The Bacchae and Other Plays  [BACCHAE & OTHER PLAYS] [Paperback]

Eurípides

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Title: The Little Drummer Girl Binding: Paperback Author: ohnLeCarre, Publisher: PenguinBooks

The Little Drummer Girl[LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL][Paperback]

ohnLeCarré

Literature & Fiction

A superb depiction of a utopian community that cannot survive the individual passions of its members. In language that is suggestive and often erotic, Nathaniel Hawthorne tells a tale of failed possibilities and multiple personal betrayals as he explores the contrasts between what his characters espouse and what they actually experience in an 'ideal' community. A theme of unrealized sexual possibilities serves as a counterpoint to the other failures at Blithedale: class and sex distinctions are not eradicated, and communal work on the farm proves personally unrewarding and economically disastrous. Based in part on Hawthorne's own experiences at Brook Farm, an experimental socialist community, The Blithedale Romance is especially timely in light of renewed interest in self-sufficient and other cooperative societies.

The Blithedale Romance [ THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE ] by Hawthorne, Nathaniel ( Author ) Aug-25-1983 Paperback

Arts & Photography

NathanielHawthorne

History & Criticism

A majestic narrative reckoning with the forces that have shaped the nature and destiny of the world’s governing institutionsThe story of global cooperation is a tale of dreamers goading us to find common cause in remedying humanity’s worst problems. But international institutions are also tools for the powers that be to advance their own interests. Mark Mazower’s Governing the World tells the epic, two-hundred-year story of that inevitable tension—the unstable and often surprising alchemy between ideas and power. From the rubble of the Napoleonic empire in the nineteenth century through the birth of the League of Nations and the United Nations in the twentieth century to the dominance of global finance at the turn of the millennium, Mazower masterfully explores the current era of international life as Western dominance wanes and a new global balance of powers emerges.

Governing The World History Of An Idea

History

MarkMazower

World

William Trevor's Last Stories is forthcoming from Viking.\nThe stunning new novel from highly acclaimed author William Trevor is a brilliant, subtle, and moving story of love, guilt, and forgiveness. The Gault family leads a life of privilege in early 1920s Ireland, but the threat of violence leads the parents of nine-year-old Lucy to decide to leave for England, her mother's home. Lucy cannot bear the thought of leaving Lahardane, their country house with its beautiful land and nearby beach, and a dog she has befriended. On the day before they are to leave, Lucy runs away, hoping to convince her parents to stay. Instead, she sets off a series of tragic misunderstandings that affect all of Lahardane's inhabitants for the rest of their lives.

The Story of Lucy Gault

WilliamTrevor

Literary

Colossus: The Price of America's Empire

Is America the new world empire? Presidents from Lincoln to Bush may have denied it but, as Niall Ferguson's brilliant and provocative book shows, the US is the greatest military and economic colossus of all time. What's more, it always has been an empire, with its founding fathers battling westwards for territory and their successors spreading freedom across the world - at gunpoint if necessary. Yet is the US really equipped to play Atlas, bearing the weight of the world on its shoulders? America, Ferguson reveals, is now an empire running on empty, backing away from the crucial imperial commitments of time, money and manpower - and resting on perilous financial foundations. When the New Rome falls, its collapse may come from within.

Politics & Social Sciences

NiallFerguson

Social Sciences

The Spectator Bird (Penguin Modern Classics)

WallaceEarleStegner

Title: The Big Rock Candy Mountain Binding: Paperback Author: WallaceEarleStegner Publisher: PenguinBooks

The Big Rock Candy Mountain

Title: The Map and the Territory 2.0( Risk Human Nature and the Future of Forecasting) Binding: Paperback Author: AlanGreenspan Publisher: PenguinBooks

The Map and the Territory 2.0: Risk, Human Nature, and the Future of Forecasting

Business & Money

AlanGreenspan

Economics

Title: Finding Your Element( How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life) Binding: Paperback Author: KenRobinson Publisher: PenguinBooks

Finding Your Element

KenRobinson

Parenting & Relationships

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