Biography: general Books
University of California Press Hermann von Helmholtz and the Foundations of
Book SynopsisA biography of Hermann von Helmholtz, a 19th-century scientist renowned for the co-discovery of the second law of thermodynamics and his invention of the ophthalmoscope. It relates how von Helmholtz also made contributions to the fields of physiology, philosophy of science and mathematics.
£68.00
University of California Press Flight Out of Time A Dada Diary Paper
Book SynopsisThe poems and performance art of Hugo Ball and his contemporaries were the beginnings of Dada. This work includes Ball's diaries, the original Dada manifesto and a critical introduction.Table of ContentsEditor's Note Introduction by John Elderfield Chronology Foreword to the 1946 Edition by Emmy Ball-Hennings PART ONE Prologue: The Backdrop Romanticism: The Word and the Image PART TWO On the Rights of God and Man Flight to the Fundamental APPENDIX Dada Manifesto Kandinsky Endnotes: Ball's Sources Afterword by John Elderfield Bibliography Index
£24.30
University of California Press Letters from Freedom
Book SynopsisThrough essays, articles, and interviews, this title presents the reader with the momentous changes in Poland and East-Central Europe. Sharing the author's intellectual journey through a tumultuous era, it focuses on the subjects important to him.Table of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS EDITOR'S NOTE FOREWORD: IN PRAISE OF THE "ORDINARY" by Ken Jowitt PART 2: HOPELESSNESS AND HOPE 1 Cold Civil War: Poland Ten Years after the Founding of the Workers' Defense Committee (KOR) 2 Don Quixote and Invective 3 Anti-authoritarian Revolt: A Conversation with Daniel Cohn-Bendit 4 The Dilemma 5 Towards a Civil Society: Hopes for Polish Democracy:Interview with Erica Blair (John Keane) PART 2: NOTES FROM THE REVOLUTION,1989-1990 6 A Specter Is Haunting Europe 7 After the Round Table 8 Joy ... and a Moment of Reflection 9 Nothing Will Ever Be the Way It Was 1O Your President, Our Prime Minister 11 Farewell to the Brezhnev Doctrine 12 If the President of Poland . . . 13 Poland's Fate Is Being Decided 14 What Next in Russia? 15 Notes from the Revolution 16 Ater the Revolution 17 My Vote against Walesa PART 3: SPEECHES AND CONVERSATIONS 18 Poland and the Jews 19 Poland and Germanv 20 Three Kinds of Fundamentalism 21 One Has to Rise Early in the Morning: A Conversation with Czcslaw Milosz 22 The Strange Epoch of Post-Communism:A Conversation with Vaclav Havel 23 We Can Talk without Hatred:A Conversation with Wojcicch J Aruzelski 24 I Am a Polish Intellectual:Adam Michnik Talks to Adam Krzcmiriski and Wieslaw Wladyka, Editors of Polityka 25 The Velvet Restoration: A Summing-Up POSTFACE: GRAY IS BEAUTIFUL: A LETTER TO IRA KATZNELSON GUIDE TO EVENTS AND PEOPLE INDEX
£26.10
University of California Press Conversations with Cezanne
Book SynopsisThis work gathers together texts by contemporaries of Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) - including artists, critics and writers - that illuminate the painter's philosophy of art, particularly in his later years.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction by Richard Shiff Documents Gustave Geffroy: Excerpt from Claude Monet, His Life, His Times, His Works Ambroise Vollard: Excerpt from Paul Cezanne Leo Larguier: Excerpt from Sunday with Paul Cezanne Jules Borely: 'Cezanne at Aix' (L'Art Vivant) Emile Bernard: Letter to His Mother (5 February 1904) Paul Cezanne: Letters to Emile Bernard (April to June, 1904) Emile Bernard: 'Paul Cezanne' (L'Occident) Paul Cezanne: Letters to Emile Bernard (July 1904 to September 1906) Emile Bernard: 'Memories of Paul Cezanne' (Mercure de France) Francis Jourdain: Excerpt from Cezanne R. P. Riviere and J. F. Schnerb: 'The Studio of Cezanne' (La Grande Revue) Maurice Denis: Excerpt from the Journal Karl Ernst Osthaus: 'A Visit to Paul Cezanne' (Das Feuer) Paul Cezanne: My Confessions Interpretations Joachim Gasquet: 'What He Said to Me' (excerpt from Cezanne) Emile Bernard: 'A Conversation with Cezanne' (Mercure de France) Maurice Denis: 'Cezanne' (excerpt from Theories) Lawrence Gowing: 'The Logic of Organized Sensations' Notes Bibliography Index
£22.50
University of California Press Heisenberg and the Nazi Atomic Bomb Project
Book SynopsisWerner Heisenberg's task was to build an atomic bomb for Nazi Germany. What precisely did Heisenberg know about the physics of the atomic bomb? How deep was his loyalty to the German government during the Third Reich? Assuming that he had been able to build a bomb, would he have been willing? This book answers these questions.
