{"title":"Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"complete-fables-aesop","title":"The Complete Fables, Aesop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Many people are not in the least disturbed at the harm that befalls them, provided they can see their enemies’ downfall first’\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, Aesop created a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. Here we see a wily fox outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock him.Each jewel-like fable provides a warning about the consequences of wrong-doing, as well as offering a glimpse into the everyday lives of Ancient Greeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis definitive edition is the first translation into English of the entire corpus of 358 unbowdlerized fables. 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Enjoy the tale of \u003ci\u003eThumbelina\u003c\/i\u003e, a little girl no more than a thumb-joint high, \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor's New Clothes\u003c\/i\u003e, the story of a man who cares only for his appearance and \u003ci\u003eThe Little Mermaid\u003c\/i\u003e, who longs to one day marry a human prince. Additional stories include: \u003ci\u003eThe Princess and the Pea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Steadfast Tin Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nightingale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ugly Duckling\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Snow Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Happy Family\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Goblin at the Grocer's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u0026amp; \u003ci\u003eDance, Dolly, Dance\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWonderful cover illustrations and new introduction by award-winning picture-book creator Jan Pienkowski make this an instant classic for your shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is paperback \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eand is recommended reading for Hillsdale's free online course, \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/classic-childrens-literature?utm_source=shop\" title=\"Classic Children's Literature, Hillsdale College\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/classic-childrens-literature?utm_source=shop\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClassic Children's Literature\u003c\/a\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Puffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37214276255899,"sku":"1-04-ANDFAI-P","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/FairyTalesHCA.jpg?v=1608065711"},{"product_id":"alices-adventures-wonderland-carroll","title":"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn an ordinary summer's afternoon, Alice tumbles down a hole and an extraordinary adventure begins. 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Lost in this fantasy land, Alice finds herself growing more and more curious by the minute...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnjoy this children's classic written by Lewis Carroll.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is paperback \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eand is recommended reading for Hillsdale's free online course, \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/classic-childrens-literature?utm_source=shop\" title=\"Classic Children's Literature, Hillsdale College\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/classic-childrens-literature?utm_source=shop\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClassic Children's Literature\u003c\/a\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“This year, that curious, hallucinating heroine Alice, friend of Cheshire cats and untimely rabbits, is turning 150 years old… And \u003c\/span\u003ewhat a perfect match, in tone and whimsy\u003cspan\u003e, found in Rifle Paper Co.’s Anna Bond.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003eChic\u003cspan\u003e…The pretty face of Anna Bond’s Alice looks continually astonished, and even in the scene where her neck grows freakishly serpentine, the heroine remains comely. \u003c\/span\u003eElegant\u003cspan\u003e and unthreatening, Ms. Bond’s pictures abound with so many flowers and curling vines that Wonderland seems a much nicer place than perhaps we remembered.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In this beautiful, oversized, hardcover anniversary edition—with the complete, unabridged text—readers will fall in love all over again with the classic tale of the girl who fell down the rabbit hole. Illustrator Anna Bond, of gift and stationery brand Rifle Paper Co., applies her stylish, whimsical touch and distinctive color palette to Alice and her friends, from the inviting jacket and the case-cover art beneath it to the original endpapers and the superb full-color interior illustrations, large and small.”\u003ci\u003e —\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Puffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37214276321435,"sku":"1-04-CARWON-P","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/Alice_sAdventures.jpg?v=1608065630"},{"product_id":"wind-willows-grahame","title":"The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe much-loved classic tales of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad. When Mole goes boating with Ratty instead of doing his spring-cleaning, he discovers a whole new world. As well as adventures on the river and in the Wild Wood, there are high jinks on the open road with that reckless ruffian, Mr Toad of Toad Hall. Ratty, Mole, Badger and Toad become the firmest of friends, but after Toad's latest escapade, can they join together and beat the wretched weasels once and for all?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is paperback \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eand is recommended reading for Hillsdale's free online course, \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/classic-childrens-literature?utm_source=shop\" title=\"Classic Children's Literature, Hillsdale College\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/classic-childrens-literature?utm_source=shop\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClassic Children's Literature\u003c\/a\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“It is what I call a Household Book... a book which everybody in the household loves, and quotes continually ever afterwards; a book which is read aloud to every new guest.”