Publication date: 2003-04-10
Dewey code: 828.6
List Price: $45.00
Price: $278.33
Review Hannah More: The First Victorian / Oxford University Press, USA:Hannah More was a public figure at a time when domesticity was regarded as women's chief virtue. Her career as playwright, bluestocking, Evangelical educationalist, anti-slavery campaigner, political writer, and novelist made her one of the most influential women of her day. This is the first substantial biography of More for fifty years and the first to make extensive use of her unpublished correspondence. Anne Stott reveals her as a more lively and attractive character than previous stereotypes have suggested. She demonstrates that More was a complex and contradictory figure: a conservative who was accused of political and religious subversion, an ostensible antifeminist who opened up new opportunities for female activism.
Edition: 1. Aufl
Publication date: 1983
Review Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften / Aulis Verlag Deubner:
Publication date: 2001-08
Dewey code: 920
Price: $21.99
Review Florence Nightingale: Avenging Angel (Isis Nonfiction) / Ulverscroft Large Print Books:This study of the personality and achievements of Florence Nightingale is based on extensive research and unpublished material. She achieved fame for her leadership of a group of British nurses during the Crimean War, and afterwards she dedicated herself to promoting public health. Following a collapse at age 37, she remained bedridden for more than ten years and became one of history's most famous invalids. Hugh Small has produced a new and startling explanation of Florence Nightingale's actions, comparing the conflicting contemporary accounts of what really happened in her hospital at Scutari during the war and uncovering an official cover-up of a public health disaster for which Nightingale felt personally responsible.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1997-12-01
Dewey code: 781
List Price: $147.00
Price: $135.24
Review Oliver Holden (1765-1844) : Selected Works (Music of the New American Nation: Sacred Music from 1780 to 1820, Volume 13) / Routledge:
Publication date: 1997-04-30
Dewey code: 791.43028092
List Price: $103.95
Price: $141.66
Review Ann Sheridan: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts) / Greenwood Press:Ann Sheridan came to Hollywood in 1933 as a finalist in a beauty contest, a publicity stunt for Paramount's Search for Beauty. Of the 30 contestants who appeared in the picture and the 6 finalists whom Paramount put under contract, she was the only one to achieve stardom. Her films included Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), They Drive by Night (1940), Kings Row (1942), and Come Next Spring (1956). Through the years, she appeared on stage and on many radio and television programs. As with her film career, her broadcasting work was diverse, including appearances in dramas, comedies, talk shows, variety revues, and game shows. In 1965 she joined the cast of Another World, thus becoming one of the first movie stars to appear in a soap opera. Her role led to a prime time series, the situation comedy Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966-1967). She died during production. This reference book chronicles Ann Sheridan's fascinating life and career. The volume begins with a biography that traces her rise to stardom and her many successes in the entertainment world. [+]A chronology then summarizes the most important events in her life. The chapters that follow provide detailed information for her work in films, radio, and television. Entries are provided for each of her performances, with each entry giving cast and credit information, a plot summary, excerpts from reviews, and critical commentary. The book also includes information about recordings of Sheridan's songs, the various awards and honors that she won, and magazine covers on which she appeared. The volume also presents an extensive annotated bibliography of works about Sheridan and lists sources of archival material.
