Publication date: 2001-10
Dewey code: 809
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Review Letters / IndyPublish.com:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2003-01-10
Dewey code: 324.623092
List Price: $100.00
Price: $93.41
Review Emmeline Pankhurst (Routledge Historical Biographies) / Routledge:Emmeline Pankhurst was one of the most fascinating and controversial women in British political history of the 20th century. Notorious for her militant actions, she fought for women's suffrage, later worked for the war effort and was transformed into a popular heroine. This new biography traces Pankhurst's development from her familial and friendship circle, through her married and working life, her engagement as a suffragette and increasing militancy. Paula Bartley uses new archival material to assess whether Pankhurst should be seen as a heroine or a tyrant, a conservative or a progressive.
Publication date: 2002-06
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $92.99
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Review History of Friedrich II of Prussia / IndyPublish.com:Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was a Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, whose work was hugely influential during the Victorian era. After attending the University of Edinburgh, he suffered an intense crisis of faith and conversion that would provide the material for Sartor Resartus (1832), his first major work. The book was intended to be simultaneously factual and fictional, serious and satirical, speculative and historical. It ironically commented on its own formal structure, while forcing the reader to confront the problem of where 'truth' is to be found. His success was assured by the publication of The French Revolution (1837). Filled with a passionate intensity, hitherto unknown in historical writing, Carlyle's account of the motivations and urges that inspired the events in France seemed powerfully relevant. The dehumanisation of society was a theme pursued in later books such as Past and Present (1843), in which Carlyle sounded a note of conservative scepticism. Other works include: On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (1841), Latter-Day Pamphlets (1850), Life of John Sterling (1851) and Early Kings of Norway (1875).
Publication date: 2002-07
Dewey code: 809
List Price: $92.99
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Review The Life of John Bunyan / IndyPublish.com:
Publication date: 2002-07
Dewey code: 355
List Price: $92.99
Price: $92.99
Review Memoirs of General William T. Sherman / IndyPublish.com:
Publication date: 1982-12
Review Hitler / Sussex Publications:
Publication date: 2002-11
Review Bywyd Gwr Bonheddig / Gwasg Gwynedd:
Publication date: 1998-10-15
Dewey code: 956
List Price: $69.95
Price: $93.67
Review The Reign of Mubarak-Al-Sabah: Shaikh of Kuwait 1896-1915 / I. B. Tauris:Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah is widely regarded as the founder of modern Kuwait, yet there has so far been no detailed study of his reign. In this vividly written critical history, based almost entirely on unpublished archive material, discusses the Sheikh's seizure of power, the political concerns underlying the 1899 Anglo-Kuwait Agreement, the nature of Mubarak's involvement in tribal politics, the great struggle for mastery of Central Arabia between the Al Saud and Al Rashid dynasties, and the impact that this had on the development of Kuwait under his rule. While recognizing Mubarak's political skills and his success in establishing the independence and diplomatic identity of Kuwait, al-Ghanem argues that he was essentially an opportunist whose ability to control events was ultimately limited and whose abortive Arabian dream was pursued at a high cost to Kuwaitis.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2001-01-05
Dewey code: 885.01
List Price: $120.00
Price: $99.86
Review Demosthenes: Statesman and Orator / Routledge:Demosthenes' political power stretched over thirty years. Successive generations have judged him the statesman par excellence, and his oratory as some of the finest to survive from classical Greece. His reputation is such that he is still quoted in speeches by modern politicians, and is often viewed as the supreme example of a patriot. Yet, conversely, Demosthenes' political career led to the defeat of Greece by Macedon, and the loss of Greek autonomy. In spite of his undoubted individual importance in fourth-century Greek history, recent scholarship has tended to focus on Demosthenes in the context of his era. This volume redresses the balance, with a thoroughgoing study of the man and his career.
