Publication date: 2007-11-13
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $62.99
Price: $62.99
Review Charles Lamb / IndyPublish:Biography of Charles Lamb, who was an English essayist with Welsh heritage, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced along with his sister, Mary Lamb. He and his sister both suffered periods of mental illness, and Charles spent six weeks in a psychiatric hospital during 1795. He was, however, already making his name as a poet. Despite his bouts of melancholia, both he and his sister enjoyed an active and rich social life.
Creator: Emer Nolan
Publication date: 2008-04-21
List Price: $63.00
Price: $62.93
Review Memoirs of Captain Rock / Field Day Publications:Thomas Moore (1779-1852) was Ireland s 'national poet' in the century before Yeats. His Irish Melodies (1808-34), composed and performed for an English audience, 'to sweeten Ireland s wrong' secured him worldwide fame. But MEMOIRS OF CAPTAIN ROCK (1824) was a sudden and brilliant variation on 'the-smile-and-the-tear' rhetoric of the Melodies. Its attribution of Irish violence to the British state's support for a rapacious Protestant minority and its savage military and legal repression of a Catholic majority inverted Tory platitudes and helped to make the brutal realities of Irish life a subject of serious public debate. Six editions were printed in London in 1824 alone; other editions appeared in Paris, Berlin, New York and Philadelphia. This annotated edition is the first to be published in Ireland.
Publication date: 2007
Price: $62.95
Review Jeanne d'Arc, l'enquête:Auteur: R. Senzig, M. Gay, Editeur: Florent Massot Eds, Date de parution: 06/09/2007, ISBN: 2916546049, Illustration: Pas d'illustrations,.
Creator: Joshua A. Gaylord
Publication date: 2001-11-05
Dewey code: 818.5209
List Price: $72.95
Price: $63.07
Review A Tour of the Darkling Plain: The Finnegans Wake Letters of Thornton Wilder and Adaline Glasheen / Univ College Dublin Pr:These letters of Adaline Glasheen and Thornton Wilder, written between 1950 and 1975, reveal the probing energy and encyclopedic knowledge they each brought to their study of James Joyce's final novel, 'Finnegans Wake'.
Publication date: 2004-08-30
Dewey code: 362.43092
List Price: $25.36
Price: $62.30
Review Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs, And Declarations Of Independence / Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media:A veteran NPR commentator and popular correspondent on ABC-TV's Day One news program relates his experiences of danger and discrimination during to his world travels and confinement to a wheelchair. 25,000 first printing. Tour.
Authors
- Earl of Aberdeen
- Princess Lieven
- George Hamilton Gordon
List Price: $63.00
Price: $63.00
Review Correspondence of Lord Aberdeen and Princess Lieven, 1832-54 (II) / Royal Historical Society:
Publication date: 2006-05-12
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $62.99
Price: $62.99
Review The Abolitionists (Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights 1830-1864) / IndyPublish:
Creator: Nicholas Sekunda
Publication date: 2007-12-01
Dewey code: 938
List Price: $90.00
Price: $62.38
Review Corolla Cosmo Rodewald / Akanthina:Table of Contents: Preface (Nicholas Sekunda); Cosmoe Rodewald 1915-2002: A brief biography (Alastar Jackson and Nicholas Sekunda); Cosmo Rodewald at Manchester University 1947-1976 (Alastar Jackson); Cosmo Rodewald's philanthropy (Victor Sayer and Nicholas Sekunda); Xenophon the rhetor (Anthony Keen and Nicholas Sekunda); The rein and the spur (David Whitehead); The episode of Sphodrias as a source for Spartan social history (Stephen Hodkinson); Plato's anachronisms (John Graham); The Phokian Hierosylia at Delphi: Quantities and consequences (John Davies); Q. Fabius Pictor: Was he an Annalist? (Simon Northwood); Polybius, Livy, and the disaster in the Macedonian royal house (John Briscoe); Sejanus: His fall (Anthony Birley); Observations on the inner faces of some auxiliary diplomas from the reign of Antoninus Pius (Paul Holder); Notes on Ammianus Marcellinus XVIII (Robin Seager); Arthur, Joshua and the Israelites: History and its purposes in early ninth century north Wales (Nick Higham).
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2006-06-15
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $99.00
Price: $62.37
Review Lives of the Artists Vol. 2 / Blackstone Audio Inc.:Vasari described the lives of great artists with striking immediacy conveyed through character sketches, anecdotes, and detailed recording of conversations. He had shrewd judgment and an ability to pinpoint the emotions aroused by works of art. Volume two includes Luca della Robia, Piero di Cosimo, Jacopo Sansovino, and twenty-two more.
