5009 results for '"Maurice J. Elias'

There was a sign on Rosie's door that said, "If you want to know a secret, knock three times." Kathy, Rosie's good friend, knocked three times and learned the secret-that Rosie was no longer Rosie,...

The Primacy of Perception brings together a number of important studies by Maurice Merleau-Ponty that appeared in various publications from 1947 to 1961. The title essay, which is in essence a...

A selection of classic stories featuring France's answer to Sherlock Holmes: a brilliant master criminal with a mischievous sense of humor—now the inspiration for the major streaming series Lupin...

For over fifty years, children have cared about Pierre, the little boy who doesn’t care about anything—until he meets a lion!Now in a larger, 5 x 7  trim size, Pierre will continue to make children...

Two books by Maurice Rajsfus, a French activist and former investigative journalist for Le Monde, who shares his research and personal recollections in order to shed new light on France's role in the...

Quel " étrange dialogue ", constate Maurice Papon à la fin de ces entretiens dans lesquels les deux personnages clés du plus long procès de l'histoire de France se retrouvent côte à côte, loin des...

The ancient Middle East was the theater of passionate interaction between Phoenicians, Aramaeans, Arabs, Jews, Greeks, and Romans. At the crossroads of the Mediterranean, Mesopotamia, and the Arabian...

An introduction to the life and work of the impressionist French composer. Maurice Ravel is one of the twentieth century's most intriguing and contradictory composers. This biography, published...

Originally published in 1991 and now reissued by Continuum International, this book consists of three sections. The first, written in 1939, was either left out of Elias's most famous book, The...

Rayya Elias composes “a classic, blood-stained love letter to bohemian NYC”* in this raw, powerful memoir—with an Introduction by Elizabeth Gilbert.“Terrific...Rayya’s stories blew mine away...

*An Instant Indie Bestseller* Now available in board book! Maurice Sendak's legacy continues with this playful counting extravaganza for the youngest child. Here is a small reader's introduction to...

From church barn to apple orchard, from snow-covered pasture to secret moonshine cabin, Manning’s Snakedoctor reinvigorates the Kentucky pastoral through poems that find light in shadow, good in...

Le monde savant, les lecteurs, la presse ont d'ores et déjà consacré l'oeuvre du philosophe et écrivain MAurice-Ruben Hayoun comme classique. Après son Maïmonide et le premier volume desLumières de...

Le monde savant, les lecteurs, la presse ont d'ores et déjà consacré l'oeuvre du philosophe et écrivain MAurice-Ruben Hayoun comme classique. Après son Maïmonide et le premier volume desLumières de...

Product description"La politique vue du ct de la rception, c'est notre problme, en somme..." Cette phrase de Maurice Agulhon, en forme de constat, pourrait bien couvrir ces trois volumes "d'histoire...

Nobert Elias (1897-1990) is among the great sociologists of the twentieth century. Born in Germany, Elias earned a doctorate in philosophy and then turned to sociology, working with Max Weber's...

An engaging look at how debates over the fate of literature in our digital age are powerfully conditioned by the nineteenth century's information revolutionWhat happens to literature during an...

The second book in a trilogy where the futuristic technology of Black Panther meets the scale of The Expanse and the intricate political maneuverings of Game of Thrones. “Not to be missed...

Maurice Broaddus's Sweep of Stars is the first in a trilogy that explores the struggles of an empire. Epic in scope and intimate in voice, it follows members of the Muungano empire – a far-reaching...

'In simple prose Merleau-Ponty touches on his principle themes. He speaks about the body and the world, the coexistence of space and things, the unfortunate optimism of science - and also the...