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A vivid and moving portrait of America's farm familiesFarming is essential to the American economy and our daily lives, yet few of us have much contact with farmers except through the food we eat...

With clear step-by-step instructions and over 250 illustrationsmost in full colorthis is the definitive guide to fine-art water-based screenprinting. Screenprinting has never been so popularand the...

The issue of social welfare and individual responsibility has become a topic of international public debate in recent years as politicians around the world now question the legitimacy of state-funded...

The 15,000-year story of how grass seduced humanity into being its unwitting labor force—and the science behind it.Domesticated crops were not human creations, and agriculture was not simply invented...

An invaluable guide for lovers of classical music designed to enhance their enjoyment of the core orchestral repertoire from 1700 to 1950 Robert Philip, scholar, broadcaster, and musician, has...

Repeatedly and successfully, the celebrated Harvard philosopher Robert Nozick has reached out to a broad audience beyond the confines of his discipline, addressing ethical and social problems that...

This full-scale sequential reading of Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War will be invaluable to the specialist and also to those in search of an introduction and companion to the Histories...

Product Description En juillet 1940, la Provence et les Bouches-du-Rhône se retrouvent sous l'autorité du gouvernement de Vichy. Les populations méridionales, déboussolées par la défaite,...

Robert Coles, one of the most eminent child psychiatrists in the world, spent over a decade researching this book and its companion volume, The Moral Life of Children. Coles visits children all over...

Lust, religious zeal, and heartache come together in this provocative novel about two infatuations, one between a man and his young lover in the late 20th century and another between a 15th-century...

From uttering a prayer before boarding a plane, to exploring past lives through hypnosis, has superstition become pervasive in contemporary culture? Robert Park, the best-selling author of Voodoo...

Robert Williams attempts to write Indians back into Indian law by developing a greater appreciation for the contributions of American Indian legal visions and demonstrating how ancient treaty visions...

The Stoic ideal of a well-lived life has been around since 300BC, but what can we learn from it 2,300 years later?In The Stoic Capitalist, Robert Rosenkranz shows how its teachings can lead to a life...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Is a River Alive? and Underland, a soaring blend of cultural history, meditation, and memoir about the mysteries of the world’s highest places and our...

"Among America's greatest poets, a true minimalist who can weave awesome poems from remarkably few words." -Richard Kostelanetz, New York Times Book Review Every generation of poets seems to harbor...

The gripping story of one of the most enigmatic and alluring figures in British history: a dangerous double agent and Irish rogue in King Charles II's courtOne morning in May 1671, a man disguised as...

In this book, the author examines Grosseteste's philosophical contribution and discusses his views on a wide range of topics--light and optics; the mathematical laws governing the movement of bodies;...

For many Americans, the Midwest is a vast unknown. In Remaking the Heartland, Robert Wuthnow sets out to rectify this. He shows how the region has undergone extraordinary social transformations over...