Publication date: 1996-12
Dewey code: 782.2092
List Price: $140.00
Price: $125.81
Review Peter Warlock: The Composer / Scolar Pr:Peter Warlock is one of the several pseudonyms adopted by the critic, researcher, editor and composer, Phillip Heseltine (1894-1930). Previous studies of Warlock have almost all been exclusively biographical, using the pseudonyms as evidence of a split personality and applying this and the other controversial aspects of his life-style to an evaluation of his music. Brian Collins's analysis of Warlock's work focuses on the key elements of Warlock"s compositional tecchniques and demonstrates that the early songs, often tonally adventurous and heavily influenced by Delius and van Dierden, are natural precursors to the more familiar later style. This proved more suited to the comtemplative and philosophical songs that make up the majority of his output. In analysing Warlock's choice of subject matter and the respect he accorded to the natural stresses of the texts he used, Brian Collins offers insights into the composer's motivations and acheivements. As such his book provides reading for anyone concerned with the evolution of British music in the early part of this century.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2002-03-29
Dewey code: 330.0820973
List Price: $220.00
Price: $183.02
Review Engendering Economics: Conversations With Women Economists in the United States / Routledge:By the 1950s the percentage of all economic doctorates awarded to women had dropped to a record low of less than five percent. Providing a richer understanding of the sociology of the economics profession, this book presents the oral histories of the female economists who received PhDs between 1950 and 1975. Their post-war experiences as family members, students and professionals illustrate the challenges that were faced by women, and in some cases African-Americans, in a white male dominated profession. In this way the gender ambiguities embedded in the post-war culture are examined, and current improvements needed within the profession are identified. Olsen and Emami present an impressive scope of philosophical perspectives, career paths, research interests, feminist proclivities, and observations about the profession and women's place within it. The engaging style and insightful contributions will appeal to academics and students of economics and sociology, as well as anyone interested in gender.
Creator: Myriam Chimenes
Publication date: 1999-11
Dewey code: 780.92
List Price: $99.95
Price: $125.81
Review Francis Poulenc: Music, Art and Literature (Music & Literature) (Music & Literature) (Music & Literature) / Ashgate Publishing:This collection of essays provides insights into Poulenc's world, his particular rapport with painters, writers and fellow musicians, and with the social elite who promoted his music through their salons. Contributions from international Poulenc scholars include the influence of various artists on his music, the nature of his affinity for Eluard's poetry, his response to texts by Cocteau and Bernanos, and his constant search for suitable libretti. Light is thrown on the two friendships, the first with his childhood friend Raymonde Linossier, who introduced him to the world of books, the second to his teacher Charles Koechlin, who greatly influenced his choral style. A detailed study is also provided of Poulenc's four choral works with orchestra. Finally, the reader is allowed a view of Poulenc at the microphone, not as interviewee but as radio presenter, in his 1947-1949 series of programmes, "A Batons Rompus".
Authors
- Debbie Kiley Scaling
- Meg Noonan
Publication date: 1995-04-03
Review Albatross: The True Story of a Woman's Survival at Sea / Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C:
Creator: W. & D. Downey
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1925
Review The Days I Knew / George H. Doran Company:The autobiography of Lillie Langtry, the "Jersey Lily" the English actress and international beauty of the Victorian era, admired by famous men as varied as Judge Roy Bean, Edward VII, Whistler, Walt Whitman, and Oscar Wilde, (whom she once found sleeping at her doorstep. With 19 b. w photos.
Publication date: 2002-12
Dewey code: 305.420922415
List Price: $55.00
Price: $133.57
Review Genteel Revolutionaries: Anna and Thomas Haslam and the Irish Women's Movement / Cork University Press:Quakers Anna and Thomas Haslam campaigned for social reform in the late 19th-century, and played a central role in the formation of an early Irish feminist agenda in the early 20th-century. They were born in the decade before Victoria ascended to the throne, both into Quaker families. The ethos of Quakerism was evident in all aspects of their lives. The couple married in 1854 and lived well into the 20th century. This book is both an exploration of their lives and a history of the first 40 years of feminist activism in Ireland. Thomas, an example of a Victorian polymath, wrote on birth control as early as 1868 and, in the 1870s, on prostitution and sexual morality. He published a journal on female suffrage in 1874 and continued to write on the subject until his death in 1917 at the age of 92. "Genteel Revolutionaries" traces the Haslams' work for women's suffrage from their founding of the Dublin Women's Suffrage Association in 1876 to the granting of the franchise in 1918. It looks at the campaign for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts in the 1870s, a campaign regarded at the time as disgraceful because "ladies" discussed prostitution and venereal disease, subjects they should have known nothing about. Anna was active in the movement for the education of women and was also instrumental in winning for women the right to stand as candidates in local elections. [+]She was a member of the International Council of Women from the 1880s. The Haslams corresponded with leading English intellectuals, including John Stuart Mill, and with activists such as Marie Stopes. "Genteel Revolutionaries" explores a world in which a coterie of like-minded people strove for reform in a law-abiding manner. It reveals an Ireland where people with religious and political differences worked together for a common cause and whose conservative demeanor belied their radical ideals.
