Carter has 22 books on goodreads with 43336 ratings. He is the author of the bestselling novelthe emperor of ocean park, and seven acclaimed nonfiction books, includingthe culture of disbelief. Carters gripping new novel, back channel, is a brilliant amalgam of fact and fictiona suspenseful retelling of the cuban missile crisis, in which the fate of the world rests unexpectedly on the shoulders of a young college student. Carter is the bestselling author of several novelsincluding the emperor of ocean park and new england whiteand over half a dozen works of nonfiction. Booknotes interview with carter on reflections of an affirmative action baby. Carter in the footsteps of fellow virtuecrats such as william bennett and michael lewis, another ringing defense of the obvious. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Stephen lisle carter born october 26, 1954 is an american law professor at yale university.
Carter is the william nelson cromwell professor of law at yale, where he has taught since 1982. Few will dispute carters the culture of disbelief, 1993, etc. Carter is the william nelson cromwell professor of law at yale law school, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1982. He was a cold, distant person of enormously strong political views, carter says during a call to his office at yale university law school, the patriarch of his family, pretty conservative in the sense that a lot of old, traditional black families are conservative. His seven nonfiction books include gods name in vain. He is the author of the bestselling novel the emperor of ocean park, and seven acclaimed nonfiction books, including the culture of disbelief. Stephen carter examines why the virtue of integrity holds such sway over the american political imagination. He is the author of fifteen books, including, among others, the violence of. His novels include the emperor of ocean park and back channel, and his nonfiction includes civility and integrity. Carter is the william nelson cromwell professor of law at yale university, where he has taught since 1982.
The fact that so few know her name has far more to do with bias than her ability or her determination. Among his recent courses are contracts, evidence, law and religion, the ethics of war, slavery and the law, and libertarian legal theory. Carter is the william nelson cromwell professor of law at yale, where he has taught for more than 30 years. His first novel, the emperor of ocean park 2002, was an immediate national best seller. Carter delivers a gripping political thriller set against the backdrop of watergate, vietnam, and the nixon white house. He is a leading public intellectual who appears regularly on national television and radio, and his writings have appeared in major national magazines and newspapers.
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See all 9 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The book was carters first work of fiction, and spent 11 weeks on the new york times bestseller list following its publication. Carter is the bestselling author of more than five novelsincluding the emperor of ocean park and new england whiteand over a half dozen works of nonfiction. Carters new historical thriller, back channel, recalls the borges quip that history is little more than the scripture produced by a subordinate god in order to communicate with a. Collection of columns for christianity today by stephen l.
Carter s most popular book is the emperor of ocean park. Carter, a yale law school professor and the author of, among many other works, the novels the emperor of ocean park and new. How american law and politics trivialize religious devotion and civility. Carter is the william nelson cromwell professor of law at yale, where he has taught for almost thirty years. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Carters grandmother, was brilliant, ambitious and courageous. He is also the author of seven acclaimed works of nonfiction, and three bestselling novels. Carter was born on october 26, 1954 and raised in ithaca, new york, graduating from ithaca high school in 1972. Carter has been carrying a powerful character around in his imagination. Carters reimagining of lincolns presidency and joshua henkins tale of a familys fragmented mourning arrive in paperback. Carter, including the emperor of ocean park, and invisible. Carter is the william nelson cromwell professor of law at yale law.
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