Publication date: 2007-12
Dewey code: 812.52
List Price: $98.00
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Review Robert E. Sherwood: The Playwright in Peace and War / University of Massachusetts Press:This is an insightful biography of a Pulitzer Prize - winning writer who struggled to reconcile his principles and his politics. One of the nation's first film critics, an acclaimed speechwriter on his own and for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a propagandist during World War II, and a leading producer on Broadway, Robert E. Sherwood scripted some of the most popular plays and films of his day, including "Waterloo Bridge", "The Best Years of Our Lives", "Idiot's Delight", "Abe Lincoln in Illinois", and "Rebecca". His work brought him four Pulitzer Prizes and an Oscar. In his personal life, however, he was driven by a deep conviction that war was a societal evil that must be eradicated and human rights a moral responsibility that all governments should protect. At times, his belief in pacifism and his commitment to defending freedom and justice came into conflict with each other, causing frustration and emotional trauma which found their way into his writings and actions. In this book, Harriet Hyman Alonso unravels Sherwood's inner struggle and portrays his political journey. Relying largely on his letters, diaries, plays, films, essays, and biography of Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins, she traces Sherwood's obsession with the world of politics and its effects on his life and art, from his experience as a soldier in World War I to the Cold War. She also describes his participation in the Algonquin Round Table, his friendships and working relationships with such notables as Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Edna Ferber, Spencer Tracy, Harry Hopkins, and Franklin D. [+]Roosevelt, his two marriages and uneasy relationship with his daughter, and his leadership role in the Broadway community. Alonso brings together history, theater and film studies, and peace studies in this interdisciplinary political biography. In the process, she illuminates major currents in U. S. foreign policy, society, and culture from 1896 to 1955 - the years of the remarkable life of Robert E. Sherwood.
Publication date: 2002-07
Dewey code: 355
List Price: $92.99
Price: $92.99
Review Memoirs of General William T. Sherman / IndyPublish.com:
Publication date: 1999-08-13
Dewey code: 347.41014092
List Price: $111.00
Price: $92.37
Review John Scott, Lord Eldon, 1751-1838: The Duty of Loyalty (Cambridge Studies in English Legal History) / Cambridge University Press:John Scott, Lord Eldon (1751-1838) was an important English lawyer and a dominant figure in Georgian public life, and ranks among the most important Lord Chancellors in the long history of that office. This biography, the first in approximately 150 years, traces Eldon's public career, from MP to Lord Chancellor. That career was significant for its duration and complexity. Eldon held public office for almost 49 years, and his 25 year tenure as Lord Chancellor is unique. This enabled him to exercise influence in almost every government between 1788-1827.
Publication date: 2007-04-23
Dewey code: 160.92
List Price: $139.00
Price: $97.30
Review Logic and Ontology in the Syllogistic of Robert Kilwardby (Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters) / BRILL:The first full-length study of Robert Kilwardby's commentary on Aristotle's Prior Analytics, based on a study of the medieval manuscripts.
Creator: John S. Minard
Publication date: 1992-09
Dewey code: 355
Price: $26.00
Review Sketches of Border Adventures in the Life and Times of Major Moses Van Campen / Zebrowski Historical Services:This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Creator: Alan Dainard
Publication date: 2005-02-28
Dewey code: 109
List Price: $131.00
Price: $112.50
Review Correspondance Generale d'Helvetius, Vol. 5 / University of Toronto Press:This fifth and final volume completes the critical edition of the letters of French philosopher Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715?1771), author of the controversial De l'Esprit (1758), and of his wife, née Anne Catherine de Ligniville (1722?1800), who ran her own salon in Auteuil after her husband's death. The essential component in this last volume is the detailed index ? an indispensable instrument for researchers who wish to make full use of the correspondence. The volume also includes four new letters discovered since the appearance of the first four volumes, errata, additions and modifications to the critical apparatus, the text of letters excluded from the edition proper, genealogies of the families of Helvétius and his wife, and a chronological list of all letters mentioned in the edition. The previous volumes of this edition have enjoyed international acclaim. "All students of the French Enlightenment will be deeply indebted to D. W. Smith and his team for this superbly conceived and organized collaborative achievement. When complete the Toronto Helvétius will rank among the truly outstanding examples of twentieth-century editorial and bibliographical scholarship. " (David Williams, French Studies).
Publication date: 2002-07
Dewey code: 509
List Price: $92.99
Price: $92.99
Review Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin / IndyPublish.com:"It was in the world in the commerce of friendship by his brave attitude towards life by his high moral value and unwearied intellectual effort that he struck the minds of his contemporaries?"