\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA. 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This captivating anthology features 27 of his most treasured retellings of fairy tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeatured fables include: \u003ci\u003eCinderella\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeauty and the Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRapunzel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLittle Red Riding Hood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRumpelstiltskin\u003c\/i\u003e, and other classics. Many of these fantasies were popularized by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, and other long-ago storytellers. The fairy tales are enhanced by artist H. J. Ford's imaginative black-and-white illustrations from the original editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is paperback \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eand is recommended reading for Hillsdale's free online course, \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/classic-childrens-literature?utm_source=shop\" title=\"Classic Children's Literature, Hillsdale College\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/classic-childrens-literature?utm_source=shop\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClassic Children's Literature\u003c\/a\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37214276550811,"sku":"1-04-GRI27S-P","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/FavoriteFairyTales_27Stories.jpg?v=1607976951"},{"product_id":"winnie-the-pooh-complete-milne","title":"The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh, A.A. 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The tales, filled with superb story lines and lessons, will continue to capture the hearts of new generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is hardback \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eand is recommended reading for Hillsdale's free online course, \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/classic-childrens-literature?utm_source=shop\" title=\"Classic Children's Literature, Hillsdale College\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/classic-childrens-literature?utm_source=shop\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClassic Children's Literature\u003c\/a\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dutton Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37214276583579,"sku":"1-04-MILPOO-H","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/CompleteWinniethePooh.jpg?v=1607976764"},{"product_id":"beatrix-potter-treasury","title":"A Beatrix Potter Treasury","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eTen of Beatrix Potter's most popular tales are brought together in this beautiful jacketed hardcover treasury. The tales trace the life of Beatrix Potter from her first publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Peter Rabbit\u003c\/i\u003e in 1902 to her later tales set around her farm, Hill Top. A wonderful illustrated introduction provides background on Beatrix Potter and the people and places that inspired her writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStories in this treasury include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tale of Peter Rabbit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tale of Benjamin Bunny\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tale of Mr. Tod\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tale of Tom Kitten\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tale of Samuel Whiskers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tale of The Pie and The Patty-Pan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tale of Ginger and Pickles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is hardback \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eand is recommended reading for Hillsdale's free online course, \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/classic-childrens-literature?utm_source=shop\" title=\"Classic Children's Literature, Hillsdale College\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/classic-childrens-literature?utm_source=shop\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClassic Children's Literature\u003c\/a\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Warne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39521942831259,"sku":"1-04-POTBPT-H","price":29.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/BeatrixPotterTreasury.jpg?v=1608065528"},{"product_id":"treasure-island-stevenson","title":"Treasure Island, Louis Stevenson","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the demise of bloodthirsty buccaneer Captain Flint, young Jim Hawkins finds himself with the key to a fortune. For he has discovered a map that will lead him to the fabled Treasure Island. But a host of villains, wild beasts and deadly savages stand between him and the stash of gold. Not to mention the most infamous pirate ever to sail the high seas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith a wonderfully funny introduction by award-winning author Eoin Colfer, \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the twenty brilliant classic stories being reissued in Puffin Classics in March 2015.