Edition: 2
Publication date: 1987-06
Dewey code: 780.922
Price: $130.00
Review International Encyclopedia of Women Composers / Books & Music USA:
Publication date: 1997-07
Price: $5.99
Review Living Classics-Kathryn Kuhlma: / Harrison House:
Publication date: 1970
Review Woman with violin: An autobiography / Gollancz:
Creator: J.J. Roche
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1985-10-31
Dewey code: 509
List Price: $342.00
Price: $302.79
Review The Light of Nature: Essays in the History and Philosophy of Science presented to A.C. Crombie (International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives internationales d'histoire des idées) / Springer:
Publication date: 1975
Review Woman's labor leader: An autobiography of Agnes Nestor / Zenger Pub. Co:
Publication date: 2002-09
Dewey code: 780.92
List Price: $99.95
Price: $398.77
Review Psychological Perspectives on Camille Saint-Saens (Mellen Lives, 13) / Edwin Mellen Press:This work approaches the life of Camille Saint-Saens from a psychological perspective, giving the readers an insight into the personal life of this great composer. In particular, it discusses Saint-Saen's relationship with his mother and the other significant women in his life.
Creator: Kazimiera Janina Cottam
Publication date: 1984-06
Dewey code: 940.5347
Price: $36.95
Review Girl from Kashin : Soviet Women in Resistance in World War II (Photocopy Ed.) / Sunflower Univ Pr:
Publication date: 1995-08-01
List Price: $273.00
Price: $239.02
Review Die Entdeckte Natur: Untersuchungen Zu Begrundungsversuchen Einer "Scientia Naturalis" Im 12. Jahrhundert (Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des ... Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters) / Brill Academic Publishers:This volume deals with the "discovery of nature" in the 12th century, focusing on its epistemological consequences for the speculative understanding of nature. A symbolic understanding is gradually replaced by an original interest, guided by reason alone, in the structure, constitution and process of the physical world. The growing knowledge of the "natural world" - which took the form of a systematic knowledge of causes - parallels attempts to establish a coherent "scientia naturalis". The main protagonists of the so-called "School of Chartres" characterize the goal of this "philosophia mundi" by reference to Timaeus 28A, as a search for the "legitimate cause and reason" of natural beings and structures. This incremental discovery of nature is linked to the development of physics as a science of nature: it leads to an "eveil metaphysique" (M. D. Chenu) and can be understood as one of the most important causes for the growing interest in Aristotle's writings (and in particular with the "libri naturales"). The discovery of nature in the 12th century thus provides an important philosophical impetus for the wider assimilitation of the Aristotelian corpus. At the same time, it leads to the development of an original and distinctively medieval model of natural philosophy.
Publication date: 1976-06
Dewey code: 970.00497
Price: $10.50
Review Indian Women Chiefs / Zenger Pub:
Edition: 2
Publication date: 1998-12-11
Dewey code: 973.099
Price: $30.00
Review Presidential Wives: An Anecdotal History / Oxford University Press, USA:As his previous books Presidential Anecdotes and Presidential Campaigns clearly proved, Paul F. Boller, Jr. has a remarkable eye for the telling detail that humanizes history and gives it life. In this new book, he brings that gift to bear on the women our Presidents married, and the result is a biographical feast-at once funny and poignant, dramatic and illuminating, covering every First Lady from Martha Washington to Nancy Reagan. In these vivid and entertaining pages, we encounter the trend-setter Dolley Madison's "unfortunate propensity to snuff-taking"-a propensity that soon had Washington's other women doing the same. We learn that Mary Todd Lincoln held such harsh opinions of some of her husband's appointments that he felt compelled to tell her, "If I listened to you, I should soon be without a cabinet. " We meet Edith Wilson in a Red Cross canteen after America's entry into World War I, dispensing candy and cigarettes to the doughboys departing for France. We find Eleanor Roosevelt on the night of FDR's election to his first term, lamenting, "Now I'll have no identity," and then going on to become the greatest of all the "Woman Doers" to occupy the White House. And we hear Lady Bird Johnson's advice to her two young daughters prior to a State Dinner in honor of the President of Sudan: "Read all you can in the encyclopedia about the Sudan. And don't drink any of the wine at dinner. [+]" In the manner of his earlier books, Boller devotes a chapter to each of his subjects, featuring an incisive biographical essay followed by a selection of revealing anecdotes. The book portrays a diverse group of women-shrinking violets, passionate partisans, spotlight-loving hostesses, and devoted helpmeets who remained silent in public but actively advised their husbands in private. Once again, Boller delightfully demonstrates how much the institution of the presidency and all that surrounds it tells us about ourselves as a people and our life as a nation.
Edition: 1a ed
Publication date: 1983
Review Historia de la ciencia en Mexico: Estudios y textos / Fondo de Cultura Economica:
Publication date: 1978
Review Science in culture: The early Victorian period / Science History Publications:
Creator: Kazimiera Janina Cottam
Edition: Photocopy
Publication date: 1984-06
Dewey code: 940.544947
Price: $36.95
Review In the Sky Above the Front: A Collection of Memoirs of Soviet Airwomen Participants in the Great Patriotic War / Journal of the West:
Edition: Mul
Publication date: 2007-05-30
Dewey code: 909
List Price: $338.00
Price: $281.68
Review La Republique Des Lettres: Rabbins, Ecrivains Et Medecins Juifs En Italie Au XVIIIe Siecle (Studies in Jewish History and Culture (Formerly Studies in ... (Formerly Studies in European Judaism)) / Brill Academic Publishers:This volume is a reference book on more than a thousand Jewish writers, rabbis, physicians and laymen active in 18th-century Italy. Each author has a biographical notice, followed by a list of his printed works and manuscripts, their location in the major international judaica collections and a bibliography of the relevant secondary sources. The book is illustrated with more than forty portraits of authors and includes rich analytical and thematic indexes. This work is intended to be a fundamental instrument for scholars interested in the Jewish Italian Enlightenment. It allows us to address, from a sociological and quantitative perspective, questions such as: what did Italian Jews write about?, for whom?, where?, and, in which language?.
