Publication date: 1981-04
Dewey code: 509.41
Price: $26.50
Review Statistics in Britain, 1865-1930: The Social Construction of Scientific Knowledge / Edinburgh Univ Pr:
Publication date: 1998-06
Dewey code: 823.6
List Price: $55.01
Price: $199.28
Review Charlotte Smith: A Critical Biography / Macmillan Pub Ltd:'. a substantial contribution to studies of women in the 'Romantic' period, lively in its detail, wide-ranging in its argument; seeing Smith as a significant judge of her own turbulent times, and as an influence on her literary successors. ' - 'Fletcher's biography is as compulsive as any novel, and it makes the reader simply long to read, and experience the redoubtable Mrs Smith at first hand. ' - Kate Saunders, New Statesman 'For those interested in wormen's lives in the 18th century, Loraine Fletcher's book is a valuable addition to a widening discussion. ' - Kathryn Hughes, Sunday Telegraph 'Sold, a legal prostitute' in marriage at fifteen, Charlotte Smith left her wastrel husband to support their children as a novelist. Combative and witty, she became a radical, controversial and very popular author at the time when the French Revolution raised high hopes of Reform; she had a lasting influence on the adolescent Jane Austen. Loraine Fletcher's vivid scholarly biography is as readable for the newcomer to the 1790s as for the specialist, tracing the embattled life in the wonderfully self-dramatising fiction.
Creator: Albert Van Helden
Publication date: 1998-09-01
Dewey code: 509.492
List Price: $322.00
Price: $195.18
Review The History of Science in the Netherlands: Survey, Themes and Reference / Brill Academic Publishers:
Publication date: 1994-11
Dewey code: 818.409
Price: $55.00
Review Private Woman, Public Person: An Account of the Life of Julia Ward Howe from 1819-1868 (Scholarship in Women's History, No 5) / Carlson Pub:
Edition: Lrg
Publication date: 1993-08
Dewey code: 828.91409
Price: $17.95
Review A Comfort of Cats (Curley Large Print Books) / Chivers North Amer:
Publication date: 2000-04
Dewey code: 941.5082092
Price: $11.95
Review My Life on the Road: The Autobiography of a Traveler / A&a Farmar:
Creator: Carl L. Bankston
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2007-01-15
Dewey code: 364.10922
List Price: $295.00
Price: $197.00
Review Notorious Lives (3-Volume Set) (Great Lives from History) / Salem Press:"Notorious Lives" is an entirely new publication continuing Salem's "Great Lives from History" series, offering more than 600 essays focusing on historically significant personages considered "notorious. " The definition of that term ranges from controversial to extremely negative and extends from ancient times to the present. There is an emphasis on their roles in historical events or their impact on law enforcement, politics, criminology, or popular culture. The focus of "Notorious Lives" is not on glorifying the individuals or their deeds but, rather, documenting their vital data, offenses, and sociohistorical impact for students of history, politics, criminal law, sociology, psychology, and related disciplines. The scope of coverage includes ancient times to the present, worldwide, with an emphasis on North America and the West, and including figures as diverse as Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, Idi Amin, Ted Bundy, and Osama Bin Laden. The set covers such disperate figures as dictator Adolf Hitler and convicted murderer Aileen Wuornos. Controversial figures - from Mao Zedong to Richard Nixon - are also included. Legendary figures, from Salome to Robin Hood, are also addressed. Personages covered are remembered not just for their infamy but also for their key historical roles. Every essay offers a biographical sketch followed by an assessment of the individual's "Impact," analyzing the individual's historical role or influence influence on politics, law and law enforcement, criminal justice, public attitudes, social reform - even legend and the arts. [+]The set therefore documents the figures who played a role in historical events, not generally covered elsewhere or from this perspective. The vast majority of individuals covered in this publication are not covered elsewhere in Salem's publications or databases. Each essay ranges from 700 to 1,200 words (roughly 1 to 3 pages) and displays standard ready-reference top matter offering easy access to biographical information including the name of the individual as it is best known; the individual's identity, including reign dates or terms of office where appropriate; a summary paragraph highlighting the individual's historical importance; the "Born" and "Died" lines list the most complete dates of birth and death available, followed by the most precise locations available. "Also known as" lists all known versions of the individual's name; "Cause of notoriety" (or, for criminals, "Major offenses") summarizes the reasons for the person's infamy; "Active" lists the date or range of years when the individual gained notoriety; "Locale" identifies the place or places where the individual was most active; and "Sentence" appears where legal action led to a conviction and sentencing. "Early Life" covers background and youth; "Career" addresses adulthood and notorious acts; "Legal Action" identifies legal response, trials, and sentencing; and the key "Impact" section indicates the person's influence on politics, law enforcement, history, or popular culture. It includes: 3 Volumes; 1,575 Pages; 200+ Sidebars; 200+ Photos; 600+ Bios; Pronunciation Guide; Bibliography; Cross-References; Chronological List of Entries; Websites; Geographical Index; Category Index; and Personages Index.
