Publication date: 1998-10
Price: $39.99
Review The Genius of Shakespeare / Picador (UK):This fascinating book by one of Britain's most acclaimed young Shakespeare scholars explores the extraordinary staying-power of Shakespeare's work. Bate opens by taking up questions of authorship, asking, for example, Who was Shakespeare, based on the little documentary evidence we have? Which works really are attributable to him? And how extensive was the influence of Christopher Marlowe? Bate goes on to trace Shakespeare's canonization and near- deification, examining not only the uniqueness of his status among English-speaking readers but also his effect on literate cultures across the globe. Ambitious, wide-ranging, and historically rich, this book shapes a provocative inquiry into the nature of genius as it ponders the legacy of a talent unequalled in English letters. A bold and meticulous work of scholarship, The Genius of Shakespeare is also lively and accessibly written and will appeal to any reader who has marveled at the Bard and the enduring power of his work.
Publication date: 1995-12-31
Review An 18th Century Mad-doctor: William Perfect of West Malling / Darenth Valley Publications:
Publication date: 2001-10-20
Review Beyond the Brave: A Powerful Portrayal of Canadian Pioneers 1880-1946 / Buttercup Press:
Publication date: 1996-10-14
Review The Diary of Jane Glenn: A Farmer's Daughter in 1917 (Vernacular History) / Richard Kay Publications:
Publication date: 2003-04-05
Review The Reverend Dr.Robert Wilde, 1615-1679: Poet, Preacher, Provider of Bibles by Dicing in His Native St.Ives / Westmeare Publications:
Edition: Reprint
Publication date: 1999-03
Dewey code: 920
Review The Bronski House: A Journey Back / Little Brown & Co (P):
Publication date: 1992-10
Price: $17.50
Review A Conflict of Three Cultures: Germans from Russia in America : A History of the Jacob Roemmich Family / North Dakota Inst for:
Publication date: 2006-01
Review A Bullett Saved My Life: The Remarkable Adventures of Bob Peters, an Untold Story of the Spanish Civil War / Warren & Pell:
Publication date: 2008-01
Dewey code: 941.081092
Price: $130.00
Review Gladstone: God, Politics and the Million / Hambledon & London:William Ewart Gladstone was perhaps the greatest colossus of the Victorian Age. Along with his formidable rival, Benjamin Disraeli, he dominated Britain's political scene from the moment of his appointment as chancellor of the exchequer in Aberdeen's famous coalition ministry until his resignation as prime minister in March 1894, four years before his death. In the intervening years, he held the office of prime minister four times. With this volume, Richard Shannon completes his magisterial biography of Gladstone. Tracing Gladstone's career from his rise to eminence in 1865 until his death in 1898, Shannon documents his emergence as the dominant personality in the Liberal Party, his activities as a statesman, and his decades-long battle with Disraeli. In his analysis, Shannon pays particular attention to Gladstone's attempts to integrate his religion with his career. Profoundly influenced by his Anglican Christianity, Gladstone approached his causes with a missionary fervor, Shannon argues. This tenacity is perhaps best illustrated by Gladstone's unyielding support of Irish home rule—a position so at odds with Liberal policies that it caused many Liberals to ally themselves with the Conservatives, thereby instigating the decline of Gladstone's own party.
Creator: Andy King
Publication date: 2005-12-01
Dewey code: 909
List Price: $95.00
Price: $90.84
Review Sir Thomas Gray: Scalacronica (1272-1363) (Publications of the Surtees Society) / Surtees Society:In 1355, Sir Thomas Gray, a Northumbrian knight and constable of Norham castle, was ambushed and captured by the Scots. Imprisoned in Edinburgh castle, he whiled away the hours by writing a chronicle charting the history of Britain from the Creation. The bulk of the work, written in Anglo-Norman French, is based on existing sources. However, for the section from the reign of Edward I onwards - the portion edited here - Gray relied partly on his own memories, and the stories told him by his father (constable of Norham before him), relating their experiences in the Scottish and French wars. The first known historical work to have been written in England by a member of the lay nobility since the Conquest, the Scalacronica provides a unique perspective on the course of English politics in the fourteenth century, and an insight into the worldview of a militarily active member of England's governing class. It is a vital source for all those interested in the history of the period. The text, with facing-page translation, has been newly edited from the sole surviving manuscript of the Scalacronica; the volume includes extensive historical notes; and an introduction describing the careers of Thomas Gray and his father, and the written sources used in the compilation of this part of the work.