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University of California Press Nine Women Portraits from the American Radical
Book SynopsisA history of American women activists. It features biographical essays on feminist Bella Abzug and civil rights visionary Fannie Lou Hamer and a chapter on women environmental activists.Trade Review"Buy Nies's book and read it aloud faithfully, until all of you, young and old, have shared and incorporated into your vision of America the heroic, unique, and visionary contribution women have made to the history of the United States."-Cynthia Warrick Kemper, Los Angeles Times Book Review "Judith Nies [writes] about those courageous, visionary women in our history who were driven to write for and live for wider audiences.... It is about women who chose confrontation with the formidable forces of society rather than quiet communion with their diaries."-Elizabeth Benedict, Christian Science Monitor "Judith Nies begins here to restore the great women radicals to the tradition, knowing that to think of these heroic women simply as fighters for women's suffrage and women's rights is to impoverish...the larger political tradition of which it is a part."-Frances Putnam Fritchman, In These Times "Readers will be remembering a long time the vivid Mary Harris Jones, "Mother Jones," organizing coal miners...remarkable for insight are Nies's essays on Dorothy Day and Charlotte Perkins Gilman."-Willie LeeTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface to the 2002 Edition Introduction Sarah Moore Grimke Harriet Tubman Elizabeth Cady Stanton Mother Jones Charlotte Perkins Gilman Anna Louise Strong Dorothy Day Fanny Lou Hamer Bella Savitsky Abzug Women and the Environmental Movement Epilogue: The Legacy of the Radical Tradition Further Readings and Individual Bibliographies Selected Bibliography on Women, Radicals, and Historiography Updated Bibliography Index
£22.50
University of California Press A Fascination for Fish
Book SynopsisA memoir presents David Powell's lifelong love of the ocean and gives a highly personal, behind-the-scenes look at California's magnificent and innovative aquariums. David Powell, for many years curator of the world-renowned Monterey Bay Aquarium, tells the story of his life as a pioneering aquarist.Table of ContentsForeword, by Sylvia A. Earle Acknowledgments 1. Underwater Thoughts 2. Marineland of the Pacific 3. A First Look at Realism 4. The Road to Gonzaga Bay 5. The Steinhart Aquarium 6. Adventure in the Sea of Cortez 7. Sea World 8. Carnival in Mazatlan 9. The Lure of Sharks 10. Tanner Bank and Mexico Expo 11. The Revillagigedo Islands 12. Roundabout to Steinhart Aquarium 13. Search for a Living Fossil 14. To Chile, Easter Island, and Rarotonga 15. Monterey Bay Aquarium 16. Creating the Exhibits 17. Aquarists at Work 18.Collecting the Fish 19. Always Something New 20. The Open Ocean 21. Pelagic Fishes 22. A Million-Gallon Fishbowl 23. A New Direction Selected Reading Index
£27.00
University of California Press Charles Willson Peale
Book SynopsisCharles Willson Peale (1741-1827) produced an unparalleled body of work, including the iconic The Artist in His Museum. He was a revolutionary soldier, a radical activist, an impresario of moving pictures, a natural historian, an inventor, and the proprietor of one of the first modern museums. This book presents his autobiography.Trade Review"A masterly portrait, and an interpretive tour de force." - Charles C. Eldredge, author of Tales from the Easel "This is an invaluable critical study of Charles Willson Peale - clear, erudite, and imaginative. Ward shows what went wrong as well as right in Peale's lifelong attempts at self-fashioning, giving us a richer picture than ever before of this restless American figure." - Alexander Nemerov, author of The Body of Raphaelle Peale; "One of the hallmarks of public life after the Revolution was the desire of notable Americans to fashion their own enduring reputations. This exquisite book lucidly and compellingly investigates how Charles Willson Peale expressed and controlled his image. David C. Ward takes us on a remarkable journey through the labyrinth of a major artist's evolving self-consciousness during the early Republic." - Paul Staiti, Mount Holyoke College"Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface. Charles Willson Peale: This New Man Part I "Why Not Act the Man?" 1. Forgeries: Charles Willson Peale and His Father 2. "This Faint Spark of Genius": Fortune, Patronage, and Peale's Rise as an Artist 3. "Application Will Overcome the Greatest Difficulties": Work, Career, and Identity in Peale's Art and Life Part II "I Scrutinize the Actions of Men" 4. A Good War and a Troubled Peace: Charles Willson Peale's Search for Order, 1776-94 5. "The Medicinal Office of the Mind": The Peale Museum's Mission of Reform, 1793-1810 6. "The Hygiene of the Self": Work, Writing, and the Enlightened Body Part III "It Would Seem a Second Creation" 7. The Struggle against Dispersal: Work, Family, and Order in Peale's Family Portraits 8. "I Bring Forth into Public View": Peale's SecularApotheosis in The Artist in His Museum Notes Index
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University of California Press Being Brown Sonia Sotomayor and the Latino
Book SynopsisBeing Brown: Sonia Sotomayor and the Latino Questiontells the story ofthe country's first Latina Supreme Court Associate Justice'srise to the pinnacle of American public life at a moment of profound demographic and political transformation. While Sotomayor's confirmation appeared to signal the greater acceptance and inclusion of Latinosthe nation's largest minority majoritythe uncritical embrace of her status as a possibility model and icon paradoxically erased the fact that her success was due to civil rights policies and safeguards that no longer existed. Being Brownanalyzes Sotomayor's story of success and accomplishment, despite seemingly insurmountable odds, in order to ask:What do we lose in democratic practice when we allow symbolic inclusion to supplant the work of meaningful political enfranchisement? In a historical moment of resurgent racism, unrelenting Latino bashing, and previously unimaginable blood and soil Nazism,Being Brownexplains what we stand to lose when we allow democratic values to be trampled for the sake of political expediency, and demonstrates how understanding the Latino question can fortify democratic practice. Being Brownprovides the historical vocabulary for understanding why the Latino body politic is central to the country's future and why Sonia Sotomayor's biography provides an important window into understanding America, and the country's largest minority majority, at this historical juncture. In the process,Being Browncounters alternative facts with historical precision and ethical clarity to invigorate the best of democratic practice at ahistorical moment when we need it most. Trade Review"Being Brown reads, and feels, like the right book at the right time. The dream of the ‘Brown Democratic Commons’ that drives so much of Lázaro Lima’s thought, and his hope, in this transformative study has never felt so possible, and so impossible, at the same time." * Latino Studies *Table of ContentsOverview Introduction. On Being Brown in the Democratic Commons Part I. A latina for the nation 1. Sonia Sotomayor and “the Latino Question” 2. Sonia Sotomayor’s Elusive Embrace Part II. Losing Sonia Sotomayor 3. Sonia Sotomayor, the Mediapheme 4. Sonia Sotomayor and Other States of Debt Coda. Thinking Otherwise: Sonia Sotomayor and the Emergence of Latino Legal Thought Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography
