![Review Greenwood Press / Writing African American Women [Two Volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Literature by and about Women of Color](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CVHWFB1SL._SL160_.jpg)
Creator: Elizabeth Ann Beaulieu
Publication date: 2006-04-30
Dewey code: 810.9928796073
List Price: $199.95
Price: $159.95
Review Writing African American Women [Two Volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Literature by and about Women of Color / Greenwood Press:African American culture is enormously diverse, and the experience of women in African American society is especially complex. Women were among the first African American writers, and works by black women writers are popular among students and general readers alike. At the same time, African American women have been oppressed, and texts by black male authors represent women in a variety of ways. The first of its kind, this encyclopedia approaches African American literature from a Women's Studies perspective, and thus significantly illuminates the African American cultural experience through literary works. Included are several hundred alphabetically arranged entries, written by numerous expert contributors. In addition to covering male and female African American authors, the encyclopedia also discusses themes, major works and characters, genres, periods, historical events, places, and other topics. Included are entries on such authors as: Maya Angelou James Baldwin Frederick Douglass Nikki Giovanni June Jordan Claude McKay Ishmael Reed Sojourner Truth Phillis Wheatley And many others. In addition, the many works discussed include: Beloved Blanche on the Lam Iknow Why the Caged Bird Sings The Men of Brewster Place Quicksand The Street Waiting to Exhale And many more. The many topical entries cover: Black Feminism Black Nationalism Conjuring Children's and Young Adult Literature Detective Fiction Epistolary Novel Motherhood Sexuality Spirituality Stereotypes And many others. Entries relate their topics to the experience of African American women and cite works for further reading. [+]Features and Benefits: Includes hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries. Draws on the work of numerous expert contributors. Includes a selected, general bibliography. Offers a range of finding aids, such as a list of entries, a guide to related topics, and an extensive index. Supports the literature curriculum by helping students analyze major writers and works. Supports the social studies curriculum by helping students use literature to understand the experience of African American women. Covers the full chronological range of African American literature. Fosters a respect for cultural diversity. Develops research skills by directing students to additional sources of information. Builds bridges between African American history, literature, and Women's Studies.
Publication date: 2005-09
Dewey code: 347.415014
List Price: $195.00
Price: $195.00
Review The Judges in Ireland, 1221-1921 / Lawbook Exchange:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2000-02
Dewey code: 973.0496073
List Price: $95.00
Price: $157.32
Review Carter G. Woodson : A Historical Reader (Crosscurrents in African American History, Volume 14) / Routledge:"A kiasili" (original in Kiswahili) is how Conyers (Black studies, U. of Nebraska-Omaha) characterizes the contributions of Woodson (1875-1950), often called the Father of Black History, whose work is under-studied. He introduces his selected writings on Africana historiography (sample title: Freed.
Publication date: 1937
Review History of Brooklyn Jewry, / Scheba publishing company:
Publication date: 2004-02-07
Dewey code: 364.151092
Price: $75.00
Review Hans Frank, Lebensraum and the Final Solution / Palgrave Macmillan:On the outbreak of WWII Hans Frank was appointed governor general of Poland. Heinrich Himmler was responsible for the extermination camps and Frank claimed he did not become aware of the mass killings until late in the war. Frank was captured in May 1945 and was accused of crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial. He said at his trial: "I myself have never installed an extermination camp for Jews, or promoted the existence of such camps; but if Adolf Hitler personally has laid that dreadful responsibility on his people, then it is mine too, for we have fought against Jewry for years; and we have indulged in the most horrible utterances. " Hans Frank was found guilty and executed on October 1, 1946. This scholarly study from Martyn Housden examines Frank's career and complex character to shed light upon the Lebensraum project in the East and the carrying out of the Final Solution.
