3016 results for '"Bert Useem'

A collection of previously unpublished short prose by one of the most influential figures of twentieth-century fiction.Little Snow Landscape opens in 1905 with an encomium to Robert Walser’s homeland...

This volume traces the course and development of the institution of proprietary dynasticism as it was reflected both in political and legal debate and in key episodes. Places and times were selected...

A vivid social history of the American expatriate experience in Europe between 1939 and 1941, as the Nazi menace brings a shadow over the continent, heralding the storms of war.A poignant and...

This book is a counter to the conventional wisdom that the United States can and should do more to reduce both the role of nuclear weapons in its security strategies and the number of weapons in its...

Drawing on the most recent scholarship, this engaging, accessible volume brings ancient Greek society -- from food and drink to literacy, the plight of the elderly, the treatment of slaves, and much...

The Joy of Philosophy is a return to some of the perennial questions of philosophy--questions about the meaning of life; about death and tragedy; about the respective roles of rationality and passion...

Tatsuo adore ramasser toutes sortes de petits objets qu'il trouve dans la nature. Sa mamie le sait bien. Elle lui offre un beau sac rouge pour y mettre ses trésors. Mamie, elle, adore accompagner...

"One of Russell's most important and interesting books which reconciles the materialistic tendency of psychology with the anti-materialistic tendency of physics." "This volume includes a new...

Mathematics and logic present crucial cases in deciding whether the world is of our making or whether some form of realism is true. Edmund Husserl, who was initially a mathematician, discusses this...

With rigor and clarity, this upper-level undergraduate text employs numerous exercises, solved problems, and figures to introduce upper-level undergraduates to Lie group theory and physical...

Provides a country-by-country look at antisemitism, from its pagan beginnings to its recent reemergence in Europe

A Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers book. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

"Klein is both a skilled reporter and a wide-ranging humanistic scholar. The book is popular and learned, witty and serious, literary and mathematical — always solid and entertaining." — Los Angeles...

A gripping narrative of federal workers caught in Trump's second-term purge, and the devastating consequences for American democracy. American Carnage follows eleven federal workers, in eight...

How to be more respectful and how to encourage others to treat you more respectfully In Respect: How to Change the World One Interaction at a Time, veteran public relations executive Robert...