Susanna: 642 books

On a traditional conception of the human mind, reasoning can be rational or irrational, but perception cannot. Perception is simply a source of new information, and cannot be assessed for rationality or justification. Susanna Siegel argues that this conception is wrong. Drawing on examples involving...

Piccola Tigre non è una tigre come le altre: è curiosa, fa molte domande, mette in discussione quello che la natura le offre e che i suoi simili semplicemente accettano. Piccola Tigre apre gli occhi e scopre la meraviglia della luce. Tende le orecchie e scopre la vasta gamma dei rumori della Taiga....

"La testa fra le nuvole è un omaggio alla letteratura, alla forza del sogno e della fantasia. Ed è un omaggio alla letteratura che mi ha formata più di tutte le altre, quella della cosiddetta Mitteleuropa. Ruben è il nipote di Karl Rossman di "America", il cugino del protagonista...

Due anni prima che la cronaca nera ci restituisse un simile personaggio in carne e ossa, nel volume di racconti Per voce sola, Susanna Tamaro, con magnifica intelligenza, disegnava un altissimo quanto inquietante profilo psicologico. Una sequela di finestre si apre sul mondo interiore di un giovane...

What do we see? We are visually conscious of colors and shapes, but are we also visually conscious of complex properties such as being John Malkovich? In this book, Susanna Siegel develops a framework for understanding the contents of visual experience, and argues that these contents involve all sorts...

Charlotte Temple is a novel by Susanna Rowson. It was first published in England in 1791 under the title Charlotte, A Tale of Truth. The first American edition was published in 1794 and the novel became a bestseller. It has gone through over 200 American editions. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Congratulations on the birth of your baby! In this child, you see in?nite potential and you place great hope. And now youre preparing to celebrate what is perhaps the most joyous rite of passagethe baby blessing ceremony. Like many parents, you may wish to plan a personalized ceremony that...

La Maîtresse du prince Hafiz, Susanna Carr Eperdument amoureuse, Lacey a quitté le Missouri, son travail et ses amis pour suivre Hafiz dans son lointain sultanat de Rudaynah. Et si, depuis son arrivée, elle ne le voit pas autant qu’elle le voudrait, elle ne regrette pas son choix tant...

In Domestic Economies, Susanna Rosenbaum examines how two groups of women—Mexican and Central American domestic workers and the predominantly white, middle-class women who employ them—seek to achieve the "American Dream." By juxtaposing their understandings and experiences, she illustrates how...

Exploring sex—bodily capacities, appetites, orientations, and connections—in terms of play and playfulness. We all know that sex involves a quest for pleasure, that sexual palates vary across people's lifespans, and that playful experimentations play a key role in how people discover their...

The internationally bestselling author of Follow Your Heartuncovers hope in the midst of tragedy in these three utterly transfixing novellas set in Susanna Tamaro’s native Italy. In “Answer Me,” an orphaned girl with a troubled past desperately searches for a sign that she is loved while...

An elderly woman, Cherie prepared for bedtime, brushed her locks and lotion her hands . Stared at herself in the family heirloom, ancient mirror . She observed a younger woman, and on the path of success, to become lawyer fighting for unprivileged children or a famous artist until she meets prince...

She came out of the bathroom she was a sight of beauty. He declared her green eyes were like emeralds and glistening like twinkling stars in the night and matching the color of the nightgown. She seemed to be floating to him as her hair shine and her skin appear silky. He saw she put on make-up. He...

He suffered the intense sweats, the chills to the bones, the never ending feeling of wanting to vomit. The annoying and painful headache and the sensations to bright lights were torturous to him. Now here ten years later on a bus he experienced that night again, it was terrifying, and he wanted it...