Edition: Copyright ed
Publication date: 1877
Review Life of Our Saviour and Saint Peter, the rock upon which He built His Church: Together with lives of Saint Patrick and Saint Bridget ... Teachings of the ... sacraments and sacramentals / by S.B. Smith / Gay Brothers:
Creator: Gillian O'Mara
Publication date: 1999-06
Dewey code: 990
List Price: $45.00
Price: $151.95
Review Dictionary of Western Australians: Convicts in Western Australia 1850-1887 (Dictionary of Western Australians) / Univ of Western Australia Pr:
Publication date: 1996-04-01
Price: $150.55
Review W/Cdr Robert Stanford Tuck Facsimile Flying Log Book (After the Battle) / After the Battle:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1993-05-21
Dewey code: 331.481658008996073
Price: $59.95
Review MY SOUL IS MY OWN CL / Other:"My Soul is My Own" presents the lives of early 20th-century African-American women in a unique context - their own words. The women themselves are as extraordinary as the language they use to describe their experiences within their families, in the university and subsequently in the work force at a time when academic and professional institutions rejected both women and African-Americans explicitly on the basis of gender and race. Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis, a linguist who specializes in African-American women's spoken and written narratives, offers a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the complex lives of African-American women who dared to cross the threshold of white and dominant professions. Etter-Lewis takes exception to "tradition" and challenges long-held assumptions about the study and interpretation of African-American women's lives and speech patterns. With this multidisciplinary approach, she simultaneously offers an informative and thought-provoking analysis of the content and structure of the narrative texts.
![Review Greenwood Press / Holocaust Survivors [Two Volumes]: A Biographical Dictionary](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xJs-sFxrL._SL160_.jpg)
Publication date: 2007-05-30
Dewey code: 940.53180922
List Price: $175.00
Price: $149.95
Review Holocaust Survivors [Two Volumes]: A Biographical Dictionary / Greenwood Press:Although there are more and more Holocaust memoirs on the market, this essential collection is the first to present such a large number of biographical profiles of survivors for a broad readership. Holocaust Survivors: A Biographical Dictionary comprises 278 entries on more than 500 survivors of the World War II genocide. The profiles, averaging 500 words, are mostly of Jews, both individuals and family members, from throughout Europe. Organized alphabetically, the essays cover their background, circumstances and ordeals during the war, aftermath, and life achievements, including family and career. Most are on ordinary people who have extraordinary life stories. Many stories come from interviews with the survivors by the author. Excerpts from primary documents and quotations are occasionally interspersed. Suggested reading or references per entry are included where possible. Added value comes from an historical introduction, chronology, resource guide, lists of entries, photos, and comprehensive index. The set will be most valuable to high school students and general readers who do not want to read a full-length memoir. [+]There is an intense and continuing demand for these stories. At the high school level, the set will supplement units on genocide and provides valuable distillation for research and reports to meet the World History Standard concerning the Nazi regime and the Holocaust. Some Holocaust survivors speak about their experiences at schools and public forums, and organizations representing such speakers are listed per state. At the college level, the profiles can be used for starting research in Holocaust history courses. The general reader will become familiar with a range of survivor stories and also use this a springboard for further reading. Examples of people profiled: Marie Blum-Albert-Belgian Jew who smuggled hundreds of Jewish children to safety through a hospital for tubercular children and kept many from being transported to Auschwitz. Abraham A. Foxman spent his pre-school years in Lithuania as a hidden child cared for by his Polish nanny who had him baptized as a Catholic and who taught him to hate Jews. Reilli Herchmer-Sinti fugitive who as a young girl delivered messages for the Nazi resistance underground, survived the Ravensbruck camp, and later moved to Denver with her American husband and raised a family. Victor Klemperer-Dresden professor who survived the war and the Allied fire bombing of the city because he was married to a gentile. He kept a secret, meticulous diary, published to acclaim in the 1990s, of their day-to-day existence as conditions deteriorated as the war progressed. Sam Nussbaum-Jewish-Polish plumber whose skills and strength allowed him to survive a Nazi labor camp. Halina Wind Preston was sent to prison after her Polish landlady exposed her for trying to live outside the ghetto and pass as a Christian, escaped from prison, and spent the rest of the war hiding in the sewers of Lvov.
Creator: Elizabeth Revell
Publication date: 1993-04-08
List Price: $125.00
Price: $151.98
Review The Later Letters of Peter of Blois (Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi) / Oxford University Press, USA:This volume makes available a collection of previously unedited letters by the famous medieval correspondent Peter of Blois. Though Peter never attained a rank higher than archdeacon during his fifty years of service in the church, his works were widely read in the Middle Ages. The most original of his writings were his letters, and this volume contains seventy-eight letters written in the last years of Peter's life, mostly while he was Archdeacon of London during the reign of John. Unlike his earlier letters, which Peter himself edited and published, these later letters did not circulate widely. Sixty-four are printed for the first time, while others have improved readings and sometimes additional paragraphs from manuscripts previously unknown. Peter wrote vividly and fluently about contemporary events and problems, in particular the Interdict. More than half his correspondents in the collection are members of monastic orders, several being Cistercians. New light is also thrown on Peter's career, his family and friendships, and his struggles with age and death.
