6057 results for '"Richard De Fournival'

"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...

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...

Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews and Air Mail“A fascinating and instructive book . . . elegantly written and perceptive.” —Wall Street Journal“Kaleidoscopic . . . A fascinating...

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)...

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,...

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...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author and preeminent historian comes a landmark in American political thought that examines the passion for progress and...

Winner of the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in NonfictionAnti-Intellectualism in American Life is a book which throws light on many features of the American character. Its concern is not merely to portray the...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Independence Day and The Sportswriter brings back the unforgettable Frank Bascombe in this...

Princeton celebrates this amazing New Jersey town that has managed to remain quaint and charming while becoming a renowned center for education and research. The historic borough and bucolic township...

12 Million Black Voices, first published in 1941, combines Wright's prose with startling photographs selected by Edwin Rosskam from the Security Farm Administration files compiled during the Great...

The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic...

An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners."I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times...

This new paperback delves into England’s forgotten history bringing to light some of the most colorful characters and intriguing episodes of English life.England is a small country with a big history...

Humorous drawings and verse reveal the true opposites of such objects as shoes, clouds, and doughnuts

A probing biography of world-renowned Jewish singer and actor Al Jolson and the history of his performance in and the making of The Jazz SingerAl Jolson, born Asa Yoelson, immigrated from a shtetl in...

Underneath a waterfall on a remote Tasmanian mountain river, river guide Aljaz Cosini is drowning, beset by visions of his own life and those of his family and ancestors, in stories that reconnect...

Focuses on Victorian culture, assessing the immense influence the ancient Greeks had on British classical education, the images and themes of George Eliot's writings, Christian sensibility,...