Publication date: 2007-09-30
Dewey code: 973.7115
Price: $179.00
Review Underground Railroad: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations / M.E. Sharpe:
Authors
- Carlos Sommervogel
- Aloys De Backer
Dewey code: 629
List Price: $1,100.00
Price: $1,100.00
Review Bibliotheque De LA Compagnie De Jesus (9 Volume Set) / Martino Publishing:Reprint of the 1890-1916 edition (Bruxelles). Hardbound. Cloth. Octavo. NINE VOLUMES. 9,000pp. This massive nine volumes work is without doubt the most comprehensive bibliography of the Jesuit order. It is absolutely indispensable for antiquarian booksellers and librarians seeking precise identification of many thousand of published works and their authors. Besterman cities the work as having citations for 150,000 printed items. Besterman 3261.
Edition: Collector's ed
Publication date: 1993
Review War as I knew it / Easton Press:Adored by many, loathed by some, General George S. Patton, Jr. , was one of the most brilliant military strategists in history. War As I Knew It is the personal and candid account of his celebrated, relentless crusade across western Europe during World War II. First published in 1947, this absorbing narrative draws on Patton's vivid memories of battle and his detailed diaries, from the moment the Third Army exploded onto the Brittany Peninsula to the final Allied casualty report. The result is not only a grueling, human account of daily combat and heroic feats - including a riveting look at the Battle of the Bulge - but a valuable chronicle of the strategies and fiery personality of a legendary warrior. Patton's letters from earlier military campaigns in North Africa and Sicily, complemented by a powerful retrospective of his guiding philosophies, further reveal a man of uncompromising will and uncommon character, which made "Georgie" a household name in mid-century America. With a new introduction.
Publication date: 1998-11-15
Dewey code: 941.083092
Price: $75.00
Review Lloyd George (British History in Perspective) / Palgrave Macmillan:One of the most charismatic and controversial of British politicians, David Lloyd George had a profound impact on the country, as a Welsh radical, as an Edwardian social reformer, and as "the man who won the war. " This study assesses his successes and failures and uses a close examination of the political circumstances in which he operated to explain the many twists and turns of his remarkable career. It also puts his actions in the context of his complicated relationship with Liberalism and the Liberal Party in an attempt to understand his underlying approach to politics. He was centrally involved in all the major national issues of the early 20th century, and in the aftermath of World War I he played a crucial role at the Versailles peace conference and on the world scene of the early 1920s. His life is fascinating in itself and highly valuable as a means to understanding a crucial era in British history. One of the most charismatic and controversial of British politicians, David Lloyd George had a profound impact on the country, as a Welsh radical, as an Edwardian social reformer, and as "the man who won the war. " This study assesses his successes and failures and uses a close examination of the political circumstances in which he operated to explain the many twists and turns of his remarkable career. It also puts his actions in the context of his complicated relationship with Liberalism and the Liberal Party in an attempt to understand his underlying approach to politics. He was centrally involved in all the major national issues of the early 20th century, and in the aftermath of World War I he played a crucial role at the Versailles peace conference and on the world scene of the early 1920s. His life is fascinating in itself and highly valuable as a means to understanding a crucial era in British history.
Creator: Alan Malachowski
Edition: Four-Volume Set
Publication date: 2002-08-15
Dewey code: 191
List Price: $1,056.00
Price: $1,055.98
Review Richard Rorty, 4 Volume Set / Sage Publications Ltd:This is the first systematic assessment of the work of Richard Rorty - one of the most provocative and influential thinkers writing today. It will be an essential reference for academics and students in philosophy, social theory, sociology, cultural studies and literary theory. Rorty's fertile writings have challenged not just the assumptions behind the relatively narrow analytic tradition he was first trained in, but those concerning the very nature of social thought itself. The critical articles collected in these four volumes follow the trajectory of Rorty's whole career, from his early work in analytic philosophy to his later writings on pragmatism, continental philosophy, literature, culture, and liberal politics. The collection is divided into four volumes: - Philosophy: this volume looks at how Rorty's contribution to the analytic tradition was assessed by his peers at the time and then examines how his later, more explicitly post-analytic, writings relate to traditional philosophical topics such as `truth' and `realism'. - Post-Analytic Pragmatism: Volume Two examines Rorty's `post-analytic pragmatism'. It begins by considering how Rorty prepared for a shift into this territory, and then looks more closely at the kind of pragmatism he sought to establish; the volume contains discussions of the kind of pragmatism that emerges from both Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979) and Consequences of Pragmatism (1982). - Politics, Irony and Solidarity provides an assessment of Rorty's account of irony and examines its relationship to his liberal politics. - Culture, Interpretation and Conversations: this final volume examines Rorty's views on philosophy as a form of cultural conversation and discusses his interpretations or `appropriations' of other philosophers. Of special interest here are his readings of continental philosophers such as Hegel, Heidegger and Derrida, where it is acknowledged that one Rorty's most important contributions to social thought has been to make the work of such philosophers more accessible to readers unfamiliar with, or even hostile to, the continental tradition. [+]Volume 4 concludes with a definitive bibliography, which will be an invaluable resource for researchers and students. Edited by Alan Malachowski - a leading commentator on Rorty's work - this collection will be the standard reference work on one of the canonical theorists of the late 20th century.
