Run time: 1980 min.
Creator: Connor O'Brien
Publication date: 1998
Review T. R.: the Last Romantic (Unabridged Audio) / Books on Tape, Inc.:The unabridged Connor O'Brien reading of H. W. Brands' excellent 1997 biography of Theodore Roosevelt. Consists of 22 cassette tapes, 90 minutes each.
Publication date: 2006-03-30
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $78.99
Price: $78.99
Review George Washington / IndyPublish.com:A pithy portrait that dismisses the 'mass of absurdities and deliberate false inventions' of some previous accounts.
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1992-03-09
Dewey code: 786.2092
List Price: $39.00
Price: $78.44
Review The Evolution of Mozart's Pianistic Style / Southern Illinois University Press:Mario R. Mercado explains Mozart’s pivotal involvement in the profound transformation of keyboard practice in the late eighteenth century as the piano supplanted the harpsichord and the keyboard instrument exchanged its former continuo role for a new solo role. After an intriguing look at Mozart’s extraordinary childhood filled with the singular experiences and opportunities that helped form his early career, Mercado examines Mozart’s early piano works and the new pianistic idioms that shaped their style. Paying particular attention to the Concerto in E-flat Major K. 271, written in 1777, which in its new level of keyboard virtuosity represents a decisive advance in pianistic style, Mercado then scrutinizes the piano genres the composer cultivated during his early maturity—the solo sonata and ensemble sonata as well as smaller solo works and the concerto. With his last two piano concertos and a group of small solo works from the final decade of his life, Mozart took the forms of his era to their limit, creating a musical transition to the nineteenth century.
Edition: Largeprint
Publication date: 1982-01
Dewey code: 973.9110924
Price: $19.95
Review Mornings on Horseback / G K Hall & Co:Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. Hailed as "a masterpiece" (John A. Gable, Newsday), it is the winner of the Los Angeles Times 1981 Book Prize for Biography and the National Book Award for Biography. Written by David McCullough, the author of Truman, this is the story of a remarkable little boy, seriously handicapped by recurrent and almost fatal asthma attacks, and his struggle to manhood: an amazing metamorphosis seen in the context of the very uncommon household in which he was raised. The father is the first Theodore Roosevelt, a figure of unbounded energy, enormously attractive and selfless, a god in the eyes of his small, frail namesake. The mother, Mittie Bulloch Roosevelt, is a Southerner and a celebrated beauty, but also considerably more, which the book makes clear as never before. There are sisters Anna and Corinne, brother Elliott (who becomes the father of Eleanor Roosevelt), and the lovely, tragic Alice Lee, TR's first love. All are brought to life to make "a beautifully told story, filled with fresh detail", wrote The New York Times Book Review. A book to be read on many levels, it is at once an enthralling story, a brilliant social history and a work of important scholarship which does away with several old myths and breaks entirely new ground. It is a book about life intensely lived, about family love and loyalty, about grief and courage, about "blessed" mornings on horseback beneath the wide blue skies of the Badlands.
Publication date: 1914
Review Theodore Roosevelt;: An autobiography / The Macmillan Company:Theodore Roosevelt’s writing has the same verve, panache, and energy as the life he lived. Perhaps no president in U. S. history—not even Jefferson—had so many opinions and intellectual interests, believed in so many causes, or worked so hard to translate his beliefs into action. A hard-headed idealist, an unabashed interventionist, a crusader on behalf of environmental preservation and against big business ”trusts,” he was also a writer of uncommon grace and passion with a gift for the memorable phrase. His autobiography, one of the two or three finest ever written by a U. S. president, abounds in exciting episodes of personal transformation and insights into the bitter politics of the day. Roosevelt was a sickly youth who steeled himself for a life of vigor, growing up surrounded by wealth in nineteenth-century Manhattan but vacationing in the West, where he rode with cowboys and learned to revere and study the natural world. His book describes his early failures in his political career and his ascent from the New York City police board to assistant secretary of the Navy where he advocated war with Spain, to his brief stint and public renown as a Rough Rider; and on to the governorship of New York, vice presidency under McKinley, and finally the presidency itself. [+]Elting Morison’s new introduction analyzes what Roosevelt has included—and not included—about his many political conflicts, his role in the acquisition of the Panama Canal, and the deaths of his wife and his mother. As everywhere in his writing, the personality of T. R. —alert, voluble, forceful, compassionate—shines forth from this book, which remains a singular study of a dynamic and, in many respects, exemplary man who was also a key figure in the Age of Reform.
