Autobiography: adventurers and explorers Books

Book SynopsisAn amazingly rich window onto a lost world of African American historyTrade Review"A fascinating chronicle. . . . It warms the heart and soothes the soul of people thirsting for a broader sense of identity."--Philadelphia Inquirer

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Book SynopsisNotre Dame English professor emeritus William O'Rourke recounts his heart attack and the experiences he had during recuperation. From the resulting heightened awareness of his mortality, O'Rourke asks us to change behaviors and to pay attention to our health.Trade Review"O'Rourke' s book and its long description of having a heart attack may scare the bejesus out of you, but it certainly sheds a lot of light on the subject. He's writing about what he knows and he knows a lot. His book is full of life—full of heart—and necessary reading for anyone who's ever thought twice about the tough organ that keeps us alive." —Malachy McCourt, author of A Monk Swimming and Bush Lies in State"The story of William O'Rourks's heart attack is as compelling as a thriller because it is a thriller. As always, O'Rourke's prose is crisp, witty, and wholly original. The chronicle of his recovery demystifies a frightening illness, leaving a reader enlightened and, unexpectedly, cheered." —Valerie Sayers, author of Brian Fever and Due East"In the first few pages of William O'Rourke's gripping book I learned what it feels like to have a heart attack and how the press or pleasure of daily events can keep us postponing the visit to the Emergency Room. Now, I tell myself, I'll be prepared even in the middle of the night or at a sports event. Thanks to my husband's many years of MS, I did have an idea of how important a good doctor, a ready wife or husband, an eagle eye for proceedings, and even chance can be in determining one's future—but the uninitiated in such mysteries will find On Having A Heart Attack to be full of first person insights. Besides, if it has already happened to O'Rourke, maybe it won't happen to his readers!" —Maggie Strong, author of Mainstay: For the Well Spouse of the Chronically Ill"Despite its somber subject, the book is as gripping as fiction, full of drama, conflict, and angst. . . . While convalescing, O'Rourke read all he could find in the literature of MI (myocardial infarction) but met with a singular lack of comprehensive accounts of the physical and psychic experience itself, and how it affects the family and friends of the patient. This he supplies with wry wit and unsparing rue, distillations of the novelist's second nature-attentiveness in calamity, and richness of recall." —Provincetown Arts"For anyone who has ever had a serious medical crisis, or been close to someone who has, William O'Rourke's book is essential reading. O'Rourke takes us on a fascinating, compelling journey into the literal and figurative heart of a gloriously full and fragile life. He illuminates much about our vitality and our mortality, and the ways in which fortune and modern medicine can collaborate in our individual and collective fates. This is a rich tale by a splendid storyteller—a most unforgettable, informative, and deeply moving memoir of one man's struggles and triumphs." —Jay Neugeboren, author of Open Heart: A Patient's Story of Life-Saving Medicine and Life-Giving Friendship"A must-read for practicing physicians, cardiologists, nurses, physician assistants, and the general public. . . . [T]his is an excellent, thoroughly informed book. It will be helpful for recuperating patients and their families and for anyone concerned about heart disease." —Journal of the American Medical Association“This very personal account of exactly what it was like to have a heart attack, to notice medical personnel somewhat hesitant to treat him until they saw his insurance card, to contemplate the possibility of dying before his son turned two, and to make lifestyle changes to lower the risk of a second attack is frightening, moving and sometimes funny.” —Booklist“Books about heart attacks and heart disease abound, mostly authored by health care professionals who specialize in the treatment of heart patients or work as nutritionists. Books written by actual survivors of an MI . . . are rare and a book, such as this, written by someone who is both a survivor and a noted author, is certainly the exception . . . this memoir is much more than just a self-help book. The author examines the many personal thoughts the patient stricken by a heart attack unavoidably encounters. . . . It is a book that doctors and nurses should read and learn from, and one that all those should read who are potentially threatened with heart disease.” —Third Coast

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Book SynopsisIn 1911, William Pickens published the first edition of his autobiography, The Heir of Slaves, in which he writes about the importance of his education and recounts the experiences that led him into public life. The narrative discusses his family, the various teachers and mentors who helped guide him, and the incidents and methods by which he accomplished so much. Pickens''s later works increasingly demanded the rights of full citizenship for African Americans. Bursting Bonds (1923), the second edition of his autobiography, clearly demonstrates this development by the inclusion of five new chapters on racial tensions. This important work, now back in print, marks a turning point in the evolution of African American autobiography from defence to confrontation.Trade Review“This is a reprint of the second, extended edition from 1923 of the autobiography of Professor William Pickens, a leading member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Pickens, whose parents were liberated slaves, studied classics at Yale, became a professor at Talladega College in Alabama, and was involved in the NAACP from its inception in 1910.” —International Review of Social History

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Book SynopsisIn Abroad for Her Country, Jean M. Wilkowski shares the story of her extraordinary career in the U.S. Foreign Service during the last half of the twentieth century. Born in an era when few women sought professional careers, Wilkowski graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and the University of Wisconsin and then rose through the ranks at the Department of State, from Vice Consul to the first woman U.S. Ambassador to an African country and the first woman acting U.S. Ambassador in Latin America. During her thirty-five-year diplomatic career, Wilkowski was sent first as a vice consul to the Caribbean during World War II, when the Department of State was even taking in 4-Fs and women. She moved on to more challenging assignments in Latin America and Europe. For much of her career, she specialized in protecting and promoting U.S. trade and investment interests in such posts as Paris, Milan, Rome, Santiago, and Geneva. She also served during a revolution in Bogotá, Trade Review"A serious and charming autobiography of a pioneer woman diplomat. Madeleine and Condi would not have made it to Secretary of State without Ambassador Wilkowski's courage and skill." —Donna E. Shalala, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Resources (1993–2001) and currently President, University of Miami“This is a wonderful memoir. I could not put it down. Ambassador Wilkowski writes with wit, candor, and great insight into the ways in which diplomacy is carried out, including the personal aspects of it which are so relevant but rarely disclosed. But most important of all, serving in Latin America, Africa, the UN, and Washington, she lived up to the injunction of one of her early mentors, to bring morality and ethics to government service. Her memoir demonstrates how these can be powerful forces for good, for the world and for America, when people of her strength and character stand up for them.” —Princeton N. Lyman, Council on Foreign Relations “I highly recommend this wonderful autobiography of Ambassador Jean Wilkowski. She was one of the most distinguished women diplomats in the Department of State and of an enormous help to me when I was U.S. Ambassador to the UN Conference on Science and Technology for Development in Vienna.” —Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame"This is an enjoyable read on many levels. It captures the path of a breakthrough member of the American foreign service. It describes in detail the nature of the work, the social dynamics, the forms of relaxation and mutual support, and the nature of the crises faced. Jean Wilkowski is proud of her achievements, and rightly so, but she also indicates the mistakes she made along the way and how she learned from her experiences." —Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame“This is a fascinating biography of a woman who entered the political arena at a time when few women were accepted. . . This testament will go far to encourage young women to investigate a career in government service.” —Polish American Journal“Abroad for Her Country. . . is the autobiography of Jean M. Wilkowski, with especial focus upon her career in the U.S. Foreign Service during the latter half of the twentieth century. Told in a candid prose accessible to readers of all backgrounds, Abroad for Her Country is eminently absorbing and highly recommended.” —Wisconsin Bookwatch“[It] is a fascinating, informative, deftly written autobiography and is especially recommended for academic and community library collections, as well as the personal reading list for anyone with an interest in International Relations in general, and the American diplomatic service in particular.” —Midwest Book Review Bookwatch“This memoir by former U.S. Ambassador Wilkowski concentrates on how she crossed gender lines to become one of the first female diplomats in both Latin America and Africa. Written for general audiences, this book also includes many photographs taken during Wilkowski's career.” —Research Book News"Ambassador Wilkowski has written a fully personal memoir around her years in the Foreign Service. She played a major role in opening the Service to women at a time when changing the old culture ran into its most formidable roadblocks. She was our first woman Ambassador in Africa. This book provides fascinating insights into what that pioneering journey looked like from the inside from a person with great determination, strong personal faith, and the grit and guts to overcome silly and outdated barriers along the way. She writes lucidly, movingly and entertainingly of her life experiences in one of world's most interesting careers." —Thomas R. Pickering, former Under Secretary of State and Ambassador to the United Nations“Examines the story of Jean M. Wilkowski's career in the U.S. Foreign Service during the last half of the twentieth century. Wilkowski is retired from the U.S Foreign Service.” —Journal of Economic Literature

