559 results for '"Lincoln, Abraham'

Published for the eighth Liverpool Biennial, A Needle Walks into a Haystack reflects on notions of intimacy, delinquency and inefficiency though the work of critics, philosophers and writers such as...

Explore the tradition of the political essay with this brilliant anthology.David Bromwich is one of the most well-informed, cogent, and morally uncompromising political writers on the left today. He...

“An unblinkered look at our imperial past . . . a perceptive work by one of our most perceptive historians.”—Studs TerkelA work of remarkable prescience, Empire As A Way of Life is influential...

A gripping and original account of how the Civil War began and a second American revolution unfolded, setting Abraham Lincoln on the path to greatness and millions of slaves on the road to freedom.  ...

From the author of the 2009 Lincoln Prize award winner Lincoln and His Admirals, comes a fascinating look at the era when American naval power came of age. Thoroughly researched, this book brings to...

This newly translated Fear and Trembling, a foundational document of modern philosophy and existentialism, could not be more apt for our perilous times. First published in 1843 under the pseudonym...

A classic since its initial publication in 1959, The Zionist Idea is an anthology of writings by the leading thinkers of the Zionist movement, including Theodor Herzl, Ahad Ha-Am, Martin Buber, Louis...

"Jacoby accomplishes her task with clarity, thoroughness, and an engaging passion."-Los Angeles Times Book ReviewAt a time when the separation of church and state is under attack as never before,...

The first full-scale biography of John Hay since 1934: From secretary to Abraham Lincoln to secretary of state for Theodore Roosevelt, Hay was an essential American figure for more than half a...

An examination of the practice and philosophy of sacrifice in three religious traditionsIn the book of Genesis, God tests the faith of the Hebrew patriarch Abraham by demanding that he sacrifice the...

Recruited to be a lecturer on a group tour of Indonesia, Edward M. Bruner decided to make the tourists aware of tourism itself. He photographed tourists photographing Indonesians, asking the group...

*Updated and Expanded* The star-reviewed LGBTQ+ history book for young adults--now updated and expanded with 3 new profiles and a new foreword! Perfect for fans of fun, empowering pop-culture books...

Winner of the Lincoln Prize "Oakes brilliantly succeeds in [clarifying] the aims of the war with a wholly new perspective." —David Brion Davis, New York Review of Books Freedom National is a...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when...

In the first full-length biography of this masterful trumpeter, composer, and co-founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center, author Leslie Gourse reveals the private side of one of the most talented and...

On the evening of Good Friday, 1865, Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris joined the Lincolns in the Presidential box at Ford’s Theater, becoming eyewitnesses to one of the great tragedies of American...

From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Empire of the Summer Moon and Rebel Yell comes “a masterwork of history” (Lawrence Wright, author of God Save Texas), the spellbinding,...

Robert S. Levine foregrounds the viewpoints of Black Americans on Reconstruction in his absorbing account of the struggle between the great orator Frederick Douglass and President Andrew Johnson.When...

"An exceptional look at the growth of health care spurred by the Civil War?"—David J Kent, award-winning scientist and author of Lincoln: The Fire of Genius: How Abraham Lincoln's Commitment to...

What do Abraham Lincoln, Pablo Picasso, Aretha Franklin and Howard Hughes all have in common? They died without wills, left messy estates and tormented their surviving families who had to lawyer up...