Publication date: 1986-11
Dewey code: 973.410924
List Price: $55.95
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Review George Washington (Spanish) / Juventud:Examines the first president's qualities as a statesman and political and military leader, while tracing his failures, achievements, ancestry, youth, early career, ideals, retirement, and death.
Creator: Harry Hanak
Publication date: 1990-04
Dewey code: 920
Price: $49.95
Review T.G. Masaryk (1850-1937 : Statesman and Cultural Force) / Palgrave Macmillan:
Creator: Richard B. Sher
Publication date: 1996-01-01
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $120.00
Price: $89.75
Review My Own Life and Times 1741-1814 (Thoemmes Press - Scottish Thought and Culture, 1750-1850) / Thoemmes Continuum:The titles in this collection incorporate unique personal visions of the thought and culture of late eighteenth-century Scotland. Thomas Somerville, Presbyterian clergyman and historian of English politics, wrote a perceptive memoir of Scottish life. Henry Mackenzie, lawyer and novelist, had an eye for witty anecdotes about the Edinburgh of his day. The colourful Peter Williamson was kidnapped, sold into service in America, and captured by Indians - but he returned to Scotland to tell his tale. John Jackson, entrepreneur of the dramatic arts, expounded upon his heroic attempts to bring theatre to Glasgow and Edinburgh in spite of religious opposition and legal obstacles. John Ramsay of Ochtertyre produced a vast number of pages about notable Scottish men and women of the age, from which Alexander Allardyce fashioned two classic volumes. William Smellie, Edinburgh printer and natural philosopher, left behind a rich archive of correspondence and manuscripts which Robert Kerr pieced together to form a fascinating memoir. Drawing upon the very different backgrounds and experiences of their authors, each of these six works reveals a distinctive perspective on Scottish culture and society during the second half of the eighteenth century, when the Scottish Enlightenment was in full bloom. All of the titles are rare today, and several of them have never before been reprinted. Each includes a new introduction.
Publication date: 2002-06-01
Dewey code: 709
Price: $11.99
Review Van Gogh: A Beginner's Guide / Hodder & Stoughton:Vincent Van Gogh remains an icon of modern art to this day. This book explores his life, influences, and painting techniques, as well as perceptions of Van Gogh and his continuing popularity.
Creator: Julian H. Franklin
Publication date: 2006-11-18
Dewey code: 321.6092
List Price: $225.00
Price: $90.00
Review Jean Bodin (International Library of Essays in the History of Social and Political Thought) / Not Avail:In the course of a lifetime, Jean Bodin aimed at nothing less than to encompass all the disciplines of his age in a huge encyclopedia of knowledge. In many areas, his ideas have been not only original but seminal. He made major contributions to historiography, philosophy of history, economics, political science, comparative public law and policy, religion and national philosophy. This volume brings together a selection of major articles in English, representing almost all of his intellectual interests. It is an essential collection for libraries and scholars in both humanities and social sciences.
Creator: Bradford Keeney
Publication date: 2002-04-01
Dewey code: 920
Price: $39.95
Review Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa: Zulu High Sanusi: Zulu High Sanusi (Profiles in Healing series) / Leete'S Island Books:Vusumazulu Credo Mutwa tells the story of his life as an artist, political activist, and healer. Mutwa, the most famous African traditional healer of the 20th century, shares the wisdom of Africa’s traditional sangomas and healers in this beautiful volume, which includes an audio CD that captures the prayers, sacred songs, and sounds of the culture. In addition to his works as a healer and champion of native South Africans and their culture, Mutwa is an outspoken artist and critic best known for his sculpture and paintings. Includes audio CD.
Authors
- Azadeh Moaveni
- Shirin Ebadi
Price: $100.00
Review Iran Awakening: From Prison to Peace Prize: One Woman's Struggle at the Crossroads of History / Vintage Canada:The moving, inspiring memoir of one of the great women of our times, Shirin Ebadi, winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize and advocate for the oppressed, whose spirit has remained strong in the face of political persecution and despite the challenges she has faced raising a family while pursuing her work. Best known in this country as the lawyer working tirelessly on behalf of Canadian photojournalist, Zara Kazemi – raped, tortured and murdered in Iran – Dr. Ebadi offers us a vivid picture of the struggles of one woman against the system. The book movingly chronicles her childhood in a loving, untraditional family, her upbringing before the Revolution in 1979 that toppled the Shah, her marriage and her religious faith, as well as her life as a mother and lawyer battling an oppressive regime in the courts while bringing up her girls at home. Outspoken, controversial, Shirin Ebadi is one of the most fascinating women today. She rose quickly to become the first female judge in the country; but when the religious authorities declared women unfit to serve as judges she was demoted to clerk in the courtroom she had once presided over. She eventually fought her way back as a human rights lawyer, defending women and children in politically charged cases that most lawyers were afraid to represent. She has been arrested and been the target of assassination, but through it all has spoken out with quiet bravery on behalf of the victims of injustice and discrimination and become a powerful voice for change, almost universally embraced as a hero. Her memoir is a gripping story – a must-read for anyone interested in Zara Kazemi’s case, in the life of a remarkable woman, or in understanding the political and religious upheaval in our world. From the Hardcover edition.
