Edition: 1
Publication date: 2001-11
Dewey code: 979.104092
Price: $7.95
Review Tragic Jack: The True Story of Arizona Pioneer John William Swilling / Stagecoach Books:John William "Jack" Swilling was falsely accused of a stagecoach robbery, partly because of his own braggadocio, and died an ignominious death in Yuma¿s County jail weeks before the guilty party was captured. He was buried at an obscure grave and his remains lost among the unmarked graves. This is the tragic story of the life of was one of Arizona¿s preeminent pioneers - Jack Swilling.
Edition: Largeprint
Publication date: 1995-11
Dewey code: 920
Price: $7.95
Review Six Wives of Henry the VIII / Chivers North Amer:
Creator: Salem Press
Publication date: 2008-08-22
Dewey code: 920.02
List Price: $217.00
Price: $137.20
Review American Heroes (Magill's Choice) / Salem Press:This is a complete survey of more than 200 U. S. heroes - from the American Revolution through today. In the twenty-first century, an age of information and dwindling privacy, the term "hero" is more subjective than ever. Not all heroes are the spotless paragons envisioned in fiction or set forth in old history books. Today, many of our traditional heroes are silhouetted against their very human flaws - making their accomplishments all the more remarkable. All can agree, however, that a "hero" is a person who has placed others above self, who has invoked courage to undertake difficult and risky endeavors in order to better the world for others, who has breached the minimum of what is expected to reach for what can be. Such heroes come from all walks of life and can surprise not only others but also themselves in what they are able to accomplish, providing inspiration to others along the way. Scope and coverage - "American Heroes" surveys more than 200 U. S. [+]heroes from the American Revolution through today, in 39 areas of achievement, including Agriculture and Astronomy, Aviation and Space Exploration, Business, Civil Rights, Education, Exploration, Government and Politics, the Military, Religion, Social Reform, Sports, Theater and Entertainment, and Women's Rights. The over 200 people covered in set include 41 African Americans, 148 Euro-Americans, 6 Jewish Americans, 3 Latino Americans, 15 Native Americans, 2 Pacific Islander Americans and 63 women. Organization and format - Each comprehensive, in-depth essay is approximately 5 to 6 pages in length. Essays are arranged in a standard format which includes vital ready-reference data; identification (such as "Astronaut," "Baseball player," "Civil Rights activist," or "President of the United States"); a summary abstract of the person's key role and importance; dates and places of birth and (where applicable) death; a list of "also known as" names and nicknames; a list of areas of achievement; several paragraphs covering "Early Life," on upbringing and education; substantial text on "Life's Work," addressing career and achievements; and a "Significance" section that summarizes the individual's major contributions. Every essay ends with a "Further Reading" section that lists three to ten annotated books and other print sources for further study; these bibliographies are up to date through 2007. All essays are signed by academicians and other expert contributors. Special features - A comprehensive Subject Index is joined by a Category Index (arranging the heroes by area of achievement) and an Ethnicity Index (arranging them by ethnic group) to assist students and general readers in accessing the material for reports and areas of interest.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2004-12-22
Dewey code: 941.1072092
List Price: $180.00
Price: $179.99
Review Memoirs of an Eighteenth Century Footman: John Macdonald's Travels (1745-1779) (Broadway Travellers) / Routledge:First published in 1927. First published at the time of the French Revolution, the memoirs of John Macdonald provide a rich panorama of life in the company of blind fiddlers, maid-servants, the Scottish aristocracy, soldiers, historians, Oriental Princes, servants of the East India Company and men of great wealth.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2004-09-27
Dewey code: 940.545941092
List Price: $150.00
Price: $139.88
Review A Life of Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham: A Twentieth-century Naval Leader (Naval Policy and History Series) / Routledge:Cunningham was the best-known and most celebrated British admiral of the Second World War. From 1943 to 1946, he was the First Sea Lord and a participant in the wartime conferences with Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt.
Publication date: 2003-11
Dewey code: 796
List Price: $29.95
Price: $140.15
Review Memories of a Fox / Wakefield Press Pty, Limited (AUS):
Publication date: 2005-09
Review With a Camera in My Pocket: The Life and Times of a Llanelli First World War Nurse / Baddeley Books:
Publication date: 2005-07
List Price: $135.60
Price: $135.60
Review Secret Lives of First Ladies 8pk / Quirk Books:
Publication date: 1996-02
Review Pictorial History of Stalin / Sunburst Books:
Publication date: 1997-01-17
Review Churchill's Peacetime Ministry, 1951-55 / Palgrave Macmillan:
Creator: Juan Valverde
Publication date: 2004-09
Dewey code: 930
List Price: $137.50
Price: $137.50
Review Genesius Sepulveda Cordubensis, Epistolarum libri septum / K.G. SAUR VERLAG:This epistolary autobiography provides the reader with details on Sepúlveda's relations with well-known scholars of his day (Erasmus, Alfonso and Juan de Vald&eacue;s, Gaspare Contarini, Gian-Matteo Giberti, Alberto Pio, Juan Martínez Siliceo, Reginald Pole and many more); his work both as chronicler to Emperor Charles V and translator of Aristotle; his discussions with Bartolomé de las Casas on the conquest of America; and insights into the author's aspirations, sorrows and joys of daily life. This is the first critical edition of Sepúlveda's letters to take surviving manuscripts into consideration.