Creator: Richard Bailey
Publication date: 2007-01-15
Dewey code: 370.92
List Price: $111.55
Price: $97.17
Review Maria Montessori (Continuum Library of Educational Thought, Volume 7) / Continuum:Maria Montessori is indisputably a major thinker in education. Marion O'Donnell's volume offers the most coherent account of Montessori's educational thought. This work is divided into: intellectual biography, critical exposition of Montessori's work, and, the reception and influence of Montessori's work and the relevance of the work today. This is a major international reference series providing comprehensive accounts of the work of seminal educational thinkers from a variety of periods, disciplines and traditions. It is the most ambitious and prestigious such project ever published - a definitive resource for at least a generation. The thinkers include: Aquinas, Aristotle, Bourdieu, Bruner, Dewey, Foucault, Freire, Holt, Kant, Locke, Montessori, Neill, Newman, Owen, Peters, Piaget, Plato, Rousseau, Steiner, Vygotsky, West and Wollstonecraft.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2008-03-30
Dewey code: 954
List Price: $100.00
Price: $92.90
Review The Prison and the World - An Intellectual Biography of M.N. Roy (Pathfinders) / Routledge India:
Publication date: 1989-12
Dewey code: 973.917092
Price: $35.00
Review Dark Horse: A Biography of Wendell Wilkie / University Press of Kansas:Wendell Willkie never held a public office, yet he nearly became President of the United States. A registered Democrat until the fall of 1939, he captured the Republican party's nomination less than a year later. It was, by all accounts, a meteoric rise - to win the nomination Willkie defeated such party stalwarts as Thomas Dewey, Robert Taft, and Arthur Vandenberg. These Republican front-runners had been insisting that the war in Europe wasn't a national concern since two oceans protected the US from the aggressors, while for months Willkie had warned of the danger of a Europe controlled by fascists. Almost overnight Willkie moved the Republican party out of its hidebound isolationism and sent a message to the world that Americans stood together against Axis aggression. Roosevelt, although recognizing Willkie as a formidable political opponent, called his nomination a "godsend" because it finally brought national unity. Roosevelt's election to a third term - and Willkie's defeat - turned out to be the closest presidential race in a generation. Despite his defeat, Willkie grew in stature, becoming Roosevelt's special envoy during World War II, first to London during the Blitz and later to the Middle East, to Russia and to China. On the home front Willkie became the conscience of American politics, speaking out against isolationism, imperialism, and the persecution of minorities.
Publication date: 2004-11-30
Dewey code: 230.044092
List Price: $99.95
Price: $139.67
Review Karl Barth: Theologian of Christian Witness (Great Theologians Series) / Ashgate Publishing:The thought of Karl Barth (1886-1968) has undergone a remarkable renewal of interest in the past twenty years. Joseph Mangina's Karl Barth: Theologian of Christian Witness offers a concise, accessible guide to this important Christian thinker. Uniquely among introductions to Barth, it also highlights his significance for Christian ecumenism. The first chapter describes Barth's extraordinary life, from his youthful break with liberalism during the First World War, to his mature theology in the Church Dogmatics. Subsequent chapters offer a detailed reading of this magisterial work, and place Barth in dialogue with five contemporary thinkers: George Lindbeck on revelation, Michael Wyschogrod on election, Stanley Hauerwas on creation, Robert Jenson on reconciliation, and Henri de Lubac on the church. These ecumenical conversations not only set Barth's thinking in greater relief, but serve to demonstrate its continuing theological fruitfulness. The book concludes by examining Barth's wider significance for the church in our time.
Publication date: 2003-12
Dewey code: 070.92
List Price: $109.95
Price: $160.00
Review The Life and Times of Edward H. Butler, Founder of the Buffalo News (1850-1914): A Crusading Journalist Navigates the Gilded Age (Mellen Studies in Journalism, 5) / Edwin Mellen Press:This work shows that Edward H. Butler was emblematic of the late 19th-century new journalists who built the modern press by wrenching civic discourse from its narrow partisan roots and carving out vital new cultural, social, economic and political roles for newspapers.
Authors
- George Tucker
- James Fieser
Dewey code: 191
List Price: $840.00
Price: $836.01
Review The Life And Philosophy Of George Tucker (History of American Thought) / Thoemmes Press:George Tucker (1775-1861) is particularly interesting and unusual among 19th-century American philosophers. An attorney and Congressman from Virginia, Tucker had a bent towards original thinking, which he expressed in a range of literary genres. He wrote the first biography of Thomas Jefferson, one of the first major histories of the United States, the first science fiction novel about the moon (Volume 3 in this collection), and the first southern US novel. He also wrote several influential books in economic thought and was a vocal opponent of slavery. While in Congress, he published a collection of essays on philosophical and political subjects, which attracted the attention of Jefferson who subsequently appointed him as the first professor of moral philosophy at the University of Virginia. Tucker believed that the state of philosophy in the United States was largely undeveloped and he attempted to address this deficiency. Near the end of his life he published a collection of pamphlets, lectures and essays on philosophy that he had written throughout his career. His essays grapple with many of the central problems of philosophy - such as the existence of the external world - in a.
