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The United States from Watergate to Bush v. GoreIn Restless Giant, acclaimed historical author James Patterson provides a crisp,        concise assessment of the twenty-seven years between the resignation of Richard        Nixon and the election of George W. Bush in a sweeping narrative that seamlessly        weaves together social, cultural,...

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Philosophers on the Good, the Bad, and the PuzzlingLife throws moral questions at us every day -- about our family, social, and working relationships, about what the fair or decent thing to do is, about how society should be run. In this book a panel of distinguished philosophers offer lively and enlightening answers to a wide range of challenging...

This book explores the representation of issues including sex, gender, politics,        religion, family relationships, and death in biographies of Shakespeare, from        Nicholas Rowe's in the early 18th century to recent biographies by Stephen        Greenblatt, James Shapiro, Jonathan Bate, Germaine Greer, Katherine Duncan-Jones,        Park...

This book dramatizes the history of self-interest by describing a centuries-long debate over greed, lust, and appropriate gender roles in terms that ordinary readers will enjoy. Ranging from the 18th century to the present, it offers a deft and engaging critique of economic history and the history of ideas from a feminist perspective....

Runar M. Thorsteinsson presents a challenge to the view that Christianity introduced an entirely new, better, and decidedly universal morality into the ancient world. Presenting evidence from Stoic and Christian texts from first century Rome, he emphasizes the similarities between the two belief systems....