A gorgeous illustrated edition of a classic novella from the #1 bestselling author of A Game of Thrones--a chilling mystery set on a seemingly haunted spaceship, now an original series on SYFY....
The cannibal has played a surprisingly important role in the history of thought - perhaps the ultimate symbol of savagery and degradation - haunting the Western imagination since before the Age of...
This anthology brought together the most important historical, legal, mythological, liturgical, and secular texts of the ancient Near East, with the purpose of providing a rich contextual base for...
A slip-cased set of board books about eyes, feet, noses, and toeses!§§The four larger board books in this sturdy slip-case are The Foot Book żeby Dr. Seuss, The Eye Book żeby Dr. Seuss, The Tooth...
In this work a distinguished scholar of Islamic religion examines the mysticism and psychological thought of the great eleventh-century Persian philosopher and physician Avicenna (Ibn Sina), author...
The life and times of the most important theological work of medieval ChristendomThomas Aquinas's Summa theologiae holds a unique place in Western religion and philosophy. Written between 1266...
This omnibus includes such classic beginner books as P.D. Eastman's "Sam and the Firefly," Robert Lopshire's "I Want to Be Somebody New!," and Marilyn Sadler's "The...
In his wrenching, classic autobiography--one of the most important documents in American history--Douglass describes himself as a man who became a slave and, later, a slave who became a man. Reissue.
All the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic are here presented in the only complete one-volume Plato available in English. The editors set out to choose the contents of this...
Higher category theory is generally regarded as technical and forbidding, but part of it is considerably more tractable: the theory of infinity-categories, higher categories in which all higher...
Physics can explain many of the things that we commonly encounter. It can tell us why the night is dark, what causes the tides, and even how best to catch a baseball. With In Praise of Simple...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.... A thrilling new adventure set between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, and--for the first time ever--written entirely...
Chaos and Dynamical Systems presents an accessible, clear introduction to dynamical systems and chaos theory, important and exciting areas that have shaped many scientific fields. While the rules...
In classical antiquity, there was much interest in necromancy - the consultation of the dead for divination. People could seek knowledge from the dead by sleeping on tombs, visiting oracles, and...