Authors
- Sándor Ferenczi
- Sigmund Freud
Publication date: 2000-10-15
Dewey code: 150
List Price: $79.00
Price: $78.99
Review The Correspondence of Sigmund Freud and Sándor Ferenczi, Volume 3, 1920-1933 (Freud, Sigmund//Correspondence of Sigmund Freud and Sandor Ferenczi) / Belknap Press:This third and final volume of the correspondence between the founder of psychoanalysis and one of his most colorful disciples brings to a close Sándor Ferenczi's life and the story of one of the most important friendships in the history of psychoanalysis. This volume spans a turbulent period, beginning with the controversy over Otto Rank's The Trauma of Birth and continuing through Ferenczi's lectures in New York and his involvement in a bitter controversy with American analysts over the practice of lay analysis. On his return from America, Ferenczi's relationship with Freud deteriorated, as Freud became increasingly critical of his theoretical and clinical innovations. Their troubled friendship was further complicated by ill health-Freud's cancer of the jaw and the pernicious anemia that finally killed Ferenczi in 1933. The controversies between Freud and Ferenczi continue to this day, as psychoanalysts reassess Ferenczi's innovations, and increasingly challenge the allegations of mental illness leveled against him after his death by Freud and Ernest Jones. The correspondence, now published in its entirety, will deepen understanding of these issues and of the history of psychoanalysis as a whole.
Publication date: 1999
Dewey code: 332.6
Price: $22.95
Review Warren Buffett: Estrategias del inversor que convirtió 100 dólares en 14 billones de dólares / Gestion 2000:
Publication date: 1989-01
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $157.00
Price: $78.99
Review Herndons Life of Lincoln: The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln / Library Reprints:
Publication date: 2003-02-26
Dewey code: 970.015092
Review Christopher Columbus (Groundbreakers) / Heinemann Library:An exploration of the life and achievements of Christopher Columbus. As well as providing a full life story and analysis of his work, the author places his achievements in context by looking at the technological and historical context of the time. The title is part of a series examining the lives and achievements of important inventors and pioneers. Each volume includes: a biography illustrated with colour maps and photographs; a look at the ongoing impact of the subject's work; quotes and writings from newspapers and journals of the time; and information about rivals and the men and women who affected their life and work.
Creator: Michael Grant
Publication date: 2000-11-30
Dewey code: 791.430233092
List Price: $125.00
Price: $124.98
Review The Modern Fantastic: The Films of David Cronenberg / Praeger Publishers:In The Fly, one of Seth Brundle's experiments goes disastrously wrong, and the chimpanzee he was attempting to transport from one telepod to the other ends up in the second device, a quivering mass of flesh; the process of teleportation has turned it inside out and yet it remains in unimaginable agony alive. David Cronenberg is undoubtedly one of the great directors of transgression, violating boundaries between the subjective and the objective and, even more spectacularly, between the human and the non-human. This collection of seven critical essays explores the multifaceted nature of Cronenberg's achievement and ranges from Jonathan Crane's reassessment of Cronenberg's place within horror cinema, to Parveen Adams' intensely focused discussion of Crash. Other essays examine the place of the homoerotic body in Cronenberg's films; view M. Butterfly in relation to modern notions of literature; place the earlier work in its historical context; address the complexity and ambiguity derived from certain fundamental contrasts underpinning much of his work; and discuss some of the shortcomings of critical writings on Cronenberg. The book also includes a recent interview with the director together with a full filmography and bibliography. An important analysis for students and scholars of contemporary film and popular culture.
