Publication date: 2000-10-01
Dewey code: 943.6030049240092
Price: $20.00
Review Austria Before & After the Anschluss / Dorrance Pub Co:In March of 1938, Adolf Hitler and his army marched into Austria to the delirious jubilation of Austria's masses, who greeted the Fuehrer as their liberator and hero. Dr. David Lehr's 'Austria Before & After the Anschluss' is his vivid, personal account of "those awesome and bone-chilling memories of the terror-laden days following the Anschluss," which most Austrians accepted with shocking enthusiasm. Dr. Lehr presents an excruciating picture of life during this turbulent period, the horrific cost of racial prejudice, and a final tribute to those Jewish victims and displaced survivors who suffered so much at the hands of their own countrymen. His personal and historical expose has indeed fulfilled his heartfelt sense of responsibility to lay bare the tragic truth of the Auistrian Holocaust.
Publication date: 1996-04-15
Review A.E.Housman / Palgrave Macmillan:Norman Page provides us with an insight into Housman the poet, the scholar and the man.
Publication date: 2006-03
Price: $29.50
Review The Education of Booker T. Washington: American Democracy and the Idea of Race Relations / Columbia University Press:"An important work. " - Mia Roth, The European Legacy.
Edition: Revised
Publication date: 2002-02
Dewey code: 941.082092
Price: $45.00
Review Ernest Bevin: A Biography / Politicos:
Authors
- Joshua Miller
- Len Wein
- Frederick Douglass
- Christine Vallada
Publication date: 1998-03
Dewey code: 741.5973
List Price: $4.99
Price: $298.21
Review Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Classics Illustrated (Acclaim Books).) / Acclaim Classics & Young Readers:Presents the memoirs of the famed abolitionist and statesman who escaped to the North after years of enslavement and who became a champion of human rights.
Publication date: 1978-08-31
Dewey code: 823.7
Price: $32.95
Review Gerald Griffin (1803-1840): A Critical Biography / Cambridge University Press:
Publication date: 1990-11
Dewey code: 977.311004924
Price: $64.95
Review History of the Jews of Chicago / Chicago Jewish Historical Society:
Authors
- Peter Beauclerk-Dewar; Roger Powell
Dewey code: 909
Price: $37.95
Review Right Royal Bastards: The Fruits of Passion / Burke's Peerage:Since 1066 when William the Conqueror (alias William the Bastard) took the throne, English and Scottish kings have sired at least 150 children out of wedlock. Many were acknowledged at court and founded dynasties of their own - several of today's dukedoms are descended from them. Others were only acknowledged grudgingly or not at all. In the 20th century this trend for Royals to father illegitimate children continued, but the parentage, while highly probable, has not been officially recognised. This book is a new, genuinely fresh approach to British "Kings and Queens", examining their lives and times through the unfamiliar perspective of their illegitimate children. Interviewees include many of their descendants. But beyond personal narratives it also sheds light on the perennially fascinating topic of sexual habits; the links between politics, power and patronage; the class system, scandal and celebrity; and the different expectations we have of men and women.
Publication date: 1998-08
Dewey code: 941.505092
Price: $20.90
Review Sir Arthur Chichester: Lord Deputy of Ireland, 1605-16 / Dufour Editions:
Authors
- Jon Eugene Von Kowallis
- Jon Eugene Von Kowallis
Dewey code: 895.114809
Price: $20.00
Review Subtle Revolution: Poets Of The "old Schools" During Late Qing And Early Republican China (China Research Monographs, 60.) / Institute of East Asian Studies University of:
Publication date: 2005-01
Dewey code: 868.6409
Price: $19.95
Review Conversations With Ilan Stavans / University of Arizona Press:For almost twenty years, Ilan Stavans—described by the Washington Post as "Latin America’s liveliest and boldest critic and most innovative cultural enthusiast"—has interviewed path-breaking intellectuals and artists in a wide range of media. As host of the critically acclaimed PBS series La Plaza, he interviews guests on pressing issues that affect the Western Hemisphere today, asking hard-hitting questions on immigration, religion, bilingualism, race, and democracy. This book collects for the first time in one volume Stavans’s most provocative and enlightening interviews with Hispanics from both sides of the Rio Grande. Spontaneous and surprising, these conversations reflect Latino life in the United States in all its facets. Among the more than two dozen selections, Edward James Olmos talks about Hispanics in Hollywood; John Leguizamo describes how he shapes a stage show; author Richard Rodriguez reflects on his gang background; Esmeralda Santiago takes on the Puerto Rican stereotype; and Piri Thomas shares thoughts on the writing of Down These Mean Streets. "A conversation is a tango," writes Stavans, "for it takes two to dance it. " Conversations with Ilan Stavans invites readers to catch the rhythm and enjoy these unique meetings of minds.
