475 results for '"Niss, Barbara'

Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to The Netherlands.Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from visiting Amsterdam's...

"An absorbing and enjoyable book."―New York Times Book Review Drawing on new primary sources, this biography is the first to detail the influence of British history, literature, and culture―in...

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...

An in-depth exploration of how the iconic artist created his works over the course of his full careerAmong the most celebrated figures of modern art, Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) has been the...

"Animals dream about the things they do in the day time just like people do. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life." So says Loyd Peregrina, a handsome Apache trainman and...

This bold, historical detective work--based on Thiering's discovery of the interpretative key to the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament--yields a whole new picture of Christianity's origins and...

Like Guy Fawkes in early 17th-century Britain, L. Sergius Catilina was a threat to the constitution imposed on Rome by Sulla in the mid-1st century BC. His aim at first was to reach the consulship,...

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,...