Biography: general Books
Scarecrow Press Women Composers and Songwriters A Concise
Book SynopsisUpdates and expands Claghorn's previous book, Women Composers and Hymnists (Scarecrow, 1984), presenting succinct biographies for female composers in both secular and sacred music.Trade ReviewThe book will especially appeal to scholars and students of women's studies, music, and history. * Music Educators Journal *Users will find it a very helpful source of hard-to-find biographical information for services or programs featuring the music of women composers or hymn writers. * The Diapason *An excellent addition to any school's professional library. * Rethinking Schools *
£109.25
W. W. Norton & Company Black Earth
Book SynopsisRussia’s foremost modernist master in a major new translationTrade Review"It seems almost impossible to pay adequate homage to the poetic genius and personal courage of Osip Mandelstam, manifested during a time in the Soviet Union of tyrannical repression and terror. These spirited and meticulous versions drawn from his poetry and prose, however, by the masterful translator Peter France, bring us considerably closer to achieving that goal. They attest to the extraordinary range and depth of Mandelstam’s complex artistic sensibility and intellect. Let us, simply enough, gratefully welcome them." -- Michael Palmer"Where Mandelstam the uprooted Jew and Mandelstam the would-be Hellene meet is in the attempt to wrest culture from disruption and to make a home from chaos." -- Clare Cavanagh - "Osip Mandelstam and the Modernist Creation of Tradition""Marvelous and heartrending..." -- Vladimir Nabokov"The greatest twentieth-century stylist in Russian." -- Guy Davenport"In Black Earth, Peter France has made all the right choices.....[His] approach has yielded outstanding results, conveying Mandelstam’s density with an elegance that brings pleasure from the whole, even before the reader fully digests the parts. Much of the future-oriented poetry of Mandelstam’s contemporaries now sounds hopelessly dated; Mandelstam’s poetry, meanwhile, flourished with the passage of time." -- Sophie Pinkham - Poetry Foundation"Black Earth brings me closer to Mandelstam the poet than to Mandelstam the mythic figure, and his “ancient language” is rendered into real contemporary poetry in English that succeeds in speaking eloquently to the inner eye and ear. This is all to the good." -- J. Kates - Arts Fuse"In Peter France’s elegant translation, English readers can access not only Mandelstam’s formidable ideas and images but also something of his rhythm, rhyme and sound-play.... This book is a portrait of a life crushed by history. But it testifies, too, to the persistence of spirit." -- Alexander Wells - Exberliner"With Black Earth: Selected poems and prose, Peter France, a veteran translator of French and Russian, has provided the first edition that consistently reflects the sound, sense – and resistance to sense – of Mandelstam’s poems and lyric prose." -- Benjamin Paloff - Times Literary Supplement
£12.34
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Mary Pickford Hollywood and the New Woman Lives
Book SynopsisFollowing Mary Pickford's life, this book gives an overview of her enduring contribution to American film and mass culture. It also explores her struggles to surpass her confining public film persona as 'America's Sweetheart', mirroring how women, both then and today, must reconcile domestic life with professional aspirations and work.Trade Review"Mary Pickford emerges as a woman of depth and business acumen that bely her reputation as America's Sweetheart. In this biography Pickford is the product of an underprivileged childhood and a rapidly changing America who has the wherewithal and talent to make it on her own. Her influence is felt far beyond the screen into the very depths of Hollywood's development." --Tonia M. Compton, Columbia College of Missouri Praise for the Lives of American Women series: "Finally! The majority of students--by which I mean women--will have the opportunity to read biographies of women from our nation's past. (Men can read them too, of course!) The 'Lives of American Women' series features an eclectic collection of books, readily accessible to students who will be able to see the contributions of women in many fields over the course of our history. Long overdue, these books will be a valuable resource for teachers, students, and the public at large." --Cokie Roberts, author of Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty "Just what any professor wants: books that will intrigue, inform, and fascinate students! These short, readable biographies of American women--specifically designed for classroom use--give instructors an appealing new option to assign to their history students." --Mary Beth Norton, Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History, Cornell University "For educators keen to include