£64.00
University of California Press Being Brown Sonia Sotomayor and the Latino
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Being Brown reads, and feels, like the right book at the right time. The dream of the ‘Brown Democratic Commons’ that drives so much of Lázaro Lima’s thought, and his hope, in this transformative study has never felt so possible, and so impossible, at the same time." * Latino Studies *Table of ContentsOverview Introduction. On Being Brown in the Democratic Commons Part I. A latina for the nation 1. Sonia Sotomayor and “the Latino Question” 2. Sonia Sotomayor’s Elusive Embrace Part II. Losing Sonia Sotomayor 3. Sonia Sotomayor, the Mediapheme 4. Sonia Sotomayor and Other States of Debt Coda. Thinking Otherwise: Sonia Sotomayor and the Emergence of Latino Legal Thought Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography
£12.79
University of California Press Recollecting Lotte Eisner
Book SynopsisRecollecting Lotte Eisner provides the first in-depth examination of the remarkable transnational career of film journalist, archivist, and historian Lotte Eisner (18961983). From her early years as a film critic in interwar Berlin to her escape from prison in occupied France and from her role as chief curator at the Cinémathèque française to that as the mythic collective conscience of New German Cinema, Eisner was a prolific writer and lecturer and a pivotal voice in early film and media studies. Situated at the juncture of feminist media historiography and disciplinary intellectual history, this groundbreaking book is based on extensive multilingual archival research and the excavation of a rich corpus of previously overlooked materials. Introducing samples of Eisner's writing in translation, this volume makes some of the most important contributions of a foundational scholar in the field of film studies accessible for the first time to an English-language readership.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 • Fräulein Doktor Eisner 2 • A Reluctant Bellwether: Dr. L. H. Eisner and Flapper at the Film-Kurier, 1927–1933 3 • “La seule historienne”: Exile, Salvage, and Community at the Cinémathèque Française 4 • “Lacunae Everywhere”: Iterative Historiography and the Midcentury Palimpsests Conclusion: The Woolly Mammoth of the Cinémathèque Appendix: Film-Kurier Bibliography, by the Numbers Notes References Index
£63.90
University of California Press Recollecting Lotte Eisner
Book SynopsisRecollecting Lotte Eisner provides the first in-depth examination of the remarkable transnational career of film journalist, archivist, and historian Lotte Eisner (18961983). From her early years as a film critic in interwar Berlin to her escape from prison in occupied France and from her role as chief curator at the Cinémathèque française to that as the mythic collective conscience of New German Cinema, Eisner was a prolific writer and lecturer and a pivotal voice in early film and media studies. Situated at the juncture of feminist media historiography and disciplinary intellectual history, this groundbreaking book is based on extensive multilingual archival research and the excavation of a rich corpus of previously overlooked materials. Introducing samples of Eisner's writing in translation, this volume makes some of the most important contributions of a foundational scholar in the field of film studies accessible for the first time to an English-language readership.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 • Fräulein Doktor Eisner 2 • A Reluctant Bellwether: Dr. L. H. Eisner and Flapper at the Film-Kurier, 1927–1933 3 • “La seule historienne”: Exile, Salvage, and Community at the Cinémathèque Française 4 • “Lacunae Everywhere”: Iterative Historiography and the Midcentury Palimpsests Conclusion: The Woolly Mammoth of the Cinémathèque Appendix: Film-Kurier Bibliography, by the Numbers Notes References Index
£22.50
Cambridge University Press Mary Somerville
Book SynopsisThis book tells the life story of the leading woman of science in Great Britain during the nineteenth century and offers an in-depth analysis of the factors that allowed her to achieve prominence, her extensive scientific writings, and the processes by which her work were committed to historical memory.Trade Review'Kathryn Neeley explores Somerville's unique position: she was accepted as an eminent scientist, but also celebrated for the way she conformed to Victorian norms of womanly behaviour.' The Lancet'Underneath the now statutory feminist gloss this is a work of great scholarship.' Contemporary Review'Neeley's study repays careful reading and is a valuable contribution to studies of discourse, writing and gender in nineteenth-century science.' BJHS'Neeley has provided scholars with an absorbing and definitive intellectual biography of Mary Somerville, arguably the most important woman in science during the nineteenth-century … In sum, Neeley's book is a welcome addition to the growing bodies of scholarship re-interpreting the role of women in science, examining the relationship between science and literature, and exploring the importance of popular science.' CentaurasTable of ContentsAuthor's preface; Prologue; Perceiving what others do not perceive: the 'peculiar illumination' of the female mind; 1. Head among the stars, feet firm upon the earth: the problem of categorizing Mary Somerville; 2. Creating a room of her own in the world of science: how Mary Fairfax became the famous Mrs Somerville; 3. Science as exact calculation and elevated meditation: Mechanism of the Heavens (1931), Preliminary Dissertation (1832), and On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences (1834); 4. The earth, the sea, the air, and their inhabitants: Physical Geography (1848) and On Molecular and Microscopic Science (1869); 5. Personal Recollections (1973): Mary Somerville on Mary Somerville; 6. Memory and Mary Somerville: in the public eye and historical memory; Epilogue: science, voice, and vision.
