3048 results for '"Michael Argyle (Preface by)'

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A brilliant exposé of how Kim Philby—the master-spy and notorious double agent—became the mentor, and later, mortal enemy, of James Angleton, who would eventually lead the CIA.Kim Philby's life and...

Frederick Douglass called the martyred president "emphatically the black man's president” as well as “the first who rose above the prejudice of his times and country.” This narrative history of...

Les thèses Sur le concept d’histoire de 1940 sont le dernier écrit de Walter Benjamin et constituent peut-être le document le plus significatif dans la pensée critique du XXe siècle. Texte allusif,...

Autobiography of the man who has rubbed elbows with literary and theatrical notables

Michele Psello ; Traduzione, Introduzione E Commento Di Francesca Albini. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [75]-77).

This book studies the plays by Alan Ayckbourn and includes a biography, a survey of the plays and detailed analysis of the most significant plays, along with discussion, where relevant, of their...

Two plays dramatize the conflict of American myths in a confrontation between Billy the Kid and Jean Harlow, and retell the story of Orestes and Elektra

The joys of the world, one terrible map at a time - this is the ultimate gift book for the budding geographer or anyone who wants to have a laugh. Ever wondered about the average jean colour across...

Product Details Paperback: 28 pages Publisher: Penguin Books; FEP Torn Out edition (August 6, 1985) Language: English ISBN-10: 0140081127 ISBN-13: 978-0140081121 Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 4.9 x 0.1...

The Cold War was the longest conflict in American history, and the defining event of the second half of the twentieth century. Since its recent and abrupt cessation, we have only begun to measure the...

The spectacular career of Gustav Adolf by no means established Sweden as a great power. In the four years after his death such a development became increasingly improbable. At Westphalia in 1648 the...

A study of nineteenth century American popular fiction and working class culture.

Focusing on the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the author examines the factors and institutions that have shaped the American character and culture

Razor-sharp and spellbindingly told, Bluff takes us deep inside the fraught and fascinating world of a modern magician who becomes obsessed with magic's dark twin―the underworld of the cardsharp...