502 results for '"Barbara Landau'

Linguists usually discuss language or dialects in terms of groups of speakers. Believing that patterns can be seen more clearly in the group than the individual, researchers often present group...

Describes life inside the world's largest women's prison, from the point of view of the women themselves.

Get to know famous primate scientist Jane Goodall—including her life with chimpanzees, her groundbreaking contributions to animal science, and beyond—in this charming Level 1 reader perfect for kids...

'In the region of Washington Square or Greenwich Village, or ... among the sand dunes of Cape Cod we must look for the real birthplace of the New American Drama.' So William Archer, first translator...

Now in paperback, a story about a girl and her magical talking pet cat, reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland Rosemary’s plan to clean houses during her summer break and surprise her mother with the...

When Granddad picks Ava up from school one Thursday afternoon, she's quiet. She doesn't want to talk about the lockdown drill that has stirred up her worries.How can she be so afraid in a place that...

Since its publication in 1999, 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know has sold more than 300,000 copies in six languages. It has become a much-valued learning tool and reference for everyone from...

Winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Prize "Miner's story of Milwaukee is filled with memorable characters . . . explores with consummate skill the dynamics of race, politics, and schools in our time...

Using the iconography of New Deal murals and plays to interpret the cultural history of the 1930s, Engendering Culture demonstrates that the visual and dramatic images of each form contain an...

"These trees, these plants I have written to you about have taught me all I needed to know about your death." B loves M, her favorite sister. Then M is gone-taken too young, too suddenly, under the...

A New York Times Notable BookAn ALA Notable Book"Original and illuminating." --The Washington PostWhat draws our species to war? What makes us see violence as a kind of sacred duty, or a ritual that...

An intimate and inspiring firsthand encounter with the radical philosophy of the renowned twentieth-century artist Dieter Roth.The oeuvre of Dieter Roth (1930–1998) encompasses painting, sculpture,...