Publication date: 1939
Review Swedish settlements in western Illinois: With brief biographies of some of their noted men and women of Swedish descent / O.M. Nelson?]:
Authors
- Karen Sasha Anthony Tipper
Dewey code: 941.5081092
List Price: $149.95
Price: $149.95
Review A Critical Biography of Lady Jane Wilde 1821?-1896, Irish Revolutionist, Humanist, Scholar and Poet (Women's Studies (Lewiston, N.Y.), V. 34.) / Edwin Mellen Press:The focus of this study is upon a progressive woman whose broad erudition allowed her to write on a great variety of subjects. Her own life as a revolutionist and writer, and her writings about women should interest those in women's studies. As an Irish nationalist in a movement that had considerable influence on subsequent nationalist leaders like Arthur Griffin, her views in her revolutionary poems and articles are still pertinent.
Publication date: 1995-05
Dewey code: 900
Price: $50.00
Review Catherine of Braganza: Princess of Portugal Wife to Charles II / Howell Press Inc.:This is the first illustrated biography ever published about Catherine of Braganza, the seventeenth century Portugese princess and Queen of England, after whom New York City's borough of Queens is named. 76 color paintings and photos and 58 b&w engravings, drawings, and sketches.
Publication date: 1995
Review Lest we forget: The story of the men and women from Franklin County, Idaho, who served in the Second World War, 1939-1946 / [s.n.]:
Creator: Tania Calingaert
Publication date: 2002-04
Dewey code: 780
Price: $12.95
Review Celibidache / Academy Chicago Publishers:This multi-media package will appeal to those who like to read as well as those who are fond of film. Furthermore, thanks to Facets Multimedia, the film is available on DVD. The book, entitled Celibidache!, consists of essays and interviews with the composer and musical theorist. The film, produced by his son, is entitled Sergiu Celibidache's Garden and examines the many facets of his relationship to music. Perhaps the most fascinating and perplexing aspect of Celibidache's professional career was his lifelong opposition to the recording of his performances. He was, of course, a provocative and controversial maestro-contentious, impassioned and ingenious. Celibidache, a native of Moldavia in Eastern Rumania, studied music in Bucharest and then in a Berlin conservatory under the tutelage of Heinz Tiessen. He conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for the first time in 1945, while still in his 20s, as most of the established conductors were undergoing de-Nazification. Subsequently he conducted in South America, Scandinavia, France, Germany, and other countries, often working with less prestigious orchestras because of his staunch refusal to allow recording of the music he conducted, though this also allowed him to work through his own unorthodox methods. He also did a good deal of teaching. [+]Sergiu Celibidache died in 1996. The film features numerous performances of the Maestro conducting pieces composed by Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, the Maestro's beloved Bruckner, and others. Given his longstanding resistance to mechanical reproduction, these performances make the film a unique experience. Celibidache agreed to participate in the film only after constant urging by his son, the director. The film also features numerous sessions of the Maestro instructing young students.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1991-09-12
Dewey code: 509
List Price: $338.00
Price: $307.80
Review The Historical Development of Chemical Concepts (Chemists and Chemistry) / Springer:
Publication date: 1997-10-23
Dewey code: 782.1
List Price: $14.95
Price: $149.94
Review Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Ring Cycle) / Phaidon Press:Richard Wagner's vast "Der Ring des Nibelungen" cycle comprises four full-length operas ("Das Rheingold", "Die Walkure", "Siegfried" and "Gotterdammerung") and is arguably the most extraordinary achievement in the history of opera. His own libretto to the operas is an intricate system of metric patterns, imaginative metaphors and alliteration, combining to produce the music in text. This companion volume to Sabor's translations of Wagner's librettos offers essays on the meaning of the Ring, on Wagner's turbulent and fascinating life, his varied literary sources from the world of myth, the genesis of the cycle and its performance history over the last 120 years. Sabor's texts provide a line-by-line translation of the final of the opera librettos, a running commentary on the action and signals as to when each leitmotif appears. Each leitmotif is a musical theme or motif which denotes a character, emotion, object or event, and these musical themes were used by Wagner as a unifying force within his dramas. The listener following the opera with the libretto is able to pinpoint the various themes (in the Ring cycle there are 81 leitmotifs) and so increase understanding of the drama. Sabor's translation seeks to preserve the original metre and elucidate the complexities of Wagner's intricate libretto. The volumes are supplemented with scene-by-scene synopses, short discussions of each leitmotif, a discography, videography and bibliography. Translations of the four operas are available, both separately and in a boxed set with this companion volume. The operatic world is full of guides to the psyche and music (not to mention the