5566 results for '"George Downs'

The great Victorian critic of art and society, John Ruskin did much to popularize high art and bring it to the masses. A brilliant theorist and practical critic of realism, he also produced the...

"In Only a Voice, George Scialabba examines the chasm between modernity's promise of progress and the sobering reality of our present day through studies of the most influential public intellectuals...

An exclusive tour of one of the most diverse and high-quality collections of Scottish Wemyss Ware Lavish illustrations cover an impressive range of Wemyss subjects - animals, flowers, insects, birds...

A founding father of behavioral economics reveals the hidden logic of negative emotions with a clarity and humor that make our worst feelings strangely easier to bear.Every age has its illusions...

Georg Lukács wrote The Theory of the Novel in 1914-1915, a period that also saw the conception of Rosa Luxemburg's Spartacus Letters, Lenin's Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism, Spengler's...

"The generation weaned on the Marvel Universe will find much to love in O’Connor’s 12-book series." —New York TimesNothing ever changes in the land of the dead. Deep in this hidden kingdom beneath...

A lively history of the peculiar math of votingSince the very birth of democracy in ancient Greece, the simple act of voting has given rise to mathematical paradoxes that have puzzled some of the...

"Not for the first time, Jill 'Doll' Blaine finds herself hurtling toward earth, reconstituting as she falls, right down to her favorite black pumps. She plummets towards her newest charge, yet...

A wide-ranging collection of essays from one of America's leading public intellectualsIn Seeking Truth and Speaking Truth acclaimed political philosopher and legal scholar Robert P. George tackles...

George MacDonald occupied a major position in the intellectual life of his Victorian contemporaries. This volume brings together all eleven of his shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The...

Whitmore's semi-autobiographical novel about a young boy and his uncle is a provocative yet essential narrative of queer repression in postwar AmericaFirst published in 1987 by Grove Press and long...

"How Frederick the Great and George Washington embody the competition between liberal democracy and authoritarianism"--

`But it's bad - it's bad,' Mr Tulliver added - `a woman's no business wi' being so clever; it'll turn to trouble, I doubt.' Rebellious and affectionate, Maggie Tulliver is always in trouble...

A fresh middle-grade biography of George Washington, published in conjunction with the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, featuring never-before-published research, new insights, and full-color...

Introduction : Towards A General Theory Of Fascism / George L. Mosse -- Part I. Italian Fascism -- Fascism In Italy : The Second Wave / Adrian Lyttelton -- The Cult Of The Duce In Mussolini's Italy /...

Are you looking to turn your interest in guns into a profitable business venture? Whether you are a sportsman, estate heir, or gun collector, this is the book for you. In The Ultimate Guide to...

Examining the strategies employed by Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin to build leadership authority, George Breslauer focuses on the power of ideas, as leaders use them to mobilize support and to...

A celebration of diverse families plus a clever 1-10 counting element in this unabridged board book edition of One Family.Just how many things can "one" be?One box of crayons.One batch of cookies.One...

A lively history of the peculiar math of votingSince the very birth of democracy in ancient Greece, the simple act of voting has given rise to mathematical paradoxes that have puzzled some of the...

A new history of French social thought that connects postwar sociology to colonialism and empireIn this provocative and original retelling of the history of French social thought, George Steinmetz...