122 results for '"Hermann Strasser'

From the ancient Nile to the sacred Ganges and from the venerable Thames to the mighty Mississippi—the rivers of the world wind through this collection of stories from the world's great writers.River...

The information age owes its existence to a little-known but crucial development, the theoretical study of logic and the foundations of mathematics. The Great Formal Machinery Works draws on original...

A cello has no language, yet it possesses a vocabulary wide enough to tell, bear witness, and make connections across time and continents—a feat brought to life in this brilliant new book. In this...

When Oscar Wilde said he had "seen wallpaper which must lead a boy brought up under its influence to a life of crime," his joke played on an idea that has often been taken quite seriously--both in...

"I clamor for the next installment of Richard O’Rawe’s rollicking series of heist novels featuring James 'Ructions' O’Hare."— Sarah Weinman, The New York Times Book Review"Mr. O’Rawe ... has written...

A new approach to understanding Jewish thought since the eighteenth centuryIs Judaism a religion, a culture, a nationality—or a mixture of all of these? In How Judaism Became a Religion, Leora...

From Homer's Outis—“No One,” or “Non-One,” “No Man,” or “Non-Man”—to “soul,” “spirit,” and the unnamable.Homer recounts how, trapped inside a monster's cave, with nothing but his wits to call upon,...

A charged biography of a notorious Nazi art plunderer and his career in the postwar art world“[Petropoulos] brings Lohse into sharper focus, as a personality and axis point from which to explore a...

According to Vasari, the young Michelangelo often borrowed drawings of past masters, which he copied, returning his imitations to the owners and keeping originals. Half a millennium later, Andy...

La mattina del 24 marzo 1946 Alexandre Alekhine, detentore del titolo di campione del mondo di scacchi, venne trovato privo di vita nella sua stanza d'albergo, a Estoril. L'esame autoptico certificò...

This book reconstructs the emergence of the phenomenon of 'lost time', i.e. the gap between stimulus and response, by engaging with two of the most significant time experts of the 19th century: the...

A delightful full-color graphic adaptation of the beloved Yi Jing—or I Ching—by bestselling comic-artist C. C. Tsai In this volume, acclaimed comic-artist C. C. Tsai uses his virtuosic skill and sly...

An original history of psychology told through the stories of its most important breakthroughs and the people who made themAdvances in psychology have revolutionized our understanding of the human...

A major new edition of the so-called Presocratics.The fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers (often labeled the ‘Presocratics’) have always been not only a fundamental source for...

A unique look at Thomas Mann’s intellectual and political transformation during the crucial years of his exile in the United StatesIn September 1938, Thomas Mann, the Nobel Prize–winning author of...

A unique look at Thomas Mann’s intellectual and political transformation during the crucial years of his exile in the United StatesIn September 1938, Thomas Mann, the Nobel Prize–winning author of...

A major new edition of the so-called Presocratics.The fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers (often labeled the ‘Presocratics’) have always been not only a fundamental source for...

A major new edition of the so-called Presocratics. The fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers (often labeled the 'Presocratics') have always been not only a fundamental source for...

Instant New York Times Bestseller • A USA Today Bestseller • An Indie Bestseller • A Good Morning America Book Club Pick"Under the Same Stars will leave you shattered and wildly hopeful." —E...

A major new history of one of World War II's most crucial campaigns--the first Allied attack on European soil--by the acclaimed author of Normandy '44 and a rising star in military history On July...