899 results for '"Nick Clarke'

Winner, 2020 Kate Tufts Discovery Award For prize-winning poet Tiana Clark, trees will never be just trees. They will also and always be a row of gallows from which Black bodies once swung. This is...

Although wildlife fascinates citizens of industrialized countries, little is known about the politics of wildlife policy in Africa. In this innovative book, Clark Gibson challenges the rhetoric of...

The French have the reputation of being level headed, rational, and inclined to the use of litotes rather than dithyrambics, particularly in their area of specialization, the "classical" seventeenth...

From an acclaimed military historian, the interlocking lives of three of the most important and consequential generals in World War II Born in the two decades prior to World War I, George Patton,...

On June 11, 1963, in a dramatic gesture that caught the nation's attention, Governor George Wallace physically blocked the entrance to Foster Auditorium on the University of Alabama's campus. His...

TWO MILLION COPY AND INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR An Apple Best Book of the Month Welcome to The Surf House Where everyone’s escaping something . . . Praised as “the queen of the destination...

This book bridges a gap between two traditional disciplines. Since the 1970s, there has been a remarkable outpouring of work on women in antiquity, but women in late antiquity (3rd-6th centuries A.D...

A New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceA comprehensive, authoritative and readable history of the evolution of the ghost in the west, examining the behavior of the subject in its preferred...

A brilliant new theory of the mind that upends our understanding of how the brain interacts with the world“This thoroughly readable book will convince you that the brain and the world are partners in...

Winner of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand's Best Book prize. Asian Modernities is a groundbreaking comparison of two contemporary Asian art cultures. This is the first analysis...

12000 Miles in the Nick of Time is about traveling quick over a great distance in the midst of a crisis--in this case, an emergency of the heart. Author Mark Jacobson and his wife, Nancy Bray...

From an acclaimed military historian, the interlocking lives of three of the most important and consequential generals in World War II Born in the two decades prior to World War I, George Patton,...

The 20th anniversary edition of "a remarkable feat: a clear-eyed, inventive, and astonishingly honest guided tour of hell." ―Elissa Schappel, Vanity Fair Nick Flynn met his father when he was working...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the bestselling and prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an enchanting, beautifully illustrated short story set in the world of Jonathan...

The late Hellenistic period witnessed the rise of an imperial power whose dominion extended across almost the whole known world. The Roman empire radically affected geographical conceptions, evoking...

When it first appeared in 1971, Larry Clark's groundbreaking book Tulsa sparked immediate controversy across the nation. Its graphic depictions of sex, violence, and drug abuse in the youth culture...

As told by one of our greatest historians, the story of the scandal that took down two Lutheran preachers in the heart of 19th-century Prussia—a chamber piece of cultish esotericism, pseudo-science,...

Teach kids about the power of words and the importance of kindness with this charming picture book that cleverly illustrates why we should think before we speak.Amera's having a bad day. Her best...

How international organizations can combat populist opposition—and the implications for institutional resilience, legitimacy, and accountabilityPopulist leaders around the world increasingly reject...

As the world becomes more uncertain and life more stressful, getting outside and connecting with nature is an easy and affordable way to boost our mental and physical health. In Mushrooms, trained...