1254 results for '"Toussaint, Jean-Philippe'

A landmark memoir that stands as a testament to survival, memory, dignity, and the stubborn beauty of insisting on one’s place in the world, named a 1989 New York Times Notable Book.Jean Said...

The year 1989 brought the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. It was also the year that the economic theories of Reagan, Thatcher, and the Chicago School achieved...

Winner of the Bancroft Prize for American HistoryThe only comprehensive biography of the astute observer and diarist Alice James, whose life and legacy were long overshadowed by her two famous...

From French literary talent and Prix Goncourt winner Jean-Baptiste Andrea, a “sprawling fresco and star-crossed love story” (The New York Times) following a dwarf and skilled sculptor as he recounts...

Knowledge spaces offer a rigorous mathematical foundation for various practical systems of knowledge assessment. An example is offered by the ALEKS system (Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge...

La Seconde Guerre mondiale semble aujourd'hui bien connue. Et pourtant. Les idées reçues sur ce conflit d'airain abondent. Desservant la cause de la connaissance, elles montrent surtout que la...

Richly illustrated monograph devoted to the Swiss artist-photographer Béatrice HelgFeatures informative essays and poemsThis book is the most important monograph devoted to the Swiss...

This book presents an overview of recent developments in the area of localization for quasi-periodic lattice Schrödinger operators and the theory of quasi-periodicity in Hamiltonian evolution...

Julia Martin is in Paris and at the end of her rope. Once beautiful, she was taken care of by men. Now, after being dropped by her latest lover, Mr. Mackenzie, Julia is running out of luck and...

Reuniting eight key Basquiat works that mark the graffiti artist’s transition to painterly autonomyThis catalog focuses on eight paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat made in the summer of 1982, when he...

Tennis legend Billie Jean King profiles 11 of today’s pioneering athletes in women's sports in this inspiring nonfiction book based on exclusive interviews that will empower athletes and sports fans...

Language Notes Text: French About the Author Né en 1942, Jean-Noël Jeanneney est historien. Ancien élève de l'École normale supérieure de la rue d'Ulm et diplômé de l'Institut d'études...

From prehistory to the present day, an unrivaled look deep into the contentious origins of the CeltsBlood of the Celts brings together genetic, archaeological, and linguistic evidence to address the...

The Jameses are perhaps the most extraordinary and  distinguished family in American intellectual life. Henry’s novels, celebrated as among the finest in the language, and William’s groundbreaking...

Jack Kerouac has long been mythologized as an all-American figure: the “King of the Beats,” forever hitchhiking on the road, who gave voice to a postwar generation of rebels. In fact, he was born...

From the #1 bestselling search-and-find riddle picture book series, it's the world's most engaging alphabet book! This I Spy classic is back and better than ever, with a fresh design and perfect for...

A material analysis of the sign which deepens Marx's critique of political economy for spectacular times.What if the problems of modern society don't come from production, but rather consumption and...

Retrace l'histoire mouvementée du cinéma français durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Explique comment après la débâcle de 1940 et le départ des plus grands créateurs et interprètes, il semblait...