Andrew: 10354 books
Melville
His World and Work
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
If Dickens was nineteenth-century London personified, Herman Melville was the quintessential American. With a historian’s perspective and a critic’s insight, award-winning author Andrew Delbanco marvelously demonstrates thatMelville was very much a man of his era and that he recorded — in his...
by Andrew Shaffer
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
“Amazing stories! Incredible quotes! Sordid details! This book shows that a genius in the realm of thought can be a dummy in the land of love.” — Tom Morris, author of If Aristotle Ran General Motors
What do René Descartes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Jean-Paul Sartre have...
by Andrew S. Curran
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
A spirited biography of the prophetic and sympathetic philosopher who helped build the foundations of the modern world.
Denis Diderot is often associated with the decades-long battle to bring the world's first comprehensive Encyclopédie into existence. But his most daring writing took place...
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes
The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's name is recognized the world over, for decades the man himself has been overshadowed by his better understood creation, Sherlock Holmes, who has become one of literature's most enduring characters. Based on thousands of previously unavailable documents, Andrew Lycett,...
The Peace Pole
Poems on War, Peace, Ebola and Hope in Sierra Leone
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017
'These youths, torn from their homes and forced to commit horrible acts under great duress, effectively became Sierra Leone's lost generation. When peace was finally achieved in 2001, these youths were left without families, direction, or hope.
These poems are a reflection of his own experiences...
by Andrew Burstein, Nancy Isenberg
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
“[A] monumental dual biography . . . a distinguished work, combining deep research, a pleasing narrative style and an abundance of fresh insights, a rare combination.”—The Dallas Morning News
The third and fourth presidents have long been considered proper gentlemen, with Thomas Jefferson’s...
Righteous Indignation
Excuse Me While I Save the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - now with a chapter on the "Weinergate" scandal
"Brash, funny, fiery, and irreverent." - Rush Limbaugh
Known for his network of conservative websites that draws millions of readers everyday, Andrew Breitbart has one main goal: to make sure...
by Andrew Morton
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 1999
Behind the headlines, there was one fascinating woman. This is her story.
Monica Lewinsky. You know her name, you know her face, and you think you know her story: the pretty young intern who began an illicit affair with the President of the United States-- a liaison that ignited an unprecedented...
Rumsfeld
His Rise, Fall, and Catastrophic Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2007
Donald Rumsfeld, who as secretary of defense oversaw the army, navy, air force, and marines from 2001 to December 2006, is widely blamed for the catastrophic state of America's involvement in Iraq. In his groundbreaking book Rumsfeld, Washington insider Andrew Cockburn details Rumsfeld's decisions...
The Mayor of Mogadishu
A Story of Chaos and Redemption in the Ruins of Somalia
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
"This is a triumph of a book: surprising, informative, and humane." —Alexander McCall Smith
"Stunning." **—**Foreign Affairs
"Pieces together Nur's astonishing biography and follows him when he became mayor in 2010 and tried to restore confidence and bring...
Reagan's Victory
The Presidential Election of 1980 and the Rise of the Right
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Many have pointed to the Iran hostage crisis, others to galloping inflation. In reality, as Andrew Busch makes clear, Ronald Reagan's defeat of President Jimmy Carter in 1980 was attributable to more than any one issue, no matter how galvanizing. It marked the growing ascendancy of conservative attitudes...
A Brain Wider Than the Sky
A Migraine Diary
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
With more than one in ten Americans -- and more than one in five families -- affected, the phenomenon of migraine is widely prevalent and often ignored or misdiagnosed. By his mid-forties, Andrew Levy's migraines were occasional reminders of a persistent illness that he'd wrestled with half his life,...
by Fraser, Andrew
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
From 1975 to 2001, Andrew Fraser was a leading criminal solicitor with a successful national practice. And then it all went horribly wrong. In 1999 he was charged with being knowingly concerned with the importation of a commercial quantity of cocaine. Fraser pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing and...
Alan Turing
The Imitation Game - Storia di un enigma
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 11, 2014
DA QUESTO LIBRO E' TRATTO IL FILM "THE IMITATION GAME"
«Una delle migliori biografi e d’argomento scientifico che siano mai state scritte».
The New Yorker
Uno dei più grandi geni del Ventesimo secolo, questo è stato Alan Turing. Nato a Londra nel 1912, considerato tra i padri della...