2385 results for '"Kendall, Richard'

How a visionary, never-realized architectural project, devised by one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, shaped architectural culture in Europe between the world wars.After achieving...

An accessible, concise primer on the neurological trait of synesthesia—vividly felt sensory couplings—by a founder of the field.One in twenty-three people carry the genes for the synesthesia. Not a...

The contest between the German and British navies during World War I was the greatest naval conflict in history. In this volume, Richard Hough presents a vivid and detailed account of this sea war,...

A bloody episode that epitomised the political dilemmas of the eighteenth centuryIn 1798, members of the United Irishmen were massacred by the British amid the crumbling walls of a half-built town...

With the development of the B-29 "Superfortress" in summer 1944, strategic bombing, a central component of the Allied war effort against Germany, arrived in the Pacific theater. In 1945 Japan...

How Maoism captured the imagination of French intellectuals during the 1960sMichel Foucault, Jean-Paul Sartre, Julia Kristeva, Phillipe Sollers, and Jean-Luc Godard. During the 1960s, a who's who of...

An inspirational guide to help creatives overcome obstacles and find success―filled with tips, anecdotes, and encouragement for anyone whose working life depends on imaginative thinking.If you have...

A Wolfson History Prize FinalistA New Statesman Book of the YearA Sunday Times Book of the Year“Timely and authoritative…I enjoyed it immensely.”―Philip Pullman“If you care about books, and if you...

The men who spoke of liberty to shape an American empireHow could the United States, a nation founded on the principles of liberty and equality, have produced Abu Ghraib, torture memos, Plamegate,...

An exploration of how the Greeks reacted to and interacted with India from the third to first centuries BCEWhen the Greeks and Macedonians in Alexander’s army reached India in 326 BCE, they entered a...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • With a new afterword • From one of the world’s most influential spiritual thinkers, a long-awaited book exploring what it means that Jesus was called “Christ,” and how...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From one of the world’s most influential spiritual thinkers, a long-awaited book exploring what it means that Jesus was called “Christ,” and how this forgotten truth can...

A riveting exploration of the relationship between art and telegraphy, and its implications for understanding time and history in nineteenth-century France.In Time Machines Richard Tawsexamines the...

A masterful, timely, fully authorized biography of the great and hugely influential biologist and naturalist E. O. Wilson, one of the most ground-breaking and controversial scientists of our...

A study in obsession, Marcel Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu is seemingly a self-sufficient universe of remarkable internal consistency and yet is full of complex, gargantuan digressions...

Richard Wilbur, a former Poet Laureate of the United States and one of the most admired poets and critics of his generation, revisits the poetry of Poe, exploring the philosophical seriousness of...

The New York Times bestseller“A clear and concise account of the history, diplomacy, economics, and societal forces that have molded the modern global system.” —Foreign AffairsAn invaluable primer...

A New Statesman best book of the year | New York Times Editors' Choice pickA Financial Times best economics book of 2019An accessible, story-driven look at the future of the global economy, written...

An action-packed crime novel starring Parker, the heister starring in the forthcoming Shane Black film Play Dirty! Richard Stark's Parker novels are the hardest of hard-boiled, classic crime...