An Edited Life

Reducere. "A remarkable work of oral history and] a fond, provocative testament to a remarkable life."*"A fabulous read about a breed of politician now large...

Reducere. Between 1803 and 1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark cocaptained the most famous expedition in American history. But while Lewis ended his lif...

Reducere. French philosopher Maurice Blondel had a tremendous impact on both philosophy and religion over the first half of the twentieth century. He was at ...

Reducere. An intimate portrait of one of America's most beloved writers is revealed in this 1889 work from editor Ednah Dow Cheney. Originally published just...

Reducere. Newly edited, Israel Rank is the black comedy that inspired the 1946 film "Kind Hearts and Coronets" and the award-winning Broadway show, "A Gentle...

Reducere. Famously praised by John Keats for speaking 'loud and bold', Chapman's Homer brought Greek poetry and civilization to life for centuries of readers...

DescriptionThe Life of the Real 'Brigadier Gerard' Volume 3 The battles of the destruction of an empire Marbot returns to regimental life at the he...

Reducere. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is an autobiography by a young mother and fugitive slave published in 1861 by L. Maria Child, who edited the ...

DescriptionEvery aspect of ancient Egyptian society-from education and law to medicine, birth, and death-was permeated by religion and magic, and d...

Completely revised and edited with an introduction and notes by Vincent Carretta An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, as well as an im...

Reducere. Published in 1893, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets shocked a world unprepared for its grim and starkly realistic exploration of a pretty young girl's...

Reducere. ESCAPE?FROM?PLAUEN tells the story of war's depravation but also tells the story of faith and the will to triumph against all odds. "An artist as w...

Reducere. Description"Even present tense has some of the grace of past tense, / what with all the present tense left to go." From Max Ritvo--selected and edi...

Reducere. Solomon ibn Gabirol is now best known for his work Fons Vit ('Fountain of Life') and for his philosophical doctrine that all things, including soul...

Reducere. Nick Virgilio, who started writing in the 1960s and was a pioneer of American haiku poetry, penned some of this country s most elegiac and memorabl...

The Autobiography Manuscript of Major Amos Stoddard is part biography, and part autobiography. It is the story of the life and times of Major Amos ...

Reducere. Queen For a Day: The Girl's Guide to Chess Mastery, is an instructional book that is written directly for girls and women. This book takes readers ...

In this classic account, historian Philip Foner traces the radical history of Black workers' contribution to the American labor movement.About the ...

Reducere. Becoming fully human is a lifelong journey. It can also be an incredible adventure. Here internationally respected depth psychologist, spiritual gu...

DescriptionThe Princeton Guide to Evolution is a comprehensive, concise, and authoritative reference to the major subjects and key concepts in evol...

Reducere. God's Hand in HistoryInterviews and the L'Abri lecturesHans Rookmaaker: An Open Life, by Laurel GasqueRookmaaker was a man of many contrasts: provo...

Reducere. Edited by Abel Debritto, the definitive collection of poems from an influential writer whose transgressive legacy and raw, funny, and acutely obser...

Afflicting one in seventy Americans, Sj gren's syndrome is an autoimmune disease that commonly causes dryness of the eyes, mouth, and nose, and tha...

Reducere. In the midst of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, a handful of British intellectuals turned their backs on the social and cultural trends of th...

Reducere. An instant New York Times bestseller! The much-acclaimed viral sensation from Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six - now newly revised and edited with addit...

Reducere. Milton H. Erickson was the most influential hypnotherapist in the 20th Century. The extant literature on Erickson, including his own numerous writi...

Reducere. Historian David La Vere has culled from the Indian-Pioneer Histories housed in the Indian Archives of the Oklahoma Historical Society in Oklahoma C...

Reducere. A landmark anthology of full-length works by Black American women writers of the 19th century including Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Harriet Jacob...

Reducere. A landmark anthology of full-length works by Black American women writers of the 19th century including Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Harriet Jacob...

Reducere. Veteran pop culture writer and former head writer of The A.V Club Nathan Rabin wrote the book on, and with, "Weird Al" Yankovic in the 2012 coffee ...

DescriptionThe variety of people seduced by the idea of living, or at least holidaying, in a home on wheels is wide and all-encompassing; from reti...

Reducere. Stripped of their ancestral languages generations ago, the Lumbee Indians of Robeson Count, North Carolina, carved out a unique dialect of English ...

Description"In this book you'll find a thoughtfully edited chronicle of the unique convergence of genetic, hormonal, social, and environmental forc...

Reducere. In 1906, fifteen-year old Elizabeth Gurley Flynn mounted a soapbox in Times Square to denounce capitalism and proclaim a new era for women's freedo...

Reducere. "A deeply felt reappraisal of the work and its global impact.... Prose] makes a persuasive argument for Anne Frank's literary genius." --New York T...

