Publication date: 1999-01
Dewey code: 305.896073
List Price: $50.95
Price: $197.26
Review Being Black in America Today: A Multiperspective Review of the Problem (American Series in Behavioral Science and Law) / Charles C. Thomas, Publisher Ltd:In this book the author describes the complexity of the problem of being black in America and the direction the solution may take. The author indicates there are economic, philosophical and behavioral aspects to be resolved, but that a willingness to address the problem is the prime requisite. Examples are used to illustrate specific points throughout the book pertaining to racism, discrimination, integration, the importance of family on education, affirmative action, black crime, black anti-Semitism, black leaders in the black movement and the role of government. Because the problems can be considered from many different perspectives, in reviewing the country's black problem, the author has attempted to include the opinions, the biases and prejudices and the proposed solutions of both blacks and nonblacks, academics, reporters, writers and politicians. Insofar as the problem that blacks experience is creating a greater mental health problem than most people realize (it has been called by some the number one mental health problem in America today), the book offers invaluable insight in the need for a better understanding of the current situation. It will be of interest to those in the mental health and sociology fields, as well others who are concerned about social and community factors affecting mental health.
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 2000-06
Dewey code: 949.8201092
Price: $39.95
Review Vlad III Dracula: The Life and Times of the Historical Dracula / Center for Romanian Studies:The fifteenth century Romanian Prince Vlad III Dracula, also known as Vlad the Impaler, is one of the most fascinating personalities of medieval history. He has been portrayed both as a bloody tyrant - who degenerated down throughout the centuries into the fictional vampire of the same name created by Bram Stoker at the end of the nineteenth century - and as a national and Christian hero who bravely fought to defend his native land and all of Europe against the invading Turkish infidels. Even in the twentieth century, the true history of Dracula has been obscured by communist and nationalist historiography. This book studies the life and times of this enigmatic figure of medieval history, providing the reader with a better understanding of his personality, as well as the times in which he lived. The author also discusses the development of the myth of Dracula.
Authors
- James Haskins
- Kathleen Benson
Dewey code: 790
Price: $20.00
Review Nat King Cole: The Man and His Music / DIANE Publishing Company:
Publication date: 1928
Review The Aran Islands / J.W. Luce:In 1907, J. M. Synge achieved both notoriety and lasting fame with "The Playboy of the Western World". "The Aran Islands", published in the same year, records his visits to the islands in 1898-1901, when he was gathering the folklore and anecdotes out of which he forged "The Playboy" and his other major dramas. Yet, this book is much more than a stage in the evolution of Synge the dramatist. As Tim Robinson explains in his introduction, 'If Ireland is intriguing as being an island off the west of Europe, then Aran, as an island off the west of Ireland, is still more so; it is Ireland raised to the power of two. ' Towards the end of the last century Irish nationalists came to identify the area as the country's uncorrupted heart, the repository of its ancient language, culture and spiritual values. It was for these reasons that Yeats suggested Synge visit the islands to record their way of life. The result is a passionate exploration of a triangle of contradictory relationships - between an island community still embedded in its ancestral ways but solicited by modernism, a physical environment of ascetic loveliness and savagely unpredictable moods, and Synge himself, formed by modern European thought but in love with the primitive. Nothing much happens on the Aran Islands-at least, not much went on there in the late 19th century, when John Synge sailed out to these mist-shrouded, salt-sprayed, and wave-battered chunks of rocks south of Ireland. [+]Therein lies the charm of the setting and of this lovely book, which captures the saltiness of both the marine air and the time-lost characters, who deeply believe in the magical "wee people. " In cottages where nets and fishing tackle hang from beams, the women (who always wear red dresses and petticoats, as do some of the boys) sit at their spinning wheels or sew cow-skin sandals, while the fishermen spin yarns about fairies, sunken vessels, and bags of gold gained from adulterous wives. The big happening of the year is when roofs are rethatched-an event that blossoms into a festival with twisted rope stretching from kitchen table through lane to nearby field. Synge seems an ambassador from a different world: addressed as "noble person," he brings tokens of modernity-be they clocks or simple magic tricks that beguile the locals. First published in 1907, this re-released travelogue gives a poignant peek into another time and begs a visit to the Aran Islands to see how, or if, they have changed. -Melissa Rossi.
