Publication date: 1979-06
Dewey code: 380.10924
Price: $32.50
Review Merchant of Prato: Francesco Di Marco Datini / Octagon Books:
Publication date: 1998-12
List Price: $109.00
Price: $109.00
Review Martyrium 117 / David Brown:
Publication date: 1993
Review KING CHARLES II / ARROW BOOKS LTD:
Publication date: 1999-03
Dewey code: 954.042092
List Price: $89.95
Price: $172.50
Review Nehru (Profiles in Power Series) / Addison Wesley Publishing Company:The first prime minister of India after independence from British rule, Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) was a major architect of India as a nation state. His dedication to politics led to imprisonment under British rule, a deeply disturbed family life, and eventually to nearly two decades in power during which he ceaselessly pursued his vision of a transformed and democratic India. This biography depicts the phases of Nehru's life and shows how each period reflected new developments in Indian politics. Drawing on previously unconsulted sources including Nehru's post-1947 papers, Judith Brown offers a complete and penetrating account of Nehru. Casting light on both the public and private Nehru, the book also provides an array of insights into the history of India's nationalist movement and international standing, and into the complexities of constructing a new nation state in the aftermath of imperial rule.
Publication date: 1985-11-14
Dewey code: 353.0318
List Price: $107.95
Price: $107.95
Review American Prince, American Pauper: The Contemporary Vice Presidency in Perspective (Contributions in Political Science) / Greenwood Press:Following a thematic approach, this study examines the nature and development of the contemporary Vice-Presidency from the end of World War II to the present. Natoli sheds new light on such areas as the vice-presidential selection process, the Vice-Presidency as a stepping-stone to the Presidency, the nature of the Vice-Presidency, the Vice-President as administration spokesperson, the impact of personality, the role of the Presidency in shaping the Vice-Presidency, disability and succession, the role of staff relations, the future of the Vice-Presidency, and more. Her research is solidly backed by personal interviews conducted with such political leaders as Gerald R. Ford, Hubert H. Humphrey, Dean Rusk, Clark Clifford, and Endicott Peabody. She gleans fresh insights from numerous other presidential and vice-presidential advisers and staff, and United States Senators.
Creator: Jedediah S. Rogers
Publication date: 2007-08-30
Dewey code: 289.3092
List Price: $125.00
Price: $109.81
Review In the President's Office: The Diaries of L. John Nuttall 1879-1892 (Significant Mormon Diaries) / Signature Books:As the private secretary to two successive LDS Church presidents, the dedicated diarist L. John Nuttall knew much about the inner workings of the church bureaucracy. Brother Nuttall's tenure happened to be during "the raid," as Presidents John Taylor and Wilford Woodruff hid from federal marshals intent on arresting polygamists. A polygamist himself, Nuttall could not approach his own children, whom he had not seen for years, when he saw them walk past the building where he was sequestered. Not inclined to tell anecdotes or confide personal feelings to his diary, Nuttall nevertheless kept meticulous records of business dealings, political maneuvering, private correspondence, and leadership decisions. He was a behind-the-scenes observer of the contentious probate settlement of Brigham Young's estate, the Manifesto ending polygamy, and the quest for statehood. Occasionally he gave voice to some of the anger Mormons felt over non-Mormon influence in Utah.
Creator: John M. Carroll
Publication date: 1985-02
Dewey code: 355
List Price: $22.95
Price: $108.59
Review I, Varnum: The Autobiographical Reminiscences of Custer's Chief of Scouts / Amereon Ltd:
Creator: Andrew Flinn
Publication date: 2004-12-30
Dewey code: 335.43
List Price: $62.95
Price: $107.84
Review Agents of the Revolution: New Biographical Approaches to the History of International Communism in the Age of Lenin And Stalin / Peter Lang Publishing:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2008-09-03
Dewey code: 327
List Price: $140.00
Price: $109.00
Review US National Security, Intelligence and Democracy: Congressional Oversight and the War on Terror (Studies in Intelligenceß) / Routledge:This volume examines the investigation by the 1975 Senate Select Committee ('Church Committee') into US intelligence abuses during the Cold War, and considers its lessons for the current 'war on terror'. This report remains the most thorough public record of America's intelligence services, and many of the legal boundaries operating on US intelligence agencies today are the direct result of reforms proposed by the Church Committee, including the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The Church Committee also drew attention to the importance of constitutional government as a Congressional body overseeing the activities of the Executive branch. Placing the legacy of the Church Committee in the context of the contemporary debate over US national security and democratic governance, the book brings together contributions from distinguished policy leaders and scholars of law, intelligence and political science.
Publication date: 1995-07
Price: $24.95
Review Wake Island Pilot: A World War II Memoir (World War II Commenorative Series) / Potomac Books:Within hours of the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japenese struck the small U. S. garrison on Wake Island. As his squadron's engineering officer, Kinney used all of his considerable ingenuity to oversee the repair of damaged planes at Pearl Harbor. After the island's inevitable surrender, Kinney was a Japanese prisoner for more than three years and became one of the few Americans to escape Japanese captivity.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2004-02-19
Dewey code: 271.302
List Price: $110.00
Price: $109.16
Review Saint Francis of Assisi / Routledge:Celebrated for speaking with the birds, for receiving the stigmata and for initiating the Franciscan order, St Francis is one of the most radical and inspirational figures of the medieval Church. This beautifully illustrated book gives an original introduction to his life from a leading historian of the Middle Ages.
