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Jeffry A. Frieden - Global Capitalism_ Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century-W. W. Norton & Company (2007)
"Magisterial history...one of the most comprehensive histories of modern capitalism yet written." —Michael Hirsh, New York Times Book ReviewIn 1900 international trade reached unpr... -
The Four Loves - C. S. Lewis
Amazon.com ReviewThe Four Loves summarizes four kinds of human love--affection, friendship, erotic love, and the love of God. Masterful without being magisterial, this book's... -
Literary Occasions_ Essays - V. S. Naipaul; Pankaj Mishra
From Publishers WeeklyOne imagines many readers are still absorbing The Writer and the World, Naipaul's magisterial collection of deeply opinionated global political reports and cu... -
FDR - Jean Edward Smith
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Independent biographer Smith (1996's John Marshall: Definer of a Nation and 2001's Grant) crafts a magisterial biography of... -
Collapse_ How Societies Choose - Jared Diamond
"A magisterial effort packed with insight and written with clarity and enthusiasm. It's also the deal of the year---the equivalent of a year's college course by an engaging, brilli...