The story is told by Derek Bickerton, who has spent more than thirty years researching these languages on four continents and developing a controversial theory that explains why they are so similar to one another.
The book takes up for the first time in the Western press subjects such as the nation's endangered environment--its seashores lined with concrete, its roads leading to nowhere in the mountains.
Here are ten of B. Traven's remarkable short stories. Three of them are long stories: The setting of "The Night Visitor" is a hacienda deep in the Mexican bush where...
Klein and Bauman round out the book with a handy glossary of symbols and terms, so you don’t have to worry about mixing up constants and constraints.
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, a classic of American theater, is the poignant story of a family in 1950s Harlem.
“ADDED to all the other worriations she has in her life,” said Simple, “my Cousin Minnie has now got another dog here in Harlem." “What kind of dog?" I asked. “A French poodle,” said Simple. “How on earth did Minnie get a French poodle ...
D O G D AYS “Added to all the other worriations she has in her life,” said Simple, “my Cousin Minnie has now got another dog here in Harlem.” “What kind of dog?” I asked. “A French poodle,” said Simple. * “How on earth did Minnie get a ...
In the hands of the award-winning writer Mark Schultz, Bloort’s predicament becomes the means of giving even the most science-phobic reader a complete introduction to the history and science of genetics that’s as easy to understand as ...
This pioneering work in African American history begins with the earliest experiences of blacks in the United States and offers an in-depth account of slavery, post-Civil War urban life, the...
Based on exhaustive research and a vivid narrative, this is an essential portrait of America's least understood founder.
As a result, antibiotic resistance now ranks among the gravest medical problems of modern times. Good Germs, Bad Germs tells the story of what went terribly wrong in our war on germs.
The book derives its title from something the great American astronomer Edwin Hubble once wrote: "Eventually, we reach the dim boundary—the utmost limits of our telescopes.
Coney Island: the name still resonates with a sense of racy Brooklyn excitement, the echo of beach-front popular entertainment before World War I. Amusing the Million examines the historical context in which Coney Island made its reputation ...
An account of Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act of 1830, which relocated Eastern Indians to the Okalahoma Territory over the Trail of Tears, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs which was given control over their lives.
Profiles the work of 6 master European film makers and some of the French New Wave.
The Cartoon Introduction to Statistics is the most imaginative and accessible introductory statistics course you'll ever take.
The surprising tale of the first American Protestant missionaries to proselytize in the Muslim world In American Apostles, the Bancroft Prize–winning historian Christine Leigh Heyrman chronicles the first fateful collision between ...
One volume of a six-volume work pertaining to colonial history. The author is particularly concerned with the legacy the European colonists brought to America.
In a tour de force of document-sleuthing and insights gleaned from the excavation of this remarkable vessel, the distinguished Civil War–era historian Tom Chaffin presents the most thorough telling of the Hunley's story possible.
Chronicles the history of Guantanamo Bay, from the Founding Fathers' desire to possess it to the controversial base it hosts today and the uber-patriotic American soldiers, civilians and their families that call the piece of land home.