Creator: Stephen Creswell
Publication date: 1997-01
Price: $8.00
Review We Will Know What War Is: The Civil War Diary of Sirene Bunten / Mcclain Printing Co:
Publication date: 1983-06
Dewey code: 828.609
List Price: $400.00
Price: $495.00
Review Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence: Volumes 44-48 : Complete Index (The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence) / Yale Univ Pr:
Publication date: 1996-04-30
Review The Sett, The (Reed Audio) / Random House Audiobooks:An outing in the woods near their Birmingham home in 1984 turned into bloody carnage when the Goodman family stumbled across a vicious badger hunt. Hours later, Alex Goodman found himself alone in a hospital bed, a man with no memory and no past. He began a ten-year hunt for revenge, during which he became involved with dangerous men. The author of this account of Goodman's experiences retraced his trail in search of the truth.
Publication date: 2006-12
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $495.00
Price: $495.00
Review Who's Who In Asia 2007 (Who's Who in Asia) / Marquis Who's Who:
Edition: Large Print Ed
Publication date: 1993-09-01
Review Nudity in a Public Place / Chivers Press:
Publication date: 1972-01
Review Thomas B. Reed (American Statesmen,) / AMS Press:
Publication date: 1987-08
Dewey code: 759.2
Price: $47.50
Review Unknown Colour: Paintings, Letters and Writings / Faber & Faber:
Publication date: 1994-04
Dewey code: 923.273
Price: $30.00
Review Sam Adams: Pioneer in Propaganda / Stanford University Press:
Creator: Steven G. Kellman
Edition: Revised
Publication date: 2009-01-23
Dewey code: 809
List Price: $499.00
Price: $499.00
Review Magill's Survey of World Literature / Salem Press:This title is a unique combination of biography and critical analysis, covering major writers from outside the United States and their significant works in fiction, drama, poetry, and nonfiction. A companion to the award-winning Magill's Survey of American Literature, this comprehensive, six-volume set offers profiles of major authors of fiction, drama, poetry, and essays, each with sections on biography, general analysis, and analysis of the author's most important works - novels, short stories, poems, and works of nonfiction. The completely revamped edition updates these original essays and adds many new ones, covering 380 writers at the heart of literary studies. Scope and coverage: For this edition, 87 new authors have been added to the 293 already profiled. These new writers span both the globe, representing 45 different countries, and time, from the 6th century B. C. E. to the 21st century. This new edition features more women writers and authors of children's and young adult literature. Among the new authors profiled in this set are such well-known authors as Roald Dahl, Anne Frank, Soren Kierkegaard, Primo Levi, A. [+]A. Milne, and Friedrich Nietzsche. Also included are contemporary authors such as Douglas Adams, Helen Fielding, Nick Hornby, Ian McEwan, and J. K. Rowling. The literary scope of this reference work is remarkable. All the original essays were reevaluated for their currency, and were given substantial revision, in many cases by the original contributor. The 'Biography,' 'Analysis,' and 'Summary' sections were updated to include recent developments: new titles or awards, changes in residence or employment, and alterations in critical and popular reception. For these essays, one or more sections on specific works (novels, poems, short stories) were added. For all essays, the bibliographies - lists of the author's works and sources for further consultation - were revised to provide readers with the latest information. A new feature for this edition is a sidebar in each essay called 'Discussion Topics'. These provocative questions will prompt classroom debates on the writer's body of work, specific works, or life as it relates to his or her literature. Aimed at students, teachers, and members of reading groups, they can be used as paper topics or conversation points. In addition, phonetic pronunciation is now provided for a profiled author's foreign-language or unusual last name upon its first mention in the main text - for example, Aeschylus (EHS-kuh-luhs). A Pronunciation Key appears at the beginning of all six volumes. Special features: Five reference features can be found at the end of volume 6. The first is the Glossary, which defines crucial literary terms. There is also a Category List which groups authors by genre, gender and identity. Next comes a Geographical List, which groups the authors by country. The Author Index lists all authors covered in the set along with their works. Finally, the Title Index lists all works covered in the set. At a Glance: This title contains 6 volumes; 3,000 pages; and 380 essays with 87 new. It is illustrated and contains discussion topics; pronunciation for authors with foreign or unusual last names; glossary; category list; geographical list; author index; and title index.
