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Metamorphosis
How to Transform Punishment in America
In the past few years, the need for prison reform in America has reached the level of a consensus. We agree that many prison terms are too long, especially for nonviolent drug offenders; that long-term isolation is a bad idea...
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 20
Volume 20: January 1 through December 31, 1773
Franklin’s activities in 1773 were as multifarious as ever, but behind them were two developments that closely affected his future. One was the growing impact on him and his London world of the shock waves emanating from...
An Unconventional Family
In 1965, when psychologists Sandra and Daryl Bem met and married, they were determined to function as truly egalitarian partners and also to raise their children in accordance with gender-liberated, anti-homophobic, and sex...
The Death of the Messiah, From Gethsemane to the Grave, Volume 1
A Commentary on the Passion Narratives in the Four Gospels
Lives of the Novelists
A History of Fiction in 294 Lives
In the spirit of Dr. Johnson’s Lives of the Poets, acclaimed critic and scholar John Sutherland tours the history of fiction in English No previous author has attempted a book such as this: a...
Hitler's Philosophers
A gripping account of the philosophers who supported Hitler's rise to power and those whose lives were wrecked by his regime Hitler had a dream to rule the world, not only with the gun but also with his...
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin
Volume 43: August 16, 1784, through March 15, 1785
The forty-third volume of the collected writings and correspondence of the American statesman, ambassador, and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin In late August, 1784, Franklin, John Adams, and the newly...
Leave No Child Behind
Preparing Today’s Youth for Tomorrow’s World
The call-to-arms to “leave no child behind” in America has become popularly associated with the Bush administration’s education plan—a plan that actually diverges greatly from the ideals of the Children’s Defense Fund,...
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law
“Among books of similar scope, this is the recognized classic. Those who read this book will have the strange privilege of thinking things together in the law from the beginning of world history to the moment...
Collected Shorter Plays
All of O’Neill’s themes and concerns find expression in his one-act plays. They are the dramatic equivalent of short stories. Here gathered in a single volume are nine one-act plays that span the playwright’s career—from...