ISBN: 9780300199024 Autor: Cott, Jonathan
Susan Sontag, one of the most internationally renowned and controversial intellectuals of the latter half of the twentieth century, still provokes. In 1979, Jonathan Cott, a founding contributing...
ISBN: 9780300230727 Oprawa: miękka Autor: David Satter Wydawnictwo: Yale University Press Ilość stron: 240 Rok wydania: 2018
In December 2013, David Satter became the first American journalist to be expelled from Russia since the Cold War. The Moscow Times said it was not surprising he was expelled, "it was...
ISBN: 9780300187793 Oprawa: miękka Autor: Nigel Warburton Wydawnictwo: Yale University Press Ilość stron: 288 Rok wydania: 2018
Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in the ancient Athenian marketplace asking awkward...
ISBN: 9780300228816 Oprawa: miękka Autor: Richard Holloway Wydawnictwo: Yale University Press Ilość stron: 256 Rok wydania: 2018
For curious readers young and old, a rich and colorful history of religion from humanity's earliest days to our own contentious times In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive...
ISBN: 9780300108835
In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task...
ISBN: 9780300088694
This illustrated book provides an overview of Islamic art and architecture during a time that witnessed the formation of a new artistic culture and its first, medieval, flowering in the vast area...
ISBN: 9780300116205 Autor: Huntington, Samuel P.
This now-classic examination of the development of viable political institutions in emerging nations is a major and enduring contribution to modern political analysis. In a new Foreword, Francis...
ISBN: 9780300066708
Seeking to restore empathy to medical practice, this book aims to demonstrate how important it is for doctors to listen to their patients, to experience and to understand what their patients are...
ISBN: 9780300223484
A fast-paced, character-filled history that brings the unique American saga to life for readers of all ages
ISBN: 9780300109450
"Fundamentals of Chinese Characters" focuses on the connections between the shapes and meanings of basic Chinese characters, enabling students to learn to recognise and write Chinese...
ISBN: 9780300186826 Oprawa: twarda Autor: Mark Galeotti Wydawnictwo: Yale University Press Ilość stron: 344 Rok wydania: 2018
The first English-language book to document the men who emerged from the gulags to become Russia's much-feared crime class: the vory v zakone Mark Galeotti is the go-to expert on organized...
ISBN: 9780300100167 Autor: Harrod, Tanya
British studio potter Michael Cardew (1901-1983) was a man of paradox, a modernist who disliked modernity, a colonial servant who despised Empire, and an intellectual who worked with his hands....
ISBN: 9780300230482
Hannah Gluckstein (who called herself Gluck; 1895-1976) was a distinctive, original voice in the early evolution of modern art in Britain. This handsome book presents a major reassessment of...
ISBN: 9780300143133 Autor: Epstein, Mark (Mark William)
Immersed in Buddhist psychology prior to studying Western psychiatry, Dr. Mark Epstein first viewed Western therapeutic approaches through the lens of the East. This posed something of a challenge....
ISBN: 9780300228243
Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art, November 9-11, 2013, Palermo, Sicily.
ISBN: 9780300123999
This epic history compares the empires built aby Spain and Britain in the Americas, from Columbus' arrival in the New World to the end of Spanish colonial rule in the early nineteenth century....
ISBN: 9780300101058
The "Annotated Shakespeare" series allows readers to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world's greatest dramatist. One of the most frequently read and performed of all...
ISBN: 9780300207248
British Royal Navy Captain James Cook's voyages of exploration across and around the Pacific Ocean were a marvel of maritime achievement, and provided the first accurate map of the Pacific. The...
ISBN: 9780300165326
A favorite of Tibetans and recommended aby the Dalai Lama and other senior Buddhist teachers, this practical guide to inner transformation introduces the fundamental spiritual practices common to...