Best known for his writings on popular science and mathematics and as a skeptical commentator of the paranormal, Gardner has penned this collection of essays and book reviews that tackles every subject from the Wandering Jew legend and Buckley's religious convictions to astrolog…
Best known for his writings on popular science and mathematics and as a skeptical commentator of the paranormal, Gardner has penned this collection of essays and book reviews that tackles every subject from the Wandering Jew legend and Buckley's religious convictions to astrolog…
A two volume set of essay reviews of the best American books of 2007.
London peculiar and other nonfiction
by ProQuest (Firm), Moorcock, Michael, Kausch, Allan
"Drawn from over fifty years of writing, including his most recent work from the pages of the 'New York times' and the 'Guardian, ' along with obscure and now unobtainable sources, the pieces (fully revised for this edition) in [this work] showcase Moorcock at his acerbic best"-…
London peculiar and other nonfiction
by Sinclair, Iain, Moorcock, Michael, Kausch, Allan
Voted by the London Times as one of the best writers since 1945, Michael Moorcock has long been considered one of the top names in science fiction and fantasy. Here, Moorcock has personally selected his best published and unpublished essays, articles, reviews, and opinions--all …
"Historical romances, religious texts, crime stories, protest novels, tales of upward mobility: All of these topics and others have captured the attention of American readers over the past several centuries. This course offers a broad but intensive survey of representative novel…
[The author] had a passion for art in all its aspects, but it was the new art of the movies that was his greatest inspiration as a critic. [This book] has long been recognized as the single most influential American book about movies. Witty, probing, lacerating his moral critici…