women in the American story, but hampered by the lack of thoughtful, concise scholarship, here comes 'Lives of American Women,' embracing Abigail Adams's counsel to John--'remember the ladies.' And high time, too!" --Lesley S. Herrmann, Executive Director, The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History "These books are, above all, fascinating stories that will engage and inspire readers. They offer a glimpse into the lives of key women in history who either defied tradition or who successfully maneuvered in a man's world to make an impact. The stories of these vital contributors to American history deliver just the right formula for instructors looking to provide a more complicated and nuanced view of history." --Rosanne Lichatin, 2005 Gilder Lehrman Preserve America History Teacher of the YearTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 From Gladys Smith to Mary Pickford: A Childhood on Stage and At Work, 1892-1909 2 Pickford and the Moving Pictures: Creating the Art and Business of Film, 1909--1913 3 A Star and a Producer are Born, 1913-1916 4 America's Sweetheart and American Empire in the Age of the Great War, 1917-1920 5 Mary and Doug: American Royalty, Hollywood Style, 1920-1926 6 Weathering Personal, Industrial, and Economic Crises, 1927-1936 7 Studio Executive and Philanthropist: A Life Beyond Performing, 1936-1979 Epilogue Primary Sources Study Questions Notes Bibliography Index
£37.99
Wayne State University Press Invisible Ink
Book SynopsisTells the story of Guy Stern's remarkable life. This is not a Holocaust memoir; however, Stern makes it clear that the horrors of the Holocaust and his escape from Nazi Germany created the central driving force for his life. If one can name a singular characteristic that gives Stern strength time after time, it is his determination to persevere.
£25.17
New York University Press Belva Lockwood The Woman Who Would Be President
Book SynopsisRecounts the life story of one of the nineteenth century's most surprising and accomplished advocates for women's rightsTrade Review"Norgren has written an engrossing and insightful book about Belva Lockwood, a woman who, through tenacity, drive and self worth, accomplished more in the 19th century than many modern women accomplish. Because Lockwood was known to few and most of her personal papers were destroyed after her death, Norgren has done an exemplary job of illuminating the life of this varied and accomplished woman." * The Law and Politics Book Review *"Long before Hillary Clinton, there was Belva Lockwood: two-time presidential hopeful, Lockwood campaigned in 1884 and 1888 on a platform of women's suffrage. In the first full-length biography of this feminist pioneer, legal historian Norgren has meticulously researched what little has remained of Lockwoods papers, most of which were destroyed after her death." * Publishers Weekly Annex *"An engaging account of Belva Lockwoods struggles and achievements as one of the first women to enter the legal profession in the United States in the late 19th century." * Canadian Journal of Law and Society *"Highly recommended." * Choice *"Many biographers would balk at the paucity of archival sources, but Norgren persisted. . . . In [Norgrenl;s] credible narrative, Lockwood emerges as a shrewd self-promoter, never hesitating to garner publicity for herself and her causes. . . . In eloquent detail, Norgren shows how Lockwood loved the law." * New York Sun *"Astonishingly, this is the first scholarly biography of 19th-century activist Belva Lockwood. Lawyer, lobbyist, wife, mother, and contemporary of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lockwood was among the most formidable of equal rights advocates. The first female lawyer admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the relentlessly ambitious Lockwood ran for the U.S. presidency in 1884 and 1888 on the Equal Rights Party ticket. Later she concentrated on her work for the Universal Peace Union and her Washington, D.C., legal practice while maintaining a demanding public-speaking schedule. Her life was never easy, as she constantly fought to surmount political and legal barriers and to support her family. Although few of Lockwood's papers have survived, Norgren has delivered an able and long overdue study of Lockwoods life, drawing on newspapers, magazines, organizational records, and the papers of Lockwood's contemporaries. Though the book emphasizes Lockwoods career, the inclusion of information on her family and friends gives added dimension. Highly recommended for both public and academic libraries; essential for womens history collections." * Library Journal, starred review *"For those interested in U.S. womens history or the nineteenth-century practice of law, Norgens work is a must." * Law and History Review *"Jill Norgrens study of Belva Lockwood (which comes with a graceful preface by Ruth Bader Ginsburg) is