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1990-11
Dewey code: 282.092
Price: $64.95
Review St Wulfstan of Worcester C.1008-1095 / Blackwell Publishers:St Wulfstan was the longest-surviving English bishop remaining in office after the Norman Conquest. He played a fundamental role in beginning the "conquest" of the invaders by the English, by transmitting to the new French hierarchy of church and state the values of the English reform movement. He was also an exemplary diocesan bishop in Worcestershire, the troubled frontier region between the Celtic, Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman peoples. His well-documented activities provide important evidence for the social history of the period. This book is designed to be both an account of the life of St Wulfstan and a social history of the late Anglo-Saxon period, providing a revealing perspective on the country during the 11th century. Wulfstan is one of the very few figures of the time for whom the source material is sufficiently rich to provide the basis for a full biography.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2005-04-04
Dewey code: 900
List Price: $180.00
Price: $176.00
Review The Life and Times of Po Chu-I 772-846 A.D. / Routledge:First published in 1949, this book gives the biographical background to the many poems of Po Chu-I (A. D 772-846) and traces the connection between his literary career and the disturbed political life of the time.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2005-04-04
Dewey code: 895
List Price: $180.00
Price: $176.00
Review Yuan Mei: Eighteenth Century Chinese Poet / Routledge:First published in 1956, Arthur Waley presents here a revealing account of the works and life of Yuan Mei (1716-1797), the best-known poet of his time.
Publication date: 1998-11
Dewey code: 943.802092
Price: $29.95
Review Thaddeus Kosciuszko: The Purest Son of Liberty / Hippocrene Books:The definitive biography of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, hero of the American Revolution and the Polish revolt against Russian control in the 1790s.
Publication date: 2001-10
Price: $19.95
Review Why I Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death / Junkman Series Books:A thirty Three year pictorial journey and walk for peace from the riot torn streets of Washington, D. C. in the 60s to the riot revaged streets of Cincinnati's Over-The Rhine in 2001. A compelling human interest of one mans walk to make a differency through the weapons of UNITY and LOVE to STOP aviolence and Black-on-Black Crime.
Authors
- Alen Macweeney
- Quentin Bell
- Virginia Nicholson
Publication date: 2001-02
Dewey code: 942.257
Price: $45.00
Review Charleston: A Bloomsbury House and Garden / Frances Lincoln:A study of the interior design styles original to Germany. The reader is taken on a tour of German interiors from the 16th to the early-20th centuries, through Rococco summer palaces, elegant middle-class Biedermeier villas and simple rural retreats to the functional forms of the Bauhaus.
Publication date: 2004-05-01
Dewey code: 948.03
List Price: $182.00
Price: $178.00
Review Queen Margrethe I, 1353-1412, and the Founding of the Nordic Union (Northern World, V. 9) (Northern World, V. 9) / Brill Academic Publishers:This book presents the fascinating story of Queen Margrete I and her rise to power in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Her political ambitions culminated in the founding of the Nordic Union in 1397, which had vital impact on the history of Scandinavia for the next centuries. The book analyses the most central sources and gives a vivid picture of medieval society in Denmark during the late Middle Ages. At the same time the book describes the character of this dynamic woman, who is considered as one of the most important rulers in the Middle Ages. Only a very small part of the literature concerning Scandinavian medieval history has been published in English, and this book gives for the first time foreign readers the opportunity to read about the background to the founding of the Nordic Union. The text is well illustrated.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2008-10-11
Dewey code: 500.896073
List Price: $195.00
Price: $179.20
Review African Americans in Science: An Encyclopedia of People and Progress / ABC-CLIO:This encyclopedia provides the most complete treatment to date of the accomplishments of African American scientists - and the struggles of African Americans to find places in the scientific professions. George Washington Carver is perhaps the most well-known African American scientist, but he is far from the whole story. Essential contributions from African Americans have led to a wide range of innovations, including the light bulb, refrigeration and air conditioning, nuclear reactors, and open-heart surgery. This comprehensive reference work sheds new light on an aspect of African American life that is often overlooked. More than a summary of individuals and accomplishments, "African Americans in Science: An Encyclopedia of People and Progress" explores the entire experience of African Americans seeking a place in the scientific community - not just the triumphs but the frustrations, discriminations, and the efforts to support (and sometimes impede) African American scientists. " African Americans in Science" offers alphabetically organized entries in three areas: the contributions of African Americans in over 30 different fields of science and medicine, schools and organizations that played a role in the development of African American scientists, and additional topics related to African American scientists. No other reference offers such a complete and up-to-date portrait of the pivotal work of African Americans across the spectrum of scientific research and what it took to achieve it. It includes over 250 alphabetically organized entries covering the breadth of scientific achievements by African Americans, as well as the institutions and organizations dedicated to helping African Americans pursue scientific careers. It contains an extensive bibliography of both print and online sources for further reading. The indexes are organized by individual name and by discipline. [+]It includes overview entries on issues such as scientific theories of race, the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, and African Americans in various scientific fields. It surveys the history of African Americans in science from colonial days to the present. It provides in-depth information about the scientific contributions of the 100 leading African-American scientists, including cell biologist George Langford, astrophysicist Carl Rouse, pediatric neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson, and many more.