Publication date: 1957
Review Oliver Cromwell / Hodder and Stoughton:
Publication date: 2007-01
Price: $90.95
Review John Brown / Oxford University Press:A moving cultural biography of abolitionist martyr John Brown, by one of the most important African-American intellectuals of the twentieth century. In the history of slavery and its legacy, John Brown looms large as a hero whose deeds partly precipitated the Civil War. As Frederick Douglass wrote: "When John Brown stretched forth his arm. the clash of arms was at hand. " DuBois's biography brings Brown stirringly to life and is a neglected classic.
Creator: Adrian R. Allan
Publication date: 1997-01-01
Dewey code: 370
Price: $45.00
Review Redbrick University Revisited: The Autobiography of `Bruce Truscot' (Liverpool University Press - E. Allison Peers Publications) / Liverpool University Press:E. Allison Peers was Professor of Spanish in the University of Liverpool from 1922 until 1952 and he achieved an international academic reputation for his work. In Britain, he also acquired fame as "Bruce Truscot", the provocative analyst of the newer "civic" universities in a series of books published in the 1940s; to describe these universities, Peers coined the term "redbrick university", now part of the language of British higher education. This book presents, with an analytical introduction, commentary and extensive notes, the autobiographies of Peers and of "Truscot". The first is a straightforward account of the author’s early life; the second is a creatively disguised version of the same events presented as the memoirs of "Bruce Truscot", Professor of Poetry at Redbrick University, written stylishly and with humor. This autobiographical "roman à clef" will entertain and interest readers of the earlier "Redbrick" books. Based on direct observation and experience, the documents presented here provide evidence of the shifting attitudes and changed conditions which influenced British universities during their critical period of development between the two world wars.
Publication date: 2005-10-21
Dewey code: 947.084092
List Price: $110.00
Price: $97.90
Review Molotov: A Biography (Centre for Russian and East European Studies) / Palgrave Macmillan:This is the first comprehensive biography of Molotov and reflects the range of sources that have become available to historians since the fall of the USSR. It is a commentary on Soviet history. Molotov played his part in revolution, Civil War, Lenin's Russia, Stalin's struggle with the oppositions, collectivization, industrialization, the Terror, the Great Patriotic War, the beginnings of the Cold War, and in the Khrushchev era.
Publication date: 1999-12
Dewey code: 973.35092
Price: $28.00
Review I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight: A Life of John Paul Jones / Atlantic Monthly Press:John Paul Jones, founder of the United States navy and the hero of the Revolutionary War, is one of the most romanticized and controversial figures in American history. His extraordinary life has been the subject of novels by some of the world's greatest writers, including Melville, Kipling, Dumas, and Thackery. Now, world-renowned biographer James Mackay, author of William Wallace: Brave Heart and Michael Collins: A Life, takes on the myths and delivers the true story of the man who bedeviled the British with his audacious coastal raids and brilliant tactical maneuvers. In a gripping, dramatic narrative, Mackay traces the story of Jones's life from his obscure youth in Scotland, to his celebrated exploits as one of the first captains in the American navy, to his ill-fated service in the Russian fleet under Catherine the Great. Mackay brings to life the indomitable will of a man whose refusal to surrender brought glory on the seas, yet whose legendary arrogance betrayed him in intrigues (both political and romantic) that prevented him from achieving the admiral rank and command he coveted and led to his premature death, destitute and alone in Paris. I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight is the stirring portrait of a complex and fascinating man - and arguably the greatest commander ever to sail the seas.
Publication date: 1999-04-30
Dewey code: 973.7349
List Price: $91.95
Price: $91.95
Review Gettysburg's Unknown Soldier: The Life, Death, and Celebrity of Amos Humiston / Praeger Publishers:He was found dead on the battlefield at Gettysburg, an unknown soldier with nothing to identify him but an ambrotype of his three children, clutched in his fingers. With the photograph as the single, sad clue to his identity, a publicity campaign to locate his family swept the North. Within a month, the bereaved widow and children were located in Portville, New York, and the devoted father was revealed to be Sergeant Amos Humiston of the 154th New York Volunteers. Using many previously untapped sources, this book tells the tale of 19th-century war, sentiment, and popular culture in greater detail than ever before. The Humiston story touched deep emotions in Civil War America, and inspired a flood of heartfelt prose, poetry, and song. Amid a vast outpouring of public sympathy, a charitable drive evolved to assist the bereft family. At the end of the war, the crusade was expanded to establish a home at Gettysburg for orphans of deceased soldiers. The first residents of the institution were Amos Humiston's widow Philinda and her three children: Franklin, Alice, and Frederick. In this extensive account, a full portrait emerges of Amos Humiston, the loving husband and father destined to be remembered for his death tableau, and his family, the widow and orphans who struggled for the rest of their lives with celebrity born of tragedy.
