893 results for '"Ellen Jones'

A short but comprehensive treatment of the history and religion of Ethiopia, formerly called Abyssinia, from the mysterious Queen of Sheba to the time just before Mussolini's attack. A well written,...

This encyclopedia is divided into three sections: individual bilingualism; bilingualism in society and bilingual education. It includes many pictures, graphs, maps and diagrams. The book concludes...

Zusammenfassung: "A chilling novel about early Nazism in Germany through the eyes of a wrongfully accused young man, this novel from the 1930s provides a prescient look at the ways ordinary people...

This book makes two central claims: first, that mineral-rich states are cursed not by their wealth but, rather, by the ownership structure they chose to manage their mineral wealth and second, that...

Through the presentation of thirty-six essays, this volume addresses issues of race, ethnicity, religion, and sexuality, providing an inclusive history of U.S. women. These essays also incorporate...

This volume focuses on the great Roman love poet Propertius. Propertius' poetry reveals an ardent love affair between the poet and his girlfriend, whom he calls 'Cynthia', yet it also offers a...

A bestselling Latin course designed to help mature beginners read classical Latin fluently and intelligently. The Text and Vocabulary presents a series of carefully graded original classical Latin...

"Through their dynastic control of The New York Times, the Ochses and Sulzbergers have been the most powerful family in twentieth-century America. Not only have they owned the Times for more than a...

In such works as Gender Trouble and Bodies That Matter Judith Butler broke new ground in understanding the construction and performance of identities. While Butler's writings have been crucial and...

A substantial new appraisal of Consuelo Kanaga (1894-1978), one of the pioneers of modern American photography. Consuelo Kanaga (1894-1978) was one of the pioneers of modern American photography...

"The Nobelist's latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors that lie beneath our most hallowed ideas"--

An adventurous cat goes on a journey to the sea, an expedition to the North Pole, and a trip to Egypt.

An unparalleled look at the first surface crossing of the Arctic Ocean, and probably the first expedition to reach the North Pole by surface travel, through the words and images of the man who led...