Publication date: 1998-12-01
Price: $94.40
Review CoalDust Grins ~ Portraits of Canadian Coal Miners / Cambria Pub:
Publication date: 2008-07-11
Dewey code: 370
List Price: $93.99
Price: $93.99
Review The Education of Henry Adams / IndyPublish:
Publication date: 1997-06-30
Dewey code: 973.560922
List Price: $105.00
Price: $94.50
Review Andrew Jackson and His Tennessee Lieutenants: A Study in Political Culture (Contributions in American History) / Greenwood Press:Andrew Jackson and those Tennesseans who, along with him, were a major force in Tennessee and American political life can best be understood by examining the political culture they all shared. The ten men studied here were the children or grandchildren of immigrants from either the Scottish lowlands or the north of Ireland. All experienced the rise from the yeoman/artisan class to that of landed gentry, and all displayed in their adult lives the influence of that move from one socioeconomic class to another. This view of Jackson and his closest friends suggests a view of these men's motives; their values, attitudes, and beliefs were somewhat different than historians have pictured for us. These Jacksonians sought to preserve the world of their fathers while changing their place in the world. They looked back but moved ahead; they were self-interested but tempered always by a selfless ideal.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2004-08-13
Dewey code: 951.05092
List Price: $95.00
Price: $94.58
Review Mao (Routledge Historical Biographies) / Routledge:Was Mao the first red emperor or the last great Marxist leader? Mao Zedong was held in awe by his people, seen by many as a supreme hero who had freed their country. He led a vast social revolution and made China a world power that competed with the Soviet Union as the leader of international socialism. Michael Lynch presents an engaging and thorough account of Mao's life and politics, making use of a wealth of primary and secondary sources. He locates Maoism in the broader context of twentieth-century Chinese history, discussing the development of the Chinese Communist Party, the creation of the People's Republic of China and the Cultural Revolution, and the part of Mao's China in the Cold War. Details of Mao's private life as well as his political and philosophical thought add to this diverse picture of the influential leader.
Publication date: 1985-06
Dewey code: 956.940010924
Price: $18.50
Review Time to Tell: An Israeli Life, 1898-1984 / Cornwall Books:
Creator: Insun Sony Mustapha
Publication date: 2005-07-15
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $30.00
Price: $94.47
Review Malay Nationalism Before Umno: The Memoirs of Mustapha Hussain / Utusan Publishers (Malaysia):Mustapha Hussain was an extraordinary man, even for one who lived in extraordinary times. This English language translation of his memoirs traces his coming-of-age in a Minangkabau Malay community in Perak and his part in the formation of the Young Malays Union (KMM). During the Japanese Occupation in Malaya, Mustapha Hussain reluctantly accompanied the Japanese army to Singapore, where he was responsible for saving the lives of hundreds of Malay soldiers in the British colonial armed forces. Instead of collaborating further with the Japanese Occupation, he chose to return to a difficult existence, eking out a living on a Perak farm. After the war, he rejoined the anti-colonial nationalist movement, but managing to avoid the severe repression against the radical Malay youth of early 1948. In 1951, he lost the nomination for the presidency of UMNO by only one vote to Tunku Abdul Rahman, who went on to lead the country to independence and became first Prime Minister of Malaysia. This extraordinary memoir must be read by anyone interested in Malay life in colonial Malaya, the origins and development of radical Malay nationalism as well as Malay politics in the mid-20th century.
Publication date: 1998-01
Dewey code: 920
Price: $45.00
Review A Life in Oxford / John Murray Publishers Ltd:This sequel to the author's earlier work "A path from Rome", this text describes: his involvement with the student uprisings of the 1960s, taking on the government over funding and permits; leading undergraduate reading parties to the spartan chalet in the Swiss Alps bequeathed by Sligger Urquhart; and travelling to lend moral and practical support to philosophers in trouble in Prague and Yugoslavia. The text also considers the author's involvement in the notorious debate over Mrs Thatcher's honorary degree and the subsequent fallout, and the battle over the election of a new chancellor to succeed Harold Macmillan. Finally Dr Kenny explains his leaving of Balliol, honouring a promise he had made to himself to hold the Mastership no longer than 12 years.
