4122 results for '"Miller, Steven E.'

Source Book is an encyclopedic survey of and guide to American architecture, from cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde to the Holocaust Museum in Washington. This critical, chronological survey of 500 of...

The nation''s leading libertarian legal scholar tells the riveting story of the long struggle between two fundamentally opposing constitutional traditions and explains that beneath every passionate...

Long-listed for the Women’s Prize for FictionFinalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeA Best Book of the Year: Elle, Garden & Gun,...

From the Nobel Prize–winning physicist, a personal meditation on the quest for objective reality in natural scienceA century ago, thoughtful people questioned how reality could agree with physical...

On June 11, 1963, in a dramatic gesture that caught the nation's attention, Governor George Wallace physically blocked the entrance to Foster Auditorium on the University of Alabama's campus. His...

A Washington Post Noteworthy Book “[A] richly textured history . . . This story holds numerous lessons for our era.” —The New Yorker“From Joyce Chaplin’s engaging, wide-ranging pages a fresh Franklin...

The French Riviera as Eden and muse for modern artists.The French Riviera has been a fabled resort for more than a century. As an enclave for the rich and famous, as well as a scenic tourist spot, it...

"Ricks knocks it out of the park with this jewel of a book. On every page I learned something new. Read it every night if you want to restore your faith in our country." -- James Mattis, General, U.S...

From one of the world's leading economists, a compelling new vision of personal and economic freedom. We are a nation born from the conviction that people must be free. But since the middle of the...

A Cura Di Enrico Ghidetti E Alessandro Pagnini. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

An in-depth look at Bush’s presidency by some of America’s top historiansThe Presidency of George W. Bush brings together some of today's top American historians to offer the first in-depth look at...

In the decades that followed Reconstruction, the Supreme Court struck down civil rights legislation, validated Jim Crow laws, and stopped the government from regulating big business in almost any...

“FDR’s centurions were my heroes and guides. Now Joe Persico has written the best account of those leaders I've ever read.”—Colin L. PowellAll American presidents are commanders in chief by law. Few...

A New York Times bestseller!A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017A dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, who preserved democracy from the threats of authoritarianism,...

Il volume - che intende coronare il compimento del restauro pluriventennale al celebre dipinto murale di Leonardo in Santa Maria delle Grazie a Milano - si configura come strumento per cogliere...

The contemporary debate over racial classification has been dominated by fringe voices in American society. Cries from the right say history should be abrogated and public policy made color-blind,...

This book examines how legislators have juggled their passions over abortion with standard congressional procedures, looking at how both external factors (such as public opinion) and internal factors...

For half of the twentieth century, the Cold War gripped the world. International relations everywhere--and domestic policy in scores of nations--pivoted around this central point, the American-Soviet...

This popular book, now in its fifth edition, is a lively interpretive history that continues to be one of Oxford's most successful books. Modern Latin America, 5/e has been thoroughly revised and...

Elisabetta Cattanei ; Prefazioni Di Imre Toth E Thomas A. Szlezák. Includes Bibliographical References. (p. [417]-430) And Index.