£25.99
Cambridge University Press Pontius Pilate in History and Interpretation 100 Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series Series Number 100
Book SynopsisThis study reconstructs the historical Pontius Pilate and looks at the way in which he is used as a literary character in the works of six first century authors: Philo, Josephus and the four evangelists. The first chapter provides an introduction to the history and formation of the imperial Roman province of Judaea. The following two chapters examine the references to Pilate in Philo and Josephus, looking at each author's biases before going on to assess the historicity of their accounts. The next four chapters look at the portrayal of Pilate in each gospel, asking how a first century reader would have interpreted his actions. Each chapter asks what this portrayal shows about the author's attitude towards the Roman state, and what kind of community found this useful. The conclusion distinguishes between the 'historical Pilate' and the different 'Pilate of interpretation' preserved in our first century literary sources.Trade Review'A valuable contribution … thorough and scholarly study.' John Court, Church TimesTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Pontius Pilate and the Roman Province of Judaea; 2. Pilate in Philo; 3. Pilate in Josephus; 4. Pilate in Mark's Gospel; 5. Pilate in Matthew's Gospel; 6. Pilate in Luke/Acts; 7. Pilate in John's Gospel; 8. Historical events behind the gospel narratives; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
£92.14
Random House USA Inc River of the Gods
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The harrowing story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time and its complicated legacy—from the New York Times bestselling author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of the RepublicA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE WASHINGTON POST • GOODREADSA lean, fast-paced account of the almost absurdly dangerous quest by [Richard Burton and John Speke] to solve the geographic riddle of their era. —The New York Times Book ReviewFor millennia the location of the Nile River’s headwaters was shrouded in mystery. In the 19th century, there was a frenzy of interest in ancient Egypt. At the same time, European powers sent off waves of explorations intended to map the unknown corners of the globe – and extend their colonial empires.Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke were sent by the Royal Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. Burton spoke twenty-nine languages, and was a decorated soldier. He was also mercurial, subtle, and an iconoclastic atheist. Speke was a young aristocrat and Army officer determined to make his mark, passionate about hunting, Burton’s opposite in temperament and beliefs.From the start the two men clashed. They would endure tremendous hardships, illness, and constant setbacks. Two years in, deep in the African interior, Burton became too sick to press on, but Speke did, and claimed he found the source in a great lake that he christened Lake Victoria. When they returned to England, Speke rushed to take credit, disparaging Burton. Burton disputed his claim, and Speke launched another expedition to Africa to prove it. The two became venomous enemies, with the public siding with the more charismatic Burton, to Speke’s great envy. The day before they were to publicly debate,Speke shot himself.Yet there was a third man on both expeditions, his name obscured by imperial annals, whose exploits were even more extraordinary. This was Sidi Mubarak Bombay, who was enslaved and shipped from his home village in East Africa to India. When the man who purchased him died, he made his way into the local Sultan’s army, and eventually traveled back to Africa, where he used his resourcefulness, linguistic prowess and raw courage to forge a living as a guide. Without Bombay and men like him, who led, carried, and protected the expedition, neither Englishman would have come close to the headwaters of the Nile, or perhaps even survived.In River of the Gods Candice Millard has written another peerless story of courage and adventure, set against the backdrop of the race to exploit Africa by the colonial powers.
