Overview :Fear and Love in the Australian OutbackJim Macken talks to trees. He dances around the fire and has made peace with the flies. In a bid to e... Read More
Overview :In doing so, Tocqueville made a number of prescient observations about American life--whether it be the contrast between equality and libert... Read More
Overview :In On Marx, Alan Ryan examines Marx's political and economic philosophy within the Victorian context of Marx's own life and times as well as... Read More
Overview :Jack Quinlan, an American writer, travels to a small village in the remote western part of Ireland to research a book on the Irish Famine. T... Read More
Overview :A well-educated son of Florence, Machiavelli was originally in charge of the Florentine Republic's militia, but in 1512 the city fell to pap... Read More
Overview :Renowned for his masterful storytelling, Alan J. Pakula (1928-1998) left an indelible mark on cinema history. Alan J. Pakula: Interviews off... Read More
Overview :The Making of Modern Liberalism is a deep and wide-ranging exploration of the origins and nature of liberalism from the Enlightenment throug... Read More
Overview :In Nicomachean Ethics and Politics--both excerpted here--Aristotle attempted to delineate the ideal virtues of a both public and private lif... Read More
Overview :This uniquely literate guide to the land and people of Eire features choice travel writing by Jan Morris, Richard Condon, Paul Theroux, Mich... Read More
Overview :Bertrand Russell was one of the greatest logicians since Aristotle, and one of the most important philosophers of the past two hundred years... Read More