Creator: Lloyd James
Publication date: 2009-01
List Price: $90.00
Price: $90.00
Review President Lincoln (Playaway Adult Nonfiction) / Playaway:
Edition: First Edition, First
Publication date: 2005-10-01
Dewey code: 941.081092
List Price: $100.00
Price: $100.00
Review Disraeli and the Art of Victorian Politics (Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series) / Anthem Press:This book is a comprehensive review of the political career of Benjamin Disraeli, providing a thorough critical analysis of one of the most ambitious and controversial leaders in British history. Disraeli and the Art of Victorian Politics explores the political journey of a man propelled by a tremendous self-belief and capacity for self-invention through the complex world of Victorian political life. Disraeli retains a powerful presence in contemporary political discourse; whether in terms of current debates concerning the direction and leadership within the Conservative party or in more general areas of social and political debate such as the nature of imperialism, the dangers posed by the centralization of government power, the scope for state intervention in the economy, the constitutional role of the monarch and the meaning of Judaism in British life. Dr Ian St John discusses Disraeli’s Conservative ideology and its relationship to his identity and his practice as a politician. The author brings to life the often sharp historiographical debates surrounding Disraeli’s career by reproducing within each chapter views from key historians – an effective way to introduce the student and general reader to the contested nature of historical understanding. This title will be a major addition to our understanding of both Disraeli and the dynamics of nineteenth-century politics.
Creator: John Y Simon
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1994-12-09
Dewey code: 973.820924
List Price: $100.00
Price: $99.97
Review The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume 19: July 1, 1868 - October 31, 1869 (U S Grant Papers) / Southern Illinois University Press:This volume carries Ulysses S. Grant through a brief period of welcome calm to the storms of the White House. Seemingly resigned to becoming president, Grant detached himself from military routine in Washington, D. C. , during the summer of 1868 to tour the Great Plains. He then settled in Galena to escape the clamor of the presidential campaign. Grant reveled in his respite from official duties, writing to his father, "I have enjoyed my summers vacation very much and look forward with dread to my return to Washington. " Grant’s residence in Galena shielded him from public scrutiny. "Whilst I remain here I shall avoid all engagements to go any place at any stated time. The turn out of people is immense when they hear of my coming. [+]" Grant remained in or near his prewar hometown until the election forced him back to Washington. Grant publicly said that he accepted presidential responsibilities "without fear" but privately lacked eagerness for the office. Even before his electoral victory, he wrote disapprovingly of "the Army of office seekers" and "begging letters" from potential appointees. Never enamored with the "pulling and hauling" so much a part of politics, Grant tried to minimize importunities by withholding names of his cabinet selections until after his inauguration and keeping his policy pronouncements spare and noncontroversial. His earnest desire as president was simply to inspire every citizen to work for "a happy Union. " .
Publication date: 1996-03-25
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $20.00
Price: $225.00
Review ...And Heaven Shed No Tears / Shengold Books:Henry Herzog's story carries all the pathos and heartbreak of any true story of the Holocaust, but has an added dimension as well-the excitement and tension of real-life adventure. Here is one Jew who was able to redress the balance in some way for the evil done to his people.
Authors
- Howard A. Bradley
- James Albert Winans
Dewey code: 345.744502523
List Price: $90.00
Price: $90.00
Review Daniel Webster And the Salem Murder / Lawbook Exchange:Bradley, Howard A. , and James A. Winans. Daniel Webster and the Salem Murder. Columbia, Missouri: Artcraft Press, 1956. 230 pp. Illustrations. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-727-4. ISBN-10: 1-58477-727-3. [+]Cloth. * Reprint of the sole edition. "This is the story of a famous murder. and of the trials of John Francis Knapp and of Joseph Jenkins Knapp. It is also the story of the part Daniel Webster played in those trials. His summation in one of those trials is thought by some to be the greatest ever delivered in America. ": Introduction [9].