Publication date: 2007-09-11
List Price: $78.99
Price: $78.99
Review The Attempted Assassination of Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt / IndyPublish:From the PREFACE: "At 8:10 o'clock on the night of Oct. 14, 1912, a shot was fired the echo of which swept around the entire world in thirty minutes. An insane man attempted to end the life of the only living ex-president of the United States and the best known American. The bullet failed of its mission. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, carrying the leaden missile intended as a pellet of death in his right side, has recovered. He is spared for many more years of active service for his country. John Flammang Schrank, the mad man who fired the shot, is in the Northern Hospital for the Insane at Oshkosh, Wis. , pronounced by a commission of five alienists a paranoiac. If he recovers he will face trial for assault with intent to kill. [+]".
Publication date: 1993-09-30
Dewey code: 970.015
List Price: $91.95
Price: $91.95
Review Christopher Columbus and the Portuguese, 1476-1498 (Contributions to the Study of World History) / Greenwood Press:Although much has been written about Columbus's life in Italy and Spain, little has been written about his formative years in Portugal. This work is the first book-length analysis of Columbus's stay in Portugal and Madeira from 1476 to 1485 and his later experiences in the Portuguese islands of the Azores and the Madeiras. The work stresses the influence the Portuguese had in educating Columbus about the sea, and it depicts his famous voyage to the New World as a logical sequence of the pioneering voyages of the Portuguese in the North Atlantic and along the West Coast of Africa. The work attempts to sort legend from fact and debunks the many myths about Columbus's stays on the island of Madeira.
Publication date: 1993-03-01
Dewey code: 347.732634
Price: $7.95
Review Thurgood Marshall (Pb) (Gateway Civil Rights) / Millbrook Press:Examines the life and accomplishments of the first black judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court.
Publication date: 1961
Review Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Oth / SIGNET CLASSICS:
Publication date: 1990-09-28
List Price: $53.00
Price: $78.23
Review The Carter Presidency / University Press of America:This presidential portrait concentrates on the president and first lady, Cabinet level officials, certain intangibles such as the nature of the times, accidents and unforeseen events and presidential style and politics.
Creator: Henry R. Beasley
Publication date: 2000-12-30
Dewey code: 973.917092
List Price: $98.95
Price: $79.16
Review The Eleanor Roosevelt Encyclopedia / Greenwood Press:Perhaps the most important woman in 20th century America, Eleanor Roosevelt fascinates scholar and layperson alike. This exciting encyclopedia brings together basic information illuminating her complex career and making the interaction between her private and public lives accessible to scholars, students, and the general public. Written by scholars-including the most eminent Eleanor Roosevelt and New Deal scholars-journalists, and those who knew her, the 200 plus entries in this book provide easy access to material showing how Eleanor Roosevelt changed the First Lady's role in politics, widened opportunities for women, became a liberal leader during the Cold War era, and served as a guiding spirit at the United Nations. A unique resource, the book provides an introduction to American history through the vantage point of a woman who both represented her times and moved beyond them. Illuminating her multifaceted career, life, and relationships, The Eleanor Roosevelt Encyclopedia offers the reader an unparalleled opportunity to examine the complicated and fascinating life of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Publication date: 2000-08
Dewey code: 320.54092
Price: $26.00
