375 results for '"Ryan, Jake'

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFinancial Times' "Best books of 2023 — Health & Wellness""Life Worth Living is transcendent. A collection of wisdom punctuated by questions of great consequence, this...

A nuanced insider's account of everyday life in the last remaining institution of New York's golden age of boxingGleason's Gym is the last remaining institution of New York's Golden Age of boxing...

A unique anthology of poems from around the world and through the ages that celebrate magic and magiciansNo matter how modern or scientifically advanced our societies become, human beings remain...

Once in a generation a young poet arrives with such an unexpected and compelling vision that readers take notice right from the start. With Primate Behavior Sarah Lindsay makes just such a debut. Her...

Experience the world of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the tremendous challenges he faced and overcame with the help of Stoic philosophy "[Robertson] thoughtfully and readably capture[s] the...

“A sweet and savory treat.” —People“An impressive feat of narrative jujitsu . . . that keeps readers turning the pages too fast to realize just how ingenious they are.”—The New York Times Book...

The wife of Japan’s most lauded manga-ka documents a year in their lives with her own artistry.In 1981, Fujiwara Maki began a picture diary about daily life with her son and husband, the legendary...

When Harriet Monroe founded Poetry magazine in Chicago in 1912, she began with an image: the Open Door. “May the great poet we are looking for never find it shut, or half-shut, against his ample...

From the James Beard Award-winning star of Netflix's Chef's Table: A whole new approach to American cooking, one that blends the cutting edge culinary ethos of Los Angeles, the timeless flavors of...

Celebrating the short, witty, philosophical phrases known as aphorisms, this delightful history is an entertaining tour through the wisest and wittiest sayings in the world. Aphorisms are...

How do race and nature work as terrains of power? From eighteenth-century claims that climate determined character to twentieth-century medical debates about the racial dimensions of genetic disease,...

A clear and eloquent leading translation of the Roman emperor’s reflections of human life and death, timeless Stoic philosophy that inspires countless others including The Daily Stoic author Ryan...

A thoughtful, poignant look at the AIDS crisis in the United States that includes primary source interviews, history, medical research, and cultural touchpoints.The AIDS crisis in America is complex...

A key way that behavioral ecologists develop general theories of animal behavior is by studying one species or a closely related group of species--''model systems''--over a long period. This book...

No nineteenth-century composer had more diverse ties to his contemporary world than Franz Liszt (1811-1886). At various points in his life he made his home in Vienna, Paris, Weimar, Rome, and...

An Amazon Best History Book of 2019"A splendid and beautifully written illustration of the tremendous importance public policy has for the daily lives of ordinary people." —Ryan Cooper, Washington...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the former United States Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author of Aimless Love, a collection of more than 135 small poems, eleven of them new to this edition,...

A deeply intimate portrait of the lives of four men that examines--in profound and comprehensive ways--what it means to be a man in America. AMERICAN MEN is a journalistic account of the lives of...

A major work of scholarship by world-renowned, prize-winning philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum, The Republic of Love reveals opera as a profound form of political thought--and an often-overlooked force...

"A must-read for this era.”—Jake Tapper, CNN Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent An insightful, urgent, and perennially relevant handbook that lays out in common sense language how the United...