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Kindly Inquisitors
The New Attacks on Free Thought, Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
“A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. This means we must place no one, including ourselves, beyond the reach of criticism; it means that we must allow people to err, even where the error offends and upsets, as it often will.”...
by Jonathan Edwards, Wyatt North
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
This book comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each section.Jonathan Edwards was a Christian preacher and theologian. Edwards "is widely acknowledged to be America's most important and original philosophical theologian," and one of America's greatest theologians.Edwards's...
The New Machiavelli
How to Wield Power in the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2010
The New Machiavelli is a gripping account of life inside 'the bunker' of Number 10. In his twenty-first century reworking of Niccolo Machiavelli's influential masterpiece, The Prince, Jonathan Powell - Tony Blair's Chief of Staff from 1994 - 2007 - recounts the inside story of that period, drawing...
Gospel of Freedom
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
"I am in Birmingham because injustice is here," declared Martin Luther King, Jr. He had come to that city of racist terror convinced that massive protest could topple Jim Crow. But the insurgency faltered. To revive it, King made a sacrificial act on Good Friday, April 12, 1963: he was arrested....
McCarthyism
The Realities, Delusions and Politics Behind the 1950s Red Scare
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
In this succinct text, Jonathan Michaels examines the rise of anti-communist sentiment in the postwar United States, exploring the factors that facilitated McCarthyism and assessing the long-term effects on US politics and culture. McCarthyism:The Realities, Delusions and Politics Behind the 1950s...
The Big Con
Crackpot Economics and the Fleecing of America
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2008
The scam of supply-side economics is clearly and convincingly explained in “a classic of political journalism” (Michael Lewis).
Jonathan Chait has written for a range of publications, from the Wall Street Journal to the Washington Post, and considers himself a moderate. But he’s convinced...
Landslide
LBJ and Ronald Reagan at the Dawn of a New America
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
In politics, the man who takes the highest spot after a landslide is not standing on solid ground.
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In this riveting work of narrative nonfiction, Jonathan Darman tells the story of two giants of American politics, Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan, and shows how, from 1963 to 1966, these two...
by Jonathan L. Ready
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011
Jonathan L. Ready offers the first comprehensive examination of Homer's similes in the Iliad as arenas of heroic competition. This study concentrates primarily on similes spoken by Homeric characters. The first to offer a sustained exploration of such similes, Ready shows how characters are made to...
Secret Faith in the Public Square
An Argument for the Concealment of Christian Identity
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
In this groundbreaking and provocative book, Jonathan Malesic argues that the best way for Christians to be caretakers of their tradition and to love their neighbors selflessly is to conceal their religious identity in American public life. The alternative--insisting on Christianity's public visibility...
by Jonathan Adler
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
In this book there are practical exercises, psychological ideas and interesting stories to help you to;•Play your best golf when it matters•Stop getting so frustrated when you play•Develop a calm and equanimous mind•Understand how anxiety affects your game•Improve your concentration•Stop...
The Literary Churchill
Author, Reader, Actor
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
This strikingly original book introduces a Winston Churchill we have not known before. Award-winning author Jonathan Rose explores in tandem Churchill’s careers as statesman and author, revealing the profound influence of literature and theater on Churchill’s personal, carefully composed grand story...
Ministers at War
Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
In May 1940, with France on the verge of defeat, Britain alone stood in the path of the Nazi military juggernaut. Survival seemed to hinge on the leadership of Winston Churchill, whom the King reluctantly appointed Prime Minister as Germany invaded France. Churchill's reputation as one of the great...
Tragedy of Lebanon
Christian Warlords, Israeli Adventurers, and American Bunglers
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
The Tragedy of Lebanon is a reissue of Jonathan Randal's acclaimed 1983 study of the rightwing Christian militias in Lebanon that in 1975 plunged the country into a decades-long cycle of war and civil conflict. For this 2012 reissue of the book, Randal added a piercing new Preface reflecting on the...
Tales of Two Cities
Paris, London, and the Birth of the Modern City
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
This dual history of dueling capitals is “full of unexpected facts . . . Conlin’s case studies of possible cultural exchange are both concise and entertaining” (New York Times Book Review).
Paris and London have long held a mutual fascination, and never more so than in the period 1750-1914,...