394 results for '"Keister, Lisa A.'

The Orpheus myth has fascinated Western culture from the sixth century B.C. to the present. This book defines, through a survey of the European tradition of literature, art, poetry, and music, some...

A gentle and reassuring bedtime companion for little ones. As night falls, parents everywhere hold their babies close: a baby monkey sleeps, safe in its mother's arms; a baby whale snuggles tight,...

From the founder of Cake Picnic--a series of joyful, diverse, and deliciously indulgent gatherings where every attendee brings a whole cake--this cookbook of 50 baking recipes includes a guide to...

This deluxe reissue of a beloved classic follows a paper doll swept up by the wind who embarks on a vibrant, imaginative journey to find her way home in a timeless tale of creativity, courage, and...

From Arendt's preeminent biographer, an exploration of the particular relevance of the great philosopher's thought to the world of today Upon publication of her "field manual," The Origins...

Shortly before her death in 2004, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler, her collaborator, completed the manuscript for this, her final book. On Grief and Grieving is a fitting completion to her...

How Japan captured the Victorian imagination and transformed Western aesthetics From the opening of trade with Britain in the 1850s, Japan occupied a unique and contradictory place in the Victorian...

Elvis's Graceland, a freezer stuffed with food, a Gulf gasoline sign standing in a deserted rural landscape-these are only a few of the iconic images captured by the "democratic camera" of...

Written by a group of international experts in their field, this book is a review of Lagrangian observation, analysis and assimilation methods in physical and biological oceanography. This...

A comparative look at how discrimination is experienced by stigmatized groups in the United States, Brazil, and IsraelRacism is a common occurrence for members of marginalized groups around the world...

"The work of the sculptor Rachel Harrison is both the zeitgeist and the least digestible in contemporary art. It may also be the most important, owing to an originality that breaks a prevalent...

Throughout his long, hectic and astonishingly varied life, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) would jot down his passing thoughts on theatre programmes, visiting cards, draft manuscripts and even...

Published for the eighth Liverpool Biennial, A Needle Walks into a Haystack reflects on notions of intimacy, delinquency and inefficiency though the work of critics, philosophers and writers such as...

"Journalist Orth delivers a jaunty description of his travels...[that] armchair travelers will enjoy."—Publishers Weekly“Funny, insightful, and mind-bendingly entertaining. Stephan Orth is a fearless...

From the beloved author of Pippi Longstocking comes another rolicking adventure!This collection of stories takes readers through a year in the lives of the children of Noisy Village, as told by...

Lisa has lost custody of her young twin boys. Caught between the French legal system's sluggish bureaucracy and her sinister, scheming in-laws, she's alone and lost, an Argentine migrant in rural...

The Mona Lisa... Why did Leonardo da Vinci lavish three years on a painting of the second wife of an unimportant merchant when all the nobles of Europe were begging for a portrait by his hand? No one...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The treasured childhood classic that tells the heartwarming story of a little bear and a little girl finding the friend they have always wanted in each other.Corduroy lives in...