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1968 in America: Music, Politics, Chaos, Counterculture and the Shaping of a Generationby Charles KaiserISBN 0802135307 (0-8021-3530-7)
Softcover, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
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American Revolutionby Stuart MurrayISBN 0789485567 (0-7894-8556-7)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WWII Bombing of Civilians in Germany and Japanby A. C. GraylingISBN 0802715656 (0-8027-1565-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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In Among the Dead Cities, the acclaimed philosopher A. C. Grayling asks the provocative question, how would the Allies have fared if judged by the standards of the Nuremberg Trials? Arguing persuasively that the victor nations have never had to consider the morality of their policies during World War II, he offers a powerful, moral re-examination of the Allied bombing campaigns against civilians in Germany and Japan, in the light of principles enshrined in the post-war conventions on human rights and the laws of war.
Intended to weaken those countries' ability and will to make war, the bombings nonetheless destroyed centuries of culture and killed some 800,000 non-combatants, injuring and traumatizing hundreds of thousands more in Hamburg, Dresden, and scores of other German cities, in Tokyo, and finally in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. "Was this bombing offensive justified by the necessities of war," Grayling writes, "or was it a crime against humanity? These questions mark one of the great remaining controversies of the Second World War." Their resolution is especially relevant in this time of terrorist threat, as governments debate how far to go in the name of security.
Grayling begins by narrating the Royal Air Force's and U. S. Army Air Force's dramatic and dangerous missions over Germany and Japan between 1942 and 1945. Through the eyes of survivors, he describes the terrifying experience on the ground as bombs created inferno and devastation among often-unprepared men, women, and children. [via]More editions of Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WWII Bombing of Civilians in Germany and Japan:
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The Ancient Orient: An Introduction to the Study of the Ancient Near Eastby Wolfram Von Soden, Donald G. SchleyISBN 0802801420 (0-8028-0142-0)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821by Robert V. ReminiISBN 0801859115 (0-8018-5911-5)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worldsby Georg LuckISBN 0801825482 (0-8018-2548-2)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Arcana Mundi: Magic and the Occult in the Greek and Roman Worlds a Collection of Ancient Textsby Georg LuckISBN 0801883466 (0-8018-8346-6)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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At the Origins of Christian Worship: The Context and Character of Earliest Christian Devotionby Larry W. HurtadoISBN 0802847498 (0-8028-4749-8)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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Atlas of World Historyby Jeremy BlackISBN 078944609X (0-7894-4609-X)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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The Battle: A New History Of Waterlooby Alessandro BarberoISBN 0802715001 (0-8027-1500-1)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Battle of the Little Bighornby Mari SandozISBN 0803291000 (0-8032-9100-0)
Softcover, Bison Books
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Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christby Lew Wallace, James S. BellISBN 0802471013 (0-8024-7101-3)
Softcover, Moody Pub
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Bent's Fortby David LavenderISBN 0803257538 (0-8032-5753-8)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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The Birth of Sydneyby Tim F. FlanneryISBN 0802136990 (0-8021-3699-0)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Birth Of The Church: From Jesus to Constantine, 30-312by Ivor J. Davidson, David Wright, John D. Woodbridge, Tim DowleyISBN 0801012708 (0-8010-1270-8)
Hardcover, Baker Pub Group
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The Bureau and the Mole: The Unmasking of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Dangerous Double Agent in FBI Historyby David A. ViseISBN 0802139515 (0-8021-3951-5)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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By His Grace and for His Glory: A Historical Theological, and Practical Study of the Doctrines of Grace in Baptist Lifeby Thomas J. NettlesISBN 0801067421 (0-8010-6742-1)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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By Their Blood: Christian Martyrs of the Twentieth Centuryby James Hefley, Marti HefleyISBN 0801043123 (0-8010-4312-3)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835by Theda PerdueISBN 0803287607 (0-8032-8760-7)
Softcover, Bison Books
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Children of Kali: Through India in Search of Bandits, the Thug Cult, and the British Rajby Kevin RushbyISBN 0802714188 (0-8027-1418-8)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Chronicle of the 20th Centuryby Arthur M. SchlessingerISBN 0789403323 (0-7894-0332-3)
Hardcover, Dorling Kindersley Multi Media
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Churchill's Generalsby John KeeganISBN 0802113095 (0-8021-1309-5)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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Citiesby Jim FergusonISBN 0802142737 (0-8021-4273-7)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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City of Laughter: Sex And Satire in Eighteenth-Century Londonby Vic GatrellISBN 0802716024 (0-8027-1602-4)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'City of Laughter: Sex And Satire in Eighteenth-Century London'Book summary:[via]Between 1770 and 1830, London was the world's largest and richest city, the center of hectic social ferment and spectacular sexual liberation. These singular conditions prompted revolutionary modes of thought, novel sensibilities, and constant debate about the relations between men and women. Such an atmosphere also stimulated outrageous behavior, from James Boswell's copulating on Westminster Bridge to the Prince Regent's attempt to seduce a woman by pleading, sobbing, and stabbing himself with a pen-knife. And nowhere was London's lewdness and iconoclasm more vividly represented than its satire.
