In an unprecedented television program, Woody Allen spoke to the camera for the first time about the entire range of his work, in an interview with Richard Schickel. But the presentation contained on
The story of baseball in America begins not with the fabled Abner Doubleday but with a generation of mid-nineteenth-century Americans who moved from the countryside to the cities and brought a cherish
In Not with a Bang But a Whimper, Dalrymple takes the measure of our cultural decline, with special attention to Britain-its bureaucratic muddle, oppressive welfare mentality, and aimless young-all pu
After an initial honeymoon with historians, in recent years John F. Kennedy has been more carefully scrutinized, resulting in a wide variety of assessments of his presidency and his life. Michael O'Br
In between his romances with baseball, in early 1969 Bill Veeck took up the challenge of managing Boston's semi-moribund Suffolk Downs racetrack. When he took over the track, Veeck had yet to learn th
If California is a state of mind, Barbara Isenberg's interviews with more than fifty of California's prominent painters, writers, composers, architects, directors, and performers help explain why.
In How to Enjoy Shakespeare, Mr. Fallon explores Shakespeare's familiarity in five sections dealing with language, theme, staging, character, and plot, each abundantly illustrated with episodes and q
From the time of his famous Atlanta address in 1895 until his death in 1915, Booker T. Washington was the preeminent African-American educator and race leader. But to historians and biographers of the
Was he a sadistic mass killer who lured innocent people to their deaths, or a hero of German-occupied Paris who liquidated members of the Gestapo and helped persecuted Jews escape from tormented Franc
Chicago's marvelous architecture and the great paintings and sculpture of its famous museums are the stars and focus of this unique new tour guide. In a compact, easy-to-carry, and easy-to-follow form
One of the most accomplished novelists and screenwriters of our time (What Makes Sammy Run?, On the Waterfront), Budd Schulberg is a master of the art of the short story, as he proved in his early col
It was a long way from the gritty streets of Springfield Avenue on Chicago's West Side, and hawking stockings in the old Maxwell Street marketplace, to a position as sports columnist and feature write
In The Dream Team, Daniel Kimmel tells the behind-the-scenes story of DreamWorks' rise-and the end of the dream eleven years later, when most of the company was sold off or shut down. Its plan for 1,0
On the night of February 13, 1945, British planes bombed the city of Dresden in Germany, causing devastating fires that obliterated the historic city center and killed thousands of people. The next d
Energy, conviction, and unexpected brilliance.-New Yorker. The definitive history of the 'beat generation'.... It is an authoritative piece of literary history as a result of which Kerouac, Burroughs,
Ben Wattenberg explains how and why birthrates and fertility rates are now falling at an alarming rate in countries throughout the world. And he explores the major implications-for world politics, the
When Eleanor Agnew and her family moved to the Maine woods in 1975, visionaries by the millions were moving back to the land in order to disconnect from the supposedly deleterious influences of modern
Experiments Against Reality displays the sophistication, breadth of knowledge, and clarity of argument that have made Mr. Kimball one of the most trenchant critics of our contemporary culture. He begi
Written between 1946 and 1954, these accounts of four controversial trials explore the nature of crime and punishment, innocence and guilt, retribution and forgiveness. "Astonishing."—Francine Prose.
Back in print in a new paperback edition are these two volumes by A. L. Rowse that represent one of the great historical works of our time, a master historian's exploration of the social and cultural
Medea, whose magical powers helped Jason and the Argonauts take the Golden Fleece, remains one of the strongest female characters ever to appear on stage.
A probing analysis of the decision-making process in network news organizations. Shows how internal corporate policy and budget requirements shape the direction of television news coverage, and demons
Filip Muller's firsthand account of three years in the gas chambers. One of the few prisoners who saw the Jewish people die and lived to tell about it, Muller has written one of the key documents of t
The basis of the Academy Award–winning film—essentially the story of a young man growing up in a Rotterdam slum and making good by pluck and intelligence, but all of his success comes out of the desir
Exploring the social, economic, and legal impact of the growth of the railroads, Ms. Gordon finds that their accomplishments in drawing together the vast reaches of the union were achieved at high co
In this illuminating survey of American labor from the 1820s to the present, Daniel Nelson looks for the reasons why union activity has ebbed and flowed since the onset of the Industrial Revolution. R
An authoritative view of the history and culture of Tibet at a time when this ancient land risks losing its identity under Chinese rule. An impeccably researched, spirited history of the forces that
A lively survey of Chicago’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and how the Great Fair mirrored American values and tastes at the turn of the century. “Instructive of our times and an excellent brief study.
Documents from the late FBI director’s secret files reveal for the first time the shocking extent of FBI activities in spying on prominent Americans and political groups. “A grimly fascinating—and pro
Twenty-one distinguished stories, confirming Huxley’s stature as one of the giants of modern English prose and of social commentary in our time. “A very good book.”—V. S. Pritchett.
Today's baseball catcher stolidly goes about his duty without attracting much attention. But it wasn't always that way, as Peter Morris shows in this lively and original study. In baseball's early day
The day Walter White was buried in 1955 the New York Times called him "the nearest approach to a national leader of American Negroes since Booker T. Washington." For more than two decades, White, as s
The race for the White House in 1968 was a watershed event in American politics. In this brilliantly succinct narrative analysis, Lewis Gould shows how the events of that tumultuous year changed the w
Bergquist (history, Villanova U.) offers this historical account of the first wave of European immigrants from 1820 to 1870 that concentrates on the unique experiences of Chinese, German, Irish, Scand
Hailed as a creative genius (TLS) and a singular American visionary (New York Times), James Purdy may be best known for his remarkable novels, but he is also an astonishing playwright who has written
Arguing for a radical reorganization of the stage director’s view of his role, Terry McCabe challenges the notion that a play is the director’s vehicle for self-expression. The idea of the director as
In his second collection of poems, Adam Kirsch examines the world we live in now, a world in which the dangers of history have invaded the pleasures of private life. His connected poems use traditiona
This new collection of essays by the author of Life at the Bottom bears the unmistakable stamp of Theodore Dalrymple's bracingly clearsighted view of the human condition. In these pieces, Dr. Dalrympl