Authors
- Boyden Sparkes
- Evalyn Walsh McLean
Dewey code: 975.3030924
Price: $26.95
Review Father Struck It Rich (The Leisure class in America) / Ayer Co Pub:Thomas Walsh discovered fabulous wealth at the Camp Bird Mine near Ouray, Colorado. No one except Walsh thought to check the mines for gold at a time when the San Juan Mountains were silver country. When he learned the fabulous results of his secret assays, he whispered to Evalyn, "Daughter, I've struck it rich!" Daughter Evalyn went on to lead a fabulously rich and extravagant life after she married Edward Beale McLean, whose family owned The Washington Post. They threw spectacular parties, entertained kings and presidents, and lived in huge, grandiose homes. Edward bought Evalyn the Hope diamond, but the "curse" of the diamond struck their family too. Tragedy struck, and struck hard. A son died and the family fortune was lost. Father Struck it Rich takes the reader from humble times to unbelievable riches and then through tragic bad times.
Edition: Rev. and Updated Ed
Publication date: 2003-06-25
Dewey code: 973.099
List Price: $16.00
Price: $111.91
Review The Presidents: Every Leader from Washington to Bush / IBooks, Inc.:America's most credible history magazine, American Heritage(r), joins forces with one of America's most esteemed and preeminent presidential historians, Michael Beschloss, to present a unique and extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at the forty-four Presidents and presidencies that have shaped this country. The Presidents: Every Leader from Washington to Bush offers a biographical profile of each man and a full account of the issues that shaped their presidency. This book will serve as an indispensable reference guide for many years to come, for seasoned observers, students just learning about the presidency, and readers interested in the men and issues that shaped America.
Edition: New edition
Publication date: 2003-04
Dewey code: 355
Price: $17.95
Review Tiger Men: A Young Australian Soldier Among the Rhade Montagnard of Vietnam / Orchid Press:In 1963 Barry Peterson left Australia for Vietnam to train local tribes to defend their villages against the Vietcong. This is the story of those Truong Son, or "Tiger Men, " who became the most respected and feared native forces in South Vietnam. But it is also the sad story of the defeat and destruction of the Montagnard culture and way of life, as Vietnamese and American leadership ultimately turned its back on its loyal supporters.
Publication date: 2002-01-03
Dewey code: 230.0922
List Price: $139.95
Price: $108.46
Review The Reformation Theologians: An Introduction to Theology in the Early Modern Period (The Great Theologians) / Wiley-Blackwell:The Reformation Theologians introduces the theological context, thought, and contributions of selected theologians of the sixteenth-century Reformations to students and scholars of the theology and history of Christianity. The selection intends to provide as inclusive a range of theologians as possible within the limits of a single text of reasonable length. An ideal introduction to the ideas and contribution of key theologians of the sixteenth-century Reformation. Explores a wide range of ideas and theologians within just one volume. The contributors to this volume are internationally established scholars in the fields of historical and systematic theology.
Edition: 2nd
Publication date: 2004-09-28
Dewey code: 355.0092396073
List Price: $170.00
Price: $108.36
Review On the Trail of the Buffalo Soldier II: New and Revised Biographies of African Americans in the U.S. Army, 1866-1917 / The Scarecrow Press, Inc.:This supplement presents over 2,000 new and nearly 1,000 revised biographies of black servicemen, giving the researcher not only glimpses of individual lives but also documentation of the variety of African-American experiences within and outside the army.
Publication date: 1993-01-30
Review Goebbels / Grafton:
Publication date: 1980-06
Dewey code: 973
List Price: $17.95
Price: $125.00
Review Story of a Confederate Boy in the Civil War / Commonwealth Pr:This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Authors
- Edwin McMasters Stanton
- Benjamin Platt Thomas
- Harold Melvin Hyman
Publication date: 1980-10-14
Dewey code: 973.70924
List Price: $107.95
Price: $107.95
Review Stanton, the Life and Times of Lincoln's Secretary of War / Greenwood Press Reprint:
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1968
Review Pen renderings of the Presidents / Vantage Press:
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Merchant of Prato: Francesco Di Marco Datini, Martyrium 117, KING CHARLES II, Nehru (Profiles in Power Series), American Prince, American Pauper: The Contemporary Vice Presidency in Perspective (Contributions in Political Science), In the President's Office: The Diaries of L. John Nuttall 1879-1892 (Significant Mormon Diaries), I, Varnum: The Autobiographical Reminiscences of Custer's Chief of Scouts, Agents of the Revolution: New Biographical Approaches to the History of International Communism in the Age of Lenin And Stalin, US National Security, Intelligence and Democracy: Congressional Oversight and the War on Terror (Studies in Intelligenceß), Wake Island Pilot: A World War II Memoir (World War II Commenorative Series), Saint Francis of Assisi, Father Struck It Rich (The Leisure class in America), The Presidents: Every Leader from Washington to Bush, Tiger Men: A Young Australian Soldier Among the Rhade Montagnard of Vietnam, The Reformation Theologians: An Introduction to Theology in the Early Modern Period (The Great Theologians), On the Trail of the Buffalo Soldier II: New and Revised Biographies of African Americans in the U.S. Army, 1866-1917, Goebbels, Story of a Confederate Boy in the Civil War, Stanton, the Life and Times of Lincoln's Secretary of War, Pen renderings of the PresidentsTop headlines: Volkswagen Baja Race: Paris to Ensenada: Volkswagen and its Touareg 2 head to Mexico for the Baja 500. ›07:00 16 Oct, Tue 2007 Tokyo Motor Show: Top 10 Production Cars: Editors' ten favorite production vehicles at the biennial show. ›07:00 29 Oct, Mon A real-life Star Trek deflector shield: In "Star Trek," a deflector shield surrounded the Starship Enterprise, and radiation bounced off it. 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