John Adams's opera, Nixon in China, is one of the most frequently performed operas in the contemporary literature. Timothy A. Johnson illuminates the opera and enhances listeners' and scholars' appreciation for this landmark work. This music-analytical guide presents a detailed, in-depth analysis of[...]

From "one of our most gifted living writers" (The Washington Post), this collection includes David McCullough's masterful biographies of three great presidents: John Adams, Harry S. Truman, and Theodore Roosevelt. Both John Adams and Truman won the Pulitzer Prize for biography. This boxed set will i[...]

This second of two volumes gathering the essential writings of one of the towering figures of the American Revolution traces John Adams's career from his leading role in the debate over independence (he was "our Colossus on the floor," remembered Thomas Jefferson), to his tireless efforts to establi[...]

Risk compensation postulates that everyone has a "risk thermostat" and that safety measures that do not affect the setting of the thermostat will be circumvented by behaviour that re-establishes the level of risk with which people were originally comfortable. It explains why, for example, motorists [...]

In this fresh and illuminating biography, Fred Kaplan brings into focus the dramatic life of John Quincy Adams--the little-known and much-misunderstood sixth president of the United States and the first son of John and Abigail Adams--and reveals how Adams' inspiring, progressive vision guided his li[...]

This volume reviews much of the new information now available on the management of ischemic stroke, considering stroke as a potentially life-threatening yet treatable disease. It will include sections on the epidemiology of stroke and its risk factors, as well as run the gamut in presenting clinica[...]

From a leading Founding Fathers historian, a masterful biography of a towering figure in the American nation's formative years. He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln; lived with Franklin, studied with Jefferson, dined with Lafayette and Wellington, walked with Russia's Czar and talked with B[...]

"Tales From Watership Down" is the enchanting sequel to Richard Adams's bestselling Watership Down, the enduring classic of contemporary literature that introduced millions of readers to a vivid and distinctive world. Here, he returns to the delightful characters we know and love--including Fiver, H[...]

In life and, indeed, in liff, there are many hundreds of common experiences, feelings, situations and even objects which we all know and recognize, but for which no words exist. This text uses place names to describe some of these meanings.[...]

John Quincy Adams was the last of his kind,a Puritan from the age of the Founders who despised party and compromise, yet dedicated himself to politics and government. The son of John Adams, he was a brilliant ambassador and secretary of state, a frustrated president at a historic turning point in Am[...]

Step-by-step guide for sixteen projects shows how to turn inexpensive materials into a wide range of attractive, functional objects that are as fashionable today as they were a century ago. Instructions are provided for creating table lamps, a dining room dome, a lantern, the shade for a drop light,[...]