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Orpheus in the Bronx: Essays on Identity, Politics, and the Freedom of Poetry (Poets on Poetry)

Orpheus in the Bronx: Essays on Identity, Politics, and the Freedom of Poetry (Poets on Poetry)


Reginald Shepherd



Orpheus in the Bronx: Essays on Identity, Politics, and the Freedom of Poetry (Poets on Poetry)...
In his own right: the political odyssey of Senator Robert F. Kennedy

In his own right: the political odyssey of Senator Robert F. Kennedy


Joseph A. Palermo



From Publishers Weekly During the last years of his life from his Senate election in 1964 to his murder in 1968 Robert F....
Elias Cornelius Boudinot: a life on the Cherokee border

Elias Cornelius Boudinot: a life on the Cherokee border


James W. Parins



Review “James Parins’ revealing, expertly-researched, and brilliantly-written work on Elias Cornelius Boudi...
Henry George: Political Ideologue, Social Philosopher and Economic Theorist (Studies in Economic Reform and Social Justice)

Henry George: Political Ideologue, Social Philosopher and Economic Theorist (Studies in Economic Reform and Social Justice)


Laurence S. Moss



Review "Henry George is an economist who has given rise to a lot of written opinions. Therefore, one would think that is ...
The Political and Social Thought of Kwame Nkrumah

The Political and Social Thought of Kwame Nkrumah


Ama Biney



Review “This book addresses a topic that has enduring relevance, especially in the context of the current discussi...
Gouverneur Morris: An Independent Life

Gouverneur Morris: An Independent Life


Professor William Howard Adams



From Publishers Weekly In Richard Brookhiser's just-published biography of Gouverneur Morris, he makes the man appealing....
Information Master: Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System (Cultures of Knowledge in the Early Modern World)

Information Master: Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System (Cultures of Knowledge in the Early Modern World)


Jacob Soll



About the Author Jacob Soll is Professor of History at Rutgers University and the author of The Information Master: Jean-Ba...
Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana


Graham Greene



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Actor Jeremy Northam (Gosford Park, Tristram Shandy) has himself a ball with Green...
Against All Odds: My Life of Hardship, Fast Breaks, and Second Chances

Against All Odds: My Life of Hardship, Fast Breaks, and Second Chances


Scott Brown



Review “Powerful stuff. . . .This isn’t your typical memoir. It is brutally honest, difficult to read, and ...
1968: Dreams of Revolution

1968: Dreams of Revolution


Wilber W. Caldwell



About the Author Wilber (Pete) W. Caldwell is a writer, photographer, and a former musician and producer of original musi...
Liberal Nationalism in Central Africa: A Biography of Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula

Liberal Nationalism in Central Africa: A Biography of Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula


Giacomo Macola



Review “In this most accomplished of books, Giacomo Macola has completely reworked the significance of Nkumbula ...
God Is Dead

God Is Dead


Ron Currie



From Publishers Weekly A bleak dystopian future is tempered with moments of possibility in story writer Currie's debut no...
William Henry Seward and the Secession Crisis: The Effort to Prevent Civil War

William Henry Seward and the Secession Crisis: The Effort to Prevent Civil War


Lawrence M. Denton



About the Author Lawrence M. Denton of Oxford, Maryland, is an author and lecturer on the secession crisis in Maryland. A...
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)


Roger A. Bruns



Review "Martin Luther King, Jr. provides a thorough study of King's life from his birth on January 15, 1929, in the upstair...
Paul D. Wolfowitz: Visionary Intellectual, Policymaker, and Strategist (Praeger Security International)

Paul D. Wolfowitz: Visionary Intellectual, Policymaker, and Strategist (Praeger Security International)


Lewis D. Solomon



Review "A must buy." - The Washington Post "Solomon provides a hagiographic profile of the ideas and actions of prominent ...
Alexis de Tocqueville, the First Social Scientist

Alexis de Tocqueville, the First Social Scientist


Jon Elster



Review "Elster's jeweler's eye has seen into the hidden intricacies and profundities of Tocqueville the political psychol...
The Saudi Royal Family (Major World Leaders)

The Saudi Royal Family (Major World Leaders)


Jennifer Bond Reed



From Reviewed with Colleen Madonna Flood Williams' Yasir Arafat. Gr. 5-8. These two titles in the Major World Leaders se...
Arnold Schwarzenegger: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

Arnold Schwarzenegger: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)


Louise Krasniewicz, Michael Blitz



Review "Krasniewicz and Blitz present the story of Governor Schwarzenegger's life as the classic tale of the American Dream...
Bin Laden: Behind the Mask of the Terrorist

Bin Laden: Behind the Mask of the Terrorist


Adam Robinson



Review 'The killing of Americans and their civilian and military allies is a religious duty for each and every Muslim.' O...
Mandela: A Critical Life

Mandela: A Critical Life


Tom Lodge



From Publishers Weekly Nelson Mandela is perhaps the world's most revered living political figure for his role in transfo...
Brainless: The Lies and Lunacy of Ann Coulter

Brainless: The Lies and Lunacy of Ann Coulter


Joe Maguire



Brainless: The Lies and Lunacy of Ann Coulter...
Ernest Gruening: Alaska's Greatest Governor

Ernest Gruening: Alaska's Greatest Governor


Claus Naske



About the Author Claus-M. Naske is professor emeritus of history at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He was born in Germ...
Churchill's Triumph: A Novel of Betrayal

Churchill's Triumph: A Novel of Betrayal


Michael Dobbs



From Publishers Weekly Dobbs (Never Surrender) extends his historical fiction series starring Winston Churchill with this...
Demosthenes: Statesman and Orator

Demosthenes: Statesman and Orator


Ian Worthington



About the Author Ian Worthignton is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Missouri-Columbia. ...
Eat the Document

Eat the Document


Dana Spiotta



Amazon.com Review Mary Whittaker and Bobby DeSoto have constructed lives for themselves like Popsicle-stick houses: britt...
Hitler's Priestess: Savitri Devi, the Hindu-Aryan Myth, and Neo-Nazism

Hitler's Priestess: Savitri Devi, the Hindu-Aryan Myth, and Neo-Nazism




From Publishers Weekly Goodrick-Clarke carefully outlines the life of Savitri Devi, a true believer who took Nazism beyon...
Chinese Politics in the Hu Jintao Era: New Leaders, New Challenges (East Gate Books)

Chinese Politics in the Hu Jintao Era: New Leaders, New Challenges (East Gate Books)




Chinese Politics in the Hu Jintao Era: New Leaders, New Challenges (East Gate Books)...
The Architects (European Classics)

The Architects (European Classics)


Stefan Heym



Review "Fiction on this subject could only be attempted by someone whose desire for truth was absolute and who could publ...
Patrick Pearse: The Making of a Revolutionary

Patrick Pearse: The Making of a Revolutionary


Joost Augusteijn



Review 'An important contribution to our knowledge of Ireland's most complex revolutionary. By providing a rounded portra...
Disraeli (Reputations)

Disraeli (Reputations)


Edgar Feuchtwanger



Review "This is a most useful biography designed for readers who have a decent background in 19th-century English politic...