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Mark Twain's America: A Celebration in Words and Images

By Harry L. Katz, Lewis H. Lapham (foreword by) and Library of Congress (corporate author)

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9780316209397 | Little Brown & Co, October 21, 2014, cover price $40.00

Pretensions to Empire: Notes on the Criminal Folly of the Bush Administration

Product Description: Pretensions to Empire brings together Lewis Lapham’s recent political commentaries from his National Magazine Award–winning Harper’s “Notebook” column, beginning with the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and culminating in Lapham’s eloquent (and widely cited) case for the impeachment of George W...read more

By Lewis H. Lapham

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9781595581129 | New Pr, September 1, 2006, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A political essayist and author of Theater of War shares his thoughts on the current political climate in light of recent events, discussing the failure of the Bush administration's policies in Iraq, its abject support of the nation's corporate and religious minority, ineptitude in responding to hurricane Katrinia, and illegal domestic surveillance.

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9781595582294 | New Pr, September 30, 2007, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Pretensions to Empire brings together Lewis Lapham’s recent political commentaries from his National Magazine Award–winning Harper’s “Notebook” column, beginning with the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and culminating in Lapham’s eloquent (and widely cited) case for the impeachment of George W.

With the Beatles

Product Description: It was the ultimate 1960s scene: the ashram in Rishikesh, India, where the Beatles, Donovan, Mia Farrow, a stray Beach Boy, and other 1960s icons gathered along the shores of the Ganges-amidst paisley and incense and flowers and guitars-to meditate at the feet of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi...read more

By Lewis H. Lapham

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9780976658320 | Melville Pub House, October 1, 2005, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: It was the ultimate 1960s scene: the ashram in Rishikesh, India, where the Beatles, Donovan, Mia Farrow, a stray Beach Boy, and other 1960s icons gathered along the shores of the Ganges-amidst paisley and incense and flowers and guitars-to meditate at the feet of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Gag Rule: On the Suppression of Dissent and the Stifling of Democracy

Stating that there has never been a greater need for democratic reform in the form of organized public protest, a history of American political dissent charges the Bush administration with forsaking democracy in favor of preserving the American oligarchy. Reprint.

By Lewis H. Lapham

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9781594200175 | Penguin Pr, June 1, 2004, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Stating the need for democratic reform in the form of organized public protest, a history of American political dissent charges the Bush administration with forsaking democracy in favor of preserving the American oligarchy.

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9780143035022 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, June 28, 2005), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Stating that there has never been a greater need for democratic reform in the form of organized public protest, a history of American political dissent charges the Bush administration with forsaking democracy in favor of preserving the American oligarchy.

30 Satires

Product Description: Widely celebrated for his political essays, Lewis Lapham is a satirist who belongs in the company of Ambrose Bierce, H.L. Mencken, and Mark Twain. Over the last twenty years he has experimented with satire in its several forms—as burlesque, pasquinade, invective, and deadpan jest...read more

By Lewis H. Lapham

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9781565848467 | New Pr, November 1, 2003, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Widely celebrated for his political essays, Lewis Lapham is a satirist who belongs in the company of Ambrose Bierce, H.

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9781565849860 | New Pr, April 1, 2005, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Widely celebrated for his political essays, Lewis Lapham is a satirist who belongs in the company of Ambrose Bierce, H.

9780073034829, titled "Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past from 1000 to 1800" | McGraw-Hill College, April 1, 2000, cover price $48.65 | also contains Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past from 1000 to 1800 | About this edition: Book Rapidly dispatched

Theater of War: In Which the Republic Becomes an Empire

Product Description: Nothing will be the same after September 11th. This is the wisdom, offered and widely received since the announcement of the war on terrorism: a permanent war declared on both an unknown enemy and an abstract noun. But in Theater of War, Lewis Lapham shows with customary intelligence and wit that the recent imperial behavior of the United States government is perfectly consistent with the practice of past administrations...read more

By Lewis H. Lapham

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9780071164795, titled "Asian Dawn: Recovery, Reform, and Investing Opportunity in the New Asia" | McGraw-Hill, August 1, 2000, cover price $19.95 | also contains Asian Dawn: Recovery, Reform, and Investing Opportunity in the New Asia | About this edition: Book by Callum Henderson

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9781565848474 | Subsequent edition (New Pr, October 1, 2003), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Nothing will be the same after September 11th.