Publication date: 2001-06
Review Emilio De' Cavalieri, "Gentiluomo Romano": His Life and Letters, His Role as Superintendent of All the Arts at the Medici Court and His Musical Compositions, ... in Florence" (Historiae Musicae Cultores) / Casa Editrice Leo S.Olschki:
Publication date: 1995-11
Dewey code: 509.51
Price: $134.95
Review Science in Ancient China: Researches and Reflections (Collected Studies Series, Cs506) / Variorum:A collection of essays which presents insights into the Chinese scientific tradition and its interaction with Western science. An introductory overview and biographical assessments of Shen Kua and Wang Hsi-shan are included in the discussion.
Authors
- Margaret Wentworth Owings
Publication date: 1991
Review Margaret Wentworth Owings: Artist, and wildlife and environmental defender / Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library, Un:
Publication date: 1978-03
Dewey code: 791.430280922
Price: $29.95
Review Film Archetypes Sisters, Mistresses, Mothers, and Daughters (Dissertations on film series) / Ayer Co Pub:
Publication date: 1893
Review Kentucky pioneer women,: Columbian poems and prose sketches / Press of R. Clarke and company:
Authors
- Gladiola Branscome Harris
Review Old Trace cooking: Native American and pioneer recipes / G.B. Harris:
Publication date: 1827
Review Memoirs of eminent female writers, of all ages and countries / J. Grigg:
Creator: Inc. Marquis Who's Who
Edition: 27
Publication date: 2008-09-26
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $305.00
Price: $305.00
Review Who's Who of American Women 2008-2009 (Who's Who of American Women) / Marquis Who's Who:
Publication date: 1917
Review The sum of feminine achievement;: A critical and analytical study of woman's contribution to the intellectual progress of the world, / Stratford:
Creator: Margaret Smith
Publication date: 1995-09-14
Dewey code: 823.8
List Price: $269.00
Price: $196.37
Review The Letters of Charlotte Bronte: With a Selection of Letters by Family and Friends Volume I: 1829-1847 (Letters of Charlotte Bronte) / Oxford University Press, USA:Despite Charlotte Bronte's entreaty to her lifelong friend Ellen Nussey to burn her correspondence, very little seems to have been destroyed, and in this fully annotated edition, based as far as possible on original manuscripts, many confidential and outspoken letters are published in full for the first time. As well as Charlotte's own letters from 1829 to 1847, a handful of important letters and diary extracts by her friends and family illuminate the writer's correspondence. This volume covers the period from her childhood up to the publication and review of Jane Eyre.
Publication date: 1965
Review Keepers of memories;: [biographical sketches of Confederate widows living in North Carolina today, 1961-1965, plus other related features]:
Publication date: 1980-10
Dewey code: 947.08410924
Price: $65.00
Review Aleksandra Kollontai: Socialism, Feminism and the Bolshevik Revolution / Stanford Univ Pr:
Publication date: 1997
Review Dallas County: A record of its pioneers and progress : being a supplement to John Henry Brown's History of Dallas County (1887) with correction of some ... about early settlers and their families / Higginson Bk. Co:
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Statistics in Britain, 1865-1930: The Social Construction of Scientific Knowledge, Charlotte Smith: A Critical Biography, The History of Science in the Netherlands: Survey, Themes and Reference, Private Woman, Public Person: An Account of the Life of Julia Ward Howe from 1819-1868 (Scholarship in Women's History, No 5), A Comfort of Cats (Curley Large Print Books), My Life on the Road: The Autobiography of a Traveler, Notorious Lives (3-Volume Set) (Great Lives from History), Emilio De' Cavalieri, "Gentiluomo Romano": His Life and Letters, His Role as Superintendent of All the Arts at the Medici Court and His Musical Compositions, ... in Florence" (Historiae Musicae Cultores), Science in Ancient China: Researches and Reflections (Collected Studies Series, Cs506), Margaret Wentworth Owings: Artist, and wildlife and environmental defender, Film Archetypes Sisters, Mistresses, Mothers, and Daughters (Dissertations on film series), Kentucky pioneer women,: Columbian poems and prose sketches, Old Trace cooking: Native American and pioneer recipes, Memoirs of eminent female writers, of all ages and countries, Who's Who of American Women 2008-2009 (Who's Who of American Women), The sum of feminine achievement;: A critical and analytical study of woman's contribution to the intellectual progress of the world,, The Letters of Charlotte Bronte: With a Selection of Letters by Family and Friends Volume I: 1829-1847 (Letters of Charlotte Bronte), Keepers of memories;: [biographical sketches of Confederate widows living in North Carolina today, 1961-1965, plus other related features], Aleksandra Kollontai: Socialism, Feminism and the Bolshevik Revolution, Dallas County: A record of its pioneers and progress : being a supplement to John Henry Brown's History of Dallas County (1887) with correction of some ... about early settlers and their familiesTop headlines: John Updike: Laureate of bad sex: The author won a lifetime achievement award from judges of Britain's Bad Sex in Fiction Prize, which celebrates crude, tasteless or ridiculous sexual passages in modern literature. ›21:15 25 Nov, Tue 'Obama cookie' bringing in a lot of dough: Want an example of the change Barack Obama is bringing? 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