1322 results for '"Knight, Jack'

This book assesses the impact of writing on human societies, both in the Ancient Near East and in twentieth-century Africa, and highlights some general features of social systems that have been...

Twenty-first century time travelers arrive in New York City in 1939 only to discover that history has undergone subtle changes

A photograph, map, or diagram illustrates the text for every site described in this pilgrimage to Palestine, beginning with places connected with John the Baptist and proceeding to Bethlehem and...

Analysis of Browning's major poetry

In 1776, one man’s words—and the determination of American patriots—allowed our nation to survive its first crisis.Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Declaration of Independence marked the birth of...

The Archeology of the New Testament is the authoritative illustrated account of what is presently known about the chief sites and monuments connected with the life of Jesus and the history of the...

We know, more intimately than anything else, what it’s like to undergo a rich world of experiences: agonizing pains, dizzying pleasures, heady rage and existential doubts. But, despite the incredible...

From the most famous of the Beat writers and the author of On the Road and The Dharma Bums, Kerouac's intoxicating love story of two young bohemians, now reissued in the centenary year of his birth...

The best contemporary American poets are represented in this essential anthology.

A VITAL COLLECTION FROM A KEY BATTLEGROUND IN THE ABOLITION STRUGGLE: THE COUNTY JAILNearly every county and major city in the United States has a jail, the short-term detention center controlled by...

Dive into science, engineering, and math with these fun and simple experiments for children to do at home. Bring the science lab into your home with 25 experiments for budding scientists aged 9-12...

Heathern, the sequel to Ambient and Terraplane, has been praised by William Gibson as a "savage urban baroque informed by a penetrating humanity ... his best so far!" Tautly written and appallingly...