Theater of War

A sharp critic of American foreign policy takes on post-September 11 America, exposing the 'imperial' behavior that has characterized the nation's moves around the world. 13,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

By Lewis H. Lapham

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9781565847729 | New Pr, September 1, 2002, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: A sharp critic of American foreign policy takes on post-September 11 America, exposing the 'imperial' behavior that has characterized the nation's moves around the world.

Lights, Camera, Democracy: Selected Essays

A collection of essays discusses the role of the media, language, and education on popular culture.

By Lewis H. Lapham

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9780812991628, titled "Lights, Camera, Democracy!: Selected Essays" | Times Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $19.00 | About this edition: A collection of essays discusses the role of the media, language, and education on popular culture.

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9780679647133 | Random House Inc, March 1, 2001, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A collection of essays discusses the role of the media, language, and education on popular culture.

The Harper's Index Book

Product Description: A collection of illuminating information from Harper's Magazine that makes a snapshot of our world today. Arguably the most imitated editorial feature in magazine journalism, The Harper's Index each month sparks conversation, debate, outrage, wonder, and laughter. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Charis Conn (editor), Lewis H. Lapham (editor) and George Plimpton (editor)

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9781879957541 | Franklin Square Pr, September 1, 2000, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A collection of illuminating information from Harper's Magazine that makes a snapshot of our world today.

The End of the World

Product Description: Griffin 2000 (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Lewis H. Lapham (editor) and Simon Schama (introduced by)

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9780312192648 | Thomas Dunne Books, December 1, 1998, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Provides a compilation of predictions about the world coming to an end by people throughout history, including writings from Plato, Freud, Leonardo da Vinci, Jack London, Picasso, and other notables

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9780312252649 | Griffin, May 1, 2000, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Griffin 2000

An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine

Prose, poetry, art, and fiction from the pages of America's oldest continuously published monthly magazine celebrate the 150th anniversary of Harper's with selections by Horace Greeley, Pearl Buck, Robert Rost, Thomas Hardy, Nadine Gordimer, Joyce Carol Oates, James Thurber, Andy Warhol, John Cheever, James Baldwin, and other notable contributors. 75,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

By Lewis H. Lapham (editor) and Ellen Rosenbush (editor)

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9781879957534 | Franklin Square Pr, April 1, 2000, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: Works from America's oldest monthly

Lapham's Rules of Influence: A Carrerist's Guide to Success, Status, and Self-Congratulation

In a hilarious, politically incorrect self-help guide, the editor of Harper's offers advice to aspiring careerists on how to seek out the acquaintance of people richer and more important than oneself, how to use flattery effectively, and more. 35,000 first printing. Tour.

By Lewis H. Lapham

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9780679426059 | 1 edition (Random House Inc, June 1, 1999), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: In a politically incorrect self-help guide, the author offers advice to aspiring careerists on how to seek out the acquaintance of people richer and more important than oneself, how to use flattery effectively, and more

Waiting for the Barbarians

Essays argue that the people who control the nation's wealth do not pay enough attention to government and that both political parties are guilty of scandal, corruption, and incompetence, and discuss the 1996 campaign and the Clinton administration

By Lewis H. Lapham

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9781859848821 | Verso Books, November 1, 1997, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Essays argue that the people who control the nation's wealth do not pay enough attention to government and that both political parties are guilty of scandal, corruption, and incompetence, and discuss the 1996 campaign and the Clinton administration

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9781859841198 | Verso Books, November 1, 1998, cover price $15.00

