Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century

Reducere. Beginning with B. F. Skinner and the legend of a child raised in a box, Slater takes us from a deep empathy with Stanley Milgram's obedience subjec...

A radical answer to Alex Ross' The Rest is Noise, Sound Within Sound fundamentally changes the way we think about classical music and the musicians...

20/20 provides an account of modern architecture through the prism of 20 of the most influential houses built over the past century, including exam...

Each week fans avidly devour his latest razor-sharp literary assassination, while authors turn tremblingly to the appropriate page of the review se...

Reducere. "Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century provides a good short course in the major popular revolutions of our century--in Russia, Mexico, China, Alge...

"What an achievement, these sixty years of poetry In whatever terms we Americans regard the rest of our recent history, the score of things done we...

This widely acclaimed book, first published in 1974, was a classic from its first day in print. Written in a direct, inviting way by Harry Braverma...

This book looks at British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1975 through 1991, during which Mrs. Thatcher was Conservative Party Leader and th...

Thomas A. Noble and Jason S. Sexton offer a thorough introduction to and appraisal of twelve leading British evangelical theologians of the twentie...

Our understanding of history is often mediated by popular culture, and television series set in the past have provided some of our most indelible i...

Reducere. By exploring big themes such as democracy and empire, nationalism and capitalism, as well as art and poetry, The Long Shadow is stunningly broad in...

Sarbatoriti aniversarea a 50 de ani a celui mai iubit film de familie din toate timpurile! Comoara cinematografica produsa de Rodgers&Hammerstein s...

A safety pin was all that kept Spectacular Bid from becoming the eleventh Thoroughbred to take the Triple Crown. This work examines Spectacular Bid...

Publisher: Edward Everett RootCollection: Studies in Irish Literature, Cinema and CulturePublication date: 2019Dimensions: 159 x 235 x 23Cover type...

Final volume of the seven-volume Cambridge History of the Book in Britain series, focusing on the twentieth century and beyond. The book is for stu...

'Almost a prerequisite for any serious study of Sufism in European languages': this was the verdict of Seyyed Hossein Nasr in his review of the fir...

This book is about a single, serpentine fact: late in 1976 a record called 'Anarchy in the UK' was issued in London, and this event launched a tran...

This book examines the Red Love vogue that swept across the Asia-Pacific in the 1920s and 1930s as part of a worldwide interest in socialism and fo...

Acclaimed author follows the work of the Situationist International after May 1968.Publisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): McKenzie WarkNumber of pages: 2...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Martin GilbertMartin Gilbert, author of the multivolume biography of Winston Churchill and other brilliant works of history...

Despite a terrible two-stage 'European civil war' and the traumatic rise and fall of communism, wealth has increased dramatically alongside a four-...

Reducere. An overview of the best science fiction short stories of the 20th century as selected and evaluated by critically-acclaimed author Orson Scott Card...

Publisher: Temple Lodge PublishingAuthor(s): Peter SelgTranslator: Pauline WehrleNumber of pages: 88Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 235 x 160 x 7...

Reducere. Much of history is written by the same organizations that, from behind the scenes, cause history. And often, the reason for this to hide their immo...

1981. Ronald Reagan and Fran ois Mitterrand are sworn in as presidents of the Unites States and France, respectively. The tension due to Mitterrand...

Reducere. It provides accurate scale plans of every floor, together with elevations, sections, and site plans where appropriate, for each house. All have bee...

Reveals how professional magicians shaped the early history of cinema. This book focuses on the work of the professional illusionists who actually ...

The history of the twentieth century is most often told through its world wars, the rise and fall of communism, or its economic upheavals. In his s...

Reducere. Mark Blyth argues that economic ideas are powerful political tools as used by domestic groups in order to effect change since whoever defines what ...

Reducere. From Robert Falcon Scott's final journal entry to Jon Krakauer's reckless solo climb of the Devil's Thumb, David Roberts and the editors of Outside...

Reducere. The author of the The Children's Blizzard delivers an epic work of twentieth century history through the riveting story of one extraordinary Jewish...