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Book SynopsisElie Poulard's memoir tells of his experience as a young Frenchman deported to work sites in Nazi Germany under France's Required Work Service Law on 1943.Trade Review"A French Slave in Nazi Germany: A Testimony addresses a significant though little-known page of French history during World War II. While many people know of the Vichy government and its collaboration with the Nazis—in particular the deportation of French Jews—few people realized then, and now, the extent of such collaboration. It would surprise many to learn that the Vichy government provided Germany with French citizens who were deported and forced into slave labor in wartime Germany. Poulard's book confronts this unsavory part of French history and gives personal testimony to the terrible conditions under which the deported laborers existed." —Michael Khodarkovsky, Loyola University Chicago"The book vividly evokes the life of a young French man forcibly sent to work in Germany during World War II. Once the Vichy Government of France passed the Required Work Service Law in 1943, more than half a million young French men were deported to Germany where they worked in the harshest conditions to replace the German men sent to fight in the war. This testimony is particularly significant today, at a time when all aspects of the war are closely examined. The chapters about the effects of the Allied bombing in the western part of Germany are especially poignant as they allow the reader to witness the gradual collapse and final capitulation of the Nazi regime." —Thomas Pavel, Gordon J. Laing Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago"This is a fascinating and depressing account of a young Frenchman sent by his own government to be a slave laborer in Nazi Germany. One can only have enormous respect for Elie Poulard, who persevered and kept his faith in the face of hardship and tragedy. He not only witnessed one of the darkest periods in modern history, but he survived it with cunning and dignity." —John J. Mearsheimer, author of Why Leaders Lie: The Truth about Lying in International Politics"As the passage of time silences the voices of the Second World War generation, we are grateful to have the memories of Elie Poulard. A French Slave in Nazi Germany tells the story of how Elie Poulard’s faith helped him endure the many years of suffering as a Déporté du Travail. His eloquent and gripping tale is testament to the abiding power of the human will in the face of adversity." —Michael Creswell, author of A Question of Balance: How France and the United States Created Cold War Europe“Jean Poulard of Michiana Shores had a large part in the release of his brother’s book. . . . In 1943, the Vichy French government, which collaborated with the German occupation in World War II, made a law, the Required to Work Service Act, that mandated young French males work for the Germans. Elie [was] one of 600,000 men who were forced into such service. . . . Firsthand accounts of this part of French history in World War II are rare, especially in books available in the United States.” —The News Dispatch"The Nazi war machine was powered by slaves. Elie Poulard was just one of the more than 600,000 French civilians who were rounded up by Vichy collaborators and sent to work in Nazi Germany. Now, more than 70 years after the end of the Second World War, Poulard is sharing his story. A French Slave in Nazi Germany, recounts the largely forgotten horrors and deprivations conscripted workers suffered at the hands of their captors, as well as the dangers they faced as Allied bombs rained down around them." —Military History Now“[This] book sheds light on an under-documented population who suffered under the Nazi regime and is a welcome addition to the literature of World War II.” —Catholic Library World“The book can be read in a few hours, and I would recommend it for anyone who wants to more fully understand French forced labor in World War II history.” —Carolyn Porter Book Review Blog"There are few STO memoirs translated into English, and Poulard’s testimony becomes all the more important as a result. Moreover, this is a book not about resistance or collaboration, but about those millions of French who complied with the rules of occupation as a means of survival. . . . [W]e see a story of fear and survival—one which replicates the experiences of most French people during that period." —H France Review

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Book SynopsisA rediscovered classic of military history. No Bridges Blown is a story of mistakes, failures, and survival; a story of volunteers and countrymen working together in the French countryside. Dreux brings the history of World War II to life with stories of real people amidst a small section of the fighting in France.Trade Review“I recommend No Bridges Blown as a book that ought to be a classic of wartime literature. I recommend it to anyone who wants to understand the personal implications of war, the stress of life in occupied territory, some of the roots of American special operations forces, or just wants a fascinating and beautifully written explanation of a tiny piece of the fight in France.” —Russell Worth Parker, Lieutenant Colonel, US Marine Corps"A readable and interesting reconstruction of the past!" —Library Journal“William Dreux’s account of his time with the Office of Strategic Services' (OSS) elite Jedburgh teams is the rare war story offering a glimpse into the vital work that took place behind the lines of battle. No Bridges Blown is a compelling, illuminating memoir of his time working with the French Resistance, a valuable companion to tales of combat.” —Gregory A. Freeman, author of The Forgotten 500“No Bridges Blown is one of the most authentic accounts of life behind-the-lines in Occupied France that I've ever read.” —Colin Beavan, author of Operation Jedburgh"Quietly written yet intensely interesting." —Publishers Weekly“The men and women of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) were some of the most dynamic and pioneering in American history. Jedburgh captain William Dreux's compelling prose captures not only the gristle but also the meat of these important contributions in his World War II memoir No Bridges Blown. What's old is new—the tenets and principles developed by the OSS continue to ring true in today's conflicts.” —Patrick K. O'Donnell, best-selling author of The Unknowns and First SEALS“In the summer of 1944, as the Allies made brutally slow headway in liberating France, teams of paratroopers—including French officers—were dropped behind enemy lines to coordinate guerrilla operations with resistance leaders. . . . In No Bridges Blown, United States infantry officer William Dreux memorializes his riveting experiences on one of those teams in Brittany . . . Dreux’s beautifully rendered depiction . . . is unique and revelatory.” —Foreword Reviews

