Publication date: 2008-09-11
List Price: $97.99
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Review Voyages of Samuel de Champlain, V1 / IndyPublish:
Creator: Lisette Lecat
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2005-01
Price: $119.75
Review Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England / Recorded Books:Isabella arrived in London in 1308, the spirited twelve-year-old daughter of King Philip IV of France. Her marriage to the heir to England’s throne was designed to heal old political wounds between the two countries, and in the years that followed, she would become an important figure, a determined and clever woman whose influence would come to last centuries. But Queen Isabella’s political machinations led generations of historians to malign her, earning her a reputation as a ruthless schemer and an odious nickname, “the She-Wolf of France. ”Now the acclaimed author of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Alison Weir, reexamines the life of Isabella of England, history’s other notorious and charismatic medieval queen. Praised for her fair looks, the newly wed Isabella was denied the attentions of Edward II, a weak, sexually ambiguous monarch with scant taste for his royal duties. As their marriage progressed, Isabella was neglected by her dissolute husband and slighted by his favored male courtiers. Humiliated and deprived of her income, her children, and her liberty, Isabella escaped to France, where she entered into a passionate affair with Edward II’s mortal enemy, Roger Mortimer. Together, Isabella and Mortimer led the only successful invasion of English soil since the Norman Conquest of 1066, deposing Edward and ruling in his stead as co-regents for Isabella’s young son, Edward III. Fate, however, was soon to catch up with Isabella and her lover. Many mysteries and legends have been woven around Isabella’s story. [+]She was long condemned as an accessory to Edward II’s brutal murder in 1327, but recent research has cast doubt on whether that murder even took place. Isabella’s reputation, then, rests largely on the prejudices of monkish chroniclers and prudish Victorian scholars. Here Alison Weir gives a startling, groundbreaking new perspective on Isabella, in this first full biography in more than 150 years. In a work of extraordinary original research, Weir effectively strips away centuries of propaganda, legend, and romantic myth, and reveals a truly remarkable woman who had a profound influence upon the age in which she lived and the history of western Europe. Engaging, vibrant, alive with breathtaking detail and unforgettable characters, Queen Isabella is biographical history at its finest.
Edition: Large Print Ed
Publication date: 2002-08
Review My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban - A Young Woman's Story / Isis Publishing Ltd:
Creator: Jasbir Jain
Publication date: 2005-12-01
Price: $98.33
Review Women's Writing: Text and Context / Rawat:Brings together 31 essays on women's writing.
Publication date: 1971
Review THE LONELY TRIP BACK the Scorching Autobiography of a Woman and a Needle / Doubleday:
Publication date: 1998-09
Dewey code: 790
Price: $25.00
Review The Winter Queen: The Life of Elizabeth of Bohemia 1596-1662 / National Galleries of Scotland:
Publication date: 1990-11
Review Kate Chopin / William Morrow:
Authors
- Mark Falstein
- Robert Falconer
Publication date: 2002-03-19
Dewey code: 616.8583690092
List Price: $140.00
Price: $102.20
Review A Man's Recovery from Traumatic Childhood Abuse: The Insiders / Routledge:Robert Blackburn Knight had everything a man could want: intelligence, physical strength, financial security, close friends, a loving girlfriend, and a beautiful home. But he also had mysterious physical pains, a bisexual father who had been beaten to death in an unsolved murder, a forever ailing mother, a brother who had been killed in a car accident on the way to his eighteenth birthday party, and a sense that all these facts were somehow connected. He also had the Insiders. These sub-personalities knew the story; they kept the secrets and held back the pain. But as he went through therapy, they emerged, told their stories, and helped him face the brutal, ongoing sexual abuse by his parents that made his childhood a nightmare of terror, shame and pain. Few male survivors of sexual abuse have spoken out to tell their stories, but now A MAN'S RECOVERY FROM TRAUMATIC CHILDHOOD ABUSE breaks the silence. Because the author is a trained therapist as well as a survivor, he weaves psychological theory into his personal story. This unique dual view allows the emotional and intellectual comprehension to develop in parallel, and will make for a passionately honest and completely unique resource for therapists, abuse survivors and the people who love them.
Publication date: 2001-11-30
Dewey code: 780.92
List Price: $108.95
Price: $108.95
Review Benjamin Britten: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music) / Greenwood Press:Benjamin Britten was arguably the greatest English composer of his time. His music crossed boundaries of genre and form to include opera, ballet, orchestral and chamber music, and film and incidental music. The result of twenty years of research, Benjamin Britten provides up-to-date and comprehensive details about Britten's life and music, including works, performances, and recordings-an effort never before undertaken. Certain to be of use to any scholar of British music or 20th century composition, this reference work is an invaluable addition to the literature on this important artist. Following a brief biography of the subject, author Stewart Craggs provides a complete list of works and performances, arranged by genre; a discography, and an annotated bibliography. Rounding out the volume are two lists of compositions, one arranged alphabetically and the other chronologically, and a general index.
Publication date: 2004-08
Dewey code: 920
Price: $15.99
Review Ups and Downs Diaries 1972-1975 / Orion:Francis Partridge's diaries are the record of a woman who not only participated in the lives of the legendary Bloomsbury group, but was the circle’s oldest surviving member until her death in 2004. At the age of 100, Frances Partridge decided to publish another volume of diaries which cover the years 1972-1975. Recognized as one of the great British diarists of the century, she was born in Bloomsbury in 1900, studied at Cambridge, and became part of the Bloomsbury Group, encountering Virginia Woolf, the Bells, Roger Fry and Maynard Keynes. Her diaries, written without thought of publication, chronicle a remarkable life. Beautifully written, full of an infectious enthusiasm and unending curiosity, they are utterly riveting and rank amongst the greatest diaries of the 20th century.
