Shows that the experiences of depression-era children help us understand the course of 1930s as well as the history of American childhood.
Presents a study of Orden Nash's life and the role that poetry, especially comic verse, played in modern American literary culture.
A fresh and contemporary translation of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People by Nicholas Rudall.
Working from a vast combined experience in professional baseball, the authors have broken down the elements of mental toughness into an easily understood package. Not only baseball players but other athletes as well as managers, coaches, and parents can learn how elements like...
Presents a collection of essays that ranges over literature and ideas, from Shakespeare to Marx, from the breakdown of Islam to the legalization of drugs, and more. This book attempts to restore our faith in the central importance of literature and criticism to our civilization.
The first full and authoritative biography of the father of gastronomy. MacDonogh not only chronicles Brillat's many pursuits, he also presents a fascinating... Læs mere
An intimate personal and political history of Lyndon Johnson's frustration with the Kennedy mystique, based on exhaustive new research. Solidly... Læs mere
In conversations with the poet-biographer Felix Chuev, Molotov offers an incomparable view of the politics of Soviet society and the nature of Kremlin... Læs mere
The house of Belgium and its many houses-institutional and personal, literal and metaphoric-captured in a blend of... Læs mere
A fascinating blend of literary and social criticism, history, and biography, Naked Angels is a revealing introduction to the lives and work... Læs mere
The most definitive account of the Suez affair to date, based on newly opened archives.
Ben Wattenberg explains how and why birthrates and fertility rates are now falling at an alarming rate in countries throughout the world. And he explores the major implications-for world politics, the environment, and the international economy-of this momentuous shift.