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Book SynopsisInspiration for the Emmy Award-winning HBO film Something the Lord Made and the award-winning PBS documentary Partners of the Heart.Trade Review"The fascinating tale of an extraordinary black man's involvement, growth, and final recognition in a white man's world of surgical research and medical practice. . . . At the same time, an insightful firsthand account of the genesis of some of the pioneering research into the nature of shock and some of the early procedures in cardiovascular surgery." * Journal of the History of Medicine *"For one who had the privilege of being a student, coworker, and later a colleague of Vivien Thomas, reading this autobiography is an extraordinary experience. Although the reviewer worked with him in the laboratory for 20 years, often on a daily basis, many features of this unique and compelling story have been revealed for the first time." * David C. Sabiston, Journal of the American Medical Association *Table of ContentsForeword by Mark M. Ravitch, M.D. Preface Acknowledgements PART ONE. THE VANDERBILT YEARS PART TWO. THE HOPKINS YEARS PART THREE. RECOGNITION References Name Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisThrough their letters, speeches, articles and diaries, this volume recounts the national careers of Stanton and Anthony as popular lecturers, their work with members of Congress to expand women's rights and the launch of their campaign for a 16th amendment in the Centennial Year of 1876.Trade Review"A captivating and enchanting book, beautifully edited, full of rich, brilliantly chosen selections." -- Christine Stansell * Princeton University *"When Clowns Make Laws for Queens, 1880 to 1887 is the fourth of six planned volumes of The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. The entire collection documents the friendship and accomplishments of two of America's most important social and political reformers.At the opening of the fourth volume, suffragists hoped to speed passage of a sixteenth amendment to the Constitution through the creation of Select Committees on Woman Suffrage in Congress. Congress did not vote on the amendment until January 1887. Then, in a matter of a week, suffragists were dealt two major blows: the Senate defeated the amendment and the Senate and House reached agreement on the Edmunds-Tucker Act, disenfranchising all women in the Territory of Utah. As evidenced in this volume's selection of letters, articles, speeches, and diary entries, these were years of frustration. Suffragists not only lost federal and state campaigns for partial and full voting rights, but also endured an invigorated opposition. In spite of these challenges, Stanton and Anthony continued to pursue their life's work. In 1880 both women retired from lecturing to devote attention to their monumental History of Woman Suffrage. They also opened a new transatlantic dialogue about woman's rights during a trip to Europe in 1883." -- Anne Firor Scott * author of Natural Allies: Women's Associations in American History *"In this rich and important collection, Ann Gordon applies a scholar's integrity, a woman's sensitivity, and a personal curiosity to the works that define these cherished foremothers. Thanks to her extraordinary work, we now have a full and accessible record for future readers and writers of our history." -- Lynn Sherr * ABC News correspondent and author of Failure Is Impossible *"This volume, masterfully edited by Ann D. Gordon, lays bare some of the most dramaticùand most painfulùyears in the struggle for woman rights. It also brings to vivid life two of the most important Americans of the nineteenth century. No one seriously interested in our common history should be without it." -- Geoffrey C. Ward * author of Not For Ourselves Alone *"This is one of the great historical projects of our generation. Long after current narratives, biographies, and monographs have faded into the realm of the 'old-fashioned,' the forthright voices of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony will still ring clear. Ann Gordon and the insightful editors guide us through the politics and society in which these remarkable leaders flourished. These volumes are a compelling read, and indispensable to an understanding of modern democracy." -- Linda K. Kerber * author of No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies *"I would encourage everyone interested in nineteenth-century politics to buy these books. The materials selected for inclusion-letters, diary entries, speeches, articles-provide a window on the debates that were crucial to the formation of American political culture before, during, and after the Civil War. Presented chronologically, introduced with editorial headings, and superbly annotated, each document stands on its own, and together they tell many stories." -- Melanie S. Gustafson * New York History *

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Book SynopsisThe Weathermen - a US-based, revolutionary splinter group of Students for a Democratic Society - advocated the overthrow of the government and capitalism. Here, the author traces her involvement with this group, and her transformation from a shy, married graduate student into a go-go dancing, street-fighting macho mama.

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Book SynopsisA literary account of the author's experience in World War I. Hell on Earth is the second book written by Avigdor Hameiri (born Feuerstein, 1890-1970) about his experiences as a Russian prisoner of war during the second half of World War I. Available for the first time to an English-speaking audience, this reality-driven novel is comparable to All Quiet on the Western Front.

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Book SynopsisRepresenting Michigan for thirty-six years in the US Senate, Carl Levin, the longest-serving senator in Michigan history, was known for his dogged pursuit of the truth, his commitment to holding government accountable, and his basic decency. Getting to the Heart of the Matter: My 36 Years in the Senate is his story.Trade Review[Carl Levin is] the model of serious purpose, principle, and personal decency, whose example ought to inspire the service of new and returning senators. Carl and I served together for five terms-thirty years-and we developed a very strong bond of personal trust. Our word was our bond and the security of our nation was always foremost. Even though we are from different political parties, we share a love of country, a commitment to do what is right, and a deep mutual admiration and respect for each other. We never let our policy differences turn into personal differences. And we served in a Senate where bipartisanship was something to be sought after, where compromise was not a dirty word but an essential ingredient to make our government function better. Getting to the Heart of the Matter reminds us there are patriots like Carl Levin who define 'honesty, integrity, and civility.' In a lifetime of dedicated service, he made government more accountable, the nation more secure, and fought for opportunity for all. He is an American hero. The Dingell and Levin families have shared decades of friendship and public service. Getting to the Heart of the Matter is a heartfelt, thoughtful narrative of his career which had a positive impact on so many people. Everyone interested in public service should read this. Carl Levin's life and work continue to be an inspiration to each of us who have had the privilege of knowing him. His commitment to public service and the leadership he exemplifies have made a remarkable and historic contribution to the country. His beautifully written autobiography makes me wish we had more like him now. Care about integrity? Read this book. Given up on finding truly selfless politicians? Read this book. Senator Carl Levin's riveting biography is food for our decency-starved souls and is a page-turning must-read for future public servants and all who love Michigan. Over fifty years of immersion in the Senate-writing about it, interacting with its members, and working inside it-I have seen very few of its members garner the universal admiration and respect of Carl Levin. Getting to the Heart of the Matter is a memoir, but it is much more than that. Writing about his six terms in the Senate, Levin gives us an intimate, inside portrait of thirty-six years of key policy decisions and political developments in the country-and his role, often a pivotal one, in many of them. Along the way, we get a sense of how the Senate worked during those decades. This book is a tribute to a remarkable, important career and is a must-read for all who care about the country, its values, and the workings of its institutions going forward. Senator Carl Levin is the epitome of a dedicated statesman. His wise, effective, and collegial service to our nation is admirable. His memoir is a must-read for those who seek to understand how our government should work. Carl Levin served as the de facto conscience of the United States Senate for thirty-six years. He never forgot the people he grew up with in Detroit where he started out driving a taxi and working in an automobile factory. As chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Levin ferreted out wrongdoing, abuses of taxpayers, and failed policies, its reports all issued with bipartisan agreement, a remarkable feat of dignity, duty, and moral strength in our era. Getting to the Heart of the Matter is an account of a splendid Senate career by one of its greats. But it is also a well-timed reminder of what the Senate is supposed to be: a place where the national good is earnestly considered, not a viper's nest for conspiracy theories and vitriol. Levin, a Democratic stalwart if ever there was one, was never a shrinking violet when it came to issues he cared about, and there were plenty of those. But his old-fashioned sense of fair play helped him forge productive relationships with Republicans and craft bipartisan legislation in the days before that phrase became an oxymoron.