Creator: 100's B/W Photos
Publication date: 1991
Review Biography International *Vol. III* Men & Women of Achievement & Distinction / South-Asia Pub. Co.:
Creator: Deborah Dash Moore
Publication date: 1997-01
List Price: $250.00
Price: $127.69
Review Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, Vol. 2: M-Z / Routledge:
Publication date: 1998-07
Dewey code: 813.4
List Price: $109.95
Price: $109.95
Review The Writings of Celia Parker Woolley (1848-1918), Literary Activist (Women's Studies) / Edwin Mellen Press:
Authors
- Theophrastus
- R. W. Sharples
Dewey code: 509.2
List Price: $210.00
Price: $98.00
Review Theophrastus of Eresus: Sources for His Life, Writings Thought and Influence : Commentary Volume 3.1 : Sources on Physics (Texts 137-223) (Philosophia Antiqua) (Philosophia Antiqua) / Brill Academic Publishers:This is the first to appear of the projected volumes of commentary to accompany the texts and translations on Theophrastus of Eresus: Sources for his Life, Writings, Thought and Influence, edited by W. W. Fortenbaugh and others ("FHSG" (Philosophia Antiqua 54); Leiden, E. J. Brill, 1992). It covers the ancient secondary evidence for Theophrastus' views on physiology, zoology and botany; the transmission, reliability and doctrinal content of the reports in the text-and-translation volume are all discussed in detail, and general overviews are provided. The commentary is an indispensable accompaniment to the text-and-translation volume, and the two together will be an important resource for students of the history of the biological sciences in antiquity.
Publication date: 1998-04-01
Dewey code: 839.81372
List Price: $35.00
Price: $117.88
Review Out of Isak Dinesen in Africa: Karen Blixen's Untold Story / Coulsong List:This new analysis of "Out of Africa" describes the young Baroness Blixen's struggles with a difficult marriage, a pioneer coffee farm, and a complicated love affair in Kenya. -This text refers to the paperback edition of this title.
Publication date: 2008-06-12
Dewey code: 910
List Price: $97.99
Price: $97.99
Review Four Young Explorers Or Sight-Seeing in the Tropics / IndyPublish:William Taylor Adams (1822-1897) was a noted academic, author, and Massachusetts state legislator. He was born in Medway, Massachusetts. He became a teacher in the Boston, Massachusetts public schools in 1845, and remained in that capacity through 1865. He served as a member of the School Board of Dorchester, Massachusetts, for 14 years. In 1869, he became a member of the Massachusetts General Court. He wrote many books of fiction for boys under the pseudonym "Oliver Optic", including All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake (1855), Poor and Proud; or, The Fortunes of Katy Redburn (1858), The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army (1863), The Birthday Party: A Story for Little Folks (1864), Outward Bound; or, Young America Afloat (1867), Now or Never; or, The Adventures of Bobby Bright (1872), Taken by the Enemy (1888), Little by Little; or, The Cruise of the Flyaway (1888), On The Blockade (1890), Within the Enemy's Lines (1890), Stand by the Union (1891), Fighting for the Right (1893), A Victorious Union (1893), Haste and Waste; or, the Young Pilot of Lake Champlain (1894), and Across India; or, Live Boys In The Far East (1895).
Publication date: 2001-05-31
Dewey code: 780.92
List Price: $125.00
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Review Emma Lou Diemer: A Bio-Bibliography / Greenwood Press:Emma Lou Diemer-a composer who successfully combines a classicist's interest in form with a fresh, contemporary, harmonic vocabulary-has produced a diverse, sophisticated, and largely unheralded opus, including 350 works composed for orchestra, symphonic band, chamber ensemble, keyboard, chorus, voices, and solo and electronic instruments. This complete guide to her extensive work examines her influences and her unique musical style, reveals her philosophy of composing, and offers the reader access to detailed information about her work. Though her organ psalm settings and hymn preludes are considered standard repertoire, as are a number of her choral compositions, Diemer has not received her due attention or acclaim-an oversight fully corrected by this valuable addition to music scholarship. Beginning with a brief biography that outlines Diemer's life and art, this thoroughly cross-referenced book goes on to enumerate the composer's many works and performances in a section divided by style and instrument. A complete discography and bibliography round out the volume, along with alphabetical, chronological, and genre-specific indexes.
Publication date: 2000-01
Price: $5.00
Review Famous Wisconsin Women / State Historical Society of Wisconsin:
Publication date: 1972-06
Dewey code: 942.0550924
Price: $19.95
Review Queen Elizabeth / Ayer Co Pub:Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Publication date: 2003-02-15
Dewey code: 823.8
List Price: $99.95
Price: $98.19
Review Elizabeth Gaskell: A Literary Life / Palgrave Macmillan:This literary biographical study examines the life and works of the mid-Victorian woman novelist, Elizabeth Gaskell, whose popularity is now well established. It places her writing in the context of her attitudes towards creative production, her relationship with publishers, and her literary friendships, as well as examining those events of her life which fed into her work. It pays particular attention to the ways in which she sought to reconcile the conflicting demands made upon her, as woman and as artist.
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