Creator: Carol Barker
Publication date: 1987-05-31
Review The Life of the Buddha (Religious stories) / Hodder Wayland:
Publication date: 1994-04
Dewey code: 970.015
Price: $24.26
Review Christopher Columbus: The Discovery of the Americas (Beyond the Horizon) / Heinemann Library:Introduces the background, voyages, discoveries, and historical significance of Christopher Columbus.
Creator: Jurgen Renn
Publication date: 2005-10-25
Price: $127.45
Review Albert Einstein Ingenieur Des Universums: Einsteins Leben Und Werk Im Kontext Und Dokumente Eines Lebenswegs / Wiley-VCH:In 1905, Albert Einstein published five scientific articles which fundamentally changed the world-view of physics: the theory of Special Relativity revolutionized our concept of space and time, E=mc became the best-known equation in physics. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Einstein's "annus mirabilis" 1905, the UNESCO declared the year 2005 the "World Year of Physics" in order to draw attention to the impact of physics. The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science dedicates an exhibition to the easily most important scientist of the 20th century. The exhibition is accompanied by a two-volume catalogue. The elaborate, four-color first volume ("Albert Einstein, Chief Engineer of the Universe: Einstein's Life and Work in Context") mirrors the structure of the exhibition, containing detailed, easy-to-understand information on the three large exhibition areas - World-view and discovery - Einstein - his life - Einstein's world today. On the basis of Einstein's innovative theoretical work, the text explains changing historical world-views as well as the conditions under which science develops, shedding light on the bumpy path of Einstein's life and the political and social revolutions which formed its background. This bridge between scientific and cultural history opens up a perspective on Einstein's biography which goes far beyond the traditional picture of the exceptional science genius. The book concludes with a depiction of the effects of Einstein's work on today's science and culture. A DVD with animations and film sequences from the exhibition is enclosed. The catalogue is accompanied by a second volume, a bilingual collection of source material ("Documents of a Life's Pathway"/"Dokumente eines Lebensweges"). [+]Letters and manuscripts by Einstein as well as photographs of people and objects are reproduced in high quality and invite the reader to study the exhibition's source documents more intensively.
Publication date: 1995-10-16
Dewey code: 347.732634
List Price: $90.00
Price: $161.66
Review The Papers of John Marshall: Vol. VIII: Correspondence, Papers, and Selected Judicial Opinions, March 1814-December 1819 (Papers of John Marshall) / The University of North Carolina Press:The 1819 term of the Supreme Court stands preeminent in John Marshall's chief justiceship as the year of three major constitutional pronouncements: Dartmouth College v. Woodward, Sturgis v. Crowninshield, and McCulloch v. Maryland. This volume, covering 1814 to 1819, reproduces these and other important Marshall opinions given in the Supreme Court and the U. S. Circuit Court for Virginia. Also included are a series of essays Marshall wrote to answer critics of the McCulloch v. Maryland decision. In addition to papers concerning judicial business, this volume includes personal correspondence that sheds light on Marshall's private interests and family life.
Publication date: 1964
Review The Adams Papers - Diary & Autobiography of John Adams - 4 Volume Set / Atheneum:
Publication date: 2002-12
Dewey code: 270.2092
List Price: $95.95
Price: $186.87
Review A Companion to the Confessions of St. Augustine / Peter Lang Publishing:
Publication date: 2001-02-01
Dewey code: 943.086092
Review Adolf Hitler / ABC-CLIO Ltd:The story of Hitler's rise to power as leader of Germany, the destruction of democracy and civilized values in a great nation, together with World War II, for which he bears the principal responsibility, provide a painful historical lesson. The Hitler regime warns us of the destruction that ensues when a perverted ideology and a cult of leadership are combined with a polity where power is divorced from morality.
Creator: Stewart Spencer
Publication date: 1991-11-28
Dewey code: 782.1092
List Price: $250.00
Price: $149.34
Review Richard Wagner: Theory and Theatre / Oxford University Press, USA:Richard Wagner has come to be seen as the quintessential artist of the nineteenth century. Borchmeyer here provides the first systematic and comprehensive account of Wagner's aesthetic theory, examining his hitherto neglected prose writings and his ideas on music drama from the various standpoints of literature, the linking of ideas, and the sociology of art. The preeminent importance for Wagner of classical Greek art and mythology emerges with particular clarity, while his links with the great figures and forms of world theatre- Shakespeare, the commedia dell'arte, the popular theatre, and the puppet theatre-are traced in detail. The influence on Wagner of the historical and social novel is also discussed. The author provides the first comprehensive analysis of Cosima Wagner's Diaries, and throws unexpected sidelights on Wagner's relationship with Nietzsche, in particular his important contribution to Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy.
