246 results for '"Rafter, Nicole'

Although midday is commonly associated with indolence or the languishing of both nature and humanity in stifling heat, Nicolas Perella shows that this connection--however real--is secondary to an...

The rising population known as "nones" for its members' lack of religious affiliation is changing American society, politics, and culture. Many nones believe in God and even visit places of worship,...

"How investor expectations move markets and the economy. The collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 caught markets and regulators by surprise. Although the government rushed to rescue other...

Socialist Cosmopolitanism offers an innovative interpretation of literary works from the Mao era that reads Chinese socialist literature as world literature. As Nicolai Volland demonstrates, after...

A delightfully witty and original graphic biography of Kafka, published to coincide with the centenary of the author’s deathThis bold and sharply funny new look at Kafka is told through Nicolas...

Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to France.Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from people-watching in one of...

An enlightening account of the entwined histories of knowledge and nationhood in Latin America—and beyondThe rise of nation-states is a hallmark of the modern age, yet we are still untangling how the...

The first major history of the bravura movement in European paintingThe painterly style known as bravura emerged in sixteenth-century Venice and spread throughout Europe during the seventeenth...

With A Catalogue Raisonné Based On A Draft Catalogue By John Kerslake. Bibliography: P. [92]-95.

Describes architectural points of interest in twelve small English towns and covers both Roman city planning and early twentieth century industrial buildings

Nicolson, Nigel. Portrait of a Marriage [Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson]. New York, Athenaeum, 1973. 14 cm x 24 cm. CI, 250 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only very...

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The award-winning author Nicola Griffith's brilliant, lush, sweeping historical novel about the rise of the most powerful woman of the Middle Ages: Hild.In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are...

Adam Nicolson explores the marine life inhabiting seashore rock pools with a scientist’s curiosity and a poet’s wonder in this beautifully illustrated book.The sea is not made of water. Creatures are...

An electrifying debut novel about art, solitude, family, and faith in a world without itIn 1967, the dancer Marta Becket and her husband were traveling through Death Valley Junction when they came...

Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to Switzerland.Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from climbing Mt Rigi's panorama...