A new edition of a classic work of American history that eloquently examines the rise of antimodernism at the turn of the twentieth century.First published in 1981, T. J. Jackson Lears's No Place of Grace is a landmark book in American studies and American history, acclaimed for both its rigorous research and the deft fluidity of its prose. A study of responses to the emergent culture of corporate capitalism at the turn of the twentieth century, No Pla...

An illuminating and authoritative history of America in the years between the Civil War and World War I.One of the best books of 2009: The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune , and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ."Fascinating. . . . Engaging. . . . Like the best histories, it is also a book that speaks to our own time." — The N...

Just because she disappeared twenty years ago does not mean she's been forgotten.Three friends – their lives crumbling around them – set out to solve the mystery of a girl they barely knew from school, unaware that another gruesome murder is in the works.Soon enough, Josh, Anthony, and Amanda are faced with protecting the ones they love at the cost of everything they believe in, and they must succeed before another body destroys the lives of everyone closest to them.

What if you held a secret that would turn the tide of war away from the enemy … and onto you?When Kes is found stumbling through the desert on the verge of death, she's given a second chance at life, but at a cost: she must prove that the secret she holds is real. With a jaded war hero, an escaped slave, and a crack shot by her side, Kes must sneak back into the lands that nearly killed her before and face a god-like menace who has anticipated her return.Wi...

We are, once again, a world at war. Geopolitical elites are deploying the implacable forces of ethnocentric hatred and religious nationalism; ordinary people are paying a fearful price. Not for the first time: this has been the characteristic pattern of war for more than a century. Every selection in this anthology (except for the timeless Aeneid) casts light on modern war, observed or directly experienced. Most are grounded in particular places—Stalingrad, Halberstadt, Budapest, ...

The land is in crisis.A diplomat from Tryste arrives in Moqara with the offer of an alliance, only to be arrested for treason before the day is done. As he stands trial, the only man who can speak in his defense is murdered. But did the killer strike to protect a secret or to gain leverage over one of Moqara’s most powerful families?Reina Dadario, Captain of the Prince’s Guard, hunts for an assassin who was thought to have been executed by the Guard years before. A killer s...

The best essays from America’s premier cultural historianJackson Lears has been hailed as the “dean of American cultural history” and “one of the few pre-eminent historians of our time.” Well known for his elegant, daring scholarship on topics such as antimodernism, advertising, and luck, Lears has also been a critic and essayist whose public-facing writings—published in journals such as the New Republic, The Nation, the London Review of Books...

The time has come for the Empire to strike at the heart of Moqara, and at the Prince himself.After suffering a humiliating defeat in battle, two aristocratic officers in Carcosa’s army are tasked with a do-or-die mission: sneak into Moqara by whatever means possible, rendezvous with a spy embedded within the region, and recover the godstone hidden beneath the palace.Aiding them is a bloodthirsty barbarian with the strength of a god, and a merchant closely related to one of ...

"[A] master class in American cultural and intellectual history." —Sarah E. Igo, The New York Times Book Review"Jackson Lears is the preeminent cultural historian of the American empire. This book is another masterpiece in his magisterial corpus." —Cornel WestOne of Wired's best books of 2023A master historian's retrieval of the spiritual visions and vitalisms that animate American life and the possibilities ...

Jackson Lears has won accolades for his skill in identifying the rich and unexpected layers of meaning beneath the familiar and mundane in our lives. Now, he challenges the conventional wisdom that the Protestant ethic of perseverance, industry, and disciplined achievement is what made America great. Turning to the deep, seldom acknowledged reverence for luck that runs through our entire history from colonial times to the early twenty-first century, Lears traces how luck, chance, and gambl...

Fables of Abundance ranges from the traveling peddlers of early modern Europe to the twentieth-century American corporation, exploring the ways that advertising collaborated with other cultural institutions to produce the dominant aspirations and anxieties in the modern United States.

"Riveting.…This book is required reading for anyone with even a passing interest in World War II and the Pacific Theater." —Bob Carden, Boston GlobeSeven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 me...