Publication date: 1993-11
Dewey code: 629.231092
Price: $39.95
Review Colin Chapman: Lotus Engineering / Reed Mitchel Beazley:
Edition: Limited
Publication date: 1999-11
Dewey code: 759.2911
List Price: $525.00
Price: $525.00
Review Elizabeth Blackadder / Ashgate Publishing:Elizabeth Blackadder is the first woman to be elected to both the Royal Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy. This volume explores the development of her art in all its varieties. The special edition (limited to 100 copies) features a specially created etching, numbered and signed by the artist.
Creator: Jennifer Mossman
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2004-06
Dewey code: 016.92
List Price: $508.00
Price: $508.00
Review Biography & Genealogy Master Index 2005: A consolidated index to more than 300,000 biographical sketches in current and retrospective biographical dictionaries (Biography and Genealogy Master Index) / Gale Cengage:
Publication date: 1992-09-24
Review Marc Bolan / Xanadu Publications Ltd:
Creator: Nicholas Lee
Edition: Facsimile edition
Publication date: 2000-09-01
Dewey code: 891.6208
Price: $845.00
Review Irish Identity and Literary Periodicals, 1832-1842 (Ganesha - Irish Library) / Ganesha Publishing:"Never was there a more tragical history than that of Irish periodical literature: like that of our ancient monarchs, it comprises little more than a narrative of untimely deaths. "So said a member of the Belfast Historical Society in an 1840 paper entitled An Essay towards Investigating the Causes that have Retarded the Progress of Literature in Ireland. The three periodicals reprinted here live up to this reputation — none lasted for more than a few years — but the period they cover is one of the most lively and significant in Irish culture, when an intellectual revival in poetry, short stories and novels, music, Gaelic studies and topography was taking place. Together these 6 volumes capture a picture of the Ireland of tradition that — with the famine and the tightening of British control — was to pass into remote memory by the 1850s. The Dublin Penny Journal, aided by improvements in printing and distribution, was among the first works to bring the new developments in Irish culture to a wider public audience. It survived for four years, during which time its circulation reached a remarkable 50,000 copies. It was followed in 1840 by another "cheap literary publication for the great body of the people" [George Petrie’s Note to our Readers], the Irish Penny Journal, and in 1841 by the Irish Penny Magazine. These journals catered for the revival of interest in the Gaelic-speaking past and its literature, and in doing so they addressed the want of a contemporary, specifically Irish culture and identity. Much of the writing was of the highest order (for example, some of Mangan's best-known poems and translations are here), and several of the contributors were professional artists and illustrators. The large wood engravings found in all three journals are meticulously executed. [+]The first-hand insights of the writers and artists enlisted by Petrie and his fellow-editors created a focus for a national intellectual awakening, and a sense of Irish identity freed from the religious and political animosities of the recent past. In this sense these journals capture for us a critical juncture in Irish literature and history.
Publication date: 2002-01-01
Dewey code: 940.53174972
Price: $22.95
Review Witness to Jasenovac's Hell / Dallas Publishing:The true story of a boys experiences in the Jasenovac concentration camp in World War IIs Nazi puppet state of Croatia. Hidden history, unknown to Western audiences, the Jasenovac concentration camp, the so-called Balkan Auschwitz, was a place of torture and death for hundreds of thousands of Serbs, Jews, and Gypsies.
Publication date: 1995-05-04
Review Player Life of Tony O'Reilly / Hodder & Stoughton Ltd:
Edition: Supplement
Publication date: 2009-05
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $508.00
Price: $508.00
Review Biography & Genealogy Master Index 2010 (Biography and Genealogy Master Index) / Gale Cengage:
Creator: Alan P. F. Sell
Publication date: 2000-09-01
Dewey code: 109
List Price: $795.00
Price: $791.00
Review Ethical and Theological Writings (Thoemmes Press - Philosophy and Christian Thought in Britian 1700-1900) / Thoemmes Continuum:These volumes provide an insight into the ethical and theological thought of Henry Grove (1684-1738), a leading Presbyterian of his day. Grove exemplifies the more intellectually and doctrinally tolerant of eighteenth-century divines. His position as tutor of the Dissenting academy in Taunton enabled him to exercise a formative influence upon many who were destined for the ministry. In his ethics he responds to the challenges posed by Hobbes and others, and in his academy curriculum he separated ethics from dogmatics - a significant departure. His theological writings acquaint us with the doctrinal position, pastoral concerns and piety of one who kept his head during a period of doctrinal turbulence frequently marked by wanton polemics. This collection of rare writings includes the 4-volume Works, containing Grove’s sermons, discourses and tracts published during his lifetime, and collected and republished posthumously by his pupil, assistant and successor at the Academy, Thomas Amory. In addition the set contains the scarce 2-volume System of Moral Philosophy,. The set provides valuable background to the writings of Hobbes, Locke and Newton and will be of interest to philosophers, theologians, and intellectual and church historians. -important for an understanding of the reception of Hobbes, Locke and others by eighteenth-century divines -reveal the responses of a significant Dissenting divine to the philosophical and theological trends of his day -demonstrates the breadth of interest of one of the more open-minded theological educators of the early eighteenth century.