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Book SynopsisTells the story of Diana, a beautiful woman who sought love in the strange by-paths of Lesbos.

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Book SynopsisThis memoir was written in 1905 by 61-year-old Samuel W. Hankins detailing his years as a Confederate rifleman from the spring of 1861, when at a he volunteered for the 2d Mississippi Infantry, through the end of the war in 1865, when he was just twenty years old and maimed for life.Trade ReviewThe story is doubtless the most vivid record of a Confederate soldier's life that has been or will be written. [Hankins] gives in detail the most ludicrous events vividly as if a mature, gifted writer had kept a diary at the time, and his truly 'simple story' will create sympathetic interest. It is so devoid of bitterness that a man who served on the 'other side'... would sympathize with him in the hardships and privations of prison life and deplore that the government he served did not when it could render more humane service to him. - Confederate Veteran, 1912

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Book SynopsisA memoir of Mary Ann Caws which recounts a life of passionate engagement. It sketches her early years in North Carolina, where she makes her debut and begins to struggle with accepted social values of the time and region. It also describes her education at Bryn Mawr, in Paris, and at Yale - where she weds a professor of philosophy.Trade ReviewCaws traces a continuum of relish and regret encompassing emotional states such as joy, fear, angst, and anger, but at the same time acknowledges the power of imagination in shaping her personal and professional life. [She] traces the process whereby she acquired her personal and academic voice despite an emotionally absent father, a husband who considered his career more important than hers, and a stiflingly sexist southern society. - ANQ

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Book SynopsisWorld War II offered women the opportunity to contribute to the work of the country, and Nancy Batson Crews was one woman who made the most of her privileged beginnings and youthful talents and opportunities. She was a high school cheerleader, campus queen, airplane pilot, wife, mother, politician, businesswoman. This work presents her story.Trade ReviewEngaging and well written, [this book] will appeal to general readers. It also makes an important contribution to the literature of WAFS/WASP, Alabama history, and women's history. - Robert J. Jakeman, author of The Divided Skies: Establishing Segregated Flight Training at Tuskegee, Alabama, 1934-1942

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Book SynopsisPresents the 1935 autobiography of Alexander Ziskind Gurwitz, an Orthodox Jew whose lively recounting of his life in Tsarist Russia and his immigration to San Antonio, Texas, in 1910 captures turbulent changes in early twentieth-century Jewish history.Trade Review“The text itself is an insightful description of events experienced in a life lived in great extremes. . . . Gurwitz’s recollections of his days in Europe give the reader insight into a world lost to Nazi destruction. Thankfully, Bryan Stone’s commentary adds an explanative background such that the reader gains an understanding of the interaction of ideas of the times. In as much as Jewish life in Texas is still very much yet-to-be recorded history, these writings open new windows on traditional observance influenced by new Jewish movements, particularly in the United States.”— American Jewish Archives Journal“This exceptionally rich memoir will immediately captivate readers with an introduction that appeals to the interests of academics, yet is accessible to general readers. Poetic, with scenes of tension that impel one to keep reading, the story sustains interest throughout.”—Jeffrey S. Gurock, author of Orthodox Jews in America“Gurwitz's memoir provides an almost unmatched glimpse into the daily life, folk and foodways, educational system, and family patterns of traditional East European Jews of the place and time—a real-life Fiddler on the Roof. The detail of the life of a yeshivah student and young Jewish functionary, as well as of Hassidic life are extraordinary yet this story goes beyond that to show Gurwitz’s middle age attempts to maintain tradition after immigrating to San Antonio, Texas. Bryan Edward Stone’s outstanding introduction and commentary places the memoir in historical context and highlights the important themes.”—Mark K. Bauman, editor of Dixie Diaspora: An Anthology of Southern Jewish History and coeditor of The Quiet Voices: Southern Rabbis and Black Civil Rights, 1880s to 1990s

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Book SynopsisClarence Mitchell Jr. was the driving force in the movement for passage of civil rights laws in America.

