Dieser Autor erlangte Berühmtheit vor allem als Biograf, der sich auf prägende Persönlichkeiten der amerikanischen Geschichte und Kultur konzentrierte. Sein tiefes Interesse an Helden und ihrem Erbe spiegelt sich in seinen aufschlussreichen Darstellungen wider. Als Herausgeber von Bartlett's Familiar Quotations bewies er seine meisterhafte Beherrschung der Sprache und ihrer historischen Resonanz.
In Pocket Aristotle the author, Justin D. Kaplan brings to life selections from Aristotle. Included in this edition are the most widely read, studied, and quoted works of the great philosopher. The editor's notes give the reader a convenient and concise review of each work.
Traces the lives of cousins William Waldorf Astor and John Jacob Astor IV, rivals who pursued separate ambitions, built the original Waldorf-Astoria hotel, and influenced social behavior before John Jacob perished aboard the Titanic.
The Only Comprehensive Edition - With an Introduction by Justin Kaplan and Thirty Facsimile Pages of the Original Manuscript
Now, in this extraordinary literary discovery, the original first half of Mark Twain's American masterpiece is available for the first time to a general readership. Lost for more than a century, the passages reinstated in this edition reveal a novel even more controversial than the version Mark Twain published in 1885 and provide an invaluable insight into his creative process. A breakthrough of unparalleled impact, this comprehensive edition of an American classic is the final rebuttal in the tireless debate of "what Mark Twain really meant." (back cover)