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is paperback \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eand is recommended reading for Hillsdale's free online course, \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/classic-childrens-literature?utm_source=shop\" title=\"Classic Children's Literature, Hillsdale College\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/classic-childrens-literature?utm_source=shop\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClassic Children's Literature\u003c\/a\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Puffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37214276747419,"sku":"1-04-STETRE-P","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/TreasureIsland.jpg?v=1608065965"},{"product_id":"federalist-hamilton-jay-madison","title":"The Federalist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/i\u003e, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, constitutes a text central to the American political tradition. Written and published in newspapers in 1787 and 1788 to explain and promote ratification of the proposed \u003cem\u003eConstitution for the United States\u003c\/em\u003e, which were then bound by the Articles of Confederation, \u003ci\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/i\u003e remains of singular importance to students of liberty around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is paperback and is recommended reading for Hillsdale's free online courses, \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/the-federalist-papers?utm_source=shop\" title=\"The Federalist Papers, Hillsdale College\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Federalist Papers\u003c\/a\u003e\" and \"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/courses\/register\/the-federalist\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Federalist Hillsdale College Free Online Course\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/a\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The present edition... is the most complete and accurate that has yet appeared... 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His insightful, fully informed commentary illuminates the book in all its dimensions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is paperback and is recommended reading for Hillsdale's free online course, \"\u003ca rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"The Genesis Story, Hillsdale College\" href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/genesis?utm_source=shop\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/genesis?utm_source=shop\"\u003eThe Genesis Story: Reading Biblical Narratives\u003c\/a\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quoteReview\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quoteReview\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"footerBar\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"orderFooter bgdColorMyActions\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"orderFooterInterior\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"orderFooterSection\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"orderFooterSection\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A masterly new translation.\" —\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTime \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Here is Genesis in all its power and presence.... 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Never before had a war been fought on so many diverse landscapes and in so many different ways, from rocket attacks in London to jungle fighting in Burma to armor strikes in Libya. \u003ci\u003eThe Second World Wars\u003c\/i\u003e examines how combat unfolded in the air, at sea, and on land to show how distinct conflicts among disparate combatants coalesced into one interconnected global war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn authoritative new history of astonishing breadth, \u003ci\u003eThe Second World Wars\u003c\/i\u003e offers a stunning reinterpretation of history's deadliest conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book comes in paperback and is recommended reading for Hillsdale's free online course, \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/the-second-world-wars?utm_source=shop\" title=\"The Second World Wars, Victor Davis Hanson, Hillsdale College\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Second World Wars\u003c\/a\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"quoteReview\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Second World Wars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Victor Davis Hanson is breathtakingly magisterial: How can Mr. Hanson make so much we thought we knew so fresh and original?\"—\u003cb\u003eKarl Rove\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"quoteReview\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Second World Wars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an outstanding work of historical interpretation. It is impossible to do justice to such a magnificent book in a short review. Given the vast quantities of ink expended on accounts of this great conflict, one would think that there was not much more left to say. Hanson proves that this belief is wrong. His fresh examination of World War II cements his reputation as a military historian of the first order.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In his exposition of this thesis, displaying a depth of knowledge of the period that is often simply astounding, Hanson has written what I consider to be the most important single-volume explanation of World War II since Richard Overy's Why the Allies Won (1996)-that is, for a generation.\" \u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Roberts, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eClaremont Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Victor Hanson's comprehensive account of World War II is a wonder. Where others have supplied a narrative, he provides analysis. He explores the war's origins; the role played in its conduct by airpower, sea power, infantry, tanks, artillery, industry, and generalship; and the reasons why the Allies won and the Axis lost. This is an eye-opener and a page-turner.