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Random House USA Inc God Save Texas A Journey Into the Soul of the
Book SynopsisNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower—and a Texas native—takes us on a journey through the most controversial state in America. • “Beautifully written…. Essential reading [for] anyone who wants to understand how one state changed the trajectory of the country.” —NPR The inspiration for the HBO Original documentary trilogy God Save Texas streaming on MaxTexas is a red state, but the cities are blue and among the most diverse in the nation. Oil is still king, but Texas now leads California in technology exports. Low taxes and minimal regulation have produced extraordinary growth, but also striking income disparities. Texas looks a lot like the America that Donald Trump wants to create. Bringing together the historical and the contemporary, the political and the personal, Texas native Lawrence Wright gives us a
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Random House USA Inc Empress of the Nile
Book SynopsisThe remarkable story of the intrepid French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian temples from the floodwaters of the Aswan Dam, by the New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade’s Secret War “A female version of the Indiana Jones story . . . [Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt] was a daredevil whose real-life antics put Hollywood fiction to shame.”—The GuardianIn the 1960s, the world’s attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time: Fifty countries contributed nearly a billion dollars to save a dozen ancient Egyptian temples, built during the height of the pharaohs’ rule, from drowning in the floodwaters of the massive new Aswan High Dam. But the extensive press coverage at the time overlooked the gutsy French archaeologist who made it all happen. Without the intervention of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, the temples would now be at the bottom of
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Penguin Putnam Inc Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers
Book SynopsisThe New York Times bestseller now in paperback with a new epilogue.In March 1836, the Mexican army led by General Santa Anna massacred more than two hundred Texians who had been trapped in the Alamo. After thirteen days of fighting, American legends Jim Bowie and Davey Crockett died there, along with other Americans who had moved to Texas looking for a fresh start. It was a crushing blow to Texas’s fight for freedom. But the story doesn’t end there. The defeat galvanized the Texian settlers, and under General Sam Houston’s leadership they rallied. Six weeks after the Alamo, Houston and his band of settlers defeated Santa Anna’s army in a shocking victory, winning the independence for which so many had died. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers recaptures this pivotal war that changed America forever, and sheds light on the tightrope all war heroes walk between courage and calculation. Thanks to Kilmeade&rsTrade Review“A gripping, pulse-pounding tale that’ll have you turning the pages faster than you can say, ‘Remember the Alamo!’ Nobody does history like Brian Kilmeade!” —Brad Thor, author of Backlash and Use of Force “In this thrilling book, Brian Kilmeade reimagines Houston’s bold life as a frontiersman, war fighter, and statesman for a new age.” —Marcus Luttrell, retired Navy SEAL and author of Lone Survivor “Every page sparkles with historical insights, fine writing, and fast-paced, Western-style action. A must-read!” —Douglas Brinkley, author of American Moonshot “We Texans know how special our history is. Now, thanks to Brian Kilmeade’s new book, the rest of the country can also celebrate the way defeat gave way to glory.” —Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks “This story shouldn’t be possible—and yet it is, filled with unlikely heroes forced to face staggering odds. Like our country itself, Sam Houston & the Alamo Avengers staggers, inspires, and reminds us of the power of real leaders.” —Brad Meltzer, author of The First Conspiracy “This magnificent jewel of a book is Brian Kilmeade’s finest yet. The narrative is by turns riveting, poignant, and irresistible, while the scholarship is impeccable. What an achievement!” —Jay Winik, author of April 1865 and 1944 “Kilmeade tells a tale of early Texas history that echoes vibrantly today in the courage, honor, and commitment of the U.S. military serving around the world. A masterpiece!” —Admiral James Stavridis, 16th Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and author of Sailing True North “A fast-paced romp through the Texas Revolution that feels more like a novel than nonfiction. Kilmeade presents the leaders of the Lone Star State as the flawed and fearless heroes they truly were, and their David and Goliath story that changed American history is riveting reading.”—Stephen L. Moore, author of Eighteen Minutes and Texas Rising "As a historian who has spent years working with the public, I believe the stories we tell should be accessible, interesting, and accurate. Brian Kilmeade hits all three points in Sam Houston & the Alamo Avengers." —Dr. Richard Bruce Winders, author of Mr. Polk's Army, Crisis in the Southwest, and Sacrificed at the Alamo
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Penguin Putnam Inc Facing the Mountain
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Random House USA Inc Mud and Stars
Book SynopsisWith the writers of the golden age as her guides—Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gogol, and Turgenev, among others—Sara Wheeler searches for a Russia not in the news, traveling from rinsed northwestern beet fields and the Far Eastern Arctic tundra to the cauldron of nationalities, religions, and languages in the Caucasus. Bypassing major cities as much as possible, she goes instead to the places associated with the country’s literary masters. Wheeler weaves these writers’ lives and works around their historical homes, giving us rich portraits of the many diverse Russias from which these writers spoke. Illustrated with both historical images and contemporary snapshots of the people and places that shaped her journey, Mud and Stars gives us timely, witty, and deeply personal insights into Russia, then and now.One of Smithsonian’s Ten Best Travel Books of the Year
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Random House USA Inc Chasing the Thrill
Book Synopsis“Daniel Barbarisi plunges into an adventure from another era when he goes in search of buried treasure, guided only by a cryptic poem, a mischievous art collector, and the footsteps another pursuer who died on the quest… Every page draws you deeper into this no-man’s-land where fortune—or tragedy—awaits.” —Christopher McDougall, author of Born to RunWhen Forrest Fenn was given a fatal cancer diagnosis, he came up with a bold plan: He would hide a chest full of jewels and gold in the wilderness, and publish a poem that would serve as a map leading to the treasure's secret location. But he didn't die, and after hiding the treasure in 2010, Fenn instead presided over a decade-long gold rush that saw many thousands of treasure hunters scrambling across the Rocky Mountains in pursuit of his fortune. Daniel Barbarisi first learned of Fenn's hunt in 2017, when a friend became consumed w
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Vintage Espanol El Escndalo del Siglo Textos En Prensa Y Revistas
Book SynopsisDejó muy claro Gabriel García Márquez que el periodismo siempre fue su principal pasión, la más perdurable y por la que quiso ser recordado: “No quiero que se me recuerde por Cien años de soledad, ni por el premio Nobel, sino por el periódico. [...] Nací periodista y hoy me siento más reportero que nunca. Lo llevo en la sangre, me tira”. Esta antología pretende ser la muestra más representativa de la tensión narrativa entre periodismo y literatura que recorrió toda su trayectoria como reportero. Cubriendo cuatro décadas, este delicioso viaje a través de medio centenar de textos muestra como “el mejor oficio del mundo” está en el corazón de la obra del premio Nobel colombiano. Con edición a cargo de Cristóbal Pera y prólogo de Jon Lee Anderson, este volumen contiene piezas tan indispensables co
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Random House USA Inc The Beauty of Living Twice
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • Sharon Stone tells her own story: a journey of healing, love, and purpose. • “Not your typical Hollywood autobiography. Brutally honest, restless and questing.” —O, The Oprah Magazine Sharon Stone, one of the most renowned actresses in the world, suffered a massive stroke that cost her not only her health, but her career, family, fortune, and global fame. In The Beauty of Living Twice, Stone chronicles her efforts to rebuild her life and writes about her slow road back to wholeness and health. In a business that doesn’t accept failure, in a world where too many voices are silenced, Stone found the power to return, the courage to speak up, and the will to make a difference in the lives of men, women, and children around the globe.Over the course of these intimate pages, as candid as a personal conversation, Stone talks about her pivotal roles, her life-changing friendships, her worst disappointments, and her greatest accomplishments. She reveals how she went from a childhood of trauma and violence to a career in an industry that in many ways echoed those same assaults, under cover of money and glamour. She describes the strength and meaning she found in her children, and in her humanitarian efforts. And ultimately, she shares how she fought her way back to find not only her truth, but her family’s reconciliation and love.Stone made headlines not just for her beauty and her talent, but for her candor and her refusal to “play nice,” and it’s those same qualities that make this memoir so powerful. The Beauty of Living Twice is a book for the wounded and a book for the survivors; it’s a celebration of women’s strength and resilience, a reckoning, and a call to activism. It is proof that it’s never too late to raise your voice and speak out.
