5363 results for '"Pharr, Susan J.'

The description for this book, The Narrative Act: Point of View in Prose Fiction, will be forthcoming.

Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850

A concise introductory textbook on the development of the nervous systemThis textbook offers a concise introduction to the exciting field of developmental neuroscience, a discipline concerned with...

Through Edgar Degas's beloved paintings, drawings, and sculptures, award-winning author Susan Goldman Rubin--in collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art--conveys the wonder and excitement of...

The first biography to rescue the true story of Josiah Henson, restoring to history his role in the Underground RailroadJosiah Henson led a fascinating life―from the plantation fields of Maryland to...

A beautifully curated presentation of the Thousand Character Essay, a masterpiece of Chinese calligraphy that has served as the art form's classic manual for over 1,400 years. Sung to infants as a...

Discover wisdom and guidance to face the climate emergency from the most influential spiritual and environmental leaders of our time, including the Dalai Lama, Greta Thunberg, Joanna Macy, Vandana...

This ethnography explores the religious beliefs and rituals of a group of elderly Jewish women, originally from Kurdistan and Yemen, who now live in Jerusalem. Sered visited the women in their homes...

Born out of violence and the aspirations of its early settlers, the United States of America has become one of the world's most powerful nations, even as its past continues to inform its present and...

Part biography, part literary criticism, this lively and well written book examines America's first generation of female intellectuals.