Publication date: 1993-02
Dewey code: 509
List Price: $134.95
Price: $130.95
Review Newton, His Friends and His Foes (Collected Studies) / Ashgate Publishing:Over the last 40 years, Professor Hall has been a contributor to the "new view" of Newton, which has derived from the bringing to light and examination of Newton's vast but neglected array of manuscripts. The first studies in this volume illustrate the wealth of information these provide on the earliest phases of his discoveries in mathematics and science. In particular, they confirm the intensity and originality of Newton's investigations before and through the "anni mirabiles" of 1665-66. Further papers then deal with his relations wih contemporaries such as Hooke, Leibniz and Huyghens, again using unpublished manuscript material, and with the developing influence of his work.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1998-09-30
Dewey code: 940.546747
List Price: $170.00
Price: $141.44
Review Fallen Soviet Generals: Soviet General Officers Killed in Battle, 1941-1945 (Cass Series on Soviet Military Institutions, 1) / Routledge:No war has caused greater suffering than World War II on Germany's Eastern Front. Victory in the war cost the Red Army over 29 million casualties, whose collective fate was not properly documented. Among the many milions of soldiers who made up that toll, was a number of Red Army general officers. Many of them perished on the battlefield or in prison camps at the hands of their German tormentors. Others fell victim to Stalinist oppression. Aleksander Maslov memorializes these victims using formerly secret Soviet archival materials and interviews with families of the victims.
Publication date: 2002-02
Dewey code: 355
Price: $25.99
Review The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1665 N.S (Diary of Samuel Pepys) / IndyPublish.com:
Authors
- Erika J. Fischer
- Heinz-Dietrich Fischer
Dewey code: 070
List Price: $157.00
Price: $157.00
Review Complete Biographical Encyclopedia of Pulitzer Prize Winners 1917-2000: Journalists, Writers and Composers on Their Ways to the Coverted Awards (Pulitzer Prize Archive) / K. G. Saur:
Publication date: 2006-07-24
Dewey code: 194
List Price: $156.00
Price: $140.58
Review Jacques Derrida: A Biography / Continuum:At the time of his death in 2004, Jacques Derrida was arguably the most influential and the most controversial thinker in contemporary philosophy. Deconstruction, the movement that he founded, has received as much criticism as admiration and provoked one of the most contentious philosophical debates of the twentieth century. Derrida's contribution to European and American literary and philosophical culture was enormous and a comprehensive overview of his extraordinary life and work is long overdue. "Jacques Derrida: A Biography" offers, for the first time, a complete biographical overview of this important philosopher, drawing on Derrida's own accounts of his life, as well as the narratives of friends and colleagues. Powell explores Derrida's early life in Algeria, his higher education in Paris and his development as a thinker, before examining the extraordinary influence of his published works and the celebrity status that he achieved in both Europe and the USA. Powell goes on to explore the crisis Derrida faced toward the end of the 1970s, when structuralism was waning, and his renewed efforts to create a public forum for deconstruction, often in the face of fierce criticism from the popular press. He concludes with an account of his last years and publications, which are both reflective and more assertive in their commentary on the times in which we live, bringing to light his thoughts on fame, life, and death. "Jacques Derrida: A Biography" provides an essential and engaging account of this major philosopher's remarkable life and work.
Creator: Dennis Griffiths
Publication date: 1993-01-15
Dewey code: 072.09
List Price: $185.95
Price: $185.95
Review The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422-1992 / Palgrave Macmillan:The Encyclopedia of the British Press is a long awaited reference book, invaluable for journalists, historians and anyone interested in the history of newspapers. It contains biographies of editors, journalists, press magnates and other people with a formative influence on the British Press since 1422. Together they form a rich archive with entries covering a wide range of people: famous newspaper dynasties such as the Aitkens, Berrys and Harmsworths; newspaper giants, such as Caxton, and Daniel Defoe, regarded by many as the "father of English journalism"; and at the other end of the spectrum low-life characters such as the nineteenth century editor, Charles Westmacott, who used his paper as a vehicle for blackmail, and Henry Bate, known as the 'fighting parson' for the duels he fought whilst editor of the Morning Post. Entries on newspapers include all the present nationals and regionals, as well as many historical papers, such as the Pall Mall Gazette, North Briton, Daily Courant, Charles Dickens' Household Words and The Review, launched in 1713, which was the first paper to offer opinion on political affairs - the forerunner of modern editorials. The encyclopedia opens with a series of six definitive essays charting the long and chequered career of the British Press from 1476 when William Caxton set up the first press in Westminster, and his apprentice Wynkyn de Worde started the first printing business in Fleet Street.
