In The Soul of a Leader, political scientist and cultural commentator Waller R. Newell offers a fascinating perspective on the role of leadership in American life today. From the birth of democracy in Periclean Athens to the Founding Fathers' view of statesmanship, from the experiences of Abraham Lincoln to those of modern presidents, this far-reaching and provocative new book explores the many and diverse elements of good statesmanship, including the timeless qualities all good leaders share.

“The Soul of a Leader is an important book that probes deeply into the question of what makes for greatness among democratic statesmen. Turning for inspiration to sources from Lincoln to Pericles, Newell understands the present through the lens of politics, philosophy, and history.”
      –Francis Fukuyama

The Code of Man examines and answers a little understood yet pivotal conundrum facing Americans today: why, after winning the Cold War and defeating the evil empire, American men began to wage a war on themselves. Newell uses scores of fascinating sources to explore the variations of how the manly heart has been understood throughout recorded history. He discovers a fundamental consistency to how, until quite recently, our ancestors understood manly honor and pride.

“Few contemporary writers can write with such verve on such diverse topics. A portable, semester-long course on Western norms of masculinity.”
      –The Weekly Standard

At a time when all of America is debating the wayward course of contemporary manhood, one thing has been missing from the conversation: a source to which concerned readers might turn for guidance and inspiration, a path back to the wisdom of our shared tradition of manly virtues. An anthology of extraordinary scope and depth, What Is a Man? reminds us all of the relevance of the manly tradition and offers a blueprint for men (and women) eager to uphold the honor of our forefathers' legacy.

“Brilliantly timed, conceived, edited and introduced, What is a Man? Is an anthology of buried treasures.”
      –Norman Doidge, Columbia University

Ruling Passion is the only book-length study of tyranny, statesmanship, and civic virtue in three major Platonic dialogues, the Gorgias, the Symposium, and the Republic. It is also the first extended interpretation of eros as the key to Plato's understanding of both the depths of human vice and the heights of human aspirations for virtue and happiness. Written in a clear and engaging style, Ruling Passion will be of interest to philosophers, political theorists, classicists, historians, and anyone generally intrigued by the ironies, mysteries, and longings of human nature and psychology.

“One of the best books on Plato in a number of years.”
      –Stanley Rosen, American Political Science Review

Canada has seen exhaustive experimentation in school curricula and teaching methods in the last three decades. Peter C. Emberley and Waller R. Newell make a provocative contribution to the current debate about education. The authors believe they express views held by Canadians who expect educators to promote literacy, convey principles of justice, and develop moral character, but who find that none of these objectives are being met in the current system.

“This book offers an urgently needed new educational philosophy and agenda that revivifies the grand and distinctively Canadian tradition of education for democratic excellence.”
      –Thomas Pangle, University of Toronto