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The Eden Legacy

By: Will Adams

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Welcome to Eden. Population: Zero. After she finds out her estranged father and sister are missing from their coastal nature reserve in Madagascar, TV zoologist Rebecca Kirkpatrick is on the first flight home. Underwater archaeologist Daniel Knox is searching for a sunken Chinese treasure ship when he hears of the disappearances and ventures to The Eden Reserve to investigate. Still with a vendetta to settle, Georgian gangster dynasty the Nergadzes send a hitman to hunt down Knox and avenge them. As Knox chases answers he realizes that the idyllic coral reef of Eden hides an ugly truth – someone is willing to kill and exploit people for a secret that will rewrite the history of the New World…

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Opalmaze Ltd

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0007349416

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9780007349418

The Butt

A Novel

By: Will Self

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The Butt

A Novel

By: Will Self

A dystopian work portraying the consequences of post-September 11 "Big Brother"-style government finds Tom Brodzinki's efforts to quit smoking setting off a chain reaction that threatens society, sending Tom into exile after being wrongfully branded for using his last cigarette as a weapon of offense. 30,000 first printing.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1596915552

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Self-Government, the American Theme

Presidents of the Founding and Civil War

By: Will Morrisey

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Self-Government, the American Theme

Presidents of the Founding and Civil War

By: Will Morrisey

Americans introduced themselves to the world by declaring their independence. They recognized that their "unalienable rights" were secured by institutionalized government that derives its just powers from the consent of the governed. In Self-Government, The American Theme, Will Morrisey defines the concept of self-government and tracks its permutations in the ardent writings of key American presidents. He shows how the transition to a more powerful national state was managed on political soil where "self-government" was not an indigenous crop. Morrisey considers the genesis of "self-government" in the political thought of the founding U.S. presidents, comparing their understanding of the term with that of President Abraham Lincoln and Confederate States of America President, Jefferson Davis. In this text Morrisey aptly demonstrates how the regime of the founders was replaced by a much more statist regime during the Civil War. He offers salient interpretations of the writings of the key presidents of founding and civil war periods, and interpretations centered on the key word, "self-government". This book is an essential contribution to the understanding of early American history and politics.

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Lexington Books

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0739114719

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9780739114711

Yo, Millard Fillmore!

And All Those Other Presidents You Don't Know

By: Will Cleveland,Mark Alvarez

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Yo, Millard Fillmore!

And All Those Other Presidents You Don't Know

By: Will Cleveland,Mark Alvarez

Presents facts about each president accompanied by cartoon-style illustrations to serve as memory aids and quizzes to reinforce information.

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Easton Studio Press LLC

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1935212419

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9781935212416

Yo, Millard Fillmore! (2021 edition)

(and all those other presidents you don't know)

By: Will Cleveland,Mark Alvarez

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Yo, Millard Fillmore! (2021 edition)

(and all those other presidents you don't know)

By: Will Cleveland,Mark Alvarez

Newly updated 2021 edition features our newest President, Joe Biden! Just who was the 13th president, anyway? Yo Millard Fillmore combines colorful cartoons and comic book captions to make memorizing all 46 American presidents a fun, family-friendly activity. “Yo, Millard Fillmore! and Yo, Sacramento! are works of pure genius. I now know all the presidents and all the capitals of all the states. This is terrific. These books are fabulous, and witty, and a lot of fun.” – Pat Conroy, New York Times best-selling author In print continuously since 1992, Yo, Millard Fillmore! has delighted kids, parents, grandparents and teachers. Over 500,000 copies sold! Celebrating 30 years of fun learning for all! In Yo Millard Fillmore, you will find a fast, easy way to learn and memorize the U.S. Presidents in just 20 minutes or less! Crazy, full-color cartoons and comic book-style captions create a nonsense tale that will help you remember the names of all 46 presidents in chronological order. You'll also learn lots of fun facts and kid-friendly trivia about each president and the historical highlights from his term of office. Plus, this book is packed with mnemonics in the form of presidential puns, like “ray guns” for Ronald Reagan; “chef’s son” for Thomas Jefferson; “fill more” for Millard Fillmore; and “oh, baaah, ma” for Barack Obama. With five Quick Quizzes and a special section titled, “What You Need to Know if You Want to be President,” you'll soon be an authority on the highest office in the land - and have a lot of fun at the same time. Yo Millard Fillmore is perfect for kids 8-11 and provides lots of fun and learning for the whole family. Using the book’s simple mnemonic cartoons, you can surprise your friends by reciting all the presidents in a row, beginning with George Washington, our first president, all the way through to number 46, President Joe Biden.