Authors
- John Patrick Teahan
- Grace Keenan Prince
Dewey code: 940.4144
Price: $38.95
Review Diary Kid / Oberon Pr:
Creator: Thomas Starzl
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1998-08-31
Dewey code: 616.462
List Price: $151.00
Price: $142.77
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.
Publication date: 1994-06
Dewey code: 591.0924
List Price: $136.95
Price: $136.95
Review Life of Richard Owen / Ams Pr Inc:
Publication date: 1998-07
Dewey code: 973.47092
Price: $39.95
Review The 200 Year Legacy of Stephen Decatur, 1798-1998 / Hallmark Publishing Company, Incorporated:
Publication date: 2004-06-21
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $19.95
Price: $145.19
Review From Grey Soup to Gateau / PublishAmerica:Anne Beattie was born in England in 1961 and was abandoned by her parents in a railway station at the age of seven months. Adopted by her grandparents and raised in a troubled family, she developed anorexia nervosa at the age of sixteen, and bulimia nervosa, compulsive overeating and depression over the following years. She struggled alone through her illnesses and developed a way of coping with life that has enriched her life and hopefully the lives of others. This story shows how the seeds of the eating disorders were sown, details her fight to overcome them all and is a story of hope for all those who fight similar battles.
Authors
- Egbertus Van Gulik(deceased)
Dewey code: 109
List Price: $137.00
Price: $137.00
Review Erasmus and His Books / University of Toronto Press:
Publication date: 1982-03
Dewey code: 109
List Price: $21.95
Price: $135.00
Review Jacob Boehme: Life and Doctrines / Garber Communications:
Creator: Mark Blaug
Publication date: 1992-11
Dewey code: 300
List Price: $180.00
Price: $127.40
Review Irving Fisher (1867-1947, Arthur Hadley) / Edward Elgar Publishing:
Publication date: 1993-07
Dewey code: 355
Price: $80.00
Review A Complete Life of General George A. Custer / Univ of Nebraska Pr:In the election year of 1876 the Battle of the Little Big Horn was horrifyingly fresh to opinion makers, who divided along political lines in assigning blame. The late General George A. Custer, who had been a Democrat with aspirations to high office, was more pilloried than praised by President Grant and influential editors of Republican newspapers. Coming to the defense of Custer was Frederick Whittaker, who less than six months after the disaster published this first biography of him. A Complete Life was the beginning of a legend, and Whittaker did more than anyone else except Libby Custer to make the flamboyant Boy General a permanent resident of the national consciousness. Quite aside from its contribution to the public image of Custer, this important book placed him and his associates against a concrete background of onrushing events. Drawing on newspaper reports and the general's own words, Whittaker captures the excitement of the era. In Volume 1 a boy's life in Ohio is made immediate. Then Custer's escapades as a cadet at West Point (where he was called Fanny because of his golden locks), his courtship of Judge Bacon's saucy daughter, and his singular service as a cavalryman in the Civil War are described in vivid circumstantial detail. From the first Battle of Bull Run through Gettysburg and the Virginia campaign he is seen in action, conspicuously defying death and winning promotion. [+]Volume 2 deals with Custer's fighting in the West, ending with a memorable description of his last stand at the Little Big Horn in June 1876. The introduction to Volume 1 is by Gregory J. W. Urwin, who won praise for Custer Victorious: The Civil War Battles of General George Armstrong Custer, also a Bison Book.
