Publication date: 2003-12
Price: $15.95
Review The Techno Monks of Mount Athos: A Visit to the Middle Ages at the Dawn of the Information Age / Creative Arts Book Company:
Publication date: 1990-06-10
List Price: $185.00
Price: $185.00
Review Ralph Erskine, Architect / Coronet Books:
Publication date: 2004-09-28
Dewey code: 355
Price: $21.95
Review I Soldiered With America's Elite 10th Mountain Division Of Ww Ii / Authorhouse:
Authors
- K. Lothar Meisel
- Betty Vos
Publication date: 2007-09-01
Dewey code: 780
List Price: $225.00
Price: $153.54
Review Meisel Family Violinmakers: Klingenthal, Vogtland, Saxony / Singing River Publications:Early in 1949 at the age of only nineteen, a violinmaker who had just passed his apprenticeship examination made the dangerous journey from his Klingenthal home in East Germany s Music Corner to the West and to freedom. His name was Lothar Meisel, and in his veins flowed the blood of eight previous generations of Meisel family violinmakers who had passed the craft from father to son for nearly three centuries. Eventually Lothar came to settle in the United States in southern Minnesota, where he has continued to create and repair violins to the present day. The history of all nine generations of Meisel family violinmakers is chronicled in this upcoming September 2007 release from Singing River Publications of Ely, Minnesota. The book opens with an account of Lothar s decision to leave and his escape from East Germany. Subsequent chapters follow the life, times and instrument production of each of the nine makers, beginning with Johann Meisel in 1660. Detailed photographs of violins from all but the first maker are provided, along with thorough descriptions of each of the featured violins. Violins, violas and cellos made by Lothar Meisel and his family are on display in the United States at the National Museum of American History (Smithsonian Institution) in Washington, D. C, and the National Music Museum in Vermilion, South Dakota; and in Germany at the Klingenthal Museum, Vogtland, Saxony. Stringed instrument aficionados, museums and interested readers throughout the world will wish to add this book to their collection. [+]Readers throughout the world will find this historical contribution in English, German and French well worth the investment.
Publication date: 1990-12
Dewey code: 759.2
Price: $85.00
Review Ivon Hitchens / Andre Deutsch Ltd:Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) is widely regarded as the outstanding English landscape painter of the twentieth century. Immediately recognisable by its daring yet subtle use of colour and brushmark to evoke the spirit of place, his work is to be found in public and private collections throughout the world. In this, the definitive study of Hitchens' life and work now issued in a new, revised edition, Peter Khoroche draws on the painter's published writings, correspondence and conversation to create a critical reappraisal of Hitchens' theory and practice. He surveys the entire oeuvre (still-lifes, flower pieces, nudes, interiors and large-scale murals besides the landscapes), a huge legacy of work spanning sixty years, and charts the journey from conventional beginnings to 'figurative abstraction'. A new selection of over 100 colour images provide a retrospective exhibition covering Hitchens' whole career. These illustrations, examples of his best and most characteristic painting in all genres, demonstrate the artist's outstanding talents and reinforce his standing as a key figure in the history of British art.
Publication date: 2006-12-08
Dewey code: 967.304092
Price: $19.95
Review At Thy Call We Did Not Falter / Struik Publishers:At Thy Call We Did Not Falter is a gripping frontline account of the Angolan war, as seen through the eyes of a 19-year-old conscript soldier. It tells the story of so many young white South Africans who, like him, were sent into battle against overwhelming forces straight after finishing school. Clive Holt was at the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale, where the South African Defence Force supported the rebel movement Unita after a massive build-up of Cuban and Angolan troops. It was the bloodiest and most significant battle fought by South African troops since World War II. With diary extracts, previously unpublished photographs and a riveting narrative, this book transports the reader into the firing line and the dark realms of war. At Thy Call We Did Not Falter is a classic account of war, as well as a window into the world of post-traumatic stress disorder. It is a chilling account of how a government took schoolboys and turned them into killing machines. The timing of the book is extraordinarily fortunate, coming just as interest in Cuito Cuanavale is being revived, with moves afoot to arrange battlefield tours, and debates raging anew in military and veteran circles about who the victors and vanquished were.
