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Power, Prime Ministers and the Press: The Battle for Truth on Parliament Hill
Robert Lewis · Dundurn
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback
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An intimate history of the journalists who covered Canadian history, and made some of their own. The history of the press gallery is rich in anecdotes about the people on Parliament Hill who have covered 23 prime ministers and 42 elections in the past 150 years. Mining the archives and his own interviews,... |
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The Solitary Spy: A Political Prisoner in Cold War Berlin
DOUGLAS BOYD · The History Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Of the 2.3 million National Servicemen conscripted during the Cold War, 5,000 attended the secret Joint Services School for Linguists, tasked with supplying much-needed Russian speakers to the three services. The majority were in RAF uniform, as the Warsaw Pact saw air forces become the greatest... |
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DK Eyewitness Greece, Athens and the Mainland
DK Eyewitness · DK Eyewitness Travel
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
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Your journey starts here. Featuring DK's much-loved maps and illustrations, walks and information, plus all new, full-colour photography, this 100% updated guide to Greece - Athens and the Mainland brings you the best of this historic country in a brand-new, lightweight format.What's... |
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GMAT Math Workbook, 3rd Edition
Ender Markal · Barron'S
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Students preparing to take the GMAT will find that this book gives the help they need to excel on the test's math section. Separate chapters review the fundamentals of arithmetic, algebra, and geometry. Another chapter gives special attention to the test's often-perplexing word... |
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Havana: A Subtropical Delirium
Mark Kurlansky · Bloomsbury
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky presents an insider's view of Havana: the elegant, tattered city he has come to know over more than thirty years. Part cultural history, part travelogue, with recipes, historic engravings, photographs, and Kurlansky's own pen-and-ink drawings... |
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In Pursuit of Memory: The Fight Against Alzheimer's
Joseph Jebelli · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Alzheimer's is the great global epidemic of our time, affecting millions worldwide -- there are more than 5 million people diagnosed in the US alone. And as our population ages, scientists are working against the clock to find a cure.
Neuroscientist Joseph Jebelli is among them.... |
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Symbols in Art: Art Essentials
Matthew Wilson · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
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Thoroughly user-friendly and covering a broad historical sweep, this book is a reference guide to fifty of the most frequently occurring symbols in global art history.Iconography, or the study of symbols -- be they animals, artifacts, plants, geometric shapes, or gestures -- is an essential... |
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Chester B. Himes: A Biography
Lawrence P Jackson · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of the groundbreaking African American author who had an extraordinary legacy on black writers globally. In his Chester B. Himes (1909-1984) , Lawrence P. Jackson depicts the improbable life of the controversial writer whose novels confront sexuality,... |
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Victorious Century: The United Kingdom, 1800-1906
DAVID CANNADINE · Viking
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping history of nineteenth-century Britain by one of the world's most respected historians.To live in nineteenth-century Britain was to experience an astonishing and unprecedented series of changes. Cities grew vast; there were revolutions in transportation, communication, science,... |
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Another Kind of Madness: A Journey Through the Stigma and Hope of Mental Illness
STEPHEN HINSHAW · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 271
Format: Hardcover
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Glenn Close says: "Another Kind of Madness is one of the best books I've read about the cost of stigma and silence in a family touched by mental illness. I was profoundly moved by Stephen Hinshaw's story, written beautifully, from the inside-out. It's a masterpiece." A... |
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