1244 results for '"McPhillips, Stephen'

“Delightful.” —Mary Norris, The New YorkerA page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world’s most polarizing punctuation markThe semicolon. Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut,...

The epic story of Detroit's struggle to integrate schools in its suburbs―and the defeat of desegregation in the North.In 1974, the Supreme Court issued a momentous decision: In the case of Milliken v...

Is DNA technology the ultimate diviner of guilt or the ultimate threat to civil liberties? Over the past decade, DNA has been used to exonerate hundreds and to convict thousands. Its expanded use...

This volume describes the roles that metals play throughout biology. Metals are involved in most aspects of the chemistry of life, including respiration, numerous steps of metabolism, photosynthesis,...

Black holes may obliterate most things that come near them, but they saved the theory of general relativity. Einstein's theory was quickly accepted as the true theory of gravity after its publication...

Information technology accounts for over one-third of recent U.S. GDP growth and nearly two-thirds of corporate capital investment. ''The New Economy'' appears omnipresent, but little is actually...

A scientist’s personal reflections on how to harness creativity and curiosity to generate new ideas and discover the unexpectedLike any creative endeavor, science can be a messy and chaotic affair...

The bare minimum Often regarded as a backlash against abstract expressionism, Minimalism was characterized by simplified, stripped-down forms and materials used to express ideas in a direct and...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A PROPULSIVE DEBUT MYSTERY FROM EVELYN CLARKE, THE BRILLIANT AND DIABOLICAL CREATION OF CAT CLARKE AND V.E. SCHWAB Six authors. One private island. Seventy-two...

“Atmospheric and unputdownable.” —People In bestselling author Tana French’s newest “tour de force” (The New York Times), being on the Murder Squad is nothing like Detective Antoinette Conway dreamed...

"Racy scholarship does the Grizzly Bear here with theoretical rigor." —William Lhamon, author of Raising Cain Everybody’s Doin’ It is the eye-opening story of popular music’s seventy-year rise in the...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · OPTIONED FOR NETFLIX BY A PRODUCER OF THE BATMANGOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER“I loved it." —Stephen KingFrom Edgar Award-finalist Jason Rekulak comes a wildly inventive...

This book represents a continuation of study, debate, and conversation, particularly within the Episcopal Church in the U.S., concerning the authority and function of the Bible in the church. The...

“Tender, immersive, and thrilling." —Gabrielle Zevin "I can't remember the last time I cared about fictional characters as desperately as I came to care about the beautiful, hilarious and courageous...

A New York Times bestseller A USA TODAY bestseller Award-winning creator Kadir Nelson delivers the perfect gift for basketball fans of any age—a beautifully illustrated history of the game and its...

The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series designWinner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competitionGold Medal Winner of the 3x3 Illustration Annual...

“Electrifying. Remain in Love is possibly the most uxorious rock ’n’ roll memoir ever written...” —Wall Street Journal One of the most dynamic groups of the ‘70s and ‘80s, Talking Heads, founded by...

Includes “Crime 101,” “Broken,” and “The Last Ride” – all soon to be major motion pictures!“One of America’s greatest storytellers.” – Stephen King"Winslow, whose work includes a dozen of the finest...

A Concordance to Finnegans Wake was first published in 1963. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from...

School choice has lately risen to the top of the list of potential solutions to America's educational problems, particularly for the poor and the most disadvantaged members of society. Indeed, in the...