophy of Nicolas Malebranche, the most important seventeenth century philosopher after Descartes and the influence of his philosophy in eighteenth century Britain.

Contemporary media seems incredibly unoriginal, as Hollywood produces an endless flood of remakes, sequels, reboots, and franchises. We watch as the same stories, characters, and images appear again...

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, the second part of his epic trilogy on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement. In the second volume of his three-part...

In Parting the Waters, the first volume of his essential America in the King Years series, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a “compelling…masterfully told” (The Wall Street Journal) account...

"A poet of genius."—Vladimir NabokovVia what Ilya Kaminsky and Jean Valentine call "readings"—not translations—of fragments of Marina Tsvetaeva's poems and prose, Tsvetaeva's lyrical genius is made...

The essential moments of the Civil Rights Movement are set in historical context by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the magisterial America in the King Years trilogy—Parting the Waters; Pillar...

The DRAGON MASTERS series is "How to Train Your Dragon" meets the DRAGON SLAYERS' ACADEMY!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly...

DRAGON MASTERS has it all--dragons, Dragon Stones, a wizard, and even some magic!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent...

The definitive reference guide to all of Africa's venomous and dangerous snakesAfrica is home to several hundred snake species, including some of the world’s most dangerous. The Dangerous Snakes of...

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