a very unusual book. . . . Norgren has the great discernment to see Lockwoods life as large and anticipatory rather than eccentric and half-realized. A legal historian of considerable skill, she ploughed through reams of records to construct an account of Lockwoods legal career. . . . The comparison [of Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi to] Belva Lockwood is illuminating, because it was Lockwoods instinct for opportunity that took her out of women's politics, with their intact principles, into the thick of things. . . . The biographies of these women will be composed of the workaday, disenchanted materials of political livesperseverance, competence, canniness, and, yes, a facility for the quick grabthat Belva Lockwood cultivated and prized." -- Christine Stansell * The New Republic *"Exceptionally well-researched. Norgrens contribution is to situate Lockwood among a generation of female activists. Norgren is successful in moving the woman who would be president to her proper standing as a pioneering lawyer who would change America." -- Jean Baker * American Historical Review *"In this thoroughly researched and beautifully written biography, Jill Norgren traces Belva Lockwoods dogged efforts to earn a living as a lawyer in Washington while caring for her daughter and becoming a leading advocate for womans suffrage and the peaceful arbitration of international disputes. Norgrens brilliant study makes clear why Lockwoodthe first woman to argue before the Supreme Court (1879) and run for President (1884 and 1888)belongs in the ranks of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Frances Willard" -- John M. Ferren,author of Salt of the Earth, Conscience of the Court: The Story of Justice Wiley Rutledge"Jill Norgren beautifully weaves the personal and political ordeals of Belva Lockwoods life into a compelling story that illuminates Lockwood's enduring contributions. This is a dramatic account of a pioneering woman whose life in the law still resonates in contemporary times." -- Joan Biskupic,author of Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most influenti"Jill Norgrens biography of Belva Lockwood is a gem. Not only does she describe the amazingly full life of an important woman now practically forgotten, but she takes us into the politics of the late-nineteenth century women's reform movement in a way few other authors have done. This is a must-read book." -- Melvin I. Urofsky,editor of the Journal of Supreme Court History"Jill Norgrens splendid biography of one of historys most astonishing pioneersfirst woman counsel before the Supreme Court, visionary for equal rights, international peace activist, Indian rights litigator, presidential candidateis provocative, challenging, galvanizing! Brilliantly researched, vividly written, and profoundly discerning. Everybody concerned about justice, human rights, the future of democracy, and womens power will rush to read, and assign, this important book." -- Blanche Wiesen Cook,author of Eleanor Roosevelt"Belva Lockwood lived a life of firsts as a practicing lawyer at a time when women were rare in any profession. She was the first woman admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court and twice ran for President of the United States. Jill Norgren captures the story of this forgotten heroine in a biography as fast paced and interesting as the life Lockwood led." -- Barbara Babcock,Judge John Crown Professor of Law, Emerita, Stanford University, and author of Clara Shortridge Foltz: Constitution Maker"Norgren eloquently and succinctly educates the reader on the story of the first woman to ever be allowed to argue before the United States Supreme Court, as well as the first woman to ever launch two full scale bids for this countrys presidency . . . Norgrens writing is engaging and her narrative is accessible yet rich with fact." * Feminist Review *"Jill Norgren has written a fascinating biography of one of the forgotten icons of nineteenth century feminism. Thanks to Norgren, [Lockwood] will become a role model for current and future women politicians." * Foreword Magazine *Table of ContentsForeword by Justice Ruth Bader GinsburgPrologue and Acknowledgments 1 Early a Widow2 In Search of a New Identity 3 Apprenticeship 4 Becoming a Lawyer 5 Notorious Ladies 6 A Tougher Fight 7 Woman Lawyer 8 The Practice of Law 9 Lady Lobbyist10 Lockwood for President11 Life on the Platform 12 Lay Down Your Arms! 13 The Power of Association 14 Pushing for Place 15 AWorld's Fair and a Million-Dollar Case 16 Aging Soldiers of Cause Epilogue Notes Index About the Author
£23.74
Syracuse University Press Unaccompanied Traveler
Book SynopsisWith its wide-ranging introduction, detailed notes, and eye-catching maps, this book retrieves the remarkable travel accounts of Kathleen M. Murphy from obscurity and presents them to a new generation of readers interested in travel and adventure.
