The Tragedy of American Diplomacy (Williams William Appleman)(Paperback)

The Tragedy of American Diplomacy (Williams William Appleman)(Paperback)

This incisive interpretation of American foreign policy ranks as a classic in American thought. First published in 1959, the book offered an analysis of the wellsprings of American foreign policy that shed light on the tensions of the Cold War and the deeper impulses leading to the American

The Tragedy of Coriolanus: The Oxford Shakespeare the Tragedy of Coriolanus (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

Perhaps the most brilliant political play ever written, Coriolanus is a gripping psychological study of the relationship between personality and politics, and its Roman hero one of the most memorable Shakespeare ever created. The introduction to this new edition offers the first full stage history

Spontaneous Particulars: Telepathy of Archives (Howe Susan)(Paperback)

Great American writers--William Carlos Williams, Jonathan Edwards, Emily Dickinson, Noah Webster, Hart Crane, Wallace Stevens, Henry James--all in the physicality of their archival manuscripts (reproduced in beautiful facsimiles here)--are the presiding spirits of Spontaneous Particulars: Telepathy

The Darkest Year: The American Home Front 1941-1942 (Klingaman William K.)(Paperback)

The Darkest Year is acclaimed author William K. Klingaman's narrative history of the American home front from December 7, 1941 through the end of 1942, a psychological study of the nation under the pressure of total war. For Americans on the home front, the twelve months following the Japanese

American Pastoral (Roth Philip)(Paperback / softback)

'A tragedy of classical proportions...a magnificent novel' The TimesDiscover the Pulitzer-prize winning novel that confirmed Philip Roth as one of the greatest American writers. 'Swede' Levov is living the American

The Doctor Stories (Williams William Carlos)(Paperback)

The Tragedy of Hamlet: Prince of Denmark (Shakespeare William)(Paperback)

The authoritative edition of Hamlet from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.Hamlet is Shakespeare's most popular, and most puzzling, play. It follows the form of a 'revenge tragedy,' in which the hero, Hamlet, seeks

The American Frontier: Pioneers, Settlers, and Cowboys 1800-1899 (Davis William C.)(Paperback)

In The American Frontier, historian William C. Davis masterfully chronicles the history of the territory beyond the Mississippi, with particular attention to exploration, expansion, conflict, and settlement. The first bold steps of Lewis and Clark in 1804 inspired the emergence of a nation in a

William's Birthday and Other Stories - Meet Just William (Jarvis Martin)(Paperback / softback)

The enduring classic Just William, adapted for younger readers by the voice of William, Martin

Caleb Williams (Godwin William)(Paperback)

In William Godwin's dark psychological novel of paranoia and persecution, the eponymous hero is a guileless young servant who enters the employment of Ferdinando Falkland, a cosmopolitan and benevolent country gentleman. Falkland is subject to fits of unexplained melancholy, and Caleb becomes

American Diplomacy (Kennan George F.)(Paperback)

For more than sixty years, George F. Kennan's American Diplomacy has been a standard work on American foreign policy. Drawing on his considerable diplomatic experience and expertise, Kennan offers an overview and critique of the foreign policy of an emerging great power whose claims to rightness

Poetry for Kids: William Shakespeare (Shakespeare William)(Pevná vazba)

Love Betrayal Ambition Tragedy Jealousy Williams Shakespeare's universal themes continue to resonate with readers of all ages more than 400 years after his death. This wonderful, fully illustrated book introduces children to the Bard and 35 of his most famous and accessible verses, sonnets,

The Red Wheelbarrow & Other Poems (Williams William Carlos)(Paperback)

Gathered here are the gems of William Carlos Williams's astonishing achievements in poetry. Dramatic, energetic, beautiful, and true, this slim selection will delight any reader--The Red Wheelbarrow & Other Poems is a book to be

William's Haunted House and Other Stories - Meet Just William (Jarvis Martin)(Paperback / softback)

The enduring classic Just William, adapted for younger readers by the voice of William, Martin

A New Theory and Practice of Diplomacy: New Perspectives on Diplomacy (Spence Jack)(Paperback)

Effective diplomacy remains fundamental to the conduct of international relations in the twenty-first century, as we seek to define and manage a challenging new world order peacefully.New Perspectives on Diplomacy examines the implications of the shifting international landscape upon how states

Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting for (Rice Susan)(Paperback)

Recalling pivotal moments from her dynamic career on the front lines of American diplomacy and foreign policy, Susan E. Rice--National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama and US Ambassador to the United Nations--reveals her surprising story with unflinching candor in this New York Times

Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy (Snow Nancy)(Paperback)

The second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy, co-edited by two leading scholars in the international relations subfield of public diplomacy, includes 16 more chapters from the first. Ten years later, a new global landscape of public diplomacy has taken shape, with major

Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)(Paperback)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning tragedy of a salesman's deferred American dream Ever since it was first performed in 1949, Death of a Salesman has been recognized as a milestone of the American theater. In the person of Willy Loman, the aging, failing salesman who makes his living riding on a smile and

Stoner (Williams John)(Paperback)

William Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming family. Sent to the state university to study agronomy, he instead falls in love with English literature and embraces a scholar's life, so different from the hardscrabble existence he has known. And yet as

The Birth of Tragedy (Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm)(Paperback)

In The Birth of Tragedy Nietzsche expounds on the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time. He declares it to be the expression of a culture which has achieved a delicate but powerful balance between Dionysian insight into the chaos and suffering which underlies

Honored Guest (Williams Joy)(Paperback)

Among the 'best American short stories of the past two decades' (The Atlantic Monthly) from one of our most acclaimed writers. In short stories 'so vibrant and alive they have heartbeats, the prose so electric and dazzling it makes the pulse race' (Vanity Fair), a masseuse breaks her rich client's

On the Way to Diplomacy, 7 (Constantinou Costas M.)(Paperback)

This work provides a deconstruction of the idea of diplomacy that explores the links between its theory and practice. The author focuses on the language that underwrites and directs the theory and diplomacy, and shows that such a critical approach is actually a way of practising

She (Williams Saul)(Paperback)

Hailed as a dreadlocked dervish of words...the Bob Marley of American poets (Esquire), Saul Williams is a gifted young poet who is opening up this literary art form to a new generation of readers. Like his writing -- a fearless mix of connecting

American Slavery: A Very Short Introduction (Williams Heather Andrea)(Paperback)

Europeans, Africans, and American Indians practiced slavery long before the first purchase of a captive African by a white land-owner in the American colonies; that, however, is the image of slavery most prevalent in the minds of Americans today. This Very Short Introduction begins with the