City of Laughter chronicles the rise and fall of a great tradition of ridicule and of the satirical, humorous, and widely circulated prints that sustained it. Focusing not on the polished wit upon which polite society prided itself, but rather on malicious, sardonic and satirical humor--humor that was bawdy, knowing and ironic--Vic Gatrell explores what this tradition says about Georgian views of the world and about their own pretensions. Taking the reader into the clubs and taverns where laughter flowed most freely, Gatrell examines how Londoners laughed about sex, scandal, fashion, drink and similar pleasures of life.
Combining words and images-including more than 300 original drawings by Cruikshank, Gillray, Rowlandson, and others--City of Laughter offers a brilliantly original panorama of the era, providing a ground-breaking reappraisal of a period of change and a unique account of the origins of our attitudes toward sex, celebrity and satire today.More editions of City of Laughter: Sex And Satire in Eighteenth-Century London:
Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World: From the Archaic Age to the Arab Conquestsby G.E.M. De Ste CroixISBN 0801495970 (0-8014-9597-0)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Clues, Myths, and the Historical Methodby Carlo Ginzburg, John Tedeschi, Anne C. TedeschiISBN 080184388X (0-8018-4388-X)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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The Crisis of Church and State, 1050-1300by Brian TierneyISBN 0802067018 (0-8020-6701-8)
Softcover, Univ of Toronto Pr
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The Devil's Own Work: The Civil War Draft Riots and the Fight to Reconstruct Americaby Barnet SchecterISBN 0802714390 (0-8027-1439-0)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Devil's Own Work: The Civil War Draft Riots of 1863by Barnet SchecterISBN 0802715087 (0-8027-1508-7)
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Dying Colonialismby FanonISBN 0802150276 (0-8021-5027-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dying Colonialism'Book summary:An incisive and illuminating account of how, during the Algerian Revolution, the people of Algeria changed centuries-old cultural patterns and embraced certain ancient cultural practices long derided by their colonialist oppressors as primitive, in order to destroy those same oppressors. Fanon uses the fifth year of the Algerian Revolution as a point of departure for an explication of the inevitable dynamics of colonial oppression.[via]More editions of Dying Colonialism:
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The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israelby Mark S. SmithISBN 080283972X (0-8028-3972-X)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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Repudiating the traditional view that Israel was fundamentally different in culture and religion from its Canaanite neighbors, this provocative book argues that Israelite religion developed, at least in part, from the religion of Canaan. Looking at a wide range of sources, Smith cogently demonstrates that Israelite religion was not an outright rejection of foreign, pagan gods but, rather, was the result of the establishment of a distinctly separate Israelite identity that included the recognition of a singular, universal deity. [via]
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ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computerby Scott McCartneyISBN 0802713483 (0-8027-1348-3)
Hardcover, Walker & Company
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Essays on Hitler's Europeby Istvan DeakISBN 0803266308 (0-8032-6630-8)
Softcover, University of Nebraska Press
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The Fall of the Athenian Empireby Donald KaganISBN 0801499844 (0-8014-9984-4)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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From Reliable Sources: An Introduction to Historical Methodsby Walter Prevenier, Martha HowellISBN 0801485606 (0-8014-8560-6)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Reliable Sources: An Introduction to Historical Methods'Book summary:From Reliable Sources is a lively introduction to historical methodology, an overview of the techniques historians must master in order to reconstruct the past. Its focus on the basics of source criticism, rather than on how to find references or on the process of writing, makes it an invaluable guide for all students of history and for anyone who must extract meaning from written and unwritten sources.
Martha Howell and Walter Prevenier explore the methods employed by historians to establish the reliability of materials; how they choose, authenticate, decode, compare, and, finally, interpret those sources. Illustrating their discussion with examples from the distant past as well as more contemporary events, they pay particular attention to recent information media, such as television, film, and videotape.
The authors do not subscribe to the positivist belief that the historian can attain objective and total knowledge of the past. Instead, they argue that each generation of historians develops its own perspective, and that our understanding of the past is constantly reshaped by the historian and the world he or she inhabits.
A substantially revised and updated edition of Prevenier's Uit goede bron, originally published in Belgium and now in its seventh edition, From Reliable Sources also provides a survey of western historiography and an extensive research bibliography.
