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Excerpts from the ship's log as Buckley sails across the Atlantic Ocean with his son and some friends, along with his musings on sailing and seamanship. ... More

The third of Bill Buckley's brilliant sailing books, chronicling his 4,000-mile voyage across the Pacific with four close friends, including his son and a photographer. ... More

Venerable American political conservative, Buckley offers his account of why the Berlin Wall was built, how it ruined German lives for nearly three decades, and how it fell -- was pushed actually -- in 1989. He delights in such images as children of Nazis, the undeniable spirit of East German dissen... More

An ambitious, roguish young presidential candidate... a lifetime of inconvenient secrets... a decision to save a candidacy--all at a fatal cost. These are the provocative threads that master storyteller William F. Buckley Jr. weaves into this gripping yet surprisingly empathetic political novel. "Th... More

In this volume of Buckley's Blackford Oakes spy novels, Oakes is called upon to plug a security leak in President Eisenhower's National Security Council. Oakes goes on a mission behind the Iron Curtain to counter the damage, is captured and sentenced to death as a spy, and turns the tables on the KG... More

On assignment to restore a 13th-century German chapel, Blackford Oakes learns that its owner is far more than a charming aristocrat. The charismatic Wintergrin is rousing his countrymen to reunite Germany. Now, Oakes must either pull the fatal switch on his friend, or find a way to change the rules.... More

James Jesus Angleton was an enigma, a secretive man whose power was at its peak during the height of the Cold War. Founder of U.S. counter-intelligence, hunter of moles and foes of America, his name has become synonymous with skulduggery and subterfuge. Angleton pursued his enemies, real and imagine... More

This book is a sweeping tale that takes us from the Hungarian uprising of 1956, Cold War espionage, and tempestuous romance, to political skulduggery in 1960's America.... More

In 1951, a twenty-five-year-old Yale graduate published his first book, which exposed the extraordinarily irresponsible educational attitude that prevailed at his Alma Mater. This book rocked the academic world and catapulted its young author, William F. Buckley Jr., into the public spotlight.... More

In "The Reagan I Knew", the late William F. Buckley Jr. offers a reminiscence of thirty years of friendship with the man who brought the American conservative movement out of the political wilderness and into the White House. Ronald Reagan and Buckley were political allies and close friends througho... More

Sebastian Reinhardt, a young German-American, is yanked from routine army duty in America to serve as an interpreter at Nuremberg's Palace of Justice in 1945. He hears the stories of the infamous Nazi killers and war makers, who face prosecutors determined to bring them to justice, and encounters th... More

The year is 1963 and Fidel Castro, seeking revenge for his humiliation during the missile crisis, has become an assassination target. When the CIA's ace agent Blackford Oakes is called upon to carry out the plan, he discovers he is a pawn in the agency's plans -- which also calls for his own death!... More

In "Happy Days Were Here Again", William F. Buckley Jr. offers a collection of his finest essays from the latter part of his long career. Sometimes celebrating, sometimes assailing, Buckley takes on opponents ranging from Mikhail Gorbachev to Carl Sagan to Leonard Bernstein; reflects on the academic... More

William F. Buckley Jr.'s account of his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in the sailboat Sealestial, Atlantic High is a work that everywhere evidences Buckley's love for sailing and good companionship. Infused with his inimitable wit and supported by a rich fund of anecdotes and observations, Atlant... More

Blackford Oakes takes on the Russians and a top level traitor during the Cold War in this tale of treason and action-packed adventure.... More

Queen Elizabeth has just settled onto the throne of England, and the CIA is baffled at the breaks in security that are taking place. Worst of all, the leaks have been traced directly to the queen's chambers. Blackford Oakes is called upon to penetrate the Royal Circle, win the Queen's confidence, an... More

John V. Lindsay was elected mayor of New York City in 1965. But that year's mayoral campaign will forever be known as the Buckley campaign. "As a candidate," Joseph Alsop conceded, "Buckley was cleverer and livelier than either of his rivals." And Murray Kempton concluded that "The process which coa... More

William F. Buckley, Jr., "Mr. Conservative," believes that something must be done to revive our youth's indifference to today's government and politics. In "Gratitude" he offers a plan for universal voluntary national service for men and women 18 years of age and older. Here are his suggestions for ... More

This is not a history of anti-Semitism, nor a survey of it. "In Search of Anti-Semitism" is a perceptive study of anti-Semitism. He examines these with wit, thoroughness, and an open-mindedness which most of his critics have acclaimed. The book focuses on three contemporary writers and one contempor... More

William F. Buckley, Jr., was raised a Catholic. As the world plunged into war, and as social mores changed dramatically around him, Buckley's faith -- a most essential part of his make-up -- sustained him. In highly personal terms, and with the wit and acuity for which he is justly renowned, Buckley... More

The year is 1964. Faced with a tough presidential campaign and a deteriorating situation in Vietnam, Lyndon Johnson dispatches super agent Blackford Oakes on a mission to Southeast Asia. With him goes Tucker Montana, a character as colorful as his background is shady. They have two goals: Tucker to ... More

Another collection of writing from William F. Buckley Jr., discussing such varied issues as the economy, religion, politics, education and communication.... More

A collection of 100 pieces which include political commentary, an essay about the public's reaction to Buckley's autobiographical book "Overdrive" and a eulogy for Buckley's mother. ... More

A stinging critique not only of the principles of Liberalism -- or, perhaps better, the "no-principles" of Liberalism -- but of the behavior of some of Liberalism's principal architects. ... More

President Kennedy, who has selected Oakes to meet with Che Guevara inside Castro's Cuba, has contrived a daring plan--dubbed Operation Alligator--that will hopefully bring about an era of détente in East-West relations. The communists, however, have another agenda: a double-cross that has terrifying... More