1340 results for '"Alik Ismail-Zadeh'

One of the brightest stars in the musical firmament, Mozart amassed a stunning number of achievements in his short life, none more spectacular than the composition of his last three symphonies, in...

Epigraphy, or the study of inscriptions, is critical for anyone seeking to understand the Roman world, whether they regard themselves as literary scholars, historians, archaeologists,...

An indispensable guide to essential principles of English grammar and usageStellar English lays out the fundamentals of effective writing, from word choice and punctuation to parts of speech and...

For children, a good divorce is better than a bad marriage, but that doesn't make the split any easier. Legal decisions have emotional consequences for kids and parents alike. Synthesizing more than...

Sam Pickering has been teaching, guiding, performing, and inspiring for more than forty years. As a young English teacher at Montgomery Bell Academy in Tennessee, his musings on literature and his...

From a preeminent legal scholar, a "fascinating" and "masterful" (Wall Street Journal) history of the American Constitution's formative decades When the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788,...

A haunting portrait of France at war On August 1, 1914, war erupted into the lives of millions of families across France. Most people thought the conflict would last just a few weeks. Yet before...

An "exhilarating" (Irish Times) and "ambitious" (The Guardian) account of the ancient inheritance that made us who we are--and is now driving us to ruin. Why do humans everywhere believe in ghosts?...

A narrative guide to the most scenic and inspiring cycling climbs in the French Alps.The Alps are a place of legend for cyclists, road racers, and enthusiasts alike. Home to one of the most demanding...

A provocative history of Disney's rise to cultural dominance, pulling skeletons from the corporate closet to decode the political messages hidden in all of your favorite childhood movies. In The...

“Not since Michael Pollan has such a powerful storyteller emerged to reform American food.” —The Washington PostToday’s optimistic farm-to-table food culture has a dark secret: the local food...

Acclaimed as a "gifted, courageous writer"(The New York Times), Chris Adrian brings all his extraordinary talents to bear in The Great Night—a brilliant and mesmerizing retelling of Shakespeare's "A...

The twenty-fourth book of the Iliad - the account of Priam's ransoming of Hector's body from Achilles - is one of the masterpieces of world literature, a work of interest to a far wider audience than...

When Philip Sidney defends poetry by defending the methods used by poets and lawyers alike, he relies on the traditional association between fiction and legal procedure--an association that begins...

A selection of the finest stories by this female Chekhov, now available in a striking new Pushkin Blues format.Teffi's genius with the short form made her a literary star in pre-revolutionary Russia,...

From the “most celebrated and best-loved British historian in America” (Wall Street Journal), an elegant, concise, and revealing portrait of Winston ChurchillIn Churchill, eminent historian Paul...

This volume is the first annotated translation in any language of the entire text of the Summulae de dialectica, by the Parisian master of arts John Buridan (1300-1358). One of the most influential...

The second edition of Early Childhood Curriculum provides a comprehensive and lively introduction to curriculum theories, approaches and issues in early childhood settings. Drawing on contemporary...

"A must read for anyone who wants to learn more about the history of the Islamic world" (San Francisco Chronicle) We in the West share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely...

#FrequentlyAskedQuestions 1. Ontology: what the fuck? 2. Causality: why the fuck? 3. Epistemology: how the why the fuck? 4. Phenomenology: the fuck. Nein. A Manifesto is the brainchild of Eric...