5886 results for '"Richard De Fournival'

In an unscientific era when maps were rarities, how did ancient Romans envisage their far flung empire? This was done by various means for certain, including with the aid of an ingenious type of...

"D. T. Suzuki entered the faculty of Union Theological Seminary in 1951 through a Rockefeller Foundation grant and soon joined the Department of Chinese and Japanese at Columbia University, where he...

A fresh, deeply biblical account of God's expanding grace and mercy, tracing how the Bible's narrative points to the full inclusion of LGBTQ people in Christian communities "A radical new vision ...

"A unique exploration of the close relationship between art and design, explored through the historic and contemporary fabric designs of Liberty, where avant-garde art has influenced the colourful,...

Finalist for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry--an erotic, powerful collection An Atlantic choice for "Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)" "One of the best...

Sin lugar a dudas, Berenice Abbott es una de las fotógrafas que de forma más temprana y eficaz ha retratado Nueva York. La ciudad se convierte ante su objetivo en un ser vivo, el personaje...

The global financial crisis triggered severe shocks for developing countries, whose embrace of greater commercial and financial openness has increased their exposure to external shocks, both real and...

This collection of essays looks at the distinctively English intellectual, social and political phenomenon of Latitudinarianism, which emerged during the Civil War and Interregnum and came into its...

This volume of essays was generated by the Taiwan 2002 Conference on the History of Painting in East Asia convened October 4-7, 2002, at National Taiwan University, Taipei. The objectives of this...

How international organizations can combat populist opposition—and the implications for institutional resilience, legitimacy, and accountabilityPopulist leaders around the world increasingly reject...

One of the most famous science books of our time, the phenomenal national bestseller that "buzzes with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to become a physicist" (Science Digest)...

"Newburgh, NY-a city of about 30,000 residents, located roughly sixty miles north of New York City in the Hudson River Valley-is a quintessential example of a small, under-resourced,...

Classical Greek theatre survives not only in plays that we still read and perform, but also in artistic images. Depictions of performances, actors, and their masks were frequent in classical times...

A beautifully produced volume devoted to a distinguished collection of European paintings, including an extraordinary group of French Impressionist works. This full-color catalogue features more than...

On December 5, 1776, five William and Mary students, led by fifteen-year-old John Heath, formed a secret club called "Societas Philosophiae," whose motto--"Love of wisdom the guide of life"--they...

Plants face a daunting array of creatures that eat them, bore into them, and otherwise use virtually every plant part for food, shelter, or both. But although plants cannot flee from their attackers,...

Woodrow Wilson described them as men bent on "an expedition of profit," who used "the negroes as tools for their own selfish ends." Horance Greeley, while running for President, said they were...