456 results for '"Alfred Rosmer'

Volume 2 of 3. This monumental three-volume work on the Italian madrigal from its beginnings about 1500 to its decline in the 17th century is based on the research of 40 years, and is a cultural...

Although much human action serves as proof that irrational behavior is remarkably common, certain forms of irrationality--most notably, incontinent action and self-deception--pose such difficult...

The best thing about this book is its overarching thesis, the concept of a Columbian exchange. This provocative device permits Crosby to shape a lot of familiar and seemingly unrelated data into a...

In a tempestuous narrative that sweeps across five continents and seven centuries, this book explains how a succession of catastrophes--from the devastating Black Death of 1350 through the coming...

Dans Les Caprices de Marianne, en 1833, Musset nous présente les deux visages d'une jeunesse désenchantée; d'un côté, le ténébreux Coelio, habité par un désespoir amoureux; de l'autre, son ami...