Publication date: 1972
Review Just Dad: Highlights of the pioneer days in the middle west, 1867-1959 : collection of letters and writings / E.M. Ligon:
Publication date: 1884
Review Christian womanhood / H. Gannett:
Authors
- Philip S. Foner
- Josephine F. Pacheco
Dewey code: 370.8996073
Price: $51.95
Review Three Who Dared: Prudence Crandall, Margaret Douglass, Myrtilla Miner--Champions of Antebellum Black Education (Contributions in Women's Studies) / Greenwood Press:Against a pre-Civil War backdrop of violence and antagonism, three courageous women, in different parts of the country, undertook to teach black children. Prudence Crandall, Margaret Douglass, and Myrtilla Miner lived, respectively, in Connecticut, Virginia, and Washington, D. C. : they each found that racial prejudice is not limited by geography and that people will go to great lengths to prevent the teaching of blacks. Of the three schools they established, only one-in the nation's capitol-proved more or less permanent, but all three had a significant impact on American life. Because they chose to teach black children, Miner, Douglass, and Crandall all endured persecution and hardship. Foner and Pacheco's important biographical study portrays three women of unusual courage who deserve to take their places with the many brave women of nineteenth-century America.
Publication date: 2006-01
Price: $126.09
Review Hilary Putnam (Philosophy Now) / Acumen Publishing:Putnam is one of the most influential philosophers of recent times, and his authority stretches far beyond the confines of the discipline. However, there is a considerable challenge in presenting his work both accurately and accessibly. This is due to the width and diversity of his published writings and to his frequent spells of radical re-thinking. But if we are to understand how and why philosophy is developing as it is, we need to attend to Putnam's whole career. He has had a dramatic influence on theories of meaning, semantic content, and the nature of mental phenomena, on interpretations of quantum mechanics, theory-change, logic and mathematics, and on what shape we should desire for future philosophy. By presenting the whole of his career within its historical context, de Gaynesford discovers a basic unity in his work, achieved through repeated engagements with a small set of hard problems. By foregrounding this integrity, the book offers an account of his philosophy that is both true to Putnam and helpful to readers of his work.
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 2000-03-15
Dewey code: 306
Price: $39.95
Review Kylie / Booth-Clibborn:"I am both spectator and participant, objective and subjective. I am celebrating and questioning what I have known and that includes the achievements and embarrassments, the loves, the lessons, the reality and the possibility. " - Kylie Minogue Kylie is a vivid self-portrait of Kylie Minogue's many different personas, both public and private, as pop singer, actress, media focus, and mass cultural icon. Moving beyond autobiography, Kylie examines her iconic status, from early Neighbors appearances to gigantic music hits, and sheds light on its peculiar organic momentum. With an essay by renowned music journalist Chris Heath developed through conversations with Kylie, and with written and visual contributions from artists, photographers, musicians and designers, the book is both a celebration and an examination of this complex and well-loved figure. Contributors include, among others, Irvine Welsh, Pierre et Gilles, Wolfgang Tillmans, Sam Taylor Wood, Vivienne Westwood, Nick Cave and Ellen von Unwerth. Designed by Farrow Design. "[Kylie is] cool enough to embrace the freakier manifestations of her iconic status with ease. [+]" - Irvine Welsh "Simply she is divine - and multi-talented. " - Elton John Embossed Hardback with slipcase; 10 x 15", 200 full color images.
