Creator: Mktg Services
Edition: 35th
Publication date: 2003-09
Dewey code: 371
List Price: $865.00
Price: $865.00
Review National Faculty Directory / Gale Group:
Authors
- Robert Crocker
- Richard Ward
- Sarah Hutton
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2000-01-31
Dewey code: 192
List Price: $217.00
Price: $144.72
Review The Life of Henry More - Parts 1 and 2 (ARCHIVES INTERNATIONALES D'HISTOIRE DES IDEES/) / Springer:The Cambridge Platonist, Henry More (1614-1687), was a dominant figure on the seventeenth-century intellectual scene. His life spanned both the political revolutions of the English Civil War and its aftermath and the intellectual revolution in seventeenth-century science and philosophy. More was highly regarded in his own day as a metaphysician, although the combination of receptivity to the new (such as his admiration of Galileo, Descartes and Boyle) and defence of traditional thinking (notably his belief in witchcraft) makes him a difficult figure to assess today. The heterodoxy of his theological views notwithstanding, More was an important spokesman for moderation within the Anglican Church after the Restoration, and a key figure in the Latitudinarian movement. Richard Ward's Life of Henry More is the only biographical account of him by one of his contemporaries. Ward's almost hagiographical tone is ample testimony to the high regard in which More was held by his admirers. Ward's Life is an important document of intellectual and cultural history which testifies to the continuing impact of More's ideas in the Enlightenment. Among other topics, Ward's biography registers the impact of Quakerism in the late seventeenth century and includes important details about More's `heroine pupil', Anne Conway. The present edition prints both the only modern edition of the printed part of Ward's Account first published in 1710, together with the manuscript Account of More's writings which is published here for the first time.
Publication date: 1996-11
Dewey code: 622.3382092
Price: $32.95
Review "King of the Wildcatters": The Life and Times of Tom Slick, 1883-1930 (Kenneth E. Montague Series in Oil and Business History, No 9) / Texas A&M University Press:Tom Slick was a legend among the "independents"-those who hunted for oil the way mountain men hunted for furs. Ray Miles traces the growth of Slick's career and the modern petroleum industry, including the oil conservation movement, of which Slick was an early proponent. He examines the first generation of oilmen who sought fortunes in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas and looks at Slick's unique hands-on business style of brokering on street corners and eschewing stockholders and board members. In 1929, Slick sold his Oklahoma holdings in the Prairie Oil and Gas Company-the largest sale of oil properties by an individual to that date. ". Miles gives us a highly readable biography of an intriguing person and a welcome addition to the history of oil's first century. "-Southwestern Historical Quarterly ". [+]an informative and well-written account of the life of one of the most successful and best known independents of an earlier time. It belongs on the shelf of any reader with special interest in the histories of the domestic oil industry and of Oklahoma. "-Western Historical Quarterly.
Publication date: 2006-11-30
Dewey code: 941.073092
List Price: $149.95
Price: $149.95
Review A Life of John Julius Angerstein, 1735-1823: Widening Circles in Finance, Philanthropy and the Arts in Eighteenth Century London / Edwin Mellen Press:This is the first full-length biography of John Julius Angerstein, who was a considerable figure in the City of London and far beyond during the period 1770-1820. With increasing wealth and influence, he supported and founded charities, collected art, and was later a shipowner who raised the long-term finance which helped the British Government fund the Napoleonic Wars. With no successors to carry on his business, his achievements and his friendships with well known figures have been mostly forgotten.
Creator: Thomas Starzl
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1998-08-31
Dewey code: 616.462
List Price: $151.00
Price: $149.47
Review Strength and Compassion in Kidney Failure: Writings of Mildred Barry Friedman, Professional Kidney Patient / Springer:Written from the perspective of the joy of celebrating life rather than lamenting the scourge of chronic illness, this collection of medical columns, short stories, and letters recounts the wonderful and upbeat tale of coping, surviving, and prevailing. Starting out as a medical technician, wife, and mother faced with progressive loss of sight and ambulation, Barry Friedman devised strategies for using her intellect to benefit other patients and medical professionals. Free from self pity and permeated by hope, enthusiasm, and the belief that there was much to be accomplished, Friedman proved to be a keen observer of the sense and nonsense comprising her therapeutic regimen for diabetes, Addison's disease, and renal failure. Especially helpful are Friedman's hints for dealing with the necessity of diet and time change during travel and activity while under treatment with insulin. Reading these short stories reveals a sense of humor and a glint of impish satisfaction in just being alive.
