573 results for '"Samuel Karlin'

The Description for this book, The Auden Generation: Literature and Politics in England in the 1930s, will be forthcoming.

An exploration of Turner's final, vital years, including new readings of some of his most significant paintings The paintings and drawings Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) produced from...

Written in a non-technical style for the layman, the book describes the what and why of the Jewish attitude to Jesus.

Is the United States "the land of equal opportunity" or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background is important in getting...

Describes the special character of the American criminal justice system which stems from the high degree of direct and indirect popular influence over its administration. Presents the tension between...

"A gripping American-on-the-run thriller . . . a brilliant coming-of-age tale and a touching exploration of father-daughter relationships."--Newsweek "One part Quentin Tarantino, one part...

Ends and Odds brings together nine short dramatic works by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Waiting for Godot.

This popular one-volume analysis of the evolution of American criminal justice places contemporary issues of crime and justice in historical perspective. Walker identifies the major periods in the...

The Description for this book, The Auden Generation: Literature and Politics in England in the 1930s, will be forthcoming.

The Soldier's Tale is the story of modern wars as told by the men who did the actual fighting. Hynes examines the journals, memoirs, and letters of men who fought in the two World Wars and in...

This inventive new biography of the legendary physicist examines his complex and contradictory nature-from brilliant scientist to charming Lothario and life of the party-in 99 vignettes based on...