Publication date: 1987-09
Dewey code: 941.0660924
Price: $55.00
Review Charles II: Royal Politician / Unwin Hyman:
Publication date: 1997-01-01
Dewey code: 941.5082
Price: $34.95
Review Crisis and Decline: The Fate of the Southern Unionists / Lilliput Pr Ltd:
Publication date: 1988-12
Review Robert Bakewell / Scarthin Books:
Publication date: 2003-03
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $214.00
Price: $214.00
Review Die Syntax Notkers Des Deutschen in Seinen Ubersetzungen: Boethius, Martianus Capela / Walter De Gruyter Inc:
Publication date: 1994-06-01
Dewey code: 193
Price: $17.95
Review MY LIFE IN GERMANY: A Report / University of Illinois Press:Written in 1939 while the philosopher Karl Lowith was in exile in Japan, and first published in Germany in 1986, this autobiography focuses on the years 1914-39, a crucial period in the growth of Hitler's Germany. It covers Lowith's youth in Germany, his emigration to Italy and from there to Japan, and his meeting with Martin Heidegger in Rome in 1936. Included are philosophical-biographical vignettes of leading German intellectual figures of the day: the George circle, Oswald Spengler, Karl Barth, and Carl Schmitt. My Life in Germany Before and After 1933 represents the search by a German-Jewish intellectual for political and cultural identity in the Germany of the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich. It provides a valuable account of the intellectual and social ambience before and after 1933 and will be of value to philosophers, intellectual historians, and those interested in German history.
Publication date: 1995-03
Dewey code: 942.055092
Price: $55.00
Review Virgin Mother, Maiden Queen: Elizabeth I and the Cult of the Virgin Mary / Palgrave Macmillan:
Edition: Facsimile of 1820 Ed
Publication date: 1997-11
Review Journal of an Officer in the Commissariat of the Army in the Years 1811-15 (Ken Trotman Library of Peninsular War Reprints) / Ken Trotman:
Creator: David Woolley
Publication date: 2007-03-15
Dewey code: 828.508
List Price: $564.95
Price: $229.99
Review The Correspondence of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: Four Volume Set (Correspondence of Jonathan Swift) / Peter Lang Publishing:Set with Vol. I-IV.
Publication date: 1994-07
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $234.00
Price: $234.00
Review Gesammelte Schriften: Poetologische Und Moralische Abhandlungen, Autobiographisches / Walter De Gruyter Inc:
Creator: Sidney Buckland
Publication date: 1992-10
Dewey code: 780.92
List Price: $75.00
Price: $233.25
Review Francis Poulenc: 'Echo and Source' : Selected Correspondence 1915-1963 / Victor Gollancz:
Authors
- Irene M. Bates
- Lavina Fielding Anderson
- Lucy Smith
Dewey code: 289.3092
Price: $44.95
Review Lucy's Book: Critical Edition of Lucy Mack Smith's Family Memoir / Signature Books:
Publication date: 1998-03
Dewey code: 790
Review Here I Stand / Cassell Academic:Introduction by Sterling StuckeyRenowned actor and singer Paul Robeson spent his life battling for the civil rights of all Americans. Robeson was blacklisted during the McCarthy era and wrote his famous memoir, Here I Stand, as a bold answer to his accusers. "This amazing man, this great intellect, this magnificent genius with his overwhelming love of humanity is a devastating challenge to a society built on hypocrisy, greed and profit-seeking at the expense of common humanity. "— The New York Times No one had more to lose in following his political convictions than Paul Robeson. Here I Stand, originally published in 1958, was Robeson's response to the questions about why his mission-to win the freedom of black people everywhere-incited so much hatred and fear in his country. Following Sterling Stuckey's 1988 introduction and Lloyd L. Brown's 1971 preface, both providing invaluable commentary, Robeson begins with his recollection of a Princeton boyhood. The roots of his world-view that would ultimately be his undoing were set down there. "Throughout his youth, Robeson's father [a pastor in the A. M. [+]E. Zion Church] insisted on 'personal integrity,' which included the idea of 'maximum human fulfillment. '" Indeed, to list Robeson's achievements while attending university is to be in awe of a fabulously endowed man, bent on living out his father's edicts, and achieving his magnificent potential. As his fascination with the Soviet Union grew, he began to attract the notice of McCarthy's watchdogs. He had begun to draw parallels between the Soviet social "experiment," which brought a whole underclass into the 20th century, and the emerging nations of Africa. In the early '40s, he reached the height of his performing career ("Robeson's Othello was more authentic than that of any other actor of his time"), but soon thereafter, he would set aside his brilliant career and commit fiercely to the struggle for black liberation. In 1949, it would all come crashing down, and for a decade, an ugly, active campaign against Robeson reigned, stemming not from the growing radicalization of his beliefs, but from the turning tide of cold war politics. W. E. B. DuBois, also a victim of the Communist witch-hunts noted, "He is without doubt today, as a person, the best known American on earth, to the largest number of human beings. His voice is known in Europe, Asia and Africa, in the West Indies and South America and in the islands of the seas. Children on the streets of Peking and Moscow, Calcutta and Jakarta greet him and send him their love. Only in his native land is he without honor and rights. " Lloyd L. Brown helped Robeson write Here I Stand, and he crafted the tone, which is at once accessible and impassioned, originally aimed at the black religious community. Highly idealistic, passionately exhorting, deeply committed to the "common people," this Paul Robeson gem remains a vital challenge to the racism that still dogs American society. - Hollis Giammatteo.
