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Ernst Kantorowicz

A Life

by Robert E. Lerner ...

The first complete biography of an influential historian whose dramatic life intersected with many great events and thinkers of the twentieth centuryThis is the first complete biography of Ernst Kantorowicz (1895–1963), an influential and controversial German-American intellectual whose colorful and dramatic life intersected with many of the great events and thinkers of his time. A medieval ... Read more

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The first complete biography of an influential historian whose dramatic life intersected with many great events and thinkers of the twentieth centuryThis is the first complete biography of Ernst Kantorowicz (1895–1963), an influential and controversial German-American intellectual whose colorful and dramatic life intersected with many of the great events and thinkers of his time. A medieval
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Medievalia et Humanistica, No. 36

Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Culture

by Anthony Bale, Robert Boenig, John Bugbee, Annemarie Weyl Carr, Romanus Cessario, Albecht Classen, Eva von Contzen, Raymond J. Cormier, Kate Dimitrova, John Garrison, Karen Green, Uwe Klaitter, Nicoletta Marcelli, Richard Marsden, Martin Ossikovski, Christoph Pieper, Wolfgang Polleichtner, José Carlos Redondo-Olmedilla, Michael Renemann, E L. Risden, Jacob Riyeff, Laura Smoller, George G. Weindhardt, Craig M Nakashian, Julius Kirshner, Paul M. Clogan, Z T. Kosztolnyik, Robert E. Lerner ...

Series Book 36 - Medievalia et Humanistica Series
Since its founding in 1943, Medievalia et Humanistica has won worldwide recognition as the first scholarly publication in America to devote itself entirely to medieval and Renaissance studies. Since 1970, a new series, sponsored by the Modern Language Association of America and edited by an international board of distinguished scholars and critics, has published interdisciplinary articles. In ... Read more

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Since its founding in 1943, Medievalia et Humanistica has won worldwide recognition as the first scholarly publication in America to devote itself entirely to medieval and Renaissance studies. Since 1970, a new series, sponsored by the Modern Language Association of America and edited by an international board of distinguished scholars and critics, has published interdisciplinary articles. In
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Distant Star

by Roberto Bolaño ...

Translated by Chris Andrews ...

“[One] of his best.” —Daniel Zalewski, The New Yorker“A masterpiece.” —Los Angeles TimesThe year is 1971, or perhaps 1972, in Salvador Allende’s Chile. Arturo B. is just one of a motley crew of young bohemians attending Juan Stein’s poetry workshop at the University of Concepción when a mysterious newcomer by the name of Alberto Ruiz-Tagle arrives. Though Alberto’s taciturn manner, patrician airs, ... Read more

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“[One] of his best.” —Daniel Zalewski, The New Yorker“A masterpiece.” —Los Angeles TimesThe year is 1971, or perhaps 1972, in Salvador Allende’s Chile. Arturo B. is just one of a motley crew of young bohemians attending Juan Stein’s poetry workshop at the University of Concepción when a mysterious newcomer by the name of Alberto Ruiz-Tagle arrives. Though Alberto’s taciturn manner, patrician airs,
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Entrepreneurship and Ethics in Ancient Rome

The Management Lessons of Pliny the Younger

by Robert C. Lerner ...

Series series Lessons From History
It was fall and the late summer rains had produced an overly-abundant grape harvest. Such a large harvest was driving down grape prices but, since volumes were up, the grape producers would probably do well in the end. But what about the middlemen? Sophisticated growers were selling their grapes many months in advance into the futures market. With a decrease in prices at harvest time, grape ... Read more

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It was fall and the late summer rains had produced an overly-abundant grape harvest. Such a large harvest was driving down grape prices but, since volumes were up, the grape producers would probably do well in the end. But what about the middlemen? Sophisticated growers were selling their grapes many months in advance into the futures market. With a decrease in prices at harvest time, grape
... Read more
Radiances

Unpublished Essays on Gods, Kingship, and Images of the State

by Ernst Kantorowicz ...

Series series Medieval Societies, Religions, and Cultures
Radiances gathers previously unpublished essays by one of the greatest historians of the twentieth century. Although best known for The King's Two Bodies (1957), Ernst Kantorowicz's scholarly expertise ranged from classical antiquity to early modernity and from political pageantry to numismatics. These essays traverse the breadth of his expertise, exploring "radiations" of the themes that were ... Read more

$22.79 USD

Radiances gathers previously unpublished essays by one of the greatest historians of the twentieth century. Although best known for The King's Two Bodies (1957), Ernst Kantorowicz's scholarly expertise ranged from classical antiquity to early modernity and from political pageantry to numismatics. These essays traverse the breadth of his expertise, exploring "radiations" of the themes that were
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Propaganda

The Formation of Men’s Attitudes

by Jacques Ellul ...

Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

Unabridged

15 hours 36 min

From one of the greatest French philosophers of the twentieth century comes a seminal study and critique of propaganda. Taking not only a psychological approach but a sociological approach as well, Jacques Ellul outlines the taxonomy for propaganda and, ultimately, it’s destructive nature towards democracy.Drawing from his own experiences fighting for the French resistance against the Vichy regime ... Read more

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From one of the greatest French philosophers of the twentieth century comes a seminal study and critique of propaganda. Taking not only a psychological approach but a sociological approach as well, Jacques Ellul outlines the taxonomy for propaganda and, ultimately, it’s destructive nature towards democracy.Drawing from his own experiences fighting for the French resistance against the Vichy regime
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Wounded Titans

American Presidents and the Perils of Power

by Max Lerner ...

