3172 results for '"Charles F. Westoff'

No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused. A Christmas Carol is one of the most beloved and heart-warming Christmas tales of all time. Ebenezer Scrooge is a greedy and...

Photographs of fighters in action are accompanied by essays about boxers, specific fights, and the sport of boxing

This groundbreaking book reveals the perceptual underpinnings of society, showing how sights, sounds, and smells build social and political worlds.

A radical and powerful reappraisal of the impact of Constantine’s adoption of Christianity on the later Roman world, and on the subsequent development both of Christianity and of Western civilization...

Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and women, and scrimping by in...

The Flowers of Evil, which T. S. Eliot called the greatest example of modern poetry in any language, shocked the literary world of nineteenth century France with its outspoken portrayal of lesbian...

Inconstant and forbidding, the arctic lured misguided voyagers into the cold for centuries--pushing them beyond the limits of their knowledge, technology, and stamina. A Fabulous Kingdom: Tales of...

The author explores the destruction of the natural beauty of the American West through the experiences of a variety of people, including Mexican farmers and drug dealers, Arizona gun enthusiasts, and...

Prophesies of Godlessness explores the surprisingly similar expectations of religious and moral change voiced by major American thinkers from the time of the Puritans to today. These predictions of...

The English Language in Canada examines the current status, history and principal features of Canadian English, focusing on the 'standard' variety heard across the country today. The discussion of...

The development of technology and the inventions that have marked the progress of civilization from the earliest times to 1950 are described and examined in light of social, economic, and political...