American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
By: Isaac Kramnick
4.02
Format: 1584 pages, Paperback
This authoritative and comprehensive new anthology presents key works in American political thought…
Want to ReadIf you liked the school plot in American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology by Isaac Kramnick , here is a list of 7 books like this:
1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
By: Harriet Beecher Stowe
3.91
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
The narrative drive of Stowe's classic novel is often overlooked in the heat of the controversies s… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom’s Cabin book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
- american
- school
"Liberty! -- Electric word!"-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
"Some jokes are less agreeable than others"-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
"Still waters run deepest, they used to tell me."-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
"What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear."-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
2. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
By: Adam Smith
3.88
Format: 1076 pages, Paperback
Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and… read more
Want to Read $ 3.99Similar categories in Adam Smith's An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
- philosophy
- politics
- history
- political science
"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production"-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"of their passions in the same object at that particular time."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
3. Leviathan
By: Thomas Hobbes , Crawford Brough Macpherson
3.71
Format: 736 pages, Paperback
'The life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short' Written during the chaos of the En… read more
Want to Read $ 0.99Similar categories in Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
- history
- school
- politics
- philosophy
- political science
"Hell is truth seen too late."-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
"LET THE GAY BEGI- I MEAN GAMES BEGIN!"-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
"The Conscience is a thousand witnesses."-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
" Scientia potentia est. Knowledge is power."-Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
4. The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89
By: Edmund S. Morgan , Daniel J. Boorstin
3.55
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
In one remarkable quarter-century, thirteen quarrelsome colonies were transformed into a nation. Ed… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Edmund S. Morgan's The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89 book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
- politics
- american history
- american
- history
5. The Scarlet Letter
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne , Nina Baym , Thomas E. Connolly
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Set in the harsh Puritan community of seventeenth-century Boston, this tale of an adulterous entang… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
- school
6. The Plot Against America
By: Philip Roth
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
This may be alternative history, but it is chillingly and convincingly realistic in its portrayal. … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Philip Roth's The Plot Against America book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
- american
7. Common Sense
By: Thomas Paine , George Vafiadis
3.75
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselv… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Thomas Paine's Common Sense book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
- politics
- philosophy
- american history
- history
8. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
By: Alfred Lansing
4.44
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
The harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole, on… read more
Want to Read $ 14.99Similar categories in Alfred Lansing's Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
- history
"We had seen God in His splendors, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man."-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
"Whatever his mood—whether it was gay and breezy, or dark with rage—he had one pervading characteristic: he was purposeful."-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
"[...] "Who the hell are you?" he said at last. The man in the center stepped forward. "My name is Shackleton" he replied in a quiet voice."-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
"There once was a mouse who lived in a tavern. One night the mouse found a leaky barrel of beer, and he drank all he could hold. When the mouse had finished, he sat up, twirled his whiskers, and looke…"-Alfred Lansing, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
9. Atlas Shrugged
By: Ayn Rand , Leonard Peikoff
4.14
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world and did. Was he a des… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
10. The Social Contract and Discourses
By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau , G.D.H. Cole , None
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Inspired by ancient Greek city states, Rousseau searched for a way which states of his day could be… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract and Discourses book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
11. The Communist Manifesto
By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Gareth Stedman Jones
3.66
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today Originally published on the eve of th… read more
Want to Read $ 1.99Similar categories in Karl Marx's The Communist Manifesto book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
- philosophy
- politics
- history
- political science
"The bourgeois sees in his wife a mere instrument of production."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"Study of the past often turns into love of the past and a desire to keep it."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps"-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
12. The Nicomachean Ethics
By: Aristotle , Jonathan Barnes , None , Hugh Tredennick
3.99
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
‘One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brie… read more
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in Aristotle's The Nicomachean Ethics book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
- philosophy
- politics
- history
- school
"Philosophy can make people sick."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"A man without regrets cannot be cured."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
"The beginning seems to be more than half of the whole."-Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics
13. Inferno (The Divine Comedy #1)
By: Dante Alighieri , Anthony Esolen
3.93
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous jour… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Dante Alighieri's Inferno (The Divine Comedy #1) book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
14. The Law
By: Frédéric Bastiat
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
How is it that the law enforcer itself does not have to keep the law? How is it that the law permit… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Frédéric Bastiat's The Law book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
15. Anarchy, State, and Utopia
By: Robert Nozick
4.37
Format: 383 pages, Paperback
