4271 results for '"Christopher McCrudden (Contribution by)'

As One Of The Founding Figures Of Impressionism, Camille Pissarro Exerted Considerable Influence Over The Movement's Other Members, Such As Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet, Paul Gauguin, Edgar Degas, And...

The classic case for why government must support science—with a new essay by physicist and former congressman Rush Holt on what democracy needs from science todayScience, the Endless Frontier is...

A compelling and authoritative overview of the drawings of Vincent van Gogh, one of the most celebrated and intriguing figures in the history of art. Vincent van Gogh's (1853-1890) drawings are some...

In this challenging work, Christopher Lasch makes his most accessible critique yet of what is wrong with the values and beliefs of America's professional and managerial elites. The distinguished...

* A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice *The acclaimed author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts introduces us to the extraordinary keepers and companions of medieval manuscripts over a...

The blame game, with its finger-pointing and mutual buck-passing, is a familiar feature of politics and organizational life, and blame avoidance pervades government and public organizations at every...

A new history of twentieth-century North Africa, that gives voice to the musicians who defined an era and the vibrant recording industry that carried their popular sounds from the colonial period...

The Supreme Court appointments process is broken, and the timing couldn't be worse--for liberals or conservatives. The Court is just one more solid conservative justice away from an ideological sea...

A multifaceted history of Ho Chi Minh’s climactic victory over French colonial might that foreshadowed America’s experience in VietnamOn May 7, 1954, when the bullets stopped and the air stilled in...

On War and Democracy provides a richly nuanced examination of the moral justifications democracies often invoke to wage war. In this compelling and provocative book, Christopher Kutz argues that...

Where the Bodies Are Buried is the latest work from Scottish crime writer Christopher Brookmyre, best known for his comic crime novels. His latest book is just as richly Scottish as his earlier work,...

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The riveting story of two women whose divergent personalities and positions impacted the court of Edward III, one of medieval England's greatest kings.There were two women in Edward III's life:...

This is the first exposition of the theory of quasi-symmetric designs, that is, combinatorial designs with at most two block intersection numbers. The authors aim to bring out the interaction among...

Masters explores the history of Christians and Jews in the Arab provinces of the Ottoman empire and how their identities as non-Muslims evolved over four hundred years. At the start of this period,...

Sir Raymond Firth is the most distinguished living British anthropologist, and one also internationally acclaimed. His latest work forms part of one of the fullest and most professional ethnographic...

Share this fun board book with playful die-cuts with the youngest New Yorkers and all little fans of cities. This introduction to New York opens with a simple map that puts all of the city sites...

Change the way you Instant Pot: 150 flexible, flavorful recipes designed for your schedule, from the James Beard Award-winning team at Milk Street. Milk Street Instant Pot starts with fresh...

An inspiring look at wildlife species that are defying the odds and teaching important lessons about how to share a planet.The news about wildlife is dire—more than 900 species have been wiped off...

An essential American dream—equal access to higher education—was becoming a reality with the GI Bill and civil rights movements after World War II. But this vital American promise has been broken...