Creator: J. C. Yardley
Publication date: 2004-01-16
Dewey code: 938.07092
List Price: $110.95
Price: $110.95
Review Alexander the Great: Historical Sources in Translation (Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History) / Wiley-Blackwell:This source book presents new translations of the most important ancient writings on the life and legacy of Alexander the Great. Provides comprehensive coverage of Alexander, from his family background to his military conquests, death and legacy. Includes substantial extracts of texts written by historians, geographers, biographers and military writers. A general introduction and introductions to each chapter set the sources in context. Also includes a bibliography of modern works, visual sources and a map of Alexander'sexpedition.
Publication date: 2002-07
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $93.99
Price: $93.99
Review A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains / IndyPublish.com:
Publication date: 1994-06
Review Rudolf Hess / Jema Publications:
Publication date: 1982-06
Price: $16.50
Review Children of the Dead End / Caliban Books:
Publication date: 1994-09
Dewey code: 749.211
Price: $32.00
Review Stephen Harris: Designer Craftsman / Stoddart:
Creator: John N. Smithin
Publication date: 1999-03
Dewey code: 330
List Price: $130.00
Price: $94.90
Review Keynes and Public Policy After Fifty Years: Economics and Policy / Edward Elgar Publishing:
Edition: 3
Publication date: 2000-09-01
Dewey code: 937.060922
List Price: $125.00
Price: $104.02
Review The Year of the Four Emperors (Roman Imperial Biographies) / Routledge:". unfolds with masterly skill the tale of the conflict and intrigue of this critical time of transition from the Julio-Claudians to the Flavian Emperors. The excellent and compelling narrative is enriched by a wealth of background. [+]" - Times Educational Supplement on the previous editionAfter the death of the infamous Nero in AD 68, the Romans might have hoped that AD 69 would usher in a new era of peace and stability. It was not to be! Before January was out, the new emperor, Galba, had been brutally assassinated, and the next two successors to the imperial throne, Otho and Vitellius, were to meet equally violent ends. This period of turmoil also saw two desperate battles at Cremona, the capture of ROme for Vespasian - fourth and final emperor of the year - and a civil war in Italy which shook the farthest reaches of the Empire. Kenneth Wellesley's gripping acount combines an elegant and exciting narrative with sound, meticulous scholarship based on his intimate knowledge of the Historiesof Tacitus. Now with a new Introduction by Barbara Levick, the book will once more be welcomed as the standard work on this turbulent period in Rome's imperial past.
Creator: Bonnie Wheeler
Publication date: 2000-04-01
Dewey code: 271.97
List Price: $95.00
Price: $94.17
Review Listening To Heloise: The Voice of a Twelfth-Century Woman (The New Middle Ages) / Palgrave Macmillan:Heloise, the twelfth-century French abbess and reformer, emerges from this book as one of history’s most extraordinary women, a thinker-writer of profound insight and skill. Her learned mind attracted the most radical philosopher of her time, Peter Abelard. He became her teacher, lover, husband, and finally monastic ally. That relationship has made her fame until now. But Heloise is far more important in her own right. Seventeen experts of international standing collaborate here to reveal and analyze how Heloise’s daring achievements shaped normative issues of theology, rhetoric, rational argument, gender, and emotional authenticity. At last we are able to see her for herself, in her moment of history and human awareness.
Publication date: 1985-12
Dewey code: 920.071
List Price: $150.00
Price: $143.19
Review Dictionary of Canadian Biography: 1851-1860 (Dictionary of Canadian Biography) / Univ of Toronto Pr:Decked out with a new dust-jacket, this volume continues the literary and scholarly standards that have made the DCB/DBC the definitive biographical reference work in Canadian history. The product of more than 450 authors, XIV documents, in highly readable fashion, the lives of 622 individuals who died between 1911 and 1920. The spectrum is engagingly broad: from Klondike dance-hall keeper to peanut vendor to poltergeist victim. The volume effectively brings to a close the 19th century in Canada. Increasingly, 20th-century realities pervade the biographies: the development of the west, the growth of business and finance, labour organization, mass immigration and big cities, progress in education, literature, and the arts, and the cataclysm of world war. The search for a Canadian identity is a dominant theme of the era chronicled here. In a key biography, Sir Wilfrid Laurier is superbly and critically portrayed as a builder of modern Canada. James P. Whitney's innovative legislation shaped modern Ontario. In international affairs George Gibbons negotiated a fundamental treaty in Canadian-American relations; in the far north mounted policeman Francis Fitzgerald asserted Canadian sovereignty, only to perish in the Lost Patrol. [+]As minister of defence, Sir F. W. Borden aimed for more autonomy within the imperial defence system. The volume responds with fairness and insight to the enormous challenge of selection presented by the deaths of thousands of Canadians in the Great War. Divisional commander Louis Lipsett died in the field, as did Rankin Wheary, a black private from New Brunswick. John McCrae's famous poem made the poppy a cherished symbol. At the same time, there were objectors, internees, and outspoken figures in the clash of nationalist currents over Canada's role within the empire. Canadian identity emerges no less in the arts. Louis HTmon's writings made Quebec known throughout the French-speaking world. The work of Mohawk poet E. Pauline Johnson was infused with both idealism and nationalism. Tom Thomson's northern painting inspired the Group of Seven, and Haida artists continue to be influenced by the carvings of Charles Edenshaw.
