Creator: Margaretta Jolly
Publication date: 1997-01
Review Dear Laughing Motorbyke: Letters from Women Welders of the Second World War / Scarlet Press:
Creator: Kenneth Frampton
Publication date: 2003-11-24
Dewey code: 920.92
Price: $65.00
Review Tadao Ando: Light and Water / Monacelli:Tadao Ando, born in Japan in 1941, trained himself as an architect, reading and traveling extensively through Africa, Europe, and the United States. In 1970 he founded Tadao Ando Architect & Associates; since then the firm has become known for buildings that express a sense of contemplation and meditation in both form and material. Many of his buildings, typically constructed from concrete, define an enclosed space in which visitors can respond to the elements of light and water. Geometrically simple yet subtly and richly articulated, Ando's works share the serenity and clarity of traditional Japanese architecture, one of Ando's ongoing preoccupations. More than thirty projects are presented, from early houses in Osaka and elsewhere in Japan to major current works, including the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Also included are the Children's Museum, Hyogo, Himeji; the Church on the Water, Hokkaido; the Church of the Light, Osaka; UNESCO meditation space, Paris; the Teatro Armani, Milan; and a private house in Chicago.
Creator: Robert Royal
Publication date: 1996-08
Dewey code: 230.2092
Price: $25.95
Review Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Person and His Work (Saint Thomas Aquinas) / Catholic University of America Press:"This is the introduction to Thomas: presenting allthe known facts of his life and work, tracing the themes of hiswriting out of his juvenilia, and following the influence of histhought in the years immediately after his death".
Edition: 3
Publication date: 2004-04-30
Dewey code: 920
Price: $83.95
Review Isabel La Catolica/ Isabel the Catholic: Vida Y Reinado/ Life and Reign:
Edition: Large Print Ed
Publication date: 2003-05-01
Review Woman of Today (Windsor Selection) / Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C:
Publication date: 1982-12
Review Father of Salvation Army Music / Salvation Army:
Edition: Largeprint
Publication date: 1997-12
Dewey code: 940
Price: $22.95
Review All Muck, No Medals: Presonal Accounts of Life in the Women's Land Army During Wwii (Isis Reminiscence Series) / ISIS Large Print Books:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1991-02-20
Dewey code: 810.949207
Price: $170.00
Review Autobiography and Questions of Gender / Frank Cass:These essays examine the ways in which the social construction of gender shape the selves of autobiographies. The representation of femininity, lesbian sexuality, masculine bodies, mothers' bodies, Chinese immigrant men and the intersections of gender with racial and class differences are among the topics addressed.
Publication date: 1998-06-18
Dewey code: 941.081
List Price: $154.00
Price: $123.20
Review Aristocratic Women and Political Society in Victorian Britain / Oxford University Press, USA:This study of gender and power in Victorian Britain is the first book to examine the contribution made by women to the public culture of the British aristocracy in the 19th century. Based on a wide range of archival sources, it explores the roles of aristocratic women in public life, from their country estates to the salons of Westminster and the royal court. Reynolds also shows that a partnership of authority between men and women was integral to aristocratic life, thus making an important contribution to the "separate spheres" debate. Moreover, she reveals in full the crucial role that these women played at all levels of political activity-from local communities to the national electoral process. The book is both a lively portrait of women's experiences in modern Britain and a corrective to the view of the upper-class Victorian woman as a passive social butterfly.
Creator: Mary Loeffelholz
Publication date: 2008-03-03
Dewey code: 811.4
List Price: $199.95
Price: $154.00
Review A Companion to Emily Dickinson (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture) / Wiley-Blackwell:This Companion to America’s greatest woman poet showcases the diversity and excellence that characterize the thriving field of Dickinson studies. Covers biographical approaches of Dickinson, the historical, political and cultural contexts of her work, and its critical reception over the years Considers issues relating to the different formats in which Dickinson’s lyrics have been published – manuscript, print, halftone and digital facsimile Provides incisive interventions into current critical discussions, as well as opening up fresh areas of critical inquiry Features new work being done in the critique of nineteenth-century American poetry generally, as well as new work being done in Dickinson studies Designed to be used alongside the Dickinson Electronic Archives, an online resource developed over the past ten years.
Publication date: 2001-07
Review U.S. War on One Woman / Karia Press:
Publication date: 2000-09-01
Dewey code: 782.1
Price: $14.95
Review Wagner's Parsifal: The Journey of a Soul / Wakefield Press:"Parsifal" was Richard Wagner's last opera, and many consider it his most beautiful and moving work. It is concerned with the belief that human salvation is to be achieved not through the satisfaction of worldly desires, but through compassion. The story reflects Parsifal's inner journey towards his own "enlightenment through compassion" and his consequent ability to ease the moral burdens of others. It is set amongst a Christian religious military order of knights at about the time of the Crusades. To convey the work's subtle and mystical ideas, Wagner wrote music that was decades ahead of its time and influenced many great composers - Mahler, Bruckner, Debussy and Richard Strauss among them. Peter Bassett has made a special study of "Parsifal" looking particularly at the relationship between Wagner's sources and his text. It has become fashionable in recent times to interpret "Parsifal" in terms of twentieth-century politics and late nineteenth-century theories about race. The author shows that Wagner's text owes more to his sources than many people suspect, and he identifies important thematic connections with other works, namely "Der Ring des Nibelungen. " This guide, which includes a translation of the libretto, will be invaluable to those new to "Parsifal" but will also provide fresh insights for readers who are already familiar with Wagner's final work.
