1625 results for '"Walter Adams'

Weaving memoir with unprecedented reportage, Guest Privileges is a decade-long journey of discovery through the clandestine queer communities of the Gulf States, and into the very nature of home and...

Thomas Adams explores the social context in which the French Enlightenment arose by focusing on the response of 18th-century French society to the problem of poverty, and examining the institutions...

A vibrant anthology of comics inspired by visits to the museum, featuring illustrated stories by Roz Chast, Liana Finck, Walter Scott and more--with a collectible foldout poster by Chris WareHave you...

By the author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, this is the definitive biography of Albert Einstein. How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson’s biography...

NOW AN APPLE TV+ SERIES STARRING SAMUEL L. JACKSONThe Last Days of Ptolemy Grey is a masterful, moving novel about age, memory, and family from one of the true literary icons of our time.Marooned in...

Beautifully illustrated and richly detailed, this collection of fifty individually drawn maps is a novel, visual way to unlock New York’s special places. This unique new guide to New York dispenses...

Ex-library book, includes associated stamps and attachments. Binding sound. Light soiling to front and end paper.

In the art world, replicas are typically thought to be of low value. However skillfully created, they remain in the eyes of many mere copies, pointing toward an original of greater significance. In...

In 1965, a mysterious beam of blue light descended from space, illuminating Northern California. This extraterrestrial beam possessed strange powers, causing those it touched to either die, go mad,...

This book discusses the complex relationships between diet and major diseases of western civilization, such as cancer and atherosclerosis. It begins with an overview of research strategies in...

Provides a history of America's involvement with Panama and the Canal from the early nineteenth century to 1977.

Provides a history of America's involvement with Panama and the Canal from the early nineteenth century to 1977.

Unterhaltsam gemachte Nacherzählung des Nibelungenliedes (mit vielen Zitaten in Strophenform) sowie Verführung zu den Handlungsorten des bedeutendsten Werkes deutscher Heldenepik (um 1200).

From New York Times bestselling author Adam Wallace comes a new festive fall favorite about the importance of being yourself that families, teachers, and kids will love!Turkey has to get ready for...

"Robert Adams's book is a gem. The first chapter alone, with its knowing, judicious, principled, and illuminating overview of this complex subject, is worth the price of admission."--Robert K...

The epic story of Detroit's struggle to integrate schools in its suburbs―and the defeat of desegregation in the North.In 1974, the Supreme Court issued a momentous decision: In the case of Milliken v...

A concise, accessible introduction to language endangerment and why it is one of the most urgent challenges of our times.58% of the world’s languages—or, approximately 4,000 languages—are endangered...

This classic is the benchmark against which all modern books about Nietzsche are measured. When Walter Kaufmann wrote it in the immediate aftermath of World War II, most scholars outside Germany...

The authors of this absorbing new book describe the science of gene therapy in terms easily accessible to the non-specialist, and focus on the controversial ethical and public policy issues...

The description for this book, The Crowning of the American Landscape: Eight Great Spaces and Their Buildings, will be forthcoming.