Author: David F. Epstein File Type: pdf In The Political Theory of The Federalist, David F. Epstein offers a guide to the fundamental principles of American government as they were understood by the framers of the Constitution. Epstein here demonstrates the remarkable depth and clarity of The Federalists argument, reveals its specifically political (not merely economic) view of human nature, and describes how and why the American regime combines liberal and republican values. While it is a model of scholarly care and clarity, this study deserves an audience outside the academy. . . . David F. Epsteins book is a fine demonstration of just how much a close reading can accomplish, free of any flights of theory or fancy references.*New Republic Epsteins strength lies in two aspects of his own approach. One is that he reads the text with uncommon closeness and sensitivity the other is an extensive knowledge of the European political thought which itself forms an indispensable background to the minds of the authors.Times Literary Supplement*

Author: Charles Williams File Type: epub font face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxbWar in Heavenb (1930) The Holy Grail surfaces in an obscure country parish in England and becomes variously a sacramental object to protect or a vessel of power to exploit. A group of three dark magicians attempt to use it as a power base and a means of destruction. The three who oppose them are an Archdeacon, a Duke, and a Clerk in a publishing house. The battle of good versus evil is played out over the acquisition of the Grail which passes between the two sides. The use of the Grail by the forces of evil displays characters that are not your stereotypical villains. There is the banality of evil about them that makes what they do even more scary.spanfontfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxbMany Dimensionsb (1931) This penetrating study of evil in the human heart revolves around a mysterious Stone of many dimensions, by which one can move at will through space, time, and thought. Replete with rich religious imagery, Many Dimensions explores the relation between predestination and free will as it depicts different human responses to redemptive transcendence.spanfontb 14px DejaVu Sans, serifThe Place of the Lionbspan 14px DejaVu Sans, serif (1931) From the top of the bank, behind a sparse hedge of thorn, the lioness stared at the Hertfordshire road. She moved her head from side to side, then suddenly she became rigid as if she had scented prey or enemy she crouched lower, her body trembling, her tail swishing, but she made no sound. Almost a mile away Quentin Sabot jumped from the gate on which he had been sitting and looked at his wrist-watch. I dont see much sign of this bus of yours, he said, glancing along the road. Anthony Durrant looked in the same direction. Shall we wander along and meet it? Or go on and let it catch us up? Quentin suggested. After all, thats our direction. The chief use of the material world, Anthony said, still sitting on the gate, is that one can, just occasionally, say that with truth. Yes, lets. He got down leisurely and yawned. I feel I could talk better on top of a bus than on my feet just now, he went on. How many miles have we done, should you think? Twenty-three? Quentin hazarded. Thereabouts, the other nodded, and stretched himself lazily.spanb 14px DejaVu Sans, serifThe Greater Trumpsbspan 14px DejaVu Sans, serif (1931) The original Tarot deck is used to unlock enormous metaphysical powers by allowing the possessors to see across space and time, create matter, and raise powerful natural storms. Upon an ancient golden table, golden figurines perpetually move by some magnetism of the Earth to the Great Dance - that is, the rhythm of all things that happen in this world. The table and figurines are half of a set. The other half is the original Tarot cards. Together, it is believed, they have the power to explain eachothers mysteries, and maybe even manipulate time, space, and the elements. By some great coincidence, or movement of the Dance, two families are brought together who each have one half of the set. But when the pieces are reunited, all hell...and heaven break loose!spanb 14px DejaVu Sans, serifShadows of Ecstasybspan 14px DejaVu Sans, serif (1933) Classic Charles Williams A humanistic adept has discovered that by focusing his energies inward he can extend his life almost indefinitely. He undertakes an experiment, using African lore, to die and resurrect his own body, thereby assuring his immortality. His followers begin a revolutionary movement to destroy European civilization.spanb 14px DejaVu Sans, serifDescent into Hell bspan 14px DejaVu Sans, serif(1937) The key to Williams mystically oriented theological thought, spani 14px DejaVu Sans, serifDescent into Hellspan 14px DejaVu Sans, serif (arguably Williams greatest novel) is a multidimensional story about human beings who shut themselves up in their own narcissistic projections, so that they are no longer able to love, to co-inhere. The result is a veritable hell.spanb 14px DejaVu Sans, serifAll Hallows Evebspan 14px DejaVu Sans, serif (1945) In post-Blitz London, humanitys last hope of defeating a powerful magicians insidious plans lies with a ghost trapped in a surreal city of the dead During World War II, soon after Ms. Lester Furnival married her beloved Richard, she died in an accident. Now she wanders the dark and lonely streets with her friend Evelyn. An empty mirror image of the London she once knew, the city is a place where time has lost its rules and structure, and where Lester can catch heartbreaking glimpses of the world she left behind. But all is not well in the realm of the living. The other London has fallen under the sway of the magus Simon Leclerc, a master of black magic and necromancy who would sacrifice the soul of his own daughter in the pursuit of ultimate power. With her widowed husband entangled in the sorcerer?s toxic web along with an enigmatic artist who can paint only the truth, Lester must somehow thwart Leclercs malevolent plan if she is to find salvation-for the evil necromancer desires nothing less than total dominion over both worlds. A ghost story unlike any other, spani 14px DejaVu Sans, serifAll Hallows Evespan 14px DejaVu Sans, serif is the final novel by the remarkable Charles Williams, whose brilliant literary excursions into the spiritual and supernatural realms remain unsurpassed more than six decades after his death.spanspan DejaVu Sans, serif 14pxOf the three Inkling fantasy writers Charles Williams is the least known and appreciated. Yet, his series of supernatural fantasy novels are every bit as interesting and original as the books by C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien.spanfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14pxWilliams was arguably the most creatively daring and ambitious of Oxfords famed Inklings, the literary society that included such notables as C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Owen Barfield, and his chilling, breathtaking, and deeply felt fiction remains the gold standard for provocative and intelligent contemporary fantasy.spanfont