Publication date: 2003-01
Dewey code: 809
List Price: $89.99
Price: $89.99
Review The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1662 N.S / IndyPublish.com:
Publication date: 1942
Review Sea prison and shore hell: The cruise of the raider Atlantis / Angus and Robertson:
Publication date: 2007-10-19
Dewey code: 942.062092
List Price: $99.95
Price: $99.95
Review George Goring (16081657) / Ashgate:George Goring was in many ways the archetypal cavalier; often portrayed as possessing all the worst characteristics associated with the followers of King Charles I. He drank copiously, dressed and entertained lavishly, gambled excessively, abandoned his wife frequently, and was quick to resort to swordplay when he felt his honour was at stake. Yet, he was also an active Member of Parliament and a respected soldier, who learnt his trade on the continent during the Dutch Wars, and put it to good use in support of the Royalist cause during the English Civil War. In this, the first modern biography of Goring, the main events of his life are interwoven with the wider history of his age. Beginning with his family background in Sussex, it charts his successes at court and exploits in the service of the Dutch, culminating in his experiences at the siege of Breda in 1637, and then his part on the Bishops' Wars. His role as Royalist general in the Civil War and his subsequent exile during the Commonwealth period are also addressed. This fascinating and illuminating account of Goring's life, character and actions; provides not only a fresh examination of this contentious figure, but also reveals much about English society and culture in the first half of the seventeenth century.
Authors
- William Henry Lowe Watson
Review Adventures of a Despatch Rider / Dodd, Mead and Company:At 6. 45 p. m. on Saturday July 25 1914 Alec and I determined to take part in the Austro-Servian War. I remember the exact minute because we were standing on the "down" platform of Earl's Court Station waiting for the 6. 55 through train to South Harrow and Alec had just remarked that we had ten minutes to wait. ' (Excerpt from Chapter 1).
Creator: Brij Tankha
Publication date: 2006-07-31
Dewey code: 952
List Price: $95.00
Price: $90.06
Review Kita Ikki And the Making of Modern Japan: A Vision of Empire / University of Hawaii Press:This important new study of Kita Ikki, one of Japan's influential pre-war ideologues, focuses on his three principal works - 'The National Polity and Pure Socialism', 'The Unofficial History of the Chinese Revolution' and 'The Fundamental Principles for the Reorganization of Japan'. Executed in 1937 for his involvement (as the 'intellectual inspiration'), in the abortive coup d'etat (February 13 Incident) the previous year, Kita Ikki had sought to understand and define the position of modern Japan in the context of Western domination, the basis for social and political transformation, the meaning of the 1911 revolution in China together with the necessity of reorientating Japanese foreign policy to forge bonds with China, and the basis of a Japanese empire to counter Western colonial domination. The Appendix contains the first complete English translation of 'The Fundamental Principles for the Reorganization of Japan', providing the reader with the opportunity to hear the voice of an early twentieth-century Japanese intellectual confronting the challenge of imperialism. The author is Reader in Modern Japanese History, University of Delhi.
Creator: Leslie S. Rowland
Publication date: 1986-01-31
Price: $95.00
Review Freedom: Volume 1, Series 1: The Destruction of Slavery: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867 (Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation) / Cambridge University Press:This is the first of a series of documentary histories of emancipation designed to tell the story of the transit of black people from slavery to freedom in the United States. The series will provide a social history of emancipation, written in the words of the emancipated. This volume explains how black military service helped to destroy slavery, and how the experience of soldiering shaped the life of black people (in the army and out) during and after the war; it also provides a social history of black soldiers.
Edition: 2nd
Publication date: 2005-07-15
Dewey code: 942.052092
List Price: $68.95
Price: $299.99
Review The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn / Blackwell Publishing:Anne Boleyn is the most notorious of England’s queens, but more famous for her death as an adulterer than for her life. Henry’s second wife and mother of Elizabeth I, Anne was the first English queen to be publicly executed. Yet what do we know of the achievements and the legacy of her short reign? In The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn Eric Ives provides the most detailed and convincing portrait we have of the queen. He reveals a person of intellect with a passion for the new culture of the Renaissance, a woman who made her way in a man’s world by force of education and personality. She played a powerful and independent role in the faction-ridden court of Henry VIII and the unceasing struggle for royal favour that was Tudor politics. The consequences can still be detected today. Indeed, Ives shows that it was precisely because Anne was a powerful figure in her own right that it needed a coup to bring her down. She had to be stopped – even by a lie.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2001-12-27
Dewey code: 947
List Price: $90.00
Price: $89.99
Review Peter the Great (Lancaster Pamphlets) / Routledge:Peter the Great, whose reign saw the explosion of Russia onto the European scene, has become a legendary figure in history, as well as the subject of abiding controversy over the past two decades. Does he deserve the title 'The Great'? Was he 'enlightened' or 'barbaric'? Were his domestic reforms planned, or introduced as a direct result of the needs of war? Peter the Great answers key questions about his territorial expansion and domestic reforms. It reflects existing controversies and allows the reader to consider the views of a range of historians - Russian, English and American. The author avoids a narrative approach in order to focus on analyzing issues that students are expected to address in their essays.
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