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The first full-length biography of the celebrated novelist, critic, editor (of The Masses), poet, and playwright who was both central to radical culture in the early 20th century and profoundly skeptical of it. "Intelligent, sympathetic...a superb life of the sweetest singer of the 'lyrical left.'"-William L. O'Neill.

Ten distinguished critics reflect on the direction of our society, emphasizing both the dangers that threaten our institutions and the vivifying survivals that are worthy of being cherished and nurtured.

In this cogent history, D.G. Hart unpacks evangelicalism's current reputation by tracing its development over the course of the twentieth century.

An informal social history-rich and surprising-of the centuries old relationship between cows and humans. "A far from humdrum book-it will open even jaundiced eyes."-Larry McMurtry.

Sacrificed to powers larger than himself, Woyzeck is one of drama's first anti-heroes. He serves a German captain and makes money by allowing a doctor to experiment on him, but his deeper morality leads him to a tragic end.

A history of how The Second City came to be, and a detailed text on every aspect of staging a comic review, and absorbing conversation on the art of the hilarious. This book shares the experiences and methods of the founder of this institution.

Says that the manuscript of "The Destruction of the European Jews" was rejected by major publishers; and in the wake of publication, the author faced a hostile reception from those who refused to believe that the Jews were less than heroic in their journey to the gas chambers. This book shows how the study was used and abused.

Faded Mosaic will be an important and controversial milestone in our cultural self-understanding.

An expert overview of baseball over the past 175 years, showing how the game has reflected and contributed to changes in American society over that time.

Veteran baseball writer John Kuenster recalls fifteen of the game's most painful ¿disasters¿ of the last half-century and looks at them from the losers' point of view. With a reporter's skill and a fan's enthusiasm, he sets the scene for these memorable matchups, surveys the players who led each team to the big moment, and tells the story of the game and the emotions that can't be erased. ¿Kuenster has hit a Grand Slam.¿¿Sparky Anderson. ¿John Kuenster lets those who suffered baseball's most epic defeats know that he feels their pain.¿¿Bob Costas, NBC sports. Illustrated.

George and Willene Hendrick, Sandburg's most accomplished interpreters, have selected 73 poems from his early years in Chicago, almost all of them never before published.

Critics have attacked the foolishness of some of today's elite thought from many angles, but few have examined the real-world consequences of those ideas. In this book, Heather Mac Donald reports on their disastorous effects throughout our society.

These beautifully written essays add up to the deepest, most informative appraisal we have of how and why the sexual revolution has failed. "Compelling and original.... Highly recommended."-Kevin White.

Here, the author takes on eight of the finest Hollywood directors in conversation, including Alfred Hitchcock and Frank Capra. The directors reminisce about their working lives, and give valuable insights into the film-making industry, as well as behind-the-scenes stories.

The most celebrated baseball writer of our time has selected his favorite pieces from the last forty years in this definitive volume of his most memorable work. "As a chronicler of the game, he's in a class with Ring Lardner and Red Smith."-Newsweek.

In these brilliant essays, Ms. Himmelfarb explores the many facets, public and private, of the Victorian idea of morality. She invites us to reconsider the complex and colorful panorama of ideas and attitudes, beliefs and behavior, that goes under the name of Victorianism-and it reconsiders as well our own relation to that much abused and misunderstood culture. "An important book."-New York Times Book Review.

A brilliant and dramatic narrative of the wise and the shortsighted, the bold and the timid, the generous and the grasping men and women who have been the stuff of American reform, beginning in the years after the Civil War. "One of the best-written historical works in a long time."-New York Times.

By guiding readers through the difficulties of plot and language, this Handbook leave them free to enjoy the depth, beauty, and vitality of Shakespeare's works.

The causes, consequences, and follies of the sixties revolt.

Medea, whose magical powers helped Jason and the Argonauts take the Golden Fleece, remains one of the strongest female characters ever to appear on stage. In the play she kills her own children. Plays for Performance Series.

Here, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author traces the development of trial by jury - "the palladium of justice". He summarises the issue, and offers explanations of the full implications of one of the most basic social rights.

Rejecting the views of both left and right, Mr. Levy evaluates the doctrine of "original intent" by examining the sources of constitutional law and landmark cases. "Merciless and brilliant. In fascinating detail...Mr. Levy demonstrates that there can be no such animal [as original intent]."-Anthony Lewis, New York Times Book Review.

For thirteen years, during a time of Democratic cogressional dominance in Washington, Dan Rostenkowski was one of the most influential American legislators of the twentieth century.

Offers an innovative, well-grounded explanation of witchcraft's link to organic illness. While most historians have concentrated on the accused, this book focuses on the afflicted. It compares the symptoms recorded in colonial diaries to those of the encephalitis epidemic and argues that the victims suffered from the same disease.

The tragedy of Oedipus, who unknowingly slays his father and marries his mother, is one of the mythical cornerstones of Western civilization. Plays for Performance Series.

These six plays present varying accounts of the battle of the sexes in the early years of the 20th century. The subjects include the double standard, the advent of the ¿New Woman¿ and turn-of-the-century feminism, and the clash between a woman's career and conventional marriage. ¿Delightful...these plays...provide wonderful insights into the collective mentality of the period.¿¿Library Journal.

This entertaining and enlightening book depicts the rise of popular culture in America by brilliantly recapturing the essence and commercial trappings of one of its most vital forms of entertainment-the vaudeville show. "A fascinating and highly readable social history...Snyder brilliantly illuminates the way city culture was made and worked in the lives of people at the turn of the century."-Thomas Bender. With a new preface by the author.

Books about Jane Addams¿founder of Hull House, social reformer, suffragist, pacifist, and one of the most greatly admired women in American history¿come and go, but Allen Davis's account of her life, work, and ideas remains the standard biography. ¿Davis has written not only the best study of Jane Addams, but perhaps the best biography of any great American woman.¿¿William L. O'Neill. With a new Introduction by the author.

Perhaps baseball's greatest hitter, Gibson was known as "the black Babe Ruth." In this illuminating biography, William Brashler introduces an authentic American sports hero and recaptures the mood and style, the excitement and poignance of a world of black baseball that has vanished from the American scene. "A balanced account that...brings him into clear focus as one of the outstanding baseball players of his era."-New York Times Book Review.