2900 results for '"Dunn, Rob'

Our thoughts about the world are clearly influenced by such things as point of view, temperament, past experience and culture. However, some thinkers go much further and argue that everything that...

Graham Robb takes readers on a time-traveling adventure around the "spindly, sea-wracked island" he calls home. Interweaving personal and historical narratives and making use of contemporary sources,...

A distinguished geoscientist and rising-star astrobiologist offer a stunning new theory upending 150 years of established science―and an inspiring new vision of our universe. Of the codified laws of...

"Sociologist Robert J. Sampson's influential research redefines how we view crime and youth outcomes in the Unites States. By shifting the focus from individual and family traits to generational...

Fingered for a murder he didn't commit, a hit man goes on the run to save his life.

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Russia had an extraordinary twentieth century, undergoing upheaval and transformation. Updating his acclaimed "History of Modern Russia," Robert Service provides a panoramic perspective on a country...

"Vigorously argued, beautifully written, drawing intelligently on evidence from surveys and from some extraordinary interviews, Acts of Compassion sheds a great deal of light on a central area of...

To what extent does our knowledge of the past rely upon written sources? And what happens when these sources are destroyed? Focusing on the manuscripts of the Middle Ages, History in Flames explores...

★ 5 STARRED REVIEWS ★★ “Lively, interactive...truly eye-opening." —Booklist★ “A sincere reflection on childhood...growing up in a world not built with him in mind." —Publishers Weekly★ “A superb...

The first monograph on English medieval county courts, this book provides a major revision of traditional conceptions of the character of these courts and the organization of English society from the...

This key new introduction, by one of the leading exponents in the field, explains in clear and accessible language the historical and theoretical origins of post-colonial theory. Acknowledging that...

"We do not have too much intellect and too little soul, but too little precision in matters of the soul."—Robert Musil Best known as author of the novel The Man without Qualities, Robert Musil wrote...