\"—\u003cb\u003ePaul A. Rahe, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHillsdale College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42031944171779,"sku":"1-14-HANSWW-P","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/TheSecondWorldWars.jpg?v=1607976684"},{"product_id":"churchill-biography-volume-1","title":"Volume I: Youth, 1874-1900","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the definitive biography of Sir Winston Churchill, of which this is the first of eight volumes, Randolph Churchill—and later Sir Martin Gilbert, who took up the work following Randolph’s death in 1968—had the full use of Sir Winston’s letters and papers, and also carried out research in many hundreds of private archives and public collections. The form in which the work is cast is summed up in the phrase that Randolph quotes from Lockhart: “He shall be his own biographer.” The subject is presented, as far as possible, through his own words, though never neglecting the words of his contemporaries, both friends and critics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVolume I, first published in 1966, covers the years from Churchill’s birth in 1874 to his return to England from an American lecture tour, on the day of Queen Victoria’s funeral in 1900, in order to embark on his political career. In the opening pages, the account of his birth is presented through letters of his family. The subject comes on the scene with his own words in a letter to his mother, written when he was seven. 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Here is all the excitement of the beginning of the extraordinary career of the greatest statesman of the twentieth century.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hillsdale College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40232825749659,"sku":"1-02-GILYOU-H","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/Churchill-Bio-Cover-v1.jpg?v=1612910363"},{"product_id":"churchill-biography-volume-2","title":"Volume II: Young Statesman, 1901-1914","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVolume II of this magisterial eight-volume biography takes Churchill’s story from his entry to Parliament in 1901 to the outbreak of war in 1914. When he took his seat in the House of Commons he was twenty-six years old. An independent spirit and rebel, on his maiden speech he was cheered by the Leader of the Opposition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn 31 May 1904, three years after entering Parliament, Churchill joined the Liberals. In December 1905 he entered the government as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies. In April 1908 he joined the Cabinet as President of the Board of Trade. On 12 September 1908 he married Miss Clementine Hozier. Their daughter Diana was born in 1909 and their son Randolph in 1911.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the years leading up to the First World War, Churchill was at the center of British political life and change. At the Home Office he introduced substantial prison reforms and took a lead in curbing the powers of the House of Lords. At the Admiralty from 1911 he helped build the Royal Navy into a formidable fighting force. He learned to fly, and founded the Royal Naval Air Service. 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In it, Martin Gilbert reveals not only how each decision was reached, but what influences lay behind it, whether of individuals or of information reaching Churchill from the most secret source of British Intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDrawing on a remarkable diversity of material, including the War Cabinet and other Government records, as well as Churchill’s own archive, the diaries and letters of his private secretariat and the recollections of those who worked most closely with him, Martin Gilbert reveals the full extent of Churchill’s personal contribution to every aspect of the struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn the day Hitler invaded Poland, Churchill, aged sixty-four, had been out of office for ten years. Two days later, on 3 September 1939, he became First Lord of the Admiralty, in charge of British naval policy and at the center of war direction. 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He became Prime Minister as a fast-disintegrating ground war in Europe, and a German blitzkrieg as intense as that against Poland eight and a half months earlier, overran Holland, Belgium, and France, and drove the British army to retreat and evacuation at Dunkirk. The consolidation of the German occupation in Norway and Denmark, and the French decision to sign an armistice with Germany, further isolated Britain. There was an ongoing state of emergency at home as Britain, led by a determined Churchill, struggled to expand its army, navy, and air forces at breakneck speed. 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In the spring, the German invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece—helped by its Italian, Hungarian, and Bulgarian allies—gave Hitler the added power and the opportunity to invade either Britain or the Soviet Union. In the summer, his massive attack on Stalin’s Russia threatened the defeat of the Soviet Union by the end of the year. Within hours of the German attack, Churchill made a decisive commitment to give the Soviets whatever help Britain could, and to persuade the United States to do likewise. Hitler failed to defeat Russia that year, being forced to pull back in December from the outer suburbs of Moscow. That same December, Japan’s surprise air assault at Pearl Harbor brought the United States into the conflict. 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To read \u003cem\u003eThe Ever-Widening War\u003c\/em\u003e is to enter into Churchill’s experience of leading Britain through its greatest twentieth-century crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hillsdale College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40232817492123,"sku":"1-23-GILEVE-H","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/Churchill-Docs-Cover_v16_d35ee4b1-8d44-4895-855e-5c5e974d9414.jpg?v=1616714284"},{"product_id":"churchill-documents-volume-17","title":"Volume 17: Testing Times, 1942","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith the release of \u003cem\u003eTesting Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the publication of \u003cem\u003eThe Churchill Documents\u003c\/em\u003e has spanned nearly five decades. This volume covers the year 1942, a year Churchill called “the Hinge of Fate,” in which the Grand Alliance, hitherto engulfed in a storm of military failure, began to see signs of a future victory against the Axis powers. Bad news from Africa, the Atlantic, and Asia characterized much of the year, resulting in Churchill facing two votes of confidence at home. Yet by year’s end, the Soviets had defeated the Germans