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Book SynopsisBetween the Brown and the Red captures the multifaceted nature of church-state relations in communist Poland, relations that oscillated between mutual confrontation, accommodation, and dialogue. Ironically, under communism the bond between religion and nation in Poland grew stronger. This happened in spite of the fact that the government deployed nationalist themes in order to portray itself as more Polish than communist. Between the Brown and the Red also introduces one of the most fascinating figures in the history of twentieth-century Poland and the communist world.In this study of the complex relationships between nationalism, communism, authoritarianism, and religion in twentieth-century Poland, Mikolaj Kunicki shows the ways in which the country's communist rulers tried to adapt communism to local traditions, particularly ethnocentric nationalism and Catholicism. Focusing on the political career of Boleslaw Piasecki, a Polish nationalist politician who began his surprisiTrade Review“Employing excellent archival research and deft writing, Kunicki weaves the complex saga [of Boleslaw Piasecki’s career] into an analysis of the relationship between authoritarianism, nationalism, communism, and religion in Poland over the decades to the present postcommunist nation…. Summing Up: Highly recommended.” * Choice *“Mikołaj Stanisław Kunicki has written a magnificent political biography of Bolesław Piasecki…. This book will be required reading for any historian of modern Poland and should also appeal to anyone interested in nationalism, communism, the political Right in the twentieth century, the nature of totalitarianism in postwar Eastern Europe, and the persistence of prewar fascist strands in the communist East (hence the book’s title)…. This is an extremely well-researched, wellconceptualized, and original work.” * American Historical Review *“This is an original, thought provoking, often deliberately provocative book, based on a wealth of archival and published sources. It is, as well, a pleasure to read. Between the Brown and the Red takes its place as one of the best studies of the complex relationship of Catholicism and politics in recent Polish history.” * Cosmopolitan Review *“Kunicki provides a concise political history of Poland and its significant leaders. Piasecki, while not a major leader, contributed from the very beginnings of Poland’s turbulent times with a taste of freedom following World War I up to his death in 1979…. This biography, one of the few in English, will be a welcome addition to Polish American historians.” * Polish American Journal *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The Intimate Critique marks the coming out of a new critical genre, sure to generate controversy, pleasure, rage, support, disbelief, acclaim (i.e., strong reactions!) among its readers."—Alice Kaplan, author of French Lessons: A Memoir"Grouped together, these very different essays raise and respond to a question that feminist theorists continue to ask—about the extent to which individual experience and self-expression may be read as representative."—Rachel M. Brownstein, author of Becoming a Heroine: Reading About Women in Novels"This book goes a long way toward breathing life into literary criticism, advancing the necessary effort to write about it in a personal, engaged, and interesting manner."—G. Douglas Atkins, University of KansasTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction / Diane P. Freedman, Olivia Frey, and Francis Murphy Zauhar 1 Part 1. Muse-ings on Genre, Autobiography, Narrative: Formative Strategies Border Crossing as Method and Motif in Contemporary American Writing, or, How Freud Helped Me Case the Joint / Diane P. Freedman 13 Me and My Shadow / Jane Tompkins 23 Beyond Literary Darwinism: Women's Voices and Critical Discourse / Olivia Frey 41 "Everyday Life": My Sojourn at Parchman Farm / Cheryl B. Torsney 67 Excerpts from Letters to Friends / Susan Koppelman 75 Social Circles: Being a Report on J. Hills Miller's Campus Visitation / Linda R. Robertson 81 Touchstones and Bedrocks: Learning the Stories We Need / Victoria Ekanger 93 Part II. Critical Confessions Creative Voices: Women Reading and Women's Writing / Frances Murphy Zauhar 103 Breaking Silence: The Woman Warrior / Shirley Nelson Garner 117 Different Silences / Traise Yamamoto 127 "What's in a Name?": Some Meanings of Blackness / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 135 Poetry and the Age: "A Girl in a Library" to Randall Jarrell / Sandra M. Brown 151 My Friend, Joyce Carol Oates / Brenda Daly 163 Somebody Must Say These Things: An Essay for My Mother / Melody Graulich 175 The Scarlet Brewer and the Voice of the Colonized / Shirley Geok-lin Lim 191 Dividing Fences / Carol S. Taylor 197 What Do Women Really Mean? Thoughts on Women's Diaries and Lives / Suzanne Bunkers 207 Part III. Autobiographical Literary Criticism Between the Medusa and the Abyss: Reading Jane Eyre, Reading Myself / Ellen Brown 225 Rereading Middlemarch, Rereading Myself / Peter Carlton 237 The Crippling of the Third World: Shiva Naipaul's Heritage / Rosanne Kanhai-Brunton 225 Penelope's Web / Gail Griffin 255 "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around!": Reading the Narrative of Frederick Douglass / Dolan Hubbard 265 Catharine Trotter Cockburn and Me: A Duography / Kendall 273 In Between Abject and Object: The Mourning Sickness of the Expectant Mother, or, Three Movements of the Blues in B Minor / Dana Beckelman 283 La Ronde of Children and Mothers / Julia Balen 293 Selected Bibliography 303 Contributors 309

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Book SynopsisNow Peru is Mine is the account of the life of Manuel Llamojha Mitma, one of Peru's most creative and inspiring indigenous political activists. His compelling life story covers nearly eight decades, providing a window into many key developments in Peru's tumultuous twentieth-century history and political mobilization in Cold War Latin America.Trade Review"Heilman has made a significant contribution to the literature by bringing Llamojha's story to a broad audience. . . . [T]he book works equally as well for general audiences or undergraduate classrooms as for specialists seeking thoughtful reflections on the political uses of identity. . . . Highly recommended. All levels/libraries." -- M. Becker * Choice *"The book is well-written and illustrated with photographs, excerpts from Llamojha's writings, and maps of the area of his activity.... Now Peru is Mine is a useful tool for learning about Peru's politics and history over the last century." -- William O. Deaver, Jr. * Journal of Global South Studies *"Now Peru is Mine is a major academic, intellectual and editorial success. Every specialist and student of Latin America, the Andes and Peru will enjoy this book. This is an exemplary study of how a single life illustrates the complexities of a century." -- Javier Puente * Journal of Latin American Studies *"This is a moving and fascinating account of indigenous activism in a turbulent era that will be of great value to historians and political scientists seeking to understand the motives and sacrifices of those at the heart of their disciplines." -- Eugene Carey * Latin American Review of Books *"We follow this gripping story of travail and turmoil through Llamojha’s simple, but heartfelt narrative, guided by Heilman’s skilled interviewing, as it unfolds on multiple fronts—local, regional and international. . . . Indeed a unique and worthy contribution that helps fill a large void in the historiography of the second half of the twentieth century." -- Peter Klarén * The Americas *“By writing this important book, Heilman and Llamojha have provided general readers, college students, and specialists alike the chance to find both learning and inspiration in the life story of a contemporary Peruvian activist.” -- G. Antonio Espinoza * Ethnohistory *“Now Peru Is Mine succeeds in offering a highly accessible and instructive account for students of Latin America and Peru specialists. One hopes that many readers get to know Llamojha Mitma and that his life story might serve to inspire new scholarship and new struggles.” -- Joseph P. Feldman * Hispanic American Historical Review *“A highly accessible book that provides unique insights on Peruvian society and politics.” -- Dan Cozart * The Latin Americanist *"This book is a handsome contribution to scholarship on Indigenous activists, their historical context, and the activist intellectual role in the Andes. . . . [Now Peru Is Mine] is an excellent piece to teach Modern Latin America and other courses on Indigenous peoples’ history in the Americas." -- Waskar T. Ari-Chachaki * Native American and Indigenous Studies *Table of ContentsA Note on Place ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. "I'm Going to Be President of the Republic": The Formation of an Activist, 1921-1948 19 2. "I Made the Hacendados Tremble": Defending Jhajhamarka Campesinos, 1948-1952 41 3. "Jail Was Like My Home": Fighting for Concepción, 1952-1961 65 4. For Justice, Land, and Liberty: National and International Leadership, 1961-1968 99 5. "Everything Was Division": Political Marginalization, 1968-1980 131 6. A Wound That Won't Heal: Political Violence, Displacement, and Loss, 1980-2000 153 Afterword. "You Have to Stand Firm": The Elderly Activist, 200-2015 175 Notes 189 Bibliography 217 Index 229

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Trade ReviewDick Thornburgh is one of the most dedicated public servants I have ever met. Even those who are skeptical about politics and public service will learn a lot from Where the Evidence Leads." —George H. W. Bush, 41st president of the United States"The most interesting personal and political autobiography I have read in years. . . . Vital for anyone who would understand Republican and national politics—past and present." —David Eisenhower"A true giant of American law and politics. . . . In this memorable book, Dick brings all his skills to the printed page and I guarantee you will not put it down. Five stars!" —Larry King

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Book SynopsisOut of the Ordinary is the memoir of Dr. Michael Dillon / Lobzang Jivaka (1915-1962) who transitioned from female to male between 1939 and 1949, became a ship’s surgeon in the (British) Merchant Navy, and was a monastic novice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition when he died unexpectedly in 1962.

