4677 results for '"Thomas H. Lee'

Thomas Adams explores the social context in which the French Enlightenment arose by focusing on the response of 18th-century French society to the problem of poverty, and examining the institutions...

For the single-variable component of three-semester or four-quarter courses in Calculus for students majoring in mathematics, engineering, or science Clarity and precision Thomas' Calculus:...

Gene Lees, author of the highly acclaimed Singers and the Song, offers, in Meet Me at Jim and Andy's, another tightly integrated collection of essays about post-War American music. This time he...

Turkish is the primary language of some thirty million people. Anyone concerned with current social, political, and cultural developments in Turkey knows that a practical understanding of the basic...

Working from existing translations, Thomas Merton composed a series of his own versions of the classic sayings of Chuang Tzu, the most spiritual of Chinese philosophers. Chuang Tzu, who wrote in the...

Review“In The Age, Nancy Lee has created a world of contradictions for our times: thoughtful terrorists, naive cynics, children as parents, girls who dream as boys. In sharply poetic prose, Lee...

The Jefferson Bible, or The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth as it is formally titled, was Thomas Jefferson's effort to extract what he considered the pertinent doctrine of Jesus by removing...

In the months after her husband's death, Martha Washington told several friends that the two worst days of her life were the day George died—and the day Thomas Jefferson came to Mount Vernon to offer...

The story of the German exiles--and cultural titans--who settled in Pacific Palisades and influenced American culture. In the early twentieth century, Pacific Palisades was home to America's most...

Having children is the most common aim among human beings. The Family and the Political Self aims to capture the insights that can be gleaned from taking this truth seriously. One truth is that human...

"Hali Lee is redefining philanthropy for the twenty-first century. Her activism and generosity are exemplary, and this book celebrates the beauty of community giving, and the power of collective...

Thomas Henri Martin. -- Reprint Of The 1841 Ed. Published By Ladrange, Paris. Texte Et Traduction Du Timée: P. [53]-244 Bis (2d Group) Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [385]-427 (3d Group)

Anna Thomas, author of the best-selling The Vegetarian Epicure, which became the bible of vegetarian cooks in the seventies and remains a classic, now returns with an exuberant new cookbook that...

Desde su exilio en Estados Unidos, en donde donde era considerado una gran celebridad, y através de las emisoras de radio de la BBC, Thomas Mann no dejó de dununciar los crímenes nazis al pueblo...

A “riveting” and “indispensable” (Alison Bechdel) cultural history of queer women’s lives in the second half of the twentieth century, told through six iconic spacesFor as long as queer women have...

Mary Paik Lee, born Paik Kuang Sun in 1900, left her native country in 1905, traveling with her parents as a political refugee after Japan imposed control over Korea at the close of the...

From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization, a fascinating look at how medieval thinkers created the origins of modern intellectual movements.After the long period of decline...

In this day of mindless distraction, we're desperate for reasons to put down our phones and reconnect with our spiritual selves. In time for the 50th anniversary of Thomas Merton's death in 1968,...

Published by Northeastern University Press, Boston. 201 pages. An examination of issues of American individuality, ethics, and freedom through Michel Foucault's theory of power...critical readings of...

"Those who think there can be a just cause for measures that gravely risk leading to the destruction of the entire human race are in the most dangerous illusion." --Thomas MertonPublished in book...