1138 results for '"Johnson, Samuel'

:one volume covering the period between 1709 and 1784: based on the third edition of 1799, the last in which Boswell had a hand.

The religious revival that flourished in the early nineteenth century and changed American life found its most spectacular expression in Rochester, New York. The revival, in Rochester and elsewhere,...

Describes life in Paris between the wars, discusses art, fashions, drama, architecture, and advertising, and evokes the spirit of the times

This biography of Marilyn Monroe based on her personal archive of over 35,000 documents - including letters, diaries, billets doux and suicide notes - aims to reveal the truth about Monroe's death...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • November 1933. London. Seven people receive mysterious letters. Someone knows their terrible secrets. They are summoned to a posh townhouse where one is stabbed right in front...

First published anonymously in 1912, this resolutely unsentimental novel gave many white readers their first glimpse of the double standard -- and double consciousness -- that ruled the lives of...

This work contributes to the development of a theoretical context of the politics of truth about animals. By applying and extending Foucault's theory of power, this work uncovers dominant and...

Hardcover. Jacket is lightly marked and scored. Sticker on rear of jacket. Upper edges are lightly creased. Jacket spine ends and leading corners are worn. Abrasion on rear lower leading corner...

Over a century after his death, Bruckner the man remains an enigma. Popular ancedotes represent him as a visionary simpleton, his life dominated exclusively by music and religion. And yet this same...

Contents include:PrefaceAbbreviationsWeights and MeasuresPart One: IntroductionChapter I: BackgroundChapter II: General Prniciples of The T'ang CodeChapter III: The Text of the T'ang CodePart Two:...