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“The German governess Ina von Binzer’s letters provide unparalleled insights into the texture of Brazilian life in the early 1880s, from the condition and lives of slaves to the intimate family and material lives of their owners who employed her. Lewin’s contextualization of these precious primary sources is consummate, moving from archival confirmation of specific details to concise summations of the general context that these missives illuminate.” —Peter M. Beattie, author of The Tribute of Blood“This book wonderfully compliments a textbook account of nineteenth-century Brazil. The Joys and Disappointments of a German Governess in Imperial Brazil touches on many of the most notable events and paradoxes of the period, including the rise of coffee, waning slavery (that was not, however, weakening quickly enough in the regions where von Binzer visited), monarchical rule, and the start of a new wave of European immigration.” —Ian Read, author of The Hierarchies of Slavery in Santos, Brazil, 1822–1888"Drawing on the personal letters of Ina von Binzer, Linda Lewin provides today’s scholars with a lens to understand how wealthy families rooted in Brazilian coffee production struggled with the onset of abolition. Lewin’s book integrates powerful photographs, including rare views of slaves, with von Binzer’s letters that, together with Lewin’s succinct, accessible introduction and explicating footnotes, will stimulate and complicate historical debates about slavery in Brazil." —Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp, author of So Far from Allah, So Close to Mexico"This insider’s view of the final days of slavery in nineteenth-century Brazil captures her employers’ lives and that of their enslaved servants. Expertly edited by Linda Lewin, her letters are a rich primary source for all historians of slavery and the family. Appropriate period photographs accompany the text." —Mary C. Karasch, author of Before Brasília"This book is a fascinating window into nineteenth-century Brazilian daily life. The reader will enjoy the German governess’s depictions of family relations in this first English translation and will appreciate her take on a society defined by enslavement in all its aspects. Linda Lewin’s introduction weaves both realms, illuminating the inner works of the last slave society in the Americas." —Maria-Aparecida Lopes, author of Rio de Janeiro in the Global Meat Market, c. 1850 to c. 1930"One cannot finish reading The Joys and Disappointments of a German Governess in Imperial Brazil without gaining insight into the economy, society, and beauty that was Brazil in the 1880s, as well as developing some admiration for this intrepid governess, despite her flaws and prejudices. The translation flows nicely, and Linda Lewin’s excellent introduction sets the stage." —Francie R. Chassen-López, author of From Liberal to Revolutionary OaxacaTable of ContentsIllustrations List Acknowledgments Note on the Monetary Unit of the Brazilian Empire Introduction by Linda Lewin Ina von Binzer's Letters: 1. 27 May 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 2. June 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 3. 20 June 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 4. 11 July 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 5. 25 July 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 6. 14 August 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 7. 1 September 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 8. 17 September 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 9. 5 October 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 10. 22 October 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 11. 3 December 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 12. 24 December 1881 Fazenda São Francisco 13. 15 January 1882 Petrópolis 14. 8 February 1882 Petrópolis 15. 12 February 1882 Rio de Janeiro 16. 17 February 1882 Rio de Janeiro 17. 21 February 1882 Rio de Janeiro 18. 2 March 1882 Rio de Janeiro 19. 20 March 1882 São Paulo 20. 5 April 1882 São Paulo 21. 21 April 1882 São Paulo 22. 5 May 1882 São Paulo 23. 29 May 1882 São Paulo 24. 25 June 1882 São Paulo 25. 28 June 1882 São Paulo 26. 1 July 1882 São Paulo 27. 11 July 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião 28. 19 July 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião 29. 28 July 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião 30. 5 August 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião 31. 20 August 1882Santos 32. 22 September 1882 Santos 33. 4 October 1881 Fazenda São Sebastião 34. 27 October 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião 35. 17 November 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião 36. 5 December 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião 37. 18 December 1882 Fazenda São Sebastião 38. 28 December 1882 São Paulo 39. 2 January 1883 Santos 40. 9 January 1883 Fazenda São Sebastião 41. January 1883 São Paulo Suggestions for Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisA narrative history of Notre Dame's world renowned philosophy department, which divides the nearly 80 decades into three distinct periods: textbook Thomism, pluralism, and professionalism. Trade Review"Kenneth Sayre tells the story of the transition of the philosophy department at Notre Dame with a keen eye for how these transitions illuminate transitions in the developments in philosophy, broadly speaking. I think the great achievement of this book is not only its well-crafted history of the Notre Dame philosophy department, but its reminder to us that philosophers are human beings. By bringing to life the extraordinary people who have been associated with the Notre Dame philosophy department, Sayre has written a book that is deeply humane and uplifting." —Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Divinity and Law, Duke Divinity School"Kenneth Sayre has a splendid cast of characters and stories. In recounting the history of a single department over the last seventy years, he also tells the story of the development of academic philosophy. Along the way he shows how the notion that a university should be run as a business gradually took hold and transformed, not only his university, but U.S. academic culture." —Patricia Curd, Purdue University"Ken Sayre's Adventures in Philosophy at Notre Dame, a narrative history of nearly eighty years, divides the decades into three distinct periods: textbook Thomism, pluralism, and professionalism. Sayre, who came to Notre Dame in 1958 with a PhD. from Harvard, has witnessed them all." —NDWorks“This detailed account offers an inside view of Notre Dame’s Department of Philosophy and the challenges, difficulties and tensions that accompanied its development into one of the most distinguished philosophy departments in the world today. The author, who has been on the Notre Dame faculty for more than 50 years, focuses on the people of the department, describing their relationships and personalities, and how their ambitions affected department affairs overall.” —Notre Dame Magazine“This is a valuable account of the transition of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame from one in the 1930s when it served the founding purpose of the university to its heterogenous present.” —The Catholic Historical Review

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Book SynopsisIn 1991, acclaimed poet Kenneth A. McClane published Walls: Essays, 1985-1990, a volume of essays dealing with life in Harlem, the death of his alcoholic brother, and the complexities of being black and middle-class in America. Now, in Color: Essays on Race, Family, and History, McClane contributes further to his self-described autobiographical sojourn with a second collection of interconnected essays. In McClane''s words, All concern race, although they, like the human spirit, wildly sweep and yaw. A timely installment in our national narrative, Color is a chronicle of the black middle class, a group rarely written about with sensitivity and charity. In evocative, trenchant, and poetic prose, McClane employs the art of the memoirist to explore the political and the personal. He details the poignant narrative of racial progress as witnessed by his family during the 1950s, ''60s, and ''70s. We learn of his parents'' difficult upbringing in Boston, where they confTrade Review“Kenneth McClane argues that the inclusion of a jazz phrase in the midst of another obviously discrete modality becomes an act of communion that 'honors the fragile possibility for mutuality.' He is right, for he does this skillfully in Color. An exciting find, the volume is a compendium of sophisticated essays rendered with deceptive simplicity. Color, always insightful, sometimes inexplicably tender, is that rare volume, seldom encountered, that moves us beyond measure.” —Mari Evans, author of Continuum: New and Selected Poems and Clarity as Concept: A Poet’s Perspective“Ken McClane's latest collection proves that he is one of the finest essayists currently plying the trade. Graceful, incisive, humane, Ken's writing is both beautifully wrought and deeply informative about how we live life. All of us practicing essayists can only marvel in delight at his skill and envy his accomplishment. I have known Ken since my days in graduate school over twenty-five years ago and I still feel now as I felt then: when I grow up I want to be half the writer Ken McClane is.” —Gerald L. Early, author of The Culture of Bruising: Essays on Prizefighting, Literature, and Modern American Culture and This is Where I Came In: Black America in the 1960s“In his finely crafted memoir, McClane weaves significant themes in twentieth-century race relations—the arbitrariness of racial designations, the impact of the Civil Rights movement, North and South, and rival versions of ‘Affirmative Action’—through the stories he tells about his parents’ lives. Sharply written, the essays highlight some of the sources of McClane’s anger as well as the breath and depth of his understanding of the American racial landscape.” —Patrick Miller, co-series editor, African American Intellectual Heritage“Kenneth McClane’s voice is unique in American letters: pragmatic; contemplative; intriguingly moody; at times unabashedly and movingly sentimental. He chronicles a world of black people that is little-known and even less-imagined. Color is a wonderful book of beautifully written, understated essays by an important writer who has steadily contributed to American letters.” —Elizabeth Alexander, Yale University“The essays that comprise Color are mighty in their directed honesty and uncompromising views of the lived racialized world observed with an intellectual curiosity and wise generosity that astonishes on every page. Through it all, the words hum with love, so that even the pained heart sings.” —Helena Maria Viramontes, author of Their Dogs Came With Them“. . . the honesty at the heart of Kenneth McClane’s essays is humble and fine, rich in insights. . . . McClane’s point is that the realities of race have not yet been fully confronted in America, and this phenomenon results in the festering of denial and pain.” —ForeWord"Acclaimed poet and literary scholar McClane follows Walls (1991), observations on life as an African American, with a new collection of interconnected essays covering disparate subjects with the locus on race. Exploring the importance of memory and identity with gentle recollections of stories told by his parents and earlier memories of racial discrimination and humiliation, McClane offers a vivid personal perspective on race.” —Booklist“ . . . McClane is neither an angry young man with a message nor someone with a one-sided political agenda. Instead, he comes across as what he is at Cornell, a teacher asking his readers to reflect on their own lives. This title is recommended for comprehensive Black studies collections, to complement the more extensive volumes of Michael Eric Dyson, Gerald Early, Bell Hooks, and other better-known African-American essayists.” —Multicultural Review". . . These eleven anecdotal essays provide glimpses into McClane's personal development through their poetic precision and their ability to speak to each other. While the topics that McClane addresses, including the challenges of caring for ailing parents, racial oppression that stymies educational and professional growth, colorism, and art's role in strengthening the human spirit, have been treated by many Black writers past and present, he provides a fresh lens through which we can view the continuing relevance of these issues. . . . [P]eople on both sides of the 'race question'—those who daily feel and see the effects of institutionalized racism and interpersonal prejudice as well as those who believe that we live in a post-racial America—will find ample food for thought in McClane's essays, which teach not through overt didacticism but through a carefully shaped and beautifully inflected meditation on self, other, and their intersection." —Callaloo

