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Mpowered Voice Publishing Collaborate to Succeed
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Pottersfield Press Teaching at the Top of the World
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De Gruyter Künstlerische Berufe
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Walter de Gruyter & Co L - Z, Addendum A - K
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Alumnen und ihre Exlibris: 600 Jahre Universität
Book SynopsisExlibris besitzen eine Jahrhunderte alte Tradition. Dienten sie zunächst der Kennzeichnung von Büchern, mutierten sie vor mehr als 100 Jahren zum begehrten Sammelobjekt. Es werden 52 Bucheignerzeichen ehemaliger Leipziger Universitätsangehöriger und Ehrendoktoren der verschiedensten Fachrichtungen vorgestellt. Jeder Abbildung, zumeist farbig wiedergegeben, ist ein Text gegenübergestellt, der schwerpunktmäßig auf das universitäre Leben des Eigners in Leipzig ausgerichtet ist und vorwiegend Forschungsergebnisse aus dem Universitätsarchiv behandelt. Die dargestellten Episoden aus dem Leben der Eigner sind vielschichtig, häufig heiter amüsant, oft überraschend, aber auch tragische Schicksale werden nicht verschwiegen.Trade Review„Die dargestellten Episoden aus dem Leben der Eigner sind vielschichtig, häufig heiter amüsant, oft überraschend, aber auch tragische Schicksale werden nicht verschwiegen. Prädikat: Lesenswert.“ Deutsches Tierärzteblatt , Dezember 2009Table of ContentsLeipziger Verleger.- Christian Johann Lange.- Christian Gottlieb Jöcher.- Johann Christoph Gottsched.- Karl Ferdinand Hommel.- Christian Erhard Kapp.- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.- Nathanael Gottfried Leske.- Salomon Hirzel.- Otto Jahn.- Oskar Leopold von Gebhardt.- Arnold Wilhelm von Bode.- Georg Erler.- Ernst Lehmann.- Ludwig Ganghofer.- August Robert Lange.- Hermann Bernhard Arthur Prüfer.- Christian Georg Schmorl.- Carl Ludwig Seffner.- Friedrich Ferdinand Georg Konrad Ribbeck.- Werner Spalteholz.- Albert Johannes Köster.- Wilhelm His.- Paul Leopold Friedrich.- Edgar Herfurth.- Georg Hirzel.- Georg Köster.- Hans Wolfgang Singer.- Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch.- Henri Hinrichsen.- Reinhard Froehner.- Hugo Eckener.- Felix Hausdorff.- Alfred Doren.- Karl Richard Tränkmann.- Kurt Siegfried.- Friedrich Reinhard Lipsius.- Anton Hermann Friedrich Kippenberg.- Carl Ernst Poeschel.- Walter Tiemann.- Gustav Eduard Julius Gerth-Noritzsch.- Hans Friedrich Reichel.- Alexander Nathansohn.- Paul Ottomar Werner.- Karl Friedrich August Wilhelm Rieder.- Karl Rudolf Hans Schulze.- Hans Joachim Hinrichsen.- Heinz Gundlach.- Herbert Kästner.- Helmut Sorger.- Hans-Jürgen Hähnel.- Universitäts-Sängerverein zu St. Pauli in Leipzig.
