4013 results for '"Miller, Steven E.'

This deluxe edition features elegant sprayed and stenciled edges; sparkling gold foil; endpapers featuring a map of Homer's Greece; a guide to Greek gods, mortals, and heroes; essays by Madeline...

A modern introduction to traditional Buddhist psychology    This practical overview of Buddhist psychology outlines step-by-step methods for examining the source of our habitual tendencies and...

In the spring of 1672, German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz arrived in Paris, home of France's two greatest philosopher-theologians of the period, Antoine Arnauld and...

A Golden Kite Honor Book of 2018 * A Kirkus Best Book of 2017“A poetic love letter to the complexities of teenage identity, and the frustrations of growing up in a place where everything fits in a...

Named a Best Book of 2022 by The New Yorker, Publishers Weekly, and NPRIn this genre-defying “new kind of history” (The New Yorker), the chief film critic of Slate places comedy legend and acclaimed...

These excerpts from the writings of Sir Karl Popper are an outstanding introduction to one of the most controversial of living philosophers, known especially for his devastating criticisms of Plato...

Genocide has tragically claimed the lives of over 262 million victims in the last century. Jews, Armenians, Cambodians, Darfurians, Kosovons, Rwandans, the list seems endless. Clinical psychologist...

A psychoanalyst's sensitive exploration of schizophrenia through the stories and words of three women patients In the spring of 1994, psychoanalyst-in-training Steven Poser arrived for his...

One of the most hotly debated issues in the historical study of race relations is the question of how the Civil War and Reconstruction affected social relations in the South. Did the War leave class...

“Charming and erudite," from the author of Rationality and Enlightenment Now, "The wit and insight and clarity he brings . . . is what makes this book such a gem.” —Time.com Why is so much writing...

A biography of the great portraitist Frans Hals that takes the reader into the turbulent world of the Dutch Golden Age.Frans Hals was one of the greatest portrait painters in history, and his style...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER! 2024 Golden Kite Award Winner *An NPR and New York Public LibraryBest Book of the Year "I want to be friends with them all" -- Vashti Harrison, #1 New York Times...

A quiet revolution has been occurring in post-World War II Europe. A world power has emerged across the Atlantic that is recrafting the rules for how a modern society should provide economic...

Thoreau wanted to be both a prophet and a professional, and although his ideals often clashed with the demands of the reading public, he was compelled to respond to a complex and evolving literary...

What do the phrases "pro-life," "intelligent design," and "the war on terror" have in common? Each of them is a name for something that smuggles in a highly charged political opinion. Words and...

From political cartoons to offbeat graphic stories, from the “funnies” to underground comics: a contemporary look at comic art from around the world in a volume packed with vibrant visuals, deft...

This volume includes "Daisy Miller", "Pandora", "The Patagonia", and "Four Meetings". ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature...

A visually stunning exploration of the artistic process by an award-winning nature artistDrawing Nature presents the creative process of an acclaimed nature artist, guiding readers from field...

Antisemitism, as hatred of Jews and Judaism, has been a central problem of Western civilization for millennia, and its history continues to invite debate. This Very Short Introduction untangles the...