Steven Price: 35 books

Steven Price’s second collection is part of a long-lived struggle to address the mysteries that both surround and inhabit us. The book draws together moments both contemporary and historical, ranging from Herodotus to Augustine of Hippo, from a North American childhood to Greek mythology; indeed,...

A literary tour de force of a detective's ceaseless hunt for an elusive criminal By Gaslight is a deeply atmospheric, haunting novel about the unending quest that has shaped a man’s life. William Pinkerton is already famous, the son of the most notorious detective of all time, when...

In Stories of the Old West, editor Steven D. Price has pulled together some of the finest writings about the American West that capture readers imaginations, meticulously culled from books, newspapers, and magazines. It is an unforgettable collection, and includes stories by William Frederick “Buffalo...

Saddle up for a wild ride through those thrilling days of yesteryear. In Stories of the Old West, Steven Price serves up a heapin’ helpin’ of tales of America’s frontier days: ranches and rodeos, lawmen and desperadoes, saloons and gunslingers, wilderness exploring and range warfare, and everything...

Our contemporary society is enmeshed in complexity and drowning in unintended consequences. All one has to do is look around to see what is causing controversy or contention to gain an appreciation that our ability to comprehend and cope is waning.The promise and practice of Transdisciplinarity offers...

Like Colm Tóibín’s The Master or Michael Cunningham’s The Hours**, a novel about art and writing in the life of one of the greats** Set in a sun-drenched Sicily, among the decadent Italian aristocracy of the late 1950s, Steven Price’s Lampedusa explores the final years of Giuseppe Tomasi,...

Many of today’s complex problems have no solution – only compromises, controversies, and contention. Although complexity is arguably, an interpretation there can be little doubt of the ominous caliber of complex systems. We don’t solve complex systems problems, we design solutions based upon...

Guitar Mathematics is a compendium of ‘things’ that make understanding the guitar easier for beginners, casual players, or pros. Guitar Mathematics is deliberately written to uncover the patterns and relationships that are used to create scales and chords, and the relationships between and within...

The Renaissance was indeed a curious historical phenomenon. Scholarly works dedicated to the subject romanticize the rebirth of European civilization following the dark and dire Middle Ages. The Renaissance was the bridge into the modern era.During this same period, the discovery of novi orbis,...

David Mamet is arguably the most important living American playwright. This Guide provides an up-to-date study of the key criticism on the full range of Mamet's work. It engages with his work in film as well as in the theatre, offering a synoptic overview of, and critical commentary on, the scholarly criticism of each play, screenplay or film.

In need of a bit of good advice? Well here is the best advice ever recorded--a compendium of personal tips, traditional proverbs, and clever observations from the literary, political, and entertainment world. The Best Advice Ever Given covers such diverse topics as life, love, success, forgiveness,...

A compendium of indispensable and inspiring quotes for people during any season of their lives…. The Most Inspiring Things Ever Said is a compendium of human wisdom culled from the world’s most celebrated—and sometimes anonymous—minds. From business figures, coaches and other sports...

This study provides the first book-length critical history of storyboarding, from the birth of cinema to the present day and beyond. It discusses the role of storyboarding in key films including Gone with the Wind , Psycho and The Empire Strikes Back , and is illustrated with a wide range of images.

The Smartest Things Ever Said is a compendium of human wisdom culled from the world’s most celebrated—and sometimes anonymous—minds. From Confucius and Shakespeare to Maya Angelou and Woody Allen, and from Winston Churchill and Thomas Edison to Jeff Bezos and Jane Fonda, it is quite simply the best collection of the smartest quotes ever.