Creator: Judith M. Spicksley
Publication date: 2008-12-15
Dewey code: 941
List Price: $100.00
Price: $93.65
Review The Business and Household Accounts of Joyce Jeffreys, Spinster of Hereford, 1638-1648 (Records of Social and Economic History New Series) / Oxford University Press, USA:The accounts of Joyce Jeffreys offer a rare opportunity to enter the social world of the early modern spinster - her daily life, personal circumstances, social activities and family relationships are all reflected through the entries in her manuscript. The accounts also reveal extensive evidence of Joyce's business dealings, most prominently as a moneylender in and around the Hereford and Worcestershire region, but also as a farmer, market gardener, landholder, and horse and livestock dealer. The income or receipts section details loan arrangements and provides evidence of rental and other income. The expenditure or disbursements section provides a wealth of information on a range of contemporary expenses, including the cost of wages, food, drinks, clothing, textiles, medicines and medical care, the training and care of horses, and even stud fees. Further entries relate to amounts paid out in the form of gifts and gratuities, litigation fees, local and national assessments, and church dues. Joyce Jeffreys appears at the centre of a large, vibrant kinship network, in which she was an active participant. This gave her access to regional gentry affiliations, and linked her with some of the most prominent local people. Although Joyce's business dealings may have centered on the Hereford area, they reached as far as London. She travelled regularly to visit relatives and friends, to listen to lectures, and to attend social events until her health prevented her from doing so. Royalist by inclination, Joyce decided to abandon Hereford before the Parliamentary army arrived and the social as well as economic costs of the civil war are a further feature of her accounts. [+]Published in their entirety for the first time, these accounts suggest that Joyce Jeffreys was neither as culturally or intellectually isolated as the historiography of spinsterhood would have us believe.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1996-06-30
Dewey code: 962.054092
List Price: $180.00
Price: $125.00
Review Anwar Sadat: Visionary Who Dared / Routledge:This book by a prize-winning foreign affairs correspondent, tells the story of a life shaped by Egypt's national struggle and dominated by the conflict between the Arab world and Israel. It charts Sadat's progress from fanatical nationalist to Nasser's successor as President of Egypt, and from world statesman to tragic hero, who gave his life in the cause of peace. As a highly readable study of one of the major figures in the struggle for peace in the Middle East, it is of particular interest in the light of the ongoing peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. The author's relationship with Sadat, and the help he has received from his widow since Sadat's death, has added a personal dimension to this warm and compassionate political biography.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2008-03-30
Dewey code: 954.82031092
List Price: $100.00
Price: $92.90
Review Serfoji II - Scholar-king of Tanjavur (Pathfinders) / Routledge India:This is the first cultural biography of King Serfoji II, the Maratha king of Tanjavur (r. 1798-1832), a fascinating figure in Indian and world history. Ruler of a small kingdom under British colonial supervision, Serfoji achieved a remarkable synthesis between European Enlightenment and Indian knowledge systems and cultural practices, becoming a pioneer in south India’s transition to modernity and a legend in his own time.
Publication date: 2002-08
Dewey code: 920
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Review The Marquise De Brinvilliers / IndyPublish.com:
Publication date: 2001-11-01
Dewey code: 920
Price: $22.99
Review John Barry: A Sixties Theme: From James Bond to Midnight Cowboy / Macmillan UK:John Barry has been called the most important popular British composer of the 20th century. Winner of five Oscars, and composer of the James Bond films, "Born Free," "Midnight Cowboy," "Out of Africa," and "Dances with Wolves," he has become a cultural icon and an inspiration to countless musicians. Throughout the 1960s Barry was at the heart of swinging London, and his career reflects the evolution of post-war British music from big band to rock and roll and the birth of pop, and his beginnings in the film world coincided with the renaissance of British cinema. Written with the cooperation of John Barry, and including insights from friends, John Barry: A Sixties Theme is a re-creation of a period when London was the international focus for music and film.
Edition: 5
Publication date: 1958-06
Price: $48.00
Review Life & Times of Aaron Burr / Johnson Reprint Corporation:
Creator: Richard B. Sher
Publication date: 1996-12
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $240.00
Price: $144.00
Review Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of William Smellie (Thoemmes Press - Scottish Thought and Culture, 1750-1850) / Thoemmes Continuum:
Publication date: 2002-07
Dewey code: 509
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Review Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin / IndyPublish.com:"It was in the world in the commerce of friendship by his brave attitude towards life by his high moral value and unwearied intellectual effort that he struck the minds of his contemporaries?"
Publication date: 2001-03-01
Dewey code: 920.093
List Price: $95.00
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Review Dictionary of New Zealand Biography: Volume 5: 1941-1960 / Auckland University Press:This is the last scheduled biography of this series. The subjects of this volume, covering the years during and after World War II, are not only the mentors, teachers and leaders, but figures in sport, politics and arts. Many Maori are included from all walks of life.
Publication date: 1999-07-01
Dewey code: 940
Price: $27.50
Review Queen Victoria in Switzerland / Robert Hale:In 1868, Queen Victoria made a private visit to Switzerland, the first ever by a reigning British monarch. Using Queen Victoria's never before published journal, watercolors, sketches, and letters, this book offers fascinating insight into the events of the time and a look at royals in a casual setting. The visit is also put into historical context, with the Queen at a crucial stage in her life and reign. The end product is an entertaining and educational look at a historical 19th century ruler.
Publication date: 2004-12-15
Dewey code: 973.910922
List Price: $102.00
Price: $93.42
Review Representative Americans: Populists and Progressives (Representative Americans) / Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.:Representative Americans: Populists and Progressives brings together brief biographies to explore the political, social, and cultural dimensions of the period from 1890-1920. Through the lives and accomplishments of these reformers, crusaders, and thinkers, readers gain a fascinating glimpse into the tumultuous turn of the 20th Century.
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