402 results for '"Diamond, Larry'

Why our belief in government by the people is unrealistic―and what we can do about it Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic...

While European powers were at war with the Ottoman Empire for much of the eighteenth century, European opera houses were staging operas featuring singing sultans and pashas surrounded by their...

A richly illustrated collection of previously unpublished drawings by the famed modern artistThe French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle is best known for her Nanas—joyful and brightly colored...

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"There is a palpable sense of crisis in Western democracies. The rise of right-wing populist parties across Europe, the erosion of constitutional checks and balances in Hungary and Poland, and the...

Perhaps no economist was more vindicated by the global financial crisis than Hyman P. Minsky (1919-96). Although a handful of economists raised alarms as early as 2000, Minsky's warnings began a...

Written by a leading neuropsychologist, this book brings together the widely scattered psychological and neurobiological work on memory to create a definitive overview of current knowledge...

From Library Journal "Is it just when some members of society receive the best health care anywhere in the world while others receive little or nothing?" This is the question Churchill asks near...

Including results from the Cassini space mission to Saturn, this summary of current knowledge of planetary rings covers all aspects of the subject with particular emphasis on ring history and...

"This important work . . . synthesizes the evolution of warfare from 1775 to the present." —Military ReviewA thorough revision of a highly successful text, this new edition provides a comprehensive...