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Ediciones Cristiandad San Agustin
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Capstone Editions of Coughlan Companies The Ashe Brothers
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Cayena Press, Inc. Maria Montez: The Queen of Technicolor
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Nimbus Publishing (CN) Hope Blooms: Plant a Seed, Harvest a Dream
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Nimbus Publishing Limited Casey: The Remarkable, Untold Story of Frederick
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Must Have Books Toulouse-Lautrec: A Definitive Biography
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Acorn Press Island Girl: From Orphan to Military Wife
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Nimbus Publishing Limited Black Activist, Black Scientist, Black Icon: The
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Islandport Press Just Up the Road: A Year Discovering People,
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West Virginia University Press The Wounds That Bind Us
Book SynopsisThe improbable and powerful true story of a single mother with prosthetics for both legs who travels the globe with her young daughter in a Land Rover.The Wounds That Bind Us is the improbable true story of Kelley Shinn, an orphan at birth who loses her legs at the age of sixteen to a rare bacterial pathogen. She becomes an avid off-road racer and, as a single mother, attempts to drive around the globe in a Land Rover with her three-year-old daughter in tow to bring light to the plight of land mine survivors. With unflinching honesty, exceptional lyricism, and biting humor, Shinn (“that’s two Ns and no shins”) takes readers on a wild journey—literal and emotional—filled with striking characters and landscapes, heartbreaks, and hard-won insights, ultimately arriving at a place of profound redemption. Told with the energy and intensity of the adventure story it is, this terrifically rich and nuanced examination of a life is also a careful meditation on renewal—a remapping of the world. Guided by the narrator’s keen introspection and her ability to look resolutely at harrowing sorrows and still find hope, joy, and meaning, The Wounds That Bind Us will resonate deeply, long after the last page.Trade ReviewIt is impossible to put down this book. The story of Kelley Shinn’s often dangerous but always thrilling and adventurous life will leave you breathless and awed. The courage, compassion, and joy with which Shinn lives her life is inspiring. She is the person every parent would want to see their child grow to be, the mother every kid wishes they had." — Jessica Anya Blau, author of Mary Jane"This memoir of single motherhood, disability, and an unlikely off-road adventure around the world delivers just what I’m looking for in my reading these days: courage. That, and fine writing, unforgettable characters, suspense, humor, tenderness, and a profound yet humble sense of moral purpose. Kelley Shinn is a marvel, and her book, despite its pain, makes a better world feel possible." —Belle Boggs, author of The Art of Waiting: On Fertility, Medicine, and Motherhood"The Wounds That Bind Us offers perennial relevance in a fresh literary manner. Kelley Shinn invites the reader, the voyeur, the accidental tourist into a world that is a brilliant jewel box of precise, complex, and beautiful turns, with language that bites and soothes the wound in the same stroke. These personal narratives, written with a deliberate genius of craft, usher an arresting memoir that lifts heavy veils and becomes bountiful succor for the parched truths we share." — Jaki Shelton Green, North Carolina Poet Laureate"A beautiful book about how the things we love are torn away from us and about the ways we hold on. Shinn is an anatomist of velocity. Thrilling." —Thomas Beller, author of J.D. Salinger: The Escape ArtistTable of Contents Praise for the Book Title Page Copyright Page
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Pottersfield Press Green Ghost, Blue Ocean: No Fixed Address
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Tulika Print Communication Services An Early Communist – Muzaffar Ahmad in Calcutta,
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Brill The Works of Ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī (Volume 1): An
Book SynopsisThe Works of Ibn Wāḍiḥ al-Yaʿqūbī, a three volume set, contains a fully annotated translation of the extant writings of Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Yaʿqūbī, a Muslim imperial official and polymath of the third/ninth century, along with an introduction to these works and a biographical sketch of their author. The most important of the works are the History (Ta’rikh) and his Geography (Kitab al-buldan). It also contains a new translation of al-Yaʿqūbī’s political essay (Mushakalat al-nas) and a set of fragmentary texts drawn from other Arabic medieval works. Al-Yaʿqūbī’s writings are among the earliest surviving Arabic-language works of the Islamic period, and thus offer an invaluable body of evidence on patterns of early Islamic history, social and economic organization, and cultural production. Contributors: Laila Asser, Paul Cobb, Lawrence I. Conrad, Elton Daniel, Fred Donner, Michael Fishbein, Matthew S. Gordon, Sidney H. Griffith, Wadad Kadi (al-Qāḍī), Lutz Richter-Bernberg, Chase F. Robinson, Everett K. Rowson The hardback edition of this title is also available as part of a 3-volume set (hardback, ISBN 978-90-04-35608-5), click here.