£63.65
University of Georgia Press A Mans World A Gallery of Fighters Creators
Book SynopsisA collection of 20 profiles of fascinating men by author and magazine writer Steve Oney. Written over a 40-year period, many are prize-winning essays.
£14.96
University of Georgia Press The Magnificent Reverend Peter Thomas Stanford
Book SynopsisThe charismatic Rev. Peter Thomas Stanford (1860-1909) rose from humble and challenging beginnings to emerge as an inventive and passionate activist and educator who championed social justice. This collection highlights Stanford's writings: sermons, lectures, newspaper columns, entertainments, and memoirs.
£28.86
Leonaur Ltd On the Border with Crook
Book SynopsisEyewitness to the Indian WarsThe author of this book, Captain John Bourke, served on Crook''s staff for sixteen years between 1870-86. This put him in an ideal position to witness campaigns against the Indian tribes on the Western Plains, waged by the United States Army under the command of a general who was described by Sherman as ''the greatest Indian fighter the army ever had.'' Bourke proved not only to be an excellent cavalry officer, but also a man with a keen sense of history and a fine talent for observation. As a consequence, this book is regarded as one of the best books of Western history ever published and is now recognised as a classic by those interested in the subject. Bourke takes his readers on iconic campaigns and enables them to share his experience in the company of an eyewitness. Excitingly related here are tales of memorable exploits on the Great Plains and against the Apaches, with famous tribes and great men such as Geronimo, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
£999.99
Seagull Books London Ltd Correspondence
Book SynopsisPablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein. Few can be said to have had as broad an impact on European art in the twentieth century as these two cultural giants. Pablo Picasso, a pioneering visual artist, created a prolific and widely influential body of work. Gertrude Stein, an intellectual tastemaker, hosted the leading salon for artists and writers between the wars in her Paris apartment, welcoming Henri Matisse, Ernest Hemingway, and Ezra Pound to weekly events at her home to discuss art and literature. It comes as no surprise, then, that Picasso and Stein were fast friends and frequent confidantes. Through Picasso and Stein's casual notes and reflective letters, this volume of correspondence between the two captures Paris both in the golden age of the early twentieth century and in one of its darkest hours, the Nazi occupation through mentions of dinner parties, lovers, work, and the crises of the two world wars. Illustrated with photographs and postcards, as well as drawings and paintings
£19.00
Seagull Books London Ltd Hypnos
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Superbly translated. . . . Both inspiring and astonishing to read.” * Times Literary Supplement *“Some of [Char’s] most incisive writing about poetry. . . . A superb new translation. . . . Hutchinson’s locution suggests a candid manager with no time to waste on ceremony.” * On the Seawall *“A fresh authoritative English translation . . . . Char’s insightful reflections offer a point-of-view that’s as intimate as that within which he was living, engaged with the life-and-death consequences of the operation at hand. . . . The poet’s work is maintenance of the record by which the rest of us may take stock of our lives. Char’s words are abundantly informed by the actions he undertook. The merits of reading them remain as worthwhile today as ever.” * The Rumpus *“The book is a masterpiece of war poetry in part because it has so little resemblance to what we commonly imagine war poetry to be. It is pensive and philosophical rather than grandiloquent or dramatic. . . . Great books deserve translations in excess of what they actually require, and Hutchinson’s version is wonderfully lucid and supple. It was my favorite book of poetry in 2015.” * Sam Sacks, Open Letters Monthly *“Hutchinson’s translation of Hypnos is a thing of rare intelligence and beauty. It is as if we were truly hearing Char for the first time in English.” * Richard Sieburth, New York University *“The Inventors is meant to be read alongside Hutchinson’s other translation, Hypnos: Notes from the French Resistance, and for me this is not optional—independently they are each beautiful books, but together they are stunning.” * Bookslut *Table of ContentsIntroduction Hypnos Translator's Notes
£9.80
Seagull Books London Ltd Primo Levi An Identikit
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£33.24
