Includes poems that display the talent of the man whose verse entranced America from the time of the Great Depression until his death in 1971.
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.
A book that restores our faith in the central importance of literature and criticism to our civilization. In the twenty six pieces Dr. Dalrymple ranges over literature and ideas, from Shakespeare to Marx.
This award-winning novel follows twelve-year-old Steven Moore and his slave companion on a nightmarish journey behind Union lines.
For years, readers have longed for a biography to match Nash's charm, wit, and good nature; now we have it in Douglas Parker's absorbing and delightful life of the poet.
Andrew Schlesinger tells the fascinating story of Harvard College as an American institution. He examines the important actions and decisions of its leadership from Puritan times to the present.
If California is a state of mind, Barbara Isenberg's interviews with more than fifty of California's prominent painters, writers, composers,... Læs mere
This masterly chronicle of the 1960s, the twentieth century's most confounding decade, is an immensely readable book that combines wit with learning and seriousness with entertainment.