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Random House USA Inc Great Wave
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Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Nasty Woman Game A Card Game for Every Feminist
Book SynopsisBUSTLE'S MOST WANTEDLike Cards Against Humanity with a feminist twist [Cosmopolitan], this game lets you say what you really think--just don't get Trumped! Part comedy, part strategy, part conversation starter, and all in good, feminist fun. --BustleYou can never have enough feminists on your side when it comes to fighting the patriarchy. In the game of Nasty Woman, you take turns drawing cards, following the prompts, and strategizing your next move to collect as many Nasty Woman Cards as possible--including Beyonce, Michelle Obama, Gloria Steinem, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Shout out saucy answers to any Statement Cards to win more Nasty Woman cards. Draw the You’re Trumped Card, and you’re out of the game, loser—unless you can trade in a Nasty Woman Card to save you. The last player standing after all other players have been eliminated wins the game--and is the
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Pantheon Books Gift from the Sea
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Alfred A. Knopf Imagine a City
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Harvest Publications The Apprentice
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Mariner Books The Queen of the Night
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc My Losing Season
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply affecting coming-of-age memoir about family, love, loss, basketball—and life itself—by the beloved author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini During one unforgettable season as a Citadel cadet, Pat Conroy becomes part of a basketball team that is ultimately destined to fail. And yet for a military kid who grew up on the move, the Bulldogs provide a sanctuary from the cold, abrasive father who dominates his life—and a crucible for becoming his own man. With all the drama and incandescence of his bestselling fiction, Conroy re-creates his pivotal senior year as captain of the Citadel Bulldogs. He chronicles the highs and lows of that fateful 1966–67 season, his tough disciplinarian coach, the joys of winning, and the hard-won lessons of losing. Most of all, he recounts how a group of boys came together as a team, playing a sport that would become a m
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Random House USA Inc The Mistresses of Cliveden Three Centuries of
Book SynopsisFor fans of Downton Abbey comes an immersive historical epic about a lavish English manor and a dynasty of rich and powerful women who ruled the estate over three centuries of misbehavior, scandal, intrigue, and passion. Five miles from Windsor Castle, home of the royal family, sits the Cliveden estate. Overlooking the Thames, the mansion is flanked by two wings and surrounded by lavish gardens. Throughout its storied history, Cliveden has been a setting for misbehavior, intrigue, and passion—from its salacious, deadly beginnings in the seventeenth century to the 1960s Profumo Affair, the sex scandal that toppled the British government. Now, in this immersive chronicle, the manor’s current mistress, Natalie Livingstone, opens the doors to this prominent house and lets the walls do the talking. Built during the reign of Charles II by the Duke of Buckingham, Cliveden attracted notoriety as a luxurious retreat in which the duke could conduct his s
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Random House USA Inc It Doesnt Take A Hero The Autobiography of
Book SynopsisHe set his star by a simple motto: duty, honor, country. Only rarely does history grant a single individual the ability, personal charisma, moral force, and intelligence to command the respect, admiration, and affection of an entire nation. But such a man is General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the Allied Forces in the Gulf War. Now, in this refreshingly candid and typically outspoken autobiography, General Schwarzkopf reviews his remarkable life and career: the events, the adventures, and the emotions that molded the character and shaped the beliefs of this uniquely distinguished American leader.
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Faber & Faber Sybil Cyril
Book Synopsis'A joy to read.' Sunday Times'Outstanding.' Daily Telegraph'Excellent.' The Spectator'Superb.' Literary Review'Scintillating . . . A gripping, mysterious love story which also sheds light on British culture between the wars.' Financial TimesIn 1922, Cyril Power, a fifty-year-old architect, left his family to work with the twenty-four-year-old Sybil Andrews. They would be together for twenty years. Both became famous for their dynamic, modernist linocuts - streamlined, full of movement and brilliant colour, summing up the hectic interwar years. Theirs was a scintillating world of Futurists, Surrealists and pioneering abstraction, but alongside the buzz of the new, of machines and speed, shops and sport and dance, they also looked back, to medieval myths and early music, to country ways disappearing from sight.