University of Manitoba Press Nitinikiau Innusi I Keep the Land Alive
Book SynopsisLabrador Innu cultural and environmental activist Tshaukuesh Elizabeth Penashue is well known both within and far beyond the Innu Nation. This book began as a diary written in Innu-aimun, in which Tshaukuesh recorded day-to-day experiences as well as speeches, court appearances, and interviews with reporters.Table of Contents PrologueEditor's Introduction Part 1: 1987-1990 Part 2: 1991-1997 Part 3: 1998-2001 Part 4: 2002-2016 Epilogue
£999.99
Museum of New Mexico Press Eva Mirabal
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£33.20
Windhorse Publications Sangharakshita A New Voice in the Buddhist
Book SynopsisSangharashita has established a successful Buddhist movement, pioneering a living Buddhism that seems well suited to our times. In this book, one of his closest disciples offers an account of Sangharashita's evolution as a thinker and teacher.
£9.49
Crecy Publishing Night Flyer
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£7.59
Dordt College Press Christian Education Issues of the Day
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£11.00
New York Review Books Renoir My Father
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£19.55
Ex Libris Press THE JERSEY LILY The Life and Times of Lillie
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£999.99
Higgins Publishing On The Job with God The Awakening
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£26.55
New Academia Publishing, LLC A Tale of Two Cultures A Personal Account
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£27.00
Dawn Young Not Fade Away
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£999.99
John Richard Hodges Welcombe House
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View Tree Press Such Mad Fun Ambition and Glamour in Hollywoods
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£999.99
Legare Street Press History and Reminiscenses of Col. John B. Reid
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£22.75
Legare Street Press Fire and Sword in Shansi the Story of the
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LEGARE STREET PR Peter Jones an Autobiography. Stage 1
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£15.15
Legare Street Press William Herschel and His Work
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LEGARE STREET PR Hans Brinker The Silver Skates A Story of Life in
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LEGARE STREET PR The Writings of Justin Martyr and Athenagoras
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LEGARE STREET PR The Lives of the Painters Sculptors Architects
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£24.65
Legare Street Press Sextus Empiricus
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£37.95
Legare Street Press The Last Journals of David Livingstone Volume 2
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£26.96
LEGARE STREET PR Life of Léon Gambetta
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£23.36
Legare Street Press The Life of Mahomet and History of Islam to the
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£24.26
Legare Street Press Townsend Harris First American Envoy in Japan
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£25.16
LEGARE STREET PR A History of Pembroke College Oxford
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LEGARE STREET PR Private Lives of Kaiser William II.and His
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LEGARE STREET PR The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith
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£28.76
Legare Street Press What I Saw in California Being the Journal of a
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£20.66
Legare Street Press Novo Orbe Serafico Brasilico Ou Chronica Dos
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£33.26
LEGARE STREET PR Charles Stewart Parnell His Love Story and
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LEGARE STREET PR Trial of Madeleine Smith
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£19.90
Legare Street Press The Life Letters and Literary Remains of Edward
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LEGARE STREET PR History of the English Revolution of 1640
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Legare Street Press Carl Maria Von Weber
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LEGARE STREET PR The Story of my Life and Work
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Legare Street Press Some Beauties of the Seventeenth Century
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