Publication date: 1988-07
Dewey code: 942.050924
Price: $54.95
Review Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, C. 1484-1545 / Blackwell Publishers:Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, was one of Henry VIII's most exalted subjects. Throughout his career, he remained one of the king's closest friends, and was a courtier, diplomat and military leader of great influence. Yet Brandon's life was by no means free from misadventure. As a new magnate, he encountered formidable problems of local government. His marriage to Henry's sister Mary was disastrous, and his relationship with Anne Boleyn fraught. He was accused of treason and was responsible for a military fiasco. The author explains how Brandon not only survived these vicissitudes of fortune and managed to retain the king's friendship, but steadily increased his own power, wealth and standing. The book sets out a consideration of the Duke of Suffolk in the context of recent research on late medieval and Tudor politics and society. Drawing extensively upon a wide range of contemporary documents, he reconstructs Brandon's life and times, and in doing so thr ows new light on many issues in Tudor history, including local government, faction, patronage, and the impact of the Reformation on poilitical and personal life.
Publication date: 1966
Review A chance to die;: A biography of Jose Abad Santos, late Chief Justice of the Philippines / Alemar-Phoenix Publ. House:
Creator: Ingrid Christophersen
Publication date: 2003-12
Price: $54.00
Review The Bookseller of Kabul / Clipper Audio:Two weeks after September 11th, award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad went to Afghanistan to report on the conflict there. In the following spring she returned to live with an Afghan family for several months. For more than 20 years Sultan Khan defied the authorities - be they Communist or Taliban - in order to supply books to the people of Kabul. He was arrested, interrogated and imprisoned by the Communists, and watched illiterate Taliban soldiers burn piles of his books in the street. He even resorted to hiding most of his stock in attics all over Kabul. But while Khan is passionate in his love of books and hatred of censorship, he is also a committed Muslim with strict views on family life. As an outsider, Seierstad is able to move between the private world of the women - including Khan's two wives - and the more public lives of the men. And so we learn of proposals and marriages, suppression and abuse of power, crime and punishment. The result is a moving portrait of a family and a clear-eyed assessment of a country struggling to free itself from history.
Edition: English & 196
Publication date: 2002-04-15
Dewey code: 942.020922
List Price: $200.00
Price: $200.00
Review Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166 II: Pipe Rolls to `Cartae Baronum' / Boydell Press:This second volume of persons named in English records between 1066 and 1166 follows on from its predecessor Domesday People: (Of) undoubted importance. in understanding the nature of Norman aristocratic society and the forces within it. a monumental effort. HISTORYDrawn from extensive and wide-ranging research in British and French archives, the 7500 entries in this volume provide the first authoritative prosopographical key to over 60,000 names found in English administrative documents such as the Pipe Rolls and the Cartae Baronum, as well as various Surveys and thousands of royal and private charters. Both volumes focus upon regional origin, family, and the descent of fees, and together they provide the most complete view to date of the people responsible for the conquest and colonization of England. Dr K. [+]S. B. KEATS-ROHAN is Director of the Linacre Unit for Prosopographical Research and Fellow of the European Humanities Research Centre, University of Oxford.
Publication date: 1895
Review Afro-American encyclopedia;: Or, The thoughts, doings, and sayings of the race, / Haley & Florida:
Publication date: 1976
Review Jesse / Whitaker House:
Publication date: 1957
Review Silk textiles of Spain,: Eighth to fifteenth century (Hispanic notes & monographes; essays, studies, and brief biographies. Peninsular series) / Hispanic Society of America:
Publication date: 2000-05-19
Dewey code: 781.63092
Price: $84.50
Review Fela: Life And Times Of An African / Temple University Press:Musician, political critic, and hedonist, international superstar Fela Anikulapo-Kuti created a sensation throughout his career. In his own country of Nigeria, he was simultaneously adulated and loathed, often by the same people at the same time. His outspoken political views and advocacy of marijuana smoking and sexual promiscuity offended many, even as his musical brilliance enthralled them. In his creation of afrobeat, he melded African traditions with African-American and Afro-Caribbean influences to revolutionize world music. Although harassed, beaten, and jailed by Nigerian authorities, he continued his outspoken and derisive criticism of political corruption at home and economic exploitation from abroad. A volatile mixture of personal characteristics charisma, musical talent, maverick lifestyle, populist ideology, and persistence in the face of persecution made him a legend throughout Africa and the world. Celebrated during the 1970's as a musical innovator and spokesman for the continent's oppressed masses, he enjoyed worldwide celebrity during the 1980's and was recognized in the 1990's as a major pioneer and elder statesman of African music. By the time of his death in 1997 from AIDS-related complications, Fela had become something of a Nigerian institution. In Africa, the idea of transnational alliance, once thought to be outmoded, has gained new currency. In African-America, during a period of increasing social conservatism and ethnic polarization, Africa has re-emerged as a symbol of cultural affirmation. [+]At such a historical moment, Fela's music offers a perspective on race, class, and nation on both sides of the Atlantic. As Professor Veal demonstrates, over three decades Fela synthesized a unique musical language while also clearing if only temporarily a space for popular political dissent and a type of counter-cultural expression rarely seen in West Africa. In the midst of political turmoil in Africa, as well as renewal of pro-African cultural nationalism throughout the diaspora, Fela's political music functions as a post-colonial art form that uses cross-cultural exchange to voice a unique and powerful African essentialism. Author note: Michael E. Veal is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at Yale University. In addition to being thoroughly grounded in the literature on Nigeria, African music, and the world music scene, he played as a guest saxophonist with Fela and his band Egypt 80, and has conducted interviews with Fela himself, and with his colleagues and other Nigerian musicians.
