Publication date: 1998
Price: $404.48
Review La chute de l'U.R.S.S. et la recherche scientifique: Une science fantome et de vrais scientifiques (Collection Sciences et societe) / L'Harmattan:
Creator: David Povall
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2004-12
Dewey code: 813
List Price: $112.95
Price: $112.95
Review Race To The Pole: Tragedy, Heroism, And Scott's Antarctic Quest (Needlecraft Mystery) / BBC Audiobooks:Now in paperback, the real story of Captain Robert Scott’s legendary Antarctic quest, told by the man whom the Guinness Book of World Records has proclaimed "the world’s greatest living explorer" In 1911, Captain Robert Scott and his competitor Roald Amundsen conquered the unconquerable: Antarctica. This perilous race to the South Pole claimed the life of Scott and became the stuff of legend, as well as scrutiny. This compelling, meticulously researched history of Captain Scott and his fatal journey, by renowned modern-day explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, holder of 10 expeditionary records, is the definitive account of this hotly debated quest. Fiennes offers an account of Scott’s motivations and aspirations for the Pole, and his historic clash with Amundsen over goals and approaches. He also reveals the unpredictably disastrous weather patterns that led to the extreme cold that ultimately doomed Scott’s return trip. Infused with the intensity of fiction and exhibiting an exhaustive eye for detail found in the greatest historical biographies, Race to the Pole is a prodigious achievement and certain to become a classic in the literature of exploration.
Publication date: 1997-04-28
Dewey code: 780.92
List Price: $39.95
Price: $112.00
Review The Life of Mahler (Musical Lives) / Cambridge University Press:As a leading European conductor and the composer of enormous and controversial symphonies, Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) inspired mythologizers in his own lifetime. Some of them were personal friends, concerned with countering biased criticism of him in which German-nationalist, hide-bound traditionalist or anti-Semitic elements were often mixed. In this new biography, Peter Franklin reconfronts the myth of Mahler-the-misunderstood-hero and attempts to find the person, or persons, behind the legends. His illuminating biography shows Mahler to be a profoundly sensitive thinker and composer, a dictatorial conductor and husband, an iconoclast and paradoxically, a traditionalist. This is a well-written biography that eschews mythology in favor of a closer examination of both biographical and musical materials. A generation after the first wave of Mahler appreciation, Peter Franklin takes a new look from a different angle and succeeds in separating myth from fact, making this book a most welcome one. It does, however, presume a certain amount of prior knowledge of Mahler, his circle, and his music, so don't go into it completely cold.
Publication date: 1988-11
Dewey code: 770.924
Price: $25.95
Review Putting Myself in the Picture / Real Comet Press:
Authors
- Janice P. Dickin McGinnis
- Mary Percy Jackson
Dewey code: 305
Price: $55.00
Review Suitable for the Wilds: Letters from Northern Alberta, 1929-1931 / University of Toronto Press:Born in England in 1905, Mary Percy Jackson graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1927 with degrees in medicine and surgery. Responding to an advert in a medical journal recruiting doctors to work in Alberta, she moved there in 1929, settling in the Peace River area. Assigned to a territory of nearly 400 square miles, Jackson travelled mostly on horseback through mainly unmarked trails ministering to her patients. Vigilant about nutrition and vaccination, she promoted good health for five generations of Metis, Native and homesteader populations. In 1975 she was named 'Woman of the Year' by the Voice of Native Women for her tireless devotion and years of dedicated service. This book offers readers a new opportunity to discover this true trailblazer through her fascinating letters and correspondence that demonstrate clearly her profound impact on Alberta's social development in the early 20th century.
Publication date: 1981-08
Dewey code: 289.63
Price: $8.95
Review Charity Cook: A Liberated Woman / Friends United Pr:
Publication date: 1971
Price: $114.24
Review A concise history of science in India / [Published for the National Commission for the Compilation of History of Sciences in India by] Indian National Science Academy:
Creator: Arturo Steffani
Publication date: 1998-12-31
Review Around the World on a Whistle / Blackbird Publications Ltd:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2001-08-10
Dewey code: 509
List Price: $180.00
Price: $149.76
Review Revealing New Worlds: Three Victorian Women Naturalists (Women in Science) / Routledge:Victorian women certainly recognized that male naturalists were not always willing to welcome them warmly into their inner sanctum of scientific work, honor and prestige. This book examines the ability of women to understand themselves and respond to their needs as complex human beings. Within a framework of socially and scientifically constructed norms, these Victorian women used science as a path to self awareness and intellectual accomplishment.
