4442 results for '"Casey J. Humbyrd'

Finalist, Pulitzer Prize in BiographyUlysses S. Grant was the first four-star general in the history of the United States Army and the only president between Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson to...

Jaime Manrique weaves into his own memoir the lives of three important twentieth-century Hispanic writers: the Argentine Manuel Puig, author of Kiss of the Spider Woman; the Cuban Reinaldo Arenas,...

A comprehensive study of global AIDS activism over the past twenty-five years.Few diseases have provoked as many wild moralistic leaps or stringent attempts to measure, classify, and define risk and...

It's 1966, and twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has everything a girl could want: brains, tons of friends, and a bright future in Communist China. But it's also the year that China's leader, Mao Ze-dong,...

Running on Empty is the first self-help book about Emotional Neglect: an invisible force from your childhood which you can't see, but may be affecting you profoundly to this day. It is about what...

A searing novella about coming of age in a land of tyranny, by one of Germany's most brilliant young authors. In The Book of Words, Jenny Erpenbeck captures with amazing virtuosity the inner life of...

In 1876, France decided to give the United States a very big and very special present--the Statue of Liberty. The gift was to commemorate the 100th birthday of the United States, and just packing it...

With a new Introduction by the author, this “erudite and brilliantly readable book” (The Observer, London) expertly dissects the political, economic, and social origins of Western civilization to...

"One of the most original and poignantly authentic poets writing in English."―Harold Bloom In this daring new collection, Australia's preeminent environmental poet confronts the legacy of Thoreau's...

“The inklings of Saramago’s style swell throughout . . . Skylight shines.” — New York Times“Unmistakably Saramago . . . There is no shortage of wonders to be found in [Skylight].” — Washington Post“A...

World-renowned primatologist, conservationist, and humanitarian Dr. Jane Goodall's account of her life among the wild chimpanzees of Gombe is one of the most enthralling stories of animal behavior...

STOP RIGHT THERE. Don’t move a muscle, buster. Stay out of this book or I WILL CHOMP YOU!   So says the not-so-fierce inhabitant of I Will Chomp You!, a tale of deception, greed . . . and cake!   In...

A bridge between introductory and advanced technical treatments, this readable and authoritative translation from the French provides an excellent guide to observational astrophysics. Physics...

En 1836, le peintre Joseph Constant débarque à Alger. Par passion pour une jeune femme, il tombera amoureux de ce pays. Ferrandez retrace l'histoire de la présence française en Algérie, des premiers...

Jules, tu as envie de faire l'amour avec moi ou pas ? Zlabya. Nous sommes dans la maison de mon père et c'est shabbat. Le shabbat, c'est un devoir, d'honorer son épouse. Tous les autres jours de la...

First published by Faber & Faber in 1930, The Ecliptic is a lost modernist classic. Complex in structure, rich in music, it was hailed by Morton Dauwen Zabel in Poetry as a new "Dawn in Britain."...

From the author of THE POLITICS OF OUR TIME What's happening in global politics, and is there a thread that ties it all together? There is, and it is called populism. What is populism? And why...

One of the most admired American poets of his generation, James Wright (1927-80) wrote contemplative, sturdy, and generous poems with an honesty, clarity, and stylistic range matched by very...

From the acclaimed translator of the Tao Te Ching and The Art of War, his award-winning translation of the ancient Chinese oracle and book of wisdom, in a stunning Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition  ...

Delight young children and encourage play through unique handmade toys. From sewn and stuffed musical instruments to interlocking paper building blocks and wooden animal figurines, the projects in...