4183 results for '"Spickard, James V.'

Better Than He Knew: The Graham Barlow Story recalls the cricketing life of Graham Barlow, a talented all-round sportsman and largely unsung member of the Middlesex team that dominated domestic...

Ornament, the art of decorative patterning, includes some of the most spectacular creations of human imagination and skill. Although the fashion for unadorned form pushed ornament to the margins of...

From the acclaimed author of Warriors of God comes a riveting account of the pivotal events of 1492, when towering political ambitions, horrific religious excesses, and a drive toward international...

From "the best essayist in this country” (The New York Times Book Review) comes an incisive book-length essay about racism in American movies that challenges the underlying assumptions in many of the...

“A standard reference for anyone interested in the history of style and clothes.” —Arts and Antiques From the momentous invention of the needle some 40,000 years ago to the development of blue denim,...

An accessible, anecdotal history of New York City traces its past 500 years through a series of chronological entries that cover such topics as the city's architecture, politics, fine arts,...