Ian: 5018 books
Confederate Visions
Nationalism, Symbolism, and the Imagined South in the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
Nationalism in nineteenth-century America operated through a collection of symbols, signifiers citizens could invest with meaning and understanding. In Confederate Visions, Ian Binnington examines the roots of Confederate nationalism by analyzing some of its most important symbols: Confederate constitutions,...
Containment
Rebuilding a Strategy against Global Terror
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
In this powerfully argued book, Ian Shapiro shows that the idea of containment offers the best hope for protecting Americans and their democracy into the future. His bold vision for American security in the post-September 11 world is reminiscent of George Kennan's historic "Long Telegram,"...
Injustices
The Supreme Court's History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
Now with a new epilogue-- an unprecedented and unwavering history of the Supreme Court showing how its decisions have consistently favored the moneyed and powerful.
Few American institutions have inflicted greater suffering on ordinary people than the Supreme Court of the United States. Since...
A Mosque in Munich
Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
In the wake of the news that the 9/11 hijackers had lived in Europe, journalist Ian Johnson wondered how such a radical group could sink roots into Western soil. Most accounts reached back twenty years, to U.S. support of Islamist fighters in Afghanistan. But Johnson dug deeper, to the start of the...
The Home Front 1914-1918
How Britain Survived the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
The Great War had a profound impact on Britain. Not only did families risk their sons in active combat; every member of society was required to make a contribution to the war effort. National initiatives like rationing affected all, and civilians were now regarded as a legitimate military target....
The Wages of Guilt
Memories of War in Germany and Japan
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
In this now classic book, internationally famed journalist Ian Buruma examines how Germany and Japan have attempted to come to terms with their conduct during World War II—a war that they aggressively began and humiliatingly lost, and in the course of which they committed monstrous war crimes. As...
At the Centre of Government
The Prime Minister and the Limits on Political Power
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
“Canada’s prime minister is a dictator.” “The Sun King of Canadian government.” “More powerful than any other chief executive of any other democratic country.” These kinds of claims are frequently made about Canada’s leader – especially when the prime minister’s party holds a majority...
Luna nueva (Trilogía Luna 1)
Luna I
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Una nueva forma de vivir, mil formas de morir. Primera entrega de la trilogía de ciencia ficción «Luna».
LA LUNA QUIERE MATARTE. Y TIENE MIL FORMAS DE CONSEGUIRLO.
La gélida acritud del vacío. La letal lluvia radiactiva. El polvo que la recubre, tan viejo como la Tierra. La creciente...
Luna de lobos (Trilogía Luna 2)
Luna II
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 3, 2017
Una nueva forma de vivir, mil formas de morir. Segunda entrega de la trilogía de ciencia ficción «Luna».
Corta Hélio, una de las cinco corporaciones familiares que gobiernan la Luna, ha caído. Sus riquezas se reparten entre sus innumerables enemigos, y sus supervivientes están dispersos.
Han...
Why the West Rules--for Now
The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
A New York Times Notable Book for 2011
Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed. The emergence of factories, railroads, and gunboats propelled the West's rise to power in the nineteenth century, and the...
by Ian Tattersall
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
To be human is to be curious. And one of the things we are most curious about is how we came to be who we are--how we evolved over millions of years to become creatures capable of inquiring into our own evolution. In this lively and readable introduction, renowned anthropologist Ian Tattersall thoroughly...
by Ian Brown
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Ian Brown spent almost thirty years in the police force, rising through the ranks to work on some of the best-known crimes of the twentieth century.
From witnessing the brutality of the Kray twins to chasing the spoils from the Brink’s-Mat gold bullion robbery, Brown was never too far away...
Arab France
Islam and the Making of Modern Europe, 1798-1831
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Many think of Muslims in Europe as a twentieth century phenomenon, but this book brings to life a lost community of Arabs who lived through war, revolution, and empire in early nineteenth century France. Ian Coller uncovers the surprising story of the several hundred men, women, and children—Egyptians,...
The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack
and Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
In his new book The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack, human paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall argues that a long tradition of "human exceptionalism" in paleoanthropology has distorted the picture of human evolution. Drawing partly on his own career—from young scientist in awe of his...