Publication date: 1998-03
Dewey code: 709
Price: $100.00
Review Jiang: Father of the Yunnan School / Fingerhut Group Pub:
Publication date: 1992-06
List Price: $900.00
Price: $399.00
Review Abraham Lincoln: A History (With John G. Nicolay) / Reprint Services Corporation:
Authors
- Donald Ray Schwartz
- Anne Aull Bowbeer
Dewey code: 792.028092
Price: $110.95
Review Lillian Russell: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts) / Greenwood Press:Lillian Russell was the Victorian era's symbol of talent, charm, and beauty. She was introduced by impresario Tony Pastor in 1880, and was considered an emblem of feminine beauty until the turn of the century. Although her voice still set a standard of excellence, by that time America's vision of loveliness had changed, and her middle-aged body could not meet the new challenge on the musical stage. Russell responded with extraordinary resilience. She adapted with the times and became the grande dame of the American theatre in non-musical plays, burlesque, variety, and the lecture circuit. She wrote widely-read newspaper columns in which she pioneered an optimistic philosophy of self-help, and she used her numerous connections to champion the causes that she held dear. Carefully researched, this reference book is a comprehensive and thoroughly documented guide to Lillian Russell's life and career. A biography places her in the social and cultural context of her time and adds previously ignored information about her parents, birth, coming-of-age in the Midwest, early career, daughter, and death. A chronology then gives a detailed listing of events in her life and career. The chapters that follow are devoted to her many performances. [+]Entries in each section provide cast and credit information, plot synopses, review excerpts, and critical commentary. Several appendices offer additional information about her work, and an extensive annotated bibliography lists sources of additional information.
Publication date: 1920
Review Personal recollections of Andrew Carnegie, / Fleming H. Revell Company:
Creator: Jenny Hearn
Publication date: 2001-01
Price: $24.00
Review Taim Bilong Misis Bilong Armi: Memories of Wives of Australian Servicemen in Papua New Guinea, 1951-1975 / University of Hawaii Press:
Publication date: 1928
Review The lives of the noble Grecians and Romans,: Compared together by that grave, learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarch of Chæronea / Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press and pub. for the press by B. Blackwell, Oxford:
Authors
- Victoria; Malin, Jo (editors) Boynton
Price: $399.99
Review Encyclopedia of Women's Autobiography / Greenwood Press:
Authors
- Daniel Lombardy
- Joe Esposito
Publication date: 2007-10-31
Dewey code: 780
Price: $19.99
Review Celebrate Elvis - Volume 2 / TCB JOE Enterprises:Celebrate Elvis is a series that will leave no stone unturned. From rumor busters to private personal memories and experiences to emotionally gripping fan interviews. Celebrate Elvis is an ongoing collaboration with fans from around the world that are interested in preserving and broadening the Elvis Presley legacy. Get ready to sit back and relax as Joe Esposito and the fans share experiences, insights and memories that have never before been published. until now. [+]I want to thank you from the depths of my heart for giving me the "Elvis Fan" insight and truths to the man with the soulful voice. This book is "off the hook" genius. I await patiently for the next one. Joe you are the Elvis fans "Best Friend". - Phyllis Davis.
Authors
- National Academy of Sciences Office of the Home Secretary
Publication date: 2003-06
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $74.50
Price: $74.50
Review Biographical Memoirs / Not Avail:
Publication date: 2002-01
Price: $399.99
Review Baldorioty Ahora / Proela:
Authors
- Winton Dean
- John Merrill Knapp
Price: $65.00
Review Handel's Operas 1704-1726 / Oxford University Press, USA:After two centures of near-total neglect, Handel's operas are now increasingly popular in the theatre, but modern productions are hampered by dependence on obsolete and inaccurate editions, and by ignorance of the musical and theatrical practice of Handel's age. Although Handel's autographs and performing scores have long been available, they have never before been fully studied, still less the very early manuscript copies. The manuscripts have yielded a great deal of unknown music, besides throwing fresh light on Handel's methods of composition and performance practice. This book covers Handel's first seventeen surviving operas, including his greatest and most successful. Each opera has a chapter, with a full synopsis of the libretto (including all original stage directions) and a comparison with its literary and dramatic sources. Each chapter covers the history of the opera in performance and the different versions in the manuscripts. Every known surviving manuscript has been examined. Eight appendices cover all performances in Handel's time, borrowings, modern revivals, new information on his singers, and a complete index of Italian first lines in all Handel's works. About the Authors: Wynton Dean is the author of Handel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques. John Merrill Knapp is Emeritus Professor of Music at Princeton University.
Publication date: 2008-06-15
Dewey code: 950
List Price: $400.00
Price: $400.00
Review The Ruins of Desert Cathay: Personal Narrative of Explorations in Central Asia and Western Most China / Kegan Paul:The Ruins of Desert Cathay documents the adventures of M. Aurel Stein, a Hungarian archaeologist who spent most of his life in the service of the British Empire in India and traveled through central Asia and western China. The author intended this volume as a personal record of the archaeological and geographical explorations during the years 1906-1908 under commission by the Indian Government. This marvellously detailed account, written in two volumes with short chapters, is a fascinating read for anyone interested in an archaeological and historical take on one man's adventures through Central Asia.
Publication date: 2006-01
Review Ruff Stuff: A WWII Pilot's Story, Major Norbert C. Ruff / T. Susedik:
Publication date: 1981-10-02
Price: $96.00
Review CHURCHILL COMP VOL 5 PT 1 / Houghton Mifflin:
Publication date: 1891
Review Military records of Schoharie County: Veterans of four wars / Weed, Parsons and Co:
Publication date: 2005-01
Review Use It Up, Wear It Out, Make It Do: 80 Years of a Minnesota Farm Family / Mk Pub.:
Publication date: 2001-04-01
Dewey code: 355
Price: $35.00
Review Vlamgat : the Story of the Mirage F-1 in the South African Air Force / Covos Day:". Perhaps it is the early morning chill that awakens them. They are mostly young and enthusiastic - but combat is a maturing process that can change a youth into an adult overnight. At last they have suited up and completed the briefing. The weapons are loaded and the aircraft are servicable to fly. [+]The pilots forget the anxieties and tension of the early morning hours. The peace of the morning is shattered by the rising crescendo of the engine noise. Then they are rolling into a steep dive upon the waiting target. Their hands inside their gloves are sweating; their mouths are dry. " Vlamgat is the gripping story of the South African Mirage F1 jet fighter pilots in action during the tense years of the bush war. Their experiences are authentically told with accuracy, humor and pathos - by an author who writes from the cockpit.
Authors
- Victoria & Jo Malin (editors). Boynton
Price: $399.99
Review ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOMEN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, VOLUMES 1 + 2. 2 vols. / Greenwood Press,:
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 2000-12-07
Review Waugh in Abyssinia (Penguin Modern Classics) / Penguin Books Ltd:
Publication date: 1999
Review In the night season / Wild Pony Press:
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Ruff, CHURCHILL COMP VOL 5 PT 1, Military records of Schoharie County: Veterans of four wars, Use It Up, Wear It Out, Make It Do: 80 Years of a Minnesota Farm Family, Vlamgat : the Story of the Mirage F-1 in the South African Air Force, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOMEN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, VOLUMES 1 + 2. 2 vols., Waugh in Abyssinia (Penguin Modern Classics), In the night seasonTop headlines: Surgeon who did first U.S. heart transplant dies: Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz, a cardiac surgeon who performed the nations first human heart transplant and who also developed lifesaving medical implants, has died. 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