Publication date: 2002-07
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $93.99
Price: $93.99
Review Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte / IndyPublish.com:
Publication date: 2001-08
Dewey code: 920
Price: $16.95
Review Desperate Voyage: A Novice Sails Alone from America to Australia / Narrative Press:It's the end of WWII, the author is stranded in the United States, and he wants to return to his wife in Australia. So he buys a 27 foot cutter and sets sail across the Pacific. He survives 8,500 miles of variable seas, reefs, tropic islands, crossing the equator, languishing in the doldrums, and thrashing through hurricane seas - all single-handed. A charming (and terrifying) book.
Publication date: 2002-06-17
Dewey code: 920
Price: $24.25
Review Henry Blogg of Cromer - the Greatest of the Lifeboatmen / Poppyland Publishing:
Publication date: 2002-12
Dewey code: 813
List Price: $93.99
Price: $93.99
Review Thomas Jefferson / IndyPublish.com:Edward Sylvester Ellis was a major American author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Because he wrote under dozens of pseudonyms, as well as under his own name, it is virtually impossible to know exactly how many books he wrote, but it is believed to be in the hundreds. He specialized in boys' stories, inspirational biography, and history for both children and adults.
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CoalDust Grins ~ Portraits of Canadian Coal Miners, The Education of Henry Adams, Andrew Jackson and His Tennessee Lieutenants: A Study in Political Culture (Contributions in American History), Mao (Routledge Historical Biographies), Time to Tell: An Israeli Life, 1898-1984, Malay Nationalism Before Umno: The Memoirs of Mustapha Hussain, A Life in Oxford, Alexander the Great: Historical Sources in Translation (Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History), A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, Rudolf Hess, Children of the Dead End, Stephen Harris: Designer Craftsman, Keynes and Public Policy After Fifty Years: Economics and Policy, The Year of the Four Emperors (Roman Imperial Biographies), Listening To Heloise: The Voice of a Twelfth-Century Woman (The New Middle Ages), Dictionary of Canadian Biography: 1851-1860 (Dictionary of Canadian Biography), Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Desperate Voyage: A Novice Sails Alone from America to Australia, Henry Blogg of Cromer - the Greatest of the Lifeboatmen, Thomas JeffersonTop headlines: Doris Lessings Nobel Prize: The unpredictable curmudgeon has written about everything from feminism to sci-fi to cats (twice). ›15:18 12 Oct, Fri Americas best small ski towns: Skip the big mountain resorts and opt for one of these five communities with authentic snowbound charm. ›19:53 30 Nov, Sun Churches: Chocolate Jesus is 'tasteless': Frank Oynhausen set up his "Sweet Lord" chocolate Jesus-making business saying he wanted to restore some traditional religious values to Christmas in Germany. ›19:39 25 Nov, Tue FDA sets safe level for infant formula chemical: Federal regulators set a safety threshold Friday for the industrial chemical melamine that is greater than the amount of contamination found so far in U.S.-made infant formula. ›01:10 29 Nov, Sat Lopez to host Miss America pageant again: Mario Lopez will again host the Miss America pageant, which airs Jan. 24 on TLC. ›22:20 Winter weather slows travel in U.S.: Stranded airline passengers lingered in Chicago's airports Monday as a storm tapered off after delivering a wintry mix to Illinois including snow, gusty winds and ice that led to at least two traffic deaths. ›22:52 Global AIDS crisis overblown? 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