In Urbane Revolutionary: C.L.R. James and the Struggle for a New Society, Frank Rosengarten traces the intellectual and political development of C.L.R. James (1901-1989), one of the most significant C
“An exceptionally fine book: erudite, digressive, urbane and deeply moving.” —Wall Street JournalChopin’s Piano traces the history of Frédéric Chopin’s twenty-four Preludes through the instruments on
Talking lions, philosophical bears, very hungry caterpillars, wise spiders, altruistic trees, companionable moles, urbane elephants: this is the magnificent menagerie that delights our children at bed
Die Textsammlung gibt einen Einblick in die anthropologische Stadtforschung, ihre Ansatze und Methoden, jungere Entwicklungen und neuere Ansatze in der Forschung (das Imaginare der Stadt, Urbane Szene
Strangers don't stay strangers for long in Innocence, Mississippi, as witty, urbane, and beautiful Caroline Waverly is quick to discover. Fame has taken its toll on the celebrated concert violinist, w
Poetry. "The graceful poems in Lee Slonimsky's new collection are those of a born naturalist gifted with urbane insights, verse assembled from careful observation and remarkable emotional inv
Carter Ratcliff's Tequila Mockingbird is an urbane fairy tale crossed with a fast-paced, camp, social comedy told in the unforgettable voice of Manhattan fashion model Fiona Mays. Sexy, loving, smart,
NYPD detective Max Maguire flies to France to attend her friend Chloe Marceau’s wedding. She meets the older and more urbane Olivier Chaumont, a juge d’instruction, or examining magistrate, and experi
NYPD detective Max Maguire flies to France to attend her friend Chloe Marceau’s wedding. She meets the older and more urbane Olivier Chaumont, a juge d’instruction, or examining magistrate, and experi
NYPD detective Max Maguire flies to France to attend her friend Chloe Marceau’s wedding. She meets the older and more urbane Olivier Chaumont, a juge d’instruction, or examining magistrate, and experi
CNN veteran Kitty Pilgrim returns with her second novel featuring the beautiful young oceanographer Cordelia Stapleton and the dashing, urbane archaeologist John Sinclair. Set in the international art
Praised as "eloquent, humane, and balanced" (Times Literary Supplement) and "deeply versed in the period, urbane and unflappable in tone, and refreshingly free of ideological agendas" (Financial Times
“The columns are superior specimens of opinion journalism, the language urbane but always lucid. The learned references are always apropos and certain to be appreciated by city dwellers but perhaps ou
Greek Prostitutes in the Ancient Mediterranean, 800 BCE-200 CE challenges the often-romanticized view of the prostitute as an urbane and liberated courtesan by examining the social and economic reali
Populated by urbane Jewish merchants and professionals as well as new arrivals from the shtetl, imperial Kiev was acclaimed for its opportunities for education, culture, employment, and entrepreneursh
- While investigating crimes on both sides of the Atlantic, the urbane detective encounters beautiful and conniving women, menacing men, jewel thieves, pickpockets, ex-Nazis, rich debutantes, spoiled
RULES FOR MY UNBORNSONis a collection of traditional, humorous, and urbane fatherly advice for boys. From the sartorial ("If you are tempted to wear a cowboy hat, resist") to the practica
The Antiquary, Scott's personal favorite among his novels, is characteristically wry and urbane. A mysterious young man calling himself 'Lovel' travels idly but fatefully toward the Scottish seaside t
Verbal brilliance, urbane sophistication and sexual conquest are the measures of success for the fashionable set who watched themselves being represented on the Restoration stage. This title shows tha
The earthy and urbane Sicilian detective Inspector Montalbano casts his spell on more and more fans with each new mystery from Andrea Camilleri. Two seemingly unrelated deaths form the central myste
The number of Inspector Montalbano fans will continue to grow with this ingenious new novel featuring the earthy and urbane Sicilian detective. Half the retirees in Vigata have invested their savings
In the third book in Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano series, the urbane and perceptive Sicilian detective exposes a viper's nest of government corruption and international intrigue in a compel
With the help of friends, county contacts, royal reporters and palace insiders, Rebecca Tyrrel's biography of Camilla Parker-Bowles explores how this urbane, witty and intensely private woman copes wi
Gordon (history, Miami U., Ohio) considers the encounter of the Samarran Turks as rough, non-Muslim outsiders, with the sedentary, urbane world of Baghdad; their closely related encounter with the Isl
In The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories, Julio Ortega and Carlos Fuentes present the most compelling short fiction from Mexico to Chile. Surreal, poetic, naturalistic, urbane, peasant-born: All
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)The urbane authority that Vladimir Nabokov brought to every word he ever wrote, and the ironic amusement he cultivated in response to being uprooted and politically exile
Covers the Ojibwa fur trade, canoe building, quillwork, native foods, hunting, fishing, and more. "Johann Kohl was an educated, urbane, and well-trained German geographer, ethnologist, and popular wr
The Romans conquered most of the known world and detailed their conquests in calm, unapologetic histories. They were a supremely urbane people who longed poetically for the farming life. Valuing tough
In an urbane and persuasive tract for our time, the distinguished Catholic theologian combines a comprehensive metaphysics with a sensitivity to contemporary existentialist thought. Father Murray trac
Petrarch is an ideal subject for biography, and he has found the perfect biographer in Morris Bishop, whose scholarship is both authoritative and unobtrusive, and whose urbane prose sparkles with colo
According to the great diarist, John Evelyn, Charles II was 'addicted to women', and throughout his long reign a great many succumbed to his charms. Clever, urbane and handsome, Charles presided over
"Fashions change, and the urbane vampire created by Byron and cemented in place by Stoker has had to move on . . . Are you, like me, ready for the new dusk?" —Ingrid Pitt, from her IntroductionPrepare
A witty, urbane, and sometimes shocking debut novel, set in a hallowed New York museum, in which a co-worker's disappearance and a mysterious map change a life foreverStella Krakus, a curator at Manha
Twelve stories from the celebrated author of one of the most famous mystery classics ever written, Trent's Last Case. Philip Trent is an artist, a journalist, and an urbane unraveller of highly proble
London, 1945: the heir apparent to the kingship of Bechuanaland (later Botswana) arrives in Britain to complete his legal studies. Seretse Khama, an urbane 24-year-old, educated like Mandela at Fort H
The poems in Roll Deep are whimsical, urbane, and introspective, seeking a rhythmic sound that expresses the realities of the twenty-first century. Whether about child soldiers in Dadaab, a refugee ca
In the spring of 1959, Deborah Troop married the love of her life, Richard Donovan; she being a bouncy, fun-loving Canadian girl, barely out of her teens, and he, a relatively sophisticated and urbane
When the urbane, learned, and widely-liked David Derham accepted the invitation to establish the second university law school in Australia's state of Victoria, Derham wrote to a friend of the challeng
Poetry. "Max Winter's poems are full of the permission of comedy and the precision of laughter. He is urbane, witty, and a New York poet, though that appellation doesn't capture his eccentric grace, o
