Philip: 4665 books
The Art Detective
Adventures of an Antiques Roadshow Appraiser
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
The art world has never seemed quite so treacherous, so beguiling- and so much fun
What separates a masterpiece from a piece of junk? Thanks to the BBC's Antiques Roadshow and its American spin-off, everyone is searching garage sales and hunting online for hidden gems, wondering whether their...
by Philip B. Meggs, Alston W. Purvis
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
The bestselling graphic design reference, updated for the digital age
Meggs' History of Graphic Design is the industry's unparalleled, award-winning reference. With over 1,400 high-quality images throughout, this visually stunning text guides you through a saga of artistic innovators, breakthrough...
by Philip van Wulven
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2012
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson uncover a well organised and substantial smuggling operation. The criminals style themselves as Free Traders, and deny Her Majesty's Government's right to levy import duties on goods.The pair follow the trail through sewers and a church to a moonlit landing...
by Philip van Wulven
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
The great detective uncovers a convoluted conspiracy to conceal the cause of two fires, one of which results in the death of an elderly couple. Dr Watson records the fine details which lead to the exposure of the villains.
While engaged by a certain farmer to investigate a conflagration...
Flow
Nature's patterns: a tapestry in three parts
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2009
From the swirl of a wisp of smoke to eddies in rivers, and the huge persistent storm system that is the Great Spot on Jupiter, we see similar forms and patterns wherever there is flow - whether the movement of wind, water, sand, or flocks of birds. It is the complex dynamics of flow that structures...
Death from the Skies!
The Science Behind the End of the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2008
A lively astronomy primer that uses cataclysmic scenarios to explain the universe?s most fascinating events.
According to astronomer Philip Plait, the universe is an apocalypse waiting to happen But how much do we really need to fear from things like black holes, gamma-ray bursts, and supernovae?...
The Unpredictable Species
What Makes Humans Unique
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2013
The Unpredictable Species argues that the human brain evolved in a way that enhances our cognitive flexibility and capacity for innovation and imitation. In doing so, the book challenges the central claim of evolutionary psychology that we are locked into predictable patterns of behavior that were...
by Philip Jowett
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016
The 1937-1945 war between China and Japan was one of the most bitter conflicts of the twentieth century. It was a struggle between the two dominant peoples of Asia. Millions of soldiers fought on each side and millions of soldiers and civilians died. Philip Jowett's book is one of the first photographic...
A Rumor of War
The Classic Vietnam Memoir (40th Anniversary Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
The 40th anniversary edition of the classic Vietnam memoir—featured in the PBS documentary series The Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick—with a new foreword by Kevin Powers
In March of 1965, Lieutenant Philip J. Caputo landed at Danang with the first ground combat unit deployed to...
The Death of Common Sense
How Law Is Suffocating America
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“We need a new idea of how to govern. The current system is broken. Law is supposed to be a framework for humans to make choices, not the replacement for free choice.” So notes Philip K. Howard in the new Afterword to his explosive manifesto The Death of Common...
Constitutional Fate
Theory of the Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 1984
Here, Philip Bobbitt studies the basis for the legitimacy of judicial review by examining six types of constitutional argument--historical, textual, structural, prudential doctrinal, and ethical--through the unusual method of contrasting sketches of prominent legal figures responding to the constitutional crises of their day.
by Philip Yancey
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
If there is a loving God, then why is it that … ?You’ve heard that question, perhaps asked it yourself. No matter how you complete it, at its root lies the issue of pain.Does God order our suffering? Does he decree an abusive childhood, orchestrate a jet crash, steer a tornado through a community?...
Christian Worldview
A Student's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Everything we think, say, and do reflects our worldview. Whether we realize it or not, basic beliefs about God, humanity, history, and the future inevitably shape how we live.
Philip Ryken, prolific author and president of Wheaton College, explains the distinguishing marks of the Christian...
The Lost History of Christianity
The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia--and How It Died
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
“Jenkins is one of America’s top religious scholars.”
—Forbes magazine
The Lost History of Christianity by Philip Jenkins offers a revolutionary view of the history of the Christian church. Subtitled “The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia—and...