1274 results for '"Li, Zhongjin'

Brooklyn’s Hasidic community of Lubavitchers is turned upside down when family tragedy strikes and everyday life changes forever in the life of Zev Altshul. He is first placed into the care of the...

The institution of private property lies at the heart of contemporary Western societies. But what are the limits of property ownership? Do principles of justice require some measure of governmental...

This book deals with Muslim separatist movement in the Southern Philippines. It became an international issue in part through the resurgence swiping the Islamic world today. The roots of the problem...

“Immersive and compelling . . . The Mesmerist will linger long after you turn the last page.” –NPRBefore hypnotism, there was Mesmerism. In 1894 Minneapolis, spiritualism of every stripe is all the...

Who is Peter Singer?What does he say about issues like abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and animal rights? What does he say about Christianity? What exactly is his philosophy?"Peter Singer is...

A new collection of stories set in the West from "one of the most gifted and versatile of contemporary writers" (NPR)Percival Everett's long-awaited new collection of stories, his first since 2004's...

Contradicting the long-held belief that Aristotle was the first to discuss individuation systematically, Mary Margaret McCabe argues that Plato was concerned with what makes something a something and...

Winner of the Robert Fagles Prize for contemporary poetry in translationEléna Rivera's translation of Bernard Noël's The Rest of the Voyage is at once original and remarkably faithful—indeed, its...

Eric Foner gives us the history of Lincoln and the end of slavery in America. Foner begins with Lincoln's youth in Indiana and Illinois and follows the trajectory of his career across an increasingly...

The first complete biography of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, revealing the personal feuds and ideological battles, the decades of neglect, the resurgence, and now, the deep questioning of...

The path to progress in Africa lies in the surprising and innovative solutions Africans are finding for themselves.“A hopeful narrative about a continent on the rise.” ―New York Times Book ReviewDayo...

We are surrounded by images, fairly drowning in them. From our cell phones to our computers, from our televisions at home to the screens that light up while we wait in the grocery store checkout...

In Evil Eye, Oates offers four chilling tales about love so powerful that people might die--or kill--for it. In the title story, we meet Mariana, the young fourth wife of a prominent intellectual...

In his own time (701–762), Li Bai’s brilliant poems—shaped by Daoist thought, filled with an irrepressible lust for life—were never given their proper due. Nonetheless, his lines rang out on the lips...

Subordination did not simply fade away in the aftermath of colonialism. Instead, this illuminating book shows, a host of subtle new techniques have arisen that dominate vast categories of people by...

Maisie Dobbs investigates the mysterious death of a controversial artist―and World War I veteran―in the fourth entry in the bestselling series from Jacqueline Winspear, Messenger of Truth.London,...

A journey along the crumbling defensive walls of Istanbul reveals the story of Turkey's history and becomes a mirror of its present—as well as a shadow of its future.Caught between two seas and two...

The island of Mauritius lies in the middle of the Indian Ocean, about 550 miles east of Madagascar. Uninhabited until the arrival of colonists in the late sixteenth century, Mauritius was...

Join the Moomins in their very first adventure, crossing a huge flood to search for missing Moominpappa!Moominmamma and Moomintroll need to find a home for the winter, someplace where sun is...

What if the Internet goes dark? We think of the Internet as wireless, weightless, ever-present--but its true foundation lies in the ocean's depths, where nearly 900,000 miles of fiber-optic cables...