Readers who miss the magisterial pronunciamentos of the late Max Lerner . . . will relish this collection of Lerner’s writings on a subject that preoccupied him.” -BooklistMax Lerner taught generations of Americans about their government. For almost half a century, the office of the presidency preoccupied his prodigious energies and unparalleled expertise. Lerner not only wrote about the men who ... Read more

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Readers who miss the magisterial pronunciamentos of the late Max Lerner . . . will relish this collection of Lerner’s writings on a subject that preoccupied him.” -BooklistMax Lerner taught generations of Americans about their government. For almost half a century, the office of the presidency preoccupied his prodigious energies and unparalleled expertise. Lerner not only wrote about the men who
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They Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste

The Truth About Disaster Liberalism

by Jason Chaffetz ...

Narrated by Jason Chaffetz ...

Unabridged

9 hours 28 min

Two-time New York Times bestselling author Jason Chaffetz is back to blow the lid off the Democrats’ attempts to spend unparalleled trillions and rewrite our election laws while never letting us get back to normal.Why did the left think they could solve the pandemic with burning cities, closed beaches, blue state budget bailouts, and mail-in ballots nobody asked for?The coronavirus has been a ... Read more

$28.99 USD

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Two-time New York Times bestselling author Jason Chaffetz is back to blow the lid off the Democrats’ attempts to spend unparalleled trillions and rewrite our election laws while never letting us get back to normal.Why did the left think they could solve the pandemic with burning cities, closed beaches, blue state budget bailouts, and mail-in ballots nobody asked for?The coronavirus has been a
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The Lede

Dispatches from a Life in the Press

by Calvin Trillin ...

Narrated by Robert Fass ...

Unabridged

10 hours 4 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A fascinating portrait of journalism and the people who make it, told through pieces collected from the incomparable six-decade career of bestselling author and longtime New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin“The Lede contains profiles . . . that are acknowledged classics of the form and will be studied until A.I. makes hash out of all of us.”—Dwight Garner, The New York ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A fascinating portrait of journalism and the people who make it, told through pieces collected from the incomparable six-decade career of bestselling author and longtime New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin“The Lede contains profiles . . . that are acknowledged classics of the form and will be studied until A.I. makes hash out of all of us.”—Dwight Garner, The New York
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Eminent Jews

Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer

by David Denby ...

Narrated by Josh Bloomberg ...

Unabridged

16 hours 33 min

Leonard Bernstein, Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, and Norman Mailer. Brilliant, brash, yet soulful, they were 100 percent Jewish and 100 percent American. They upended the restrained culture of their forebears and changed American life. They worked in different fields, and, apart from clinking glasses at parties now and then, they hardly knew one another. But they shared a historical moment and a ... Read more

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Leonard Bernstein, Mel Brooks, Betty Friedan, and Norman Mailer. Brilliant, brash, yet soulful, they were 100 percent Jewish and 100 percent American. They upended the restrained culture of their forebears and changed American life. They worked in different fields, and, apart from clinking glasses at parties now and then, they hardly knew one another. But they shared a historical moment and a
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Ghost Nation

The Story of Taiwan and Its Struggle for Survival

by Chris Horton ...

Narrated by Christopher Ragland ...

Unabridged

11 hours 9 min

**'Indispensable and timely' - Melissa Chan, Emmy-nominated international affairs correspondent'Few books qualify as essential reading but Ghost Nation is one of them' - Clive Hamilton, bestselling co-author of The Hidden HandThe gripping story of Taiwan's past and precarious present from one of Taiwan's top foreign correspondents.**With all eyes on Ukraine and the Middle East, Taiwan is emerging ... Read more

$20.46 USD

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**'Indispensable and timely' - Melissa Chan, Emmy-nominated international affairs correspondent'Few books qualify as essential reading but Ghost Nation is one of them' - Clive Hamilton, bestselling co-author of The Hidden HandThe gripping story of Taiwan's past and precarious present from one of Taiwan's top foreign correspondents.**With all eyes on Ukraine and the Middle East, Taiwan is emerging
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Blazing Eye Sees All

Love Has Won, False Prophets, and the Fever Dream of the American New Age

by Leah Sottile ...

Narrated by Leah Sottile ...

Unabridged

10 hours 42 min

In this "unflinching and wildly entertaining" investigation of the modern New Age movement in America, a journalist aims to understand how women like Amy Carlson (the leader of Love Has Won) and others become devoutly invested in their beliefs (Talia Lavin, author of Culture Warlords).Today, tarot cards, astrology and crystals are everywhere — on Instagram and TikTok, and sold at upscale boutiques ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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In this "unflinching and wildly entertaining" investigation of the modern New Age movement in America, a journalist aims to understand how women like Amy Carlson (the leader of Love Has Won) and others become devoutly invested in their beliefs (Talia Lavin, author of Culture Warlords).Today, tarot cards, astrology and crystals are everywhere — on Instagram and TikTok, and sold at upscale boutiques
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