540 results for '"Bayer, Francis'

The most comprehensive and up-to-date exploration of one of the most important religious orders in the modern worldSince its founding by Ignatius of Loyola in 1540, the Society of Jesus—more commonly...

"The Catholic Church in the United States stands at a crossroads between crisis and opportunity. At a time when only the second Catholic President in U.S. history is shaped by the culture and many...

A Convenient Place To Get Rid Of Inconvenient People : The Victorian Lunatic Asylum / Andrew Scull -- The Modern Hospital In England And France : The Social And Medical Uses Of Architecture / Adrian...

Now an animated series from Paramount + & Nickelodeon!“Big Nate is funny, big time.”—Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy KidThe fifth Big Nate novel in the New York Times bestselling series by...

Bhabha, in his preface, writes 'Nations, like narratives, lose their origins in the myths of time and only fully encounter their horizons in the mind's eye'.From this seemingly impossibly...

The book that launched environmental history, William Cronon's Changes in the Land, now revised and updated. Winner of the Francis Parkman PrizeIn this landmark work of environmental history, William...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An “enthralling” (Los Angeles Times) and “remarkably engrossing” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) novel of literary and psychological suspense about the dark...

Nominated for the National Book Award and winner of the Francis Parkman Prize.The setting for this haunting and encyclopedically researched work of history is colonial Massachusetts, where English...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic—both poignant and funny—about a boy with autism who sets out to solve the murder of a neighbor's dog and discovers unexpected truths about himself and the world...

This first paperback facsimile of the classic 1913 edition includes thirteen photographs and numerous illustrations of the great cathedrals of Northern France. Henry Adams referred to this book as "A...

The smoke clears. The world watches. A name is announced. A man steps forward and the earth's gaze falls upon him. We have a Pope! And his name is Leo XIV. But who is this 266th successor to St...

From the New York Times bestselling author comes a novel in which dedicated, if somewhat demented, environmentalists battle sleazy real estate developers in the Florida Keys."Rips, zips, hurtles,...

"Sam Wasson's supremely entertaining book tracks the ups and downs, ins and outs, of a remarkable career. . . . A marvel of unshowy reportage."--New York Times The New York Times bestselling author...

Edited and with an Introduction by Frank KermodeA Woman Killed with Kindness by Thomas HeywoodVolpone by Ben JonsonThe Revenger’s Tragedy by Cyril TourneurThe Maid’s Tragedy by John Fletcher and...

This is the only comprehensive textbook reference work covering the principal human rights areas by subject matter. Covering both global and regional aspects, topics discussed include civil rights,...

This deeply persuasive book presents a new and profound approach to the testimony of the Holocaust. Nicholas Chare offers a critical reassessment of the writings on the abject by Julia Kristeva,...

The complete, authoritative collection of Ernest Hemingway's short fiction, including classic stories like "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," and "The Short Happy Life of...

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of...

Illustrations from the book covers: Adders on the Heath (1963), The War of the Worlds (1960), The Sot-Weed Factor (1960), Lafcadio's Adventures (1953), What Nigel Knew (1981), Old Possum's Book of...

Set in Savannah, Georgia, in the early 1970s, this is a novel of the anarchic joy of youth and encounters with the concerns of early adulthood. Francis Doyle, Tim Sullivan, and their three closest...