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Book SynopsisThe fascinating diaries of a perceptive eyewitness to the historic events of the 1930s and 40s - including the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936, the coronation of George VI in 1937, the rise of Hitler and the war with Germany of 1939-45.Trade Review‘In the recent parade of diaries, unbelievable interviews, and extraordinary political commentaries, Alan Don’s diaries shine out. . . These were years of the Depression, the rise of Nazi Germany, the Abdication, the Coronation of George VI, the Munich crisis, the Second World War and the London Blitz, and finally victory. . . You will enjoy reading these beautifully written diaries because of the unique insight into these historical events, but also because of Don’s remarkable analysis of the personalities. . . There are wonderful insights throughout.’ * Church Times *I can’t express how much I have been enjoying The Confidential Diaries of Alan Don, who was for a decade from 1931 chaplain and secretary to the strange Archbishop of Canterbury Cosmo Lang . . . The 500-page diaries have been brilliantly reduced from 1,764 closely written pages by Robert Beaken, who wrote a marvellous biography of Lang in 2012. -- Christopher Howse * The Telegraph *‘Robert Beaken has done a magnificent job of presenting these journals and bringing to life again a cast of remarkable figures during an eventful and traumatic era. . . A really valuable contribution to the history of twentieth century Britain.’ * Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge *‘Alan Don’s diaries are a revelation, full of perceptive and lively comment on the leaders of the Church of England and aspects of public and social life during the difficult years of the 1930s and 1940s.’ * Philip Williamson, Professor of Modern British History, Durham University *‘These wonderful diaries add hugely to our understanding of the centrality of the Church in the British state in the run up to global conflict.’ * Mark Chapman, Professor of the History of Modern Theology, University of Oxford *‘The entries on the Second World War are especially vivid and compelling.’ * Matthew Grimley, Associate Professor of Modern History, Merton College, Oxford *‘An essential resource for researchers of these turbulent years, but also a delight for any reader to dip into.’ * Paul Avis, Honorary Professor, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University *Certainly a volume that will give you endless delight . . . this is a "must buy". -- Perry Butler * Anglo Catholic History Society *Fascinating. * Westminster Abbey Review *

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Book SynopsisFrom the author of Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American, which has sold more than 25,000 copies, comes a searing memoir that puts a human face on the issue of child slavery and sounds a call to end it through advocacy and education.Trade Review"His [Cadet's] is a vivid, moving and highly readable narrative of the struggle with the psychological wounds of slavery as well as the personal determination that got him to set up the Jean R Cadet Restavek Organization, dedicated to ending child slavery in Haiti." - New Internationalist, April 2012Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 The Jean R. Cadet Restavek Organization’s Call to Action

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Book SynopsisA woman's memoir rich with details of the frontier era in Texas.Table of Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments An Autobiography of a West Texas Pioneer Afterword Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAs friends began going back to the land at the same time that a health issue emerged, Kathleen Alcalá set out to reexamine her relationship with food at the most local level. Remembering her parents, Mexican immigrants who grew up during the Depression, and the memory of planting, growing, and harvesting fresh food with them as a child, she decided to explore the history of the Pacific Northwest island she calls home. In The Deepest Roots, Alcalá walks, wades, picks, pokes, digs, cooks, and cans, getting to know her neighbors on a much deeper level. Wanting to better understand how we once fed ourselves, and acknowledging that there may be a future in which we could need to do so again, she meets those who experienced the Japanese American internment during World War II, and learns the unique histories of the blended Filipino and Native American community, the fishing practices of the descendants of Croatian immigrants, and the Suquamish elder who shares with her the food legacy of theTrade Review"The issues Alcalá explores are relevant beyond Bainbridge’s boundaries, . . . from the meaning of a homeland to the questions of who has power in the modern world and who has responsibility. . . . The stories have the effect of coming to the reader as they came to the writer, raising as many difficult questions as they answer." -- Rebekah Denn * Seattle Times *"As important now as when it was first published in 2016, Kathleen Alcalá’s book The Deepest Roots: Finding Food and Community on a Pacific Northwest Island recently released in paperback, allows the reader to come along as Alcalá explores the food culture of her home, Bainbridge Island, learns more about how to care for her health, and discovers the ways our collective fates are intimately connected." * 1889 Washington's Magazine *"This unique and fascinating memoir blends the history of Washington with the story of her family’s migration from Mexico, highlighted by informed insights on ecology, economy and gastronomy." -- Rigoberto González * NBC News Latino *"Combining memoir, historical records, and a blueprint for sustainability, The Deepest Roots shows us how an island population can mature into responsible food stewards and reminds us that innovation, adaptation, diversity, and common sense will help us make wise decisions about our future." * Birdbooker Report *"The Deepest Roots should inspire readers to expend elbow grease in working la tierra and seeking community with like-minded gente for healthier living." -- Michael Sedano * La Bloga *"Alcalá takes the local food movement, so long the province of hippy gringos, and brings it home to the immigrant communities for whom it has so long been a fact of life." -- Alejandra Oliva * Remezcla *"A layered experience of discovery, moving organically between personal stories, cultural history, and discussions of environmental policy. . . . Bainbridge Island is a perfect microcosm through which to explore the question of local sustainability. . . . It is a pleasant surprise to hear from some Whatcom County locals among Alcalá’s interviews." -- Lisa Gresham * Cascadia Weekly *Table of ContentsPreface | Island Living Introduction | The Clueless Eater 1. What We Have Always Known 2. To Market 3. School Me 4. Growing Our Own 5. Feast or Famine? 6. What We Can Do Together 7. Otaku Postscript | Last Song Notes Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisBorn into slavery in 1818, the author escaped to freedom and became a passionate advocate for abolition and social change and the foremost spokesperson for the nation's enslaved African American population in the years preceding the Civil War. This book recounts his remarkable life.Trade Review"David Blight has produced a fine edition of Douglass' second autobiography. This is an essential work in African-American and American history, and displays Douglass' developing strength as a writer and political leader."—Richard Slotkin, Wesleyan University"With scorching rhetoric, my heroic ancestor rails against the inhumanity of slavery while upholding the tenets of liberty with poetic elegance. In this new edition, David Blight offers a fresh perspective on my great-great-great grandfather's life from his enslavement on the eastern shore of Maryland to his emergence as a revolutionary leader at the center of a national crisis over the future of slavery."—Kenneth B. Morris, Jr., Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives"David Blight's graceful introduction provides the essential historical context, public as well as private, and helps us appreciate how Douglass's great book managed to be at once a piercing polemic, an extraordinary act of memory, and a masterpiece of American prose."—James Oakes, City University of New York

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Book SynopsisA ground-breaking biography of the most pioneering and accomplished African American writer of the nineteenth century.Trade Review"Ezra Greenspan's painstaking historical research and artful insights of literary analysis have returned William Wells Brown to his rightful place...The very soul of this talented and complex man is laid bare by Greenspan's rich contextualization of Brown's abolitionist success, his remarkably prolific writing, and his legal statelessness in America yet cosmopolitan status as world citizen." -- Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Harvard University "An informative and often moving account." "A compelling life of one of the most remarkable men of the nineteenth century-a boon to our understanding of African American and American culture." -- Arnold Rampersad, Stanford University "A scholarly tour de force. Drawing from an astonishing range of primary materials, Greenspan renders Brown's life in a gripping, elegant narrative that opens up many new vistas on Brown and his world." -- David S. Reynolds, CUNY Graduate Center "Rich and fascinating...Ezra Greenspan has accomplished a remarkable feat of innovative research and has lucidly brought Brown, the self-taught former slave, to life as a person and as a writer who repeatedly reinvented himself in several genres while producing a brilliant critique of America's dilemma with race." -- David W. Blight, Yale University "In his day, Brown rivaled Frederick Douglass as a prominent black abolitionist and exceeded him as an author of important histories and biographies of African Americans. Ezra Greenspan's definitive biography rescues Brown from undeserved obscurity." -- James M. McPherson, Princeton University "William Wells Brown not only was the first African American novelist; he was a master at bringing his contemporaries, the heroic black men and women of the Civil War generation, into full view with his pen. Now, at last, biographer Ezra Greenspan has done the same for Brown. The result is an "experimental voyage," beautifully written and exhaustively researched, that enthralls the reader while illuminating the improvisational genius of one of the nation's most influential fugitive slaves. In reconstructing the fullness of his story, long obscured by the Jim Crow era that followed, William Wells Brown: An African American Life, ensures that Brown's rightful place in the constellation of leading black men and women of letters will remain fixed for future generations." -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University "A fascinating read and an excellent piece of historical detective work." -- Annette Gordon Reed, Harvard University "Greenspan's detailed study of this life of constant growth should win Brown his proper place in American history."

