2046 results for '"Jefferson, Thomas'

Lyrical, funny and moving, this is Dylan Thomas's masterwork and a beloved Welsh classic. It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black...' Under Milk Woodtells the story...

With A Pref. By Lord Cohen Of Birkenhead; Edited By Gordon Mclachlan And Thomas Mckeown. Held In London October 20-21, 1970. Includes Bibliographies.

The spectacular, history-making first novel about a young man’s coming of age by literary legend Thomas Wolfe, first published in 1929 and long considered a classic of twentieth century literature.A...

How social upheavals after the collapse of the French Empire shaped the lives and work of artists in early nineteenth-century EuropeAs the French Empire collapsed between 1812 and 1815, artists...

 Thomas Cole (1801–1848) is celebrated as the greatest American landscape artist of his generation. Though previous scholarship has emphasized the American aspects of his formation and identity,...

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), admired for his grand society portraits and sumptuous pastoral landscapes, is the most perennially popular of British artists. In his life as in his art, Gainsborough...

Writings by Thomas Hirschhorn, collected for the first time, trace the development of the artist's ideas and artistic strategies.For the artist Thomas Hirschhorn, writing is a crucial tool at every...

A fully revised and expanded edition of the runaway bestseller, Surrounded by Idiots—now with more:Text • Charts • Examples • Snark! Master the four basic behavior types and change the way you...

Nominated for the 2010 Stonewall Book Award, the oldest book award given for outstanding achievement in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered LiteratureA woman is haunted by the atrocities...

Since 1845, the phrase "manifest destiny" has offered a simple and appealing explanation of the United States. In this incisive book, Thomas R. Hietala reassesses the complex factors behind American...

A collection of previously untranslated stories from a master of twentieth-century Austrian literature, Thomas Bernhard. "The cold increases with the clarity," said Thomas Bernhard while accepting a...

Into Tibet is the incredible story of a 1949-1950 American undercover expedition led by America's first atomic agent, Douglas S. Mackiernan -- a covert attempt to arm the Tibetans and to recognize...

Economist, philosopher, civil servant, and politician, John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) made his mark as a liberal in Victorian society. His major works--System of Logic and Principles--as well as his...

Saint Thomas More’s Utopia is one of the most important works of European humanism and serves as a key text in survey courses on Western intellectual history, the Renaissance, political theory, and...

A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan—a crucial turning point in World War II and geopolitical history—with you-are-there immediacy by the New...

In this book, Thomas Ogletree seeks to establish common ground between biblical understandings and contemporary ethical inquiry. Drawing upon phenomenological investigations, he criticizes and...

Thomas Hardy's literary masterpiece Far from the Madding Crowd is the story of free-spirited Bathsheba Everdene, whose bold independence attracts the attention of three suitors: the frugal shepherd...

Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan is arguably the greatest piece of political philosophy written in the English language. Written in a time of great political turmoil (Hobbes's life spanned the reign of...