£9.74
MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Mary Nohl Inside Outside
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Random House USA Inc Mean Baby A Memoir of Growing Up
Book SynopsisSelma Blair has played many roles: Ingenue in Cruel Intentions. Preppy ice queen in Legally Blonde. Muse to Karl Lagerfeld. Advocate for the multiple sclerosis community. But before all of that, Selma was known best as … a mean baby. In a memoir that is as wildly funny as it is emotionally shattering, Blair tells the captivating story of growing up and finding her truth. Blair is a rebel, an artist, and it turns out: a writer.?Glennon Doyle, Author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller Untamed and Founder of Together RisingThe first story Selma Blair Beitner ever heard about herself is that she was a mean, mean baby. With her mouth pulled in a perpetual snarl and a head so furry it had to be rubbed to make way for her forehead, Selma spent years living up to her terrible reputation: biting her sisters, lying spontaneously, getting drunk from Passover wine at the age of seven, and behaving dramatically so that she would be the center of attention. Although Selma went on to become a celebrated Hollywood actress and model, she could never quite shake the periods of darkness that overtook her, the certainty that there was a great mystery at the heart of her life. She often felt like her arms might be on fire, a sensation not unlike electric shocks, and she secretly drank to escape. Over the course of this beautiful and, at times, devasting memoir, Selma lays bare her addiction to alcohol, her devotion to her brilliant and complicated mother, and the moments she flirted with death. There is brutal violence, passionate love, true friendship, the gift of motherhood, and, finally, the surprising salvation of a multiple sclerosis diagnosis. In a voice that is powerfully original, fiercely intelligent, and full of hard-won wisdom, Selma Blair?s Mean Baby is a deeply human memoir and a true literary achievement.
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Random House USA Inc Some People Need Killing
Book SynopsisTIME’S #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A “riveting” (The Atlantic) account of the Philippines’ state-sanctioned killings of its citizens under President Rodrigo Duterte, hailed as “a journalistic masterpiece” (The New Yorker) “Tragic, elegant, vital . . . Evangelista risked her life to tell this story.”—Tara Westover, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Educated WINNER OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY’S HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Economist, Chicago Public Library, CrimeReads, The Mary Sue “My job is to go to places where people die. I pack my bags, talk to the survivors, write my stories, then go ho
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Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Tasty Pride 75 Recipes and Stories from the Queer
Book SynopsisBe proud, be loud, be flavorful. From the beloved, fiercely inclusive BuzzFeed cooking brand comes 75 innovative recipes and inspiring stories from prominent LGBTQ+ cooks and foodies. Tasty has always been the place to turn for good eats. Now, it’s also the place to turn for a community. Here, stories of love, pride, and acceptance—and the important role that food can play in that journey—accompany the innovative yet totally doable recipes you know to expect from Tasty. Compiled by food writer Jesse Szewczyk and contributed by 75 cooks and celebrities from across the queer community such as Ted Allen, Anita Lo, and Rick Martinez, these recipes are not only delicious, but also meaningful. These folks bring you the dishes they love most, from Taco Potatoes with Spicy Ground Turkey to Everything Bagel Beignets, and from Beer-Steamed Crabs with Spicy Vinegar Dipping Sauce and Corn Salad to Fudgy Miso Brownies. Pul
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Random House USA Inc A Rhythm of Prayer
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Penguin Putnam Inc Dusk Night Dawn
Book Synopsis?Anne Lamott is my Oprah.?-Chicago TribuneFrom the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wowcomes an inspiring guide to restoring hope and joy in our lives.In Dusk, Night, Dawn, Anne Lamott explores the tough questions that many of us grapple with. How can we recapture the confidence we once had as we stumble through the dark times that seem increasingly bleak? As bad newspiles up?from climate crises to daily assaults on civility?how can we cope? Where, she asks, ?do we start to get our world and joy and hope and our faith in life itselfback . . . with our sore feet, hearing loss, stiff fingers, poor digestion, stunned minds, broken hearts??We begin, Lamott says, by accepting our flaws and embracing our humanity.Drawing from her own experiences, Lamott shows us the intimate and human ways we can adopt to move throughlife?s dark places and toward the light of hope that still burns ahead for all of us.As she does in Help, Thanks, Wow and her other bestselling books, Lamott explores the thorny issues of life and faith by breaking them down into manageable, human-sized questions for readers to ponder, in the process showing us how we can amplify life''s small moments of joy by staying open to love and connection. As Lamott notes in Dusk, Night, Dawn,?I got Medicare three days before I got hitched, which sounds like something an old person might do, which does not describe adorably ageless me.? Marryingfor the first time with a grown son and a grandson, Lamott explains that finding happiness with a partner isn''t a function of age or beauty but of outlook and perspective. Full of the honesty, humor, and humanity that have made Lamott beloved by millions of readers, Dusk, Night, Dawn is classicAnne Lamott?thoughtful and comic, warm and wise?and further proof that Lamott truly speaks to the better angels in all of us.
