David S : 885 books
Walt Whitman's America
A Cultural Biography
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2011
Winner of the Bancroft Prize and the Ambassador Book Award and
Finalist for the National for the Book Critics Circle Award
In his poetry Walt Whitman set out to encompass all of America and in so doing heal its deepening divisions. This magisterial biography demonstrates the epic scale of his...
by David S. Landes
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 1999
"Readers cannot but be provoked and stimulated by this splendidly iconoclastic and refreshing book."—Andrew Porter, New York Times Book Review
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations is David S. Landes's acclaimed, best-selling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated...
Matchmakers
The New Economics of Multisided Platforms
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Many of the most dynamic public companies, from Alibaba to Facebook to Visa, and the most valuable start-ups, such as Airbnb and Uber, are matchmakers that connect one group of customers with another group of customers. Economists call matchmakers multisided platforms because they provide physical...
The Elements of Power
Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Our future hinges on a set of elements that few of us have even heard of. In this surprising and revealing book, David S. Abraham unveils what rare metals are and why our electronic gadgets, the most powerful armies, and indeed the fate of our planet depend on them. These metals have become the building...
Screen Plays
How 25 Screenplays Made It to a Theater Near You--for Better or Worse
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In this fascinating survey of contemporary screen craft, David Cohen of Script and Variety magazines leads readers down the long and harrowing road every screenplay takes from idea to script to screen. In interviews with Hollywood screenwriters from across the board—Oscar winners and novices alike—Cohen...
Henry Clay
The Essential American
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
He was the Great Compromiser, a canny and colorful legislator whose life mirrors the story of America from its founding until the eve of the Civil War. Speaker of the House, senator, secretary of state, five-time presidential candidate, and idol to the young Abraham Lincoln, Henry Clay is captured...
The Intellectual Devotional: Biographies
Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Acquaint Yourself with the World's Greatest Personalities
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
The fifth installment of the bestselling Intellectual Devotional series features 365 captivating entries about the most celebrated personalities in history.
Like its compulsively readable predecessors, The Intellectual Devotional Biographies is organized into seven categories, one for each...
The Intellectual Devotional: American History
Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently about Our Nation's Past
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2007
Modeled after those bedside books of prayer and contemplation that millions turn to for daily spiritual guidance and growth, the national bestseller The Intellectual Devotional—offering secular wisdom and cerebral nourishment—drew a year's worth of readings from seven different fields of knowledge.
In...
Maritime Terrorism
Risk and Liability
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2006
Policymakers have become increasingly concerned in recent years about the possibility of future maritime terrorist attacks. Though the historical occurrence of such attacks has been limited, recognition that maritime vessels and facilities may be particularly vulnerable to terrorism has galvanized...
Dynasties
Fortunes and Misfortunes of the World's Great Family Businesses
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2007
From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, a fascinating look at the crossroads of kin and coin
David S. Landes has earned a reputation as a brilliant writer and iconoclast among economic historians. In his latest acclaimed work, he takes a revealing...
The Intellectual Devotional: Modern Culture
Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently with the Culturati
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
In the tradition of the instant bestsellers The Intellectual Devotional and The Intellectual Devotional: American History comes the third installment in this indispensable series. In The Intellectual Devotional: Modern Culture, authors David S. Kidder and Noah D. Oppenheim explore the fascinating...
by Scott D. Anthony, David S. Duncan
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Introducing the Four Components That Make Innovation Repeatable
Even the best-performing companies eventually stall. Sustaining momentum-and remaining a great growth company-takes a system.
Scott Anthony and David Duncan call this system a Growth Factory.” They’ve seen it work...
Still
American Silent Motion Picture Photography
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
The success of movies like The Artist and Hugo recreated the wonder and magic of silent film for modern audiences, many of whom might never have experienced a movie without sound. But while the American silent movie was one of the most significant popular art forms of the modern age, it is also one...
by David S. Reynolds
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
“Fascinating . . . a lively and perceptive cultural history.” —Annette Gordon-Reed, The New Yorker
In this wide-ranging, brilliantly researched work, David S. Reynolds traces the factors that made Uncle Tom’s Cabin the most influential novel ever written by an American. Upon its 1852...