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A fascinating blend of literary and social criticism, history, and biography, Naked Angels is a revealing introduction to the lives and work of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs and an unsurpassed look at the powerful influence they had on the 1960s and beyond. "The definitive history."--Leon Edel.

The most definitive account of the Suez affair to date, based on newly opened archives. Mr. Freiberger argues that the crisis was only the culmination of long American irritation with British imperialism in the Middle East. Commendable...this book breaks new ground."-William B. Quandt, Foreign Affairs.

If California is a state of mind, Barbara Isenberg's interviews with more than fifty of California's prominent painters, writers, composers, architects, directors, and performers help explain why. "I find great delight in reading this book, and in the richness and contributions its heroes have made in life."-Studs Terkel.

This masterly chronicle of the 1960s, the twentieth century's most confounding decade, is an immensely readable book that combines wit with learning and seriousness with entertainment.

Publishing monthly without interruption, Poetry has become America's most distinguished magazine of verse, presenting, often for the very first time, virtually every notable poet of the last nine decades-an unprecedented record.

Schaefer has translated three of Schnitzler's greatest novellas-- "Dying", "Flight into Darkness", and "Fraulein Else".

Marvin Miller, the first executive director to the Major League Baseball Players Association, recounts his experience in dealing with club owners and his success in winning a new role for the players. He helped virtually end the system that bound an athlete to one team forever, and thereby raised salaries enormously.

Ten distinguished observers confront the pervasive attack on the moral and cultural achievements of European civilization, and reflect on the fate of EuropeOs legacy. OCaustic and convincing...a thought-provoking collection of essays.O NNorman Davies, Wall Street Journal.

What did "freedom of the press" really mean to the framers of the First Amendment and their contemporaries? This masterful book by a Pulitzer Prize-winning constitutional historian answers that question. In Emergence of a Free Press (a greatly revised and enlarged edition of his landmark Legacy of Suppression), Leonard W. Levy argues that the First Amendment was not designed to be the bulwark of a free press that many thought, nor had the amendment's framers intended to overturn the common law of seditious libel that was the principal means of stifling political dissent. Yet he notes how robust and rambunctious the early press was, and he takes that paradox into account in tracing the succession of cases and reforms that figured in the genesis of a free press. Mr. Levy's brilliant account offers a new generation of readers a penetrating look into the origins of one of America's most cherished freedoms.

Who is more unfaithful in love, men or women? This is the crux of Marivaux's lean story of love, desire, betrayal, and passion: a cautionary tale about the danger and intrigue of seduction.

Selected narratives from the two most important contemporary chroniclers of the Underground Railroad, Levi Coffin and William Still. Here are firsthand descriptions of the experiences of escaped slaves making their way to freedom in the North and in Canada in the years before the Civil War. "A colorful yet balanced portrait."-William L. Van Deburg.

Girls and boys are different. So why do our schools insist on treating them as identical? Bringing together many women's voices, from Bridget Jones to Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friedan to Germaine Greer, Mr. Tooley challenges education's sacred cows, demanding a radical rethinking of sexual politics and a fairer way forward for women. "This book is...carefully wrought to engage readers who might be coming from very different directions."-Times Educational Supplement.

Dorothy Louise's adaptation uses contemporary language to involve actors and audiences in Carlo Goldoni's great classic commedia dell'arte play. Plays for Perfomance Series.

Before Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" shocked the Western world, some readers already knew of prison life in the Soviet Union, the Eastern bloc and other Communist countries. This is a selection of excerpts from nine widely read books from this gulag literature.

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.

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.