465 results for '"Heller, Agnes'

Winner of the 2016 Mildred L. Batchelder AwardHere Alemagna stakes herself on the idea that the adventures children make for themselves are by far the very best! Eddie is five and a half, and thinks...

A sobering look at the seductive power of fascist ideas for the youngRadical nationalism is on the rise in Europe and throughout the world. Living Right provides an in-depth account of the ideas and...

First published in 1987, The United States in the World-Economy is a major textbook survey of the rise of the United States within the world-economy and the causes of its relative decline. With the...

An explosive, jaw-dropping debut about a woman who loses her job as an oil company CEO after she’s filmed having sex with a tree in her sleep, a calamity that unravels her mind, spiraling her through...

Magnus Chase has seen his share of trouble. Ever since that terrible night two years ago when his mother told him to run, he has lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, staying...

Is that a little boat, or a huge ship? Is that a small house, or a small house being hoisted by a giant crane? Each spread of this cleverly designed board book reveals a surprising size opposite that...

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From an eminent scholar, a spirited introduction to one of the great polymaths in the history of Europe.Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) is best known in the English-speaking world for his contributions to...

Marcel Proust once wrote, "There is no longer anybody, not even myself, since I cannot leave my bed, who will go along the Rue du Repos to visit the little Jewish cemetery where my grandfather,...

A richly nuanced cultural history of an enigmatic and controversial folktalePerhaps the best-known version of the tar baby story was published in 1880 in Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings, and...

Le retour de Platon, dans la seconde moitie du XVe siecle, sous-tend le projet philosophique de la Renaissance tout entiere: fonder l'humanisme sur l'aptitude de l'homme a relier, rassembler, reunir...

Inspired by Mary Shelley's conviction that reading is a socially significant communal activity, this book presents four essays on modern interactions with literary classics. Ancient tragedy,...

A marvelously illustrated guide to the world’s mothsWith more than 160,000 named species, moths are a familiar sight to most of us, flickering around lights, pollinating wildflowers about meadows and...

You must read this book before buying any artwork - written by the world's leading art-market economist Navigating the world of collecting can be a tricky process, especially for one just starting...

In 1904, Berlin did not exactly look like a haven of tolerance. Sex between consenting males and gender non-conformity were illegal, and other forms of sexual expression faced oppressive societal...