Search Results for: “Samuel Moyn”

The Cold War roots of liberalism's present crisis "[A] daring new book."-Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post "A fascinating and combative intellectual history."-Gideon Rachman, Financial Times By the middle of the twentieth...

Winner of the PROSE Award An NRC Handelsblad Best Book of the Year "Ambitious and impressive At a time when the very survival of both freedom and democracy seems uncertain,...

Beckett criticism is well known for its use of impenetrable jargon in describing the themes in his famous novels, poems and especially his seminal plays Waiting for Godot and Endgame....

A landmark in Boswell and Johnson studies In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the autumn of 1837, the visionary English artist Samuel Palmer embarked on a two-year journey through Italy with his new bride,...

Sam Slick, a clock-peddler who accompanies a visiting English gentleman on an unforgettable tour of Nova Scotia, first appeared in the 'Novascotian' in 1835. His shrewd observations and witty commentaries...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew figures in English literary history loom as large or as vividly as Samuel Johnson — and John Wain's acclaimed biography captures the full measure...

Author: Robert MelvilleBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition with light bumping on corners. All...

Author: Alexandre Lefebvre Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 296 Why liberalism is all you need to lead a good, fun, worthy, and rewarding life and how you can become a...

"Penguin Illustrated Lives" is a series of photographic biographies that offers a fresh, intimate portrait of some of our favourite writers. An incisive, lively text is accompanied by over 100...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: worn/faded, chipping and tears but still structural (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Samuel Butler...

Author: Samuel Pepys; Additions by Henry B. WheatleyBinding: HardbackPublished: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1923Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous...

Author: Stacy Schiff Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 A Top 10 Best Books of the Year (Wall Street Journal), Top 10 Best Nonfiction (Time), Top 5 Nonfiction (LA Times),...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some tears; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. A richly detailed biography, this work chronicles the life of Samuel...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFrom the convict ships of early colonial Australia to the heights of financial and social power, the extraordinary life of Samuel Terry...

In the spirit of the No.1 New York Times bestseller The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin embarks on a new project to make home a happier place. One Sunday afternoon, as...

In THE HAPPINESS PROJECT, she worked out general theories of happiness. Here she goes deeper on factors that matter for home, such as possessions, marriage, time and parenthood. How can...