at Stalingrad, the Allies had gained a key victory in Africa at El Alamein, and Churchill was politically secure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSir Martin Gilbert selected the enclosed documents to produce a more comprehensive and faithful account of Churchill’s involvement in this year of the Second World War than any previous publication. In the words of the foreword by Larry P. Arnn, who will assume the work to produce the final five volumes of \u003cem\u003eThe Churchill Documents\u003c\/em\u003e, this volume holds “a rich account of these events, cataclysmic and glorious in alternation. One can see the statesmen grappling with enormous difficulties, guessing the future, taking enormous risks on inadequate knowledge. Sir Martin believed that the story is found nowhere if not in the writings of the time, and that its drama is fully apparent only in those sources. Here the records of Churchill’s war effort in 1942 are published in unprecedented detail.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hillsdale College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40232817983643,"sku":"1-23-GILTES-H","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/Churchill-Docs-Cover_v17_3b29522b-6ef3-46f1-93b7-ac6dc614e945.jpg?v=1616714308"},{"product_id":"churchill-documents-volume-18","title":"Volume 18: One Continent Redeemed, January-August 1943","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis volume tells Churchill’s story during the first eight months of 1943, beginning with the Casablanca Conference—the first of three meetings between Churchill and Roosevelt during these months—and ending with the Allied capture of Sicily. Among the topics addressed are Stalin’s persistent demands for the opening of a second front in Western Europe, the dramatic events leading up to the expulsion of the Axis from Africa, the raging war against the U-boats in the Atlantic, and Churchill’s speech to Congress in May 1943. Celebrating “one continent redeemed” from the enemy’s grip, Churchill proclaimed in this speech that “the mellow light of victory now begins to play” on the world war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“One will see in this volume,” Larry P. Arnn writes in the preface, “how one of the most powerful and significant individuals in history did his work and made his judgements. Churchill writes elsewhere that the challenges facing warriors and statesmen consist not only in the qualitative decisions they must make, but yet more in the quantity of shifting things they must take into account. Here, in context, is the story of how Winston Churchill made those decisions in the first eight months of 1943.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hillsdale College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40232819392667,"sku":"1-23-GILONE-H","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/Churchill-Docs-Cover_v18_48d5364e-e644-4e88-86cc-cd7910bce05e.jpg?v=1616714336"},{"product_id":"churchill-documents-volume-19","title":"Volume 19: Fateful Questions, September 1943-April 1944","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis volume relates Churchill’s story from the invasion of mainland Italy to the final preparations for Operation Overlord. During these eight months, Churchill traveled nearly 14,000 miles, wrote more than 1,800 pieces of correspondence, and delivered over a dozen speeches. As the tide of the war turned in favor of the Allies, Churchill focused his attention and energy on matters such as the Italian campaign and its early stagnation, the three major Allied conferences at the end of 1943, the bombing campaign executed by the British and Americans against the German homeland, and the desperate need for landing craft to deploy in the impending cross-Channel invasion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlso during this period, Churchill’s involvement in the Soviet–Polish controversy displayed his nascent concerns over the influence of communism in post-war Europe. Despite the continuing destruction of war and uncertainty about upcoming operations, it was at long last possible to consider what the peace would look like. As Larry P. Arnn writes in the preface, Churchill’s “early hope in the war was that Britain would conduct itself with honor and achieve its ‘finest hour,’ and if that were done, victory might be achieved. Now the victory looked sure.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hillsdale College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40232820146331,"sku":"1-23-GILFAT-H","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/Churchill-Docs-Cover_v19_99b34add-1f17-4498-9616-e3a61a1814cb.jpg?v=1616714399"},{"product_id":"churchill-documents-volume-20","title":"Volume 20: Normandy and Beyond, May-December 1944","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis volume relates Churchill’s story from the cross-Channel invasion of France to the end of the war’s fifth full year. During these eight months, Churchill traveled 35,000 miles, wrote more than 1,600 pieces of correspondence, and delivered over two dozen speeches. He hosted the first wartime conference of British Empire and Commonwealth prime ministers. He deliberated with the Allied military commanders over the impending invasion of southern France. He met with President Roosevelt in Quebec and with Premier Stalin in Moscow. He attempted to convince the Polish Government-in-Exile to make a deal with the Soviets and thus save their nation. These stories are known and preserved by Churchill’s letters, telegrams, minutes, and speeches. This volume contains that record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLarry P. Arnn summarizes the significance to Churchill of these eight months: “By the end of the year, one could read the future of the world in the positions of the mighty armies closing in from all sides on Nazi Germany and Japan. Churchill read this future with alarm. The Nazis and their allies were soon to be beaten, but would the Soviets dominate Europe? Except at the margins, Churchill had neither time nor strength to alter the position of those armies, but he kept trying. 