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Book SynopsisA celebrated mountaineer and author searches for meaning in great adventures and explorations, past and present.Trade Review"[G]ripping ... uplifting." -- The Wall Street Journal"This encapsulating narrative pinpoints human spirit and the limitations of the human body in the world of thrilling adventure." -- Adventure Travel"... his tales are thoughtful and insightful... A thoroughly enjoyable and readable book which manages to provide food for thought as well as a healthy dose of vicarious adrenalin." -- The Scottish Mountaineer"Limits of the Known takes the reader on magnificent journeys with some of the greatest explorers of their generations. The book is meticulously researched and skilfully written." -- Climber"What will almost certainly be the last of Roberts's many books is powerful and honest testimony to a life rich in both action and self-examination." -- Times Literary Supplement

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Book SynopsisIn this warm collection of essays and recipes, best-selling author Ann Hood nourishes both our bodies and our souls.Trade Review"These tales of ingredients, recipes, and meals will lift your spirits." -- Bethanne Patrick - The Washington Post"Hood’s essays are like hot chocolate, cozy and warm. Her collection of meditations on food and life touches the big themes." -- Editor's Choice - The New York Times Book Review

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Book SynopsisOne of the most influential chef-restaurateurs reflects on a career defined by surprising, delicious food.Trade Review"Lately I’ve been dipping into chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s new book, JGV: A Life in 12 Recipes. Part memoir, it recalls the moments that have defined his life in food: he was born in Alsace, but has cooked in America all his life, and I’ve always loved eating at his restaurants." -- The Sunday Telegraph

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Book SynopsisMy name is Flora Jessop. I've been called apostate, vigilante, and crazy bitch, and maybe I am. But some people call me a hero, and I'd like to think they're right too. If I am a hero, maybe it's because every time I can play a part in saving a child or woman from a life of servitude and degradation, I'm saving a little piece of me, too.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: My Name Is Flora Jessop. Part One: Pligville. 1. The End of Innocence. 2. Home Sweet Home. 3. The Rape. 4. The Great Escape. 5. Little Runaway. 6. The Prisoner. Part Two: Apostate. 7. Married. 8. Gone for Good. 9. No Boundaries. 10. The End of the Road. 11. Shauna. 12. No One’s Property. 13. Family. Part Three: Outlaw. 14. Ruby. 15. Lost and Found. 16. Changes. 17. Rescuing the Fawns. 18. Running Away Again. 19. Laurene. 20. No Sympathy for the Devil. Part Four: No More Pain. 21. Fighting On. Epilogue. Notes. About the Authors. Index.

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Book SynopsisContains the letters that trace young Sam Clemens' remarkable self-transformation from a footloose, irreverent West Coast journalist to a popular lecturer and author of The Jumping Frog, soon to be a national and international celebrity.

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Book SynopsisContains 338 letters that document the first two years of the author's loving marriage to Olivia L Langdon. This title recounts a tumultuous time: a growing international fame, the birth of a sickly first child, and the near-fatal illness of his wife.

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Book SynopsisAn intimate exploration of the complexity of a bicultural immigrant experience, this text traces three generations of an Iranian (and Iranian-American) family undergoing a century of change - from the author's grandfather to her father, to Bahrampour herself.

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Book SynopsisCaptures the end of the Ottoman world and a pivotal moment in Palestinian history. This title follows the misadventures of an Ottoman soldier stationed in Jerusalem.Trade Review"A must-read for both researchers and the general reading public." This Week In Palestine "A major contribution to the field of social and cultural history of twentieth-century Palestine." Arab Studies Journal "Impressively thoughtful, layered, and well-documented... A precise and well-done history." -- Farid M. Al-Salim Middle East Journal "The value and significance of the volume ... is without question... The writing is compelling and engaging... [An] artful, smooth translation." -- Rochelle Davis, Georgetown University Jrnl Of Palestine Studies "An unparalleled window into everyday life in [Jerusalem during the First World War]." -- William Armstrong Hurriyet Daily NewsTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments 1. The Erasure of Ottoman Palestine 2. The Diary of Ihsan Turjman Notes Index

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Book SynopsisIn the summer of 1968 Peter Matthiessen met Cesar Chavez for the first time. They were the same age: forty-one. Matthiessen lived in New York City, while Chavez lived in the Central Valley farm town of Delano, where the grape strike was unfolding. This book is Matthiessen's panoramic yet finely detailed account of the three years he spent working and traveling with Chavez, including to Sal Si Puedes, the San Jose barrio where Chavez began his organizing. Matthiessen provides a candid look into the many sides of this enigmatic and charismatic leader who lived by the laws of nonviolence. Sal Si Puedes is less reportage than living history. In its pages a whole era comes alive: the Chicano, Black Power, and antiwar movements; the browning of the labor movement; Chavez's fasts; the nationwide boycott of California grapes. When Chavez died in 1993, tens of thousands gathered at his funeral. It was a clear sign of how beloved he was and how important his life had been. A new foreword by Marc Grossman considers the significance of Chavez's legacy for our time. As well as serving as an indispensable guide to the 1960s, this book rejuvenates the extraordinary vitality of Chavez's life and spirit, giving his message a renewed and much-needed urgency.Trade Review""Cesar Chavez is gracefully revealed by Peter Matthiessen as a curiously private public figure who is in love with people," * Chicago Tribune *"The spirit and sense of la Huelga”—the California grape pickers' strike”—is conveyed with passionate clarity in this fine study of Cesar Chavez and his United Farm Workers' Organizing Committee. . . . There isn't any fuller or sharper reportage on this subject than is found here." * Kirkus Reviews *"No labor leader has ever been better served in a contemporaneous account than Cesar Chavez is in this book by Peter Matthiessen. . . . journalism at its finest." * Agricultural History *

