Ian Stewart

This accessible book is a visual guide to understanding and identifying architectural styles and engineering techniques of all types of bridges, from ancient Roman arch bridges and nineteenth-century truss bridges prevalent in the United States, to the latest high-design cantilever and suspension bridges of the moment. It explores the elegant and varied ways in which engineers and architects have designed ever longer yet less heavy bridges, devising...

The wizard scholars of Unseen University wrestle with the popularity of a theory of theological design put forth by a man named Darwin.

Film of the Rolling Stones' 1981 U.S. tour. The tenth tour of the Rolling Stones and one of the most ambitious musical presentations of all time, Let's Spend the Night Together, began on September 25, 1981, at the JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, and ended on December 19 in the Hampton Coliseum. Mick Jagger, Keith Richard, Ron Wood, Bill Wyman and Charlie Waters viewed by an audience of more than 90,000 fans per show. In total, more than two million people...

This astute biography captures the full range of Winston Churchill's astonishing career. Perhaps the greatest political figure of modern times, Churchill left an indelible imprint on the American imagination with his "V" signs, his stirring oratory, and his ever-present cigar. Piers Brendon brings great wit and impeccable scholarly credits to this penetrating account of the adventurous, brilliant, colorful, Nobel Prize-winning 20th century leader....