Reducere. Buster Keaton (1895-1966) was a brilliant comedian and filmmaker who conceived, wrote, directed, acted, and even edited most of his ten feature fil...

This volume explores the connections between our own birth, the experience of having children, and the new birth of the Christian life. Seasoned pa...

Reducere. As its title suggests, this book captures the essence of Japanese life and culture in 100 words. From well-known concepts like zen, kawaii and anim...

Reducere. This collection brings the writings and teachings of Sayagyi U Ba Khin-the teacher of S. N. Goenka-together under one cover, with biographical info...

Reducere. Edgar Allen Poe is a famous american author known worldwide. Edgar Allan Poe, born Edgar Poe; (January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was an American ...

Reducere. This fascinating book tells the remarkable story of an ordinary American woman's heroism in the French Resistance. Virginia Roush fell in love with...

Reducere. A career-spanning volume charting the Nobel laureate's work in the ode formPablo Neruda was a master of the ode, which he conceived as an homage to...

A gorgeous clothbound edition of Woolf's fantastical and enchanting novel, designed by the acclaimed Coralie-Bickford Smith. Orlando has always bee...

Reducere. In this compilation of inspiring stories, edited by renowned healing expert Brandon Bays, practitioners of The Journey method share their powerful ...

Reducere. Ezra Pound makes his Penguin Classics debut with this unique selection of his early poems and prose, edited with an introductory essay and notes by...

Reducere. A Course in Miracles is the acclaimed spiritual guide that teaches the way to universal love and peace is by undoing guilt through forgiving others...

Sixteen stories inspired by the 20th century's great master of horror, H.P. Lovecraft, and his acknowledged masterpiece, At the Mountains of Madnes...

Reducere. Published for the first time in its century, this "meticulously edited contribution to the study of American women's diaries and late-19th-century ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Bicentennial of the United States in 1976 gave rise to myriad projects. In New Mexico-still a borderlands possession of Spain in 177...

The gritty, hard-edged novel of sex, crime, and corruption in 1970s Atlanta...and the man who is paid to hide it all... by Ralph Dennis, author of ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis premium quality large print volume includes the complete and unabridged classic translation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punis...

Reducere. DescriptionJoin two adventurous sisters as they travel the world and learn new things. In this book, the girls are exploring London, England. Wheth...

Reducere. DescriptionCompanion to the film The Magic Beneath Us. Contributions from Michael Pollan, Andrew Weil, Eugenia Bone, and many more expterts make Fa...

An introduction to Zen chanting practice, with new accurate and chantable translations of the texts used in Zen centers and monasteries throughout ...

Buru Island was the site of Indonesia's most remote and infamous prison camp. In the wake of the 1965 repression of the political Left, between 196...

Reducere. Novelist, playwright, film actor, martial artist, and political commentator, Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) was arguably the most famous person in Japan...

Reducere. DescriptionAs the U.S. Latino population grows rapidly, and as the LGBTQ Latino community becomes more visible and a more crucial part of our liter...

For many artists and intellectuals in East Germany, daily life had an undeniably surreal aspect, from the numbing repetition of Communist Party jar...

Reducere. An ethical approach to dealing with the urgent issues of climate change and taking care of our delicate ecosystems.This Fragile Planet features 80 ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is the second instalment in the life story of Thomas Flashman, the uncle of the notorious Victorian rogue Harry Flashman, whose mem...

Reducere. This book remains the most competent treatment of the principles and organization, strategy, and tactics, of the trade union movement. Drawing upon...

Reducere. Op art pioneer Bridget Riley in conversation with some of the world's leading art historians and artists, from Ernst Gombrich to Michael Craig-Mart...

On the Suffering of the World is a collection of the later aphoristic writings of Arthur Schopenhauer, known for their incisive, aphoristic style a...

Reducere. Break of Noon (Partage de midi) is a collaborative attempt, edited by Anthony Rudolf, at preparing an English-language edition of Paul Claudel's re...

Reducere. Often named the "Prince of Philosophers, " Benedict Baruch Spinoza is considered one of the most prominent "Rationalists" in the history of Philoso...

Our Signet Classic Shakespeare Series was extensively revised in 1998. We offer the best of everything -- unforgettable works edited by eminent Sha...

A shorter version of the Morning and Evening Prayer, in a handy format, suitable for anyone wanting to pray regularly on their own or in a group se...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An epic, mesmerizing oral history of Hollywood and Los Angeles from the author of the contemporary classic Edie Jean St...

Reducere. "Home is where the heart is formed" says author Devi Titus. So slow down to add beauty and value to everything you do to make your home a place of ...

Reducere. An insider's experience and personal transformation with ayahuasca and the religious philosophy surrounding it - An intimate account of the genesis...