Publication date: 2001-06-30
Dewey code: 780.92
List Price: $112.95
Price: $112.95
Review Ernst von Dohnanyi: A Bio-Bibliography / Greenwood Press:As a result of both his political reputation-destroyed by false charges of Nazism after World War II-and his rejection of avant-garde techniques, the recordings and compositions of Ernst von Dohnanyi went largely ignored for most of the 20th century. In recent years, however, musicians have begun to revise their interpretations of 20th century music to include compositional and performance styles that, like Dohnanyi's, adhered more closely to 19th century aesthetics. Although performers and audiences worldwide have started to rediscover his musical legacy, scholarship has not kept pace with their growing interest. This bio-bibliography corrects that. As the first scholarly examination in English of Dohnanyi's life and work, it serves as the perfect introduction to an unfairly neglected 20th century artist. A brief but insightful biography is followed by a list of works that reflects the most current research of Dohnanyi's creative output. It includes nearly 200 entries, each of which collects such information as the date of composition, the instrumentation of the work, the publisher of its first edition, the location of the manuscript, and the date and location of its premiere. The discography lists 400 sound recordings of the composer's work, and the annotated bibliography includes 500 entries, emphasizing performance reviews that offer substantial information about Dohnanyi's works and style.
Creator: Carolyn Leste Law
Publication date: 1995-04
Dewey code: 378.12
Price: $69.95
Review This Fine Place So Far from Home: Voices of Academics from the Working Class / Temple University Press:These autobiographical and analytical essays by a diverse group of professors and graduate students from working-class families reveal an academic world in which "blue-collar work is invisible. " Describing conflict and frustration, the contributors expose a divisive middle-class bias in the university setting. Many talk openly about how little they understood about the hierarchy and processes of higher education, while others explore how their experiences now affect their relationships with their own students. They all have in common the anguish of choosing to hide their working-class background, to keep the language of home out of the classroom and the ideas of school away from home. These startlingly personal stories highlight the fissure between a working-class upbringing and the more privileged values of the institution. C. L. Barney Dews is visiting Assistant Professor of American Literature in the English and Foreign Languages Department, University of West Florida. Carolyn Leste Law is a Doctoral Candidate in English at the University of Minnesota.
Publication date: 1998-08
Dewey code: 306
Price: $10.95
Review Stories from Hell: A Mom's Memorable Moments / Amer Literary Pr:
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 2002-05-10
Dewey code: 780.92
List Price: $135.00
Price: $112.34
Review Music of Louis Andriessen / Routledge:This book presents the musician in dialog with a Polish-Canadian musicologist and three of his Dutch friends and collaborators, Reinbert de Leeuw, Elmer Schönberger and Frits van der Waa. Topics include his artistic evolution, his relationship to minimalism, his prevalent interest in mysticism and meaning and an introduction to his musical language.
Edition: 2
Publication date: 2002-12-06
Dewey code: 780.92
List Price: $115.00
Price: $113.16
Review Conversing with Cage / Routledge:Conversing with Cage draws on over 150 interviews with John Cage conducted over four decades to draw a full picture of his life and art. Filled with the witty aphorisms that have made Cage as famous as an esthetic philosopher as a composer, the book offers both an introduction to Cage's way of thinking and a rich gathering of his many thoughts on art, life, and music. John Cage is perhaps this century's most radical classical composer. From his famous "silent" piece (4'33") to his proclamation that "all sound is music," Cage stretched the aesthetic boundaries of what could be performed in the modern concert hall. But, more than that, Cage was a provocative cultural figure, who played a key role in inspiring scores of other artists-and social philosophers-in the second half of the 20th century. Through his life and work, he created revolutions in thinking about art, and its relationship to the world around us. Conversing with Cage is the ideal introduction to this world, offering in the artist's own words his ideas about life and art. It will appeal to all fans of this mythic figure on the American scene, as well as anyone interested in better understanding 20th century modernism.
Publication date: 2002-10
Review Jane Austen and Her World / House of Stratus:
Creator: Stewart R. Craggs
Publication date: 2002-12
Dewey code: 780.92
List Price: $134.95
Price: $134.94
Review Arthur Bliss: Music and Literature / Ashgate Publishing:This volume of essays seeks to reflect aspects of the life and work of Arthur Bliss, Master of the Queen's Music. Though each is self-contained, the editor has attempted to keep a theme running throughout. Looking beyond surface impressions is an attitude constantly expressed.
