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This refreshing and delightfully written book underscores the important role that wood has played in the development of American life and culture. Charmingly illustrated with author Eric Sloane's own...

In our television age, we may believe that politics has become more immediate, even more personal. After all, the drama of debates, Congressional hearings, and summit meetings unfolds before us as we...

Im Februar 1987, wenige Wochen vor seinem Tod, hielt Jacob Taubes vor einer kleinen Schar von Zuhörern 4 Paulus- Vorlesungen, die er als sein geistiges Vermächtnis auffaßte. Darin betritt er das Feld...

Written more than a century ago by Frederick Douglass, a former slave who went on to become a famous orator, U.S. minister, and a leader of his people, this masterpiece is one of the most eloquent...

"The authors articulate the fundamental principles and perspectives with which Hispanics from different faith traditions do theology. They show who Latino/as are and how their various cultures have...

Herodotus, the 'Father of History', is infamously known for having employed elements more akin to mythological tales than to unvarnished 'truth' in translating his historical research into narrative...

A travers l'histoire de Frédéric, un mulot rêveur et poète, ce texte traite de l'affirmation de soi et de la différence.

This is the first full-length study to explore Simone de Beauvoir's autobiographical and biographical writings in the context of her ideas on selfhood as formulated in The Second Sex and other...

For the first time in a deluxe collector's boxed set, the definitive edition of the writings of the great African American freedom fighter, including all 3 of his classic memoirs and the best of his...

Enfant prodige, publiée dès l’adolescence, Marina Ivanova Tsvetaïeva (1892-1941), la romantique Moscovite, rencontre Serge Efron, son éternel mari, son éternel enfant, alors qu’elle n’a que dix-huit...

A collection of twenty of Frederick Douglass’s most important orationsThis volume brings together twenty of Frederick Douglass’s most historically significant speeches on a range of issues, including...

When the volcano Tambora erupted in Indonesia in 1815, as many as 100,000 people perished as a result of the blast and an ensuing famine caused by the destruction of rice fields on Sumbawa and...

This elegant exhibition catalog includes sixty-six works of art by this virtuoso sculptor, plus accompanying essays. Born in The Hague, Adriaen de Vries worked with the official sculptor to the...

Als Alice een haastig, sprekend, wit konijn achterna holt, komt ze in een heel wonderlijke omgeving terecht. Alles is daar anders dan in de gewone wereld en ze ziet er eindeloos veel sprekende dieren...

Una novedosa y osada visión de la historia de Puerto Rico, desde la época precolombina, hasta hoy día.La historia de Puerto Rico ha estado marcada por conquistas y resistencias. A lo largo de los...

Author, abolitionist, political activist, and philosopher, Frederick Douglass was a pivotal figure in the decades of struggle leading up to the Civil War and the Reconstruction era. This inexpensive...