Biography: general Books
MP-KST Kent State Uni OSS Against the Reich The World War II Diaries
Book SynopsisThe previously unpublished World War II diaries of Colonel David K.E. Bruce, London branch chief of America's first secret intelligence agency, as he observed the war against Hitler. The entries include eyewitness accounts of D-Day, the rocket attacks on England, and the liberation of Paris.
£22.46
August House Publishers Listening for the Crack of Dawn American
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£16.14
Cornell University Press The Origins of Modern Russian Education An
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book is an important contribution to historical scholarship, rich both in pertinent details and insightful observations on the labyrinthine complexities of the political structure of Russian society. * Slavic Review *Whittaker has demonstrated beyond possibility of debate that the traditional picture of Uvarov the reactionary is simply wrong and must be revised. There was a need for a soundly researched, intelligently conceived, and clearly presented biography of Uvarov. Whittaker's book meets that need quite completely. * Russian Review *For those interested in the history of Russian education this book is an invaluable source of information on the first half of the nineteenth century. * Scottish Slavonic Review *This book is well written and thoroughly researched, with a wealth of documentary support. Whittaker's "revisionism" rings true. * Canadian Slavonic Papers *This volume is a stimulating intellectual experience providing many insights into the origins and development of Russian education and it explains many of the contradictions still found there. * Choice *Cynthia Whittaker's excellent book is a tour de force of the educational, intellectual, and social history of Russia from 1800 until the Russian Revolution. * Vitae Scholasticae *
£27.90
Cornell University Press Elysian Fields
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£23.74
Cornell University Press A Storyteller and a City Sherwood Andersons
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£29.45
Cornell University Press Illinois
Book SynopsisAn account of the state's development, from the earliest native settlements. Focusing on the state's changing population over time, this book highlights the achievements of ordinary people, including the women, the African Americans, and the other minorities. Containing illustrations, it appeals to students of history and general readers alike.Trade ReviewBiles' first-rate primer on the state's history will be a useful resource for anyone curious about a state whose residents have played crucial roles in almost every major episode in the nation's history. * Chicago Tribune *Lively and informative.... Biles clearly and cogently traces the Prairie State's distinctive history, from its earliest geological and Indian eras to the present. * THe annals of iowa *A scholarly and highly accessible survey text that balances the rural and urban experience. * Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society *Table of ContentsTable of Contents List of maps Preface 1 The Indians and the French 2 British Colonial Rule and American Independence 3 From Territory to Statehood 4 Settling the Frontier 5 Slave State or Free? 6 Civil War 7 A Modernizing World 8 The Spirit of Reform 9 An Artistic Renaissance 10 World War I and the Red Scare 11 Prosperity and Depression 12 World War II 13 Postwar Boom and Suburban Growth 14 Turbulence and Change 15 An Uncertain Future Epilogue Notes Bibliographical Essay Index
£97.20
Cornell University Press Illinois
Book SynopsisAn account of the state's development, from the earliest native settlements. Focusing on the state's changing population over time, this book highlights the achievements of ordinary people, including the women, the African Americans, and the other minorities. Containing illustrations, it appeals to students of history and general readers alike.Trade ReviewBiles' first-rate primer on the state's history will be a useful resource for anyone curious about a state whose residents have played crucial roles in almost every major episode in the nation's history. * Chicago Tribune *Lively and informative.... Biles clearly and cogently traces the Prairie State's distinctive history, from its earliest geological and Indian eras to the present. * THe annals of iowa *A scholarly and highly accessible survey text that balances the rural and urban experience. * Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society *Table of ContentsTable of Contents List of maps Preface 1 The Indians and the French 2 British Colonial Rule and American Independence 3 From Territory to Statehood 4 Settling the Frontier 5 Slave State or Free? 6 Civil War 7 A Modernizing World 8 The Spirit of Reform 9 An Artistic Renaissance 10 World War I and the Red Scare 11 Prosperity and Depression 12 World War II 13 Postwar Boom and Suburban Growth 14 Turbulence and Change 15 An Uncertain Future Epilogue Notes Bibliographical Essay Index
£20.39
MP-TAM Texas A&M University Land is the Cry
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£23.96
University of Iowa Press A Community of Writers
Book SynopsisThis text's three sections mingle myth and history with style, grace and humour. The first essays are given over to memories of Paul Engle in his heyday. The second group focuses on the teachers who made the workshop hum on a daily basis, and the third section is devoted to storytelling.
£19.90
University of Iowa Press Alcott in Her Own Time
Book SynopsisCollected here are the reminiscences of people who knew Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) . Many of the printed recollections in this book appeared after Alcott became famous and showcase her as a literary lion, but others focus on her teen years, when she was living the life of Jo March.
