Standage traces the story of the rise, fall and rebirth of social media over the past 2,000 years offering an illuminating perspective on the history of media, and revealing that social networks do not merely connect us today – they also ...
Fleeing to a New England countryside house after receiving devastating news about her daughter, Vera discovers the writings of three women who endured tragedy, war and secrets in the house in respective 20th-century historical periods.
The winner of New York magazine’s Best Literary Fiction award in 2005, this novel evocatively represents the forms of grief in the wake of major trauma.
Presents a controversial argument for America's assistance in helping China to become an economic superpower in order to safeguard peace and the financial success of both nations, explaining how American interests can be best served if ...
The book points to the need for reconsidering the law of occupation in light of changing forms of control, such as those evident in Gaza.
THE WRITING ON THE WALL provides a fascinating introduction to the Bible's best-known, and most influential, stories.
Now published in paperback, this book is the first systematic study to explore the way in which words have encroached on the visual arts from the late 19th century to the present day.
This book is an essential guidebook to the King James Bible and explores the idioms within it that have entered modern-day usage.
Chronicles social media from papyrus letters in ancient Rome to today, recalling how modern behavior echoes that of prior centuries and encouraging debate and discussion about how humans will communicate in the future.
The walls of the Assyrian palaces, as well as throne bases, doors and thresholds, were adorned with inscriptions.