Authors
- Joseph L. Galloway
- Harold G. Moore
Publication date: 2005-06-30
Dewey code: 959
Price: $289.00
Review Signed General Hal Moore & Joe Galloway Limited Edition Book: We Were Soldiers...Once and Young / The FlatSigned Press:General Harold (Hal) Moore and Joe Galloway have both hand signed this limited edition. Each book is leather-bound and stamped in gold with gold edges. Each book comes with built-in satin bookmark, silk moire end-sheets, Certificate of Authenticity, hand numbered and dual, matching holographic seals on both book and COA for increased security and authenticity. Plus, each book comes with an actual, original photograph of both General Moore and Mr. Galloway hand signing each book! Each book is NEW, MINT in condition and comes from the publisher still sealed in factory shrink-wrap. Embossed, gold seal of the Army Infantry Badge appears at the top of each signed page. A copy of this book was presented to Medal of Honor recipient along with his actual medal in 2007. General Moore and Joe Galloway have their own personal copies of this book and have both endorsed this publication and the publisher, FlatSigned Press. This book is considered to be THE book on the USA's involvement in the Vietnam War. It is dedicated to the memory of both those who gave their last full measure and to all those who served our country and were fortunate enough to return. [+]Welcome Home!.
Authors
- Arthur Wellesley Wellington
Publication date: 1993
Review Wellington at war, 1794-1815: A selection of his wartime letters (Great military commanders) / Easton Press:
Creator: Leonard C. Faber
Publication date: 1964-01
Price: $2.65
Review The Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, 2 / Holiday house:
Publication date: 1985-12
Dewey code: 209.24
List Price: $7.95
Price: $17.95
Review Pursuing Life's Adventures / Winston-Derek Pub:
Creator: John Towill Rutt
Edition: Facsim
Publication date: 1999-12
Dewey code: 200
List Price: $3,120.00
Price: $2,475.00
Review Theological and Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Priestley (26 Vol. Set) / Thoemmes Continuum:Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), philosopher, scientist and unorthodox theologian, was one of the intellectual giants of the Enlightenment. He wrote prolifically and made significant contributions in many areas of eighteenth-century life, including physical science, political economy, moral philosophy, history, education, metaphysics and theology. His work was highly influential, and among his followers were Jeremy Bentham, who took up his phrase ‘the greatest happiness of the greatest number’, and Jefferson, who made use of his ideas in the American Declaration of Independence. J. T. Rutt’s Theological and Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Priestley is the only complete edition of Priestley’s non-scientific works. These range from short pamphlets written as a Unitarian minister in Leeds and Birmingham, the Millenial Biblical commentaries of his final years in America, and the radical tracts which led to his exile from England. The edition also includes his philosophical works such as the replies to Reid and other Scottish Thought figures, as well as his own editions of the works of Hartley and Anthony Collins. Rutt knew Priestley and shared his views and this edition, produced when Priestley was a half-forgotten figure, is in many respects a labour of love. He was a careful editor, judiciously annotating a carefully prepared text. [+]Priestley’s autobiography, together with the extensive extracts from his correspondence in the first two volumes, is still the necessary starting point for the study of Priestley’s life. Only two hundred copies of the original edition seem to have been printed and copies are virtually unheard of outside major libraries. In a critical introduction, John Stephens explores Rutt’s editorial principles, making this remarkable edition as useful as possible to modern scholars.
