"In the late nineteenth century, as cities like Boston and New York grew larger, the streets became increasingly clogged with horse-drawn carts. When the great blizzard of 1888 brought New York City t
T-Rex loves the alphabet so much, he wants to eat it up. So he takes a bite or two, and he finds that C is chewy, D is delicious, and K tastes great with ketchup! Go out to eat with T-Rex, get a taste
When the rooster wakes up with laryngitis, he must quickly think of how to awaken the farm animals. Maybe the cow can take his place. The cow tries “Mock-a-moodle-moo!” “Sock-a-noodle-moo!” And finall
Focusing on dinosaurs less than fifteen feet in length, the author/illustrator relates their size to objects common in a child’s world: a tricycle, a refrigerator, a backpack, to name a few. “A winner by any measure!”--Booklist
A new account of America's most controversial diplomat that moves beyond praise or condemnation to reveal Kissinger as the architect of America's current imperial stanceIn his fascinating new book, ac
Controversial in his day and still controversial now, President Andrew Jackson left his mark on American history. Seventh President Andrew Jackson was a man of contradictions: quick tempered and brash
An insight in the mysterious imagery of controversial artist Sanne Sannes This monograph features Sannes' intriguing selection of mysterious, erotic and often experimental black and white photographs
The controversial story of Chanel, the twentieth century's foremost fashion icon. Revolutionizing women's dress, Gabrielle "Coco' Chanel was the twentieth century's most influential designer. Her extr
Groundbreaking new history of the Kennedy assassinationInvestigative reporter and bestselling author Phil Shenon writes the ultimate inside account of what has become the most controversial murder inv
Warned about the controversial and womanizing activities of Professor Nicholas Brodeur before her arrival at his prestigious university, graduate student Regina Gottlieb is nevertheless captured by hi
Gordon Matta-Clark's Conical Intersect (1975) was a torqued, spiraling"cut" into two derelict seventeenth-century Paris buildings adjacent to the constructionsite of the controversial Centre Pompidou.
Discusses a variety of perennially controversial issues in race relations including reparations, affirmative action, race and intelligence, racism in police work, and integration versus separatism
The most controversial thriller ever written about health-care reform in America. "Riveting...filled with action." (San Diego Union-Tribune) "A hair-raising, cautionary tale." (Detroit News)
From Genesis to Genocide makes striking observations about past and present developments in such controversial areas as I.Q. testing, violence, crime, juvenile delinquency, mental illness, psychosurge
Vaulting Ambition is the first extensive and detailed evaluation of the controversial claims that sociobiologists have made about human nature and human social behavior. It raises the "sociobiology de
Taste will explore the complex, colourful and at times controversial world of food, through a collection of thought-provoking, stimulating and beautifully-crafted infographics.
"A CIA chief dies under suspicious circumstances before he is about to testify about a controversial government cover-up involving a terrorist attack on the US mission in Chechnya"--
Contributors from around the world offer wide-ranging (and sometimes controversial) discussions of the state of research in photocatalysis. Emphasis is on the surface science of catalysis, especially
An engrossing and revolutionary biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus's journey to the New World, established the Spanish Inquisition, a
A controversial portrait of the 35th President, published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of his assassination, explores his less-recognized roles in promoting anti-communism, tax cuts, free tra
Expanded from a controversial article, a concise argument against the necessity of nuclear weapons challenges common beliefs that they overcome opposition, provide deterrence and maintain peace, drawi
For the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy comes a sure-to-be-controversial argument that by virtually any standard, JFK was far more conservative than liberal.
This refreshing new book, a lavishly produced and illustrated volume on the controversial nineteenth-century Romantic artist, addresses Caspar David Friedrich's modern critics while deepening our appr
Nobuyoshi Araki is one of Japan's greatest living photographers, and certainly its most controversial. Over the last forty years he has published more than 250 books, which bear testimony to his inexh
In his controversial new book, Thomas Meyer argues that the media are transforming traditional party democracy into ‘media democracy'. Political elites submit to the mass media's formulas in the
Described as both the "Hobbes of our age" and as "the philosophical godfather ofNazism," Carl Schmitt was a brilliant and controversial political theorist whose doctrine ofpolitical leadership and cri
From the biographer who knew Norman Mailer for decades comes the definitive, authorized portrait of the eminent novelist, journalist, and controversial public figure, based on extensive interviews and
"Controversial ambush journalist James O'Keefe shows the reader what happens when a young citizen journalist challenges some of America's most powerful and protected organizations"--
Provocative, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest, My Grandfather's Son is the story of one of America's most remarkable and controversial leaders, Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, told in his ow
When a local councillor and an anthropologist re-investigate the controversial murder conviction of a mentally retarded 20-year-old, they're unprepared for the disturbing facts that come to light--and
In Leo Strauss and Nietzsche, the eminent Nietzsche scholar Laurence Lampert offers a controversial new assessment of the Strauss-Nietzsche connection. Lampert undertakes a searching examination of th
From the nationally bestselling author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girlscomes a story of 1950s Texas socialites and the one irresistible, controversial woman at the bright, hot center
A controversial, intelligent, and mordantly funny new novel from France's most famous living literary figureIt's 2022. Francois is bored. He's a middle-aged lecturer at the New Sorbonne University and
The author of the critically acclaimed bestseller Wild Bill Donovan, tells the story of four OSS warriors of World War II. All four later led the CIA.They are the most famous and controversial directo
Finally—a fascinating and authoritative biography of perhaps the most controversial player in baseball history, Ty Cobb.Ty Cobb is baseball royalty, maybe even the greatest player who ever lived. His
