Publication date: 1852
Review The life, labors, and travels of elder Charles Bowles, of the Free Will Baptist denomination / Ingalls & Stowell's Steam Press:
Publication date: 1980-06
Dewey code: 828.91209
Price: $15.50
Review Son of Oscar Wilde / Greenwood Pub Group:As the public interest in Oscar Wilde grew, and the lies about him multiplied, Vyvyan Holland, Wilde's son, decided to write his own account of the "Oscar Wilde scandal" and its aftermath. The first publication of Son of Oscar Wilde in 1954 was a daring endeavor, considering that homosexuality remained a crime in England at that time, and his father had been convicted of that crime. Now available with a new Foreword by Merlin Holland, Vyvyan Holland's son, this memoir-which Vyvyan Holland described as "not a very amusing or entertaining story"-reveals Oscar Wilde as a much-loved though often absent member of the family. Focusing on the scandal from the point of view of a small boy, it dramatically portrays how the family dealt with Oscar's persecution, and after his death, attempted to deny that he ever lived by taking the extreme measure of changing the sons' names from Wilde to Holland. Vyvyan Holland describes in detail his early happy years followed by the exile and his years in Germany and Monaco, his return to England and his adolescent years, and his decision as a mature adult to lay to rest the bitter memory of his early years by recording them for posterity. This edition also contains 33 of Oscar Wilde's letters to friends; a reminiscence of Wilde by W. W. Ward; some prose poems by Wilde; letters from Lord Alfred Douglas to Vyvyan Holland; and several contemporary newspaper reports of events during and after the Oscar Wilde affair. A tragic story of prejudice, fear, and much sadness, this memoir reveals one boy's ability to survive such extreme cruelty and suffering.
Publication date: 2002-04
Review A Song Flung Up to Heaven / Random House:
Publication date: 1977-06
Dewey code: 328.420924
Price: $54.95
Review The Life of John Redmond / Ayer Co Pub:
Publication date: 1998-02-28
Dewey code: 941.081092
Price: $16.99
Review Prince Albert and the University: The Prince Albert Sesquicentennial Lecture / Cambridge University Press:This is an edited and expanded text of Owen Chadwick's Prince Albert Lecture, given in Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, on 7 July 1997 to mark the 150th anniversary of the inauguration of Prince Albert as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. The lecture focuses on the way in which Albert's German education influenced attitudes to English higher education.
Authors
- Michael Roe
- Marcus Clarke
- Elizabeth Webby
Publication date: 2001-12
Dewey code: 920
Price: $175.00
Review His Natural Life (The Academy Editions of Australian Literature) / Univ of Queensland Pr:One of the greatest 19th-century Australian novels and the grand epic of the transportation system, this novel charts the misfortune of Richard Divine, falsely accused of murder, through the worst Australian penal settlements, while retaining his humanity and spiritual dignity. So powerful is Clarke's representation of the brutality of transportation that more than a century later historians still struggle to disentangle fact from tragic fiction.
Edition: 2 Reissue
Publication date: 1985-05
Dewey code: 973.910924
Price: $35.00
Review The Promised Land / Princeton Univ Pr:Interweaving autobiography with history, introspection and political commentary, Mary Antin recounts the process of "uprooting, transportation, replanting, acclimatization, and development that took place in my own soul", and reveals the impact of a new culture on her family.
Creator: David Stack
Publication date: 2007-10-30
Dewey code: 941.5081
List Price: $625.00
Price: $621.00
Review Lives of Victorian Political Figures II (Lives of Victorian Political Figures) / Pickering & Chatto Publishers:This four-volume facsimile edition looks at the lives and politics of four of the key players in the independence and labour movements of the nineteenth century: Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847), a non-violent campaigner for Catholic emancipation; Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-91), Home Rule MP; Michael Davitt (1846-1906), member of the violent Irish Republican Brotherhood and founder of the Irish Land League; and James Bronterre O'Brien (1805-64), a Chartist leader and working-class reformer. The material collected here allows scholars to explore how they were viewed across the world during their lifetimes, and how their reputations developed after their deaths. Wide-ranging political issues are addressed: Catholic Emancipation, self-governance, land-reform, universal suffrage and the labour movement, as well as the over-arching question of whether physical force should be used to achieve political ends if the democratic process collapses.
