744 results for '"Damrosch, Leopold, Jr.'

Edmund White's revelatory final memoir of a lifetime of gay love and sex. "A raw, frightening, funny, and beautiful testimony." -Robert Jones, Jr. “In his panoply of sexual encounters, Edmund...

A “masterful” novel (The New York Times Book Review) from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral tells the story of a bestselling writer whose life is falling apart—all because of his...

“Written in words so intimate, calm, kind, and immediate, this extraordinary book feels like a message from our very own heart….Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the most important voices of our time, and we...

In this exuberant celebration of the world's museums, great and small, revered writers like Ann Patchett, Julian Barnes, Ali Smith, and more tell us about their favorite museums, including the Lower...

Leopold Classic Library is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive collection. As part of our on-going commitment to delivering value to the reader, we have also provided you...

In Parting the Waters, the first volume of his essential America in the King Years series, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a “compelling…masterfully told” (The Wall Street Journal) account...

Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winner: "Of all the Kennedy books . . . this is the best."--Time Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. served as special assistant to President John F. Kennedy...

A true classic with a timeless message!One of The Atlantic’s 65 Essential Children’s BooksAll the other bulls run, jump, and butt their heads together in fights. Ferdinand, on the other hand, would...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Here is the Nobel Prize winner in her own words: a rich gathering of her most important essays and speeches, spanning four decades that "speaks to today’s social and political...

“A person of the left, Judis specializes in speaking truth to liberals.” —E.J. Dionne Jr., The Washington PostAs the pandemic depression lays bare the failure of market capitalism worldwide, and as...

Free people of color were both architects of equal rights and active participants in the Civil War, on and off the battlefield. Their unique status as already free persons before emancipation shaped...

An insightful collection of essays on the Kabbalah and Jewish spirituality—from the preeminent scholar of Jewish mysticism.Gershom Scholem was the master builder of historical studies of the Kabbalah...

Nominated by Martin Luther King, Jr. for a Nobel Peace Prize, Thich Nhat Hanh is one of today’s leading sources of wisdom, peace, compassion and comfort.The 20th anniversary edition of the classic...

How prominent curator and author James Johnson Sweeney cast the modern museum as a secular temple of art. Artists have often taken rational, material existence as a starting point for engagement with...

In this thoughtful and literate study, Schwehn argues that Max Weber and several of his contemporaries led higher education astray by stressing research--the making and transmitting of knowledge--at...

It was perhaps the most wretchedly aspersive race and gender scandal of recent times: the dramatic testimony of Anita Hill at the Senate hearings on the confirmation of Clarence Thomas as Supreme...

Are the stars of the Civil Rights firmament yesterday's news? In Living Black History scholar and activist Manning Marable offers a resounding "No!" with a fresh and personal look at the enduring...

An experienced, multi-faceted historian shows how revisionist history is at the heart of creating historical knowledge“A rallying cry in favor of historians who, revisiting past subjects, change...

A glorious survey of food writing from the classical world to the present.Edited by influential literary critic Sandra M. Gilbert and award-winning restaurant critic and professor of English Roger...

An experienced, multi-faceted historian shows how revisionist history is at the heart of creating historical knowledge "A rallying cry in favor of historians who, revisiting past subjects, change...