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Hogarth We Are Free to Change the World
Book SynopsisA timely guide on how to live—and think—through the challenges of our century drawn from the life and thought of political-theorist Hannah Arendt, one of the twentieth century''s foremost opponent of totalitarianism and a prophet against conformity (The Nation).‘We are free to change the world and to start something new in it.’ --Crises of the RepublicThe violent unease of today’s world would have been all too familiar to Hannah Arendt. Tyranny, occupation, disenchantment, post-truth politics, conspiracy theories, racism, mass migration, the banality of evil: she had lived through them all.Born in the first decade of the last century, she escaped fascist Europe to make a new life for herself in America, where she became one its most influential—and controversial—public intellectuals. She wrote about power and terror, exile and love, and above all about freedom. Questioning—thinkin
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Random House USA Inc Dream of the Divided Field
Book SynopsisFrom an award-winning poet comes a collection on heartbreak and transitions, written with a piercing lyric ferocity. FINALIST FOR THE NEW ENGLAND BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY • “Written with great tenderness and intimacy, Dream of the Divided Field reveals what we do (and do not) owe to others, and what we owe to ourselves.”—Poets & WritersThe poems in Yanyi’s latest book suggest that we enter and exit our old selves like homes. We look through the windows and recognize some former aspect of our lives that is both ours and not ours. We long for what we had even as we recognize that we can no longer live there. Yanyi conjures the beloved both within and without us: the beloved we believe we know, the beloved who is never the person we imagine, and the beloved who threatens to erase us even as we stand before them. How can we carry our homes with us? Informed by Yanyi’s experiences of im
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Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Help Is on the Way
Book SynopsisFind your hustle without losing your soul. Comedic superstar and internet entrepreneur Kountry Wayne made it to the top with a little bit of faith, a lot of perseverance, and a fearless commitment to his own success. Now he’s here to help you do the same. Kountry Wayne is on a mission help you get to that next level. Success is possible no matter where you start from. Coming up as a poor Black man in a small-minded Georgia town, Wayne found few legit options to achieve his dreams. For many years he resorted to running his own game, but thankfully friends and family (and one patient probation officer) convinced him that he had the talent for a different kind of hustle. Once he took a leap of faith and began posting short sketches based on his on-the-nose Southern Black truths, wildly funny observations, and inspirational guidance, he became an almost overnight hit.Now he hopes to he
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Penguin Putnam Inc Good for a Girl
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Penguin Putnam Inc Chasing Bright Medusas
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Alfred A. Knopf Pig Years
Book SynopsisThis captivating memoir is a “startling testimony to the glories and sorrows of raising and harvesting plants and animals” (Anthony Doerr, best-selling author of All the Light We Cannot See), as an itinerant farmhand chronicles the wonders hidden within the ever-blooming seasons of life, death, and rebirth.Pig Years catapults American nature writing into the 21st century, and has been hailed by Lydia Davis and Aimee Nezhukumatathil as “engrossing” and “a marvel.” As a farmer in Upstate New York and Vermont, Ellyn Gaydos lives on the knife edge between loss and gain. Her debut memoir draws us into this precarious world, conjuring with stark simplicity the lifeblood of the farm: its livestock and stark full moons, the sharp cold days lives near to the land. Joy and tragedy are frequent bedfellows. Fields go barren and animals meet their end too soon, but then their bodies become food in a time-old human ritual. Seasonal han
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Random House USA Inc An Affirming Flame
Book Synopsis“For more than forty years Roger Cohen has ventured to every corner of the earth to chronicle the great upheavals of our age, but he’s never lost sight of what really matters: love, hope, and all the mysteries of the human heart. Here, in this collection of columns that will take you from the streets of Kyiv to an execution chamber in Alabama, you can read him at his best.”—Dexter Filkins, best-selling author of The Forever WarA collection of the finest New York Times columns written by Roger Cohen over more than a decade, accompanied by an original, twenty-thousand-word essay on the state of the worldThe countless readers who followed Roger Cohen’s column and mourned its end responded above all to what they saw as the marriage in his writing of head and heart. That tenor permeates An Affirming Flame.During his twelve years as a columnist, Cohen aimed to hold power to account at home and abroad, in the na
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Random House USA Inc Letters to a Writer of Color
Book SynopsisA vital collection of essays on the power of literature and the craft of writing from an international array of writers of color, sharing the experiences, cultural traditions, and convictions that have shaped them and their work“Electric essays that speak to the experience of writing from the periphery . . . a guide, a comfort, and a call all at once.”—Laila Lalami, author of Conditional Citizens Filled with empathy and wisdom, instruction and inspiration, this book encourages us to reevaluate the codes and conventions that have shaped our assumptions about how fiction should be written, and also challenges us to apply its lessons to both what we read and how we read. Featuring: • Taymour Soomro on resisting rigid stories about who you are• Madeleine Thien on how writing builds the room in which it can exist• Amitava Kumar on why authenticity isn’t a license we carry in o
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Penguin Putnam Inc A Way Out of No Way
Book SynopsisOn the heels of his historic election to the United States Senate, Raphael G. Warnock shares his remarkable spiritual and personal journey.“Sparkling… a narrative of an extraordinary life, from impoverished beginnings in Savannah to his arrival on Capitol Hill. Along the way, he reflects with considerable candor and insight on the meaning and importance of faith, truth-telling and political and social redemption.”—The New York Times Book Review“A compelling, insightful memoir that details an extraordinary journey.” —Bryan StevensonSenator Reverend Raphael G. Warnock occupies a singular place in American life. As senior pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, and now as a senator from Georgia, he is the rare voice who can call out the uncomfortable truths that shape contemporary American life and, at a time of division, summon us all to a higher moral ground.
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