Authors
- Crosbie Smith
- M. Norton Wise
Dewey code: 530.0924
Price: $260.00
Review Energy and Empire: A Biographical Study of Lord Kelvin / Cambridge University Press:This study of Lord Kelvin, the most famous mathematical physicist of 19th-century Britain, delivers on a speculation long entertained by historians of science that Victorian physics expressed in its very content the industrial society that produced it. This study of Lord Kelvin, the most famous mathematical physicist of 19th-century Britain, delivers on a speculation long entertained by historians of science that Victorian physics expressed in its very content the industrial society that produced it.
Publication date: 1986-01
Dewey code: 940
Price: $79.95
Review Air Aces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1914-1918 / FLYING MACHINES PRESS:Complete biographies of all 49 courageous aces of the Dual Monarchy.
Authors
- W. L. Bonner Literary Committee
Dewey code: 920
Price: $25.00
Review ...And The High Places I'll Bring Down: Bishop William L. Bonner The Man and His God / Committee:And The High Places I'll Bring Down chronicles the transition of Bishop William L. Bonner from the son of a share cropper in the segregated South, to the charismatic, faithful leader of one of the largest Pentecostal organizations in the world. And the High Places is taken from one of Bishop Bonner's favorite songs. It is not a story about how wonderful life is on the mountaintop. It is a living testimony of the life of a chosen vessel anoited by God to do some of the "greater works" that Jesus promised.
Publication date: 1998-06
Dewey code: 818.5403
Price: $40.00
Review The Tangier Diaries, 1962-1979 / Cadmus Press:Every page drips with memories, writes William Burroughs about this collection of Hopkins' diaries covering two decades of a life lived as an ex-patriot. Hopkins was one of the most influential writers living in Tangier at the time; including , among others Paul and Jane Bowles. The writing varies from poetic, reflective to vernacular and antic. The mystery of walking through the palmeraie by night. The silence of the universe blots out the noisiness of man. Hopkins wrote the preceding line on December 23, 1966, however, by the 24th, he is more interested in lanterns made of tin cans, and , a Moroccan schoolboy, [who,] hoping to start a conversation, recited all the French he learned in school: 'Bonsoir, monsieur. Quelle heure est-il?'.
Edition: Special
Publication date: 2007-10-18
Dewey code: 320
List Price: $1,000.00
Price: $730.00
Review MEMOIRS - SPECIAL ED. / Douglas Gibson Books:
Publication date: 1975-06
Dewey code: 973.410924
Price: $50.00
Review George Washington: A Biography / Augustus M Kelley Pubs:
Publication date: 1804
Review Report of a debate in the Senate of the United States,: On a resolution for recommending to the legilatures [!] of the several states, an amendment to ... and vice president of the said states / Printed by William Duane, no. 106, Market street:
Edition: Collector's ed
Publication date: 1995
Review An outdoor journal: Adventures and reflections / The Easton Press:
Publication date: 1994-01
Dewey code: 200
Price: $23.99
Review John G. Paton, Missionary / Banner of Truth:
Edition: Limited Ed
Publication date: 1997-07-24
Price: $1,462.71
Review The Collected Speeches of Margaret Thatcher / HarperCollins Publishers Ltd:By the time she stepped down in 1990, Margaret Thatcher had become one of her generation's outstanding political leaders, and perhaps the most powerful woman in the world. Possessing an iron will, she matched words with action in confronting the crises of the day in economic affairs, in the Falklands War, in Northern Ireland, in the great twilight struggle of the Cold War and finally in Europe. Under her leadership, Britain broke out of its decline and self-doubt to emerge once more as a major player on the international stage. Margaret Thatcher put intense effort into her major speeches. As a result, they are uniquely revealing of how she developed that clear vision which would transform Britain and help shape international politics in the late 20th century. They begin with the speeches she made as part of her campaign to mold the ideas of the Conservative Party in Opposition. They continue with the famous addresses in which she expressed her convictions as prime minister and include recent lectures in which she gives her current, and controversial, thoughts about the world today. This book of speeches is an essential companion volume to the two books of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs, as well as a masterly study of one of the great political figures of our time.
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