Overview :In a stunning feat of scholarship, insight, and engaging prose, Lincoln's Body explores how a president ungainly in body and downright "ugly... Read More
Overview :This outstanding book assesses the whole sweep of American thought from the colonial area to the present day. Some 250 scholars from philoso... Read More
Overview :"The trial was formally instituted by Theodore Tilton against Beecher charging him with 'debauching' his wife. But the allegedly debauched w... Read More
Overview :The nation's leading minister stands accused of adultery. He vehemently denies the charge but confesses to being on "the ragged edge of desp... Read More
Overview :"We are in the midst of a dramatic shift in sensibility, and 'cultural' history is the rubric under which a massive doubting and refiguring ... Read More