Publication date: 1999-08-13
Dewey code: 347.41014092
List Price: $111.00
Price: $92.37
Review John Scott, Lord Eldon, 1751-1838: The Duty of Loyalty (Cambridge Studies in English Legal History) / Cambridge University Press:John Scott, Lord Eldon (1751-1838) was an important English lawyer and a dominant figure in Georgian public life, and ranks among the most important Lord Chancellors in the long history of that office. This biography, the first in approximately 150 years, traces Eldon's public career, from MP to Lord Chancellor. That career was significant for its duration and complexity. Eldon held public office for almost 49 years, and his 25 year tenure as Lord Chancellor is unique. This enabled him to exercise influence in almost every government between 1788-1827.
Authors
- Sharon M. Hanes
- Richard Clay Hanes
- Lawrence W. Baker
Publication date: 2003-12-05
Dewey code: 909.8250922
List Price: $110.00
Price: $92.86
Review Cold War: Biographies. Volumes 1 & 2. (U-X-L Cold War Reference Library) / U·X·L:Stretching from the end of World War II to 1989, the Cold War between the Western powers and the Communist bloc shaped national alliances around the world. Biographies presents approximately 50 intriguing stories of the lives and actions of Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and many others, both famous and less well-known.
Publication date: 2007-06-07
Dewey code: 284.2092
List Price: $99.95
Price: $99.94
Review Restoring Christ's Church (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History) / Ashgate Publishing:This book examines the struggle for Protestant consensus and unity through the work of John a Lasco (1499-1560). It is only in recent years that scholars have begun to recognise the importance of Lasco as one of the leading figures of the European Reformation, and a pivotal figure between Lutheran and Reformed theologians. The Polish reformer was among the most dynamic church organisers of the sixteenth century, dedicated to healing the divisions among evangelicals and searching for the key to Protestant unity in the example of the Apostolic Church. It was to this end that he published the "Forma ac ratio" in 1555, a work that recorded the rites and practices of the London Strangers' Church (of which he had been the first superintendent) and to provide a model for uniting the disparate Protestant communities on the continent. Although some recent works have focused on aspects of Lasco's early career in Germany and England, this is the first book to provide a comprehensive analysis of the Forma ac ratio, and the reformer's reasons for writing it. This study also puts Lasco's distinct model for Protestant churches into the wider European context and assesses his impact on the struggle for unity through an examination of his correspondence, the reaction to his writings, and his influence on Protestant congregations across Europe.
Authors
- James D. Criswell
- Carey Spearman
Publication date: 2000-03-01
Dewey code: 959.7043373
Price: $17.95
Review Vietnam Veterans' Homecoming: Crossing the Line / Truman Publishing Company:Vietnam Veterans' Homecoming: Crossing the Line is a thoughful and moving account of the impact that the Vietnam War had on one veteran's life. Medic Carey Spearman's emotional message will resonate in the hearts and souls of each and every veteran that picks up this book, and enlighten anyone that did not live through the war. Carey Spearman has come home, and his journey will quickly become the journey of those who read his book. In a sequence of profound meditations, rich in poetry and deep in spirituality, Spearman draws insights from his experiences as a medic in Vietnam, and as a veteran returning home. Insights which emphasize not so much the uniqueness of his own encounters and feelings but the mighty common bonds which unite the courageous men and women who served this country during its longest war. Crossing the Line, without pretense or political agenda, reveals page after page that those who fought in Vietnam had to be heroes twice; first in war, and then again as veterans returning home to a society that all too often failed to appreciate or understand the enormity of their sacrifices on so many different levels. Crossing the Line is not just the story of one man, it sets down in meaningful terms the experience of an entire generation. It is a powerful testimony to the far-reaching effects of the Vietnam War on virtually all aspects of American life.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2006-01-27
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $450.00
Price: $375.83
Review A History of the Life of Richard Coeur-de-Lion, King of England (Library of Chivalry) (2 Volume Set) / Taylor and Francis:The rise and fall of the feudal system comprises one of the most important periods of human history. During this time, magnificent upheavals occurred: an organised system of oppression gave way to rational liberty, bloody wars resulted in the refinement of society, and wanton aggression produced limitations of power. No life seems more illustrative of the peculiarities of these times than that of King Richard I. In this work, the author examines the life of Richard and its relation to the feudalistic and chivalrous societies in which he lived.