Publication date: 1992-11-06
Review All in a Life / Papermac:
Publication date: 1992-03
Price: $15.95
Review Conquering Goliath : Cesar Chavez at the Beginning (Reprint ed)' / Wayne State University Press:
Publication date: 1996-11
Dewey code: 759.2
Price: $53.95
Review William Henry Pyne & His Microcosm / Alan Sutton Publishing, Ltd.:The Microcosm is invaluable for the light it sheds on late 18th century and early 19th century country life. This biography will appeal to students of art and social history, to costume and art historians, and to anyone interested in how the people of England lived and worked before the age of machines and power.
Publication date: 1996-01
Review Macdermot of Moylurg: The Story of a Connacht Family / Drumlin Publications, Limited:
Publication date: 1977-06-24
Dewey code: 975.00496073
Price: $72.95
Review Look Away: A Dixie Notebook / Greenwood Press Reprint:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1991-11-20
Dewey code: 610.92
Price: $95.00
Review Doctor of Society: Thomas Beddoes and the Sick Trade in Late Enlightenment England (Wellcome Institute Series in the History of Medicine) / Routledge:How have we come to hold our present attitudes towards health, sickness and the medical profession? Roy Porter argues that the outlook of the age of the Enlightenment was important in the creation of modern thinking about disease, doctors and society. In order to probe the origins, interpretation and significance of such views, he focuses upon one prominent doctor active in England at the close of the 18th century, Thomas Beddoes, and examines his challenging, pugnacious, radical and often amusing views on a wide range of issues concerned with the place of illness and medicine in society. Beddoes is particularly interesting since he was a leading medical scientist, an active political radical, a prolific author, and centre of an intellectual circle that included Samual Taylor Coleridge and the young Humphry Davy. Successive chapters examine Beddoes' views about the progress of medical science, the social and psychological causes of sickness in advanced commercial and industrial societies, amongst both the upper and the working classes, the prevalence of quackery, the ills of their medical profession and their reform, and the meaning of sickness for the individual.
Creator: James Wills
Edition: Facsimile of 1839-47 ed
Publication date: 1997-03-01
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $725.00
Price: $676.15
Review Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen (Biographical dictionaries) / Ganesha Publishing:This is an authoritative and easy-to-use biographical dictionary covering over nineteen centuries of Irish lives. From Ollamh Fodhla, six hundred years bc, through Jonathan Swift up until the mid-Victorian era with the death of Whitley Stokes in 1845, this important reference work was first published in 1839-47. Ireland has always had a very personal history and its heroes appear in every field of human endeavour including philosophers, theologians, historians, statesmen, physicians, writers, and scientists; names include St Patrick, Niall of the Nine Hostages, Brendan, Edmund Spenser, James Butler, James Usher, Jeremy Taylor, Jonathan Swift, George Berkeley, Robert Boyle, Sir Richard Steele, Sir Hans Sloane, Edmund Burke, Henry Grattan, John Philpot Curran, Thomas Percy, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Elizabeth Hamilton, Mary Tighe, George Canning, and Oliver Goldsmith. Five hundred and thirteen biographies are printed using a wide range of source materials, making this the most comprehensive and extensive biographical history of Ireland attempted. The text is arranged into six historical periods, each with a historical introduction. Within each period, the lives are presented chronologically within three disciplines - literary, political and ecclesiastical. In addition, the volumes are illustrated with a selection of portraits and views. This detailed sourcebook is an invaluable biographical reference tool for libraries and students in all disciplines.