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He saw the defeat of Nazi Germany and the drawing shut of the Iron Curtain. He met with Stalin and Truman at Potsdam, but returned to England before the conference’s end following his loss in the July 5 General Election to Labour candidate Clement Attlee. These stories are known and preserved by Churchill’s letters, telegrams, minutes, and speeches. This volume contains that record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the Preface to this volume, editor Larry P. Arnn summarizes the significance of these seven months to Churchill and to the many peoples of the world: “The final volume of Churchill’s \u003cem\u003eThe Second World War\u003c\/em\u003e is entitled \u003cem\u003eTriumph and Tragedy\u003c\/em\u003e. The documents in this volume exhibit both. The end of the war brought joy and relief to Churchill and to millions around the world. The emergence of the Soviet Union as a dominant and expanding tyranny, its control established in Eastern Europe and stretching across Asia to the Pacific, brought grief and apprehension to Churchill and tragedy to millions more. Meanwhile, famine and disease stalked through the rubble of Europe. Churchill wrote to his wife on February 1: ‘The misery of the whole world appals me and I fear increasingly that new struggles may arise out of those we are successfully ending.’”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hillsdale College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40232821358747,"sku":"1-23-GILSHA-H","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/Churchill-Docs-Cover_v21_562e2162-39f6-4c24-b80e-8040ff900930.jpg?v=1616714373"},{"product_id":"churchill-documents-volume-22","title":"Volume 22: Leader of the Opposition, August 1945-October 1951","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis volume tells Churchill’s story from August 1945 through October 1951. During this time, Churchill traveled 55,000 miles, wrote more than 700 pieces of correspondence, delivered over 250 speeches, and authored nearly a dozen new articles as well as his memoirs of the Second World War. He lost the premiership to Clement Attlee of the Labour Party in 1945 and then won it back in 1951 at nearly seventy-seven years old. He holidayed in France, Italy, and Morocco, visited America twice, and campaigned against socialism throughout Great Britain. He delivered his famous speech in Fulton, Missouri, where he made reference to the “iron curtain” and explained the principles and strategy that led to victory in the Cold War. All the while, he strove to do what he could as Leader of the Opposition to unify Europe, strengthen Britain, and maintain a close and special relationship with the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the Preface to this volume, editor Larry P. Arnn summarizes the moving force behind Churchill’s tireless efforts: “As Leader of the Opposition he was guided by the same stars he had followed from his first days in politics. He had faith ‘that the universe is ruled by a Supreme Being and in fulfilment of a sublime moral purpose, according to which all our actions are judged.’ He had made a career out of the slogan ‘trust the people.’ They disappointed him many times, especially in 1945, or perhaps one would say he disappointed them. In any case, he kept his faith in them and his conviction that political authority must flow from and not to them. In his favored dichotomy, he wanted the people to own the government and not the government the people.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hillsdale College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40232821883035,"sku":"1-23-GILLEA-H","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/Churchill-Docs-Cover_v22_e940074f-b3a5-49e2-8c6e-eaad1bbef4fe.jpg?v=1616714420"},{"product_id":"churchill-documents-volume-23","title":"Volume 23: Never Flinch, Never Weary, November 1951-February 1965","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the Preface to this volume by editor Larry P. Arnn: “This 23rd volume of documents in the official biography of Winston Churchill is the last step in a journey that began 57 years ago, having been prepared for decades earlier. One will find in this volume a letter that Churchill wrote to his son Randolph in 1960: ‘I think that your biography of Derby is a remarkable work, and I should be happy that you should write my official biography when the time comes. But I must ask you to defer this until after my death. I would not like to release my papers piece-meal, and I think that you should wait for my own Archives and from the Trust. In any case I do not want anything to be published until at least five years after my death.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHere Churchill finalizes a suggestion he had made years earlier: his son Randolph was to be his official biographer. The work would begin two years later, in 1962, when Randolph hired young historian Martin Gilbert as research assistant. They would inherit a treasure trove of information and then proceed to add to its volume and value continuously. 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The narrative volumes are a guide to the document volumes, the document volumes evidence for the narrative.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hillsdale College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40232821981339,"sku":"1-23-GILNFN-H","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/Churchill-Docs-Cover_v23_77d6dc02-6503-4221-9425-41151106c3b1.jpg?v=1616714435"},{"product_id":"churchills-trial-winston-churchill-and-the-salvation-of-free-government","title":"Churchill's Trial: Winston Churchill and the Salvation of Free Government, Larry P. Arnn","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo statesman shaped the twentieth century more than Winston Churchill. To know Churchill is to understand the combinations of boldness and caution, assertiveness and humility, that define statesmanship at its best. With fresh perspective and insights based on decades of studying and teaching Churchill, Larry P. Arnn explores the greatest challenges faced by Churchill, both in war and in peacetime, in the context of Churchill’s abiding devotion to constitutionalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is paperback and is recommended reading for Hillsdale's free online course, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/winston-churchill-and-statesmanship\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Winston Churchill, Hillsdale College, Larry Arnn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\"Winston Churchill and Statesmanship.