4359 results for '"Jack R. Cooper'

"An absorbing and enjoyable book."―New York Times Book Review Drawing on new primary sources, this biography is the first to detail the influence of British history, literature, and culture―in...

Over the past several years, privately run, publicly funded charter schools have been sold to the American public as an education alternative promising better student achievement, greater parent...

If international cooperation was difficult to achieve and to sustain during the Cold War, why then were two rival superpowers able to cooperate in placing limits on their central strategic weapons...

The classic novel of freedom and the search for authenticity that defined a generationOne of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years...

Not just another science book and not just another Discworld novella, The Science of Discworld is a creative, mind-bending mash-up of fiction and fact, that offers a wizard’s-eye view of our world...

The Gandhi Reader collects the significant writings by and about Mahatma Gandhi, culled form 500 volumes, newspapers, and magazines. Here is Gandhi in his own words and those of his closest...

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James Mill's Essay on Government', Macaulay's critique and the ensuing debate.

From Mongol warriors, Roman soldiers, and the Vikings to Swiss pikemen, British redcoats, and the French Foreign Legion, this crackling survey examines military might from the time of the Pharaohs to...

The Maker of the Omnibus: The Lives of English Writers Compared

The surprising, little-known story of the scientific revolution that almost didn't happen: how cleric and scientific genius Nicolaus Copernicus's work revolutionized astronomy and altered our...

Born in the wilds of the freezing cold Yukon, White Fang – half-dog, half-wolf – is the only animal in the litter to survive. He soon learns the harsh laws of nature, yet buried deep inside him are...