Creator: David A. Schum
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1999-02-28
Dewey code: 153.83
List Price: $183.00
Price: $144.50
Review Decision Science and Technology: Reflections on the Contributions of Ward Edwards / Springer:Decision Science and Technology is a compilation of chapters written in honor of a remarkable man, Ward Edwards. Among Ward's many contributions are two significant accomplishments, either of which would have been enough for a very distinguished career. First, Ward is the founder of behavioral decision theory. This interdisciplinary discipline addresses the question of how people actually confront decisions, as opposed to the question of how they should make decisions. Second, Ward laid the groundwork for sound normative systems by noticing which tasks humans can do well and which tasks computers should perform. This volume, organized into five parts, reflects those accomplishments and more. The book is divided into four sections: `Behavioral Decision Theory' examines theoretical descriptions and empirical findings about human decision making. `Decision Analysis' examines topics in decision analysis. `Decision in Society' explores issues in societal decision making. The final section, `Historical Notes', provides some historical perspectives on the development of the decision theory. [+]Within these sections, major, multi-disciplinary scholars in decision theory have written chapters exploring some very bold themes in the field, as an examination of the book's contents will show. The main reason for the health of the Decision Analysis field is its close links between theory and applications that have characterized it over the years. In this volume, the chapters by Barron and Barrett; Fishburn; Fryback; Keeney; Moreno, Pericchi, and Kadane; Howard; Phillips; Slovic and Gregory; Winkler; and, above all, von Winterfeldt focus on those links. Decision science originally developed out of concern with real decision problems; and applied work, such as is represented in this volume, will help the field to remain strong.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2007-03-20
Dewey code: 370.92251
List Price: $199.00
Price: $145.90
Review Portraits of Influential Chinese Educators (CERC Studies in Comparative Education) / Springer:This book conveys an understanding of China’s educational development from within. It does so through portraits of eleven influential educators whose ideas have shaped the educational reforms initiated by Deng Xiaoping in 1978. These eleven educators are portrayed in the context of their cultural heritage, families, communities and schools, offering their own deeply reflective interpretations of Chinese education. The book provides glimpses into the educational context of China’s recent move onto the world stage.
Publication date: 2002-06
Dewey code: 355
Price: $34.95
Review Cpl. Forrest Guth: 'E' Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division (WWII American Paratroopers Portrait Series, No. 1) / D-Day Publishing:"Goody" Guth is an original member of the famous "Easy" Company of the 506thPIR, the "Band of Brothers". In Normandy, Guth chose to disregard the order against taking cameras into Normandy and snapped photographs throughout the Normandy campaign leaving him with many outstanding images. With the help of these photographs and Guth's recollections it has been possible to retrace the route he took from the place he was misdropped near Utah Beach, until he reached "Easy" on the outskirts of Carentan. Guth's story is retold through many photographs, pieces of his original uniform and equipment and his personal recollections.
Publication date: 2006-08-22
Dewey code: 609
List Price: $12.95
Price: $149.90
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.
Publication date: 1999-06
List Price: $73.95
Price: $144.05
Review Aloys Fischer (1880-1937): Biographie Und Bildungstheorie (Europaische Hochschulschriften. Reihe XI, Padagogik,) / Peter Lang Publishing:
Publication date: 1987-09
Price: $25.00
Review Four Years in the Saddle / Stan Clark Military Books:
Publication date: 1999-05
Dewey code: 681
List Price: $29.95
Price: $386.95
Review Patek Philippe: Complicated Wrist Watches / Konemann:
Publication date: 1982-12
Dewey code: 359.00924
Price: $22.95
Review Sailor-Scholar (Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond, 1871-1946) / Wilfrid Laurier Univ Pr:
Authors
- Nikola Tesla
- Leland Anderson
Publication date: 1992-05
Dewey code: 621.382092
Price: $26.95
Review Nikola Tesla on His Work With Alternating Currents and Their Application to Wireless Telegraphy, Telephony and Transmission of Power: An Extended Interview / Sun:In this recently discovered transcript of a three day interview conducted in 1916, Nikola Tesla, using words and graphic illustrations, provides a step by step description of his remarkable accomplishments in the area of radio frequency engineering. In a style uniquely his own, Tesla carefully traces his work - from the first high frequency alternators constructed at his New York City Grand Street laboratory and their associated tuned circuits through the establishment of his huge broadcasting facility, the Wardenclyffe Plant, at Shoreham, Long Island. Among the variety of topics discussed are: high frequency alternators, experiments with wireless telegraphy and telephony, mechanical and electrical oscillators, the Colorado experiments, theory and technique of energy transmission, the Long Island plant, and arrangements for receiving. Seldom, in technical research, has such a treasure of descriptive commentary and historical documentation been discovered. The previously untold story found within the pages of this remarkable book has been described by the prominent Tesla researcher James Corum as a "veritable Rosetta stone" for tracing the technical thoughts of one of our most distinguished engineering scientists. Includes 61 photos and 42 line-art illustrations, many never before published.