Publication date: 1991-05-01
Dewey code: 920
Price: $16.00
Review The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender To #45472 / Penguin Global:On May 26, 1967, the spiraling career of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, then the top contender for the world middleweight boxing crown, came to a shuddering and tragic halt: he and a young fan were found guilty of murder of three white people in a New Jersey bar. The nightmare knew no bounds as Carter traded his superstar status for a prison number and the concrete walls of some of America's most horrific institutions. Originally published as an attempt by Carter to set the record straight and force a new trial, The Sixteenth Round is timeless. It is an eye-opening portrait of growing up black in America, a scathing indictment of the prison system Carter grew up in and out of, and a mesmerizing re-creation of his furious battles in the ring and in the courtroom set against the backdrop of the turbulent sixties. The liveliness of Carter's street language, its power and ironic humor, makes this an eloquent, soul-stirring account of a remarkable life not soon to be forgotten.
Creator: Stephen Mizwa
Publication date: 1983-09-28
Dewey code: 786.10924
List Price: $51.95
Price: $122.84
Review Frederic Chopin, 1810-1849. / Greenwood Press Reprint:
Publication date: 2003-08
Dewey code: 920
Price: $26.95
Review Viajes Con Mi Padre / Planeta:
Authors
- Giacomo Meyerbeer
- Robert Ignatius Letellier
Publication date: 2001-03-31
Dewey code: 782.1092
List Price: $65.00
Price: $122.77
Review The Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer, Volume 2 / Fairleigh Dickinson University Press:Volume 2 covers the 1840s, a period designated as the Prussian Years. From 1846 Meyerbeer's journal becomes a consistent daily record, resulting in one of the most sustained depictions of a contemporary artistic, theatrical, and musical milieu ever kept by a famous composer. Illustrated.
Publication date: 1999-12
Dewey code: 378.112
List Price: $56.00
Price: $123.04
Review Pioneering Deans of Women: More Than Wise and Pious Matrons (Athene Series) / Teachers College Press:The "collective biography" of the first deans of women contained in these pages provides both a compelling illumination of women's history and an explanation of the rise of certain professions within university structures. This book is not only interesting, it is germane to current debates about the roles of women in higher education.
Publication date: 1916
Review The life of Amanda Smith: The African sybil, the Christian saint / Cornish Bros:
Publication date: 2005-09-30
Dewey code: 016.78092
List Price: $125.00
Price: $125.00
Review Marc Blitzstein: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music) / Praeger Publishers:Marc Blitzstein was one of the 20th century's most important American composers, lyricists, and critics, often credited with having virtually invented opera in the American vernacular. Called the father of American opera in the vernacular by luminaries Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein, Blitzstein was a masterful pianist, coach, and accompanist, though, ironically, he made more money on the lyrics to one song-(Mack the Knife from his adaptation/translation of Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera) than on everything else he ever did. Blitzstein's brilliant career was cut short in 1964 when he died at the age of 58. Beginning with a family tree and a list of works by his wife, Eva Goldbeck, this book catalogs Blitzstein's own writings and writings about him, followed by detailed listings (chronological, alphabetical, and genre), analysis, a comprehensive performance history, and summaries of all known critiques of his 128 original musical works and 18 texts set to music of others. This is followed by a complete discography/videography (commercial and private), and an index of names and organizations. Shown in detail are the ways in which Blitzstein took music from his earlier works and developed it in later works, a process that Lehrman utilized in completing (with Bernstein's and the Estate's approval) 20 Blitzstein works for performance, including The Cradle Will Rock, I've Got the Tune, No for an Answer, Idiots First, and Sacco and Vanzetti, which Blitzstein believed would be his magnum opus. The book provides a unique and full perspective on the works of one of America's greatest composers-one who deserves to be better known.
Publication date: 1997-06
Dewey code: 978.02
Price: $29.95
Review Outlaws: The Illustrated History of the James-Younger Gang / Black Belt Press:
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Dear Laughing Motorbyke: Letters from Women Welders of the Second World War, Tadao Ando: Light and Water, Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Person and His Work (Saint Thomas Aquinas), Isabel La Catolica/ Isabel the Catholic: Vida Y Reinado/ Life and Reign, Woman of Today (Windsor Selection), Father of Salvation Army Music, All Muck, No Medals: Presonal Accounts of Life in the Women's Land Army During Wwii (Isis Reminiscence Series), Autobiography and Questions of Gender, Aristocratic Women and Political Society in Victorian Britain, A Companion to Emily Dickinson (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture), U.S. War on One Woman, Wagner's Parsifal: The Journey of a Soul, The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender To #45472, Frederic Chopin, 1810-1849., Viajes Con Mi Padre, The Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer, Volume 2, Pioneering Deans of Women: More Than Wise and Pious Matrons (Athene Series), The life of Amanda Smith: The African sybil, the Christian saint, Marc Blitzstein: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music), Outlaws: The Illustrated History of the James-Younger GangTop headlines: Weekly Wrap: Way to go, coach: Rookie coach Kevin McDonald rode his Hilltoppers to two big upsets, earning him a prime spot in Jeff Goodman's Weekly Wrap. ›17:34 Pilot's promise: If teens build it, he'll fly it: ›17:17 4 Feb, Mon NATO convoy struck in Pakistan: Militants in northwestern Pakistan attacked trucks ferrying supplies to NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Monday, killing two people and destroying a dozen vehicles, witnesses and police said. ›16:16 2007 Tokyo Motor Show: Cars Makers Should Greenlight: The concept cars that we think should become production models. ›07:00 31 Oct, Wed 'Butt Bandit' suspect faces charges: Ten misdemeanor counts have been filed against a man Cherry County authorities believe is the vandal some townspeople have dubbed the "Butt Bandit." ›20:52 25 Nov, Tue Mom calls for jail in cyberbullying case: The landmark court case of a Missouri teen who committed suicide after allegedly being cyberbullied in a classmates ruse ended in a conviction but it was little more than cold comfort to a still-grieving mother. 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