245 results for '"Linda Hirshman'

'Investigates a variety of works by 19th-century French writers who attempted to address the major social and historical issues raised by the French Revolution.'

Language, Society and Power explores the extent to which language reflects and creates our perception of the world, and who makes decisions about what is appropriate language to use. Written in a...

Tom Blackwell's emotionally and visually provocative work is brought together in this beautiful collection, beginning from 1970 to his most recent worksThis compilation documents his creative...

1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xii + 132 (no inscriptions).

National Book Critic's Circle Award finalist, 1994. Colorado Book Award winner."...elemental and direct with a tremendous evocative force of imagery..."--Publisher's Weekly

The "heart-stopping" (The Millions), "richly layered" (Brooklyn Rail), "haunting, beautiful" (BuzzFeed) story of an escaped captive and the killer hound that pursues him "Slave Old Man is a...

An intimate and sensitive psychological portrait, a well informed intellectual sketch, and and unusually readable scientific treatise, this biography of Carver has a depth and a breadth of research...

Great book featuring art from the High Renaissance and Mannerist periods in Italy, Northern Europe and Spain from 1500 to 1600. 301 illustrations (37 in color) of works of art and architecture...

Discusses the experiences of immigrants from China, Japan, the Philippines, and Vietnam who began coming to the United States during the gold rush. Includes a chronology of U.S immigration laws.

Ben has always dreamed of becoming a cowboy. But when his family moves from the West to New York City, they have to give up their ranch. Ben hates his new home: he can’t imagine staying in a place...

Kauffman looks at a neglected genre--the love letter written by literary heroines. Tracing the development of the genre from Ovid to the twentieth-century novel, she explores the important...

The Delaware and Raritan Canal connected the Chesapeake Bay with New England ports, allowing a wide variety of vessels to use the waterway and avoid the treacherous Atlantic Ocean. The unusual...