401 results for '"Kenneth Muir'

Shares impressions of Bertolt Brecht, Noel Coward, George Cukor, Greta Garbo, Katharine Hepburn, Arthur Miller, Laurence Olivier, Tom Stoppard, and Orson Welles

The World That Trade Created brings to life the history of trade and its actors. In a series of brief, highly readable vignettes, filled with insights and amazing facts about things we tend to take...

The alkali industry was one of the success stories of Britain's industrial growth in the first half of the nineteenth century and was the base on which the modern chemical industry was founded. Until...

1970, hardcover edition, Oxford University Press, London, U.K., 264 pages. "The central theme of this book is the process by which the Church of England has adapted its organization in response to...

The beloved classic of a dragon battle with a pacifist twist, redesigned to appeal to a new generation.This is the tale of The Boy, who is not at all surprised to find a Dragon living in the hillside...

An Insightful Examination Of Latin America's Contemporary Democratic Landscape And How It Is Marked By Patterns Of Polarization And Volatility. Although Latin American Democracies Have Shown...

Despite periods of clandestine activity since its inception, the Three in One cult has undergone a remarkable revival in post-Mao China: Today Lin is worshipped throughout Southeast China and...

Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing--and recovering--their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises. Each time, the experts have...

The Great Divergence brings new insight to one of the classic questions of history: Why did sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe, despite surprising similarities between advanced...

Despite its obvious stylistic defects, Andreas may justly be reckoned one of the most interesting Old English poems, notable for its vigorous narrative and varied vocabulary. This critical edition...