Authors
- W Michael Munion
- Jeffrey K Zeig
Publication date: 1999-09-14
Dewey code: 616.89162
List Price: $125.00
Price: $121.00
Review Milton H Erickson (Key Figures in Counselling and Psychotherapy series) / Sage Publications Ltd:Milton H Erickson provides a unique insight into the life and experiences of this influential figure, and a clear account of his specific contributions to psychotherapy, both theoretical and practical. Erickson was the dominant force in legitimizing the use of clinical hypnosis. Through his research and practice, he developed a scientific understanding of hypnotic phenomena and devised many novel clinical applications. He took the view that psychotherapy should be formulated to meet the uniqueness of an individual's strengths and needs, rather than tailoring the person to fit a particular theoretical approach. His directive and strategic interventions contributed substantially to the development of brief therapy approaches such as strategic therapy, solution-focused therapy, and the interactional approach. This accessible book will give anyone with an interest in the field a valuable overview of Erickson's life, work and continuing influence upon psychotherapy and counselling today.
Publication date: 2001-07
Dewey code: 508.0922
Price: $11.47
Review Four Against the Odds: The Struggle to Save Our Environment / Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media:A look at the individuals who have fought to save the planet over the last one hundred years examines the efforts of John Muir, Rachel Carson, Chico Mendes, and Lois Gibbs.
Publication date: 2007-07-30
Dewey code: 508.092
List Price: $99.95
Price: $95.95
Review Science, Politics and Business in the Work of Sir John Lubbock (Science, Technology and Culture, 1700û1945) / Ashgate Publishing:
Publication date: 2001-12
Dewey code: 942.370092
Price: $25.95
Review Tangye / Book Guild Ltd:Best known as the author of The Minack Chronicles, this is a double biography of Derek Tangye and his wife, Jean. The book creates a picture of two people who lead fascinating yet somehow unfulfilled lives until they meet and marry in 1943.
Publication date: 1991-04
Dewey code: 940.545941092
Price: $30.00
Review From Arctic Snow to Dust of Normandy / Sutton Pub Ltd:
Publication date: 1995-05-15
Dewey code: 509
Price: $4.99
Review Angle of Attack / Random House Value Publishing:
Authors
- Carey Spearman
- James D. Criswell
Publication date: 2000-03-01
Dewey code: 959.7043373
Price: $17.95
Review Vietnam Veterans' Homecoming: Crossing the Line / Truman Publishing Company:Vietnam Veterans' Homecoming: Crossing the Line is a thoughful and moving account of the impact that the Vietnam War had on one veteran's life. Medic Carey Spearman's emotional message will resonate in the hearts and souls of each and every veteran that picks up this book, and enlighten anyone that did not live through the war. Carey Spearman has come home, and his journey will quickly become the journey of those who read his book. In a sequence of profound meditations, rich in poetry and deep in spirituality, Spearman draws insights from his experiences as a medic in Vietnam, and as a veteran returning home. Insights which emphasize not so much the uniqueness of his own encounters and feelings but the mighty common bonds which unite the courageous men and women who served this country during its longest war. Crossing the Line, without pretense or political agenda, reveals page after page that those who fought in Vietnam had to be heroes twice; first in war, and then again as veterans returning home to a society that all too often failed to appreciate or understand the enormity of their sacrifices on so many different levels. Crossing the Line is not just the story of one man, it sets down in meaningful terms the experience of an entire generation. It is a powerful testimony to the far-reaching effects of the Vietnam War on virtually all aspects of American life.
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Robert E. Sherwood: The Playwright in Peace and War, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, John Scott, Lord Eldon, 1751-1838: The Duty of Loyalty (Cambridge Studies in English Legal History), Logic and Ontology in the Syllogistic of Robert Kilwardby (Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters), Sketches of Border Adventures in the Life and Times of Major Moses Van Campen, Correspondance Generale d'Helvetius, Vol. 5, Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin, Maria Montessori (Continuum Library of Educational Thought, Volume 7), The Prison and the World - An Intellectual Biography of M.N. Roy (Pathfinders), Dark Horse: A Biography of Wendell Wilkie, Karl Barth: Theologian of Christian Witness (Great Theologians Series), The Life and Times of Edward H. Butler, Founder of the Buffalo News (1850-1914): A Crusading Journalist Navigates the Gilded Age (Mellen Studies in Journalism, 5), The Life And Philosophy Of George Tucker (History of American Thought), Milton H Erickson (Key Figures in Counselling and Psychotherapy series), Four Against the Odds: The Struggle to Save Our Environment, Science, Politics and Business in the Work of Sir John Lubbock (Science, Technology and Culture, 1700û1945), Tangye, From Arctic Snow to Dust of Normandy, Angle of Attack, Vietnam Veterans' Homecoming: Crossing the LineTop headlines: Solar car completes first round-the-world trip: The first solar-powered car to travel around the world ended its journey at the U.N. climate talks Thursday, arriving with the message that clean technologies are available now to stop global warming. ›13:48 4 Dec, Thu Newsweek: Gore on carbon, coal and illusion: ›15:24 2 Dec, Tue Judges reject Alaska offshore drilling plan: Federal regulators improperly granted Shell Oil permission for exploratory drilling in Alaska's Beaufort Sea, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. ›17:08 21 Nov, Fri I'll drink to that: Prohibition repeal turns 75: With wraiths of the 1930s seemingly lurking around every corner Stock panic! 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