464 results for '"Faigenbaum, Patrick'

"Lewis's poetics are perfectly complemented by Kelley's evocative pastel illustrations, which both inspire and unsettle." –New York TimesThey went by many names, but the world came to know them best...

“One is not born a woman, but becomes one”, Simone de BeauvoirA symbol of liberated womanhood, Simone de Beauvoir's unconventional relationships inspired and scandalised her generation. A...

When revolutions happen, they change the rules of everyday life--both the codified rules concerning the social and legal classifications of citizens and the unwritten rules about how individuals...

A beautifully illustrated field guide to the Mid-Atlantic region, from the Jersey Shore to Cape HatterasThe Outer Banks of North Carolina and the beaches of the Mid-Atlantic Coast are among the most...

Can the university solve the social and political crisis in America?Higher education occupies a difficult place in twenty-first-century American culture. Universities—the institutions that bear so...

In 1917, Bolshevik revolutionaries came to power in the war-torn Russian Empire in a way that defied all predictions, including their own. Scarcely a lifespan later, in 1991, the Soviet Union...

An introduction to the life and work of the impressionist French composer. Maurice Ravel is one of the twentieth century's most intriguing and contradictory composers. This biography, published...

ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEARDavid D. Kirkpatrick, a correspondent for The New York Times, was banned from Egypt for writing this book: the definitive account of the turn back toward...

The Hill and Wang Critical Issues Series: concise, affordable works on pivotal topics in American history, society, and politics.The Green Revolution documents the tremendous change in public...

A vivid history of how Cold War politics helped solve one of the twentieth century’s biggest refugee crisesWhen World War II ended, about one million people whom the Soviet Union claimed as its...

The New York City subway, considered an engineering feat and a work of art, has kindled the imagination of millions. Art and the Subway explores artistic production surrounding the world's most...

Can the university solve the social and political crisis in America?Higher education occupies a difficult place in twenty-first-century American culture. Universities—the institutions that bear so...