3521 results for '"Kenneth R. Foster'

Josephine Roche (1886–1976) was a progressive activist, New Deal policymaker, and businesswoman. As a pro-labor and feminist member of Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration, she shaped the founding...

This study shows how Lenin's life was permanently altered at the age of seventeen by the execution of his brother Alexander, his transformation from a model student in secondary school into a...

'Here is a comprehensive, critical portrait of Christianity from its beginnings to the present, warts and all. It is a synoptic portrait which only a master could depict...The style is crisp and...

Traditional views of Horace seek to present the poet as a consistent, vivid personality who stands behind and orchestrates the diverse "Horatian" writings that have come down to us. In recent years,...

How poetic modernism shaped Arabic intellectual debates in the twentieth century and beyondCity of Beginnings is an exploration of modernism in Arabic poetry, a movement that emerged in Beirut during...

"Learning what eminent contributors have had to say in their own words about psychological matters is essential for understanding the history of psychology. This book is the product of Dr. Watson's...

The Yorkshireman Richard Rolle (c. 1300-1349) was the first and most immediately influential of the English medieval mystics. His passionate insistence on a personal communion between Creator and...

Thousands of texts, written over a period of three thousand years on papyri and potsherds, in Egyptian, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Hebrew, Persian, and other languages, have transformed our knowledge of...

A New Book for Enjoyment and Posterity Joyous, profound, gorgeous and intense, "Dorothy Gillespie" uses 50 large-scale color plates, 35 text illustrations and seven essays to condense this prominent...

Describes the physical features, field identification, habitat, distribution, migration, reproduction, and habits of American species and subspecies north of Mexico

Definitive illustrated catalogue: every medieval ivory in America. Sets new scholarly standard.

(Peeters 1991)

Magical puppies Hocus and Pocus have a new neighbor: Bye-Bye the dragon! Hocus is delighted, but Pocus is nervous about making friends--and about fire breath. A funny and affirming adventure. On a...

So, what do you get an atheist for Christmas? This collection of smart, funny essays, of course—short works by 42 resolutely secular-minded geniuses about how to survive (and even enjoy) the holiday...

A sweeping and dramatic history of the last half century of conflict in the Middle East from an award-winning journalist who has covered the region for over forty years, The Great War for...