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Books on Demand Les Anges Blancs
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Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH Seelenzauber
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Books on Demand Heinrich Zille: Das war sein Milljöh
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West Virginia University Press The Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in
Book SynopsisA personal remembrance from the preeminent chronicler of Black life in Appalachia.The Harlan Renaissance is an intimate remembrance of kinship and community in eastern Kentucky's coal towns written by one of the luminaries of Appalachian studies, William Turner. Turner reconstructs Black life in the company towns in and around Harlan County during coal's final postwar boom years, which built toward an enduring bust as the children of Black miners, like the author, left the region in search of better opportunities.The Harlan Renaissance invites readers into what might be an unfamiliar Appalachia: one studded by large and vibrant Black communities, where families took the pulse of the nation through magazines like Jet and Ebony and through the news that traveled within Black churches, schools, and restaurants. Difficult choices for the future were made as parents considered the unpredictable nature of Appalachia's economic realities alongside the unpredictable nature of a national movement toward civil rights.Unfolding through layers of sociological insight and oral history, The Harlan Renaissance centers the sympathetic perspectives and critical eye of a master narrator of Black life.Table of Contents Foreword by Loyal Jones Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Alex Haley—The Taproot 2. Between Alex Haley, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ed Cabbell, and the Affrilachian Poets 3. Black Mountain Mantrips and Woman Trips 4. What's in a Name? 5. Black Folk Done Lost Their Stuff 6. The Common Narrative of Black Appalachian Coal-Camp Families 7. Blacks Moving between Central Alabama and Central Appalachia 8. Close-Knit Central Appalachian Coal-Camp Black Communities 9. On Trash-Talking and Signifying along Looney Creek 10. In a Coal Mine, Everybody Is Black; Outside, Not So Much 11. School Integration Was Worse than a Kick in the Head by an Alabama Mule 12. The Principal of the White School Became a Lifelong Friend 13. Not Bad for Some Colored Kids from Harlan County, Kentucky 14. King Coal Leaves the Throne 15. The Graying of the Eastern Kentucky Social Club 16. Meditating on the Future at the Mountaintop Notes Index
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Liverpool University Press Moses Mendelssohn: A Biographical Study
Book SynopsisAlexander Altmann’s acclaimed, wide-ranging biography of Moses Mendelssohn (1729–96) was first published in 1973, but its stature as the definitive biography remains unquestioned. In fact, there has been no subsequent attempt at an intellectual biography of this towering and unusual figure: no other Jew so deeply rooted in the Jewish tradition was at the same time so much a part of the intellectual life of the German Enlightenment in the second half of the eighteenth century. As such, Moses Mendelssohn came to be recognized as the inaugurator of a new phase in Jewish history; all modern Jews today are in his debt. Altmann presents Moses Mendelssohn in strictly biographical terms. He does not attempt to assess his significance with the hindsight of historical perspective nor to trace his image in subsequent generations, but rather to observe his life from the period within which it was set. Altmann has written an absorbing and compelling narrative that makes a whole epoch come alive with great drama, for Mendelssohn’s life was a kaleidoscope of the European intellectual scene, Jewish and non-Jewish. As both a prominent philosopher and a believing Jew, Mendelssohn became a spokesman for the Jews and Judaism; he was one of the rare figures who become the symbol of an era. Through Altmann’s skilful use of hitherto unpublished archival material, the reader is introduced to the vast array of people—men of letters, artists, politicians, scientists, philosophers, and theologians—with whom Mendelssohn was in contact, and sometimes in conflict. What was Mendelssohn’s Judaism like? To what extent did the disparate worlds of Judaism and modern Enlightenment jostle each other in his mind and to what degree could he harmonize them? These questions are not easily answered, and it is only in the aggregate of a multitude of accounts of experiences, reaction, and statements on his part that the answer is to be found. Alexander Altmann’s analysis of this wealth of material is extraordinary in its discernment, subtlety, and clarity of expression. This masterly work will be of interest not only to those who are concerned with Jewish intellectual history but also to those interested in eighteenth-century cultural and social history, philosophy and theology, literary criticism, aesthetics, and the other areas of intellectual activity in ferment at that time. The general reader will also find much of contemporary relevance in Mendelssohn’s life, not only because of his