4783 results for '"Vincent J. McBrierty'

A landmark biography of one of our most prominent chroniclers of American life In this groundbreaking literary biography, Steven J. Zipperstein captures the complex life and astonishing work of...

Ahead of the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving, a new look at the Plymouth colony's founding events, told for the first time with Wampanoag people at the heart of the story.In March 1621,...

After decades covering war and disaster, bestselling author and acclaimed satirist P. J. O'Rourke takes on his scariest subjects yet--business, investment, finance, and the political chicanery behind...

A compelling and insightful argument for historical study as a way to understand and navigate the complex, often confusing world of decision-making It seems obvious that we should use history to...

What is the best way to photograph a speeding bullet? Why does light move through glass in the least amount of time possible? How can lost hikers find their way out of a forest? What will rainbows...

The definitive history of abortion in the United States, with a new preface that equips readers for what’s to come.When Abortion Was a Crime is the must-read book on abortion history. Originally...

NOW A FILM STARRING MARK RYLANCE, JOHNNY DEPP, AND ROBERT PATTINSONA modern classic by Nobel Laureate J. M. CoetzeeFor decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement,...

In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between music—its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we...

New York Times best-selling author P. J. O'Rourke lobbed one-liners on the battlefields of the Gulf War, traded quips with communist rebels in the jungles of the Philippines, and went undercover at...

A richly illustrated look at the lives and collaborations of two unsung giants of American landscape and urban designGilmore D. Clarke and Michael Rapuano were the foremost spatial designers of the...

With this edition of Book I, P. J. Rhodes provides the 'prequel' to his editions of Thucydides' books on the Archidamian War (II, III and IV.1-V.24). As before, he provides an Introduction on...

In his new book, William J. Bernstein, the celebrated author of A Splendid Exchange, chronicles the history of media, starting with the origin of writing thousands of years ago in Mesopotamia. The...

How rhetorical training influenced deeds as well as words in the Roman EmpireThe assassins of Julius Caesar cried out that they had killed a tyrant, and days later their colleagues in the Senate...

A sequel to the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, this convenient pocket guide provides concise yet thorough information on the diagnosis, investigation, and practical management of major...

The 10th anniversary edition of the landmark book on the remarkable effects of water on our health and well-being.A decade ago, marine biologist Dr. Wallace J. Nichols revolutionized how we think...

Those Passions unpicks the nature of capitalist societies since the fifteenth century and the art produced within them. It evaluates the central politics of appearance--the building of...

An acclaimed scholar tells the full, breathtaking history of Rome "with verve and aplomb" (Roderick Beaton, author of The Greeks), from its emergence in the Iron Age to the capture of Constantinople...

Friendship is one of our most important social institutions. It is the not only the salve for personal loneliness and isolation; it is the glue that binds society together. Yet for a host of...