Authors
- Igor Stravinsky
- Robert Craft
Dewey code: 780.924
Price: $9.95
Review Dialogues / University of California Press:
Authors
- Camille Garnier
- David D. Mann
- Susan Garland Mann
Dewey code: 822.0099287
Price: $69.95
Review Women Playwrights in England, Ireland, and Scotland 1660-1823 / Indiana University Press:"British Women Playwrights, 1660-1823" examines drama by women in England, Scotland, and Ireland from their earliest involvement at the Restoration through the 18th century and into the romantic period. The authors introduce women writers who composed a single play or closet drama, as well as better known women authors who established themselves as professional playwrights, including Aphra Behn, Susanna Centlivre, Elizabeth Griffith, Hannah Cowley, Elizabeth Inchbald, Joanna Baillie, and Mary Russell Mitford. The result is a comprehensive introduction to more than 150 women playwrights, their plays, and many performances of these dramas.
Publication date: 2001-01
Dewey code: 823.912
Review Katerina: The Russian World of Katherine Mansfield / Penguin USA (P):
Creator: Mary R. Reichardt
Publication date: 2001-07-30
Dewey code: 809.8928703
List Price: $138.95
Price: $138.95
Review Catholic Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook / Greenwood Press:Women have been writing in the Catholic tradition since early medieval times, yet no single volume has brought together critical evaluations of their works until now. The first reference of its kind, Catholic Women Writers provides entries on 64 Catholic women writers from around the world and across the centuries. Each of the entries is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography of the author; a critical discussion of her works, especially her Catholic and women's themes; an overview of her critical reception; and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. Authors writing in all genres, including fiction, autobiography, poetry, children's literature, and essays, are represented. The entries give special attention to the authors' use of Catholic themes, structures, traditions, culture, and spirituality. The writers surveyed range from Doctors of the Church to mystics and visionaries, to those who employ Catholic themes primarily in historical and cultural contexts, to those who critique the tradition. An introductory essay places the writers within the historical and literary contexts of women's writing in the Catholic tradition, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography.
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Hannah More: The First Victorian, Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Florence Nightingale: Avenging Angel (Isis Nonfiction), Oliver Holden (1765-1844) : Selected Works (Music of the New American Nation: Sacred Music from 1780 to 1820, Volume 13), Ann Sheridan: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts), Peter Warlock: The Composer, Engendering Economics: Conversations With Women Economists in the United States, Francis Poulenc: Music, Art and Literature (Music & Literature) (Music & Literature) (Music & Literature), Albatross: The True Story of a Woman's Survival at Sea, The Days I Knew, Genteel Revolutionaries: Anna and Thomas Haslam and the Irish Women's Movement, Just Dad: Highlights of the pioneer days in the middle west, 1867-1959 : collection of letters and writings, Christian womanhood, Three Who Dared: Prudence Crandall, Margaret Douglass, Myrtilla Miner--Champions of Antebellum Black Education (Contributions in Women's Studies), Hilary Putnam (Philosophy Now), Kylie, Dialogues, Women Playwrights in England, Ireland, and Scotland 1660-1823, Katerina: The Russian World of Katherine Mansfield, Catholic Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical SourcebookTop headlines: Bomber slays 10 at Afghan market: A suicide bomber apparently trying to target Afghan police detonated his explosives in a crowded market in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing eight civilians and two policemen, an official said. ›10:07 Slide show: The week in celebrity sightings: Reese Witherspoon is ready for Christmas, Rihanna spikes the competition, Ben Affleck goes to Africa and more. ›13:11 25 Nov, Tue $1 billion network for green cars vowed: A $1 billion network of electric car recharging stations will dot San Francisco Bay area highways under a plan unveiled Thursday. ›22:55 20 Nov, Thu Lowey not interested in Clinton's Senate seat: Veteran Congresswoman Nita Lowey has taken herself out of the running to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton in the U.S. Senate. ›19:13 Video: Weather wreaking havoc on holiday travel: Nov. 30: Snow and storms are making it a tough holiday homecoming for millions across the country. 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