681 results for '"Kidd, Alan'

Considers the social and political climate of postwar Great Britain and its effect on the literary scene of the time

Discussing North American buildings, this book relates them to time and place, defining and identifying central characteristics, explaining social function and cultural expression. It integrates...

Cassels offers a novel perspective on the part played by ideology in international relations over the past two centuries. His treatment is not restricted to the familiar totalitarian ideologies of...

From the USA Today bestselling author of Churchill’s Secret Messenger comes a WWI novel based on little-known history, as four very different lives intertwine across Europe from Germany to France—a...

What if one day of rest could transform your entire life?One of the most important biblical mandates, so significant that it numbers among the Ten Commandments, is the directive to observe a weekly...

“Taylor… probes [Jefferson’s] ambitious mission in clear prose and with great insight and erudition.” ―Annette Gordon-Reed, AtlanticBy turns entertaining and tragic, this elegant history reveals the...

When an American sailor from the Holy Loch Base goes missing, Harry McCoy is determined to find him. But as he investigates, a wave of bombings hits Glasgow. Soon McCoy realises that the sailor may...

This volume provides a systematic overview and comprehensive assessment of Bernard Williams's contribution to moral philosophy, a field in which Williams was one of the most influential of...

The author recounts his 1986 journey to Russia to visit the places his father lived and flew as a member of the Red Army Air Force

Tracing the emergence of liberalism as articulated by some of its greatest proponents, including Locke, Tocqueville, Mill, Dewey, Russell, Popper, Berlin, and Rawls, the book explores key themes such...

From "America's preeminent spy novelist" (The New York Times) comes a fast-paced, mesmerizing thriller of the French resistance fighters working secretly and bravely to defeat Hitler. Occupied...