Poet and Journalist Max Eastman is perhaps the most famous example of an American intellectual who during his life moved across the entire political spectrum. This re-examination of his career and his place in history reveals the dynamics behind his several careers and political transformations, offering new insight into one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century.
In the vein of Commonwealth, Little Fires Everywhere and The Nest, this is a panoramic, tenderly insightful novel about one devoted, imperfect family.
TRBM: The Letters of Theodore Roosevelt and Brander Matthews, ed. by Lawrence J. Oliver, 1995. TRC: Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University. WHTP: William Howard Taft Papers, Library of Congress.
From South London schoolboy in the Seventies to respected composer of the Nineties and beyond, he remains a uniquely fascinating hero. The new edition of Martin Power's acclaimed biography explores every detail of a unique life.
In this compelling biography about the life of the legendary Queen Marie of Romania, Hannah Pakula tells the story of one of the most famous and beautiful heroines and royal celebrities of her time.
This leads author to examine some aesthetic theories of Ruskin, Rosetti, Morris, Pater and finally Yeats, and includes discussions on art and French literature. This book will be of interest to students of Romantic literature.
THE STORY: A crush can make anyone feel young again--even a widower named Ralph.
It was romantic and exciting to do one's part to save the world for freedom and afterwards, to rejoice together in homecomings and victory.
For more than seventy years Erich Maria Remarque's startlingly realistic and intensely moving antiwar novel All Quiet on the Western Front has remained a worldwide best-seller.
A stunning New York Times bestselling novel that intertwines the stories of an escaped slave in 1852 Virginia and an ambitious young lawyer in contemporary New York and asks: is it ever too late to right a wrong?
A biography of Marie of Roumania, descended from the highest royalty in Europe, who became queen in 1914, was a striking beauty, and was considered one of the most fascinating...