Publication date: 1979-09
Review Brendan Bracken / Viking:
Publication date: 1987-09-17
Dewey code: 941.08
List Price: $92.08
Price: $92.08
Review The Mediterranean Passion: Victorians and Edwardians in the South / Oxford University Press, USA:From 1830 to 1914, journeys to the Mediterranean became part of the British way of life-and the British way of death. The Mediterranean Passion shows how a revolution in transportation enabled the British middle classes to follow the aristocracy to the South in pursuit of culture, health, pleasure, and spiritual inspiration. It carefully describes how the British traveled, where they went, how their attitudes shaped their experiences, and how their experiences shaped their attitudes. Exploring the medical, religious, sexual, and aesthetic dimensions of their journeys, the book also exposes the tension between the world that they discovered and the world that they created.
Creator: Eileen Hathaway
Publication date: 1995-04-01
Review A Dorset Rifleman / Shinglepicker Publications:
Creator: David L. Smith
Publication date: 2003-05-06
Dewey code: 941.06
List Price: $119.95
Price: $92.70
Review Cromwell and the Interregnum: The Essential Readings (Blackwell Essential Readings in History) / Wiley-Blackwell:This book brings together eight of the most influential recent articles on Oliver Cromwell and the Interregnum. Brings together seminal articles on Oliver Cromwell and the Interregnum. Illuminates the personality of Cromwell and his achievements. Includes treatments of Ireland and Scotland alongside discussion of England. Editorial material introduces students to the historiographical issues.
Publication date: 1997
Price: $30.00
Review Autobiography of Arab / Guild Bindery Press:The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian examines the changing face of American history, demonstrating how an increasing focus on ethnicity has affected life in academic circles and on the street.
Publication date: 2000-06-22
Dewey code: 941.081092
Price: $55.00
Review Disraeli (Reputations Series) / A Hodder Arnold Publication:An adventurer and charlatan? A clever rogue? Or perspicacious politician, founder of the modern British Conservative party? These different characterizations have all had their supporters: Disraeli rarely inspired indifference from his contemporaries, and later commentators have often mirrored these divergent evaluations. By the time he at last became Prime Minister, in 1874, he was no longer the exotic, dandified figure who nearly forty years earlier had obtained protection from his creditors by the simple expedient of election to a seat in the House of Commons. But he was still a one-of-a-kind figure in Westminster politics, favorite of his monarch but distrusted or disliked by most of the members of his party. Disraeli was a novelist as well as a politician, and he showed in his political life a novelist's command of the potent image and pregnant phrase. His speeches and writings remain memorable and influential. But any icon is open to manipulation and selective understanding, and Disraeli in particular has been claimed as a spiritual ancestor by an exceptionally diverse group of conservatives. Edgar Feuchtwanger's lively new study does justice to Disraeli's controversial life and ambiguous political legacy, providing a portrait of one of the great personalities of the age as well as shedding light on key political developments of Victorian Britain.
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.
Publication date: 1970-06
Dewey code: 973.7710924
Price: $22.00
Review Four Years in Secessia (The American Journalists) / Ayer Co Pub:
Publication date: 1993-08
Dewey code: 327.410092
List Price: $7.50
Price: $99.95
Review Our Man on the Hill: A British Diplomat Remembers / Univ of California Inst of:
Creator: Mordechai Feingold
Publication date: 1990-03-30
Dewey code: 510.92
List Price: $110.00
Price: $102.49
Review Before Newton: The Life and Times of Isaac Barrow / Cambridge University Press:A comprehensive reevaluation of Isaac Barrow (1630-1677), one of the more prominent and intriguing of all seventeenth-century men of science. Barrow is remembered today-if at all-only as Sir Isaac Newton's mentor and patron, but he in fact made important contributions to the disciplines of optics and geometry. Moreover, he was a prolific and influential preacher as well as a renowned classical scholar. By seeking to understand Barrow's mathematical work, primarily within the confines of the pre-Newtonian scientific framework, the book offers a substantial rethinking of his scientific acumen. In addition to providing a biographical study of Barrow, it explores the intimate connections among his scientific, philological, and religious worldviews in an attempt to convey the complexity of the seventeenth-century culture that gave rise to Isaac Barrow, a breed of polymath that would become increasingly rare with the advent of modern science.
