5818 results for '"Lansing, J. Stephen'

How did educated and cultivated men in early modern France and Britain perceive and value their own and women's cognitive capacities, and how did women in their circles challenge those perceptions,...

Another graphic novel in this fun series spin-off of The Baby-sitters Club, adapted and illustrated by bestselling author and Mimi series creator Shauna J. Grant! Karen and her classmates are...

In December 1997 the J. Paul GettyMuseum will open its new home in the spectacular Getty Center, designed by therenowned architect Richard Meier and dramatically sited in the Santa MonicaMountains...

A new framework for the neuroscientific study of emotions in humans and animalsThe Neuroscience of Emotion presents a new framework for the neuroscientific study of emotion across species. Written by...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Simmons’s evocative account of her remarkable trajectory from Jim Crow Texas, where she was the youngest of twelve children in a sharecropping family, to the presidencies...

The tz'u, or lyric, reached its full maturity in China during the eleventh century and the first quarter of the twelfth. Until now this important poetic genre has been little known to English...

Putting the life and work of 17th-century Dutch jurist Gerard Noodt in a social context, this book uses correspondence from Noodt's contemporaries to provide a lively look at this important figure in...

Named a Best Cookbook of Summer 2025 by Bon Appetit and Epicurious"Where some might see a cheap, ubiquitous food product, Kim sees a world of possibilities and wonder." --The Washington Post"This is...

Illuminating and captivating, New York Times bestselling author of Tinseltown and Bogart offers the first definitive account of the Black Dahlia murder—the most famous unsolved true crime case in...

The rediscovery of a pivotal figure in Black history and his importance and influence in the struggle against slavery and discrimination "A masterful biography. . . . Ward's struggles to find...

J. R. R. Tolkien's writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one volume complete with new illustrations in watercolor and pencil by renowned artist Alan Lee. J.R.R...

More than 80% of Australia's lavishly abundant species of native orchids are found nowhere else in the world. With their delicate beauty, often brilliant colors, bizarre shapes, and wondrous...

Entertaining America is a captivating look at one of the longest-running and most provocative public discussions in America: the relationship between the nation's Jews and its entertainment media...

Winner of the Booker Prize. An insightful and thrilling novel about the British Empire in India during the Great Mutiny of 1857, as seen through the eyes of a young, love-struck idealist. India,...

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of...

James Fenimore Cooper's spirited romance has been praised for its authenticity as a portrait of life during America's western movement. At Lake Otsego, during the French and Indian Wars, great...

"Strangers to Ourselves, Julia Kristeva's latest book to be translated into English, is concerned with the notion of the "stranger" - the foreigner, outsider, or alien - as well as the idea of...

The stirring adventure that begins The Lord of the Rings, the greatest fantasy epic of all timeWhen Thorin Oakenshield and his band of dwarves embark upon a dangerous quest to reclaim the hoard of...

La Place de la Concorde Suisse is John McPhee's rich, journalistic study of the Swiss Army's role in Swiss society. The Swiss Army is so quietly efficient at the art of war that the Israelis...

Coming into the Country is an unforgettable account of Alaska and Alaskans. It is a rich tapestry of vivid characters, observed landscapes, and descriptive narrative, in three principal segments that...