In this brilliant and widely acclaimed book, Robert Nozick challenges the most commonly held politi… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
16. Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality
By: Danielle S. Allen
3.75
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
"Danielle Allen lays bare the Declaration's history and significance, returning it to its true and … read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Danielle S. Allen's Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
17. The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism
By: Friedrich A. Hayek , W.W. Bartley III
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Hayek gives the main arguments for the free-market case and presents his manifesto on the "errors o… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Friedrich A. Hayek's The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
18. The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)
By: Agatha Christie
3.68
Format: 113 pages, Paperback
Framed in the doorway of Poirot's bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dus… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Agatha Christie's The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5) book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
19. The Story of American Freedom
By: Eric Foner
3.67
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
From the Revolution to our own time, freedom has been America's strongest cultural bond and its mos… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Eric Foner's The Story of American Freedom book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
20. The Island of Dr. Moreau
By: H.G. Wells
4.67
Format: 46 pages, Paperback
Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettab… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in H.G. Wells's The Island of Dr. Moreau book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
21. The Republic
By: Plato , Desmond Lee
3.96
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classi… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Plato's The Republic book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
- history
- school
- politics
- philosophy
- political science
"Appearance tyrannizes over truth."-Plato, The Republic
"The comprehensive mind is always dialectical."-Plato, The Republic
"Those who don't know must learn from those who do."-Plato, The Republic
"Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance"-Plato, The Republic
22. Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
By: Dane C. Ortlund
4.52
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Christians know that God loves them, but often think that he is perpetually disappointed and frustr… read more
Want to Read $ 9.49Similar categories in Dane C. Ortlund's Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
"Looking inside ourselves, we can anticipate only harshness from heaven. Looking out to Christ, we can anticipate only gentleness."-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
"The fall also entrenched in our minds dark thoughts of God, thoughts that are only dug out over multiple exposures to the gospel over many years. Perhaps Satan’s greatest victory in your life today i…"-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
"John's point in 13:1 is that in going to the cross, Jesus did not retain something for himself, the way we tend to do when we seek to love others sacrificially. He does not love like us. We love unti…"-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
"It is one thing, as a child, to be told your father loves you. You believe him. You take him at his word. But it is another thing, unutterably more real, to be swept up in his embrace, to feel the wa…"-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
23. Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been
By: Jackie Hill Perry
4.36
Format: 193 pages, Paperback
"I used to be a lesbian." In Gay Girl, Good God, author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, … read more
Want to Read $ 8.27Similar categories in Jackie Hill Perry's Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
"Do you know why we have a hard time believing that a gay girl can become a completely different creature? Because, we have a hard time believing in God. ..."-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been
"From the outside looking in, it could be assumed that Preston's and my relationship was God's proof of turning a "gay girl good." But really, He'd already done that the moment He'd set me free from s…"-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been
"Trying to contain the small giggle welling up in her chest from the sincerity of my question, Santoria, full of confidence, responded while looking toward my direction, "Yes, Jackie.The gospel didn't…"-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been
"LGBT culture has done an excellent job of renewing or should I say, destroying, the mind of many, mainly by consistently using words as their greatest tool in their efforts to draw people into findin…"-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been
24. The Iliad
By: Homer
3.91
Format: 848 pages, Hardcover
One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkes… read more
Want to Read $ 9.20Similar categories in Homer's The Iliad book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
- school
"I say no wealth is worth my life."-Homer, The Iliad
"These were the colloquies in heaven."-Homer, The Iliad
"The sort of words a man says is the sort he hears in return."-Homer, The Iliad
"Antilochus! You're the most appalling driver in the world! Go to hell!"-Homer, The Iliad
25. The Federalist Papers
By: Alexander Hamilton
4.10
Format: 592 pages, Kindle Edition
Hailed by Thomas Jefferson as “the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever w… read more
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in Alexander Hamilton's The Federalist Papers book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
- american history
- history
- politics
- philosophy
- political science
"Liberty is to faction what air is to fire..."-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
"If we are to be one Nation in any respect, it clearly ought to be in respect to other Nations."-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
"An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth. No. 75"-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
"No man ought certainly to be a judge in his own cause, or in any cause in respect to which he has the least interest or bias."-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
26. Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
By: Amanda Montell
3.85
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultis… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Amanda Montell's Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
- history
"Without language, there are no "cults"."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"Some say people who join cults are “lost."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"With words, we breathe reality into being."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"The nimble direct sales industry always finds a way to reinvent itself - the capitalist cockroach that just won't stop reincarnating."-Amanda Montell, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
27. American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
By: Isaac Kramnick
4.02
Format: 1584 pages, Paperback
This authoritative and comprehensive new anthology presents key works in American political thought… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology book and Isaac Kramnick's American Political Thought: A Norton Anthology
- american history
- american
- history
- school
- politics
- anthologies
- philosophy
- grad school
- political science
- textbooks