Edition: Revised
Publication date: 1998-12
Review Diana (Paragon Softcover Large Print Books) / Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C:The sudden and tragic death of Princess Diana caused the world to reflect on how much this singular woman meant to us all. This new edition of her life story - which includes Diana's personal recollections in her own words, as well as an account of the events surrounding her death - poignantly strengthens her hold on our hearts. From her fairy-tale wedding and the births of her two wonderful boys to the stunning collapse of her marriage, Diana's luminous but troubled life transfixed millions. Despite enduring heartbreak, illness, and depression, she never wavered in her commitment to the less fortunate, or in her determination to make a better life for herself and her sons. This revealing book is the closest we will ever come to her autobiography - a lasting and powerful testament to her courage and spirit. Diana: Her True Story was originally published in 1992 under the guise of a quasi-authorized biography, with mostly unnamed courtiers and royalty as the accredited sources. It instantly became a sizzling, international bestseller that lanced the boil of Windsor family dysfunction, triggering a chain of events that led to Charles and Diana's divorce. After her tragic death in 1997, Morton revealed that Diana had not only been the main source for the book, but had also edited his original drafts for accuracy. In return for this gold mine of information, Diana wanted complete anonymity for fear of retaliation from the queen-a fear that seems reasonably justified after reading the icy, inhuman portrayal of Her Majesty. Beyond the racy and irregular royals, Diana: Her True Story gives a full account of the princess's rocky childhood, her bouts with bulimia, the rejection she felt by Charles and the royal family, and her tenacious ability to overcome adversity. [+]Included are two sections of full-color photographs.
Publication date: 1896
Review Agitated Japan;: The life of Baron Ii Kamon-No-Kami NaosukeÌ (based on the Kaikoku Shimatsu of Shimada Saburo) / Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & co. [etc., etc.]:
Edition: 2nd
Publication date: 1983
Price: $800.00
Review Prince Hall, life and legacy / United Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction, Prince Hall Affiliation:
Publication date: 1987-08
Dewey code: 895.135
Price: $55.00
Review The Odyssey of Shen Congwen / Stanford University Press:
Publication date: 2004-01
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $599.00
Price: $599.00
Review Latinos in American History / Mitchell Lane Publishers:
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The life, labors, and travels of elder Charles Bowles, of the Free Will Baptist denomination, Son of Oscar Wilde, A Song Flung Up to Heaven, The Life of John Redmond, Prince Albert and the University: The Prince Albert Sesquicentennial Lecture, His Natural Life (The Academy Editions of Australian Literature), The Promised Land, Lives of Victorian Political Figures II (Lives of Victorian Political Figures), All in a Life, Conquering Goliath : Cesar Chavez at the Beginning (Reprint ed)', William Henry Pyne & His Microcosm, Macdermot of Moylurg: The Story of a Connacht Family, Look Away: A Dixie Notebook, Doctor of Society: Thomas Beddoes and the Sick Trade in Late Enlightenment England (Wellcome Institute Series in the History of Medicine), Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen (Biographical dictionaries), Diana (Paragon Softcover Large Print Books), Agitated Japan;: The life of Baron Ii Kamon-No-Kami NaosukeÌ (based on the Kaikoku Shimatsu of Shimada Saburo), Prince Hall, life and legacy, The Odyssey of Shen Congwen, Latinos in American HistoryTop headlines: Books Q&A: The Real Charles Schulz: 'Peanuts' creator Charles Schulz emerges as insecure and an emotionally distant father and husband in a new biography and documentary. ›22:32 9 Oct, Tue European, U.K. central banks cut rates: The European Central Bank has cut its benchmark interest rate to 2.5 percent, following similar moves by central banks across the continent. ›13:02 Iraq: With U.S. Help, Warlords Gain New Power: ›21:49 6 Oct, Sat Hell on wheels: The world's worst taxi rides: Taxi drivers around the world have perfected the art of loud righteous indignation that's meant to intimidate. ... 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