Review Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X / Replica Books:Malcolm X's cultural rebirth-his improbable second coming-brims with irony. The nineties are marked by intense and often angry debates about racial authenticity and "selling out," and the participants in these debates-from politicians to filmmakers to rap artists-often draw on Malcolm's scorching rebukes to such moves. Meanwhile, Malcolm's "X" is marketed in countless business endeavors and is stylishly branded on baseball hats and T-shirts sported by every age, race, and gender. But this rampant commercialization is only a small part of Malcolm's remarkable renaissance. One of the century's most complex black leaders, he is currently blazing a new path across contemporary popular culture, and has even seared the edges of an academy that once froze him out. Thirty years after his assassination, what is it about his life and words that speaks so powerfully to so many? In Making Malcolm, Michael Eric Dyson probes the myths and meanings of Malcolm X for our time. From Spike Lee's film biography to Eugene Wolfenstein's psychobiographical study, from hip-hop culture to gender and racial politics, Dyson cuts a critical swathe through both the idolization and the vicious caricatures that have undermined appreciation of Malcolm's greatest accomplishments. The book's first section offers a boldly original and penetrating analysis of the major trends in interpreting Malcolm's legacy since his death, and the fiercely competing interests and ideologies that have shaped these trends. From mainstream books to writings published by the independent black press, Dyson identifies and examines the different "Malcolms" who have emerged in popular and academic investigations of his life and career: Malcolm as hero and saint; Malcolm as a public moralist; Malcolm as victim and vehicle of psychohistorical forces; and Malcolm as revolutionary figure. With impassioned and compelling force, Dyson argues that Malcolm was too formidable a historic figure-the movements he led too variable and contradictory, the passion and intelligence he summoned too extraordinary and disconcerting-to be viewed through any narrow cultural prism. [+]The second half of the book offers a fascinating exploration of Malcolm's relationship to a resurgent black nationalism, his influence on contemporary black filmmakers and musicians, and his use in progressive black politics. From sexism and gangsta' rap to the painful predicament of black males, from the politics of black nationalism to the possibilities of race in the Age of Clinton, Dyson's trenchant and often inspiring analysis reveals how Malcolm's legacy continues to spur debate and action today. A rare and important book, Making Malcolm casts new light not only on the life and career of a seminal black leader, but on the aspirations and passions of the growing numbers who have seized on his life for insight and inspiration.
Publication date: 1998-12
Dewey code: 813.54
List Price: $89.00
Price: $187.05
Review Abraham Lincoln : An Most Humble Instrument In The Hands of The Almighty / Agreka Tm Llc:The author depicts a Lincoln who came to believe that God would not allow the Civil War to end until slavery was abolished. It contains extensive quotes from Lincoln's diaries, letters and speeches. Itis written in a dramatic "first person. ".
Creator: M. Desai
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 1972-10-19
Review An Autobiography / Jonathan Cape:
Creator: Edward Steers
Publication date: 2009-03-06
Dewey code: 973.7092
List Price: $125.00
Price: $78.75
Review The Lincoln Assassination: The Evidence / University of Illinois Press:On April 22, 1865, Brevet Colonel H. L. Burnett was assigned to head the investigation into the murder of President Abraham Lincoln and the attempted murder of Secretary of State William H. Seward. Burnett orchestrated the collection of thousands of documents for the Military Commission’s trial of the conspirators. This deep archive of documentary evidence-consisting of letters, depositions, eyewitness accounts, investigative reports, and other documents-provides invaluable insight into the historical, cultural, and judicial context of the investigation. Only a fraction of the information presented in these documents ever made its way into the trial, and most of it has never been readily accessible. By presenting an annotated and indexed transcription of these documents, this volume offers significant new access to information on the events surrounding the assassination and a vast new store of social and political history of the Civil War era. “With tears in my eyes I think it your duty to hang every rebel caught. I feel as bad as if was my own mother or father & will be one to volunteer to try & shoot every Southern man. [+]May God have mercy on the man’s soul that done such a deed. With much Respect for our Country, I remain Weeping” -Anonymous letter, New York, April 15, 1865 “I know Booth. He was in the habit of coming to my place to shoot. He shot well, and practiced to shoot with accuracy in every possible position. He was a quick shot; always silent, reticent. ” -Deposition of Benjamin Barker, Pistol Gallery proprietor.
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