"Fifty thinkers who shaped the modern world" profiles fifty landmark philosophers, scientists, political and social theorists as well as spiritual leaders whose ideas have defined the age we live in. It offers a crisp analysis of their key ideas, and in some cases a re-evaluation...
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In 1837, a diminutive, neglected teenager is crowned Queen Victoria, navigates the scandal, corruption, and political intrigues of the Court, and soon rises to become the most powerful woman in the world.
The award-winning tale of The Lorax tells the story of the greedy, tree-chopping Once-lers and the brave little Lorax who speaks up for the vanishing forest. Includes an all-new featurette and two special features: Pontoffel Pock & His Magical Piano and Butter Battle Book.
""The only art I'll ever study is stuff that I can steal from." --David Bowie. Three years before David Bowie died, he shared a list of 100 books that changed his life. His choices span fiction and nonfiction, literary and irreverent, and include timeless classics alongside eyebr...
In 1837, a diminutive, neglected teenager is crowned Queen Victoria, navigates the scandal, corruption, and political intrigues of the Court, and soon rises to become the most powerful woman in the world.
The classic literary canon meets the comics artists, illustrators, and other artists who have remade reading in Kick's magisterial, three-volume, full-color "The Graphic Canon," including a Sherlock Holmes mystery, an H.G. Wells story, an illustrated guide to the Beat writers, a ...
In 1837, a diminutive, neglected teenager is crowned Queen Victoria, navigates the scandal, corruption, and political intrigues of the Court, and soon rises to become the most powerful woman in the world.
In 1837, a diminutive, neglected teenager is crowned Queen Victoria, navigates the scandal, corruption, and political intrigues of the Court, and soon rises to become the most powerful woman in the world.
Almanzo Wilder comes to Walnut Grove with his siser Eliza-Jane, the new schoolteacher. The Ingalls decide to adopt Albert. Nels Oleson is reunited with his estranged sister. A faith healer convinces the citizens of Walnut Grove to trust him. Caroline's father discovers a talent a...
Dale Carnegie was raised on a poverty-stricken farm in back woods Missouri, twelve miles from the nearest railroad. Yet this farm boy became one of the best-known men of our time -- a success in business, teacher of millions, famous author. How did he do it? Though beset by feeli...
"An new historical anthology from transatlantic slavery to the Reconstruction curated by the Schomburg Center, that makes the case for focusing on the histories of Black people as agents and architects of their own lives and ultimate liberation, with a foreword by Kevin Young. Th...
The early life of Queen Victoria, from her ascension to the throne at the tender age of 18 to her courtship and marriage to Prince Albert.
"This edited international collection of contemporary and emerging career development theories and models aims to inform the practice of career development professionals around the globe" -- Provided by publisher.