3518 results for '"E. Scott Adler'

A news-breaking account of the global stock market's subterranean battles, Dark Pools portrays the rise of the "bots"--artificially intelligent systems that execute trades in milliseconds and use the...

"One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades."--John Gray, New York Times Book ReviewHailed as "a magisterial critique of...

From the award-winning baseball writer and coauthor of Ninety Percent Mental, an unprecedented look at the job of Major League Baseball managers--showing how they shape the game, and how the...

Housatonic Book Award WinnerLonglisted for the National Book Award and Carnegie Medal in NonfictionShortlisted for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize and Stowe Prize One of The New York Times' “11 New...

“A sumptuously illustrated compact volume which uses full colour images and the accented gold of illuminated manuscripts to full advantage. . . . [This book] tantalises the reader through the well...

“Splendid . . . Combines the readability of Akenfield or Pig Earth with an accessible and illuminating theoretical commentary.”—A.F. Robertson, Times Higher Education Supplement“Weapons of the Weak...

Computational science is fundamentally changing how technological questions are addressed. The design of aircraft, automobiles, and even racing sailboats is now done by computational simulation. The...

This is a translation of Liuprand's "Relatio de Legatione Constantinopolitana".

Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, this innovative comic book provides a detailed look at the history, meaning, and art of...

Most people know what it is like to experience extreme high or low spirits. For some individuals, however, violent mood swings can seriously disrupt their lives, either because they happen too...

Some of the greatest poets--Victor Hugo, Paul Claudel, George Seferis, Pablo Neruda, St.-John Perse--have also been public figures, but in the history of twentieth-century American poetry, Archibald...

From the New York Times best-selling author of A World on the Wing, an exploration of the efforts led by scientists, conservationists, and Indigenous peoples to save birds around the world.

From the beloved host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, moving tales of the marvelous animals who have crossed his path.