Now available for the first time in a paperback edition, "The Swordof Imagination represents the capstone on the career of one ofAmerica's most influential conservative thinkers, Russell Kirk. This highly praised memoir, written dispassionately in thethird person, vividly portrays Kirk's intellectual life. Characterizedby verve, insight, and wit, the book ranges fully over the last halfof the twentieth century, pausing on such themes as Kirk's mentorsand opponents, the day's political figures, and those aspects of themodern world that he loved or despised. Throughout, readers find-- and are challenged by -- the conservative values, the "permanentthings, " for which Kirk became America's ardent champion.
I will seize it back, so help me. Toward that end, if necessary, I will crush the corners of the earth.” At Howard, he was telling me how easy it would be to start a deadly riot. “Just get a pregnant black woman on Fourteenth Street to ...
Now in paperback comes Nicholas and Micah Sparks' "New York Times" bestselling memoir of their life-affirming journey around the world.
So reader beware--you're in for a scare! A humorous, fast-paced portrait of the author of the Goosebumps series tells young readers what R. L. Stine was like as a kid, how he became a writer, and where he gets his ideas from.
At fifty-two, newly widowed, children grown, Knight realizes most of the decisions of her life have been made by others. The time has come for growth, self-discovery, and for finding her own way home from Oz.
The Law in Green Falls
This reference guide lists all the books, reviews and articles concerning Mark Twain in major bibliographies through 1974.
The author shares humorous true-life tales inspired by his sometimes dysfunctional relationships with the dogs in his life.
Containing dozens of previously unpublished letters by James, and featuring a detailed biographical chronology as well as extensive interpretive commentaries that meticulously chart the development of this remarkable literary friendship, ...
Having commissioned the historian Roy Strong to write a monograph on the paintings of Charles I on horseback by Van Dyck, Nikos went to Brighton where Roy Strong lives to talk about the book, and I went along with Nikos.
In this work, historian William E. Ellis examines the life of this significant writer, contextualizing his humour within the 'Lost Cause' narrative.