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|  | Revolution at the Gates by Slavo Zizek
The idea of a Lenin renaissance might well provoke an outburst of sarcastic laughter. Marx is OK, but Lenin? Doesn't he stand for the big catastrophe which left its mark on the entire twentieth-century world political scene? Lenin, however, deserves wider consideration than this, and his writings of 1917 are testament to a formidable political figure. They reveal his ability to grasp the significance of an extraordinary moment in history. Everything is here, from Lenin-the-ingenious-revolutionarystrategist to Lenin-of-the-enactedutopia. To use Kierkegaard's phrase, what we can glimpse in these writings is Lenin-in-becoming: not yet Lenin-the-Soviet-institution, but Lenin thrown into an open, contingent situation. 1917 writings in their historical context, while his Afterword tackles the key question of whether Lenin can be reinvented in our era of 'cultural capitalism, Zizek is convinced: whatever the discussion-the forthcoming crisis of capitalism, the possibility of a redeeming violence, the falsity of liberal tolerance-he believes that Lenin's time has come again. AUTHOR: Slavo Zizek
PUBLISHER: Verso
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Franklin Pierce by Barbara A. Somervill
Description not available.Reviews the life of fourteenth president Franklin Pierce, detailing such events as his prior occupations, his election into office in 1853, and the country-wide turmoil that marked his term as president. AUTHOR: Barbara A. Somervill
PUBLISHER: Compass Point Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Reflections by Carlos Fuentes, Edward J. Olmos
Famous and not-so-famous people are depicted in 180 photographs that document the variety of Latino experience in America. This book is derived from a museum exhibition, under the aegis of Edward James Olmos, at the Smithsonian Institution. AUTHOR: Carlos Fuentes, Edward J. Olmos
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Virginian by Charles M. Russell, Frederic Remington, John Seelye, Owen Wister, Robert Shulman
The foreman of a large cattle ranch on the Wyoming frontier lives by the honor code of the West even though it means helping lynch a friend or possibly losing the girl he is to marry. AUTHOR: Charles M. Russell, Frederic Remington, John Seelye, Owen Wister, Robert Shulman
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Ice Finders by Edmund B. Bolles
Description not available.A chronicle of the interactions among three men of the 1800s--Louis Agassiz, Charles Lyell, and Elisha Kent Kane--discusses how theories about the Ice Age developed and shows how human obsessions drive the discoveries of science. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Edmund B. Bolles
PUBLISHER: Basic Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | A Passionate Collaboration by Beth Gates Warren
This account of the collaboration between Weston and Mather contains not only their photographs but biographies of both artists and an informative look at the California art scene from 1915 to 1921. AUTHOR: Beth Gates Warren
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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