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Book SynopsisThis book is the autobiography of a lawyer, born in the Bronx of immigrant parents, who practiced law, served as dean of Fordham Law, participated in framing the Constitution’s Twenty-Fifth Amendment, and served as President of the New York City Bar Association and chair of State Commissions on government integrity.Table of ContentsForeword by Msgr. Thomas J. Shelley | xi Preface | xv Introduction | 1 Part I: My Family and Its Irish History 1 What’s in a Name? | 9 2 Mom’s and Pop’s Origins | 14 3 Mom’s and Pop’s Childhood | 23 Part II: A New Home in America 4 An American Odyssey | 29 5 Settling in the Bronx | 38 6 Growing Up in an Irish Immigrant Family | 46 7 Uncle Pat, Our Life- Long Companion | 58 8 Memories of the Nearby House That Ruth Built | 68 Part III: My Salad Days 9 St. Angela Merici Grammar School, 1942–1950 | 75 10 Bishop Dubois High School, 1950–1954 | 80 11 Fordham College, 1954–1958 | 83 12 Fordham Law School, 1958–1961 | 90 13 Meeting the Love of My Life: Emalie | 97 Part IV: Career as a Lawyer 14 Learning in Part- Time Jobs | 107 15 Joining a Small Law Firm—Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | 113 16 Leaving Skadden | 126 17 Becoming a Law School Dean: An Overview | 132 18 Commitments, Challenges, and Special Moments | 147 19 The Many Hats a Dean Wears | 154 20 Fordham Law Goes to Ireland | 162 21 Leaving the Deanship | 171 22 Becoming a Classroom Teacher | 176 Part V: The Vocation of Service 23 Serving Others | 187 24 The Voluntary Bar | 194 25 Public Service: From Carey to Koch to Cuomo to Bloomberg to Kaye | 199 26 Boards of Not-for-Profit, Charitable, and Public Institutions | 208 27 The Catholic Church | 213 Part VI: Peacemaking and Problem- Solving 28 Learning the Art of Conflict Resolution | 223 29 Conflicts in the Public Eye | 229 Part VII: Constitutional Endeavors 30 Presidential Succession | 239 31 The Electoral College System | 270 32 Other Constitutional Opportunities | 280 Part VIII: The World of Government Ethics 33 The New York State Commission on Government Integrity | 289 34 New York State Ethics Commission | 297 35 The New York State Public Integrity Commission | 304 Part IX: Marriage and Family 36 Our Growing Family | 315 37 Deaths in the Family | 324 38 Roses in December—Rediscovering Mom and Pop | 335 39 My Family: Immediate and Extended | 343 Part X: On a Personal Note 40 What I Learned | 353 41 Advice to My Grandchildren | 358 Appendixes A Non-Feerick Surnames Associated with My Family | 365 B My Dean’s Reports | 368 C Remarks on Receiving the ABA Medal | 380 Acknowledgments | 387 Notes | 389 Index | 419 Photographs follow pages 142 and 302

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Book SynopsisThis is the second volume of Langston Hughes's autobiography, charting the period of his life from age 29 to 35. It is filled with portraits of the people and places Hughes encountered during his travels around the world.

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Book SynopsisThe 43th volume of The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin consists of Voegelin's Autobiographical Reflections, reprinted from the 1989 edition with additional annotations; a glossary of terms used in Voegelin's writings, illustrated with examples from throughout the Collected Works; a volume index; and a cumulative index.Trade ReviewI have wanted to illustrate the variety of styles available to Voegelin, including the great force from which he is not debarred by a fundamental civilizedness and urbanity as admirable as they are rare in academic life. One clue to that life lies in the following passage: 'I have in my files documents labeling me a Communist, a Fascist, a National Socialist, an old Liberal, a new Liberal, a Jew, a Catholic, a Protestant, a Platonist, a neo-Augustinian, a Thomist, and of course a Hegelian - not to forget that I was supposedly strongly influenced by Huey Long. This list I consider of some importance, because the various characterizations of course always name the pet bete noire of the critic and give, therefore, a very good picture of the intellectual destruction and corruption that characterize the contemporary academic world.' Obviously a thinker damned in so many diverse ways is on to some uncomfortable truths. - Robert B. Heilman on Voegelin in the Sewanee Review; ""[Autobiographical Reflections] provides the best possible introduction to Voegelin's political philosophy as well as a splendid illustration of Voegelin's own interpretive procedure.... In short, [it] is accessible to anyone interested in discovering what the recovery of political science has meant. It also constitutes a significant contribution to that recovery."" - Review of Politics; ""The importance of this work resides in the fact that the student of Voegelin's thought is given the opportunity to learn firsthand of the origin and context within which Voegelin came upon his powerful insights, as well as to hear and assess for himself the musings of this great master as he reflects on the teachings of some of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century."" - Modern Age

