Phyllis M Lee

The wheels of fashion

The complete and candid round-up of the American fashion world takes the reader behind the scenes into showrooms, editorial offices, union meetings. Profiles of Conde Nast, Frank Crowninshield, Carmel Snow, Dorothy Shaver, Diane Vreeland, David Dubinsky, Rivchard Avedon, Norman Norell, Irving Penn, ...

Edith and Woodrow: The Wilson White House (Lisa Drew Books)

Elegantly written, tirelessly researched, full of shocking revelations, "Edith and Woodrow offers the definitive examination of the controversial role Woodrow Wilson's second wife played in running the country. "The story of Wilson's second marriage, and of the large events on which its shadow was ...

The Remarkable Education of John Quincy Adams

A patriot by birth, John Quincy Adams's destiny was foreordained. He was not only "The Greatest Traveler of His Age," but his country's most gifted linguist and most experienced diplomat. John Quincy's world encompassed the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the early and late Napoleonic Age....

Endocrinology of Social Relationships

In social relationships―whether between mates, parents and offspring, or friends―we find much of life’s meaning. But in these relationships, so critical to our well-being, might we also detect the workings, even directives, of biology? This book, a rare melding of human and animal research and theor...

Abigail Adams: A Biography

Wife of one president and mother of another, Abigail Adams was an extraordinary woman living at an extraordinary time in American history. A tireless letter writer and diarist, her penetrating and often caustic impressions of most of the major persons of her day--including Ben Franklin, George and M...

The Amboseli Elephants: A Long-Term Perspective on a Long-Lived Mammal

Elephants have fascinated humans for millennia. Aristotle wrote of them with awe; Hannibal used them in warfare; and John Donne called the elephant “Nature’s greatest masterpiece. . . . The only harmless great thing.” Their ivory has been sought after and treasured in most cultures, and they have de...

Grammar for Writing, 4th Course (Grammar for Writing Ser. 1)

Honest to God! (Poetry ~ Inscribed & Signed by author!)

Excerpt from the foreword.... "My hope is that some of these poems resonate with you and encourage you to trust your own capacity to engage the muse."

Primate Ecology and Conservation

Primate Evolution

Primate Ecology and Conservation

Primate Ontogeny Cognition and Social Behaviour