3150 results for '"Raymond Williams'

“A history of philosophy in twelve thinkers…The whole performance combines polyglot philological rigor with supple intellectual sympathy, and it is all presented…in a spirit of fun…This bracing and...

A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West, shedding a revealing light on current hostilitiesThe West and Islam--the sword and scimitar--have clashed since the...

"Vividly reconstructs how Maximilian's power was forged and maintained by the sharp end of a French bayonet." --New York Times Book Review The story of how nineteenth-century European rulers...

Why the human and natural world is not as intelligible to us as we think it isWishful thinking is a deeply ingrained human trait that has had a long-term distorting effect on ethical thinking. Many...

The story of how nineteenth-century European rulers conspired with Mexican conservatives in an outlandish plan to contain the rising US colossus by establishing Old World empire on its doorstep.The...

The Imperial Republic based as it is on Raymond Aron's realist philosophy, is involved only indirectly or by implication in the disputes about moralism, revisionism, and even imperialism. Its main...

A physician-philosopher celebrates the mystery and delight of everyday life from an imagined posthumous perspective In this beautifully written personal meditation on life and living, Raymond Tallis...

They were black and white, young and old, men and women. In the spring and summer of 1961, they put their lives on the line, riding buses through the American South to challenge segregation in...

Product Description Cette biographie détaillée et très documentée de Raymond Aubrac est le fruit de trois années d’entretiens réguliers avec l’auteur. Il en résulte un texte à deux voix qui mêle...

A veteran illustrator imparts practical advice for the working creative with candid humorNew York Times and New Yorker illustrator Raymond Biesenger has over twenty years of experience as a...

Grow more veggies―in less space and with less work―than you ever thought possible!Having a backyard garden in a small space got a lot easier when the first edition of this wonderful handbook was...

An anthology of fiction, memoir, biography, and journalism culled from the pages of Granta magazine explores the meaning of the family and includes the contributions of Saul Bellow, Raymond Carver,...

"An instant classic....an intellectual feast and an existential feat!" --Cornel West "By intertwining autobiography and conceptual critique, Geuss underlines the idea that in order to gain a...

The first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis A New Yorker "Best Book of 2024" Selection "The perfect book, at the right time."--Michael Henry Adams, The...

Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2008A broad and compelling look at the impact of the largest Catholic order of men on American cultureWith infectious energy and a genuine gift for storytelling,...

“A brilliant book on foreign affairs.”—Adolf A. Berle Jr., New York Times Book Review This incisive interpretation of American foreign policy ranks as a classic in American thought. First published...

William Appleman Williams was one of America’s greatest critics of US imperialism. The Contours of American History, first published in 1961, reached back to seventeenth-century British history to...

Gathered here are the gems of William Carlos Williams's astonishing achievements in poetry. Dramatic, energetic, beautiful, and true, this slim selection will delight any reader--The Red Wheelbarrow...