10109 results for '"Johnson, Ross (Compiled by, Author)'

The author shares his impressions of monastic life, today and in the past, and describes his experiences visiting monasteries in France and Turkey

The author describes her travels in America during the 1830s and offers her opinions on democracy and daily life in the United States

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES • Max takes on knight school in the hilarious sequel to the bestselling illustrated novel Max and the Midknights, from the author of the Big Nate series!"Fantastic!...

At the beginning of 1965, the U.S. seemed on the cusp of a golden age. Although Americans had been shocked by the assassination in 1963 of President Kennedy, they exuded a sense of consensus and...

Since the beginning of the New Order period in 1965 under General Soeharto, Indonesia has seen the establishment of the authority of the central government in every part of the country as well as the...

In essays covering everything from art and common sense to charisma and constructions of the self, the eminent cultural anthropologist and author of The Interpretation of Cultures deepens our...

Access to land and property is vital to people’s livelihoods in rural, peri-urban, and urban areas in Africa. People exert tremendous energy and imagination to have land claims recognized as rights...

Awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson overturn conventional wisdom about how economies work--revealing the untold story of who wins and who loses the rewards of...

Here, in this compelling assembly of writings, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard explores the world of natural facts and human meanings.

Essays on the nature of touch, hearing, smell, sight and taste reflect on the author's childhood memories in Mexico and studies of other cultures and times

"The Cartoonist Feng Zikai: Social Realism with a Buddhist Face " presents a series of cartoons, accompanied by author's comments, both insightful and painful.

Michaela Willeke. Originally Presented As The Author's Thesis (doctoral)--universität Münster, 2005. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 329-345).

Product Description Born-again Protestantism in South and Central America is expected to attract one-quarter to one-third of the population by early in the twenty-first century. The diverse case...

Is corporate investing in the arts and culture within communities good business? Written by an expert on the topic who ran the Corporate Art Program at Johnson & Johnson, the book sets out the case...

A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times Book Review, Esquire, Time, Elle, The Boston Globe, Literary Hub, The Guardian, Kirkus Reviews, Goodreads, WBEZ Chicago, Book Riot, The Christian Science...

The brainy book by the bestselling author of Fermat's Enigma�a must for anyone interested in numbers and mathematics, as well as for the millions of Simpsons fans worldwide.

The Jonson volume in the Oxford Authors series included two play, his poems, Timber, and excerpts from the conversations with William Drummond.

A gripping account of the troubled, scandalous, but ultimately triumphant life of the author of Herland, one of the best-known women writers of the turn of the century.

Writings on general cultural issues accompany discussions of such authors as Edith Wharton, Robert Graves, C. P. Snow, and Charles Dickens

When a little boy plants a carrot seed, everyone tells him it won't grow. But when you are very young, there are some things that you just know, and the little boy knows that one day a carrot will...