Authors
- Fernando Diaz Villanueva
- Fernando Diaz Villanueva
Dewey code: 980.035092
Price: $17.95
Review Che Guevara (Grandes Biografias Ilustradas) / Dastin Export S.L.:
Creator: John Y Simon
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 2003-10-31
Dewey code: 973.820924
List Price: $100.00
Price: $99.97
Review The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume 25: 1874 (U S Grant Papers) / Southern Illinois University Press:Ulysses S. Grant faced numerous political challenges during 1874. In the south, the Republican party steadily receded from power. As the year opened, Grant conceded Texas to the Democrats, counseling the recently defeated Republican governor to “yield to the verdict of the people as expressed by their ballots. ” Throughout the spring, Grant monitored an explosive situation in Arkansas, where rival governors set up contending governments. And in Louisiana, the emergence of the White League led to a pitched battle on the streets of New Orleans. All over the south, what Grant called “atrocities” led blacks to petition him, as did a group in Louisiana: “Give us peace or give a Territory to ourselves Mr. President. ” The nation also reeled from the aftermath of a financial panic. In Congress, so-called soft money men, led by midwestern and western politicians, fought to keep wartime greenbacks in circulation to ease the burdens of farmers and other debtors. [+]Hard money advocates championed creditors who contended for a fair return on their loans. A bill generally considered inflationary passed Congress in April. Indecisive, Grant prepared two messages on the bill. In the first, never sent, he gave grudging approval. His ringing veto sent Congress back to work: “I am not a believer in any artificial method of making paper money equal to coin when the coin is not owned or held ready to redeem the promises to pay. ” In June, Grant signed a compromise bill that eased inflation fears. Appointments continued to cause turmoil. He selected the largely unknown Ohio lawyer Morrison R. Waite for chief justice after a revelation from Caleb Cushing's past undermined his first nomination. Unable to persuade Elihu B. Washburne to replace an overwhelmed William A. Richardson as secretary of the treasury, Grant nominated another second choice, Benjamin H. Bristow. A frequently slighted Secretary of State Hamilton Fish stayed in the cabinet only after Grant’s special pleading. Despite these difficulties, many discussed a third term for Grant, who remained discreetly silent on the issue. In October, Grant made his first visit to Indian Territory, where he saw “on every side evidence of prosperity. ” As he toured, troops completed a four-month campaign against Comanche, Kiowa, and Cheyenne raiders on the southern plains. Further north, Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer led a party to survey the Black Hills, sacred to the Sioux. Ostensibly scouting sites for military posts, the expedition discovered gold, and the arrival of prospectors by year’s end threatened peace in that region. Family and friends had always eased Grant’s burdens, but in 1874 the White House seemed a gloomier place after daughter Ellen (Nellie) married in May and left for a new life with her husband in England. Less distressing was the October wedding of eldest son Frederick, who married into an American family. Persistent losses at his farm near St. Louis offset some of this happiness. The year closed with Grant quite conscious of public and private uncertainties looming in his future.
Publication date: 1999-03
Review Oliver the First: Contemporary Images of Oliver Cromwell / National Portrait Gallery Publications:
Publication date: 1996-09-20
Review Violet Dix's Trunk / Ian Henry Publications Ltd:
Creator: John Y Simon
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1979-11-12
Dewey code: 973.820924
List Price: $100.00
Price: $99.97
Review The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume 8: April 1 - July 6, 1863 (U S Grant Papers) / Southern Illinois University Press:Following the 1862–63 winter of discontent, Grant suddenly launched a brilliant campaign against Vicksburg which ultimately bisected the Confederacy. A long campaign, which had begun in November 1862, with an advance from Tennessee down the Mississippi Central Railroad and a premature assault on Vicksburg in December by troops under Sherman, and which had been followed by long months of false starts and apparent inactivity in the bayou country north of the city and across the Mississippi River in Louisiana, suddenly reached a quick and dramatic conclusion, as the events in this volume show.
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