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On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
Based on a series of lectures delivered in 1840, Thomas Carlyle’s On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History considers the creation of heroes and the ways they exert heroic leadership. From the divine and prophetic ...
Reading Matters
Five Centuries of Discovering Books
An entertaining journey through five centuries of acquiring, reading, and enjoying books in Britain and America It is easy to forget in our own day of cheap paperbacks and mega-bookstores that, until...
Hidden in the Shadow of the Master
The Model-Wives of Cézanne, Monet, and Rodin
A journey of discovery into the lives and contributions of three forgotten women, obscured by the power of their husbands’ fame Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet, and Auguste Rodin. The names of these brilliant...
The Death of the Shtetl
In this book, Yehuda Bauer, an internationally acclaimed Holocaust historian, describes the destruction of small Jewish townships, the shtetls, in what was the eastern part of Poland by the Nazis in 1941–1942. Bauer...
In the Name of God and Country
Reconsidering Terrorism in American History
A provocative examination of the historical origins and impact of terrorism in America. With insight and originality, Michael Fellman argues that terrorism, in various forms, has been a constant and...
Sin
A History
What is sin? Is it simply wrongdoing? Why do its effects linger over time? In this sensitive, imaginative, and original work, Gary Anderson shows how changing conceptions of sin and forgiveness lay at the very heart of the...
Sixty to Zero
An Inside Look at the Collapse of General Motors--and the Detroit Auto Industry
An award-winning journalist's insights into the auto industry, the decline of once-great companies, and the failures of management The collapse of General Motors captured headlines in early 2009, but as...
The Homeric Epics and the Gospel of Mark
In this groundbreaking book, Dennis R. MacDonald offers an entirely new view of the New Testament gospel of Mark. The author of the earliest gospel was not writing history, nor was he merely recording tradition,...
The Letters of T. S. Eliot
Volume 1: 1898-1922
Revised Edition
In two highly anticipated volumes, the correspondence of the twentieth century's eminent man of letters, from youth to early manhoodVolume One: 1898–1922 presents some 1,400 letters encompassing...
Reading the Pre-Raphaelites
Noted for its vivid colors, elaborate use of symbols, and dedication to close observation of the natural world, the work of Pre-Raphaelite artists combines a deep engagement with the past and a modern realism that exemplifies...