962 results for '"Columbus, Christopher'

A world-renowned critic's haunting and deeply researched account of the subversive acts of literary revenge performed during the 1950s Red Scare hearings In the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, the House...

A newly revised edition of the insightful poetic cycle by one of the key figures of modern literatureWritten while Federico García Lorca was a student at Columbia University in 1929–30, Poet in New...

The letters provide us with an intimate, multilayered understanding of this extraordinary poet’s life and mind.Every now and again I need to get down here, to get into the Diogenes tub, as it were,...

Creativity is more than an inborn talent; it is a hard-earned skill, and like any other skill, it improves with practice. Graphic Design Thinking: How to Define Problems, Get Ideas, and Create Form...

In Basic Teachings of the Buddha, Glenn Wallis selects sixteen essential dialogues drawn from more than five thousand Pali-dialect suttas of the Buddhist canon. The result is a vibrant introductory...

John Maynard Keynes once observed that the "ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood." The...

How do the places we live in and visit shape our lives and memories? What does it mean to reside in different locations across the span of a life? In richly textured portraits of places seen from...

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ^ WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE. A landmark history--the sweeping story of the enslavement of tens of thousands of Indians across America, from the time of the...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality—not out of anger at the world, but simply because he...

A guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain saw more of the world...

Is the United States "the land of equal opportunity" or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background is important in getting...

Fully illustrated, with over four hundred specially commissioned photographs, including twelve color plates, this book joins its companion volume, Greek Sculpture in The Art Museum, Princeton...

The ultimate guide to writing a great screenplay and building a screenwriting career, from the creators of the hit podcast Scriptnotes—featuring contributions from film and TV legends Christopher...

The greatest of all epics, soon to be a film by Christopher Nolan!“This may be the best translation of The Odyssey yet."—Edith Hall, The TelegraphA magnificent feat of translation, hailed by...

"Poetry at its most satirical and courageous. A tremendous book."—Seamus Heaney"Few voices in American literature are so honest and daring."—Mark Strand"One of our most brilliant poets."—Roxanne...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBestselling author Linda Castillo returns with Outsider, an electrifying thriller about a woman on the run hiding among the Amish.While enjoying a sleigh ride...

The burnt-red badlands of Montana's Hell Creek are a vast graveyard of the Cretaceous dinosaurs that lived 68 million years ago. Those hills were, much later, also home to the Sioux, the Crows, and...

Crusading fervour gripped Europe for over 200 years, creating one of the most extraordinary, vivid episodes in world history. Whether the Crusades are regarded as the most romantic of Christian...

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical ProseNamed a Best Book of the Year by NPR, the Washington Post, TIME.com, and KirkusA Millions Most Anticipated Book...

Drawing on speeches, essays, sermons, reminiscences, and works of theological speculation from 1800 to 1950, Christopher Z. Hobson offers an in-depth study of prophetic traditions in African American...