4385 results for '"Ian Jakes'

The development of electrical technologies that laid the foundation for Edison's work: their invention, commercialization, and adoption. In 1882, Thomas Edison and his Edison Electric Light Company...

Making the case that population growth does not hinder economic progress, and eventually raises standards of living, Julian Simon - author of the best-selling The Ultimate Resource - became one of...

Se abordan aspectos del turismo canario como las tensiones entre lo local y lo global, la extinción de todo vestigio de naturaleza intacta, la pérdida del sentido histórico, la hegemonía de la imagen...

The first major book about an artist of powerful significance to twentieth-century Black and American artThe artist Allan Rohan Crite (1910–2007) was a community leader, mentor, and tireless recorder...

The global challenge to democracy in historical perspective. Fascism was a distinct movement in European history that left deep scars across the continent, but the term "fascist" is now more...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION SCIENCE + LITERATURE SELECTED TITLE * VANITY FAIR BEST BOOKS OF 2025 * TIME 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2025 * SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 WILLIAM SAROYAN...

From the award-winning author of Fiebre Tropical, an electric, highly anticipated novel set in Colombia’s underground queer scene. It is a known fact that the queens who refuse their destiny are...

A definitive biography that sheds light on the life and times of one of the Civil War's most important generals. William Tecumseh Sherman, a West Point graduate and veteran of the Seminole War,...

A groundbreaking twentieth-century history of transgender childrenWith transgender rights front and center in American politics, media, and culture, the pervasive myth still exists that today’s...

Welcome to an apartment building where the fun never ends! It’s a special day at 3 Maple Street. It’s Little Rabbit’s birthday, and he’s having a party! His friends are invited, and his mother is...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERHow We Learn to Be Brave is an inspirational guide to the key junctures in life that, if navigated with faith and discernment, pave the way for us to become our most...

Making the case that population growth does not hinder economic progress and that it eventually raises standards of living, Julian Simon became one of the most controversial figures in economics...