An extraordinary collection which reminds us how great a talent Dreiser was.'He has no peer in th...

Mr. Badger's notably successful history is not simply another narrative of the New Deal, nor does...

How American leaders sought the fabled overseas market at the turn of the century in an effort to...

Fourteen writings by historians that show how, even though the New Deal's initiatives did not alw...

These beautifully written essays add up to the deepest, most informative appraisal we have of how...

The celebrated novel of the prize ring that has lost none of its power since its first publicatio...

Medea, whose magical powers helped Jason and the Argonauts take the Golden Fleece, remains one of...

In this fresh survey of foreign relations in the early years of the American republic, William Ea...

If California is a state of mind, Barbara Isenberg's interviews with more than fifty of Californi...

Veteran baseball writer John Kuenster recalls fifteen of the game's most painful 'disasters' of t...

In focusing on Garrison and his critics on strategy and tactics, Ms. Kraditor sees a struggle bet...

A fresh and contemporary translation of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People by Nicholas Rudall.

Kriste Lindenmeyer shows that the experiences of depression-era children help us understand the c...

This important book explains how Arabs are closed in a circle defined by tribal, religious, and c...

Here is Bunin's great anti-Bolshevik diary of the Russian Revolution, translated into English for...

Hailed as 'a creative genius' (TLS) and 'a singular American visionary' (New York Times ), James ...

A brief and enlightening exploration ofSpinoza's life and ideas, presented in entertaining and ac...

Ibsen's last work concludes the series of autobiographical dramas begun with The Master Builder w...

Robert Brustein's highly acclaimed adaptation of Pirandello's masterpiece, a study in illusion an...

'An intensely feminine book, in which bleakness, unemployment, heartache, and heartlessness are c...

This thoughtful, inspiring, often humorous, and intensely spiritual collection brings together fo...

A brilliant reinterpretation of the negotiations between Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin that di...

The 8th edition of this notably successful college text. The concise nature of the Synopsis makes...

Lieberman looks at the cultural meaning of suicide and how it has gone from being seen as subvers...

A deceptively powerful novel about the singularly eventful summer weekend of an Episcopal clergym...

A distinguished constitutional historian examines Jefferson's record on civil liberties and finds...

Focusing on Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Shaw, Brecht, Pirandello, O'Neill, and Genet, Mr. Brustei...

David Hardin tells the compelling and often moving stories of eleven prominent Civil War figures ...

Here is a practical introduction to one of the most complex jobs in theatre. Linda Apperson clear...

These brief and enlightening explorations of our greatest thinkers bring their ideas to life in e...

The most definitive account of the Suez affair to date, based on newly opened archives.

In Kant in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Kant's life and ideas, ...

Although evangelicals entered the century as full partners in the Protestant denominations and ag...

Analyzing the struggle by evangelical Protestants for the mind and soul of America in the decades...

Contrary to today's widespread emphasis on 'cultural diversity,' the United States has become not...

An entertaining, abundantly illustrated history of a Chicago landmark, inspired by Daniel Burnham...

Trial by jury is the mainstay of the accusatorial system of criminal justice. Here one of our mos...

Treads a fine line between broad comedy and tragic melodrama.

A consummate farce in which a middle-aged man arranges a rendezvous in a seedy little hotel with ...

Ben Wattenberg explains how and why birthrates and fertility rates are now falling at an alarming...

Philosophical thought is deciphered and made comprehensible and interesting to almost everyone.

Here, adapted for the stage, is Budd Schulberg's classic story of the New York waterfront and the...

The most celebrated baseball writer of our time has selected his favorite pieces from the last fo...

The story of the struggle between English and Irish aspirations in the ages since the first Engli...

This entertaining and enlightening book depicts the rise of popular culture in America by brillia...

Paul Strathern now applies his witty and incisive prose to brief biographical studies of the worl...

In her lively refutation of modern claims about America's religious origins, Brooke Allen looks b...

Marlowe's classic treatment of the myth of man's greed and ambition has contemporary reverberatio...