£22.75
MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi Conversations with Nadine Gordimer
£23.62
Frontier Mission Fellowship Hidden Triumph in Ethiopia
£8.49
North Star Press of Saint Cloud Inc Un Moving Four Ward
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£19.76
North Star Press of Saint Cloud Inc Glimpses of Wilderness
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£12.56
Liturgical Press Ascetic Discourses 150 Cistercian Studies Series 150
Book SynopsisAscetic DiscoursesTrade ReviewThe illuminating introduction to the translation of these twenty-nine monastic discourses written in the mid-fifth century explores scholarly issues . . . this volume is a model for showing how to make a book user-friendly . . . Until this translation appeared, we had only a bit of Abba Isaiah in English (in the translation of the Philokalia), so this work is a welcome addition, made all the more welcome because of the readable translation and useful apparatus.Cistercian Studies Quarterly. . . a hugely important contribution to the canon of desert wisdom. It deserves a wide readership amongst scholars and laypeople. I enjoyed it very much indeed.Mystics QuarterlyThis first complete English translation of the writings of Abba Isaiah is a major contribution to the extant library of desert wisdom from the fifth century of the Christian Era . . .The book itself is a delight to handle and work with, having a pleasingly thorough, through unobtrusive, number of indices (patristic references, scriptural citation, names and subjects). The plethora of references here, and in the body of the text, testify to the importance of Isaiah in the Egyptian and Palestinian Christian world . . . a hugely important contribution to the canon of desert wisdom. It deserves a wide readership amongst scholars and laypeople.Magistra
£35.38
Bridge-Logos Publishing Daughter of Destiny Kathryn Kuhlman A Spirit Filled Classic
£15.76
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Martin Luther
Book SynopsisThe fifteenth and sixteenth centuries witnessed a transition in the history of Western Civilization, during which the world of medieval Christendom began to give way to a new world order. Western medieval civilizationa synthesis of classical humanism and Judeo-Christianitywas overseen by the Holy Roman Empire and the Roman Catholic Church. People of the day believed in an orderly universe created by God and a great chain of being. This secure hierarchy was shattered when scientists, philosophers, and theologians began to explore the world around them with new eyes. Meanwhile, a number of national monarchs sought control of the church within their territories in order to secure a strong, unified nation-state apart from the influence of the Roman church. One avenue to control was provided for these monarchs by the Reformation, begun in 1517 by the obscure German monk Martin Luther. Because of his personal experience, reflection, and study of scripture, this religious scholar revised hTable of ContentsForeword vii Chapter One Martin Luther, 1483-1546 1 Reformer 7 Church Leader 22 Summary 25 Key Events 26 Chapter Two Salvation in the Late Middle Ages 27 Salvation in the Early Church 27 Salvation in the Medieval Church 28 Salvation in the Late Medieval Church 30 Luther’s Understanding of Salvation 33 Summary 35 Key Events 35 Portraits 36 Chapter Three The Ninety-Five Theses 37 Background 37 The Ninety-Five Thesis 41 Content of the Ninety-Five Thesis 42 Significance 46 Summary 47 Key Events 48 Chapter Four The Three Treatise of 1620 49 To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation Concerning the Reform of the Christian Church (1520) 52 The Babylonian captivity of the Church (1520) 56 The Freedom of the Christian (1520) 61 Significance 65 Summary 65 Key Events 66 Chapter Five The Bondage of the Will 67 The Battle of Wills 72 Luther and The Bondage of the Will 76 Significance 79 Summary 80 Key Events 81 Chapter Six Against the Peasants and the Jews 83 Luther and the Peasants 84 Luther and the Jews 93 Assessment 100 Summary 101 Key Events 102 Postscript Martin-Luther: An Assessment 103 Appendix Annotated Chronology of Luther’s 109 Reformation Writings Bibliographical Note 133 Index 135 Maps Town’s of Luther’s Germany, circa 1530 xii Divisions of Religions, circa 1560 108
£18.95
Getty Trust Publications Roger Fenton Pasha and Bayadere
Book SynopsisThis is a study of the Victorian photographer's photograph Pasha and Bayadere. It includes information about the life and career of Roger Fenton, best known for his photographs of The Crimean War.
£21.33
Getty Trust Publications In Focus Carleton Watkins Photographs from the
Book SynopsisThis volume is devoted to the smaller and more unusually-shaped works of Carleton E. Watkins, many of which have not been published before. The book also contains an overview of his life, and an edited transcript of a colloquium on his career.