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Simon and Schuster

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1947951351

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9781947951358

Yo Millard Fillmore! (And all those other Presidents you don't know)

By: Will Cleveland,Mark Alvarez

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Yo Millard Fillmore! (And all those other Presidents you don't know)

By: Will Cleveland,Mark Alvarez

Newly updated to include our newest President! Celebrating 25 years of fun learning for all with full color illustrations for the first time. Here's a fast, easy way to learn all the Presidents of the United States (forever) in less than 20 minutes! In no time at all, you will be able to remember the names of all 45 presidents - in chronological order. Crazy cartoons and comic-book style captions create a nonsense tale that will make it impossible for you to forget the presidents. You'll also learn lots of kid-friendly facts about each president and his term of office, some historical and hysterical highlights, and plenty of presidential puns. Ray guns for Reagan. Nicks on for Nixon. Fill more for Fillmore. Oh, Baaah, Ma for Obama. With five Quick Quizzes and What You Need to Know if You Want to be President, you'll soon be an authority on the highest office in the land - and having a lot of fun at the same time.

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Easton Studio Press LLC

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1632260913

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9781632260918

Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt

The Complete History of Presidential Drinking

By: Mark Will-Weber

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Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt

The Complete History of Presidential Drinking

By: Mark Will-Weber

Stroll through our country’s memorable moments—from George Washington at Mount Vernon to the days of Prohibition, from impeachment hearings to nuclear weapons negotiations—and discover the role that alcohol played in all of them with Mark Will-Weber’s Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt: The Complete History of Presidential Drinking. As America transformed from fledgling nation to world power, one element remained constant: alcohol. The eighteenth century saw the Father of His Country distilling whiskey in his backyard. The nineteenth century witnessed the lavish expenses on wine by the Sage of Monticello, Honest Abe’s inclination toward temperance, and the slurred speech of the first president to be impeached. Fast forward to the twentieth century and acquaint yourself with Woodrow Wilson’s namesake whisky, FDR’s affinity for rum swizzles, and Ike's bathtub gin. What concoctions can be found in the White House today? Visit the first lady’s beehives to find out! In Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt, you’ll learn: • Which Founding Fathers had distilleries in their backyards • The teetotalers versus the car-totalers • Whose expensive tastes in vintages led to bankruptcy • Which commanders in chief preferred whiskey to whisky • The 4 C’s: Cointreau, claret, Campari, and cocktails • The first ladies who heralded the “hair of the dog” and those who vehemently opposed it • The preferred stemware: snifter or stein? • Which presidents and staff members abstained, imbibed, or overindulged during Prohibition • Recipes through the ages: favorites including the Bermuda Rum Swizzle, Missouri Mule, and Obama’s White House Honey Ale So grab a cocktail and turn the pages of Mint Juleps with Teddy Roosevelt for a unique and entertaining look into the liquor cabinets and the beer refrigerators of the White House. Cheers!

