799 results for '"Irene Smit'

The life of Nathuram Godse, the man who shot GandhiDhirendra Jha's deeply researched history places Nathuram Godse's life as the juncture of the dangerous fault lines in contemporary India: the quest...

"The Greeks and Romans sacrificed to the gods of products that were part of their diet. All human food was therefore an ideal medium to get in touch with them and honor them. Was it to much "Feeding...

A stunning showcase of Azzedine Alaïa's remarkable fashion collection, most published here for the first time. Azzedine Alaïa (1935-2017) was not only a world renowned fashion designer but also an...

Text: EnglishIntroduction: Italian

Travel to the bright Caribbean for love, romance, and passion in this sizzling summer read from a nationally bestselling author and "Queen of the Summer Novel" (People). After uprooting her life in...

Collecting books can be a dangerous prospect in this fun, time-traveling, fantasy adventure—the first in the Invisible Library series!   One thing any Librarian will tell you: the truth is much...

The Handmaiden, a film adaptation of Fingersmith, directed by Park Chan-wook and starring Kim Tae-Ri, is now available.Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby...

With an afterword by E. L. Doctorow—the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of one man’s pursuit of intellectual freedom in the face of ignorance and corruption, from the author of BabbitArrowsmith, the...

The captivating and heart-pounding sequel to the New York Times bestselling and #1 Kids' Indie Next Pick Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, as heroine Morrigan battles a new evil--now in...

A New York Times Best Book of 2025 A New York Times Editors' Choice "To Smithereens is an extraordinarily good book, but then so is everything Rosalyn Drexler ever wrote." --The New York Times A zany...

This book on the Abstract Expressionist painter Hassel Smith illustrates all periods of the artist's many-faceted career.Considered by critics as a "West Coast underground legend," Hassel Smith was...

Many albums could be cited to support the claim that great suffering yields great art. Elliott Smith's XO should not be one of them. Smith's 1998 major label debut defies the "tortured...

A dazzlingly original, "remarkable" account of the life and thought of legendary economist Adam Smith (Financial Times).Adam Smith (1723-1790) is now widely regarded as the greatest economist of all...

“A delectable read.” —C.S. Pacat, New York Times bestselling author A young lord, his future bride, and his former lover become unlikely allies to survive a deadly mystery in this spine-tingling...

About the Modern Masters series: With informative, enjoyable texts and over 100 illustrations — approximately 48 in full color — this innovative series offers a fresh look at the most creative and...

The Smith conjecture

A beautiful genre-bending tribute to the larger-than-life blues singer Bessie Smith. Scotland’s National Poet blends poetry, prose, fiction, and nonfiction to create an entirely unique biography of...