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Mr. Baruch
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the Sweep Westward
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John C. Calhoun
'. . .provides far & away the most detailed, vivid, & convincing personal characterization of Calhoun we have.'--Nation.
A Book for All Readers
Reproduction of the original: A Book for All Readers by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Scholarship Reconsidered
Shifting faculty roles in a changing landscape Ernest L. Boyer's landmark book Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate challenged the publish-or-perish status quo that dominated the academic landscape for generations. His powerful and enduring argument for a new approach to faculty roles and rewards continues to play a significant part of the national conversation on scholarship in the academy. Though steeped in tradition, the role of faculty in the academic world has shifted significantly in recent decades. The rise of the non-tenure-track class of professors is well documented. If the historic rule of promotion and tenure is waning, what role can scholarship play in a fra...
Listening
Lee says the "Source of Truth" is as close to us as our wondering--as close as our own thoughts. Within these pages, he provides criteria for the recognition of our own holiness, helping us to bypass the "static" and the babble that buzz through our busy minds.
Huey Long
He was one of the most extraordinary figures in America's political history, a great natural politician who had become, at the time of his assassination, a serious rival to Franklin D. Roosevelt for the presidency.
Calhoun
A new biography of the intellectual father of Southern secession—the man who set the scene for the Civil War, and whose political legacy still shapes America today. John C. Calhoun is among the most notorious and enigmatic figures in American political history. First elected to Congress in 1810, Calhoun went on to serve as secretary of war and vice president. But he is perhaps most known for arguing in favor of slavery as a "positive good" and for his famous doctrine of "state interposition," which laid the groundwork for the South to secede from the Union—and arguably set the nation on course for civil war. Calhoun has catapulted back into the public eye in recent years, as some observe...
Risk-Taking in International Politics
Discusses the way leaders deal with risk in making foreign policy decisions
