2015 results for '"Kluger, Dan'

A fantastical field guide to the hidden history of New York's magical pastManhattan has a pervasive quality of glamour—a heightened sense of personality generated by a place whose cinematic,...

"Danielle Allen’s excellent book Radical Duke.... [A] meticulous and stylish study... has the potential to significantly rewrite the history of the American Revolution’s intellectual origins.... [It]...

The thirteenth century brought new urgency to Catholic efforts to convert non-Christians, and no Catholic ruler was more dedicated to this undertaking than King Louis IX of France. His military...

An irreverent and unapologetically Jersey meditation on friendship, family, aging, and gentrification. In The Jersey Slide, veteran poet and proud Hoboken resident Danny Shot revels in the...

Dusk, Empire: New and Selected Poems 1987-2024 is a panoramic collection of Daniel Tobin’s most exemplary, ambitious, and accomplished poems from nearly forty years at work in the art. These range...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was one of the major intellectual figures of the twentieth century. Born in Konigsberg to secular Jewish parents, she...

“Witty, compelling, and just plain fun to read . . ." —Evelyn Lamb, Scientific AmericanThe Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its...

From the bestselling author of Everything Inside comes a vivid, timely story, moving from Haiti to Brooklyn to Miami, of a woman whose sense of self and family are called into question when she gets...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER One of Smithsonian’s 10 Best Science Books of the Year “No one else in the universe could have written this book.” ―Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist Neuroscientist and New...

2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD GOLD MEDAL WINNER FINALIST FOR THE LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND KIRKUS “Exceptional. . . . When...

C’est dans les Halles centrales de Paris récemment construites par Baltard que Zola situe le troisième épisode des Rougon-Macquart. Après « la course aux millions » décrite dans La curée, ce sera la...

Condamné à mort par le régimede Vichy pour désertion, nommé Compagnon de la Libération en 1945, E. Schlumberger raconte comment il a rejoint Londres en juin 1940 et évoque l'histoire de la Marine...

In celebration of its 10th anniversary, a revised and updated edition of the award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller that changed the way we look at meditation, expanded with new material by Dan...

Avec Feydeau, au début du XXe siècle, le vaudeville retrouve toute sa vigueur. Il s'emploie à mettre en musique, selon une mécanique implacable de rebondissements comiques et grinçants, la bêtise et...

Best-selling author Dan Buettner debuts his first cookbook, filled with 100 longevity recipes inspired by the Blue Zones locations around the world, where people live the longest. Building on...

Camille, une jeune fille élevée au couvent, et son cousin Perdican, docteur de l'université, se retrouvent. Comme dans toute bonne comédie, un mariage doit les lier. Mais Camille s'y refuse : les...