History & Theory
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The Prince: The Classic Analysis of Statesmanship and Power
$6.95 Add to cartWitty, informative, and devilishly shrewd, The Prince is Machiavelli’s classic analysis of statesmanship and power.
“It is best to be both feared and loved, however, if one cannot be both, it is bette- Series: Signet Classics
- Author: Machiavel, Nicolas
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0451531000
- Language: English
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The Constitution Explained: A Guide for Every American
$24.95 Add to cartThe United States Constitution is a short document, and it is written in general language, which leaves much of the meaning unwritten and open to interpretation. Dig into this important document and w
- Author: Hudson, David L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 14, 2022
- ISBN10: 1578597501
- Language: English
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El Libro de la Pol?tica (the Politics Book)
$27.99 Add to cartGrandes ideas, explicaciones sencillas
Con un lenguaje claro, El libro de la pol?tica ofrece concisas explicaciones que desbrozan la jerga acad?mica, esquemas que hacen sencillas las teor?as m?s compl- Series: Big Ideas
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 23 2017
- ISBN10: 1465466290
- Language: Spanish
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Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
$16.99 Read moreDon’t miss syndicated radio host and author Mark Levin’s #1 New York Times acclaimed and longtime bestselling manifesto for the conservative movement.
When nationally syndicated radio host Mark R. Lev- Author: Levin, Mark R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 01, 2010
- ISBN10: 1416562877
- Language: English
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Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times
$21.99 Add to cartA distinguished religious leader’s ”brilliant, urgent” (The Washington Post) case for reconstructing a shared framework of values.
With liberal democracy embattled, our public- Author: Sacks, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1541675339
- Language: English
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The Quest for Cosmic Justice
$17.99 Add to cartThis is not a comforting book — it is a book about disturbing issues that are urgently important today and enduringly critical for the future. It rejects both “merit” and historical redress as princi… [more below]
- Author: Sowell, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 5, 2002
- ISBN10: 0684864630
- Language: English
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The Spirit of Laws
$22.95 Add to cartThe Spirit of Laws is one of the most influential books of all time. This masterpiece of political philosophy was widely read throughout Europe, attracted an especially enthusiastic readership in Engl… [more below]
- Series: Great Minds
- Author: Montesquieu, Charles Lois
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 710
- Publish Date: March 1, 2002
- ISBN10: 1573929492
- Language: English
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Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?
$20.00 Add to cartA renowned Harvard professor’s brilliant, sweeping, inspiring account of the role of justice in our society–and of the moral dilemmas we face as citizens
“For Michael Sandel, justice is not a specta- Author: Sandel, Michael J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 17 2010
- ISBN10: 0374532508
- Language: English
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The Prince
$6.95 Add to cartWhen Machiavelli’s brief treatise on Renaissance statecraft and princely power was posthumously published in 1532, it generated a debate that has raged unabated until the present day. Based upon Machi… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Machiavelli, Niccol?
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 186
- Publish Date: May 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0199535698
- Language: English
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The Prince
$8.00 Add to cartMachiavelli’s highly influential treatise on political power
The Prince shocked Europe on publication with its advocacy of ruthless tactics for gaining absolute power and its abandonment of conventio- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Machiavel, Nicolas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 04 2003
- ISBN10: 0140449159
- Language: English
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The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot
$24.99 Add to cartThe Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk is arguably one of the greatest contributions to twentieth-century American Conservatism.
Brilliant in every respect, from its conception to its choice of signif
- Author: Kirk, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 468
- Publish Date: June 09, 2008
- ISBN10: 9659124112
- Language: English
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Virtue and Terror
$24.95 Add to cartRobespierre’s defense of the French Revolution remains one of the most powerful and unnerving justifications for political violence ever written, and has extraordinary resonance in a world obsessed wi… [more below]
- Series: Revolutions
- Author: Robespierre, Maximilien
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 17 2007
- ISBN10: 184467584X
- Language: English
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Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
$27.99 Read moreCall It Evil is a bold reckoning with one of the most fraught words in our vocabulary. Far from being a religious or outdated concept, evil is a vital lens, Susan Neiman argues, through which to unde
- Author: Neiman, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 15 2026
- ISBN10: 1324131047
- Language: English
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The Evolution of Western Thought: Volume 1, from the Ancient World to Late Antiquity: A New History, from Antiquity to the Early Modern Era
$45.00 Read moreA rich and immersive reinterpretation of the history of Western thought, this volume – the first in a major trilogy – explores the transmission and development of philosophical ideas from Plato and Ar… [more below]
- Author: Celenza, Christopher S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: February 19 2026
- ISBN10: 1009699172
- Language: English
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Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History
$20.00 Add to cartAcclaimed historian Margaret MacMillan explores here the many ways in which history affects us all. She shows how a deeper engagement with history, both as individuals and in the sphere of public deba… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Chronicles
- Author: MacMillan, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 13 2010
- ISBN10: 0812979966
- Language: English
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Revolution: An Intellectual History
$49.95 Add to cart“Brilliant and beautiful. Now this book exists, it’s hard to know how we did without it.”
A cultural and intellectual balance-sheet of the twentieth century’s age of
-China Mi?ville, author of October- Author: Traverso, Enzo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1839763590
- Language: English
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In the Land of the He-Coon, Blue Angels and Saint Bobby: Reporting from the Florida Panhandle
$30.99 Add to cartThe Florida Panhandle, now home to 1.7 million residents, has evolved from a rural backwater to a significant player in national defense, sports, politics and culture, showcasing remarkable figures an
- Author: Kaczor, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 614
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 9798822976412
- Language: English
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Abolition Archives, Feminist Futures
$28.95 Add to cartAbolition Archives, Feminist Futures takes up the work of three iconic feminist thinkers–Angela Davis, Shulamith Firestone, and Donna Haraway–to ask how each author’s vision of work, the family, and… [more below]
- Author: Weeks, Kathi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 17 2026
- ISBN10: 1478033282
- Language: English
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The Fall of Republics: A History from Ancient Carthage to the American Constitution
$35.00 Add to cartWhat caused the world’s great republics to fall–and what their fate reveals about the dangers facing modern democracies today
In this timely book, distinguished historian Thomas Madden explores the p- Author: Madden, Thomas F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: June 09 2026
- ISBN10: 069119582X
- Language: English
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No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism
$28.99 Read moreSinclair Lewis is said to have predicted, “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.” Democratic congressman Jared Huffman witnessed something eerily like t
- Author: Huffman, Jared
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 18 2026
- ISBN10: 1324130482
- Language: English