Creator: Hilmar Kaiser
Publication date: 2004-11-30
Dewey code: 327.73
Price: $20.00
Review The Memoirs Of Abram Elkus: Lawyer, Ambassador, Statesman / Gomidas Institute Books:
Authors
- Jeffrey Zaslow
- Randy Pausch
Publication date: 2008
Price: $62.93
Review A Última Aula / Editorial Presença:UM TESTEMUNHO DE VIDA
Creator: Buck Schirner
Edition: Library
Publication date: 2008-09-09
List Price: $87.25
Price: $63.69
Review Zen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance / Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Lib Ed:In 1968, Robert Pirsig and his eleven-year-old son, Chris, made the cross-country motorcycle trip that would become the inspiration for Pirsig’s book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a powerful blend of personal narrative and philosophical investigation that has inspired generations. Among the millions of readers to fall under the book’s spell was Mark Richardson, who as a young man struggled to understand Pirsig’s provocative and elusive ideas. Rereading the book decades later, Richardson, now a journalist and father of two, was moved by its portrayal of Pirsig’s complex relationship with Chris and struck by the timelessness of its lessons. So he tuned up his old Suzuki dirt bike and became a “Pirsig pilgrim,” one of the legions of fans who retrace the Pirsigs’ route from Minneapolis to San Francisco. In following this itinerary over the lonely byways of the American West, Richardson revisits the people and places from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, pondering the meaning of Pirsig’s philosophy and the answers it may offer to the questions in his own life. Richardson’s dogged reporting also gives new insight into the reclusive writer’s life, exploring Pirsig’s struggle with mental illness, his unwanted celebrity, and the tragic, brutal murder of Chris in 1979. Published to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of Pirsig’s original trip, Zen and Now is a stirring meditation on a classic work and a passionate inquiry into the lessons it continues to teach us in the complex and bewildering world we inhabit today.
Publication date: 2004-10-30
Dewey code: 940.54215
List Price: $95.00
Price: $62.62
Review "Packs On!": Memoirs of the 10th Mountain Division / Praeger Publishers:This history of the 10th Mountain Division during World War II focuses on the personal experiences of the mountain troops who served in Alaska and Italy. Feuer conveys the opinions expressed by the veterans about the conduct of the campaigns-both the good and the bad, with no holds barred. Senator Bob Dole, who was seriously wounded during the campaign, provides a foreword. This fascinating account also reveals the differences in training and strategy from those employed by German ski troops of the same era. A selection of personal photographs, useful maps, and a timeline allow the reader to follow the progress of the 10th in Italy. In addition to combat accounts, readers will find reference to the harsh realities of war, including friendly fire, dead American soldiers used for target practice, and the vengeful shooting of German prisoners.
Publication date: 1984-06
Dewey code: 973.910924
Price: $19.95
Review From Union Square to Rome (The American Catholic Tradition) / Ayer Co Pub:
Creator: Bernadette Dunne
Publication date: 2008-06-30
Dewey code: 070.92
List Price: $129.00
Price: $69.97
Review Audition: A Memoir / Books on Tape:Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me: “I want to be you. ” My stock reply is always: “Then you have to take the whole package. ”And now, at last, the most important woman in the history of television journalism gives us that “whole package,” in her inspiring and riveting memoir. After more than forty years of interviewing heads of state, world leaders, movie stars, criminals, murderers, inspirational figures, and celebrities of all kinds, Barbara Walters has turned her gift for examination onto herself to reveal the forces that shaped her extraordinary life. Barbara Walters’s perception of the world was formed at a very early age. Her father, Lou Walters, was the owner and creative mind behind the legendary Latin Quarter nightclub, and it was his risk-taking lifestyle that gave Barbara her first taste of glamour. It also made her aware of the ups and downs, the insecurities, and even the tragedies that can occur when someone is willing to take great risks, for Lou Walters didn’t just make several fortunes—he also lost them. Barbara learned early about the damage that such an existence can do to relationships—between husband and wife as well as between parent and child. Through her roller-coaster ride of a childhood, Barbara had a close companion, her mentally challenged sister, Jackie. True, Jackie taught her younger sister much about patience and compassion, but Barbara also writes honestly about the resentment she often felt having a sister who was so “different” and the guilt that still haunts her. [+]All of this—the financial responsibility for her family, the fear, the love—played a large part in the choices she made as she grew up: the friendships she developed, the relationships she had, the marriages she tried to make work. Ultimately, thanks to her drive, combined with a decent amount of luck, she began a career in television. And what a career it has been! Against great odds, Barbara has made it to the top of a male-dominated industry. She was the first woman cohost of the Today show, the first female network news coanchor, the host and producer of countless top-rated Specials, the star of 20/20, and the creator and cohost of The View. She has not just interviewed the world’s most fascinating figures, she has become a part of their world. These are just a few of the names that play a key role in Barbara’s life, career, and book: Yasir Arafat, Warren Beatty, Menachem Begin, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Fidel Castro, Hugo Chávez, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Roy Cohn, the Dalai Lama, Princess Diana, Katharine Hepburn, King Hussein, Angelina Jolie, Henry Kissinger, Monica Lewinsky, Richard Nixon, Rosie O’Donnell, Christopher Reeve, Anwar Sadat, John Wayne. the list goes on and on. Barbara Walters has spent a lifetime auditioning: for her bosses at the TV networks, for millions of viewers, for the most famous people in the world, and even for her own daughter, with whom she has had a difficult but ultimately quite wonderful and moving relationship. This book, in some ways, is her final audition, as she fully opens up both her private and public lives. In doing so, she has given us a story that is heartbreaking and honest, surprising and fun, sometimes startling, and always fascinating.