\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\"In a scholarly, timely, and highly erudite way, Larry Arnn puts the case for Winston Churchill continuing to be seen as statesman from whom the modern world can learn important lessons. In an age when social and political morality seems all too often to be in a state of flux,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChurchill's Trial\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereminds us of the enduring power of the concepts of courage, duty, and honor.\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAndrew Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e, New York Times\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNapoleon: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Storm of War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Larry Arnn has spent a lifetime studying the life and accomplishments of Winston Churchill. In his lively\u003cspan\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ci\u003eChurchill's Trial\u003c\/i\u003e Arnn artfully reminds us that Churchill was not just the greatest statesman and war leader of the twentieth century, but also a pragmatic and circumspect thinker whose wisdom resonates on every issue of our times.\"—\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVictor Davis Hanson\u003c\/strong\u003e, senior fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\"In absorbing, gracefully written historical and biographical narration, Larry Arnn shows that Churchill, often perceived as inconsistent and opportunistic, was in fact philosophically rigorous and consistent at levels of organization higher and deeper than his detractors are capable of imagining. 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In this second and perhaps most imaginative part of his masterwork, Dante struggles up the terraces of Mount Purgatory, still guided by Virgil, in a continuation of his difficult ascent to purity. Anthony Esolen’s acclaimed translation of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInferno,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Princeton professor James Richardson said, “follows Dante through all his spectacular range, commanding where he is commanding, wrestling, as he does, with the density and darkness in language and in the soul. It is living writing.” This edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePurgatory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e includes an appendix of key sources and extensive endnotes—an invaluable guide for both general readers and students.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is paperback \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eand is recommended reading for Hillsdale's free online course, \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/dantes-divine-comedy?utm_source=shop\" title=\"Dante's Divine Comedy, Hillsdale College\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/dantes-divine-comedy?utm_source=shop\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDante's Divine Comedy\u003c\/a\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39743545540763,"sku":"1-32-DANPUR-P","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/DantePurgatory.jpg?v=1618597321"},{"product_id":"inferno-dante-alighieri","title":"Inferno, Dante Alighieri (Esolen)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoetry Translation by Anthony Esolen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIllustrations by Gustave Doré\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOf the great poets, Dante is one of the most elusive and therefore one of the most difficult to adequately render into English verse. In the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Dante not only judges sin but strives to understand it so that the reader can as well. With this major new translation, Anthony Esolen has succeeded brilliantly in marrying sense with sound, poetry with meaning, capturing both the poem’s line-by-line vigor and its allegorically and philosophically exacting structure, yielding an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e that will be as popular with general readers as with teachers and students. For, as Dante insists, without a trace of sentimentality or intellectual compromise, even Hell is a work of divine art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEsolen also provides a critical Introduction and endnotes, plus appendices containing Dante’s most important sources—from Virgil to Saint Thomas Aquinas and other Catholic theologians—that deftly illuminate the religious universe the poet inhabited.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is paperback and is recommended reading for Hillsdale's free online course, \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/dantes-divine-comedy?utm_source=shop\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Dante's Divine Comedy, Hillsdale College\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDante's Divine Comedy\u003c\/a\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e---\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Professor Esolen’s translation of Dante’s Inferno is the best one I have seen. . . . And his endnotes and other additions provoke answers to almost any question that could arise about the work.”\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e —\u003cstrong\u003eA. Kent Hieatt\u003c\/strong\u003e, translator of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Crisp and clear, Esolen’s version avoids two modern temptations: a slavish literalness to the Italian or a taking of liberties in the attempt to make this greatest of medieval poems esthetically modern. . . . In addition to his scholarly tact, Esolen is simply one of the most vigorous English translators of Dante ever.