152 results for '"Stephan Schmidheiny'

In 1874, eighteen-year-old American artist John Singer Sargent went to Paris to become a painter. Ten years later, he would become an art-world sensation when he sparked controversy with his...

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A tender, moving, and insightful account of queer motherhood and an interrogation of life on the margins of American culture as a self-described “ugly” woman“A rigorous ladyballs-out polemic that...

“Not since I read Erik Larson’s Dead Wake have I had such an edge-of-my-seat immersion into historical events. . . . No study of Alexander Hamilton would be complete without reading this book.”—Karen...

She took on titans, battled generals, and changed the world as we know it…New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray returns with a captivating and dramatic novel about an American heroine...

A rare look into the lives of Hasidic youthFrom the ardently religious young woman who longs for the life of a male scholar to the young rebel who visits a strip club, smokes pot, and agonizes over...

"Four renowned professors -- a physician, a theologian, an anthropologist, and a historian -- offer a master class on living in uncertain times. Affirming that wisdom is not a destination but a way...

No one knew the boy they called "Jumping Badger" would grow to become a great leader. Born on the banks of the Yellowstone River, Sitting Bull, as he was later called, was tribal chief and holy man...

"Teeth, tails, and scales--oh my! Newly independent readers will be transported back to a time when bugs were big and monsters ruled the deep. Each page of this dazzling Level 2 reader is packed with...

En vingt-quatre étapes et selon trois grandes orientations thématiques (notion d'empire et pouvoir impérial, administration et société politique, norme et identités), ce livre propose une lecture...

The popularity of natural wine has taken the food and wine world by storm, and in this book, co-author Stephanie Mercier Voyer, chef David McMillan, wine importer Zev Rovine, and photographer Xavier...

A haunting portrait of France at war On August 1, 1914, war erupted into the lives of millions of families across France. Most people thought the conflict would last just a few weeks. Yet before...

'In America: A Lexicon of Fashion' establishes a modern vocabulary of American dress based on its expressive rather than practical qualities. Using the patchwork quilt as a metaphor for the country's...

"Denmark in the nineteenth century experienced the disastrous fallout of the Napoleonic Wars, the devastating bombardment of Copenhagen, bankruptcy, and mounting antagonism with Germany. Yet, this...