The Agony of Mammon: The Imperial World Economy Explains Itself to the Membership in Davos, Switzerland

A report on the 27th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, held in Davos, Switzerland (view table of contents)

By Lewis H. Lapham

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9781859847107 | Verso Books, November 1, 1998, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A report on the 27th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, held in Davos, Switzerland

Hotel America: Scenes in the Lobby of the Fin-De-Siecle

Product Description: Winner of the 1995 National Magazine Award for Essays and Criticism, this work observes the spectacle of democratic life and values in our time, and asks who is signing in and who is checking out, of the American experiment at the “fin de siècle...read more

By Lewis H. Lapham

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9781859849521 | Verso Books, September 1, 1995, cover price $18.00

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9781859840627 | Reissue edition (Verso Books, September 1, 1996), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Winner of the 1995 National Magazine Award for Essays and Criticism, this work observes the spectacle of democratic life and values in our time, and asks who is signing in and who is checking out, of the American experiment at the “fin de siècle.

Fortune's Child: A Portrait of the United States As Spendthrift Heir

Product Description: This collection of nineteen pieces by Lewis H Lapham scrutinise America's national pathology of greed and self-aggrandisement. In this work, Lapham concludes that America has engaged in a dissolute foreign policy, suffered a general loss of courage, humour and clear mindedness and made a steady retreat from the idea of democracy...read more

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9781879957213 | Franklin Square Pr, October 1, 1994, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: This collection of nineteen pieces by Lewis H Lapham scrutinise America's national pathology of greed and self-aggrandisement.

The Wish for Kings: Democracy at Bay

Argues that the current distaste for dissent, the widespread support for Perot, and the public obsession with celebrity reveal a desire for autocracy

By Lewis H. Lapham

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9780802114464 | Grove Pr, June 1, 1993, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Argues that the current distaste for dissent, the widespread support for Perot, and the public obsession with celebrity reveal a desire for autocracy

Imperial Masquerade

Essays discuss journalism, the publishing industry, the arts, fame, violence, politics, the Reagan administration, and Oliver North

By Lewis H. Lapham

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9781555844493 | Grove Pr, January 1, 1990, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: Essays discuss journalism, the publishing industry, the arts, fame, violence, politics, the Reagan administration, and Oliver North

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9780802132444 | Reprint edition (Grove Pr, May 1, 1991), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Essays discuss journalism, the publishing industry, the arts, fame, violence, politics, the Reagan administration, and Oliver North

Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on the Civil Religion

Assesses the impact of the money dream on American class structures, culture, celebrity, crime, and politics, in a collection of observations and analyses of American society, values, and mores

By Lewis H. Lapham

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9780345358714 | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, January 1, 1989), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Assesses the impact of the money dream on American class structures, culture, celebrity, crime, and politics, in a collection of observations and analyses of American society, values, and mores

Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on Our Civil Religion

Product Description: Book by Lapham, Lewis H.

By Lewis H. Lapham

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9781555841096 | Grove Pr, February 1, 1988, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Book by Lapham, Lewis H.

The Harper's Index Book

By Eric Etheridge, Lewis H. Lapham and Michael Pollan

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9780805003253 | Henry Holt & Co, June 1, 1987, cover price $1.98 | About this edition: A collection of illuminating information from Harper's Magazine that makes a snapshot of our world today.

High Technology & Human Freedom

Discusses the fear that advanced technology will lead to political oppression and examines the impact of technology on education, employment, and communication

By Lewis H. Lapham (editor)

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9780874745986 | Smithsonian Inst Pr, March 1, 1986, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Discusses the fear that advanced technology will lead to political oppression and examines the impact of technology on education, employment, and communication

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9780874745993, titled "High Technology and Human Freedom" | Smithsonian Inst Pr, March 1, 1986, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Discusses the fear that advanced technology will lead to political oppression and examines the impact of technology on education, employment, and communication

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