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Simon and Schuster

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1621572439

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The Dilemma of Progressivism

How Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson Reshaped the American Regime of Self-Government

By: Will Morrisey

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The Dilemma of Progressivism

How Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson Reshaped the American Regime of Self-Government

By: Will Morrisey

In the first book-length study of Progressive-Era presidents' views on the theme of self-government, The Dilemma of Progressivism critically analyzes their understanding of executive leadership and the office of the presidency. Will Morrisey examines both the rhetoric and the actions of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson to show the ways in which their thought shaped their presidencies. He shows how the Progressive presidents dealt with the genesis of a modern, centralized American state and the conflicting increase in popularity of the notion of self-government. Drawing larger conclusions about the key American ideas of self-government, federalism, freedom, and social welfare, Morrisey strikes the right balance between political theory and history in this study on self-government and the political thought of three American presidents.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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0742566188

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9780742566187

My Psalm Has Turned into Weeping

Job's Dialogue with the Psalms

By: Will Kynes

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My Psalm Has Turned into Weeping

Job's Dialogue with the Psalms

By: Will Kynes

Drawing inspiration from the widely recognized parody of Ps 8:5 in Job 7:17–18, this study inquires whether other allusions to the Psalms might likewise contribute to the dialogue between Job, his friends, and God. An intertextual method that incorporates both “diachronic” and “synchronic” concerns is applied to the sections of Job and the Psalms in which the intertextual connections are the most pronounced, the Job dialogue and six psalms that fall into three broad categories: praise (8, 107), supplication (39, 139), and instruction (1, 73). In each case, Job’s dependence on the Psalms is determined to be the more likely explanation of the parallel, and, in most, allusions to the same psalm appear in the speeches of both Job and the friends. The contrasting uses to which they put these psalms reflect conflicting interpretive approaches and uncover latent tensions within them by capitalizing on their ambiguities. They also provide historical insight into the Psalms’ authority and developing views of retribution. The dialogue created between Job and these psalms indicates the concern the book has with the proper response to suffering and the role the interpretation of authoritative texts may play in that reaction.

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Walter de Gruyter

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311029494X

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9783110294941

The Conservative Sensibility

By: George F. Will

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The Conservative Sensibility

By: George F. Will

The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist's "astonishing" and "enthralling" New York Times bestseller and Notable Book about how the Founders' belief in natural rights created a great American political tradition (Booklist) -- "easily one of the best books on American Conservatism ever written" (Jonah Goldberg). For more than four decades, George F. Will has attempted to discern the principles of the Western political tradition and apply them to America's civic life. Today, the stakes could hardly be higher. Vital questions about the nature of man, of rights, of equality, of majority rule are bubbling just beneath the surface of daily events in America. The Founders' vision, articulated first in the Declaration of Independence and carried out in the Constitution, gave the new republic a framework for government unique in world history. Their beliefs in natural rights, limited government, religious freedom, and in human virtue and dignity ushered in two centuries of American prosperity. Now, as Will shows, conservatism is under threat -- both from progressives and elements inside the Republican Party. America has become an administrative state, while destructive trends have overtaken family life and higher education. Semi-autonomous executive agencies wield essentially unaccountable power. Congress has failed in its duty to exercise its legislative powers. And the executive branch has slipped the Constitution's leash. In the intellectual battle between the vision of Founding Fathers like James Madison, who advanced the notion of natural rights that pre-exist government, and the progressivism advanced by Woodrow Wilson, the Founders have been losing. It's time to reverse America's political fortunes. Expansive, intellectually thrilling, and written with the erudite wit that has made Will beloved by millions of readers, The Conservative Sensibility is an extraordinary new book from one of America's most celebrated political writers.

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Hachette Books

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0316480916

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9780316480918

The Inn and the Traveller

Digressive Topographies in the Early Modern European Novel

By: Will McMorran

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The Inn and the Traveller

Digressive Topographies in the Early Modern European Novel

By: Will McMorran

In the landscape of the early modern European comic novel the inn often features as a monument to digression - the perfect setting for chance encounters with strangers who always have a story to tell. This wide-ranging comparative study explores the special part played by the inn, tracing the progress of a succession of wayward heroes and narrators in five canonical texts: Cervantes's ""Don Quijote"", Scarron's ""Roman comique"", Fielding's ""Joseph Andrews"" and ""Tom Jones"", Sterne's ""Tristram Shandy"" and Diderot's ""Jacques le fataliste"". As this celebration of digressive fiction unfolds, a very different picture emerges of the novel's rise and development.