Publication date: 1997-02
Dewey code: 943.604092
List Price: $100.00
Price: $140.43
Review Francis Joseph (Profiles in Power Series) / Addison Wesley Publishing Company:
Publication date: 2000-08-30
Dewey code: 016.941084
List Price: $179.95
Price: $179.95
Review Winston S. Churchill, 1874-1965: A Comprehensive Historiography and Annotated Bibliography (Bibliographies of World Leaders) / Greenwood Press:Perhaps the most influential figure in 20th century British, imperial, and world history, Winston S. Churchill has been the subject of numerous studies, biographies, and controversies, but not of a recent comprehensive bibliography. The most extensive and up-to-date bibliographic work on Churchill, this book provides a full historiographical survey and over 3,000 annotated entries on all of the important writings by and about Churchill. Reflecting Churchill's versatility, dynamism, and influence, the book emphasizes his background and context, covering, for instance, works on fifteen major controversies associated with Churchill, some thirty biographies ranging from those that glorify to solid, scholarly studies, to extreme revisionist attacks. The final historiographical chapter points to subjects that would benefit from further research. Divided into two parts, the book opens with a historiographical narrative, covering historical and biographical events associated with the life and times of Winston Churchill. In addition to chapters on archival material, reference works, and studies on a wide range of topics pertaining to Churchill's life and multi-faceted career, part I includes a section on Churchill and the Internet. The second half of the book includes 3099 annotated entries on all works cited in part I. The two parts are fully cross-referenced, and the book also includes a short chronology and full indexes. The book will provide a valuable resource for students, scholars, and other researchers interested in Churchill and his era.
Publication date: 1998-12-01
Price: $29.95
Review The Diary of Dawid Sierakowak / Jewish Heritage Project, Inc.:After the liberation of the Lodz Ghetto, Dawid Sierakowiak's notbooks were found stacked on a cookstove, ready to be burned for heat. Young Sierakowiak was one of more than 60,000 Jews who perished in that notorious urban slave camp, a man-made hell which was the longest surviving concentration of Jews in Nazi Europe. The diary comprises a remarkable legacy left to humanity by its teenage author. It is one of the most fastidiously detailed accounts ever rendered of modern life in human bondage. The luxury of life was never returned to David, but a new awareness of it richness can be our reward for reading the diary of this brilliantly and brutally deprived young human being.
Creator: Justin Nelson
Publication date: 1997-01
Review Michael Collins: The Final Days / Justin Nelson Productions:
Publication date: 2007-12-03
Dewey code: 973.708203
List Price: $195.00
Price: $136.50
Review Women in the American Civil War / ABC-CLIO:This fascinating work tells the untold story of the role of women in the Civil War, from battlefield to home front. Except for those named Harriet - Tubman and Beecher Stowe, to be precise - women are invisible in Civil War history. The traditional treatment focuses on the men who directed and fought the war. This encyclopedia lifts the curtain on the untold stories of women as warriors, spies, fundraisers, and propagandists - the whole range of war-related activity. Most Americans can name famous generals and notable battles from the Civil War. With rare exception, they know neither the women of that war nor their part in it. Yet, as this encyclopedia demonstrates, women played a critical role. The book's 400 A-Z entries focus on specific people, organizations, issues, and battles, and a dozen contextual essays provide detailed information about the social, political, and family issues that shaped women's lives during the Civil War era. "Women in the American Civil War" satisfies a growing interest in this topic. Readers will learn how the Civil War became a vehicle for expanding the role of women in society. [+]Representing the work of more than 100 scholars, this book treats in depth all aspects of the previously untold story of women in the Civil War.
Edition: Revised
Publication date: 1997-02
Dewey code: 952
Price: $12.00
Review Public People, Private People: Portraits of Some Japanese / Kodansha International (JPN):The private recollections of long-time Japan resident, Donald Richie, capture the personalities of certain Japanese people - some famous, some unknown - with insight and humour.
