1949 results for '"Cushman, Thomas'

This is the story of a young country workman obsessed by his ambition to become an Oxford student, interwoven with his fraught relationships with two women.

The million copy, Booker Prize finalist, besteller“To describe this novel as spine-tingling in its indescribable poetic effect would be to trivialize its profoundly tragic theme. Say then that it is...

Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) obtained papal approval in 1540 for a new international religious order called the Society of Jesus. Until the mid-1700s the 'Jesuits' were active in many parts of...

Robert M. Adams’s celebrated translation of Utopia has been meticulously revised for the Second Edition of this Norton Critical Edition as have the accompanying annotations. "Backgrounds" is designed...

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER "If you're in any kind of leadership role--whether at a company, a non-profit, or somewhere else--there's a lot you can learn here."--Bill Gates, Gates Notes How...

Language, Society and Power explores the extent to which language reflects and creates our perception of the world, and who makes decisions about what is appropriate language to use. Written in a...

Evaluates Valley Forge as a point of departure to discuss the larger context of the Revolutionary War, linking the winter stay of the Continental Army during 1777 and 1778 to such key events as the...

A richly illustrated atlas of the world’s deserts and drylands, their ecosystems, and their environmentsDeserts and drylands account for more than 40 percent of land on our planet. Characterized by a...