exemplary devotion to reason and tolerance, but also because of his lifelong struggle with the basic dilemma of the Jew in the modern world: the attraction of assimilation versus the singularity of Jewish life, and the preservation of Jewish identity versus integration in the wider society.Trade Review'Alexander Altmann's monumental new biography not only supersedes the Kayserling study but should also serve as a turning point in the historical re-evaluation of Mendelssohn's role in the process of Jewish emancipation ... The happy combination of all these qualities in Professor Altmann makes his work a major achievement of scholarship.' - Jacob Katz, Commentary'The definitive biography of Mendelssohn.' - Salo W. Baron, Jerusalem Post Magazine'There is an overpowering effect on the reader in studying the results of Professor Altmann's facts compiled as a biography and emerging as so much more: as history, as a record of controversies over religious adherence and strict and faithful Jewish observance, as theological disputation, as remarkable reporting on the philosophic discourses with noted Christians as well as Jews, as commentary on Jewish laws by the hero of the book whose piety and Jewish devotions are respected to this day... Altmann's creative work excels in many respects. It is history par excellence. It is thorough research. It is unsparing in criticism and it recognizes the merits of controversy. It will rank as an indestructible work and will be among the classics in biographic literature.’ - Detroit Jewish News‘This monumental work is now required reading for everyone interested in Jewish intellectual history and in the spiritual, cultural, and religious development of the Jewish people in modern times.’ Moshe Pelli, Jewish Quarterly Review‘Generally, Judaica books published by university presses are definitive studies certain to be “classics” a hundred years from now. Among these is Alexander Altmann's biography... This is a definitive biography... it is written in a beautiful style... I predict that one hundred years from now... Moses Mendelssohn will be read and studied in new and reprinted editions.’ - Jewish SpectatorTable of ContentsPreface 1 Years of Growth Childhood in DessauEarly Years in BerlinThe Budding PhilosopherLessingThe MetaphysicianThe Bel EspritA Learned SocietyKohelet Mussar 2 Maturity and Fame Marriage and Family LifeThomas Abbt The Prize-Essay The Correspondence about the Vocation of Man The Phaedon Questions and Answers Cognate Hebrew Writings 3 Turning Point: The Lavater Affair 'Juif de Berlin' The Prehistory of the Lavater Affair Lavater's Challenge and Mendelssohn's Reply First Reactions and Behind-the-Scene Activities; Lavater's Reply and Mendelssohn's Epilogue Reverberations of the Conflict Literary Concerns and Another Lavater Episode 4 Changes in the Pattern of Life The Strange Illness Ups and Downs; A Chronicle of Events Hebraica and Judaica The Chronicle Continued Some Philosophical Preoccupations Friends in Unexpected Quarters 5 The Teacher The Avant-Garde of Haskala The German Translation of the Pentateuch Obstacles on the Road Completing the Work 6 Political Reformer Spokesman of his People Co-operation with Dohm A Momentous Event and a New Tract for the Times The Issue of Educational Reform The Summer of 1782 Jerusalem 7 Strains and Stresses Friendship with Lessing: The Last Phase A Projected Essay on Lessing's Character Jacobi's Attitude toward Mendelssohn: Antecedents of their ConflictAn Uneasy Correspondence 8 Guardian of the EnlightenmentThe Contest Literary Activity, 1783-1785 Morning Hours In Combat The Social and Domestic Scene The End Epilogue Notes Index of Subjects and Names
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Books on Demand Du musst durch im Leben: Erinnerungen einer starken Frau
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Books on Demand Alt werden Alt sein: Geschichten vom Älter werden
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Books on Demand Cabo Blanco: Mit Ernest Hemingway in Peru
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Books on Demand Gratwanderung: Erzählungen einer Durchquerung Asiens
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Books on Demand Der rasende Reporter
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Orion Publishing Co The Chicken Chronicles: A Memoir
Book SynopsisA memoir about keeping chickens from the author of THE COLOR PURPLEWhen Alice Walker grew up in the deep south of America, her family always kept chickens - for meat and for eggs - and her job was to chase down the Sunday dinner! In later life, when she settled in Mexico and was growing her own food, she realised how much she missed keeping them and decided to get a brood of her own. So into her life came Gertrude Stein, Babe, Babe 2, Hortensia, Splendor, Glorious, Rufus and Agnes of God, not to mention a few others. She discovered a deep contentment in keeping chickens, looking after them and watching them develop. This also made her think about her own life and brought back severed memories of her childhood. This book isn't a 'how to' on keeping chickens, it is a warm memoir chronicling her journey and the way in which keeping chickens led her to a fuller understanding of herself.
