637 results for '"Gil, Diego'

Lavishly illustrated volume revealing the intricacies of a 1742 map of the cosmos.The expansive and intricate Atlas Coelestis, created by Johann Doppelmayr in 1742, set out to record everything known...

With a population of nearly 1.5 billion and the world’s second largest economy, China is a major player in the world today, and yet many in the West know very little about contemporary China. This...

A scavenger robot wanders in the wasteland created by a war that has destroyed humanity in this evocative post-apocalyptic "robot western" from the critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, and...

From Giles Milton, the highly acclaimed author of Nathaniel's Nutmeg, Big Chief Elizabeth is a riveting historical mystery of colonial America.In April 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and...

Why do some industries win substantial protection from the whims of international trade while others do not? Privileging Industry challenges standard approaches to this question in its examination of...

When the United States invaded Iraq, President Bush made it clear: the U.S. was not fighting the Iraqi people. Rather, all quarrels were solely with Iraq's leadership. This kind of assertion remains...

Etienne Gilson se propose de definir les attitudes successives de Dante a l'egard de la philosophie : quelle nature lui assignait-il, quelle fonction lui attribuait-il, quelle place lui octroyait-il...

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Greek text with notes; very clean, no annotations, almost as new; ownership label inside front cover. xxvii, 95 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.. ...

'So I will write in English, pressing new words from this beautiful plain language spoken by all. Not courtly French to introduce God politely. Not church Latin to construct arguments. English to...

"Hey Mister, throw me some beads!" is a phrase that is iconic in New Orleans' Mardi Gras street argot. Strings of beads, doubloons, and other trinkets are passed out or thrown from the floats in the...