Harvard University Press, January 1939. Hardcover. The statesman on the history and practice of Roman oratory. Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician, and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of..... More
Bonanza Books, 1966. Reprint. Oversized Hardcover. Sound binding; Mild wear to boards; Previous owner inscription inked at front free end-page; Pages else free of markings; Un-clipped jacket shows major chipping to upper spine; A Good copy overall. More
Farrar Straus Giroux, November 2009. Hardcover. Unprecedented access to the Supreme Court's most fascinating Justice Even as Democrats have now taken over the executive and legislative branches, the judicial branch remains rooted in conservatism. The legacy of three Republican presidents still dominates, with Antonin Scalia its central figure. In this..... More
Knopf, May 2016. Hardcover. Winner of the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction Winner of the 2017 Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize "A monumental achievement...a profoundly personal account of the origins of crimes against humanity and genocide, told with love, anger and precision." -John le Carré "A narrative, to my knowledge unprecedented..... More
Oxford University Press, June 2002. Hardcover. In Israel and the West it is called the Six Day War. In the Arab world, it is known as the June War, or simply as "the Setback." Never has a conflict so short, unforeseen and largely unwanted by both sides so transformed the..... More
Yale University Press, June 2005. Hardcover. This extensively researched book illuminates many of the enigmas that have surrounded the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, offering keen insights into Stalin s thinking and the reasons for his catastrophic blunder. If, after the war, the Soviet Union had somehow been capable..... More
Encounter Books, March 2000. Hardcover. Roger Kimball shows how the 'cultural revolution' of the 1960s and '70s took hold in America, lodging in our hearts and minds, and in our innermost assumptions about what counts as the good life. Kimball believes that the counterculture transformed high culture as well as..... More
Oneworld Publications, November 2006. Hardcover. More
Dzanc Books, May 2014. Paper Back. In 2008, Nathan Deuel, a former editor at Rolling Stone and The Village Voice, and his wife, a National Public Radio foreign correspondent, moved to the deeply Islamic Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to see for themselves what was happening in the Middle East. There..... More
Hackett Publishing Company, February 2017. Paper Back. This modern English version of sixteen of Publius' most important essays is designed to set forth their argument in the clearest terms: the promise of the U.S. Constitution. Though The Federalist was itself written for the same purpose, the complexity of its prose..... More
Verso, June 2012. Hardcover. Groundbreaking exploration of the philosophy underpinning Western humanitarian intervention The principle of the "lesser evil"--the acceptability of pursuing one exceptional course of action in order to prevent a greater injustice--has long been a cornerstone of Western ethical philosophy. From its roots in classical ethics and Christian..... More
Basic Books, May 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. This authorized biography of Havel, based on unrestricted access to him, his circle, and even his enemies, is the first definitive account of one of the great moral and political leaders of our time, a vivid portrait of the tumultuous events of this..... More
Princeton University Press, October 2010. Hardcover. Americans have always put the past to political ends. The Union laid claim to the Revolution--so did the Confederacy. Civil rights leaders said they were the true sons of liberty--so did Southern segregationists. This book tells the story of the centuries-long struggle over the..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, April 2001. Paper Back. The history of the twentieth century is most often told through its world wars, the rise and fall of communism, or its economic upheavals. In his startling book, J. R. McNeill gives us our first general account of what may prove..... More
Farrar Straus Giroux, March 2010. Hardcover. A UNIQUE EXPLORATION OF GERMAN CULTURE, FROM SAUSAGE ADVERTISEMENTS TO WAGNER Sitting on a bench at a communal table in a restaurant in Regensburg, his plate loaded with disturbing amounts of bratwurst and sauerkraut made golden by candlelight shining through a massive glass of..... More
Modern Library, October 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. In this lively and fast-paced study, two distinguished Princeton historians, Stephen Kotkin and Jan Gross, analyze the 1989 revolution in Eastern Europe as a product of the political bankruptcy of 'uncivil society', meaning the communist elite. More
Celadon Books, June 2026. Hardcover. "With insight and eloquence, Jesse Wegman has done heroic work in bringing a vital but obscure architect of America back into the popular conversation. As Wegman amply proves, James Wilson merits our reconsideration?and our gratitude." ?Jon Meacham New York Times journalist Jesse Wegman tells the..... More
Grove Press, July 2026. Paper Back. The first full and definitive narrative of one of the most shocking and largely unknown events of racial injustice in US history: the execution of nineteen Black soldiers in Texas On the sweltering, rainy night of August 23, 1917, one of the most consequential..... More
University Alabama Press, November 1998. Paper Back. Provides an important historical record of women's experiences during the Holocaust In Mothers, Sisters, Resisters, twenty-five survivors of the Holocaust furnish compelling and historically vital testimony that illuminates and explores Jewish women's experiences during that terrible period. In entries that preserve each voice..... More
Penguin (Non-Classics), August 2012. Mass Market PaperBack. A selection of the landmark Supreme Court decisions that have shaped American society Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and--above all--essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor Richard Beeman, author of The Penguin Guide to the..... More
Penguin (Non-Classics), August 2012. Trade Paperback. A selection of nineteen essential essays from The Federalist Papers in their original lengths by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, with notes by Richard Beeman Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and--above all--essential reads from American political history, selected by..... More
Simon & Schuster, August 2016. Hardcover. The first serious book to examine what happens when the ancient boundary between war and peace is erased. Once, war was a temporary state of affairs--a violent but brief interlude between times of peace. Today, America's wars are everywhere and forever: our enemies change..... More
Brandeis University Press, July 2011. Paper Back. Sanjay Subrahmanyam's Three Ways to Be Alien draws on the lives and writings of a trio of marginal and liminal figures cast adrift from their traditional moorings into an unknown world. The subjects include the aggrieved and lost Meale, a "Persian" prince of..... More
Library of America, July 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. This monumental work, the second of two Library of America volumes, culminated Henry Adams's lifelong fascination with the American past. Writing at the height of his powers, Adams understood the true subject as the consolidation of the American nation and character, and..... More
Crown Publishing Group (NY), May 2010. Hardcover. Ben Macintyre's "Agent Zigzag "was hailed as "rollicking, spellbinding" ("New York Times"), "wildly improbable but entirely true" ("Entertainment Weekly"), and, quite simply, "the best book ever written" ("Boston Globe"). In his new book, "Operation Mincemeat," he tells an extraordinary story that will delight..... More
