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Civilization might have been spared much of the damage suffered in the world wars this century if the influence of Clausewitz's On War had been blended with and balanced by a knowledge of Sun-tzu's The Art of Warfare. --B.H. Liddel Hart For two ... [... more]
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Ian Jackman
Ian Jackman has written and co-written numerous books, including the New York Times bestseller Stickin' by James Carville. Jackman worked at a major New York publishing house and was Managing Director of the Modern Library. [... more]
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William Maxwell
William Maxwell has written a new Introduction for this Modern Library edition. On an Illinois farm in the 1920s, a man is murdered, and in the same moment the tenous friendship between two lonely boys comes to an end. In telling their ... [... more]
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Mae Henderson
First published to critical acclaim in 1929, firmly established Nella Larsen's prominence among women writers of the Harlem Renaissance. The Modern Library is proud to present Passing-an electrifying story of two women who cross the color line in ... [... more]
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Saul Bellow
Compiled, edited, and newly revised by Ralph Ellison's literary executor, John F. Callahan, this Modern Library Paperback Classic includes posthumously discovered reviews, criticism, and interviews, as well as the essay collections Shadow and Act ... [... more]
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Francis Parkman
The Riveting Story of the Heroes of the French & Indian War (A Modern Library E-Book) The result of over forty years of passionate research, Montcalm and Wolfe is the epic story of Europe's struggle for dominance of the New World. Centuries of ... [... more]
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Richard Burton
Full of mischief and valor, ribaldry and romance, The Arabian Nights is a work that has enthralled readers for centuries. The text presented here is that of the 1932 Modern Library edition for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the "most famous and ... [... more]
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Herbert Wise
When this longtime Modern Library favorite--filled with fifty-two stories of heart-stopping suspense--was first published in 1944, one of its biggest fans was critic Edmund Wilson, who in Edited by Phyllis Wagner, Introduction by Herbert ... [... more]
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Edward Gibbon
The Modern Library has played a significant role in American cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It ... [... more]
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Stephen M. Fallon
Stephen M. Fallon, author of Milton's Peculiar Grace and Milton among the Philosophers, is professor of liberal studies and English at the University of Notre Dame. He is the co-editor of the Modern Library edition of Milton's Paradise Lost. John ... [... more]
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William Kerrigan
William Kerrigan, former president of the Milton Society of America and recipient of its award for lifetime achievement, is professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts. He is the co-editor of the Modern Library edition of Milton's ... [... more]
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John Rumrich
John Rumrich is the author of Matter of Glory and Milton Unbound. He is Thaman Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the co-editor of the Modern Library edition of Milton's Paradise Lost. John Milton's Paradise Lost, an ... [... more]
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