136 results for '"Stefan Halper'

The final installment of Jón Kalman Stefánsson’s Trilogy About the Boy is a profound exploration of life, love and desire written with a sublime simplicity. After coming through the blizzard that...

"Stefánsson shares the elemental grandeur of Cormac McCarthy."--Eileen Battersby, TLS In a remote fishing village, a boy and his best friend spend the lonely hours on shore reading and talking about...

Through a dual engagement with the unconscious in psychoanalysis and Islamic theological-medical reasoning, Stefania Pandolfo’s unsettling and innovative book reflects on the maladies of the soul at...

A stunning collection of photographs from Frank Stefanko featuring the Godmother of Punk herself, iconic musician-turned-author Patti Smith. -Frank always shot your internal life. He let your...

"An eminent historian tells the story of how we came to obsess over the origins of humanity-and how, for three centuries, ideas of prehistory have been used to justify devastating violence against...

French philosophy changed dramatically in the second quarter of the twentieth century. In the wake of World War I and, later, the Nazi and Soviet disasters, major philosophers such as Kojève,...

Winner, 2019 Anna Julia Cooper and C.L.R. James Award, given by the National Council for Black StudiesFinalist, 2019 Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History, given by the African...

The tension between interior and exterior has always been present in architecture, differently articulated over the centuries, and expressed through several means of representation...

The injuries suffered by soldiers during WWI were as varied as they were brutal. How could the human body suffer and often absorb such disparate traumas? Why might the same wound lead one soldier to...

Longlisted for the 2024 Republic of Consciousness US and Canada Prize - A World Literature Today Notable Translation of 2024 - A Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2024A spellbinding saga about the...

The full range of Saint Phalle's oeuvre is paid glorious tribute in this retrospective volume, which also features new images and an extended biography. Niki de Saint Phalle was an eclectic artist...

The second installment in Stefánsson's Trilogy About the Boy is a timeless story that portrays the human struggle for hope within the ferocious majesty of Iceland. It's been three weeks since the boy...

A concise introduction to key computing skills for biologistsWhile biological data continues to grow exponentially in size and quality, many of today’s biologists are not trained adequately in the...

"Excellent."--Steven Poole, The Wall Street Journal * "Terrific."--Liz Else, New Scientist (Best Popular Science Books of 2025) * "A brilliant overview of the state of modern cosmology."--Alex...

A major new theory of why human intelligence has not evolved in other speciesThe Human Evolutionary Transition offers a unified view of the evolution of intelligence, presenting a bold and...

The wonder and vitality of Islamic glass are revealed in this extraordinary publication, the first major study in over seventy years. Glass objects rarely bear inscriptions that provide vital...

Books about the origins of humanity dominate bestseller lists, while national newspapers present breathless accounts of new archaeological findings and speculate about what those findings tell us...

A concise introduction to key computing skills for biologistsWhile biological data continues to grow exponentially in size and quality, many of today’s biologists are not trained adequately in the...