Creator: McKissick Museum
Publication date: 1998-04
Dewey code: 738.092
Price: $20.00
Review I Made This Jar: The Life and Works of the Enslaved African-American Potter, Dave / McKissick Museum University of South Carolina:
Creator: Stephen Conway
Publication date: 1988-06-30
Dewey code: 190
List Price: $378.00
Price: $199.99
Review The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham: Volume 8: January 1809 to December 1816 (Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham) / Oxford University Press, USA:Much of Bentham's correspondence of this period is about his Panopticon penitentiary scheme. The letters give insight into Bentham's relations with editors, followers, legal and political colleagues, and his conversion to political radicalism.
Edition: Revised
Publication date: 1997-02
Dewey code: 952
Price: $12.00
Review Public People, Private People: Portraits of Some Japanese / Kodansha International (JPN):The private recollections of long-time Japan resident, Donald Richie, capture the personalities of certain Japanese people - some famous, some unknown - with insight and humour.
Publication date: 1997
Review [Teenie Harris / Silver Eye Center for Photography:
Creator: Douglas MacGowan
Publication date: 2001-05-30
Dewey code: 333.33554094115
Price: $106.95
Review The Stonemason: Donald Macleod's Chronicle of Scotland's Highland Clearances / Praeger Publishers:Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, waves of tenant evictions swept through northern Scotland in what would become known as the Highland Clearances. Wealthy landlords, discovering hardy breeds of sheep that would flourish in the severe Highland climate, replaced populated farms and villages with higher-revenue sheep farms. The former tenants faced the choice of migrating to other parts of Scotland or emigrating to other countries. Stonemason Donald Macleod's collected writings provide one of the few existing chronicles of the Clearances from the perspective of one of the evicted tenants. The majority of contemporary reports of the Highland Clearances were composed by journalists or the parties who put the evictions into effect. Landowners did not maintain accurate numbers of evictions and the negative consequences that resulted. Villages were destroyed to discourage tenants from returning, often before they could remove themselves or their possessions, resulting in severe hardship and even death. Originally a series of newspaper articles grouped by topic and published over a period of many months, Macleod's writings have remained largely unread. MacGowan edits and annotates the letters to present a chronological and powerful account of the tragedy.
Creator: Rodney Malcolm Thomson
Publication date: 2007-03-29
Dewey code: 274.203
List Price: $278.50
Price: $218.75
Review William of Malmesbury: Gesta Pontificum Anglorum, The History of the English Bishops: Volume I (Oxford Medieval Texts) / Oxford University Press, USA:Gesta Pontificum Anglorum (The History of the English Bishops) is a modern edition of one of the most important medieval texts written c. 1125 by one of England's key historians of the period, William, Monk of Malmesbury. It is a is a vivid narrative on the English Church, its bishoprics and monasteries, from c. 600 to William's contemporary era, and the edition features the original Latin text of the manuscript with the English translation alongside. Conceived as a companion piece to his Gesta Regum Anglorum, this historical work was a unique enterprise, and the result is a substantial book, elegantly written, full of original information, and characterized by intelligent interpretation and judgement. The first four books of the text, treat each diocese in turn, and the fifth book is devoted to the history of William's own monastery. A second volume by R. M. Thomson will contain an introduction and detailed commentary on the work.
