His work in Early Modern European History focuses on the history of education, the history of the book and the history of reading.

There, next door to Peabody's book store on West Street, Bronson Alcott hosted a series based on the " Conversations " model by Margaret Fuller called " A Course on the Conversations on Man — his History, Resources, and Expectations ".

In the early 20th century William McDougall defended a form of animism in his book Body and Mind: A History and Defence of Animism ( 1911 ).

Through his work in Vienna, he was given leave of absence for half the year in order to let him travel the world to collect musical information to include in his History of Music book.

" The book Plea Bargaining's Triumph: A History of Plea Bargaining in America published by Stanford University Press defines the plea as one in " which the defendant adheres to his / her claim of innocence even while allowing that the government has enough evidence to prove his / her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt ".

Herbert Lindenberger in his book Opera in History, for example, views Mahagonny alongside Schoenberg's Moses und Aron as indicative of the two poles of modernist opera.

In his 1781 book General History of Connecticut, the Reverend Samuel Peters ( 1735 – 1826 ) used it to describe various laws first enacted by Puritan colonies in the 17th century that prohibited various activities, recreational as well as commercial, on Sunday ( Saturday evening through Sunday night ).

The narrative was told in great detail in Tacitus ' History, book iv, although, unfortunately, the narrative breaks off abruptly at the climax.

There was also a special coffee table book called The History of The Beano: The Story So Far, published by Waverly Books.

In response, one month later, the Soviet Union published Falsifiers of History, a Stalin edited and partially re-written book attacking the West.

* History of Chile ( book by Chilean historian Luis Galdames )

In the book Queen of Games: The History of Croquet, Nicky Smith presents two theories of the origin of the modern game that took England by storm in the 1860s and then spread overseas.

Ian Bottomley in his book " Arms and Armor of the Samurai: The History of Weaponry in Ancient Japan " shows a picture of a kusari armour and mentions kusari katabira ( chain jackets ) with detachable arms being worn by samurai police officials during the Edo period.

The progression of the nickname can be seen in the book The Addicks Cartoons: An Affectionate Look into the Early History of Charlton Athletic, which covers the pre-First World War history of Charlton through a narrative based on 56 cartoons which appeared in the now defunct Kentish Independent.

Rabbi Simcha Weinstein's book Up, Up and Oy Vey: How Jewish History, Culture and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero says that Superman is both a pillar of society and one whose cape conceals a " nebbish ," saying, " He's a bumbling, nebbish Jewish stereotype.

In 1709 Defoe authored a rather lengthy book entitled, The History Of The Union Of Great Britain ; an Edinburgh publication printed by the Heirs of Anderson.

The magazine has since excised the article from subsequent editions of the Illustrated History book ; a transcription of it can be found at the link below ( despite his scathing view of Young's career, Marsh gave the album the highest possible rating ).

* Edward Gibbon ( 18th century historian ) dismissed his testimony on the number of martyrs and impugned his honesty by referring to a passage in the abbreviated version of the Martyrs of Palestine attached to the Ecclesiastical History, book 8, chapter 2, in which Eusebius introduces his description of the martyrs of the Great Persecution under Diocletian with: " Wherefore we have decided to relate nothing concerning them except the things in which we can vindicate the Divine judgment.

Eusebius of Nicomedia is not to be confused with his contemporary Eusebius of Caesarea, the author of a well-known early book of Church History.

In his book On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History, Carlyle set out how he saw history as having turned on the decisions of " heroes ", giving detailed analysis of the influence of several such men ( including Muhammad, Shakespeare, Luther, Rousseau, and Napoleon ).

Among modern critics of the theory of Great Man one should mention Sidney Hook, whose book The Hero in History is devoted to the role of the hero and in history and influence of the outstanding persons.

His book, The Outline of History was read by José Figueres Ferrer in 1920 while at MIT, the Costa Rican revolutionary and 3-time president, who took the book to heart, and permanently abolished the military of Costa Rica in 1948, and banned the military in the Constitution.

Marx's clearest formulation of his " Materialist Conception of History " was in the 1859 Preface to his book " A contribution to the Critique of Political Economy ," whose relevant passage is reproduced here:

The Histories, otherwise known as The Researches or The Inquiries, were divided by later Alexandrian editors into nine books, named after the nine Muses: the " Muse of History ", Clio, representing the first book, then Euterpe, Thaleia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polymnia, Ourania and Calliope for books 2 to 9, respectively.

But his rancor did not cease, and presently, on March 13, when he preached a sermon on the text, `` And Ben-hadad Was Drunk '', he told his congregation how disappointed he was in Mr. Lewis, how he regretted having had him in his house, and how he should have been warned by the fact that the novelist was drunk all the time that he was working on the book.

The New York Times editorialist wondered just who would stop Mr. Lewis and make him write a book.

His book The World of Pooh won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958.

The Dodo is a fictional character appearing in Chapters 2 and 3 of the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll ( Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ).

In 1930, the book was adapted as an Oscar-winning film of the same name, directed by Lewis Milestone.

However Lewis Spence's 1937 book Boadicea-warrior queen of the Britons went so far as to include a map showing the positions of the opposing armies.

Henry Mayhew was the great-grandfather of Audrey Mayhew Allen ( b. 1870 ), author of a number of children's stories published in various periodicals, and of a book Gladys in Grammarland, an imitation of Lewis Carroll's Wonderland books.

As the original illustrator for his book, Lewis Carroll ’ s own artistic inabilities, among other problems, held back Wonderland to a degree.

In Lewis's 2005 book Dean and Me ( A Love Story ), Lewis wrote of his kinship with Martin, who died in 1995.

Lewis is directing, with music by Hamlisch and book and lyrics by Holmes.

Lewis wrote a book called The Four Loves.

Jefferson had a copy of Le Page's book detailing Moncacht-Apé's itinerary in his library, and Lewis carried a copy with him during the expedition.

* Lewis and Clark by Air – A book with a perspective of L & C from the air

Mere Christianity is a theological book by C. S. Lewis, adapted from a series of BBC radio talks made between 1942 and 1944, while Lewis was at Oxford during World War II.

Metalcore band, Norma Jean, derived the title of their song " No Passenger: No Parasite " from the section in the book in which Lewis describes a fully Christian society as having " No passengers or parasites ".

C. S. Lewis used the figure of Merlin Ambrosius in his 1946 novel That Hideous Strength, the third book in the Space Trilogy.

In 2011, a film based on Lewis ' book which dramatised Beane's use of sabermetrics was released, starring Brad Pitt in the role of Beane.

* Paul DePodesta: A key figure in Michael Lewis ' book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game as Beane's assistant in Oakland.

The film is based on Michael Lewis ' book of the same name.

In 1967, he began writing and illustrating full stories for various DC Comics titles, including Angel and the Ape, Inferior Five, Young Romance, the company's Jerry Lewis comic book, and for various horror anthologies.

Lewis compares the book to Alice in Wonderland in that both children and adults may find different things to enjoy in it, and places it alongside Flatland, Phantastes, and The Wind in the Willows.

Although Lewis originally conceived what would become The Chronicles of Narnia in 1939, he did not finish writing the first book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe until 1949.

Lewis was awarded the 1956 Carnegie Medal for The Last Battle, the final book in the saga.

Fellow children's author Roger Lancelyn Green first referred to the series as The Chronicles of Narnia, in March 1951, after he had read and discussed with Lewis his recently completed fourth book The Silver Chair, originally entitled Night under Narnia.