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Book SynopsisBeyond the gilded gates of Google, little has been written about the suburban communities of Silicon Valley. This book looks at the everyday life and politics inside Silicon Valley against a backdrop of various dramatic demographic shifts. It follows one community over several decades as it transforms from a sleepy rural town to a global gateway.Trade Review"A timely primer for scholars and students as well as practitioners concerned with race and metropolitan development. Summing Up: Highly recommended." * CHOICE *“Well-researched and well-written.” * Journal of Urban Affairs *“Lung-Amam’s ethnographic methods and urban planning lens offer a unique perspective on racialization and change.” * American Journal of Sociology *"Trespassers is an important contribution to scholars interested in how histories of suburban spatial distinction and social hierarchies operate into the present, as well as new forms of political and civic engagement by minority communities. Refreshingly, non-specialists, community activists, and policy makers also will find Lung-Amam’s prose accessible and informative." * City & Society *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Landscapes of Difference 1 • The New Gold Mountain 2 • A Quality Education for Whom? 3 • Mainstreaming the Asian Mall 4 • That “Monster House” Is My Home 5 • Charting New Suburban Storylines Afterword: Keeping the Dream Alive in Troubled Times Appendix: Methods for Revealing Hidden Suburban Narratives Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn the spring of 1781, Adams made an appeal to the States General of the Netherlands for immediate recognition of the U.S. Published in Dutch, English, and French, it offered a radical vision of the ordinary citizen's role in determining political events. Here, the circumstances and reasoning behind Adams's bold moves are presented in full.Trade ReviewThe heart of the matter, quite simply, is John Adams—fussing, fuming, stretching his mind to its widest effort, using his eyes to detect everything visible and supposable about the human comedy and tragedy of which he is an event-making part. -- Adrienne Koch * New York Times Book Review *These volumes [11 and 12] are elegantly produced and contain many helpful features… No reference library of note should be without a complete set of the Papers of John Adams, and no historian of the American Revolution in general, or the diplomacy of this era in particular, should fail to use these volumes extensively. -- David B. Mattern * New England Quarterly *In the Papers of John Adams, the superb standard of editorial scholarship that has been the hallmark of the Adams papers remains evident. It is all there: scrupulous care in presenting the texts; thorough, judicious, and insightful annotation; and the detailed analytic system of indexing that makes it possible to consult the published Adams papers so efficiently… As a result, the new volumes interlock closely with the old so as to enhance the utility of each part of the entire group. -- Richard D. Brown * American Historical Review *The modern craft of documentary editing—which these superb volumes illustrate at its best—is facing a crisis of funding and of confidence… Volumes such as these and the cumulative insight that they give us as scholars and as a people into the origins of our national institutions are a powerful argument for continuing to invest in the scholarship that produces them. -- Constance B. Schulz * Journal of Southern History *The high quality of production that readers have come to expect from The Adams Papers has been maintained by the Belknap Press. The editors are to be congratulated for so capably continuing publication of this comprehensive and useful documentary edition. -- Richard Middleton * William & Mary Quarterly *[Former editor-in-chief of the Adams Papers] Mr. [L. H.] Butterfield brought to the immense project the high scholarly and literary standards that have distinguished it to this day, as publication of the Papers continues in one splendid volume after another. -- David McCullough, author of John AdamsTable of ContentsDescriptive List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Public Diplomacy at the Hague 2. John Adams and His Letterbooks 3. Notes on Editorial Method Acknowledgments Guide to Editorial Apparatus 1. Textual Devices 2. Adams Family Code Names 3. Descriptive Symbols 4. Location Symbols 5. Other Abbreviations and Conventional Terms 6. Short Titles of Works Frequently Cited Papers of John Adams, January-September 1781 Appendix: List of Omitted Documents Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume chronicles Adams’s efforts, against great odds, to achieve formal recognition of the United States. Documents include his vigorous response to criticism of his seemingly unorthodox methods by those who would have preferred that he pursue a different course, including Congress’s new secretary for foreign affairs, Robert R. Livingston.Trade ReviewThe heart of the matter, quite simply, is John Adams—fussing, fuming, stretching his mind to its widest effort, using his eyes to detect everything visible and supposable about the human comedy and tragedy of which he is an event-making part. -- Adrienne Koch * New York Times Book Review *These volumes [11 and 12] are elegantly produced and contain many helpful features… No reference library of note should be without a complete set of the Papers of John Adams, and no historian of the American Revolution in general, or the diplomacy of this era in particular, should fail to use these volumes extensively. -- David B. Mattern * New England Quarterly *In the Papers of John Adams, the superb standard of editorial scholarship that has been the hallmark of the Adams papers remains evident. It is all there: scrupulous care in presenting the texts; thorough, judicious, and insightful annotation; and the detailed analytic system of indexing that makes it possible to consult the published Adams papers so efficiently… As a result, the new volumes interlock closely with the old so as to enhance the utility of each part of the entire group. -- Richard D. Brown * American Historical Review *The modern craft of documentary editing—which these superb volumes illustrate at its best—is facing a crisis of funding and of confidence… Volumes such as these and the cumulative insight that they give us as scholars and as a people into the origins of our national institutions are a powerful argument for continuing to invest in the scholarship that produces them. -- Constance B. Schulz * Journal of Southern History *The high quality of production that readers have come to expect from The Adams Papers has been maintained by the Belknap Press. The editors are to be congratulated for so capably continuing publication of this comprehensive and useful documentary edition. -- Richard Middleton * William & Mary Quarterly *[Former editor-in-chief of the Adams Papers] Mr. [L. H.] Butterfield brought to the immense project the high scholarly and literary standards that have distinguished it to this day, as publication of the Papers continues in one splendid volume after another. -- David McCullough, author of John AdamsTable of ContentsDescriptive List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Minister to the Netherlands 2. John Adams and His Letterbooks 3. Notes on Editorial Method Acknowledgments Guide to Editorial Apparatus 4. Textual Devices 5. Adams Family Code Names 6. Descriptive Symbols 7. Location Symbols 8. Other Abbreviations and Conventional Terms 9. Short Titles of Works Frequently Cited Papers of John Adams, October 1781 - April 1782 Appendix: List of Omitted Documents Index

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Book SynopsisIn 1782, Adams focused his energies on raising a loan from Dutch bankers and negotiating a Dutch-American commercial treaty. This volume chronicles his efforts to achieve these objectives, but also provides an unparalleled view of 18th-century American diplomacy on the eve of a peace settlement ending the eight-year war of the American Revolution.

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Book SynopsisBorn in London in 1775 to a Maryland merchant and his English wife, Louisa recalls her childhood and education in England and France and her courtship with John Quincy. Her diaries reveal a reluctant but increasingly canny political wife. Her husband emerges in a fullness seldom seen—ambitious and exacting, yet passionate, generous, and gallant.

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Book SynopsisThis selection, the first based on the authoritative six-volume Letters, represents every major private and public event in Adams's life from 1858 to 1918 and confirms his reputation as one of the greatest letter writers of his time.Trade ReviewErnest Samuels has performed a valuable service in making Adams’s letters accessible for the first time to a large audience. For these letters are compelling and important… The proximity and sensitivity to power that gave many of Adams’s letters lasting interest and credibility also set a more personally interested agenda for his correspondence. * The Nation *A superbly edited one-volume collection containing much of Adams’s most significant and illustrative correspondence. * Choice *Henry Adams is a rare bird in American letters: rich, autonomous, and socially unassailable; descendant of Presidents, secure within the genteel Establishment, yet holding himself aloof from it; historian of his country, toward which he felt a proprietary concern; and, by his own reckoning, ‘a failure in politics and literature, in society and in solitude, in hatred and in love’ …Besides enriching the stock of informal American literature—for embedded in them are novelistic episodes and passages of power and beauty—the letters constitute a kind of epistolary autobiography that complements Adams’s more reticent memoir. -- Daniel AaronTable of ContentsAbbreviations APPRENTICE YEARS 1858-1868 THE CONQUEST OF A REPUTATION 1868-1885 IN SEARCH OF NIRVANA 1886-1892 A FAUSTIAN TRAVELER 1891-1899 CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN ANARCHIST 1899-1905 THE BENEVOLENT SAGE 1906-1918 Genealogy of the Adams Family Chronology Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisNo U.S. president has faced the problems Lincoln confronted, nor expressed himself with such eloquence on issues of great moment. Harold Holzer and Thomas Horrocks explore his writings on slavery, emancipation, racial equality, the legality of secession, civil liberties in wartime, and the meaning of the terrible suffering caused by the Civil War.Trade ReviewThe selections represent Lincoln’s development, both politically and intellectually, as well as the maturation of his communication skills… It is a beautifully printed and designed book, extensively illustrated. From the collector’s standpoint, we were excited to see many pieces of Lincolniana we were not familiar with. * The Rail Splitter *A tour de force, as one would expect from such meticulous and gifted writers as Harold Holzer and Thomas Horrocks. It will appeal to anyone interested in Lincoln and the Civil War. -- William C. Harris, author of Lincoln and the Border States: Preserving the UnionThe Annotated Lincoln is the kind of book that all Lincoln buffs will treasure, and it’s one of those rare volumes that can help transform a casual reader into a serious student of America’s greatest president. It reveals the often-elusive Lincoln in an unforgettable manner. -- Matthew Pinsker, author of Lincoln’s Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers’ Home