Creator: Elizabeth Uhlig
Publication date: 2007-08-20
Dewey code: 940.5318092
List Price: $14.95
Price: $399.99
Review From Dachau to D-Day / Marble House Editions:The personal memoir of a German Jew who left Nazi Germany, became an American citizen and returned to Europe to participate in the Normandy Landing.
Creator: Mark H. Podwal
Publication date: 1999-10
Dewey code: 222.53092
Price: $286.25
Review King Solomon and His Magic Ring / Greenwillow:So begins Elie Wiesel's harmonious retelling of twenty mysterious and wonderfully compelling stories about King Solomon-rarely heard tales that span the revered ruler's life, from the time he took the throne at age twelve, to the building of the Temple in Jerusalem, to the disintegration of the kingdom upon his death. Rich, rewarding, gracefully told, this keepsake book is illustrated by Mark Podwal, whose fluid and symbolic paintings grace every spread.
Creator: Graham Hodges
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1994-03-01
Dewey code: 629.13092
Price: $135.00
Review Bessie Coleman: The Brownskin Lady Bird (Studies in African American History and Culture) / Garland Science:
Publication date: 2000-10
Dewey code: 796.422092
Price: $19.95
Review Why: The Biography of John Carlos With Cd Jackson, Jr. / Milligan Books:
Publication date: 1998-03
Dewey code: 973.049697294
Price: $25.00
Review Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American / Univ of Texas Pr:African slaves in Haiti emancipated themselves from French rule in 1804 and created the first independent black republic in the Western Hemisphere. But they reinstituted slavery for the most vulnerable members of Haitian society—the children of the poor—by using them as unpaid servants to the wealthy. These children were—and still are—restavecs, a French term whose literal meaning of "staying with" disguises the unremitting labor, abuse, and denial of education that characterizes the children's lives. In this memoir, Jean-Robert Cadet recounts the harrowing story of his youth as a restavec, as well as his inspiring climb to middle-class American life. He vividly describes what it was like to be an unwanted illegitimate child "staying with" a well-to-do family whose physical and emotional abuse was sanctioned by Haitian society. He also details his subsequent life in the United States, where, despite American racism, he put himself through college and found success in the Army, in business, and finally in teaching.
Publication date: 2007-01
Review Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept / Oxford University Press:
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 2007-08-27
Dewey code: 920.009256073
List Price: $29.95
Price: $299.99
Review Dandelion Through the Crack / Willow Valley Press:Dandelion Through the Crack: The Sato Family Quest for the American Dream tells of a real Japanese-American family, formed both by ancestry and by the American way of life. We see mother, father, and children, and their challenges over seven decades. There are the extraordinary times of the Depression, wartime emergency, internment in the Poston "relocation" camp in the Arizona desert, oppressive prejudice, and the struggle to recover from near-total loss. But there are also many simple, almost-pastoral moments. The wise fables of the author's father - tales of his old and new homelands and his haiku poetry - are interwoven throughout. This is Kiyo Sato's first-person account of the family's struggles and triumphs. The result is a work of literary grace, emotional power, and historical and social importance.
Publication date: 1992-06
Dewey code: 941
Price: $45.00
Review Patrick Sarsfield and the Williamite War (History) / Irish Academic Pr:
Publication date: 1991-02
Dewey code: 976.300496073022
List Price: $62.95
Price: $286.25
Review Mother Wit: The Ex-Slave Narratives of the Louisiana Writers' Project (University of Kansas Humanistic Studies, Vol 57) / Peter Lang Pub Inc:
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