Creator: Abigail Burnham Bloom
Publication date: 2008-11-11
Dewey code: 920.72094109034
List Price: $169.95
Price: $169.95
Review Personal Moments in the Lives of Victorian Women: Selections from Their Autobiographies (Book 1, Book 2) / Edwin Mellen Pr:
Publication date: 1966
Review THE FAULKNER-COWLEY FILE , LETTERS AND MEMORIES, 1944-1962, 1966 EDITION / VIKING PRESS NY:BOOK, THE FAULKNER-COWLEY FILE , LETTERS AND MEMORIES, 1944-1962, 1966 EDITION ASIN: B001ACNPSQ Title: THE FAULKNER-COWLEY FILE , LETTERS AND MEMORIES, 1944-1962, 1966 EDITION Binding: Hardcover Publication date: 1966
Publication date: 2003-10
Dewey code: 920
Price: $18.00
Review Unconventional Wisdom / Creative Arts Book Company:An enlightening first-person account that dispels any number of myths concerning the disabled, while encouraging others to seek fulfillment in unexpected places. The daughter of renowned composer Alan Hovhaness, Jean Nandi grew up without the shadow of disability until the age of twenty, when symptoms of muscle weakness and pain marked the beginning of a slowly progressive disability. In the face of steadily increasing pressures brought on by extensive medical treatments, Nandi would spend time travelling abroad. Trained as a biologist, she began her professional life with a scientific career, wending her way through several careers, marriage to an East Indian scientist, and pursuit of her first love, music. When she was no longer able to perform or teach, she became an author and then publisher of books on harpsichord playing and teaching. "Coming out" as a person with a disability, Jean Nandi began honing her skills in the area of disability advocacy during the nineties, leading both a county and then a city commission. She developed successfulgrass-roots organizations devoted to improving accessibility and health care for people with disabilities.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2009-01-21
Dewey code: 782.42163092
List Price: $170.00
Price: $157.21
Review A Life Adrift: Soeda Azembo, Popular Song and Modern Mass Culture in Japan (Kegan Paul Japan Library) / Routledge:This is a unique narrative of pre-war Japanese life as told from its lower depths by a tremendously popular social commentator and poet. An iconic figure in pre-war Japan, the balladeer and political activist Soeda Azembo was one of Japan's first modern mass entertainers, the writer of popular enka songs sung by ordinary working people. These songs uniquely impart an understanding of everyday life in the tumult of pre-war Japan, serving as a kind of shorthand for popular attitudes to political corruption, sex scandals, inflation, war, patriotism, class conflict and gender relations. Japanese people valued Azembo's music for being of them and for them, both modern and home-grown, qualities rare at a time when western cultural influences were increasing. Michael Lewis's annotated work introduces Azembo and his social and cultural milieu to an international audience for the first time. A Life Adrift, the only memoir of its kind, extends beyond biography to encompass the creation of modern mass culture in Japan and the role of the popular artist in that process.
