405 results for '"Navaretti, Giorgio Barba'

Linguists usually discuss language or dialects in terms of groups of speakers. Believing that patterns can be seen more clearly in the group than the individual, researchers often present group...

In her bestselling novel Prodigal Summer, Barbara Kingsolver weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabiting the forested mountains and struggling small farms...

After the research psychologist Barbara Blatchley lost her husband and partner of thirty-six years, her life changed utterly. Seeking to understand the pain and confusion she felt, Blatchley began...

An acidly funny novel about a woman who falls for a much younger man by one of Britain's great writers of social comedy, now back in print.A lesser-known, darker sister to Barbara Pym's Excellent...

Describes life inside the world's largest women's prison, from the point of view of the women themselves.

Get to know famous primate scientist Jane Goodall—including her life with chimpanzees, her groundbreaking contributions to animal science, and beyond—in this charming Level 1 reader perfect for kids...

Tuchman turns to America with a fresh new view of the events that led from the first foreign salute to the American Nationhood in 1776 to the last campaign of the Revolution five years later--the...

Celebrated for bringing a personal touch to history in her Pulitzer Prize-winning epic "The Guns of August" and other classic books, Barbara W. Tuchman reflects on world events and the historian's...

Just as every society has an economic and political structure, so too every society has a gender structure. Barbara Risman’s original research on single fathers, married baby boom mothers, and...

“A tremendous tale of hushed and unhushed uproars in the linked fields of war and diplomacy” (The New York Times), from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Guns of AugustIn January 1917, the war...

The gods of Olympus are the most colorful characters of Greek civilization: even in antiquity, they were said to be cruel, oversexed, mad, or just plain silly. Yet for all their foibles and flaws,...

Award-winning author-illustrator Barbara McClintock’s meticulous research and vibrant watercolor illustrations breathe life into this frenzied, fictionalized exploration of China’s ancient Five Forms...

The New York Times bestseller, now in paperback! From the celebrated author of Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich explores how we are killing ourselves to live longer, not better.A razor-sharp...

From Barbara O'Connor, the author of the #1 New York Times-bestseller Wish, comes a big-hearted story about the meaning of friendship, the joys and pains of growing up, and one lovable runaway dog...

A gripping portrait of modern Tibet told through the lives of its people, from the bestselling author of Nothing to Envy “A brilliantly reported and eye-opening work of narrative nonfiction.”—The New...

Far away from the Taj Mahal, the Red Fort and other tourist destinations of the north of India lies another India: the lush and beautiful Southern States. In Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra...

An in-depth exploration of how the iconic artist created his works over the course of his full careerAmong the most celebrated figures of modern art, Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) has been the...

"Animals dream about the things they do in the day time just like people do. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life." So says Loyd Peregrina, a handsome Apache trainman and...

This book is an introduction to the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer, written in a lively, personal style. Hannan emphasizes the peculiar inconsistencies and tensions in Schopenhauer's thought--he...