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Book SynopsisThese volumes chronicle Adams’s efforts to convince the British that their nation’s economic survival demanded an immediate peace; his debate with the French foreign minister, the Comte de Vergennes, over the proper Franco–American relationship; and his struggle to obtain a loan in the Netherlands, where policies were dictated by Mammon.Trade ReviewWomen’s rights and the birth of a nation are just two subjects in the enormous scope of the Adams Papers, a 250,000-page collection of letters, diaries, and public papers of President John Adams, Abigail Adams, their son, John Quincy Adams, who became the country’s sixth president, and other members of the Adams clan… Together, the writings not only chronicle much of the nation’s early history, but they provide one of the longest and most complete views of the life of an American family—albeit an extraordinary one—during the 18th and 19th centuries. -- Alvin Powell * Harvard Gazette *Table of ContentsVOLUME 9 Descriptive List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Paris and Amsterdam in 1780 2. John Adams and his Letterbooks 3. Notes on Editorial Method Acknowledgments Guide to Editorial Apparatus 4. Textual Devices 5. Adams Family Code Names 6. Descriptive Symbols 7. Location Symbols 8. Other Abbreviations and Conventional Terms 9. Short Titles of Works Frequently Cited Papers of John Adams, July 1780 - December 1780 Appendix: List of Omitted Documents Index VOLUME 10 Descriptive List of Illustrations Papers of John Adams, July 1780 - December 1780 Appendix: List of Omitted Documents Index

