1093 results for '"Dieter N. Langewiesche'

In It's About Time, N. David Mermin asserts that relativity ought to be an important part of everyone's education--after all, it is largely about time, a subject with which all are familiar. The book...

The 15,000-year story of how grass seduced humanity into being its unwitting labor force—and the science behind it.Domesticated crops were not human creations, and agriculture was not simply invented...

Illuminates how the city has shaped contemporary artistic practice in Southeast Asia In The City in Time, Pamela N. Corey provides new ways of understanding contemporary artistic practices in a...

After her mother's mysterious death, a young woman is summoned to the floating city of Sky in order to claim a royal inheritance she never knew existed in the first book in this award-winning fantasy...

Roger N. Lancaster provides the definitive rebuttal of evolutionary just-so stories about men, women, and the nature of desire in this spirited exposé of the heterosexual fables that pervade popular...

When Daniel de La Luna arrives as a scholarship student at an elite East Coast university, he bears the weight of his family's hopes and dreams, and the burden of sharing his late uncle's name...

Even before they were recognized as citizens of the United States, Black women understood that the fights for civil and human rights were inseparable. Over the course of two hundred years, they were...

One of the most contentious issues in contemporary foreign policy?especially in the United States?is the use of military force to intervene in the domestic affairs of other states. Some military...

Geography and Enlightenment explores both the Enlightenment as a geographical phenomenon and the place of geography in the Enlightenment. From wide-ranging disciplinary and topical perspectives,...

A fresh examination of the formidable and resilient Native nations who helped shape the modern Gulf South In The Great Power of Small Nations, Elizabeth N. Ellis (Peoria) tells the stories of the...

The groundbreaking, indispensable guide to rewarding work and a fulfilling life—more than ten million copies sold!For more than fifty years, What Color Is Your Parachute? has transformed the way...

The unknown history of American public education.At a time when Americans are debating the future of public education, Johann N. Neem tells the inspiring story of how and why Americans built a robust...

The natural world is an infinite source of wonder, and the phenomenon of bioluminescence is no exception. Glow explores the remarkable way creatures light up of their own accord, and what we can...

Love grows in the most impossible of places in Summer N. England's debut sweet and spicy cozy romantasy for fans of The Spellshop and For Whom the Belle Tolls! All gardener Clara Thorne wants is...

In 1968, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer called for Americans to "wake up" if they wanted to "make democracy a reality." Today, as Black communities continue to face challenges built on...

How culture transformed human evolution Humans possess an extraordinary capacity for cultural production, from the arts and language to science and technology. How did the human mind--and the...

Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts a glorious tale of identity, resistance, magic and myth. All is not well in the city that never sleeps. Even...

Using luminous HUV printing, Bang immerses readers in the awe-inspiring phenomena of the natural world. In this follow up to the highly acclaimed Glow, award-winning illustrator Jennifer N. R. Smith...

How have the Jews survived? For millennia, they have defied odds by overcoming the travails of exile, persecution, and recurring plans for their annihilation. Many have attempted to explain this...

Reexamining feminist sexual politics since the 1970s—the rivalries and the remarkable alliancesSince the historic #MeToo movement materialized in 2017, innumerable survivors of sexual assault and...