174 results for '"Rolf Fare'

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston recalls her childhood at a Japanese incarceration camp in this engrossing memoir that has become a staple of curriculum in schools and on campuses across the country. This...

The Library of America's definitive Hemingway edition continues with three classic works, all presented in new, corrected texts.This much anticipated second volume in Library of America’s edition of...

Frodo and Sam continue their quest to destroy the Ruling Ring. This second part tells how each of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring fared, after the breaking of their fellowship, until the...

Heidegger's relationship to Nazism has been the focus of considerable debate. In 1987, revelations from previously unpublished speeches, lectures, letters, French intellectualism which had nurtured...

More and more people are rediscovering the unsurpassed pleasures of the meals they ate when they were growing up. With the clarity and practicality that have become her hallmarks--and with an eye...

Jean-Francois Lyotard's contribution to the debate, Heidegger and 'the Jews, ' is a marked departure from the standard fare. In the first of the two interrelated essays, 'the Jews, ' Leotard quickly...

Widening global inequalities make it difficult for parents in developing nations to provide for their children, and both mothers and fathers often find that migration in search of higher wages is...

Following Clifford Geertz and other cultural anthropologists, the New Historicist critics have evolved a method for describing culture in action. Their "thick descriptions" seize upon an event or...

"This is first-rate child’s fare. . . . Sure to make both listeners and readers feel warm and happy when they put it down." — Booklist (starred review)There are lots of dogs of all shapes and sizes...

Told in the voice of Isabel Allende’s beloved character Eva Luna, a “distinctive, powerful, and haunting” (Los Angeles Times) collection of short fiction by one of the most iconic and acclaimed...

This book shows how important the African role was in shaping the Atlantic world that developed after the navigational breakthroughs of the fifteenth century. The degree of African initiative...

To absorb Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash is to be taken on a wild voyage with a cast of downtrodden revolutionaries. Despite this notion, the epic themes of the Pogues' second full length record have been...

Now in board book! The first breathtaking book with a powerful message about the environment in acclaimed author/artist Joseph Kuefler's bestselling Digger series, perfect for fans of Peter Brown's...

Bringing the story of Scotland up to date, this revised fifth edition of Fitzroy Maclean's classic work includes additional chapters by distinguished journalist Magnus Linklater. Linklater examines...

With Science Comics, you can explore the depths of the ocean, the farthest reaches of space, and everything in between! These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of...

Featured on the New York Times' The Daily podcast and CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPSWhat our failures during the pandemic cost us, and why we must do betterThe Covid pandemic quickly led to the greatest...

Featured on the New York Times' The Daily podcast and CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPSWhat our failures during the pandemic cost us, and why we must do betterThe Covid pandemic quickly led to the greatest...

The welfare state is in hard times, according to today's consensus. The deterioration of exceptional economic performance--the basis for the "Golden Age" of welfare capitalism--seems irreversible...

The third sequel to Misty of Chicoteague was also inspired by actual events. The Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962, a level 5 nor'easter, struck on the first day of Lent, raging for three days. The real...