591 results for '"Abramson, Allen'

For Danielle Allen, punishment is more a window onto democratic Athens' fundamental values than simply a set of official practices. From imprisonment to stoning to refusal of burial, instances of...

Throughout the East there runs a legend of a great mountain at the centre of the world, where four rivers have their source. Charles Allen traces this legend to Western Tibet where there stands...

**A NEW YORK TIMES BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK OF 2023**Caldecott Medalist Allen Say's tale of a young boy who saves a baby bird from the local bullies is filled with compassion and empathy. Based on a true...

Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Booklist, and Shelf AwarenessA School Library Journal "In the Margins" Recommendation“An elegiac memoir and...

The book Lifehack calls "The Bible of business and personal productivity.""A completely revised and updated edition of the blockbuster bestseller from 'the personal productivity guru'"—Fast...

Socrates and Legal Obligation was first published in 1981. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from...

While post- and decolonial theorists have thoroughly debunked the idea of historical progress as a Eurocentric, imperialist, and neocolonialist fallacy, many of the most prominent contemporary...

The #1 New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winnerAllen Drury's Advise and Consent is one of the high points of 20th Century literature, a seminal work of political fiction--as relevant today...

Lyrical, breathtaking, splendid—words used to describe Allen Say’s Grandfather’s Journey when it was first published. At once deeply personal yet expressing universally held emotions, this tale of...

Caldecott Medal winner Allen Say brings his lavish illustrations and hybrid narrative and artistic styles to the story of artist James Castle.James Castle was born two months premature on September...

The debt-ceiling debacle of 2011 was clear evidence of the dangerous polarization of American politics. Heedless of the warnings of economists, a majority of Republicans in the House refused to allow...

Beloved birds of North America take center stage in this fun and informative 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle featuring illustrations by preeminent birding authority, David Allen Sibley. Experienced and...

"The federal budget impacts American policies both at home and abroad, and recent concern over the exploding budgetary deficit has experts calling our nation's policies ""unsustainable"" and...

The author looks back on his thirty-year friendship with Allen Tate and shares his observations on the poet's complex personality

When the first Africans arrived in Virginia in 1619, there were no “white” people there. Nor, according to colonial records, would there be for another sixty years. In this seminal two-volume work,...

There's no escaping these deliciously creepy tales of everyday horror, perfect for fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Once you open this book, you're doomed . . . Cursed to stay up late,...

A compelling and candid memoir from Allen Iverson, the NBA’s most misunderstood Hall of Famer, detailing his tough childhood in Virginia, his entry into the league as the number one overall pick, and...

A short history of cynicism, from the fearless speech of the ancient Greeks to the jaded negativity of the present.Everyone's a cynic, yet few will admit it. Today's cynics excuse themselves...

"As a pandemic rages and we are unable to gather to celebrate our dead, make our minyans, or hold one another’s hands, have our seders, I think of Ginsberg writing Kaddish for his mother. I think of...

A comprehensive, tour-de-force analysis of the birth of slavery, racism, and white supremacy in the American South—and how it shaped our modern world.“A must-read for all social justice activists,...