politics) of Richard Wagner. [+]Can there possibly be an excuse for publishing another one? Indeed there is, when the insights are as fresh (or as well documented) and thoughtfully assembled as in this new companion to the Ring. Der Ring des Nibelungen: A Companion offers obscure details to lure even the most avid Wagnerite, but is brief and accessible enough to be of use to Wagnerian newcomers as well. Rudolph Sabor's survey of Wagner's life is necessarily brief, but still full of interesting details and insights, while his examination of the sources drawn on by the composer-librettist is extremely helpful. Wagner, who was fond of promoting an image of himself as a Jovian creator-in his mythos, his work supposedly sprang from his head full-blown with no preparation needed, like Athena from the pate of Jupiter-was actually a very careful researcher who used every bit of background he could find in his librettos. Interesting parallels are drawn to other works by Wagner, and there is a short but helpful explanation of what leitmotifs are and how they're used. Der Ring des Nibelungen: A Companion also looks at a number of important productions of the Ring, from the leafy and naturalistic to attempts to force-fit a Marxist interpretation on the mythic work; lists resources for further research; and includes a well-done bibliography and discography with the author's comments on each recording.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1993-05-21
Dewey code: 331.481658008996073
Price: $59.95
Review MY SOUL IS MY OWN CL / Other:"My Soul is My Own" presents the lives of early 20th-century African-American women in a unique context - their own words. The women themselves are as extraordinary as the language they use to describe their experiences within their families, in the university and subsequently in the work force at a time when academic and professional institutions rejected both women and African-Americans explicitly on the basis of gender and race. Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis, a linguist who specializes in African-American women's spoken and written narratives, offers a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the complex lives of African-American women who dared to cross the threshold of white and dominant professions. Etter-Lewis takes exception to "tradition" and challenges long-held assumptions about the study and interpretation of African-American women's lives and speech patterns. With this multidisciplinary approach, she simultaneously offers an informative and thought-provoking analysis of the content and structure of the narrative texts.
Publication date: 1986-05-01
Dewey code: 730.922
Price: $161.95
Review Contemporary American Women Sculptors / Oryx Press:This beautifully illustrated reference work is the only source of information on American women sculptors as a group. Virginia Watson-Jones presents the accomplishments of more than 350 contemporary American women sculptors through photographs of their major works and detailed information about their lives and careers. For each artist information is provided on her birthplace and birth year, education, preferred media, major exhibitions, location of work in public collections, awards, selected private collectors, professional interests other than sculpture, teaching position (if applicable), and mailing address. Each entry also includes a statement by the sculptor and her signature.
Publication date: 2004-03-31
Dewey code: 810
Price: $22.99
Review Tradition Of Women's Autobiography / Xlibris Corporation:
Publication date: 1979
Review Lester Rowntree: California native plant woman / University of California, Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office:
Publication date: 1989-01-01
List Price: $149.95
Price: $149.95
Review Ciencia, vida y espacio en Iberoamerica (3 vols.) (Estudios sobre la ciencia) (Estudios sobre la ciencia) / Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas:Las ciencias de la vida. Pensamiento y orden social. Tecnica y sociedad. Ciudad y elite del poder. Geografia, nautica y expediciones.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1999-11-03
Dewey code: 509.52
List Price: $190.00
Price: $149.63
Review Japanese Science (Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia, 25) / Routledge:This new ethnographic study of Japan's scientists looks firsthand at the career structures and organizational issues that have hampered their advancement. It provides and analysis of the problem of career mobility in science, the status quo in laboratories, as well as the problems encountered by women scientists.
Authors
- John J. Stroyls
- A. A. Al-Daffa
Dewey code: 509.17671
Price: $84.95
Review Studies in the Exact Sciences in Medieval Islam / John Wiley & Sons Inc:
Publication date: 1999-04-15
Dewey code: 780.92
List Price: $275.00
Price: $149.92
Review Satie the Bohemian: From Cabaret to Concert Hall (Oxford Monographs on Music) / Oxford University Press, USA:The composer Erik Satie (1866-1925) came of age in the bohemian sub-culture of Montmartre, with its artists' cabarets and cafes-concerts. These colorful milieux decisively shaped his aesthetic priorities and compositional strategies, from the esoteric Gymnopedies of the 1880s to the avant-garde ballets of the 1920s. Whiting makes this radical transvaluation of received artistic values more understandable by placing it in the full context of bohemian Montmartre.