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Benediction Classics Narrative of the Captivity of William Biggs Among the Kickapoo Indians in Illinois in 1788, and Narrative of the Captivity & Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
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Benediction Classics A Genius in the Family
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Benediction Classics A Diary Without Dates, and The Happy Foreigner
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Benediction Classics Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself
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Pneuma Springs Publishing Silver Eagle: The Official Biography of Band of Brothers Veteran Clancy Lyall
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Pneuma Springs Publishing Silver Eagle: Het Waargebeurd Verhaal Van Clancy Lyall. Veteraan Van De Band of Brothers
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Andrews UK Limited Winona Ryder
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Glagoslav Publications Ltd Wolf Messing
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Glagoslav Publications B.V. Leo Tolstoy: Flight from Paradise
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Glagoslav Publications B.V. Leo Tolstoy: Flight from Paradise
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John Blake Publishing Ltd The Sixteen: The Sensational Story of Britain's Top-Secret Military Assassination Squad
Book SynopsisAs an 18-year-old, John Urwin was posted to Cyprus, where he was recruited into a top-secret unit called the Sixteen, whose task was to assassinate key figures throughout the Middle East. Now he breaks his silence to tell their story. Their training was said to have surpassed that of the SAS in unarmed combat and weaponry. His description of their four key missions is explosive and a riveting account of the turbulent 1950s in the Middle East. The Cold War was approaching its height and when there was a mission to be undertaken that no government could be seen to endorse, the Sixteen would do the job. No previous depiction of a military group, in book or movie, has remotely compared to the secrecy, skills and sheer professionalism of the Sixteen.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Casting off the Veil: The Life of Huda Shaarawi, Egypt's First Feminist
Book SynopsisIn 1923, when the pioneer of feminist activism, Huda Shaarawi, removed her veil in Cairo's train station, she created what became a landmark (and much-copied) gesture for feminists throughout Egypt and the Middle East and cemented her status as one of the most important feminists in twentieth-century Egypt. In Casting off the Veil, her granddaughter Sania Sharawi Lanfranchi uses never-before seen letters and photographs to explore the life and thought of Egypt's first feminist, as she campaigned against British occupation, as well as striving to improve conditions for women throughout the country. From her birth into a wealthy and powerful family, her early years spent in a harem, to her iconic status as one of the most influential feminists in Middle Eastern history, this is a fascinating portrait of a determined and ground-breaking woman, a rich and important story which will captivate everyone with an interest in Egyptian, feminist or colonial history.Trade Review""Huda Shaarawi an icon. A wealthy woman who dedicated her life and her financial resources to the betterment of Egypt. She set up a number of charitable works that also educated and trained women so they could earn a living. She was the first feminist in the country and Egyptian women all owe her a debt for her indefatigable work on their behalf, and thus this book, which deals with the history of this remarkable woman, will appeal to a very wide audience in Egypt of both sexes. Interweaving Shaarawi's life with the history of Egypt, and bringing in new material from private papers, this book is highly recommended for all interested in the history of women in Egypt and the wider Middle East."" Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid Marsot, Professor Emerita, UCLA" "Huda Shaarawi was one of the truly heroic figures of the modern Middle East. And this book will not only provide a wealth of new information, but may also change the unconscious views of many readers, especially Western ones, about the nature of the Middle-Eastern family and Middle-Eastern society in general."" John Rodenbeck, Professor Emeritus, The American University in Cairo""A very unique account."" - Al-Ahram Online" "By tracing the life of Huda Shaarawi with depth, honesty and completeness, Sharawi Lanfranchi not only takes us back to a journey in the past, but to a journey in the mind, heart and soul of one of the greatest women of all times."" Midan MasrTable of Contents1: Childhood in a conservative home 2: First steps in social work 3: International feminism and the EFU 4: Against the occupation 5: A Wafdist ministry 6: A lesson in diplomacy 7: The game of politics 8: The question of Greater Syria 9: The natural enemies of war 10: Turning points 11: Peace and justice 12: The Second World War 13: The UNGA divides Palestine
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New Generation Publishing Marshmallow Fishes
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