Publication date: 2000-12-07
Dewey code: 809
Price: $288.00
Review Life and Letters of Thomas Cromwell: 2 Volumes (Oxford Scholarly Classics) / Oxford University Press, USA:Oxford Scholarly Classics is a new series that makes available again great academic works from the archives of Oxford University Press. Reissued in uniform series design, the reissues will enable libraries, scholars, and students to gain fresh access to some of the finest scholarship of the last century.
Publication date: 2002-08-29
Dewey code: 324
Price: $22.70
Review Lloyd George: From Peace to War 1912-1916 / Penguin Books Ltd:
Publication date: 2004-01
Price: $14.00
Review What Happens When Brothers Go To Prison and Leave Sisters Alone / Sister Publishing:This book is about incarcerated men and the families they leave behind. Told by a young woman after she went to court and watched her husband be sentenced to many years in prison. After she decides that she wants to stand by him and begin visiting the prisons she recounts her dealings with other women who were visiting also and what they were doing for these men. She opens the doors to a world many people don't know exist. The world of the families that incarcerated men leave behind. And all that they do in the name of love but also their own personal battles with their decisions to wait.
Publication date: 1999-12-31
Review Prince Edward / Arrow Books Ltd:
Creator: Thomas M. McCoog S.J.
Publication date: 1996-06-29
Dewey code: 272.7
List Price: $95.00
Price: $206.31
Review The Reckoned Expense: Edmund Campion and the Early English Jesuits. / Boydell Press:This volume forms the first modern study of Edmund Campion, the Jesuit priest executed at Tyburn in 1581, and through him focuses on a theme that has been attracting growing interest among sixteenth-century historians: the passagefrom a Catholic to an Anglican England, and the resistance to this move. The essays collected here investigate the historical context of Campion's mission; different aspects of his writing and work; the network of colleagues withwhom he was in contact; his relationship with contemporaries such as Sir Philip Sidney; the effect of his English mission; and the legacy he left. THOMAS M. MCCOOG, S. J. is the Archivist of the British province of the Society of Jesus and a member of the Jesuit Historical Institute at Rome. Contributors: FRANCISCO DE BORJA MEDINA, JOHN BOSSY, NANCY POLLARD BROWN, KATHERINE DUNCAN-JONES, DENNIS FLYNN, VICTOR HOULISTON, JOHN J. LAROCCA, COLM LENNON,DAVID LOADES, JAMES MCCONICA, THOMAS M. MCCOOG, THOMAS MAYER, MICHAEL QUESTIER, ALISON SHELL, MICHAEL E. WILLIAMS.
Publication date: 2005-08
Dewey code: 782.42162951
List Price: $182.00
Price: $178.00
Review The Tapestry of Popular Songs in Sixteenth-and Seventeenth-Century China: Reading, Imitation, and Desire (Sinica Leidensia) (Sinica Leidensia) / Brill Academic Pub:Popular songs in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century China form a rich and intriguing body of materials hardly studied so far in the English-speaking world. This book is about these songs and their impact on Chinese culture and literary practice. It examines the tapestry books in which popular songs circulated, how books shaped readers, how books were shaped by a range of literacies, and how arrangements of performance-texts aided imitation and selection of words or phrases. Publishing histories of the popular song collections bring to light how songs were duplicated for readers among the elite and sub-elite. The analysis of how popular songs bring together the "high" and the "low" is of special value for literary scholars and intellectual historians, and challenges the traditonal dichotomy between elite and popular culture.
Publication date: 1997-07
Dewey code: 920
Price: $19.95
Review Staying Ahead / Christopher Pub House:
Creator: Geoffrey F. Nuttall
Publication date: 1992-02-13
Dewey code: 285.9092
List Price: $310.00
Price: $178.69
Review Calendar of the Correspondence of Richard Baxter: Volume II: 1660-1696 (Calendar of the Correspondence of Richard Baxter) / Oxford University Press, USA:The correspondence of the Puritan divine Richard Baxter is an unusually rich source of evidence for seventeenth-century history, particularly the period's involved ecclesiastical history and its intellectual, cultural, and bibliographical tastes. These two volumes present the 1250 extant letters by and to Baxter.
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