£16.14
Getty Trust Publications Man Ray in Focus BIBLIOTHECA PAEDIATRICA REF
Book SynopsisThis is a collection of photographs by avant-garde artist and photographer Man Ray, from the John Paul Getty Museum. The photographs date from 1910 to the 1940s, and each image is provided with a commentary. Also included is an edited transcript of a colloquium on Man's career.
£16.14
Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S. Jung and the Native American Moon Cycles Rhythms
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£19.80
Persea Books Inc Places Ive Taken My Body
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£13.29
Tan Books & Publishers Inc. Mystical City of God A Popular Abridgment 1
Book SynopsisThis book which has inspired the laity and the clergy for over 300 years and which has gone into sixty editions in various languages. It contains in-formation about the creation of the world, the mean-ing of the Apocalypse.
£29.66
Academy Chicago Publishers Women of Privilege
Book SynopsisTraces the decline of a once-privileged Hudson River Valley family where the neighbours were Vanderbilts, Delanos, and Roosevelts. Susan Gillotti provides us an insight into her ancestors' heretofore secret lives, culled from private diaries, letters, and journals of the three generations of women who inhabited Grasmere - one of the great houses of the Hudson River Valley.Trade Review“Susan Gillotti opens the door of this great house to explore the lives and turmoil within. Women of Privilege is a riveting read—one cannot stop until the final outcome of these powerful, but flawed, lives is revealed. Equally compelling is that the telling of these personal dramas is based on a wealth of conserved letters, diaries, and other documentation.” - Peter H. Brink, former senior vice president, Programs, National Trust for Historic Preservation
£19.51
Ignatius Press Mother Cabrini Missionary to the World Vision
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Ignatius Press Milestones Memoirs 19271977
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Ignatius Press The Soul of a Lion Dietrich Von Hildebrand a
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£17.05
Toccata Press Alphons Diepenbrock The Life Times and Music of
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
£54.00
University of Alaska Press To the Chukchi Peninsula and to the Tlingit
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£16.10
University of Alaska Press When the Geese Come The Journals of a Moravian
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£17.05
Chicago Review Press Better Days Will Come Again
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£23.79
Lawrence Hill & Co. The Seminarian
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£21.56
MJ - Ohio University Press Payne Hollow Life on the Fringe of Society
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£15.19
University of Pennsylvania Press Richard Berry Seager Archaeologist and Proper
Book SynopsisAn examination of the life of Richard Seager is important for two reasons. First, it provides a glimpse of a character of a member of the second generation of researchers to work in Cretan archaeology and, second, Seager and his generation helped form our own preconceptions about the early history of Greece. His underlying thesis, that the Early Minoan society was the first European civilization, thus the foundation of Greek and later Western history, is considered valid today.
£37.38
McPherson & Co Publishers,U.S. A Full Moon of Women 29 Word Portraits of Notable
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£9.00
Gallaudet University Press Laurent Clerc The Story of His Early Years
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£17.22
Lincoln Publishing, Inc A Bouquet for the Gardener Martin Gardner Remembered
£18.58
Dordt College Press On Kuyper A Collection of Readings on the Life Work Legacy of Abraham Kuyper
£24.70
The University of Chicago Press Two Visionary Brothers David and Alfred Smart
Book SynopsisDavid and Alfred Smart were the Chicago-based founders of Esquire magazine, launched in 1933. This biography chronicles their lives and innovations in the film and magazine publishing business.
£14.61
San Diego Museum of Art Charles Reiffel
Book SynopsisProposes a fresh assessment of the artist, firmly re-establishing his place as a national figure in the canon of American painting
£44.53
LUP - University of Michigan Press Regent Redux
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£44.90
The New York Review of Books, Inc Madame de Pompadour
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£999.99
Poppyland Publishing Grandads War The First World War Diary of Horace Reginald Stanley
£15.57
Limebury Books The Clouds Still Hang The Complete Trilogy
£16.14
Loving Healing Press Lumberjack
£18.04
Richard Nickel Committee A. James Speyer Architect Curator Exhibition
Book SynopsisTraces A. James Speyer's early career as a student of Mies van der Rohe in Chicago. During the 1940s and 1950s he taught architecture under Mies while completing glass and steel projects in Chicago and Pittsburgh. This biography also includes essays by Franz Schulze and six of Speyer's friends.
£27.51
Moment Point Press Inc,US Speaking of Jane Roberts Remembering the Author
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£13.29
Amber Communications Group, Inc. Christina Aguilera A Star is Made A Star Is Made The Unauthorized Biography
£16.56