Publication date: 1998-02
Dewey code: 338
Price: $14.00
Review Defending the Public: Milo R. Maltbie and Utility Regulation in New York / Dorrance Publishing Co.:
Publication date: 1989-04
Dewey code: 109
Price: $28.95
Review Rene Guenon and the Future of the West / Borgo Pr:René Guénon (1886-1951) is undoubtedly one of the luminaries of the twentieth century, whose critique of the modern world has stood fast against the shifting sands of recent philosophies. His oeuvre of 26 volumes is providential for the modern seeker: pointing ceaselessly to the perennial wisdom found in past cultures ranging from the Shamanistic to the Indian and Chinese, the Hellenic and Judaic, the Christian and Islamic, and including also Alchemy, Hermeticism, and other esoteric currents, at the same time it directs the reader to the deepest level of religious praxis, emphasizing the need for affiliation with a revealed tradition even while acknowledging the final identity of all spiritual paths as they approach the summit of spiritual realization. This is the only biographical introduction to Guénon currently available in English. Sophia Perennis will soon publish another biography, The Simple Life of René Guénon, written shortly after Guénon's death by his close friend and publisher Paul Chacornac. After a lonely childhood, often interrupted by ill health, Guénon navigated the seductive half-truths of occultism toward a deeper, unified vision offering a way out from the confusion and fragmentation of our time. Against the seemingly inexorable process of dissolution the twentieth century experienced, Guénon pointed to the transcendent unity of all religious faiths and the abiding Truth that contains them all.
Creator: David Nichols
Edition: Lrg
Publication date: 1987-12
Dewey code: 940.53
Price: $22.95
Review Ernie's War: The Best of Ernie Pyle's World War II Dispatches (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) / G K Hall & Co:
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1996-09
Dewey code: 385
List Price: $70.00
Price: $216.49
Review Brosnan: The Railroads' Messiah / Vantage Press:
Publication date: 1912-06
Dewey code: 355
Price: $16.00
Review Letters of Ulysses s Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister / Periodicals Service Co:
Publication date: 2007-08
Price: $147.99
Review Paul Virilio / Routledge:Paul Virilio is a challenging and original thinker whose work on technology, state power and war is increasingly relevant today. Exploring Virilio's main texts from their political and historical contexts, and case studies from contemporary culture and media in order to explain his philosophical concepts, Ian James introduces the key themes in Virlio's work, including:speedvirtualizationwarpoliticsart. As technological and scientific innovations continue to set the agenda for the present and future development of culture, communications, international economy, military intervention and diverse forms of political organization, Virilio's unique theoretical and critical insights are of enormous value and importance for anyone wishing to understand the nature of modern culture and society.
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National Faculty Directory, The Life of Henry More - Parts 1 and 2 (ARCHIVES INTERNATIONALES D'HISTOIRE DES IDEES/), "King of the Wildcatters": The Life and Times of Tom Slick, 1883-1930 (Kenneth E. Montague Series in Oil and Business History, No 9), A Life of John Julius Angerstein, 1735-1823: Widening Circles in Finance, Philanthropy and the Arts in Eighteenth Century London, Strength and Compassion in Kidney Failure: Writings of Mildred Barry Friedman, Professional Kidney Patient, Decision Science and Technology: Reflections on the Contributions of Ward Edwards, Portraits of Influential Chinese Educators (CERC Studies in Comparative Education), Cpl. Forrest Guth: 'E' Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division (WWII American Paratroopers Portrait Series, No. 1), A Mindful Life: A brain surgeon's personal experiences and philosophical reflections on living fully, Aloys Fischer (1880-1937): Biographie Und Bildungstheorie (Europaische Hochschulschriften. Reihe XI, Padagogik,), Four Years in the Saddle, Patek Philippe: Complicated Wrist Watches, Sailor-Scholar (Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond, 1871-1946), Nikola Tesla on His Work With Alternating Currents and Their Application to Wireless Telegraphy, Telephony and Transmission of Power: An Extended Interview, Defending the Public: Milo R. Maltbie and Utility Regulation in New York, Rene Guenon and the Future of the West, Ernie's War: The Best of Ernie Pyle's World War II Dispatches (G K Hall Large Print Book Series), Brosnan: The Railroads' Messiah, Letters of Ulysses s Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, Paul VirilioTop headlines: Ex-call girl Dupre: Im a normal girl: She was the tabloid sensation at the center of the sex scandal that brought down New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. 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