2249 results for '"Jarstad, Anna K.'

The electroweak theory unifies two basic forces of nature: the weak force and electromagnetism. This 2007 book is a concise introduction to the structure of the electroweak theory and its...

Seven students are about to have their lives changed by one amazing teacher in this school story sequel filled with unique characters every reader can relate to. It’s the start of a new year at Snow...

Timely and profound philosophical meditations on how great figures in history, literature, music, and art searched for solace while facing tragedies and crises, from the internationally renowned...

Ancient empires on the ground: Provincial and peripheral perspectives / Bleda Düring & Tesse Stek -- The transformation of rural societies and landscapes -- Engineering empire: A provincial...

What makes some characters seem so real? Mimetic Lives: Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Character in the Novel explores this question through readings of major works by Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky...

[1.] A Note On Soviet Poetry: On A Generation That Squandered Its Poets / Roman Jakobson -- Akhmatova And Mayakovsky / Korney Chukovsky -- The Unshackled Voice: Anna Akhmatova / Andrey Sinyavsky --...

A dramatic true story about Sigmund Freud’s last-minute escape to London following the German annexation of Austria and the group of friends who made it possible.In March 1938, German soldiers...

In this subtle and illuminating study, Kimberly Rae Connor surveys examples of contemporary literature, drama, art, and music that extend the literary tradition of African-American slave narratives...

Re/presenting Class is a collection of essays that develops a poststructuralist Marxian conception of class in order to theorize the complex contemporary economic terrain. Both building upon and...

A delightful and hilarious classic about the joys of the table, The Physiology of Taste is the most famous book about food ever written. First published in France in 1825 and continuously in print...

Best friends compete for the once-in-a-lifetime chance to become pop stars in this funny, feel-good manga series perfect for fans of K-On!, The Tryout, and The Baby-sitters Club.Middle-school student...

First published in 1919, Within a Budding Grove was awarded the Prix Goncourt, bringing the author immediate fame. In this second volume of In Search of Lost Time, the narrator turns from the...

From the celebrated Ursula K. Le Guin, "a writer of enormous intelligence and wit, a master storyteller" (Boston Globe), the revised and updated edition of her classic guide to the essentials of a...

From multi-award-winning, literary legend Ursula K. Le Guin comes a speculative fiction classic, The Eye of the Heron.In Victoria on a former prison colony, two exiled groups—the farmers of Shantih...

"Funny, clear, deep, and right on target. [Siegfried] lets us get a handle on ideas that are essential for understanding the evolving world."-K. C. Cole, author of The Universe and the Teacup"An...

Wait finds C. K. Williams by turns ruminative, stalked by "the conscience-beast, who harries me," and "riven by idiot vigor, voracious as the youth I was / for whom everything always was going too...

You'll find it on a map--but you'll never get anywhere near this top secret military base. What exactly is going on there?Is Area 51 a top secret military base that lies in the middle of the barren...

Politics And The Arts In The Age Of Christina / Theodore K. Rabb -- Absolutism Or Dynamic Leadership? The Rise Of Large Armed Forces And The Problem Of Political Interest Aggregation From A Mid-17th...

“I do not know of any one in the United States who writes better prose.” —W.H. AudenWritten to inspire courage in those daunted by wartimes shortages, How to Cook a Wolf continues to rally cooks...

The rise of mass incarceration in the United States is one of the most critical outcomes of the last half-century. Incarceration Nation offers the most compelling explanation of this outcome to date...