Edition: Fine Ed
Publication date: 1994-08
Dewey code: 709
Price: $45.00
Review Gerard Dillon: An Illustrated Biography / Wolfhound Press (IE):
Publication date: 1994-11-09
Review W.B.Yeats: A Literary Life (Macmillan Literary Lives) / Palgrave Macmillan:This is not a straightforward biography but rather an attempt to describe and examine Yeats as a phenomenon, partly shaped by forces and movements around him and partly shaping the public events of his time. His position in literary, political and cultural matters is detailed and the book offers, through the study of Yeats, an introduction to the fashions of ideas between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Authors
- Henry Loius, Jr. Gates
- Al Young
- Grace Paley
- Lionel G. Garcia
- Gordon, Sr. Parks
Publication date: 2008-09-05
Dewey code: 810.9920693
List Price: $217.00
Price: $217.00
Review American Ethnic Writers (Great Events from History) / Salem Press:This book gives authoritative coverage of 225 ethnic writers that is essential for the school and college library shelf. Ethnic literature is a mainstay of the high school and undergraduate classroom. This revised edition of "American Ethnic Writers", expanded by a full volume, includes not only the classics of African American, Asian American, Hispanic/Latino, Jewish American, and Native American novels, short stories, plays, and poetry but many new voices as well, in authoritative, clearly written essays for the student and general reader. It is a key resource for literary and American studies. Scope and coverage: An updated and significantly expanded three-volume edition of the original two-volume "American Ethnic Writers", this edition enhances previous coverage with the addition of 89 new authors and more than 500 new works - more than doubling the length of the best-selling two-volume set of 2000. The 225 ethnic writers covered here represent all major American ethnicities and include such well-known African American writers as Maya Angelou, Alex Haley, Toni Morrison and Richard Wright as well as Asian American writers Amy Tan, Ha Jin and Jade Snow-Wong and Jewish American writers Saul Bellow, Philip Roth and Elie Wiesel. Also covered here are Hispanic and Latino writers Ana Castillo, Victor Hernandez Cruz and Jose Yglesias, and Native American contemporaries Alexie Sherman, Barbara Kingsolver and Joy Harjo. Organization and format: Arranged alphabetically by author, each essay begins with the name of the writer as best known, followed by a capsule identifier (e. g. , Asian American novelist); a summary description of the writer's significance; "Traditions," which lists associated ethnicities (e. [+]g. , Japanese American); "Also known as" names; birth date and place; death date and place (if applicable); and Biography. Pronunciation guides are provided for difficult-to-pronounce names. A section of analyses follows, focusing on one to ten of the writer's works. Each of these sections on core novels, plays, short stories, or poems lists the work's title, genre, and year of publication, followed by a page of analysis. The updated "Suggested Readings" section lists 5 to 10 print resources for more information. Finally, each essay is signed by an academician or other expert contributor. Special features include: Volume 3 concludes with two appendixes, a General Bibliography and a list of Web Sites, as well as five indexes: Author Index, Title Index, Authors by Ethnic Identity, Titles by Ethnic Identity, and Titles by Genre.
Publication date: 1985-10-31
Dewey code: 296.833
Price: $24.95
Review Mystical Theology and Social Dissent: The Life and Works of Judah Loew of Prague (Littman Library of Jewish Civilization) / Oxford University Press, USA:Rabbi Loew is known as the creator of the golem, an artificial man endowed with superhuman powers. Sherwin here analyzes the legend and its influence on modern literature and ethics, and provides the first critical biography and bibliography of the mystical Rabbi whose life and works have in the past been eclipsed by the legend.
Authors
- Clifton R., Jr., Dr. Wharton
Edition: 22
Publication date: 2008-07
Dewey code: 920.009296073
List Price: $275.00
Price: $275.00
Review Who's Who Among African Americans / Gale Cengage:
Creator: Stephen C. Averill
Publication date: 1997-03
Dewey code: 951
List Price: $205.95
Price: $205.95
Review Mao's Road to Power: Revolutionary Writings 1912-1949 : The Rise and Fall of the Chinese Soviet Republic 1931-1934 (Mao's Road to Power: Revolutionary Writings, 1912-1949) / East Gate Book:This projected ten-volume edition of Mao Zedong's writings provides abundant documentation in his own words regarding his life and thought. It has been compiled from all available Chinese sources, including the many new texts that appeared in 1993, Mao's centenary.
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Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, C. 1484-1545, A chance to die;: A biography of Jose Abad Santos, late Chief Justice of the Philippines, The Bookseller of Kabul, Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166 II: Pipe Rolls to `Cartae Baronum', Afro-American encyclopedia;: Or, The thoughts, doings, and sayings of the race,, Jesse, Silk textiles of Spain,: Eighth to fifteenth century (Hispanic notes & monographes; essays, studies, and brief biographies. Peninsular series), Fela: Life And Times Of An African, I Made This Jar: The Life and Works of the Enslaved African-American Potter, Dave, The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham: Volume 8: January 1809 to December 1816 (Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham), Public People, Private People: Portraits of Some Japanese, [Teenie Harris, The Stonemason: Donald Macleod's Chronicle of Scotland's Highland Clearances, William of Malmesbury: Gesta Pontificum Anglorum, The History of the English Bishops: Volume I (Oxford Medieval Texts), Gerard Dillon: An Illustrated Biography, W.B.Yeats: A Literary Life (Macmillan Literary Lives), American Ethnic Writers (Great Events from History), Mystical Theology and Social Dissent: The Life and Works of Judah Loew of Prague (Littman Library of Jewish Civilization), Who's Who Among African Americans, Mao's Road to Power: Revolutionary Writings 1912-1949 : The Rise and Fall of the Chinese Soviet Republic 1931-1934 (Mao's Road to Power: Revolutionary Writings, 1912-1949)Top headlines: Broken butterfly gets mended, andride south: A monarch butterfly has a chance at completing its species' famed migration to central Mexico thanks to some tiny cardboard splints, a bit of contact cement and a trucker from Alabama. ›23:11 20 Nov, Thu Obama: Gov't must help homeowners, too: President-elect Barack Obama signaled a clear desire Wednesday to use a significant portion of $700 billion in financial bailout funds to stanch foreclosures. ›19:54 3 Dec, Wed How to cut your business travel costs: There are sane ways to cut travel and entertainment expenses. 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