4248 results for '"Ian Thornton'

Some years ago, "new math" took the country's classrooms by storm. Based on the abstract, general style of mathematical exposition favored by research mathematicians, its goal was to teach...

Describes how one of Britain's most important aristocrats, Lord Londerry, was ruined by his association with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party and the miscalculations on the part of the British that...

The disastrous effects of natural hazards such as earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes are often ``called Acts of God.' Challenging that view, the long-awaited second edition of this now classic work...

A groundbreaking study of the role of Muslims in eighteenth-century France From the beginning, French revolutionaries imagined their transformation as a universal one that must include Muslims,...

On the Rez is a sharp, unflinching account of the modern-day American Indian experience, especially that of the Oglala Sioux, who now live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the plains and...

The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of the international sensation The Rule of Four combines a lost gospel, a contentious relic, and a dying pope’s final wish into a “deliciously...

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A NEW YORKER ESSENTIAL READ • From the Booker Prize-winning author of Atonement and Saturday comes the epic and intimate story of one man's life across generations and...