Publication date: 1868
Review Men of our day, or, Biographical sketches of patriots, orators, statesmen, generals, reformers, financiers and merchants, now on the stage of action: Including ... leaders of the time in this country / Zeigler, McCurdy & Co:
Publication date: 1950
Review Stolen journey / The Collector's Book Club:
Publication date: 2002-10-10
Review Francis Murray of Chislehurst / Jean M Pailing:
Publication date: 1998-07-15
Dewey code: 941
Price: $74.95
Review Robert Owen and the Commencement of the Millennium: The Harmony Community at Queenwood Farm, Hampshire, 1839-1845 / Manchester University Press:Robert Owen (1771-1858) who advocated the transformation of society through the construction of Communities of United Interest, was personally involved in the implementation of his idea in only two places-in the United States at New Harmony (1825-1827), and in England at Harmony in Hampshire (1839-1845). This book is the first full length study of the latter. Owen's ideas were rooted in his experience as manager at the New Lanark Mills in Scotland, and he never escaped the limitations which this imposed. His ability to enthuse supporters, especially from the working classes, was never matched by an understanding of their democratic aspirations. This, as much as unsound finance, finally destroyed the community. The story is not wholly negative, though, especially after the building of Harmony Hall in 1841. The cultural activities available to adults and the varying experiences of men and women are discussed, along with the education of the children and work on the community's farms.
Publication date: 1994-10-01
Price: $39.95
Review An Officer of the Blue: Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne, South Sea Explorer 1724-1772 (Miegunyah Press Series, No. 16) / Melbourne University Press:French explorer Marion Dufresne was the man who reached Tasmania before the English. His expedition was the first to encounter the Tasmanian Aborigines and was a precursor of the great voyages of La Perouse, d'Entrecasteaux, Baudin and d'Urville. France was not idle in her search for the Southland at the time of James Cook's great expeditions. It is puzzling that Marion's name is absent not only from Australian but also from French reference works. His life of high adventure demands description—early success as a Breton corsair, a crucial part in the daring rescue from Scotland of Bonnie Prince Charlie, numerous voyages to the East, entrepreneurial boldness, discovery of the most westerly islands in the Indian Ocean and an early visit to New Zealand. He was surely one of the most colorful characters in our maritime history, and his story is told here with verve and skill.
Edition: 2nd
Publication date: 2006-02-19
Dewey code: 355
Price: $39.95
Review Iron Marshall-Hardbound (Napoleonic Library) / Greenhill Books:The Iron Marshal charts the career of Davout from his enlistment as a volunteer in the Republican Army during the Napoleonic era to his appointment as Minister for War in 1815.
Publication date: 1996-07
Dewey code: 355
List Price: $100.00
Price: $222.00
Review The Life and Letters of General George Gordon Meade (2 Volume Set) / Stan Clark Military Books:
Publication date: 1856-01
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $290.00
Price: $215.85
Review History Of Plymoth Plantation ( 2 Volumes ) (Notable American Authors Series - Part I) / Reprint Services Corp:
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