Publication date: 1997-11
Dewey code: 355
List Price: $15.00
Price: $156.70
Review Weep for Me Comrade / Minerva Press Ltd.:
Publication date: 2005-11
Dewey code: 340.092
List Price: $65.00
Price: $163.81
Review The Stanford Law Chronicles: Doin' Time on the Farm / University of Notre Dame Press:In the midst of a long and distinguished academic career, Alfredo Mirande left his position as professor of sociology and chair of ethnic studies at the University of California, Riverside, to attend law school at Stanford University. This book is an extraordinary chronicle of the events in his life that led him to make this dramatic change and of the many obstacles he encountered at law school. "The Stanford Law Chronicles" is a comprehensive, first-person account of the law school experience, written by a person of color. Mirande delivers a powerful and moving critique of the rigid hierarchies he encountered and of systematic attempts to strip him of his identity and culture. He also reflects on the implications of an increasing number of women and minority law school students for law and legal education. Although Stanford is considered to be one of the most progressive law schools in the country, Mirande's experience there was one of alienation and frustration, as he encountered elitism and rigid hierarchies. Covering all three years at Stanford, he describes his experiences and the problems he encountered in the classroom. He also discusses Law Review, which he found to be pretentious, the Immigration Clinic where he successfully represented his first client, and the alternative Lawyering for Social Change curriculum that became a haven in an otherwise hostile environment. Interspersed with his account of law school are autobiographical snapshots and experiences, including that of the death of his brother, Hector, which was the catalyst for his decision to pursue his childhood dream of attending law school and becoming a lawyer. This controversial book is certain to spark lively debate.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2008-04-14
List Price: $168.00
Price: $168.00
Review Merle's Door 12-Copy Floor Display: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog / Harvest Books:How would dogs live if they were free? Would they choose to remain near their human friends? Merle and Ted found each other in the Utah desert—Merle was living wild and Ted was looking for a pup to keep him company. As their bond grew, they taught each other new ways to think and live: Ted taught Merle how to live around wildlife, Merle taught Ted about the complexity of a dog’s intelligence and the benefits of letting a dog make his own decisions. Using the latest in wolf research and exploring issues of animal consciousness, leadership, and the origins of the human-dog relationship, Ted Kerasote takes us on the journey he and Merle shared. As much a love story as a story of independence and partnership, Merle’s Door is tender, funny, and ultimately illuminating.
Publication date: 2003-10
Dewey code: 813
List Price: $20.99
Price: $154.28
Review Unforgettable / Xlibris Corporation:
Creator: Shlomo Zucker
Publication date: 1977
Review Uri Zevi Greenburg on His Eightieth Anniversary / Jewish National and University Library:
Creator: Craig Daigle
Publication date: 2006-11-11
Dewey code: 973.917
Price: $120.00
Review The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers: The Human Rights Years, 1945-1948 (Eleanor Roosevelt Papers) / Thomson Gale:Human rights. Global relations. The role of women. U. S. politics. Eleanor Roosevelt was a trailblazer in many arenas. Her writings are essential tools to better understand American politics, diplomacy and policy, and the struggle to implement democracy domestically and internationally in the first two-thirds of the 20th century.
Publication date: 1998-05-01
Dewey code: 920
Price: $29.99
Review Anthony Powell: Journals 1990-1992 / Random House UK:Third in a series of journals, this book includes the author's memories of Evelyn Waugh, Philip Larkin, John Betjamin, Kingsley Amis, and Marlene Dietrich.
Creator: Christopher (Narrator)
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2008-12-01
Dewey code: 809
List Price: $160.00
Price: $160.00
Review Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story (Library) / Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc.:Bakers best-selling classic brings into sharp focus one of the titans of 20th-century American literature, a writer of powerful mystique whose life itself was the stuff of legend.
Publication date: 2007-03-30
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $185.50
Price: $165.82
Review Poets & Playwrights / Mitchell Lane Publishers:
Publication date: 2006-08-22
Dewey code: 609
List Price: $12.95
Price: $168.60
Review A Mindful Life: A brain surgeon's personal experiences and philosophical reflections on living fully / Blue Sun Press:BEFORE YOU FACE DEATH, FIND LIFE. What if you had to potentially face death every day? You might just look at your own life quite differently. By working to cheat death with every medical means at his disposal, neurosurgeon Dr. Vivekanand Palavali has put forward a new way to live. Welcome to the world of a neurosurgeon - a world ripped apart by horrifying accidents, brain tumors, gunshots and strokes. Dr. Palavali immerses you in the grief and triumph of families struggling to deal with parents, children and spouses on the verge of death. In a series of powerful true stories, he walks you through his own awakening to the fragility of life. By overcoming his own fear of death, a journey he openly shares in the pages of this amazing book, Dr. Palavali has been given unique insights on life. [+]His message of how to find and keep real happiness is both uplifting and vital in a world that seems increasingly beyond comprehension.
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