Creator: Mark Vancil
Publication date: 2001-04-01
Dewey code: 796
List Price: $24.95
Price: $150.00
Review For the Love of the Game / New Line Books:For 13 brilliant seasons Michael Jordan danced the dance of greatness across hardwood floors of basketball arenas from New York and Los Angeles to Barcelona and Paris. With a warrior's heart and an artist's grace, Jordan long ago transcended the sport to become one of the twentieth century's global icons. In this lavishly illustrated volume, Jordan takes us through the wonder of his career on the court and away from the game featuring such highlights as: - Jordan's perspective on some of his greatest games- Live action photos of pivotal plays that guaranteed victory- Jordan's take on Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Dennis Rodman, and many others- The story behind Jordan's Nike endorsement- Jordan and Olympic GoldHere is the story of the athlete who showed the world that greatness, true greatness, comes from the inside out. From the dream that preceded the game-winning shot against Georgetown in the 1982 NCAA Finals to the methodical dissection of the Utah Jazz prior tohis victory shot in Game 6 of the 1998 Finals, Jordan pulls back the curtain on one of the most remarkable lives in sports of the twentieth century.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2002-09-20
Dewey code: 200.92396073
List Price: $110.00
Price: $173.69
Review Black Religious Intellectuals: The Fight for Equality from Jim Crow to the 21st Century (Crosscurrents in African American History) / Routledge:Professor Clarence Taylor sheds some much-needed light on the rich intellectual and political tradition that lies in the black religious community. From the Pentecostalism of Bishop Smallwood Williams and the flamboyant leadership of the Reverend Al Sharpton, to the radical Presbyterianism of Milton Arthur Galamison and the controversial and mass-mobilization by Minister Louis Farrakhan, black religious leaders have figured prominently in the struggle for social equality in America.
Edition: 1st Ed.
Publication date: 1950
Review AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Japanese Poetry) [1st Ed.] / Yoshikazu Kubo:Autobiography in poetry format.
Authors
- Karen Sasha Anthony Tipper
Dewey code: 941.5081092
List Price: $149.95
Price: $149.95
Review A Critical Biography of Lady Jane Wilde 1821?-1896, Irish Revolutionist, Humanist, Scholar and Poet (Women's Studies (Lewiston, N.Y.), V. 34.) / Edwin Mellen Press:The focus of this study is upon a progressive woman whose broad erudition allowed her to write on a great variety of subjects. Her own life as a revolutionist and writer, and her writings about women should interest those in women's studies. As an Irish nationalist in a movement that had considerable influence on subsequent nationalist leaders like Arthur Griffin, her views in her revolutionary poems and articles are still pertinent.
Authors
- A. J. P. Palan Joh Taylor
- Taylor
List Price: $75.95
Price: $151.33
Review Lloyd George: Twelve Essays (Modern Revivals in History) / Ashgate Publishing:These 12 essays throw light on the career of Lloyd George, the most charismatic figure in British politics in the early years of the 20th century. He pioneered the welfare state, was the first man of the people to become Prime Minister, and led Britain to victory in World War I.
Publication date: 1987-12
List Price: $20.00
Price: $150.17
Review A History and Guide to Judaic Encyclopedias and Lexicons (Jewish Research Literature, Vol 2) / Ktav Pub Inc:
Creator: Alan G. R. Smith
Publication date: 1991-05
Dewey code: 942.055092
Price: $99.95
Review The Anonymous Life of William Cecil, Lord Burghley (Studies in British History) / Edwin Mellen Pr:
Edition: 0
Publication date: 1984-10-15
Dewey code: 324.2438075092
Price: $107.50
Review Feliks Dzierzynski and the SDKPIL / East European Monographs:This book is about Feliks Dzierzynski and a political party that was molded in his image-the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania. It focusses on the role played by Dzierzynski in the history of Polish communism rather than on the important role played by him in the development of Russian communism. As such it is also the first work of Western scholarship on Dzierzynskin, the man known primarily as the ruthless director of the secret polices in the first decade of Soviet rule in Russia.
Creator: Elizabeth Butler
Edition: First edition
Publication date: 1909
Review From Sketchbook and Diary / Adam and Charles Black:The musings and paintings of Elizabeth Butler, a Victorian Lady of Ireland best know for her depictions of the military and horses. The lovely paintings in this book run the gamut from the militaristic to the bucolic.
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