Kathleen: 2959 books
by Kathleen Dotson
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
This book is the outcome of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to understand the dramatic transformation any idea can bring and to successfully bring ideas across, is to think of them as profound insights and moments of clarity often disguised as wit, captured in one single...
A Nietzschean Bestiary
Becoming Animal Beyond Docile and Brutal
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2003
Inspired by the ancient and medieval genre, A Nietzschean Bestiary gathers essays treating the most vivid and lively animal images in one of the philosophic tradition's greatest bodies of work. Leading scholars treat specific animals—such as the prowling beast of prey, Zarathustra's laughing lions,...
Is This Bottle Corked?
The Secret Life of Wine
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
We’ve all come across those suave, confident, and all-so-knowing books that tell us precisely what to drink with which dish, how to swirl, sniff, slosh, and pronounce on our wine, and, above all, how to impress our friends and business associates with our expertise.
Well, this is not one...
Understanding Inequality
The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Gender
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2007
As the age of globalization and New Media unite disparate groups of people in new ways, the continual transformation and interconnections between ethnicity, class, and gender become increasingly complex. This reader, comprised of a diverse array of sources ranging from the New York Times to the journals...
by Kathleen Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Orpheus lived probably in Thrace, in pre-Homeric times. Aristotle believed that he never existed; but to other ancient writers he was a real person, though living in remote antiquity. Nothing is known of any ancient Orphic writings. It was believed that Orpheus taught, but left no writings, and that...
by Eileen Dreyer, Kathleen Korbel
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
"A comedy of errors and mistaken identities, funny, warm and really entertaining." ~Kumotteiru
Good Humor Abounds When the Ice Cream Man Falls for His Suspect
Divorcee Jenny Lake suspects the new ice cream man, Nick Barnett, is selling more than bompops off his truck. The neighbors...
Sir John Woodroffe, Tantra and Bengal
'An Indian Soul in a European Body?'
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Working with Bengali mentors, especially his close friend A. B. Ghose, Sir John Woodroffe became the pseudonymous orientalist Arthur Avalon, famous for his tantric studies at the beginning of the twentieth century. Best known for The Serpent Power, the book which introduced 'Kundalini Yoga' to the...
The Houses of History
A Critical Reader in History and Theory
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
The houses of history is a clear, jargon-free introduction to the major theoretical approaches employed by historians. This innovative critical reader provides accessible introductions to fourteen schools of thought, from the empiricist to the postcolonial, including chapters on Marxist history, Freud...
by Kathleen Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
Betrayed by her father, accosted by her betrothed, and deceived by the one man who holds her heart. . . Scottish Highlands, 1694 With one brief meeting, a stranger sends Maggie Robertson’s existence spinning out of control, threatening everything she has worked so hard to build. Instead of committing...
by Kathleen Wellman
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
This book tells the history of the French Renaissance through the lives of its most prominent queens and mistresses, beginning with Agnès Sorel, the first officially recognized royal mistress in 1444; including Anne of Brittany, Catherine de Medici, Anne Pisseleu, Diane de Poitiers, and Marguerite...
U.S. History 101
Historic Events, Key People, Important Locations, and More!
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
The stories of politicos and historic events are often turned into snooze-worthy lectures that even Benjamin Franklin would reject. This guide cuts out all the boring details and instead provides you with a thrilling lesson in U.S. history.
From Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence...
by Lisa Kathleen Graddy, Amy Pastan
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Admire the nationally famous collection of first ladies' gowns and learn about the contributions made by the women who wore them
The Smithsonian First Ladies Collection is a beautifully illustrated book inspired by one of the most popular attractions at the Smithsonian: the first ladies exhibit...
The Global Imagination of 1968
Revolution and Counterrevolution
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
With discussions of more than 50 countries, Katsiaficas articulates an understanding of the 1960s' social struggles not bound by national or continental divides nor focused on famous individuals. From the Prague revolt against Soviet communism to the French May uprising, the Vietnam Tet offensive,...
Ancient Greece
From the Archaic Period to the Death of Alexander the Great
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
From Archaic times to the reign of Alexander the Great, Greek unity was tenuous, yet Ancient Greece was a place where culture flourished and intellectual achievement knew no bounds. Ancient Greek ideas on philosophy, politics, science, and the arts anticipate many of our own, and in some ways, remain...