3238 results for '"Ronald E. Rice'

The first volume in a pioneering account of Oliver Cromwell--providing a major new interpretation of one of the greatest figures in history "Hutton's book is intelligent, well documented, and...

This book confronts one of the central questions of political science: how people choose to accept or not to accept particular governments. In contrast to the prevailing view that citizens' decisions...

Stan Rice, who died in December 2002, was a poet of unique, uncompromising vision. Joy and brutality, faith and faithlessness, the beauty of truth and, at times, of untrut--these opposing forces come...

'All the charm, wonder, eccentricity and vigour of country life is here in these pages, and told with such engaging directness, detail and colour. To immerse yourself in this East Anglian year is be...

Not saving is more than just a problem that affects individual Americans and their families--it's a national problem It is no secret that Americans save very little: every economic index confirms as...

"A harrowing history of the conflicts that swept Asia during the decade following World War II-and determined the fate of the continent. The end of World War II led to the United States' emergence as...

Politics in America are polarized and trivialized, perhaps as never before. In Congress, the media, and academic debate, opponents from right and left, the Red and the Blue, struggle against one...

The New York Times said of Ronald H. Spector’s classic account of the American struggle against the Japanese in World War II, “No future book on the Pacific War will be written without paying due...

"This is the first full-scale biography of Leonhard Euler (1707-83), one of the greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists of all time. In this comprehensive and authoritative account, Ronald...

Courageous. Uplifting. Triumphant. The story of Kweisi Mfume is a classic American saga. Uprooted from the rural tranquillity of Turners Station and thrust upon the gritty streets of west Baltimore,...

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' "BEST COOKBOOKS OF 2023"NAMED ONE OF THE BEST FALL BOOKS BY EATER, FORBES, ROBB REPORT, PLATE, GARDEN & GUN, ANDREW ZIMMERN’S SPILLED MILK, DELISH, AND NY MAG’S THE...

America is the last remaining superpower. Yet what does this triumph mean when the challenges we face often defy military solutions? In Temptations of a Superpower, one of our most eloquent and...

From the beginning of American history to 1945, United States foreign policy had looked steadfastly eastward, across the North Atlantic to Europe. Secretary of State Dean Acheson, when criticized for...

For one-semester courses in labor economics at the undergraduate and graduate levels, this book provides an overview of labor market behavior that emphasizes how theory drives public policy. Modern...

Around the globe, poverty has held too many people in its grip for too long. While microfinance - small loans to impoverished individuals - initially attracted attention in the press, it didn't...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic and definitive biography of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the history-altering professor turned Civil War...

In every era of communications technology - whether print, radio, television, or Internet - some form of government censorship follows to regulate the medium and its messages. Today we are seeing the...

The first novel from Madagascar ever to be translated into English, Naivo’s magisterial Beyond the Rice Fields delves into the upheavals of the nation’s past as it confronted Christianity and...

For over fifty years, children have discovered that, whether it’s June or December, every month is perfect for Chicken Soup with Rice!Now in a larger, 5 x 7  trim size, Chicken Soup with Rice is a...

Food has, for most of our species history, been intensely political: who gets to eat what, how often, and through what means? The scale of polity in question has shifted over time, from very local...