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Book SynopsisContains the scientific work Einstein published during the first decade of his career, and includes some of the most significant achievements of twentieth-century physics. This work includes the famous paper that set forth the special theory of relativity, solving some long-standing difficulties.Table of ContentsList of Texts ix INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL Introduction to Volume 2 xvi Supplement to the Editorial Method in Volume One xxxi A Note on Secondary Literature xxxiii Acknowledgments xxxiv Translation xxxv List of Location Symbols xxxvi TEXTS 3 Editoral Note: Einstein on the Nature of Molecular Forces 3 1."Conclusions Drawn from the Phenomena of Capillarity," 13 December 1900 "Folgerungen aus den Capillaritatserscheinungen" Annalen der Physik 4 (1901) 9 2."On the Thermodynamic Theory of the Difference in Potentials between Metals and Fully Dissociated Solutions of Their Salts and on an Electrical Method for Investigating Molecular Forces," April 1902 "Ueber die thermodynamische Theorie der Potentialdifferenz zwischen Metallen und vollstandig dissociirten Losungen ihrer Salze und uber eine elektrische Methode zur Erforschung der Molecularkrafte" Annalen der Physik 8 (1902) 22 Editorial Note: Einstein on the Foundations of Statistical Physics 41 3."Kinetic Theory of Thermal Equilibrium and of the Second Law of Thermodynamics," June 1902 "Kinetische Theorie des Warmegleichgewichtes und des zweiten Hauptsatzes der Thermodynamik" Annalen der Physik 9 (1902) 56 4."A Theory of the Foundations of Thermodynamics," January 1903 "Eine Theorie der Grundlagen der Thermodynamik" Annalen der Physik 11 (1903) 76 5."On the General Molecular Theory of Heat," 27 March 1904 "Zur allgemeinen molekularen Theorie der Warme" Annalen der Physik 14 (1904) 98 Editorial Note: Einstein's Reviews for the Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 109 6.Review of Giuseppe Belluzzo, "Principles of Graphic Thermodynamics," first half of March 1905 "Principi di termodinamica grafica" Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 112 7.Review of Albert Fliegner, "On Clausius's Law of Entropy," first half of March 1905 "Uber den Clausius'schen Entropiesatz" Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 115 8.Review of William McFadden Orr, "On Clausius' Theorem for Irreversible Cycles, and on the Increase of Entropy," first half of March 1905 Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 118 9.Review of George Hartley Bryan, "The Law of Degradation of Energy as the Fundamental Principle of Thermodynamics," first half of March 1905 Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 120 10.Review of Nikolay Nikolayevich Schiller, "Some Concerns Regarding the Theory of Entropy Increase Due to the Diffusion of Gases Where the Initial Pressures of the Latter Are Equal," first half of March 1905 "Einige Bedenken betreffend die Theorie der Entropievermehrung durch Diffusion der Gase bei einander gleichen Anfangsspannungen der letzteren" Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 122 11.Review of Jakob Johann Weyrauch, "On the Specific Heats of Superheated Water Vapor," first half of March 1905 "Ueber die spezifischen Warmen des uberhitzten Wasserdampfes" Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 125 12.Review of Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, "The Influence of the Change in Specific Heat on the Work of Conversion," first half of March 1905 "Einfluss der Anderung der spezifischen Warme auf die Umwandlungsarbeit" Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 127 13.Review of Arturo Giammarco, "A Case of Corresponding States in Thermodynamics," first half of March 1905 "Un caso di corrispondenza in termodinamica" Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 131 Editorial Note: Einstein's Early Work on the Quantum Hypothesis 134 14."On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light," 17 March 1905 "Uber einen die Erzeugung und Verwandlung des Lichtes betreffenden heuristischen Gesichtspunkt" Annalen der Physik 17 (1905) 149 Editorial Note: Einstein's Dissertation on the Determination of Molecular Dimensions 170 15.A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions (University of Zurich dissertation), 30 April 1905 Eine neue Bestimmung der MolekuldimensionenBern: Buchdruckerei K. 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Wyss, 1906 183 Editorial Note: Einstein on Brownian Motion 206 16."On the Movement of Small Particles Suspended in Stationary Liquids Required by the Molecular-Kinetic Theory of Heat," May 1905 "Uber die von der molekularkinetischen Theorie der Warme geforderte Bewegung von in ruhenden Flussigkeiten suspendierten Teilchen" Annalen der Physik 17 (1905) 223 17.Review of Karl Fredrik Slotte, "On the Heat of Fusion," second half of June 1905 "Uber die Schmelzwarme" Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 237 18.Review of Karl Fredrik Slotte, "Conclusions Drawn from a Thermodynamic Equation," second half of June 1905 "Folgerungen aus einer thermodynamischen Gleichung" Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 240 19.Review of Emile Mathias, "The Constant a of Rectilinear Diameters and the Laws of Corresponding States," second half of June 1905 "La constante a des dametres rectilignes et les lois des etats correspondants" Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 242 20.Review of Max Planck, "On Clausius' Theorem for Irreversible Cycles, and on the Increase of Entropy," second half of June 1905 Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 245 21.Review of Edgar Buckingham, "On Certain Difficulties Which Are Encountered in the Study of Thermodynamics," second half of June 1905 Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 247 22.Review of Paul Langevin, "On a Fundamental Formula of the Kinetic Theory," second half of June 1905 "Sur une formule fondamentale de la theorie cinetique" Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 250 Editorial Note: Einstein on the Theory of Relativity 253 23."On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies," June 1905 "Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Korper" Annalen der Physik 17 (1905) 275 24."Does the Inertia of a Body Depend upon its Energy Content?" September 1905 "Ist die Tragheit eines Korpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhangig?" Annalen der Physik 18 (1905) 311 25.Review of Heinrich Birven, Fundamentals of the Mechanical Theory of Heat, second half of September 1905 Grundzuge der mechanischen Warmetheorie Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 316 26.Review of Auguste Ponsot, "Heat in the Displacement of the Equilibrium of a Capillary System," second half of September 1905 "Chaleur dans le deplacement de l'equilibre d'un systeme capillaire" Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 318 27.Review of Karl Bohlin, "On Impact Considered as the Basis of Kinetic Theories of Gas Pressure and of Universal Gravitation," second half of September 1905 "Sur le choc, considere comme fondement des theories cinetiques de la pression des gaz et de la gravitation universelle" Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 320 28.Review of Georges Meslin, "On the Constant in Mariotte and Gay-Lussac's Law," first half of November 1905 "Sur la constante de la loi de Mariotte et Gay-Lussac" Betblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 323 29.Review of Albert Fliegner, "The Efflux of Hot Water from Container Orifices," first half of November 1905 "Das Ausstromen heissen Wassers aus Gefassmundungen" Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 325 30.Review of Jakob Johann Weyrauch, An Outline of the Theory of Heat. With Numerous Examples and Applications. Part 1, second half of November 1905 Grundriss der Warmetheorie. Mit zahlreichen Beispielen und Anwendungen Betblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 327 31.Review of Albert Fliegner, "On the Thermal Value of Chemical Processes," second half of November 1905 "Uber den Warmewert chemischer Vorgange" Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 29 (1905) 331 32."On the Theory of Brownian Motion," December 1905 "Zur Theorie der Brownschen Bewegung" Annalen der Physik 19 (1906) 333 33."Supplement" to "A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions" [the version of Document 15 published as an article in the Annalen der Physik], January 1906 Annalen der Physik 19 (1906) 346 34."On the Theory of Light Production and Light Absorption," March 1906 "Zur Theorie der Lichterzeugung und Lichtabsorption" Annalen der Physik 20 (1906) 349 35."The Principle of Conservation of Motion of the Center of Gravity and the Inertia of Energy," May 1906 "Das Prinzip von der Erhaltung der Schwerpunktsbewegung und die Tragheit der Energie" Annalen der Physik 20 (1906) 359 36."On a Method for the Determination of the Ratio of the Transverse and the Longitudinal Mass of the Electron," August 1906 "Uber eine Methode zur Bestimmung des Verhaltnisses der transversalen und longitudinalen Masse des Elektrons" Annalen der Physik 21 (1906) 367 37.Review of Max Planck, Lectures on the Theory of Thermal Radiation, first half of August 1906 Vorlesungen uber die Theorie der Warmestrahlung Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 30 (1906) 373 38."Planck's Theory of Radiation and the Theory of Specific Heat," November 1906 "Die Plancksche Theorie der Strahlung und die Theorie der spezifischen Warme" Annalen der Physik 22 (1907) 378 39."On the Limit of Validity of the Law of Thermodynamic Equilibrium and on the Possibility of a New Determination of the Elementary Quanta," December 1906 "Uber die Gultigkeitsgrenze des Satzes vom thermodynamischen Gleichgewicht und uber die Moglichkeit einer neuen Bestimmung der Elementarquanta" Annalen der Physik 22 (1907) 392 40."Theoretical Remarks on Brownian Motion," January 1907 Theoretische Bemerkungen uber die Brownsche Bewegung" Zeitschrift fur Elektrochemie und angewandte physikalische Chemie 13 (1907) 398 41."On the Possibility of a New Test of the Relativity Principle," March 1907 "Uber die Moglichkeit einer neuen Prufung des Relativitatsprinzips" Annalen der Physik 23 (1907) 401 42."Correction to My Paper: 'Planck's Theory of Radiation, etc.' " [Document 38], 3 March 1907 "Berichtigung zu meiner Arbeit: 'Die Plancksche Theorie der Strahlung etc.' " Annalen der Physik 22 (1907) 404 43.Author's abstract of lecture "On the Nature of the Movements of Microscopically Small Particles Suspended in Liquids," held 23 March 1907 "Ueber die Natur der Bewegungen mikroskopisch kleiner, in Flussigkeiten suspendierter Teilchen" Naturforschende Gesellschaft Bern. Mitteilungen (1907) 407 44."Comments on the Note of Mr. Paul Ehrenfest: 'The Translatory Motion of Deformable Electrons and the Area Law,' " 14 April 1907 "Bemerkungen zu der Notiz von Hrn. Paul Ehrenfest: 'Die Translation deformierbarer Elektronen und der Flachensatz' " Annalen der Physik 23 (1907) 409 45."On the Inertia of Energy Required by the Relativity Pnnciple," May 1907 "Uber die vom Relativitatspnnzip geforderte Tragheit der Energie" Annalen der Physik 23 (1907) 413 46.Review of Jakob Johann Weyrauch, An Outline of the Theory of Heat. With Numerous Examples and Applications. Part 2, second half of August 1907 Grundriss der Warmetheorie. Mit zahlreichen Beispielen und Anwendungen Beiblatter zu den Annalen der Physik 31 (1907) 429 47."On the Relativity Pnnciple and the Conclusions Drawn from It," 4 December 1907 "Uber das Relativitatspnnzip und die aus demselben gezogenen Folgerungen" Jahrbuch der Radioaktivitat und Elektronik 4 (1907) 432 48."A New Electrostatic Method for the Measurement of Small Quantities of Electricity," 13 February 1908 "Eine neue elektrostatische Methode zur Messung kleiner Elektrizitatsmengen" Physikalische Zeitschrift 9 (1908) 489 49."Corrections to the Paper: 'On the Relativity Principle and the Conclusions Drawn from It'" [Document 47], 29 February 1908 "Berichtigungen zu der Arbeit: 'Uber das Relativitatsprinzip und die aus demselben gezogenen Folgerungen'" Jahrbuch der Radioaktivitat und Elektronik 5 (1908) 493 50."Elementary Theory of Brownian Motion," 1 April 1908 "Elementare Theorie der Brownschen Bewegung" Zeitschrift fur Elektrochemie und angewandte physikalische Chemie 14 (1908) 496 Editorial Note: Einstein and Laub on the Electrodynamics of Moving Media 503 51."On the Fundamental Electromagnetic Equations for Moving Bodies" (with Jakob Laub), 29 April 1908 "Uber die elektromagnetischen Grundgleichungen fur bewegte Korper" Annalen der Physik 26 (1908) 508 52."On the Ponderomotive Forces Exerted on Bodies at Rest in the Electromagnetic Field" (with Jakob Laub), 7 May 1908 "Uber die im elektromagnetischen Felde auf ruhende Korper ausgeubten ponderomotorischen Krafte" Annalen der Physik 26 (1908) 518 53."Correction to the Paper: 'On the Fundamental Electromagnetic Equations for Moving Bodies' " (with Jakob Laub) [Document 51], 24 August 1908 "Berichtigung zur Abhandlung: 'Uber die elektromagnetischen Grundgleichungen fur bewegte Korper' " Annalen der Physik 27 (1908) 529 54."Remarks on Our Paper: 'On the Fundamental Electromagnetic Equations for Moving Bodies' " (with Jakob Laub) [Document 51], November 1908, and 531 "Supplement," 19 January 1909 "Bemerkungen zu unserer Arbeit: 'Uber die elektromagnetischen Grundgleichungen fur bewegte Korper,' " and "Nachtrag" Annalen der Physik 28 (1909) 531 55."Comment on the Paper of D. Mirimanoff: 'On the Fundamental Equations ... ,' " January 1909 "Bemerkung zu der Arbeit von D. Mirimanoff: 'Uber die Grundgleichungen ...' " Annalen der Physik 28 (1909) 536 56."On the Present Status of the Radiation Problem," January 1909 "Zum gegenwartigen Stand des Strahlungsproblems" Physikalische Zeitschaft 10 (1909) 541 57."On the Present Status of the Radiation Problem" (with Walter Ritz), April 1909 "Zum gegenwartigen Stand des Strahlungsproblems" Physikalische Zeitschrift 10 (1909) 554 58.Extract from "Discussion" following lecture version of Henry Siedentopf, "On Ultramicroscopic Images," 20 September 1909 Physikalische Zeitschrift 10 (1909) 556 59.Extract from "Discussion" following lecture version of Arthur Szarvassi, "The Theory of Electromagnetic Phenomena in Moving Bodies and the Energy Principle," 21 September 1909 Physikalische Zeitschrift 10 (1909) 560 60."On the Development of Our Views Concerning the Nature and Constitution of Radiation," 21 September 1909 "Uber die Entwickelung unserer Anschauungen uber das Wesen und die Konstitution der Strahlung" Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. Verhandlungen 7 (1909) 563 61."Discussion" following lecture version of "On the Development of Our Views Concerning the Nature and Constitution of Radiation" [Document 60], 21 September 1909 Physikalische Zeitschrift 10 (1909) 584 62."Discussion" following lecture version of Fritz Hasenohrl, "On the Transformation of Kinetic Energy into Radiation," 21 September 1909 Physikalische Zeitschrift 10 (1909) 588 Literture Cited 591 Indexes 625

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