From Chaucer to Arnold; types of literary art in prose and by Andrew J. George

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 7: 28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814: 28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814

The 526 records revealed during this quantity run from 28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814. in this interval Jefferson studies the extant assets at the 1765 Stamp Act difficulty to help William Wirt, a Patrick Henry pupil; documents his principally confident impressions of George Washington; and updates a studying checklist for legislations scholars that he had first and foremost drawn up 40 years past.

Barack O'Liberal: The Education of President Obama

Review: Fact-filled, funny, and meticulously researched (1,235 endnotes), this is often the definitive ebook on President Obama’s schooling on the colleges that formed him and his politics: Punahou, Occidental, Columbia, and Harvard legislation institution (six chapters on Harvard Law). Written by means of a libertarian/conservative with a JD/MBA, this publication skewers Obama's full-immersion liberal schooling with proof, good judgment, and humor.

Lincoln and Grant: The Westerners Who Won the Civil War

Lincoln and provide is an intimate dual-portrait of President Abraham Lincoln and basic Ulysses S. furnish: their usual "Western" backgrounds, their early struggles to be successful, and their history-making courting in the course of the Civil struggle. although normally remembered through heritage as very diverse personalities, the soft-spoken Lincoln and often-crude supply actually shared an identical force and backbone, as this in-depth personality research illustrates.

Lenin: Vorgänger Stalins (German Edition)

Lenin - Schlüssel zum Verständnis eines JahrhundertsLenin - ein Fanatiker und Putschist, ein Visionär und Held? Wolfgang Ruge geht in dieser außergewöhnlichen politischen Biografie dem Phänomen Lenin nach, zeigt ihn in seiner Widersprüchlichkeit und trifft damit nicht nur die persönliche Tragik des Revolutionärs, sondern die Tragik der sozialen Revolution überhaupt.