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Routledge

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1351197851

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9781351197854

The Age of Voltaire

The Story of Civilization, Volume IX

By: Will Durant,Ariel Durant

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The Age of Voltaire

The Story of Civilization, Volume IX

By: Will Durant,Ariel Durant

The Story of Civilization, Volume IX: A history of civilization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with special emphasis on the conflict between religion and philosophy. This is the ninth volume of the classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning series.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451647662

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9781451647662

Cruel to Be Kind

The Life and Music of Nick Lowe

By: Will Birch

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Cruel to Be Kind

The Life and Music of Nick Lowe

By: Will Birch

The definitive biography of singer-songwriter Nick Lowe, best-known for "Cruel to Be Kind" and "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" Described as "Britain's greatest living songwriter," Nick Lowe has made his mark as a pioneer of pub rock, power-pop, and punk rock and as a producer of Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, the Damned, and the Pretenders. He has been a pop star with his bands Brinsley Schwarz and Rockpile, a stepson-in-law to Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, and is the writer behind hits including "Cruel to Be Kind" and "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding." In the past decades, however, he has distinguished himself as an artist who is equally acclaimed for the second act of his career as a tender yet sharp-tongued acoustic balladeer. Biographer Will Birch, who in addition to being a music writer was a drummer and songwriter with The Records, has known Lowe for over forty years and melds Lowe's gift as a witty raconteur with his own authoritative analysis of Lowe's background and the cultural scenes he exemplifies. Lowe's parallel fame as one of the best interviews in the business will contribute to this first look into his life and work--and likely the closest thing fans will get to an autobiography by this notoriously charming cult figure. This is not an authorized biography, but Lowe has given it his spiritual blessing and his management and label are fully on board. Cruel to Be Kind will be the colorful yet serious account of one of the world's most talented and admired musicians.

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Da Capo Press

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0306921979

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9780306921971

The Stem of Jesse

The Costs of Community at a 1960s Southern School

By: Will D. Campbell

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The Stem of Jesse

The Costs of Community at a 1960s Southern School

By: Will D. Campbell

The story of racial integration at Mercer University

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Mercer University Press

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0865548560

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9780865548565

Drinking with the Democrats

The Party Animal's History of Liberal Libations

By: Mark Will-Weber

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Drinking with the Democrats

The Party Animal's History of Liberal Libations

By: Mark Will-Weber

Learn how to drink like a Democrat! Organized by president, this fun gift book is full of cocktail recipes, bar tips, and hysterical drinking anecdotes from all Democratic White House administrations. Which Southern man drank Snakebites? How did Jackie-O like her daiquiris? Drinking with the Democrats is the bar guide with a twist that all political buffs will enjoy! (Also check out the companion book, Drinking with the Republicans.)

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Simon and Schuster

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1621575489

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9781621575481

Singing for Peace

Antiwar Songs in American History

By: Ronald D Cohen,Will Kaufman

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Singing for Peace

Antiwar Songs in American History

By: Ronald D Cohen,Will Kaufman

Wars have dominated the history of the United States since its founding, but there has also been a long history of antiwar activity. Peace songs have emerged out of every military conflict involving the United States. "Singing for Peace" vividly portrays this rich antiwar history, beginning in the eighteenth century and continuing into the twenty-first.Most of the twentieth-century output was dominated by folk groups and acoustic singer-songwriters. The Vietnam War saw the increased dovetailing of folk and rock music, so that rock and folk-rock took on an ever-larger share of protest activity, then punk, metal, hip-hop, and rap. The authors draw upon a wide range of primary and secondary sources, while quoting many popular and lesser-known song lyrics, and including a range of photos and illustrations. These songs have long served to both shape and reveal the feelings of citizens opposed to America s wars.

