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“I’ve read a lot of Simenon, who’s a favorite writer of mine.” —Sigrid NunezIn a run-down Paris suburb, housebound widow Juliette Boynet is strangled. For Inspector Maigret, this murder hits home...

Strap in for a topsy-turvy day with best hippo friends George and Martha! Whether it's helping each other brave tight ropes and amusement park rides, George and Martha discover that there's nothing...

... Fourteen Essays Based On Papers Delivered At The Conference On Ranke And Historiography, Oct. 1986 At Syracuse University.--p. Xiii. Introduction / James M. Powell -- Mythistory In The Age Of...

From the bestselling author of Tenth of December comes a splendid new edition of his acclaimed collaboration with the illustrator behind The Stinky Cheese Man and James and the Giant Peach! Featuring...

La 4e de couverture indique : "This general description of British politics in the reign of George III deals with the reasons why people went into politics, the functions of party and patronage, and...

How did Britain transform itself from a nation of workhouses to one that became a model for the modern welfare state? The Winding Road to the Welfare State investigates the evolution of living...

America is at war with terrorism. Terrorists must be brought to justice. We hear these phrases together so often that we rarely pause to reflect on the dramatic differences between the demands of war...

Most of us have heard the dire predictions about global warming. Some experts insist that warming has already started, and they warn of such impending disasters as the sea level rising to flood...

During its first six years (1986-1991), the journal Cultural Anthropology provided a unique forum for registering the lively traffic between anthropology and the emergent arena of cultural studies...

In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Together,...

How did Britain transform itself from a nation of workhouses to one that became a model for the modern welfare state? The Winding Road to the Welfare State investigates the evolution of living...

How Obama overestimated the power of rhetoric and persuasion during his presidencyWhen Barack Obama became president, many Americans embraced him as a transformational leader who would fundamentally...

Texte etabli et traduit par Georges Lafaye. 3 tomes. 1er tome, edition revue et corrigee par Jean Fabre, 1ere edition 1925. Tome II: edition revue et corrigee par Henri Le Bonniec. 1ere edition 1928...

Impressive analytical essays on the transformation of historical studies in Europe.In four impressively researched essays Georg Iggers recounts the transformation of historical studies in Europe...

"From 1938 to 1955, Bertolt Brecht created montages of images and text, filling his working journal (Arbeitsjournal) and his idiosyncratic atlas of images, War Primer, with war photographs clipped...

How Obama overestimated the power of rhetoric and persuasion during his presidencyWhen Barack Obama became president, many Americans embraced him as a transformational leader who would fundamentally...

Long-listed for the 2016 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardDelightfully readable, Spooky Action at a Distance is a mind-bending voyage to the frontiers of modern physics that will change...

Pakal was one of the greatest ancient rulers and the most prominent among a long line of monarchs who held sway at Palenque from AD 300 to 800. This "queen of Maya cities," as Palenque has been...

Until 1997, few people had heard of the seasonal current that Peruvians nicknamed El Niño. But when meteorologists linked it to devastating floods in California, severe droughts in Indonesia, and...

George McClure offers here a far-reaching analysis of the role of consolation in Italian Renaissance culture, showing how the humanists' interest in despair, and their effort to open up this realm in...