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCrisis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003emagazine\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e“Esolen’s new translation follows Dante through all his spectacular range, commanding where he is commanding, wrestling, as he does, with the density and darkness in language and in the soul. This Inferno gives us Dante’s vivid drama and his verbal inventiveness. 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A bilingual text, classic illustrations by Gustave Doré, an appendix that reproduces Dante’s key sources, and other features make this the definitive edition of Dante’s ultimate masterwork\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is paperback \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eand is recommended reading for Hillsdale's free online course, \"\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/dantes-divine-comedy?utm_source=shop\" title=\"Dante's Divine Comedy, Hillsdale College\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/dantes-divine-comedy?utm_source=shop\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDante's Divine Comedy\u003c\/a\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e---\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e“If there is any justice in the world of books, [Esolen’s] will be the standard Dante... for some time to come.”\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Royal\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCrisis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39744122585243,"sku":"1-32-DANPAR-P","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/DanteParadise.jpg?v=1618600626"},{"product_id":"classic-childrens-literature-bundle","title":"Classic Children's Literature Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003ePurchase the entire Classic Children's Literature collection and save! 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It is living writing.”\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJames Richardson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Princeton University\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39855204335771,"sku":"DANCOM-B","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/Dante_sDivineComedyCollection.jpg?v=1619447528"},{"product_id":"tom-sawyer-mark-twain","title":"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this enduring and internationally popular novel, Mark combines social satire and dime-novel sensation with a rhapsody on boyhood and on America's pre-industrial past. Tom Sawyer is resilient, enterprising, and vainglorious. In a series of adventures along the banks of the Mississippi, he usually manages to come out on top. From petty triumphs over his friends and over his long-suffering Aunt Polly, to his intervention in a murder trial, Tom engages readers of all ages. He has long been a defining figure in the American cultural imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlongside the charm and the excitement, Twain raises serious questions about community, race, and the past. Above all,\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The Adventures of Tom Sawyer\u003c\/i\u003e invites discussion of the way in which childhood is invoked to counter the uncomfortable truths of the adult world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is paperback and is recommended reading for Hillsdale's free online course, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/mark-twain?utm_source=shop\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and Selected Short Stories, Hillsdale College\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\"Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and Selected Short Stories.\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39987658555547,"sku":"1-17-TWATOM-P","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/TomSawyer.jpg?v=1621886235"},{"product_id":"adventures-of-huckleberry-finn","title":"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer\u003c\/i\u003e, but that ain't no matter.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSo begins, in characteristic fashion, one of the greatest American novels. Narrated by a poor, illiterate white boy living in America's deep South before the Civil War,\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis the story of Huck's escape from his brutal father and the relationship that grows between him and Jim, the slave who is fleeing from an even more brutal oppression. As they journey down the Mississippi their adventures address some of the most profound human conundrums: the prejudices of class, age, and color are pitted against the qualities of hope, courage, and moral character.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEnormously influential in the development of American literature,\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Huckleberry Finn \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eremains a controversial novel at the center of impassioned critical debate. This edition discusses all the current issues and the evolution of Mark Twain's penetrating genius.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eThis book is paperback \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eand is recommended reading for Hillsdale's free online courses, \u003ca title=\"Great Books 102: Renaissance to Modern, Hillsdale College\" href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/great-books-102?utm_source=shop\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/great-books-102?utm_source=shop\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"Great Books 102: Renaissance to Modern\"\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/mark-twain?utm_source=shop\" title=\"Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and Selected Short Stories, Hillsdale College\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/online.hillsdale.edu\/landing\/mark-twain?utm_source=shop\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and Selected Short Stories.\"\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40035990110363,"sku":"1-17-TWAHUC-P","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/6777\/7435\/products\/HuckFinn.jpg?v=1621886274"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.hillsdale.edu\/en-gb\/collections\/books.oembed?page=12","provider":"Hillsdale College","version":"1.0","type":"link"}