Creator: Jeremiah M. G. Hackett
Publication date: 1997-08
Dewey code: 509.2
List Price: $150.00
Price: $149.98
Review Roger Bacon and the Sciences: Commemorative Essays (Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters) / Brill Academic Publishers:This volume deals with the philosophy and thought of Roger Bacon. It is an effort to bring Roger Bacon studies up to date. Attention is given to a wide range of topics: Bacon's life and works, Bacon's contribution to the trivium (language studies) and the quadrivium (scientific-mathematical studies), his notion of a science, his moral philosophy, Bacon's contribution to medicine, alchemy, astrology, Bacon's positions in physics and metaphysics, an up dated bibliography of Bacon studies and a review of the state of Bacon Manuscripts. The volume situates Roger Bacon in the context of 13th century philosophy and thought, as well as demonstrating his importance for later thinkers. It is expected that it will be a major new contribution to Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Authors
- Victoria E. Murray Pruitt
Price: $8.95
Review An Intimate Account: My Twenty-Five Year Battle Before and After the Diagnosis of Scleroderma and Periarthritis / Vantage Press:
Authors
- Charles Coulston Gillispie
Dewey code: 509.44
Price: $73.00
Review Science and Polity in France at the End of the Old Regime / Princeton Univ Pr:
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1979
Review The Origin of Science and the Science of Its Origin / Regnery/Gateway, Inc.:
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Creator: Elizabeth Ann Beaulieu
Publication date: 2006-04-30
Dewey code: 810.9928796073
List Price: $199.95
Price: $159.95
Review Writing African American Women [Two Volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Literature by and about Women of Color / Greenwood Press:African American culture is enormously diverse, and the experience of women in African American society is especially complex. Women were among the first African American writers, and works by black women writers are popular among students and general readers alike. At the same time, African American women have been oppressed, and texts by black male authors represent women in a variety of ways. The first of its kind, this encyclopedia approaches African American literature from a Women's Studies perspective, and thus significantly illuminates the African American cultural experience through literary works. Included are several hundred alphabetically arranged entries, written by numerous expert contributors. In addition to covering male and female African American authors, the encyclopedia also discusses themes, major works and characters, genres, periods, historical events, places, and other topics. Included are entries on such authors as: Maya Angelou James Baldwin Frederick Douglass Nikki Giovanni June Jordan Claude McKay Ishmael Reed Sojourner Truth Phillis Wheatley And many others. In addition, the many works discussed include: Beloved Blanche on the Lam Iknow Why the Caged Bird Sings The Men of Brewster Place Quicksand The Street Waiting to Exhale And many more. The many topical entries cover: Black Feminism Black Nationalism Conjuring Children's and Young Adult Literature Detective Fiction Epistolary Novel Motherhood Sexuality Spirituality Stereotypes And many others. Entries relate their topics to the experience of African American women and cite works for further reading. [+]Features and Benefits: Includes hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries. Draws on the work of numerous expert contributors. Includes a selected, general bibliography. Offers a range of finding aids, such as a list of entries, a guide to related topics, and an extensive index. Supports the literature curriculum by helping students analyze major writers and works. Supports the social studies curriculum by helping students use literature to understand the experience of African American women. Covers the full chronological range of African American literature. Fosters a respect for cultural diversity. Develops research skills by directing students to additional sources of information. Builds bridges between African American history, literature, and Women's Studies.
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Swedish settlements in western Illinois: With brief biographies of some of their noted men and women of Swedish descent, A Critical Biography of Lady Jane Wilde 1821?-1896, Irish Revolutionist, Humanist, Scholar and Poet (Women's Studies (Lewiston, N.Y.), V. 34.), Catherine of Braganza: Princess of Portugal Wife to Charles II, Lest we forget: The story of the men and women from Franklin County, Idaho, who served in the Second World War, 1939-1946, Celibidache, The Historical Development of Chemical Concepts (Chemists and Chemistry), Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Ring Cycle), MY SOUL IS MY OWN CL, Contemporary American Women Sculptors, Tradition Of Women's Autobiography, Lester Rowntree: California native plant woman, Ciencia, vida y espacio en Iberoamerica (3 vols.) (Estudios sobre la ciencia) (Estudios sobre la ciencia), Japanese Science (Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia, 25), Studies in the Exact Sciences in Medieval Islam, Satie the Bohemian: From Cabaret to Concert Hall (Oxford Monographs on Music), Roger Bacon and the Sciences: Commemorative Essays (Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters), An Intimate Account: My Twenty-Five Year Battle Before and After the Diagnosis of Scleroderma and Periarthritis, Science and Polity in France at the End of the Old Regime, The Origin of Science and the Science of Its Origin, Writing African American Women [Two Volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Literature by and about Women of ColorTop headlines: Facebook making Web surfing more social: Facebook is getting ready to take another stab at introducing a Beacon-like feature that allows your Facebook friends to track your Web-whereabouts with a service called Connect. ›18:26 Pilgrim's Pride files for bankruptcy protection: Pilgrims Pride Corp., the nations largest chicken producer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, hobbled by its debt load and volatile feed prices. ›19:12 Top 5 party and gift wines: Wondering what bottle to bring to the party? 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