1199 results for '"Philip Rice'

The late novels and stories of America’s greatest myth-maker and chronicler of the Jewish American experience“Is Malamud an American Master? Of course. He not only wrote in the American language, he...

"Aaron Sorkin, the Oscar-winning director and screenwriter of such hits as The Social Network and The West Wing, recently urged aspiring writers to become students and evangelists for Aristotle's...

A landmark work of environmental philosophy that seeks to transform the debate about climate change.As the icecaps melt and the sea levels rise around the globe—threatening human existence as we know...

Political scientists often ask themselves what might have been if history had unfolded differently: if Stalin had been ousted as General Party Secretary or if the United States had not dropped the...

J. E. Gordon's classic introduction to the properties of materials used in engineering answers some fascinating and fundamental questions about how the structural world around us works. Gordon...

Why do some democracies reflect their citizens' foreign policy preferences better than others? What roles do the media, political parties, and the electoral system play in a democracy's decision to...

A companion to a ten-hour PBS series, airing in Spring 2000, explores the lives of America's presidents, from Washington to Clinton, in a study that examines the nature, history, evolution, and...

In this new edition of George Seferis's poems, the acclaimed translations by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard are revised and presented in a compact, English-only volume. The revision covers all the...

Get ready for mischievous monkeys! Moving islands! And a splashy adventure with illustrations on almost every page.   When Oliver’s explorer parents go missing, he sets sail to find them with some...

“BEWARE THE SEVEN blessings . . . ” When she first utters these words, 16-year-old Sally Lockhart doesn’t know their meaning. But when an employee of her late father hears them, he dies of fear. Thus...

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The definitive biography of guitar icon and Grammy Award-winning artist Bill Frisell. FEATURING EXCLUSIVE LISTENING SESSIONS WITH: Paul Simon; Justin Vernon of Bon Iver; Gus Van Sant; Rhiannon...

Germany today boasts the fastest growing population of Jews in Europe. The streets of Berlin abound with signs of a revival of Jewish culture, ranging from bagel shops to the sight of worshipers...

A 2024 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book A gorgeously illustrated picture book biography about Brazilian photojournalist, humanitarian, and environmental...

"There will never be another pop manager like Brian Epstein, the young record retailer from Liverpool behind the 20th century's greatest romance. Having achieved his much-derided aim of making the...