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Book SynopsisAn account of the life and achievements of St Birgitta of Sweden, one of the most charismatic figures in the late medieval mystical tradition, founder of the Bridgettine order.St Birgitta of Sweden was one of the most charismatic figures in the late medieval mystical tradition. In Rome she succeeded in commanding prelates and popes, and throughout the courts of Europe she engaged in political secular intrigues; she married and produced eight children, yet became the only woman in the fourteenth century to be canonised; and in an age where new monastic foundations were proscribed, she founded an order of her own devising, primarily for women. This first modern biography presents an account of her extraordinary life and achievements, placing the saint in the context of the society from which she emerged, and showing how her public voice and reforming zealwere informed by a private spirituality at all stages of her life. Particular attention is given to her most lasting achievement, the monastic foundation which bears her name and has produced a network of communities throughout Europe, active to the present day. BRIDGET MORRIS is senior lecturer in Scandinavian studies at the University of Hull.Trade ReviewShould do much to make this most impressive woman more accessible to English readers. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *Morris has skillfully sewn together the various strands and sources of the extraordinarily well-documented life of her fascinating subject into a new wide-ranging and indeed magisterial account. Inclusive and highly readable [the] biography does much to illuminate her remarkable subject. * MYSTICS QUARTERLY *Recommended both to newcomers to Birgitta and to those seeking further information about her: readable, elegantly presented, and detailed, drawing on an extensive knowledge of medieval texts as well as a wide range of secondary sources. * SCANDINAVICA *Impressive narrative biography. * YEAR'S WORK IN MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES (SWEDISH) *Morris has done her namesake proud in this ambitious nbut highly readable study. * SAGA-BOOK *Table of ContentsIntroduction: between history and myth. Part 1 The Swedish roots: geography; society; the Church; the early-14th century; Birgitta's parentage - her date and place of birth. Part 2 Childhood, marriage and motherhood: childhood visions; marriage; Birgitta's views on marriage; Birgitta and Ulf; children; piety in marriage; life at court; Santiago de Compostela. Part 3 Widowhood at Alvastra: the calling vision; self-doubt and support; Cistercian milieu; Books I and II; France and England at war; the Russian crusades; Magnus's bequest to Birgitta; the Liber Questionum; departure from Sweden. Part 4 The Rome years: Milan; the state of Rome; early years; the Sermo Angelicus; Katarina Ulfsdotter; restoration of the papacy. Part 5 The last pilgimage: Alphonso of Jaen; predictions of the pilgrimage; Giovanna I of Naples; Cyprus; the vision of the Passion; the vision of the Nativity; death. Chapter 6 The making of the saint: preparations; the canonization, 1391; apologists and opponents. Chapter 7 The Birgittine legacy: approval of the Order; the Rule; Vadstena; the Order outside Sweden; the post-Reformation survival; St Birgitta's legacy - the active and contemplative life.

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Book SynopsisA study of Matilda of Scotland (wife to Henry I) and the political acumen and personal skills she brought to the role of queen.Matilda of Scotland was the daughter of Malcolm II of Scotland and his Anglo-Saxon queen Margaret. Her marriage to Henry I of England in 1100 thus brought to Henry, descendant of the conquering Normans, a direct and politically desirable link to Matilda's ancestor Alfred the Great. Her life makes clear that Matilda had outstanding talents. She was educated in the exclusive convents of Romsey and Wilton, a grounding which enabled her to further the literate court culture of the twelfth century, and under her control was a substantial demesne that allowed her to exercise both lay and ecclesiastical patronage. In the matter of ruling, she was an active partner in administering Henry's cross-channel realm, served as a member of his curia regis, and on occasion acted with what amounted to vice-regal authority in England while Henry was in Normandy. Chroniclers of the twelfth and thirteenth centuriesoften refer to her as Mathilda bona regina, or Matildis beatae memoriae, and for a time she was popularly regarded as a saint. Huneycutt's study shows how Matilda achieved such acclaim, both because the political structures of her day allowed her the opportunity to do so and because she herself was skilled at manipulating those structures. This study will be valuable to those interested in not only English political history, but also to historians of women, the medieval church, and medieval culture. LOIS HUNEYCUTT is professor of history at the University of Missouri-Columbia.Trade ReviewGiven the care with which Honeycutt has treated both the documentary evidence and various scholarly controversies around it, we will not require another full biography of Matilda for a very long time. * ALBION *Deserves to enjoy wide readership. * AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW *[A] well presented, carefully controlled study. * NORTHERN HISTORY *In-depth and scholarly. Those interested in court politics, medieval culture and the role played in them by women, should find plenty to enjoy. * REVIEWS OF SCOTTISH CULTURE *The reader is left confident that this is an authoritative study. [...] A first-class contribution to the emerging genre of queenship studies. * SPECULUM *

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Book SynopsisThe author’s research has taken him around the world, and besides his research findings, the book has a rich array of anecdotes and adventures, ranging from the threat of imprisonment in South Africa to a period spent as the personal physician to the multi-millionaire Governor of the Fiji Islands.Trade Review... a bracing tonic of a read from the pen of an action man.Books IrelandTable of Contents Foreword by Sir Richard Doll Acknowledgements 1. The Seed and the Soil 2. School 3. Medical School 4. Bomber Command 5. Peace 6. South Africa 7. Practice and Lauries Bay 8. Porphyria’s Lover 9. The Curse of the Pharaohs 10. Lung Cancer 11. The Turkish Epidemic of Porphyria 12. Smoke 13. Porphyria: The Master Family Tree 14. King George III and the Royal Malady 15. Multiple Sclerosis 16. Arrested! 17. Ireland 18. The Medico-Social Research Board 19. Notebook and Shoe Leather Epidemiology 20. Alcohol, Heroin and AIDS 21. China 22. Retirement and a Shotgun Marriage 23. Cyrpus, Turkey and Spain 24. Inshallah – God Willing 25. My Family and Personal Life 26. A Heart Attack: What Does It All Mean? 27. The End of the Sotry Index

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Book SynopsisThe diary of an able young doctor working in an extensive colliery practice in Newcastle in the 1820s; with detail on coal-mining, medical facilities, social life, societies, libraries and transport.Thomas Giordani Wright was a very successful nineteenth-century doctor who died, aged ninety, in 1898. He kept a remarkable diary during the last three years of his medical apprenticeship in the 1820s, which is published here forthe first time. Working as assistant in the 'extensive colliery practice' of Mr James McIntyre, Surgeon, Wright had responsibility for 'six collieries around Newcastle and the inferior practice of the house'. He had to make long rounds on horseback, and cope with dreadful accidents and diseases as well as with the demands of his 'reserved proud and selfish' master. But in spite of his arduous and busy life, Wright kept his diary up-to-date (and included autobiographical detail of his earlier life) and has left a vivid account of the life in a busy provincial town of a bright young man at the outset of his career.