Authors
- Heinrich Schlange-Schoningen
Dewey code: 300
List Price: $157.00
Price: $132.55
Review Die Romische Gesellschaft Bei Galen: Biographie Und Sozialgeschichte (Untersuchungen Zur Antiken Literatur Und Geschichte, Band 65) / Walter De Gruyter Inc:Galen, as gladiator doctor in Pergamum, friend of several members of the Roman upper class, and family physician of the emperors in Rome, was well acquainted with the living conditions of all strata of Roman society of the second century A. D. For the first time, in this book all of Galen's writings are analyzed as a contribution to the social history of the Roman Empire. The author considers the special perspective offered by Galen's background, career, and motives for writing. The material is presented first following Galen's biography; the study then branches out to chapters on slavery and other overarching aspects of the world Galen knew.
Publication date: 2001-10
Dewey code: 330.092
List Price: $135.00
Price: $131.00
Review The Life and Times of J. Neville Keynes: A Beacon in the Tempest / Edward Elgar Publishing:This biography of an economist who was also a logician and administrator, is based mainly upon his virtually continuous diary. The diary provides an intimate commentary on the academic developments and conflicts in which he was closely involved as well as on his life as undergraduate, bachelor and family man. It is the insight into J. Neville Keynes personality, as well as his moral integrity as a diarist, which gives this book a particularly illuminating perspective from which to view the social and educational revolution that transformed Cambridge University during the last quarter of the 19th and the first quarter of the 20th century. "The Life and Times of J. Neville Keynes" faithfully records the shifts in, and debates on, the educational, constitutional and financial context within which the academic revolution gradually and often stormily developed and in which J. Neville Keynes played such a vital and integral part.
Publication date: 2002-03-28
Dewey code: 509.2
List Price: $228.00
Price: $137.51
Review Henry Oldenburg: Shaping the Royal Society / Oxford University Press, USA:Henry Oldenburg, born in 1619 in Bremen, Germany, first came to England as a diplomat on a mission to see Oliver Cromwell. He stayed on in England and in 1662 became the Secretary of the Royal Society, and its best known member to the entire learned world of his time. Through his extensive correspondence, now published, he disseminated the Society's ideals and methods at home and abroad. He fostered and encouraged the talents of many scientists later to be far more famous than he, including Newton, Flamsteed, Malpighi, and Leeuwenhoek with whom, as with many others, he developed real friendship. He founded and edited the Philosophical Transactions, the world's oldest scientific journal. His career sheds new light on the intellectual world of his time, especially its scientific aspects, and on the development of the Royal Society; his private life expands our knowledge of social mobility, the urban society, and the religious views of his time.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1998-10-31
Dewey code: 940.548743092
List Price: $170.00
Price: $140.23
Review The Dark Invader: Wartime Reminiscences of a German Naval Intelligence Officer (Classics of Espionage) / Routledge:This is indeed an intelligence classic- a first hand report by a top German intelligence agent sent to the still neutral United States in the First World War. Official German records, captured by British and American forces at the end of the Second World War, clearly show the colourful memoirs of the German naval officer to be accurate. Von Rintelen's orders in Berlin had called for measures to prevent the shipment of American war material to Germany's enemies. In the US, this meant buying arms to keep them from being purchased by the Allies, but it could also mean placing bombs in the hulls of ships sailing for Europe and fomenting strikes among the labour-force of American ammunition manufacturers. Captain Franz von Rintelen most likely would have kept his secrets to himself, had he been treated more tactfully when returning from years of British and American imprisonment. The memoirs, not entirely free of emotion, are therefore also an attempt to tell what Berlin stubbornly denied had happened. As might beexpected, the German Foreign Office and powerful men in the Nazi government were able to quash publication in Germany, thereby forcing von Rintelen to seek a publisher abroad. Embroiled in a bitter legal dispute with his government over financial claims arising from his activities in the US, von Rintelen wisely left the country, probably just in time to avoid arrest by the National Socialists. The officer of the Imperial German Navy now moved to London. He befriended 'Blinker' Hall, his former captor in the First World War, and asked if he could don a British uniform and join the fight against Germany.
Publication date: 2001-01
Dewey code: 355
Price: $10.95
Review Montrose / House of Stratus:
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