Publication date: 1967-06
Dewey code: 951.030924
Price: $19.95
Review Kang Yu-Wei: A Bibliography and a Symposium (Association for Asian Studies. Monographs and Papers) / University of Arizona Press:
Publication date: 2005-03-05
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $499.00
Price: $499.00
Review The Life of Toussaint L'ouverture, the Negro Patriot of Hayti / Afchron.Com:This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Creator: Ray Desmond
Edition: 2
Publication date: 1994-02-25
Dewey code: 581.092241
List Price: $499.00
Price: $499.00
Review Dictionary Of British And Irish Botantists And Horticulturalists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers / CRC:Over the past four centuries botanists and gardeners in the British Isles have gathered, maintained and propagated many varying species of plants. Their work has been documented in innumerable books and articles which are often difficult to trace. The Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists represents a time-saving reference source for those who wish to discover more about the lives and achievements of the horticulturalists listed. The dictionary's utility comes not only from indicating the major publications of the named authors, but also the location of their herbaria and manuscripts. ; The previous 1977 edition of the Dictionary has for many years been a much used source of information for botanists, botanic artists and archivists. In this revised edition the scope has been expanded to include among its 13,000 entries flower painters in addition to botanical artists over 1400 entries and, for the first time, garden designers. ; Finally the Dictionary should have international appeal since so many botanists and gardeners worked on collective plants overseas, in particular in North America and the British Commonwealth. ; Each entry gives, wherever possible, details of dates and places of birth and death, educational qualifications, professional posts, honours and awards, publications, location of plant collections, manuscripts, drawings and portraits. Its main function, however, is to provide further biographical references to books and periodicals. Comprehensive classified indices facilitate access by professions and activities, countries, and plant interests.
Creator: Leigh Wetherall Dickson
Publication date: 2008-11-30
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $495.00
Price: $495.00
Review THE WORKS OF LADY CAROLINE LAMB (Pickering Masters) / Pickering & Chatto Publishers:This is the first scholarly critical edition of the works of Lady Caroline Lamb (1785-1828), the late Romantic-era novelist now most famous for her adulterous affair with Lord Byron. Her first novel, "Glenarvon", is a scandalous roman a clef which hinges upon the relationship's break-up. However, it also indicts Lamb's friends and family as a morally bankrupt and ineffective aristocracy. Her familiarity with and criticism of the power structures of her time, mean that her novels deserve to be viewed within their wider cultural and historical contexts. From birth, the intersecting worlds of politics and fashion surrounded Lamb. She was born into the heart of the ultra-cosmopolitan, politically frustrated Whig opposition. She was married to William Lamb, later Lord Melbourne and first prime minister to Queen Victoria. Her aunt was Georgiana, fifth Duchess of Devonshire. The Prince Regent was godfather to her only son. Her intellectual endeavours were supported by Edward and Rosina Bulwer Lytton, William Godwin, Lady Morgan, Amelia Opie, Elizabeth Benger and Elizabeth Spence. [+]Culturally, she is an influential link between second-generation Romantic and first-generation Victorian writers. This is the first edition to present Lamb's works in a scholarly format. Graham Hamilton and Ada Reis have never been republished, and "Gordon: A Tale" has been misattributed to Byron. This edition will appeal to scholars of Romanticism and Women's Writing. It situates Lamb's literary achievements within the wider context of her Whig allegiances, her sense of noblesse oblige and her promotion of aristocratic reform. Ada Reis and Graham Hamilton have never been republished before, "Gordon: A Tale" has been wrongly attributed to Byron. All texts are newly reset and editorial material includes a general introduction, volume introductions, headnotes and endnotes.
Creator: Stephen Creswell
Publication date: 1997-01
Price: $8.00
Review We Will Know What War Is: The Civil War Diary of Sirene Bunten / Mcclain Printing Co:
Creator: Peter E. Earl
Publication date: 2002-01
Dewey code: 330.092
List Price: $550.00
Price: $546.00
Review The Legacy of Herbert Simon in Economic Analysis (Intellectual Legacies in Modern Economic) / Edward Elgar Publishing:Herbert A. Simon has been a leading contributor to cognitive psychology, computer science, public administration, philosophy and statistics, and is the winner of the 1978 Nobel Memorial Prize in economics. As this collection demonstrates, his impact on economics has been felt in areas as diverse as the theory of the firm and economic organization, consumer behaviour, law and economics, and environmental economics. Central to his work is the notion of bounded rationality - the mismatch between human decision-making capacities and the scale of the decision problems that people face, which results in satisficing rather than optimizing behaviour - and his belief that economic research should start from the study of actual behaviour rather than being based on convenient but unrealistic assumptions. Peter Earl's choice of articles shows both the kind of economics that emerges when Simon's philosophy is followed comprehensively, and what happens when neo-classical economists partially adopt his ideas.