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Book SynopsisEye-witness account of the theft of the crown of St Stephen in 15c Hungary.Helene Kottanner was servant and confidante of the widowed Queen Elizabeth of Hungary (1409-1442). This is her first-person account of the part she played in the theft of the holy crown of St Stephen from the treasury of the royalstronghold Visegrad on 20 February, 1440, when the crown was smuggled out of the stronghold hidden in a pillow. It was immediately rushed on a sled to the queen, who within hours of its arrival at her castle in Komorn was delivered of a baby boy, Ladislaus Posthumous (1440-1457), who was crowned king of Hungary three months later. Helene Kottanner's account is unconsciously revealing about herself and her ambitions, allowing a rare glimpse into the innerworld of a late-medieval woman.Trade ReviewImportant text [now] accessible to an English-language readership... lucid translation. * YEAR'S WORK IN MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES *

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Book SynopsisAlfred's life, work and influence studied through writings of his age.Alfred and the great achievements of his reign are once more at the centre of scholarly discussion, and the studies in this collection make a significant contribution to the continuing debate. Focusing particularly on the writingsof Alfred's age, the contributions, by leading scholars in the field, examine Alfred's life, work and influence: there are accounts of law and morality; examinations of translations and their sources; and investigations of wordsand events, throwing new light on all major aspects of Alfred's reign. As a whole, the volume is an appropriate tribute to Janet Bately, whose writings on the age of Alfred are known and admired by both historians and literary scholars throughout the world. Professor JANE ROBERTS teaches in the Department of English, King's College, London; Professor JANET L. NELSON, Director of the Centre for Late Antiques and Medieval Studies, teaches in the Department of History, King's College, London; Professor MALCOLM GODDEN is Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford. Contributors and contents: ANDREW BREEZE, J.E. CROSS, ANDREW HAMER, ROBERTA FRANK, ALLEN J. FRANTZEN, M.R. GODDEN, WALTER GOFFART, LYNNE GRUNDY, CYRIL HART, JOYCE HILL, SIMON KEYNES, ANN KNOCK, BRUCE MITCHELL, JANET L. NELSON, BARBARA RAW, JANE ROBERTS, D.G. SCRAGG, ALFRED B. SMYTH, E.G. STANLEY, PAULE. SZARMACH, PATRICK WORMALDTrade ReviewWell-produced, skilfully edited volume... admirably attests to impact. -- Janet Bately's * HISTORY *[A volume] which all serious Anglo-Saxonists will have to have on their shelves. * NOTES & QUERIES *The studies in this collection are of a very high standard, and they are a fitting tribute to an outstanding scholar. * ANGLIA *Table of Contents`The Lambarde Problem: Eighty Years On'. - Andrew Breeze `Ælfric's Letters and the Excerptiones Ecgberhti' (with Andrew Hamer). - J E Cross `Ælfric's Letters and the Excerptiones Ecgberhti' (with J.E. Cross). - Andrew Hamer `Old English Orc `cup, goblet': A Latin Loanword with Attitude'. - Roberta Frank `Sodom and Gomorrah in Prose Works from Alfred's Reign'. - Allen J. Frantzen `Wærferth and King Alfred: the Fate of the Old English Dialogues'. - Malcolm Godden `The First Venture into `Medieval Geography': Lambarde's Map of the Saxon Heptarchy (1568)'. - Walter Goffart `Ece: `eternal' in Ælfric'. - Lynne Grundy `The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle at Ramsey'. - C R Hart `Ælfric's Homily on the Holy Innocents: The Sources Reviewed'. - Joyce Hill `Anglo-Saxon Entries in the `Liber Vitae' of Brescia'. - Simon D Keynes `Analysis of a Translator: The Old English Wonders of the East'. - Ann Knock `The Sign 7 in the Annal for 871 in the Parker Chronicle MS Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 173'. - Bruce Mitchell `... sicut olim gens Francorum ... nunc gens Anglorum: Fulk's letter to Alfred revisited'. - Janet L Nelson `Alfredian Piety: the Book of Nunnaminster'. - Barbara C Raw ``fela martyra' (`many martyrs'): a different view of Orosius's city'. - Jane Roberts `Wifcyppe and the Morality of the Cynewulf and Cyneheard Episode in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'. - Donald G Scragg `The Solar Eclipse of Wednesday, 29 October A.D.878. Ninth-century Historical Records and the Findings of Modern Astronomy'. - Alfred P Smyth `On the Laws of King Alfred: The end of the Preface and the beginning of the Laws'. - Eric G. Stanley `Alfred's Boethius and the Four Cardinal Virtues'. - Paul E Szarmach `The Lambarde Problem: Eighty Years On'. - Patrick Wormald

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Book SynopsisRank and state, church and clergy, marriage, Jane Austen's own convictions: a historian explores."Can he be a sensible man, sir?" "No, my dear; I think not..." Thus Christopher Brooke prefaces his study of Jane Austen, whose sharp intelligence and wit have been the companions of his leisure for many years.In answer to the question as to whether there can be anything left to be said, Brooke returns rewardingly to her own writing, the novels and the letters, and with a historian's precision reveals new detail and fresh insights. What is the world Jane Austen describes, and how is it related to the world in which she lived? A close reading of each of the major novels leads into a detailed examination of a sheaf of themes - church and clergy, rank and status,marriage - to see how they are handled in their social and historical setting, what is revealed about Jane Austen's deepest convictions, and how these might be validly deduced from the text of her novels. The wisdom and insight hehas brought to historical research are now rewardingly brought to bear on a novelist of endless fascination. The late CHRISTOPHER BROOKE enjoyed a wide reputation as a historian, primarily of the medieval church and other institutions (he is the author of The Medieval Idea of Marriage), and of the 18th-century church portrayed so frequently, and so variously, in Jane Austen's novels.Table of ContentsIllusion and reality; a didactic novelist?; materials - the archive, the letters of Jane Austen, the "juvenilia"; chronology -Cassandra's evidence, the evidence of the letters, the use of almanacs, 1800-1810; prelude to the novels; "Northanger Abbey"; "Sense and Sensibility"; "Pride and Prejudice"; "Mansfield Park" -the poor relation, the play within the play, the plot of "Mansfield Park"; "Emma" - the two levels, Mr Woodhouse, Harriet Smith, the denouement; "Persuasion" - the two levels, the persuasion, the story, Lyme, the denouement; church and clergy -the church in the 18th century, church music, music in parish churches, Jane Austen and the Evangelicals, Sunday travelling, Jane Austen's religion, the clergy in the novels; rank and status - Emma's snobbery, equality and hierarchy, equality in "Pride and Prejudice", money - "Northanger Abbey" and "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice" and the equality of gentlemen, "Mansfield Park", "Emma" and women, rank and status in "Persuasion"; marriage in the novels - marriage "in esse", a romantic view of marriage - Marianne Dashwood and Elizabeth Bennet, marriage in principle - Sir Thomas Bertram's view, Lady Bertram's view of marriage, Miss Crawford's views on marriage, Mr and Mrs George Knightley, "Persuasion", the wooing of Fanny Knight; convictions and the moral code; epilogue - reflections on the feminism of Jane Austen.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword, by Jim Kershner Introduction: All the Birds in the SkyThe Williams Family Arrives in Washington Growing Up in Pasco Early Journalism Seattle and the Times PeopleCold War Years Geology At Sea in the Pacific Northwest On Land in the Pacific Northwest A Northwesterner in the Far East Japan and World War IIIndex

