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The Federalist Papers
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Charles Rossiter (Editor), Charles R Kesler (Introduction by)
Three of the founding fathers defend their revolutionary charter--the Constitution of the United States--in these essays. Based on the original McLean edition of 1788, this edition includes copies of the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation. Original.
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The Federalist Papers
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Alexander Hamilton
The essays by Hamilton and Madison that are known collectively as the Federalist Papers comprise one of the most-studied and most-revered texts in American political writing. Written as essays in favor of the ratification of the Constitution, they provide a living guide that broadens the statements in the Constitution, and they initiate many of ...
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Robert's rules of order
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Henry M Robert, III
The classic work on parliamentary procedure in a masterful new presentation. The 1990, ninth edition, of Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised is the only currently authoritative volume to contain the complete Roberts Rules of Order subject matter. It has been totally reset and redesigned for easier use. This ninth edition supersedes all previous ...
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The Federalist Papers
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James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
Written at a time when furious arguments were raging about the best way to govern America, "The Federalist Papers" had the immediate practical aim of persuading New Yorkers to accept the newly drafted Constitution in 1787. In this they were supremely successful, but their influence also transcended contemporary debate to win them a lasting place ...
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Life Without Lawyers: Liberating Americans from Too Much Law
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Philip K Howard
Americans are losing the freedom to make sense of daily choicesa??teachers cana??t maintain order in the classroom, managers are trained to avoid candour, schools ban the game of tag and companies plaster inane warnings on everything: a??Remove Baby Before Folding Strollera??. Philip K. Howarda??s urgent and elegant argument is full of examples, ...
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Defense Never Rests
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F Lee Bailey
The Sam Sheppard Murder Case, The Carl Coppolino Murder Case, The Torso Murder Case. These are some of the sensational "wife-murder" cases F. Lee Bailey re-creates in this riveting collection. Reconstructing each case moment by moment, he brings a behind-the-scenes understanding to unforgettable courtroom drama. These and his other fascinating ...
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The Federalist
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Alexander Hamilton
Essays written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison in favor of the Constitution.
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Cato: A Tragedy and Selected Essays
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Joseph Addison
"A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty is worth a whole eternity in bondage." -- Joseph Addison, Cato 1713. Joseph Addison was born in 1672 in Milston, Wiltshire, England. He was educated in the classics at Oxford and became widely known as an essayist, playwright, poet, and statesman. First produced in 1713, Cato, A Tragedy inspired generations ...
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Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy
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Robert Michels
The principle of self-government through political parties, the cornerstone of democracy, has come to be regarded as a solution to the problem of nationality. This is because the principle of nationality entails the acceptance of the idea of popular government. The importance of the principle of nationality is undeniable, and most of the national ...
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War Talk
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Arundhati Roy
Noted author Roy continues her exploration into nonfiction with this third volume, touching on a range of subjects afflicting the world, from poverty and privation to the lack of conscientious global leadership today.
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Notes of a Pianist
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Louis M Gottschalk
"Notes of a Pianist" chronicles the life of one of the most remarkable musical minds of the American experience, the great nineteenth-century New Orleans-born composer and pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869). An important cultural and historical work, this book recounts Gottschalk's experiences as he traveled and performed throughout the ...
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Interventions
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Professor Noam Chomsky
Chomsky has collected more than 30 essays aimed at various aspects of U.S. power and politics in the post-9/11 world. Each piece in the book is in itself an intellectual intervention aimed at raising public ire about the consequences of the U.S. abuse of power at home and abroad.
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The Book of Enoch the Prophet
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Richard Laurence
This is a reprint of the Apocryphal Book of Enoch: The Prophet which was first discovered in Abyssinia in the year 1773 by a Scottish explorer named James Bruce. Bruce, a sort of 18th century Indiana Jones, may have seen the Ark of Covenant at Axum, and was able to obtain the ancient Coptic Christian text, approximately 2000 years old. In 1821 The ...
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Democracy and the Constitution
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Walter Berns
For more than half a century, Walter Berns has been a leading authority on the Constitution. This volume collects many of his most important essays on timeless constitutional and political questions.
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Intermediate Language Lessons
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Emma Serl
This second volume in Serl's language series makes teaching English easier during the often difficult intermediate years?4th, 5th, and 6th grades.
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Insurgent Mexico
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John Reed
American journalist John 'Jack' Reed writes, on the scene, describing the Mexican Revolution of 1914. He gives an excellent and realistic account of the Mexican Indians and peons that have suffered under a brutal dictatorship. He writes about the time he spent in Northern Mexico with Pancho Villa and the war in the desert. It was hard for him as a ...
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Enforcement of Morals
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Patrick Devlin, Bar
Lord Devlin discusses many of the central problems of the enforcement of morals, disputing the contention that there is a realm of private morality which lies outside the law.
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Rogues: Two Essays on Reason
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Professor Jacques Derrida, Pascale-Anne Brault (Translator), Michael Naas (Translator)
Rogues, published in France under the title Voyous, comprises two major lectures that Derrida delivered in 2002 investigating the foundations of the sovereignty of the nation-state. The term "Etatvoyou" is the French equivalent of "rogue state," and it is this outlaw designation of certain countries by the leading global powers that Derrida ...
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Law and Warfare: Studies in the Anthropology of Conflict
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Paul Bohannan
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Noah's Choice: The Future of Endangered Species
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Charles C Mann, Mark L Plummer
The authors describe compelling case histories of ecological conflict. They show how the Endangered Species Act falls short of its noble purpose and suggest new principles to guide us in discharging the awesome responsibility of choosing among species. It is an invaluable blueprint for striking a desperately needed balance between humans and the ...
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Agricola and Germany
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Cornelius Tacitus, Anthony Birley (Translator)
'Long may the barbarians continue, I pray, if not to love us, at least to hate one another.' Cornelius Tacitus, Rome's greatest historian and the last great writer of classical Latin prose, produced his first two books in AD 98. He was inspired to take up his pen when the assassination of Domitian ended 'fifteen years of enforced silence'. The ...
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On the art of writing
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Arthur Quiller-Couch
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), who often published under the pen-name of 'Q', was one of the giants of early twentieth-century literature and literary criticism. A novelist and poet who was also a Professor of English, he helped to form the literary tastes of generations of literary students and scholars who came after him. The freshness, ...
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Selections from the Federalist
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Alexander Hamilton, Madison Hamilton, James Madison
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Essays That Will Get You Into Law School
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Dan Kaufman, Amy Burnham
Successful law school candidates must demonstrate effective communication skills in their application essay, and this updated manual instructs law school applicants on preparing the style of essay required for law school admission. The book's more than 40 model essays were originally submitted by applicants to leading laws schools in the USA. Each ...
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The Book of Enoch
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Enoch, Richard Laurence
The Book of Enoch is the most notable extant apocalyptic work outside the canonical Scriptures. It describes the fall of the Watchers, the angels who fathered the Nephilim (cf. the bene Elohim, Genesis 6: 1-2). The fallen angels went to Enoch to intercede on their behalf with God after he declared to them their doom. The remainder of the book ...
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