1454 results for '"Yarbrough, Beth V.'

In an unforgettable addition to the literature of memoir, one of America’s preeminent literary scholars tells his story of coming of age in France during the buildup to the Second World War. As a...

For two decades, first at Wellesley and then at Cornell, Nabokov introduced undergraduates to the delights of great fiction. Here, collected for the first time, are his famous lectures, which include...

A book judged so dangerous in the Soviet Union that not only the manuscript but the ribbons on which it had been typed were confiscated by the state, Life and Fate is an epic tale of World War II and...

WINNER OF THE ORANGE PRIZE • Set in 1828 on a Louisiana sugar plantation, this novel from the bestselling author of Mary Reilly presents a “fresh, unsentimental look at what slave-owning does to (and...

Collection : Classiques Petits Sujet : Roman, essai, document "Excerpt from the book..."Il n'y avait en tete des premieres editions de cet ouvrage, publied'abord sans nom d'auteur, que les quelques...

An invaluable guide to the art and mind of Virginia Woolf, drawn from the personal record she kept over a period of twenty-seven years.Included are entries that refer to her own writing, and those...

A fantasy adventure perfect for fans of Amari and the Night Brothers, in which "The story soars, just like Piper, with enough loop-de-loops to keep kids uncertain about what will come next"...

Victor David Hanson, author of the highly regarded classic The Western Way of War, presents an audacious and controversial theory of what contributes to the success of military campaigns.Examining in...

Modernity in Latin America is defined above all by its multi-layered, kaleidoscopic quality. Reminiscent of Octavio Paz's labyrinth, it is a modernity which has accommodated a piling-on of new...

There is a powerful subconscious reaction that influences a disturbingly wide range of our daily behaviour - our eating habits, our relationships, our values. The very same reaction that makes us...

Offering a compelling vision of psychotherapy by and for women as a sacred space for self-realization and attunement, this book demonstrates the unique interaction between the woman therapist and...

Greece: The Cookbook is the definitive work on the rich and fascinating cooking of modern Greece.Greece: The Cookbook is the first truly comprehensive bible of Greek food in English. Rapidly...

This distinctive collection explores the construction of genealogies—in both the biological sense of procreation and the metaphorical sense of heritage and cultural patrimony. Focusing specifically...

In recent decades it has become obvious that mathematics has always been a worldwide activity. But this is the first book to provide a substantial collection of English translations of key...

The elevator is today considered a safe and modern means of transportation which even a child can operate and which everyone uses as a matter of course. However, the enthusiasm for the vertical...