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Book SynopsisConsisting of a rare memoir and also a diary, this title provides a glimpse into the domestic life of Russia's nobility in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Labzina's accounts of her spiritual development and her social sphere offers insights into male and female sensibilities of the time.Trade Review"Fascinating.... A valuable source for the study of Russian women's history."—Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter, author of Social Identity in Imperial Russia "A valuable translation that offers telling insights on the ways in which historical forces intersected in the life and consciousness of a Russian noblewoman."—Alexander Martin, author of Romantics, Reformers, and ReactionariesTable of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction by Gary Marker and Rachel May The Memoir The Diary Appendix One: The Variant Beginning to Labzina's Memoir Appendix Two: Freemasons' Ceremony Notes Index

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Book SynopsisMost people will recognize the name Robert Blagojevich as the brother of ill-fated Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. But many don''t know why Robert came to work for his brother or how he came to be named as a defendant in the criminal trial accusing Rod of attempting to sell Barack Obama''s former Senate seat to the highest bidder after the presidential election of 2008.Now, Robert offers a brutally honest inside look at what it is like to face the full force and power of the federal government and maintain innocence in a high-profile criminal case. By the time United States of America vs. Rod Blagojevich and Robert Blagojevich was over, one of the most renowned prosecutors in America, Patrick Fitzgerald, had brought down a governor of Illinois for the second time in five years. An investigation that would unseat one of the unindicted co-conspirators in the case, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., had begun. And the integrity of President Obama, US Senator Roland Burris, and ChTrade ReviewFundraiser A is more than simply a memoir. It is, at its best, a self-help manual for the wrongly accused. * Chapter 16 *Robert Blagojevich's Fundraiser A is a compelling tale of a travesty of justice and Standard Operating Procedure in the American criminal justice system that goes unreported and unnoticed, except by the victims and their families. * MAL Contends *Many intimate and personal moments that a client experiences are never fully conveyed to the attorney. This book provides insight into a federal criminal trial from the viewpoint of the citizen accused.... I recommend the book, not only for attorneys and judges but for clients facing a federal criminal trial. It is as informative as Alan Ellis' Federal Prison Guidebook. * The Champion *Impressively informed and informative, exceptionally well written, deftly organized and candidly presented from beginning to end, Fundraiser A is an inherently fascinating and thoroughly absorbing read from first page to last. * Midwest Book Review *Blago's brother Rob wrote a book, and it's really good. * Chicago Magazine *

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Book SynopsisAs an infantry soldier and "male nurse", Sarah Edmonds chronicles the horrors of Civil War hospitals and the simple pastimes of camp life. Throughout her memoirs, this storyteller reveals her courage, dedication to the Union, and resourcefulness in sustaining her complicated masquerade.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction Publisher's Notice to the 1865 Edition 1. What Part Am I to Act in This Great Drama? 2. Marching Orders Received To-Day 3. How Shall I Describe the Scene? 4. When General McClellan Took Command 5. A Fair Specimen of Virginia Mud 6. Her Name was Alice M 7. I Had Known Him Almost From Childhood 8. My First Secret Expedition 9. The Ghastly Faces of the Wounded and Dying 10. The Annihilation of the Merrimac 11. A New Disguise Was Necessary 12. I Now Resumed My Journey 13. Acting Orderly for General K 14. A Terrible Slaughter 15. Many an Hour I Have Worked and Watched 16. Yellins as They Came 17. A Most Sublime Spectacle 18. My Turn to Visit Washington 19. My Constant Companion 20. I Am Not What I Seem 21. The Pleasantest, Happiest Hours of My Life 22. A Military Execution and a Dreary Ride 23. A Sad Day for the Army of the Potomac 24. More Quiet and Less Dangerous Duties 25. To Act as Detective 26. A Specimen of Moral Sublimity 27. I Have the Honor to Propose to You an Armistice 28. Exhausted and Weak as a Child 29. I Recall Those Thrilling Scenes 30. Now That the Time Has Come Notes Suggested Readings Index

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Book SynopsisKathleen Tipper's diary, kept for Mass-Observation from July 1941 till peace in 1945 and beyond, offers a unique personal insight into one young woman's war.Kathleen Tipper was just twenty years old in September 1939. Her parents had met while making munitions in the Woolwich Arsenal during the Great War and Kathleen lived with them and her younger brother and sister at the family'scouncil house in Appleton Road. Eltham. Grammar-school educated, she worked as a clerk for a shipping company near the Strand. Like so many of the young women around her she was poised to take advantage of the new opportunities for work and leisure that London in the thirties offered as never before. But Kathleen's life - indeed, the lives of all Londoners - would change for ever in the six years after declaration of war on 3 September. This was a moment of quite extraordinary drama. And Kathleen's diary, kept for Mass-Observation from July 1941 till peace in 1945 and beyond, offers a unique personal insight into one young woman's war. We keep her company through the daily comings and goings of family, friends, work and relaxation - all played out against a backdrop of cataclysmic events brought home through cinema, radio and the daily press. We travel on buses and trains and listen tothe conversations going on about her. We hear the opinions of 'blonde glamour girls', of disgruntled civil servants, of the men and women working the barrage balloons that sway like tipsy bluebottles in the London sky. We witness the effect on her of newsreels and Information Ministry films. We hear her wishing she'd been born a boy so that she could share more fully in the risks and excitements of warfare at the front. We see her disillusionment with people in 'positions of authority', especially those there by virtue of class inheritance, and she helps us understand better some of the forces that shaped Labour's victory in 1945. It is, perhaps, the ordinariness of this extraordinary time in London's history that comes through most strongly from this fascinating document. Keeping hold of ordinary things was the best way to make sense of a world gone mad. Kathleen Tipper lays bare thesefibres of endurance in the greatest crisis to face London and the Londoner in modern times.

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Book SynopsisDiaries and account books provide rich evidence for daily life at the time - and the early years of Matthew Flinders, credited with naming Australia.Matthew Flinders, surgeon and apothecary of Donington, in south Lincolnshire, in the late eighteenth century, was the father of the Matthew Flinders, sailor, navigator and explorer, and one of the central figures in the early history of the Australian nation. His diaries, published here in full for the first time, reveal a wealth of detail about the home, the family and the village in which the future explorer grew up. The daily routine of business, socialising with neighbours, unusual events such as the beaching of a whale near Boston, or the visit to Donington of Mr Powell the famous fire-eater are recorded alongside family joys and sorrows, the births and deaths of children, thepassing of Flinders's beloved wife Susanna and his subsequent remarriage. The childhood and schooling of Matthew junior are a recurring theme, and the purchase of a two volume edition of Robinson Crusoe in 1782 gives a hint of things to come, though as the diaries reveal, his later career was a radical diversion from the original plan for him to follow in his father's path.Trade Review[M]edical historians should find these volumes a valuable quarry for many years to come. They should also provide a goldmine for local and social historians. * LINCOLNSHIRE HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY *Surprisingly few sets of practitioners' papers have been printed. Matthew Flinders [...] kept an unusually detailed record of his life and work, and this edition of his manuscript notebooks will be welcomed by all students of the period. [...] The editors have done sterling work in producing a very clear and well structured edition. [...] I expect that Flinders will soon become a regularly discussed character in studies of eighteenth-century medicine. * MEDICAL HISTORY *An excellent transcription of the first of two memorandum and account books. * . *This is an excellently-presented volume with material to interest a wide range of historians. It is clearly laid out and above all it provides a very entertaining insight into the life of an apothecary and gentleman of learning. * THE LOCAL HISTORIAN, *Table of ContentsIntroduction The Text