Publication date: 2002-01
Review Einstein from "B" to "Z" (Einstein Studies) / Birkhauser:John Stachel, the author of this collection of 37 published and unpublished articles on Albert Einstein, has written about Einstein and his work for over 40 years. Trained as a theoretical physicist specializing in the theory of relativity, he was chosen as the founding editor of The Collected papers of Albert Einstein 25 years ago, and is currently Director of the Boston University Center for Einstein Studies. Based on a detailed study of documentary evidence, much of which was newly discovered in the course of his work, Stachel debunks many of the old (and some new) myths about Einstein and offers novel insight into his life and work. Throughout the volume, a new, more human picture of Einstein is offered to replace the plaster saint of popular legend. In particular, a youthful Einstein emerges from the obscurity that previously shrouded his early years, and much new light is shed on the origins of the special and general theories of relativity. Also discussed in some detail are Einstein's troubled relationship with his first wife, his friendships with other physicists such as Eddington, Bose, and Pauli, and his Jewish identity. The essays are grouped thematically into the following areas: *The Human Side *Editing the Einstein Papers *Surveys of Einstein's Work *Special Relativity *General Relativity *Quantum Theory *Einstein and Other Scientists *Book Reviews Because the essays are independent of one another, readers will be able to dip into this collection to satisfy varying interests. It will be of particular interest to historians of 20th century science, working physicists, and students, as well as to the many members of the general reading public who continue to be fascinated by aspects of Einstein's life and work.
Publication date: 2001-11-02
Review Ned Kelly: The Authentic Illustrated History / Hardie Grant Books:This text pieces together authentic accounts of Ned Kelly's life and deeds to form a complete picture of Kelly and his associates. The author also illuminates the continuing argument over whether Kelly was just a criminal, or a symbol of rebellion from repression.
Publication date: 1985-01-01
Dewey code: 193
Price: $84.99
Review Leibniz A Biography / Taylor & Francis:A comprehensive biography analysing the development of Leibniz's thought on the major 17th and 18th century themes of mathematics, natural philosophy and metaphysics. It draws on the most authoritative publications of Leibniz's works and on modern scholarship. Intended for historians of science, especially of mathematics and philosophy and science - educated general readers with an interest in the origins of modern science and philosophy, or in the lives of great innovators of the Age of Enlightenment.
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
- Wayne Franits
- Leonard J. Slatkes
Dewey code: 759.9492
List Price: $510.00
Price: $510.00
Review The Paintings of Hendrick Ter Brugghen 1588-1629: Catalogue Raisonne (Oculi: Studies in the Arts of the Low Countries) / John Benjamins Publishing Co:
Publication date: 1996-04-26
Dewey code: 784.2092
Price: $100.00
Review Otto Klemperer - His Life and Times / Cambridge University Press:Otto Klemperer was one of the great conductors of the century, best known for his performances and recordings of the classical symphonic repertory from Mozart to Mahler. Peter Heyworth's biography has become established as a classic account of the conductor, one of the crucial figures in the musical life of the early twentieth century. Volume 1 and the long-awaited sequel, volume 2 are now available as a set. Volume 1 of Peter Heyworth's biography follows the conductor's career from early days in Prague through his appointment as director of the Kroll Opera in Berlin, to his abrupt departure from Germany in 1933. The second volume of the biography follows the conductor's fortunes from his frustrating and unhappy time as an émigré in the United States to his final years as conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra of London. In this, the second and final volume of his landmark biography of conductor Otto Klemperer, author Peter Heyworth takes his subject from his exile from Germany in 1933 to his death at the age of 88 in 1973. The book covers Klemperer's difficult years in America and his return to Europe, his problems with Roman Catholicism and his return to Judaism, his encounter with Stalinism, his struggles with manic depression, and his efforts to be recognized as a composer ("Do you like my compositions, Mr. Barenboim?" he asked the then-rising young pianist; "No, Dr. Klemperer," was the reply); all is handled forthrightly and with a high level of scholarship. Heyworth died just before completing the book, which was seamlessly finished by his friend and colleague John Lucas. [+]This is an invaluable portrait of an important musical figure, and the complete discography in the back will be particularly useful to anyone seeking to understand Klemperer and his contributions.
Publication date: 1996-12
Review Compleat " Beatles " by the " Beatles " / Edition Olms:
Authors
- Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji
Dewey code: 780.924
Price: $33.50
Review Mi Contra Fa: The Immortalings of a Machiavellian Musician (Roots of Jazz) / Da Capo Press:
Publication date: 2003-01
Review Remember Now Thy Creator in the Days of Thy Youth: The Religious Heritage of the Citadel / Citadel Christian Heritage Foundation:
Publication date: 1975-12
Review Correspondence (Suffolk Records Society) / Boydell Press: Suffolk Records Society:[East Anglian] `No one, after reading a single volume, will come without a fresher and stronger vision to Constable's painting. ' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENTThese volumes shed light on every aspect of Constable's life, including his early upbringing in the Suffolk village of East Bergholt, his long courtship of Maria Bicknell, and his attitude to his art (and his critics), correcting many misconceptions entertained about him.
Publication date: 1986
Review German Biographical Index: Set of 4 Volumes / K G Saur Verlag:
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