Creator: Michael Burlingame
Publication date: 2002-02-05
Dewey code: 973.7092
Price: $34.95
Review "Lincoln's Humor" and Other Essays / University of Illinois Press:This volume gathers the best previously unpublished and uncollected writings on Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln scholarship by one of his great biographers, Benjamin P. Thomas. A skilled historian and a masterful storyteller himself, Thomas was widely regarded as the greatest Lincoln historian of his generation. With these essays, he combines historical depth with narrative grace in delineating Lincoln's qualities as a humorist, lawyer, and politician. From colorful tall tales to clever barbs aimed at political opponents, Lincoln clothed a shrewd wit in a homespun, backwoods vernacular. He used humor to defuse tension, illuminate a point, put others at ease-and sometimes for sheer fun. From an early reliance on broad humor and ridicule in speeches and on the stump, Lincoln's style shifted in 1854 to a more serious vein in which humor came primarily to elucidate an argument. "If I did not laugh occasionally I should die," he is said to have told his cabinet, "and you need this medicine as much as I do. "Thomas brings his deep knowledge of Lincoln to essays on the great man's tumultuous career in Congress, his work as a lawyer, his experiences in the Courts, and his opinions of the South. A gracious survey of Lincoln's early biographers, particularly Ida Tarbell, stands alongside an appreciation of Harry Edward Pratt, a key figure in the early days of the Abraham Lincoln Association. [+]Thomas also assesses Lincoln's use of language and the ongoing significance of the Gettysburg Address. This diverse collection is enhanced by an introduction by Michael Burlingame, himself a leading biographer of Lincoln. Burlingame provides a balanced portrait of Thomas and his circuitous path toward writing history.
Publication date: 1992-07
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $150.00
Price: $150.00
Review The Life of John Adams: Begun by John Quincy Adams (Bcl1 - U. S. History Series) / Reprint Services Corp:
Publication date: 1984-11
Dewey code: 784.5400924
Price: $17.95
Review King!: When Elvis Sang the Songs That Rocked the World / Proteus Pr:
Creator: Malcolm Green
Publication date: 1994-06
Dewey code: 150.1952
Price: $55.00
Review Object-Choice (All You Need Is Love... : on Mating Strategies & a Fragment of a Freud Biography) / Verso Books:
Publication date: 2003-10
Price: $48.99
Review The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus / IndyPublish.com:
Publication date: 2002-03-20
Dewey code: 944.0816092
List Price: $129.95
Price: $127.21
Review Jean Moulin, 1899-1943: The French Resistance and the Republic / Palgrave Macmillan:Jean Moulin is a universally recognized French hero, celebrated as the delegate of General de Gaulle to Nazi-occupied France in 1942-43 and founder of the National Resistance Council in May 1943. He is known for defiance of the German invaders in June 1940 and for his death in the hands of Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie in July 1943. This book is the first fully-documented account in English of his republican background, his resistance activities, and his death and reputation.
Publication date: 1998-09
Review Elvis / Grange Books PLC:
Authors
- Robert O. Rupp
- Robert V. Remini
Dewey code: 016.97356
List Price: $119.95
Price: $127.28
Review Andrew Jackson: A Bibliography (Bibliographies of the Presidents of the United States) / Greenwood Press:A bibliography of writings by and about the seventh President of America, this book provides information on Andrew Jackson's career, studies of both his career and personal life using manuscript and archival resources, articles, interviews, iconographic resources and government documents. The text contains a biographical essay and a chronology of significant events in Jackson's life and describes the personalities surrounding him in the political arena, in Congress, in the Supreme Court and in the presidential administration. This series offers bibliographies on every US president, from George Washington through to George Bush. This brief biography focuses more on the political career of Andrew Jackson than on his military heroism at the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812. It nevertheless provides an overview of the martial events that made Jackson's rise to the presidency possible. Robert Remini is widely touted as one of the great historians of the Jacksonian era, and Andrew Jackson is his most accessible book on the period's most intriguing figure.
Creator: Sheldon M. Novick
Edition: The Holmes Devise Memorial Ed
Publication date: 1994-01-15
Dewey code: 349.73
List Price: $225.00
Price: $145.77
Review The Collected Works of Justice Holmes: Complete Public Writings and Selected Judicial Opinions of Oliver Wendell Holmes / University Of Chicago Press:"Sure to be the standard reference for all subsequent scholarship. "—John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book Review"A critical contribution to legal literature, and definitely worth having. "—Peter J. Messitte, Trial.
Publication date: 1998-03-15
Dewey code: 294.5092
Price: $85.00
Review Gandhi's Religion: A Homespun Shawl / Palgrave Macmillan:This is the first systematic study of Mohandas Gandhi's conception of religion and of his personal practices to be based on the ninety volumes of his Collected Works. With a constant awareness of chronology, this book focuses on Gandhi's own statements, revealing the considerable development of his ideas within a lasting and consistent ideological and moral framework. This biography of Gandhi as a Hindu discloses how he was influenced by, and reacted to, Hindu traditions, and why the Hindu establishment rejected him.
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 1993-02-24
Review Martin Luther King, Jr.: Apostle of Militant Nonviolence / Palgrave Macmillan:
Publication date: 1999-08
Dewey code: 320
Price: $5.35
Review Quien Fue...? Mahatma Gandhi: Su Vida Su Lucha Y Sus Ensenanzas / Grupo Imaginador:
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