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In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt
Quotations from the Man in the Arena
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
"We cannot do great deeds unless we are willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness."—on Action
"The American people are good-natured to the point of lax indifference; but once roused, they act with the most straightforward and practical resolution."—on America
"Speak...
by Alan Walker
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
In a series of lively essays that tell us much not only about the phenomenon that was Franz Liszt but also about the musical and cultural life of nineteenth-century Europe, Alan Walker muses on aspects of Liszt's life and work that he was unable to explore in his acclaimed three-volume biography of...
Vico's "New Science"
A Philosophical Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Giambattista Vico (1668–1744) is best remembered for his major work, the New Science (Scienza nuova), in which he sets forth the principles of humanity and gives an account of the stages common to the development of all societies in their historical life. Controversial at the time of its publication...
The Poetry of Everyday Life
Storytelling and the Art of Awareness
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
This is a book of encounters. Part memoir, part essay, and partly a guide to maximizing your capacity for fulfillment and expression, The Poetry of Everyday Life taps into the artistic side of what we often take for granted: the stories we tell, the people we love, the metaphors used by scientists,...
Alias Olympia
A Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model and Her Own Desire
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Eunice Lipton was a fledging art historian when she first became intrigued by Victorine Meurent, the nineteenth-century model who appeared in Edouard Manet's most famous paintings, only to vanish from history in a haze of degrading hearsay. But had this bold and spirited beauty really descended into...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Creativity and play erupt in the most solemn of everyday worlds as individuals reshape traditional forms in the light of changing historical circumstances. In this lively volume, fourteen distinguished anthropologists explore the life of creativity in social life across the globe and within the study...
Curse on This Country
The Rebellious Army of Imperial Japan
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
Imperial Japanese soldiers were notorious for blindly following orders, and their enemies in the Pacific War derided them as "cattle to the slaughter." But, in fact, the Japanese Army had a long history as one of the most disobedient armies in the world. Officers repeatedly staged coups d'états,...
Screening Enlightenment
Hollywood and the Cultural Reconstruction of Defeated Japan
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
During the six-and-a-half-year occupation of Japan (1945–1952), U.S. film studios—in close coordination with Douglas MacArthur's Supreme Command for the Allied Powers—launched an ambitious campaign to extend their power and influence in a historically rich but challenging film market. In this...
Gilgamesh among Us
Modern Encounters with the Ancient Epic
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The world's oldest work of literature, the Epic of Gilgamesh recounts the adventures of the semimythical Sumerian king of Uruk and his ultimately futile quest for immortality after the death of his friend and companion, Enkidu, a wildman sent by the gods. Gilgamesh was deified by the Sumerians around...
Cars for Comrades
The Life of the Soviet Automobile
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The automobile and Soviet communism made an odd couple. The quintessential symbol of American economic might and consumerism never achieved iconic status as an engine of Communist progress, in part because it posed an awkward challenge to some basic assumptions of Soviet ideology and practice. In...
Enlightening the World
The Creation of the Statue of Liberty
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Conceived in the aftermath of the American Civil War and the grief that swept France over the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the Statue of Liberty has been a potent symbol of the nation's highest ideals since it was unveiled in 1886. Dramatically situated on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island)...
The Five
A Novel of Jewish Life in Turn-of-the-Century Odessa
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2014
"The beginning of this tale of bygone days in Odessa dates to the dawn of the twentieth century. At that time we used to refer to the first years of this period as the 'springtime,' meaning a social and political awakening. For my generation, these years also coincided with our own personal springtime,...
Edmund Burke in America
The Contested Career of the Father of Modern Conservatism
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
The statesman and political philosopher Edmund Burke (1729–1797) is a touchstone for modern conservatism in the United States, and his name and his writings have been invoked by figures ranging from the arch Federalist George Cabot to the twentieth-century political philosopher Leo Strauss. But...
Food Co-ops in America
Communities, Consumption, and Economic Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In recent years, American shoppers have become more conscious of their food choices and have increasingly turned to CSAs, farmers' markets, organic foods in supermarkets, and to joining and forming new food co-ops. In fact, food co-ops have been a viable food source, as well as a means of collective...