Publication date: 1993-09-06
Review From Dartmouth to War / Regency Press (London & New York) Ltd:
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1995-06
List Price: $45.00
Price: $91.09
Review Pioneer Women's Diaries: A Resource Guide / Her Own Words:
Publication date: 1998-08-21
Dewey code: 948.502092
List Price: $21.95
Price: $257.00
Review Gustavus Adolphus / Da Capo Press:Gustavus Adolphus (1594–1632), King of Sweden, has been rightfully hailed as the father of modern warfare and as the most outstanding commander of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). Forming the first national conscript army in modern Europe, he emphasized officer education, strict discipline, rigorous training, and the combination of firepower and mobility, until he had forged a formidable fighting force that stands unrivaled between Caesar's legions and Napoleon's Grande Armée. In 1630 Gustavus rescued the beleaguered Protestant cause in Germany from the Catholic League of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II militarily, led by the era's two other great captains, Tilly and Wallenstein. Gustavus triumphed against them (twice defeating Tilly) in battles that are tactical masterpieces, but he was killed while leading a cavalry charge at Lutzen. Illustrated with nearly 250 drawings and maps, Dodge's brilliant work (1895) not only examines the life, battles, and military innovations of Gustavus Adolphus but continues beyond the end of the Thirty Years' War to 1712, discussing his influence upon the great captains who followed—Turenne, Condé, Eugene, and Marlborough. The result is a clear, comprehensive study of a neglected but crucial period in the annals of warfare.
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1998-10-20
Dewey code: 746.92092
Price: $35.00
Review Chanel: Her style and her life / Nan A. Talese:No single designer has had as tremendous a hold on style in the twentieth century as Coco Chanel. In this sumptuous, profusely illustrated book, Janet Wallach shows readers Chanel style in all its glory-from the fabulous fashions she created to the glamorous life she led. Like a character in a fairy tale, Coco Chanel rose from being an ordinary seamstress to reigning as the queen of fashion. Chanel was stunningly independent, beautifully feminine, and irresistibly desirable to men; most important, she was never afraid to be herself. A pioneer in an industry dominated by men, she turned her style into the revolutionary chic that set her fashions apart. Borrowing copiously from the wardrobes of her illustrious lovers (among them the Duke of Westminter and Grand Duke Dimitri of Russia), Chanel took trousers, tweeds, riding clothes, cuff links, and even neckties, and cleverly transformed them into elegant women's wear. With an understanding that only a female designer could have, she eased women's formerly confining way of dressing, adapting the freedom of men's clothing without sacrificing sensuality and femininity. Since then, women who seek the look of authority and supreme taste have embraced Chanel. Fans of her couture will devour all the delectable stories behind such Chanel trademarks as fabulous fake pearls, minimalist hats, comfortable and beautifully structured suits, and legendary perfumes, and will marvel at the 150 astonishing photographs and illustrations. A delightful feast of pictures and words as stylish and elegant as the designer herself, Chanel Style celebrates the woman, the look, and the legend. [+]Coco Chanel: her name is synonymous with luxury and elegance. But little Gabrielle Chanel was raised in an orphanage and schooled in a convent-having lost her mother and been virtually abandoned by her father. She picked up the nickname Coco when she was a young cabaret singer-"Ko Ko Rik Ko" ("Cock-a-doodle-do") being the only song she could sing. Those early years of deprivation fueled her lifelong pursuits of strong, doting men and, more famously, high fashion. After she spent years making her own clothes, hats were the first Chanel designs to earn her some recognition and a little bit of money. Bankrolled by a wealthy boyfriend-her first of many-and worn by famous opera singers, the hats-which liberated women from the complicated and extravagantly festooned headgear of the early 1900s-were the first of Chanel's many successful fashion innovations. She borrowed heavily from men's closets, belting their jackets and sweaters and pairing them with skirts to make comfortable suits for working women. She pioneered pants as eveningwear for women and invented clothing that could be worn during the day and into the night. A crisp white collar, perhaps a reference to her convent days, was a common element in her designs. She decorated her unstructured Jersey knits with pearl necklaces and faux jewels and furs so that, despite their comfort, her clothes were always luxurious. As her design empire and fame grew, so did Coco Chanel's social circle. Igor Stravinsky, the duke of Westminster, Salvador Dali, and Jean Cocteau numbered among her most intimate friends, while Princess Grace and countless Hollywood stars and European royalty were devoted to her clothes. Chanel: Her Style and Her Life combines large black-and-white photos of the designer, her clothes and jewelry, and her lavishly decorated homes with the story of her life. The result is a book that proves how closely Chanel's career and her personal life were intertwined-how her life played out in her style and how her style, ultimately, was the sum of Coco Chanel's life.
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