In 1922, Mises stunned the socialist world with this profoundly important treatise that assaults socialism in all its guises. With this monumental work that discusses every major aspect of socialism,
Walter Johnson was not only one of the greatest pitchers of all time, but an emblem of gentlemanly conduct in sports. His presence in the big leagues helped temper the game's roughneck reputation in t
Jimmy, Gerald, and Cathy set off to explore the woods and wander into a fairytale come true. But the magic surrounding the Enchanted Castle has a will of its own--and it is all they can do to keep up.
Detective Jean Applequist's life is in danger after she is asked to investigate the death of her friend's husband, a noted blackmailer and womanizer with many known enemies.
Father Robert Sirico shows how a free economy is the best way to meet society's material needs, as well as to protect the freedoms we cherish. As our most basic rights are threatened by increasingly i
Father Robert Sirico shows how a free economy is the best way to meet society's material needs, as well as to protect the freedoms we cherish. As our most basic rights are threatened by increasingly i
The future of learning depends absolutely on the future of teaching. In their latest and most important collaboration, renowned educators Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan speak out against policies
The future of learning depends absolutely on the future of teaching. In their latest and most important collaboration, renowned educators Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan speak out against policies
Debates have raged between conservatives and liberals over how to interpret the Constitution. Here, Brion McClanahan goes directly to the source-to the Founding Fathers themselves-and explains how the
The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence is a record of the conversations and letters exchanged between Brother Lawrence and people in his community, who came to him for advice. As a M
For over 2,500 years, the forbidding territory of Afghanistan served as a crossroads for clashes between civilizations. Today it is essential to understand the military history of this blood-soaked la
From thoughtful pieces on the historian's role to striking insights into America's past and present to trenchant observations on the international scene, Barbara W. Tuchman looks at history in a uniqu
As the world slips into the throes of war in 1939, nine-year-old Maciek's once closeted existence outside Warsaw is no more. When Warsaw falls, the orphaned Maciek escapes with his sharp-tongued aunt
Jim Harrison takes us on a journey of the human heart in three new novellas. Julip follows a bright and resourceful young woman as she tries to spring her brother from a Florida jail after he shot thr
A towering figure on the American cultural landscape, H. L. Mencken stands out as one of our most influential stylists and fearless iconoclasts—he was the twentieth century’s greatest newspaper journa
Small, almost imperceptible changes are rippling through the New England village of Grandville, altering it in ways its inhabitants cannot yet imagine. Laced through a narrative of one recent year in
Historian Joan Severance returns to the Sicily of her childhood, ostensibly to do research in the archives of the remote fortress town of Valparuta. In truth, her academic career lies in ruins behind
Rising in the mid-1970s decades after being staked, vampire Rudolfo Zginski develops a taste for modern luxuries and battles with a short-tempered sheriff over a Ford Mustang before clashing with a sm
A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden. Burnett's classic story of a disagreeable and s
When psychiatrist Ben Cowper bows to pressure from his boss to offer a fallen master of the financial universe treatment from home instead of keeping him in the hospital, he sets numerous lives on dis
The definitive analysis of the events, ideas, personalities, and conflicts that have defined Obama’s foreign policy When Barack Obama took office, he brought with him a new group of foreign policy adv
The first installment in a series about a group of women married to professional athletes introduces Eve Inez, who navigates the gossip and manipulation of her social circle to protect the group's cel
Rookie PI Paige Holden shares the information given her by a dying client with State Attorney Grayson Smith since it cast doubts on a murder conviction, a shocking discovery that plunges them into a w
"Paul Christopher is the superior intelligence agent as skilled at choosing a fine wine as he is at tradecraft, at once sophistocated and dangerous, and no stranger to the world of dirty tricks. As th
When the Cornish Foundation decides to fund the production of an opera entitled Arthur of Britain, or The Magnanimous Cuckold, the participants find their lives begin to resemble the opera's plot.
From the author of Friday and Rocketship Galileo comes this classic tale featuring the Grand Master of Science Fiction's most remarkable heroine. Podkayne Fries, a smart and determined maid of Mars, h
When Joshua and Nathalie Sandler's only child, fourteen-year-old Daniel, disappears one day in a hamlet in western Massachusetts, their world changes in an instant. Over the next year, Joshua neglects
He's a man whose life is so intertwined with his job that we know him only as the columnist. He writes for a newspaper in Seattle, isn't afraid to stir up trouble, and keeps his life, including his mu
In the dark winter of 1917, as World War I was deadlocked, Britain knew that Europe could be saved only if the United States joined the war. But President Wilson remained unshakable in his neutrality.
When the children of Harmony return to Earth, they find a much-altered world in which two intelligent races challenge the humans, while Shedemei and the Oversoul set out to find the Keeper of Earth.
Working undercover to stop the black market trade of a sleep-aid drug that has become aggressively sought by a world stricken by pandemic insomnia, Los Angeles cop Parker Haas finds his work compromis
Haunted by an ancestor's tale of near death on a distant battlefield, James Carl Nelson set out in pursuit of the scraps of memory of his grandfather's small infantry unit. Years of travel across the
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and bestselling author Barbara W. Tuchman analyzes the American Revolution in a brilliantly original way, presenting a fresh, new view of the events that led from
This fascinating history, based on meticulous research into the correspondence and documentation of the Founding Fathers, from the crafting of the Declaration of Independence to the signing of the pea
"From one of our most esteemed historical novelists comes a remarkable retelling of the Watergate scandal, as seen through a kaleidoscope of its colorful perpetrators and investigators.For all the mon
No singer has been more mythologized and more misunderstood than jazz legend Billie Holiday, who helped to create much of the mystique herself with her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues--and this au
This book, first published in 1919, took the reader by automobile toward a West that was brimming with possibilities for suddenly mobile Americans at the end of a world war. At the same time, it expos
From its beginnings, America has acted out much of its history on the battlefront. Yet for the average American, little is known of the Spanish-American War. The reasons for our entry never seemed com
Upon his death in 1997, Viktor E. Frankl was lauded as one of the most influential thinkers of our time. The Unheard Cry for Meaning marked his return to the humanism that made Man's Search for Meanin