Creator: Steven Callahan
Edition: Library
Publication date: 2007-05-25
Dewey code: 910.91631
List Price: $82.25
Price: $62.51
Review Adrift: 76 Days Lost at Sea / Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Lib Ed:Before The Perfect Storm, before In the Heart of the Sea, Steven Callahan’s Adrift chronicled one of the most astounding voyages of the century and one of the great sea adventures of all time. In some ways the model for the new wave of adventure books, Adrift is now an undeniable seafaring classic, a riveting firsthand account by the only man known to have survived for more than a month alone at sea, fighting for his life in an inflatable raft after his small sloop capsized only six days from port. Racked by hunger, buffeted by storms, scorched by the tropical sun, Callahan drifted for 1,800 miles, fighting off sharks with a makeshift spear and watching as nine ships passed him by. “A real human drama that delves deeply into man’s survival instincts” (Library Journal), Adrift is a story of anguish and horror, of undying heroism, hope, and survival, and a must-read for any adventure lover. “An utterly absorbing saga. ” - Newsweek “Fascinating…a clearly written ocean yarn in which the stakes are high and a brave man wins through. ” - Wall Street Journal.
Publication date: 2000-06
Price: $8.95
Review The Kelleher's of South Philly / American Literary Press:
Creator: Sir Richard Hyde Parker
Publication date: 2006-07-20
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $65.00
Price: $64.99
Review Savage Fortune: An Aristocratic Family in the Early Seventeenth Century (Suffolk Records Society) / Boydell Press:The story of Thomas and Elizabeth Savage and their family, presented here, is a turbulent one, moving from the grandeur of the royal court (Thomas was Chancellor to Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, and his wife Elizabeth was one of her ladies of the bedchamber) to debt and imprisonment. It is teased out through a close examination of the documentary evidence, from letters on intimate family matters and health problems to business correspondence and official documents from the royal court, including Elizabeth's many petitions to Charles I, and later to the House of Lords. There is a particular focus on their houses at Long Melford (Suffolk), Rocksavage (Cheshire), and at Tower Hill in London. Lavishly illustrated with plates and diagrams.
Publication date: 1951-12-01
List Price: $63.00
Price: $63.00
Review Correspondence of David Scott, Director and Chairman of the East India Company, Relating to Indian Affairs, 1787-1805. Volume 2 / Royal Historical Society:
Publication date: 2008-05-12
Dewey code: 920
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Review Letters to His Son, 1759-71 / IndyPublish:
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Charles Lamb, Memoirs of Captain Rock, Jeanne d'Arc, l'enquête, A Tour of the Darkling Plain: The Finnegans Wake Letters of Thornton Wilder and Adaline Glasheen, Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs, And Declarations Of Independence, Correspondence of Lord Aberdeen and Princess Lieven, 1832-54 (II), The Abolitionists (Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights 1830-1864), Corolla Cosmo Rodewald, Lives of the Artists Vol. 2, The Memoirs Of Abram Elkus: Lawyer, Ambassador, Statesman, A Última Aula, Zen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, "Packs On!": Memoirs of the 10th Mountain Division, From Union Square to Rome (The American Catholic Tradition), Audition: A Memoir, Adrift: 76 Days Lost at Sea, The Kelleher's of South Philly, Savage Fortune: An Aristocratic Family in the Early Seventeenth Century (Suffolk Records Society), Correspondence of David Scott, Director and Chairman of the East India Company, Relating to Indian Affairs, 1787-1805. 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