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The perspectives in this book follow a pattern set out by Isaiah Berlin in his essay "The Hedgehog and the Fox." According to Berlin the hedgehog knows one big thing, and the fox knows many little things. The hedgehog thinks and acts according to a coherent vision of reality. The fox pursues ends that may not be related and may even be contradictory, not reflecting an overriding principle. Berlin applies his insight to writers. Dante was a hed...

EM Forster wrote in Howards End about two families that were very different. One family lived for the outer world and the other family cultivated the inner life. The book is about their efforts to combine the two approaches to life. Forster summed this up with a phrase that has been quoted over and over." Only connect the prose and the passion." This book of stories is about people who are trying to connect prose and passion in the latter part...

Mark Twain wrote that one of his books was "mostly true." That is so with this book of sketches from the life of Erwin Hargrove, professor of political science. This is a lightly rendered memoir of his academic career at Brown and Vanderbilt Universities from 1960 to 2000. Though some of the details have been enhanced, this book is an accurate account of Dr. Hargove's experience rising through the ranks of academia in the latter half of the 20...

Four short stories and one novella about the mystery we call "romance:" - A Remembrance - A Chance Encounter - Amor Francaise - A Surprise Letter - Love Across the Sea. Stories of the heart perfect for Valentine's Day or anytime to celebrate love's longings.

Politics comes naturally to John Page, and doors keep opening in his career. The call seems to be clear. But there are choices to be made. How far will he go? And how long will he follow the call?

Six short stories featuring Parisian Detective, Inspector Jules Lavin: Death in England Murder of a Nasty Man Death of an Actress A Mystery Murder Without a Gun Murder in the Opera

Six smart and imaginative people form a book club to discuss a list of politically significant fiction from the 20th century. They examine the qualities of democrats in portraits of Lincoln by Gore Vidal and William Safire and Stuff Happens, a satirical play about George W. Bush's war on Iraq in 1982. They analyze books about demagogues, including Robert Penn Warren's All the Kings Men and Sinclair Lewis's It Can't Happen Here. They talk about...