6455 results for '"Kline, Lanning B.'

A stunning collection of 101 works, spanning 400 years of popular painting in India, gives Western audiences a comprehensive collection of paintings largely unknown in Europe and the United States...

Richardson refutes the widely accepted hypothesis that postwar Japan has been a semiauthoritarian and consensual state, arguing that Japanese political life has been extremely fragmented and...

Bede Rundle challenges the quasi-mechanical view of human action that is dominant in contemporary philosophy of mind. A materialist view of the mind and a causal theory of action fit together...

The publication of the King James version of the Bible, translated between 1603 and 1611, coincided with an extraordinary flowering of English literature and is universally acknowledged as the...

Mission and Money goes beyond the common focus on elite universities and examines the entire higher education industry, including the rapidly growing for-profit schools. The sector includes research...

Hardly any attempt to come to grips with the classical problem of free will and determinism directly addresses the metaphysical vision driving the concerns of those who believe that a significant...

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeIn Up from Slavery, Washington recounts the story of his life—from slave to educator. The early sections deal with...

Beer sommelier Ben Vinken examines the worldwide success story of Belgian Beers. What makes Belgian beers unique? What is the story behind brewing beer? What characterises beers such as Duvel,...

"Well worth reading. ... Provides a fresh overview of the major problems involved in connecting psychoanalysis to the scientific community. ... Even the hardened professinoal will find it exciting to...

A Historical Commentary on Arrian's History of Alexander

Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather than improving life, multitasking, "user-friendly" technology, and the culture of convenience are...

Now with over 10 million copies sold, The Mistborn Series has the thrills of a heist story, the twistiness of political intrigue, and the epic scale of a landmark fantasy saga.They did the...

The bestselling, "excellent…poignant—and scientifically lucid—portrait" (New York Times Book Review) of the remarkable Marie Curie. Through family interviews, diaries, letters, and workbooks that had...