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Book SynopsisThe music of the Dutch composer Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921) is one of the glories of European late-Romantic culture, although is hardly known outside his native Netherlands. This translation makes Leo Samama's masterly study of Diepenbrock available to non-Dutch readers for the first time.The music of Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921) is one of the glories of European late-Romantic culture. But it is hardly known outside his native Netherlands - a situation this book hopes to change. Diepenbrock's life and his music are deeply intertwined: self-taught as a composer, he was a classics tutor by profession, a Catholic with a fondness for religious mysticism and one of the leading Dutch intellectuals of his day, with Mahler, Schoenberg and Richard Strauss among his circle of friends. In his 'Overture' to this book Robin Holloway describes Diepenbrock's music - most of which involves the voice - as a 'wondrous fusion of Palestrina and Wagner (with Debussy thrown in, and a dash of Mahler)' and praises its 'visionary serenity'. It is that balance between classical clarity and Romantic passion that gives Diepenbrock's compositions their unique character - and their emotional power. Leo Samama's richly illustrated study of Diepenbrock sets him and his music in the context of their times, this translation opening up an important chapter of European history to non-Dutch-speaking readers for the first time.Table of ContentsOverture Robin Holloway Preface Introduction Historical Context Compositional Skill Understanding Diepenbrock's Sound Ideal Church and Theatre The Universal Artist Fellow Composers Sphere of Influence Opinions Inertia and Longing Correspondence Yearning over Fulfilment Part I: The Life Family and Youth School and University Amsterdam in 1880 De Nieuwe Gids Teaching in Den Bosch Elisabeth de Jong van Beek en Donk Marriage The Road Upwards Mokje and Cécile Richard Strauss Initial Successes Friendships Te Deum Mahler and Debussy A. A. Noske The Rembrandt Year Marsyas Elisabeth and Johanna Johanna and Elisabeth Further Heights Diepenbrock's 50th Birthday War Netherlands, Arise! Missa in die festo Crisis The Birds Faust Peace Electra Finis vitae Part II: The Music Contemporaries The Choral Music Regensburg Cecilianism Smaller Choral Works and Church Songs Missa in die festo Te Deum Secular Choral Works The Lieder The Early Songs Verlaine Spiritual Songs and Hymns to the Night From Perk to Thijm Im grossen Schweigen Rembrandt From Baudelaire to Hölderlin From Van Lerberghe to Verhagen War-Songs Instrumental Works Stage Music Marsyas, of De betooverde bron Gijsbrecht van Aemstel De vogels Faust Electra Appendices One Chronological List of Works Eduard Reeser and Ton Braas Two Articles and Submissions by Diepenbrock Bibliography Index of Diepenbrock's Work General Index

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Book SynopsisAuthoritative roll of the coats-of-arms of the College of Cardinals.The work has been researched in the Vatican Library and Archives, the Bibliotheque National in Paris, the British Museum Library, and in church archives on all continents. Fully illustrated by the author, the volume gives full entitlements for each cardinal, including civil entitlements where they apply.Includes 8 pages of colour illustrations, with hundreds of line drawings throughout.

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Book SynopsisThe beloved Comma Queen returns with a buoyant and charming book about language, love and the wine-dark sea.Trade Review"What a fantastic book! Not only is Greek to Me educational, entertaining, and gorgeously written, it shows us how intellectual curiosity coupled with a dash of bravery can pave the way for a more meaningful life. Mary Norris does for Greek and Greece what Cheryl Strayed did for hiking. Readers will long to follow in her footsteps." -- Ann Patchett"In Greek to Me, Mary Norris’ love for all things Greek is palpable and infectious. She is a charming, insightful guide through both ancient and modern glories, and I expect her lush descriptions of the Greek countryside to provoke a tourism stampede." -- Madeline Miller"Poignant, antic, hilarious, Mary Norris is the definition of wearing your learning lightly, and after a lifetime of Greek immersion, pouring beer libations, and skinny-dipping in the waters of Aphrodite, her lessons slip down sweetly. This book is true ambrosia." -- Caroline Fraser"I fell in love with Mary Norris’s first book, and am now even more in love with this charming, ribald, highly informed, and always funny excursion through the language, culture, and oddities of Greece and the Greek language. An adventure tale for intellectuals—and also for the rest of us." -- Steve Martin"Greek to Me is a[n]... engaging hybrid, mixing philology, travelogue, memoir and psychoanalysis." -- The Telegraph"Mary Norris's book about her love affair with Greece and the Greek language starts with a terrific chapter about alphabets." -- The Spectator"A love letter to Greece and its language is full of delightful facts and brims with nerdish, bookish joy... Norris is a jaunty companion, splendidly bookish, full of excellent little facts about, say, the history of the alphabet that you feel pleased to acquire. Greek gives her, she is happy to admit, “an erotic thrill”. She represents a hearty riposte to the very British notion that a love of dead languages automatically renders one a chilly, Olympian elitist." -- The Guardian"Mary Norris has a remarkable gift for conveying and transmitting passion... In her second book, Greek to Me, she demonstrates this gift with still greater aplomb..." -- Times Literary Supplement

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Book SynopsisAnderson's carefully considered work makes a persuasive case for revisiting this celebrated book with a keener appreciation for the subtlety and beauty of Franklin's performance.Trade ReviewA nuanced discussion of Franklin's life and thought. Reference and Research Book News This book deserves a special place on any library's shelf... Franklin was a master at segmenting and redistributing his experience in different formats, Anderson points out, and Franklin's autobiography is very much a part of that digressive practice... This study provides an illuminating insight into autobiography in general and the ways publishers and editors partly determine a book's structure and fate. ChoiceTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceA Note to the ReaderIntroduction: Accident and Design1. Great Works and Little Anecdotes2. Imposing Forms3. The Scramble of Life4. Litera Scripta Manet5. Some Uses of CunningConclusion: Segmented SerpentNotesIndex

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