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1959
Review Things Fall Apart the Story of a Strong Man / McDowell Obolensky:
Edition: 2nd
Publication date: 1998-11
Dewey code: 332.6
Price: $39.95
Review Riding the Millennial Storm: Marc Faber's Path to Profit in the Financial Markets / John Wiley & Sons:First-hand information about Dr. Doom's financial predictions for the millennium. Dr. Marc Faber, a. k. a. Dr. Doom, offers here his financial ideas, theories, and predictions for the forthcoming millennium. Written by the ever entertaining and brilliant Nury Vittachi, this book offers a fascinating and unique insight into the eccentric world of Faber, the financial guru extraordinaire. The book also features a detailed portrait of Faber, the man, including insights into the unconventional way Faber conducts his research, his background, and his history of his winning and losing predictions. [+]Marc Faber, PhD (Hong Kong) is an investment advisor and publisher of the "Gloom, Boom, and Doom" Reports. Nury Vittachi (Hong Kong) is one of Asia's most popular writers and speakers.
Edition: Limited Edition
Publication date: 1997
Review Mentations: Archer Baxter Forsyth / Jean Schulz:A biographical/genealogical collection on the fascinating of Archer Baxter Forsyth. It was published at 1 Snoopy Place by his daughter Jean Forsyth Schulz, the wife of the eminent cartoonist, the late Charles Schulz, in a limited edition of 250. It contains 44 page appendix plus additional 25 pages of prefaced materials.
Publication date: 1996-04-30
Review The Sett, The (Reed Audio) / Random House Audiobooks:An outing in the woods near their Birmingham home in 1984 turned into bloody carnage when the Goodman family stumbled across a vicious badger hunt. Hours later, Alex Goodman found himself alone in a hospital bed, a man with no memory and no past. He began a ten-year hunt for revenge, during which he became involved with dangerous men. The author of this account of Goodman's experiences retraced his trail in search of the truth.
Publication date: 2005-03-05
Dewey code: 809
List Price: $499.00
Price: $499.00
Review Up from Slavery / Afchron.Com:Nineteenth-century African American businessman, activist, and educator Booker Taliaferro Washington's, "Up from Slavery" is one of the greatest American autobiographies ever written. Its mantras of black economic empowerment, land ownership, and self-help inspired generations of black leaders, including Marcus Garvey, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and Louis Farrakhan. In rags-to-riches fashion, Washington recounts his ascendance from early life as a mulatto slave in Virginia to a 34-year term as president of the influential, agriculturally based Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. From that position, Washington reigned as the most important leader of his people, with slogans like "cast down your buckets," which emphasized vocational merit rather than the academic and political excellence championed by his contemporary rival W. E. B. Du Bois. Though many considered him too accommodating to segregationists, Washington, as he said in his historic "Atlanta Compromise" speech of 1895, believed that "political agitation alone would not save [the Negro]," and that "property, industry, skill, intelligence, and character" would prove necessary to black Americans' success. The potency of his philosophies are alive today in the nationalist and conservative camps that compose the complex quilt of black American society. Nineteenth-century African American businessman, activist, and educator Booker Taliaferro Washington's Up from Slavery is one of the greatest American autobiographies ever written. [+]Its mantras of black economic empowerment, land ownership, and self-help inspired generations of black leaders, including Marcus Garvey, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and Louis Farrakhan. In rags-to-riches fashion, Washington recounts his ascendance from early life as a mulatto slave in Virginia to a 34-year term as president of the influential, agriculturally based Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. From that position, Washington reigned as the most important leader of his people, with slogans like "cast down your buckets," which emphasized vocational merit rather than the academic and political excellence championed by his contemporary rival W. E. B. Du Bois. Though many considered him too accommodating to segregationists, Washington, as he said in his historic "Atlanta Compromise" speech of 1895, believed that "political agitation alone would not save [the Negro]," and that "property, industry, skill, intelligence, and character" would prove necessary to black Americans' success. The potency of his philosophies are alive today in the nationalist and conservative camps that compose the complex quilt of black American society.
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We Will Know What War Is: The Civil War Diary of Sirene Bunten, Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence: Volumes 44-48 : Complete Index (The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence), The Sett, The (Reed Audio), Who's Who In Asia 2007 (Who's Who in Asia), Nudity in a Public Place, Thomas B. Reed (American Statesmen,), Unknown Colour: Paintings, Letters and Writings, Sam Adams: Pioneer in Propaganda, Magill's Survey of World Literature, Kang Yu-Wei: A Bibliography and a Symposium (Association for Asian Studies. Monographs and Papers), The Life of Toussaint L'ouverture, the Negro Patriot of Hayti, Dictionary Of British And Irish Botantists And Horticulturalists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers, THE WORKS OF LADY CAROLINE LAMB (Pickering Masters), We Will Know What War Is: The Civil War Diary of Sirene Bunten, The Legacy of Herbert Simon in Economic Analysis (Intellectual Legacies in Modern Economic), Things Fall Apart the Story of a Strong Man, Riding the Millennial Storm: Marc Faber's Path to Profit in the Financial Markets, Mentations: Archer Baxter Forsyth, The Sett, The (Reed Audio), Up from SlaveryTop headlines: Bison roundup shows species' prairie recovery: Bison are no longer in danger of extinction. 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