838 results for '"Burrows, Donald'

"Epic. . . . More than two millennia after its destruction, Carthage now has its?Iliad." ?Martyn Rady, author of The Habsburgs A landmark new history of ancient Rome's most famous rival--home of...

Jimi Hendrix, one of the great instrumentalists in rock history, pioneered amplified sound that extended the scope of the guitar into the urban landscape. In this book, Marie-Paule Macdonald situates...

In this exuberant comedy and original revision of Shakespeare's Othello and Romeo and Juliet -- Constance Ledbelly, a drab and dusty academic, deciphers a cryptic manuscript she believes to be the...

One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyOne of Kirkus Reviews's Best Books of the 21st CenturyOne of the New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the YearOne of Slate's 50...

Publishers Weekly (01/18/2016): Macdonald, a British historian, naturalist, and illustrator, made waves with her memoir, "H Is for Hawk" but in her debut collection of poetry she goes beyond simply...

Julia Donaldson’s beloved rhyming picture book story about two monkeys who are as different as night and day – now with shiny cover foil!Night Monkey and Day Monkey don’t think they have much in...

For the greater part of recorded history the most successful and powerful states were autocracies; yet now the world is increasingly dominated by democracies. In A Free Nation Deep in Debt, James...

Now in paperback from the creators of Room on the Broom and The Gruffalo, a perfect read-aloud tale of spooky, silly fun!Oh no! The Baddies are coming! They're the meanest and nastiest ghost, witch,...

An out-of-this-world story of friendship from the creators of Room on the Broom and The Gruffalo.The Smeds (who are red) never mix with the Smoos (who are blue), so when Janet and Bill, a young Smed...

A New York Times bestselling author and leading expert on market risk argues that seismic shifts in the global economy will trigger a multi-trillion-dollar migration of wealth, outlining new rules of...

NOSTALGIA HAS NEVER BEEN MORE DEADLY"A crackling, shape-shifting romp with big ideas and a bigger heart . . . A delight." -- C Pam ZhangFrom the extraordinary minds of award-winning and New York...