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Routledge

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131725208X

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9781317252085

Drinking with the Republicans

The Politically Incorrect History of Conservative Concoctions

By: Mark Will-Weber

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Drinking with the Republicans

The Politically Incorrect History of Conservative Concoctions

By: Mark Will-Weber

Learn how to drink like a Republican! Organized by president, this fun gift book is full of cocktail recipes, bar tips, and hysterical drinking anecdotes from all Republican White House administrations. Which president liked to mix whiskey, vodka, and orange juice? Who had a trick for hiding the labels of cheap wine? Drinking with the Republicans is the bar guide with a twist that all political buffs will enjoy! (Also check out the companion book, Drinking with the Democrats.)

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Simon and Schuster

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1621575470

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9781621575474

Arizona Place Names

By: Will Croft Barnes

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Arizona Place Names

By: Will Croft Barnes

Will Croft Barnes (1858–1937) first came to Arizona as a cavalryman and went on to become a rancher, state legislator, and conservationist. From 1905 to 1935, his travels throughout the state, largely on horseback, enabled him to gather the anecdotes and geographical information that came to constitute Arizona Place Names. For this first toponymic encyclopedia of Arizona, Barnes compiled information from published histories, federal and state government documents, and reminiscences of "old timers, Indians, Mexicans, cowboys, sheep-herders, historians, any and everybody who had a story to tell as to the origin and meaning of Arizona names." The result is a book chock full of oddments, humor, and now-forgotten lore, which belongs on the night table as well as in the glove compartment. Barnes' original Arizona Place Names has become a booklover's favorite and is much in demand. The University of Arizona Press is pleased to reissue this classic of Arizoniana, which remains as useful and timeless as it was more than half a century ago.

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University of Arizona Press

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0816534950

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9780816534951

Miracle on 34th Street

A Play from the Novel by Valentine Davies

By: Will Severin,John Vreeke

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Miracle on 34th Street

A Play from the Novel by Valentine Davies

By: Will Severin,John Vreeke

A recreation of the original book offers a new generation the beauty of the classic 1940s design. Details of how the book was written and made into a beloved holiday film are included. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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Samuel French, Inc.

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0573628920

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9780573628924

Culture in the Commercial Republic

By: Will Morrisey

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Culture in the Commercial Republic

By: Will Morrisey

This book discusses the cultural intentions of the founders of the first thoroughly commercial republic, the United States. The typical book on 'the culture' takes the view that commercial republicanism is the enemy of culture; this book tells a much more complex story, and measures the benefits and deficits of commercial republicanism in a way that does not sleight the very substantial achievements of commercial republicanism. The book looks at several critics of the commercial republic, 'left' and 'right'. These writers include Emerson, Whitman, Carlyle, Ruskin, Dewey, and Pound. The book concludes with chapters on two very different writers who take a comprehensive view of culture, nature, and the commercial republic: Allan Bloom and Jane Austen. Contents: Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: The Statesmanlike Sources of American Culture; Victorians Contra Commerce; Natural Right and the American Intellectual; American Historicist-Poets: Holmes and Whitman; An American Fascist: Ezra Pound; The American Left and the Culture of Sophistry; An American Philosopher?; The Politics of Self-Knowledge: Mansfield Park and the Refounding of the English Aristocracy; Conclusion: The Arts of Satiation; Endnotes; Index; Biographical Note.

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University Press of America

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0761802916

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9780761802914

With a Happy Eye, But...

America and the World, 1997--2002

By: George F. Will

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With a Happy Eye, But...

America and the World, 1997--2002

By: George F. Will

In his seventh collection, Will examines more than five years of his observations on politics, the economy, justice, international relations, and, not least, the death of Princess Diana--a brilliantly diverse collection from an extraordinarily diverting mind.

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0743243846

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