Publication date: 1996-06-04
Dewey code: 509.2
List Price: $74.50
Price: $113.62
Review Leo Szilard / University Press of America:Best known for his work on the atomic bomb, Leo Szilard made important contributions to twentieth-century physics, biology, and information theory. He is, however, an interesting figure apart from his scientific accomplishments. In brief, he did not merely do science, but lived it as well. He was a true believer in science and its potential to save the world. This intellectual biography of Szilard captures the visionary centerpoint of his passion for science and public activism. This work will be of interest to historians of science, physicists, and biologists. Contents: The Intellectual Landscape; The Thunderclap and Its Antecedents; Moving into Nuclear Physics; A Time of "Heartbreak and Frustration"; Down the Shaft; From Physics to Biology and Political Chivalry; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Creator: Samuel J. Rogal
Publication date: 1996-01-30
Dewey code: 782.270973
List Price: $115.00
Price: $121.97
Review Sing Glory and Hallelujah!: Historical and Biographical Guide to Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 Complete (Music Reference Collection) / Greenwood Press:The only sourcebook that provides information necessary to make Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 Complete a useful research tool and an aid to the study of popular culture in the United States during the last half of the 19th century. For the first time, students and scholars will have access, in a single source, to biographical, historical, and bibliographical data concerning the writers of the hymn texts, the composers of the hymn tunes, and the various routes by which the hymns found their way onto the pages of that large collection of gospel and traditional hymnody. Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 Complete contains 739 songs gathered from a series of six earlier published works. The data in this volume will add to the breadth and depth of Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 Complete and thus, for the first time, identify the significance of its contributions to the history of American culture. A strong introduction establishes the historical significance of the collection of gospel hymns and songs. The entries for both the authors of the words and the composers of the music are arranged alphabetically, followed by the dates of birth and death (if known), a biographical sketch, and references to the number of the hymn, its title, first line, and accompanying tune. Dates of composition and initial publication are included where possible.
Publication date: 1988-01
Review Avec Madame Du Chatelet: 1734-1749 (Voltaire En Son Temps) / Voltaire Foundation:
Publication date: 1997
Review Nationalismus und internationale Zusammenarbeit in den Naturwissenschaften: Die deutsch-franzosischen Wissenschaftsbeziehungen zwischen Revolution und ... naturwissenschaftlicher Werke (Boethius) / F. Steiner:
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La chute de l'U.R.S.S. et la recherche scientifique: Une science fantome et de vrais scientifiques (Collection Sciences et societe), Race To The Pole: Tragedy, Heroism, And Scott's Antarctic Quest (Needlecraft Mystery), The Life of Mahler (Musical Lives), Putting Myself in the Picture, Suitable for the Wilds: Letters from Northern Alberta, 1929-1931, Charity Cook: A Liberated Woman, A concise history of science in India, Around the World on a Whistle, Revealing New Worlds: Three Victorian Women Naturalists (Women in Science), Ernst von Dohnanyi: A Bio-Bibliography, This Fine Place So Far from Home: Voices of Academics from the Working Class, Stories from Hell: A Mom's Memorable Moments, Music of Louis Andriessen, Conversing with Cage, Jane Austen and Her World, Arthur Bliss: Music and Literature, Leo Szilard, Sing Glory and Hallelujah!: Historical and Biographical Guide to Gospel Hymns Nos. 1 to 6 Complete (Music Reference Collection), Avec Madame Du Chatelet: 1734-1749 (Voltaire En Son Temps), Nationalismus und internationale Zusammenarbeit in den Naturwissenschaften: Die deutsch-franzosischen Wissenschaftsbeziehungen zwischen Revolution und ... naturwissenschaftlicher Werke (Boethius)Top headlines: Cool Cars We Miss: Gone but not forgotten—a shortlist of cars we loved and still miss. ›07:00 18 Oct, Thu EarthTalk Q&A: Eco-clubs, Bush's legacy: Read answers to readers questions about environmental topics. ›20:39 21 Nov, Fri TV listings: Jewels worn by Winona Ryder vanish: Police in Spain are investigating $125,000 in missing designer jewelry last seen on Winona Ryder at an event on Sunday. ›02:22 Deal struck to protect Congo gorillas: A deal between Congo rebels and the government has paved the way for staff who fled to return to the gorilla sector of Virunga National Park for the first time in 15 months. ›22:22 28 Nov, Fri Hopes of ever separating conjoined girls dashed: Twin girls born joined at the head have overcome long odds, but the doctor who brought them to the U.S. now says there's no longer a chance they will ever lead separate lives. ›22:03 28 Nov, Fri Twix and pizza are these really diet foods?: Proponents of the glycemic index say the secret to losing your gut is to eat by their numbers. 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