Edition: Revised
Publication date: 1975
Review Woman's work in music: Being an account of her influence on the art, in ancient as well as modern times; a summary of her musical compositions, in the ... their rank in comparison with those of men / Zenger Pub. Co:
Publication date: 2003-11
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $250.00
Price: $292.84
Review Living History (Limited Autographed Edition) / Simon & Schuster:Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account of her extraordinary journey. She writes with candor, humor and passion about her upbringing in suburban, middle-class America in the 1950s and her transformation from Goldwater Girl to student activist to controversial First Lady. Living History is her revealing memoir of life through the White House years. It is also her chronicle of living history with Bill Clinton, a thirty-year adventure in love and politics that survives personal betrayal, relentless partisan investigations and constant public scrutiny. Hillary Rodham Clinton came of age during a time of tumultuous social and political change in America. Like many women of her generation, she grew up with choices and opportunities unknown to her mother or grandmother. She charted her own course through unexplored terrain - responding to the changing times and her own internal compass - and became an emblem for some and a lightning rod for others. Wife, mother, lawyer, advocate and international icon, she has lived through America's great political wars, from Watergate to Whitewater. The only First Lady to play a major role in shaping domestic legislation, Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled tirelessly around the country to champion health care, expand economic and educational opportunity and promote the needs of children and families, and she crisscrossed the globe on behalf of women's rights, human rights and democracy. [+]She redefined the position of First Lady and helped save the presidency from an unconstitutional, politically motivated impeachment. Intimate, powerful and inspiring, Living History captures the essence of one of the most remarkable women of our time and the challenging process by which she came to define herself and find her own voice - as a woman and as a formidable figure in American politics. As with most books written by politicians while in office (or at least aiming for one), Living History is, first and foremost, safe. There are interesting observations and anecdotes, the writing is engaging, and there is enough inside scoop to appeal to those looking for a bit of gossip, but there are no bombshells here and it is doubtful the book will change many minds about this polarizing figure. This does not mean the work is without merit, however, for Hillary Clinton has much to say about her experience as first lady, which is the primary focus of the book. Those interested in these experiences and her commentary on them will find the book worth reading; those looking for revelations will be disappointed. Beginning with a brief outline of her childhood, college years, introduction to politics, and her courtship with Bill Clinton, Clinton covers a wide variety of topics: life on the campaign trail, her troubled tenure as leader of the President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform, meeting with foreign leaders, and her work on human rights, to name a few. By necessity, she also addresses the various scandals that plagued the administration, from Travelgate to Whitewater to impeachment, though she does not go into great detail about each one; rather, she seems content to simply state her case and move on without trying to settle too many old scores. Along the way, she offers many apologies, though perhaps not the kind some would expect. She does not shy away from her "vast right-wing conspiracy" comment, for instance, though she does wish that she had expressed herself differently. Regarding the Monica Lewinsky scandal, she maintains that her husband initially lied to her, as he did the rest of the country, and did not come clean until two days prior to his grand jury testimony. Calling his betrayal "the most devastating, shocking and hurtful experience of my life," she explains what the aftermath was like personally and why she has elected to stand by her man. In all, Living History is an informative book that goes a long way toward humanizing one of the most recognizable, and controversial, women of our age. Shawn Carkonen.
Publication date: 2000-05-11
Dewey code: 782.1092
List Price: $214.00
Price: $240.17
Review Manuel Garcia (1775-1832): Chronicle of the Life of a bel canto Tenor at the Dawn of Romanticism / Oxford University Press, USA:This is the first comprehensive biography of one of opera history's most important personalities. Renowned Spanish tenor, successful singing teacher, prolific composer, and significant popularizer of Rossini and Mozart roles, Garcia was an influential figure in the international operatic scene of his time. Garcia's life is chronicled from his earliest operatic role years in Seville until his death in Paris in 1832, with substantial reference to previously undiscovered reviews and letters.
Publication date: 2004-07-30
Dewey code: 364
List Price: $9.95
Price: $245.51
Review Stolen Babies: A True Child Welfare Story / Authorhouse:
Publication date: 1993-02
Dewey code: 509.4309043
Price: $59.00
Review Universal Ice: Science and Ideology in the Nazi State / Belhaven Pr:
Publication date: 2001-01
Review World's Most Dangerous Woman: A New Biography of Emma Goldman / Subway Books:Until now, biographies of the feminist and anarchist Emma Goldman (1869–1940) have paid scant attention to her three periods of residence in Canada (1926–28, 1933–35 and 1939–40), even though these were some of her most productive years as an activist, speaker and organizer. In the United States, Goldman was notorious as "Red Emma" and "the most dangerous woman in America" because of her advanced anti-authoritarian views. In fact, she was "the world’s most dangerous woman" in the sense that she immersed herself in local issues wherever she was exiled, and was accepted as a public personality to a degree that would seem astounding in today’s mainstream press. In researching this new biography of Emma Goldman, Theresa Moritz and Albert Moritz have scoured previously ignored private papers in Europe and the United States, and a wealth of indigenous resources long unknown to, or undervalued by, anarchists and feminists. The result is virtually a fresh interpretation of Goldman’s influential and troubled life, and a valuable piece of social history as well.
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