Sunday 6/22 @ 2:00PM
Labyrinth Books
Join us as Cyntha McVay presents her book A Field of My Own: A Memoir of Place. A lifelong creative and environmentalist, McVay chronicles her intimate, two-decad ...
The first complete collection of the poetry of Delmore Schwartz, “the most underrated poet of the twentieth century" (John Berryman).When Delmore Schwartz published his first short story, “In Dreams...
100 Things I Know How to Do is an empowering picture book from the award-winning creator of 100 Things That Make Me Happy and 100 Things I Love to Do with You. Feed goats! Dig moats! Do chores! Roast...
Mimi Schwartz’s father was born Jewish in a tiny German village thirty years before the advent of Hitler when, as he’d tell her, “We all got along.” In her original memoir, Good Neighbors, Bad Times,...
Now with an exciting new preface by Lou Reed (Delmore Schwartz's student at Syracuse), In Dreams Begin Responsibilities collects eight of Schwartz's finest delineations of New York's intellectuals in...
When History Is Personal contains the stories of twenty-five moments in Mimi Schwartz’s life, each heightened by its connection to historical, political, and social issues. These essays look both...
With some changes in the contents-most notably the addition of sixteen recently discovered poems-Last & Lost Poems is a paperbound version of the highly praised 1979 Vanguard Press publication. That...
In this graceful and compelling book, Regina Schwartz presents a powerful reading of Paradise Lost by tracing the structure of the poem to the pattern of "repeated beginnings" found in the Bible. In...
Introduction -- Primitive Classification From Durkheim To Levi-strauss -- Vertical Classification -- Vertical Classification And Moral Polarity -- Constructing A Vertical World -- Vertical...
Joel Schwartz presents the first systematic treatment of Rousseau's understanding of the political importance of women, sexuality, and the family. Using both Rousseau's lesser-known literary works...
Schwartz presents the history of genetics through the eyes of a dozen or so central players, beginning with Charles Darwin and ending with Nobel laureate Hermann J. Muller. This book offers readers...
"Everywhere I looked it seemed that we were being defined by what our brains were doing . . . Everywhere, there were hucksters and geniuses, all trying to colonize the new world of the brain." "I'd...
Why have radical political theorists, whose thinking inspired mass movements for democracy, been so suspicious of political plurality? According to Joseph Schwartz, their doubts were involved with...
A stunning look at the profound impact of the jet plane on the mid-century aesthetic, from Disneyland to Life magazineVanessa R. Schwartz engagingly presents the jet plane’s power to define a new age...
In the spirit of Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, a social critique of our obsession with choice, and how it contributes to anxiety, dissatisfaction and regret. This paperback includes a new preface...
How well integrated were Jews in the Mediterranean society controlled by ancient Rome? The Torah's laws seem to constitute a rejection of the reciprocity-based social dependency and emphasis on honor...
Decision days appear to outsiders as among the most dramatic events on the Supreme Court calendar. One thinks, for instance, of Chief Justice Earl Warren, reading the unanimous opinion in Brown v...
A panoramic social history of hurricanes in the Caribbean The diverse cultures of the Caribbean have been shaped as much by hurricanes as they have by diplomacy, commerce, or the legacy of colonial...
A panoramic social history of hurricanes in the CaribbeanThe diverse cultures of the Caribbean have been shaped as much by hurricanes as they have by diplomacy, commerce, or the legacy of colonial...
A leading psychologist and philosopher challenge the shortcomings of rational choice theory--and propose a new framework for understanding decision-making For many decision scientists, their...
Dunford - Schwartz: Linear Operators Part I. General Theory. In the two parts of Linear Operators, the authors endeavor to give a comprehensive survey of the applicaton of this general theory to the...