Creator: Tony Bagnall Smith
Publication date: 1997-05-15
Dewey code: 636.089092
Price: $49.50
Review Vet in Africa: Life on the Zambezi, 1913-1933 / I. B. Tauris:John Smith became a veterinary surgeon and his professional career largely took place in Northern Rhodesia, where he established the colony's main agricultural research station at Mazabuka, and became head of the veterinary service. He saw the end of company rule and the establishment of the crown colony in 1923 and served in the Legislative and Executive Councils. This book is Smith's account of inter-war life in a crown colony. Social life revolved around the club, and rigid class distinctions ruled relations between officials, professional people and planters. Outside this circle were artisans and miners, some from South Africa, and a few distinguished chiefs, who stood out against the mass of the African population who formed the vast backdrop. These diaries and letters provide a portrait of a close-knit colonial society.
Publication date: 1991-01
Price: $120.00
Review The World is My Home / Books on Tape:James A. Michener was “a Renaissance man, adventurous, inquisitive, energetic, unpretentious and unassuming, with an encyclopedic mind and a generous heart” (The New York Times Book Review). Now, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of this literary legend’s birth, here is the story of his remarkable life, told by the man himself. In this exceptional memoir, James Michener describes the people, events, and ideas that have shaped his life. Moving backward and forward across time, he writes about the many strands of his experience: his passion for travel; his lifelong infatuation with literature, music, and painting; his liberal credo and his adventures in politics; and the hard work, headaches, and rewards of the writing life. Here at last is the real James Michener, plainspoken, wise, and enormously sympathetic, a man who can truly say, “The world is my home. ”“A sweepingly interesting life. Whether he’s having an epiphany over a campout in New Guinea with head-hunting cannibals or getting politically charged by the melodrama of great opera, James A. [+]Michener’s world is a place and a time worth reading about. ”–The Christian Science Monitor“There are splendid yarns about his wartime doings in the South Pacific. There are hilarious cautionary tales about his service on government commissions. There are wonderful inside stories from the publishing business. And always there is Michener himself–analyzing his own character, assessing himself as a writer, chronicling his intellectual life, giving advice to young writers. ”–Cleveland Plain Dealer“Michener’s own life makes one of his most engaging tales–a classic American success story. ”–Entertainment WeeklyFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
Publication date: 2000-01-20
Dewey code: 979.804
Price: $80.00
Review Now It Can Be Told / Publication Consultants:Shipwrecks and plane crashes on isolated Alaska islands, bear hunts not for sport, but to protect herds of cattle and sheep, hauling cattle by ship, barge, and skiff, snowshoeing across snow-filled mountain passes to feed cattle and rescue calves, the 1912 Katmai Volcano, fox farming, the 1964 earthquake and tidal wave (tsunami), and the oil spill of 1989. All of this and more is woven by Wanda Fields into the fabric of her tales about pioneer Alaskan ranchers on and around Kodiak Island over the past two hundred years. She has combined extensive interviews with many of these ranchers, stories passed down and lived personally, and the ranching experiences she and her husband De Witt have shared during their 50 years in Kodiak. Only now, that most of the participants in these events have passed on, can some of these stories be told.
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Tragic Jack: The True Story of Arizona Pioneer John William Swilling, Six Wives of Henry the VIII, American Heroes (Magill's Choice), Memoirs of an Eighteenth Century Footman: John Macdonald's Travels (1745-1779) (Broadway Travellers), A Life of Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham: A Twentieth-century Naval Leader (Naval Policy and History Series), Memories of a Fox, With a Camera in My Pocket: The Life and Times of a Llanelli First World War Nurse, Secret Lives of First Ladies 8pk, Pictorial History of Stalin, Churchill's Peacetime Ministry, 1951-55, Genesius Sepulveda Cordubensis, Epistolarum libri septum, Francis Joseph (Profiles in Power Series), Winston S. Churchill, 1874-1965: A Comprehensive Historiography and Annotated Bibliography (Bibliographies of World Leaders), The Diary of Dawid Sierakowak, Michael Collins: The Final Days, Women in the American Civil War, Public People, Private People: Portraits of Some Japanese, Vet in Africa: Life on the Zambezi, 1913-1933, The World is My Home, Now It Can Be ToldTop headlines: Cops: Passenger kills bus driver in fare dispute: A man stabbed a city bus driver to death over being denied a free ride, then escaped on foot Monday in the first killing of an on-duty New York City bus driver in more than a quarter-century, authorities said. ›01:28 2 Dec, Tue Oil prices tumble below $50 a barrel: Oil prices tumbled below $50 a barrel Monday as National Bureau of Economic Research reported that the U.S. economy has been in a recession since December 2007. ›22:44 Video: Foxes come back from brink of extinction: Dec. 1: The Island Fox, a five-pound mammal found only on Southern California's Channel Islands, was recently in danger of disappearing, but its rapid recovery has been faster than any other endangered animal in history. 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