1096 results for '"Snowden-Fine, Lily'

A literary discovery: an uproarious tragicomedy of modernization, in its first-ever English translation   Perhaps the greatest Turkish novel of the twentieth century, being discovered around the...

'I love Sally's unerring, instinctual ability to make each ingredient shine- she is a purist, and has a very unique aesthetic. This book is a beautifulmeditation on these thirty fruits and...

Although she remains one of the all-time most recognizable Hollywood icons, Marilyn Monroe has seldom been ranked among the greatest actors of her generation. Critics have typically viewed her film...

An esteemed curator’s introduction to the history and themes of photographic portraiture that masterfully combines some of the most famous portraits ever made with rarely seen treasures and...

A profoundly moving biographical study of George Kennan by the fine historian John Lukacs A man of impressive mental powers, of extraordinary intellectual range, and--last but not least--of...

Venice Tales is the first comprehensive collection of short-stories on Venice by Italian authors. The book encompasses a broad chronological span, beginning from the Middle Ages (Boccaccio), through...

The semi-periodical look into the expansive art practice of an acclaimed cartoonistPalookaville 25 houses three benchmark projects from the artistic practice of cartoonist and New Yorker cover artist...

From the former New York Times technology reporter, "an enlightening breakdown of how Silicon Valley billionaires have shifted the popular discourse in their favor" (Kirkus)--with a new introduction...

“MONUMENTAL.” (The New Yorker) • “HEROIC.” (The New York Times Book Review ) • “THRILLING.” (Los Angeles Times) • “PRISMATIC.” (The Atlantic)Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for...

Throughout the history of the Western world, science has possessed an extraordinary amount of authority and prestige. And while its pedestal has been jostled by numerous evolutions and revolutions,...

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeThe Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise Barbara W...

New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft returns with a companion book to New Kid, winner of the 2020 Newbery Medal, the Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the Kirkus Prize. This time, it's...

The first and only comprehensive collection of writings by Elizabeth Garver Jordan, the groundbreaking journalist, suffragist, and editor whose fearless reporting on women preceded the #MeToo...

George Washington Plunkitt once dismissed municipal reformers as "morning glories" who "looked lovely in the mornin' and withered up in a short time, while the regular machines went on flourishin'...

For the past five decades, Arab intellectuals have seen themselves in Shakespeare's Hamlet: their times "out of joint," their political hopes frustrated by a corrupt older generation. Hamlet's Arab...

In this richly literary anthology, Jay McInerney--bestselling novelist and acclaimed wine columnist for Town & Country, Wall Street Journal, and House and Garden--selects over twenty pieces of...

Henri Matisse's abstract cut-outs are used to teach colors in this innovative read-aloud board book Blue & Other Colors takes children through Henri Matisse's color palette, one artwork per page,...

This is the most representative anthology yet published of modern Hebrew novellas, a book that will provide any reader with a fine overview of the best fiction that small but vibrant country has to...

"From the acclaimed author of Beasts of a Little Land and City of Night Birds, an exquisite, globetrotting story collection about humans in precarious balance with the natural world. Spanning...

Arguably Scott's finest novel, and the last of his major Scottish novels, Redgauntlet centers around a third, fictitious, Jacobite rebellion set in the summer of 1765. The novel's hero, young Darsie...