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Galileoby Eric Bentley, Bertolt BrechtISBN 0802130593 (0-8021-3059-3)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Great Lakes Shipwrecks and Survivals.by William RatiganISBN 0802870104 (0-8028-7010-4)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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Happiness: A Historyby Darrin M. McMahonISBN 0802142893 (0-8021-4289-3)
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The Harvest of Medieval Theology: Gabriel Biel and Late Medieval Nominalismby Heiko Augustinus ObermanISBN 0801020379 (0-8010-2037-9)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Herman Melville's Moby-Dickby Harold BloomISBN 0791040674 (0-7910-4067-4)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. These texts are the ideal aid for all students of literature, presenting concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work. Also provided are multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters. [via]
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Herod: King of the Jews and Friend of the Romansby Peter RichardsonISBN 0800631641 (0-8006-3164-1)
Softcover, Augsburg Fortress Pub
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The Hidden War: A Russian Journalist's Account of the Soviet War in Afghanistanby Artem BorovikISBN 080213775X (0-8021-3775-X)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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A History of Londonby Robert GrayISBN 0800838858 (0-8008-3885-8)
Softcover, Taplinger Pub Co
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History of Christian Doctrinesby L. BerkhofISBN 0801006368 (0-8010-0636-8)
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A History of Christianity in Africa: From Antiquity to the Presentby Elizabeth IsicheiISBN 0802808433 (0-8028-0843-3)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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History of the British Secret Serviceby Richard DeaconISBN 0800838653 (0-8008-3865-3)
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Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secretby Hudson TaylorISBN 0802400299 (0-8024-0029-9)
Softcover, Moody Pub
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The Illuminated Page: Ten Centuries of Manuscript Painting in the British Libraryby Janet BackhouseISBN 0802043461 (0-8020-4346-1)
Hardcover, University of Toronto Press
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The manuscripts featured include bestiaries, psalters, Bibles, books of hours, and medical and herbal collections that originated in workrooms as geographically diverse as the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria and the Crusader kingdom of Jerusalem. There is also a great chronological diversity among the selected manuscripts, with examples ranging from the seventh century AD and the Lindisfarne Gospels to early Renaissance offerings.
Each of the almost 220 illluminations presented are accompanied by a caption and have been reproduced in colour. Many of the immages chosen have been reproduced here for the first time.
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Imitation of Christby Thomas A. KempisISBN 0802440053 (0-8024-4005-3)
Softcover, Moody Pub
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King Death: The Black Death and Its Aftermath in Late-Medieval Englandby Colin PlattISBN 0802079008 (0-8020-7900-8)
Softcover, Univ of Toronto Pr
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From rural labourer to nobleman, from village priest to abbot, contemptuous of rank and wealth, Death was the guest of every late-medieval household in 'pestilence time.' In this masterly survey, Colin Platt examines what it was like to live with plague at all levels of society. Drawing on evidence from architecture and the arts, he examines the visible legacies of the investment that Christian men and women made in the provision of after-death soul-care. In addition he examines the social and economic consequences of a steep and unprecedented population decline. It is argued that the severe labour shortage that persisted for over a century after the Black Death ultimately broke the ties of feudal bondage.
Written with verve and rich in detail, King Death offers an important analysis of one of the most potent instruments of change in late-medieval England, and a fascinating insight into the industry of death that pestilence brought with it. It will be required reading for all students of late-medieval England.
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Kingdom of Priests: A History of Old Testament Israelby Eugene H. MerrillISBN 0801021030 (0-8010-2103-0)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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The Lais of Marie De Franceby Robert W. Hanning, Joan M. FerranteISBN 080102031X (0-8010-2031-X)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Lewis and Clark Among the Indiansby James P. RondaISBN 0803289901 (0-8032-8990-1)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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The Light & the Gloryby Peter Marshall, David ManuelISBN 080075574X (0-8007-5574-X)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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The Lord of the Ringsby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0791056651 (0-7910-5665-1)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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The title, J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings, part of Chelsea House Publishers Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on J.R.R. Tolkien, a chronology of the authors life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. [via]
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Love For Sale: A World History Of Prostitutionby Nils Johan Ringdal, Richard DalyISBN 0802141846 (0-8021-4184-6)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Love For Sale: A World History Of Prostitution'Book summary:From the Whore of Babylon to Pretty Woman, the exchange of sex for money is often cited as the oldest profession. Now, eminent historian Nils Johan Ringdal delivers a magisterial, extremely readable world history of this most malignedand most persistentform of human commerce. Beginning with the epic of Gilgamesh, the Old Testament, and ancient cultures from Greece to India and beyond, Love for Sale takes the reader on a tour through the entire recorded history of prostitution up to the modern red-light district. It shows how different societies have dealt with prostitutes: ancient Greece, Rome, and India incorporated them into several social echelons, including the priestess class; their close relations with artists in 19th-century Europe made them muses to the modern sensibility; and the Victorians campaigned against them. Love for Sale closes with Sydney Biddle Barrows, the rise of the sex-workers' rights movement and contemporary "sex-positive" feminism, and a realistic look at the true risks and rewards of prostitution in the present day.[via]More editions of Love For Sale: A World History Of Prostitution:
The Mays of Ventadornby W.S. MerwinISBN 0792265386 (0-7922-6538-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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MLB Baseball Timeline : Greatest Days in the History of the Sportby Burt Solomon, Dorling Kindersley Publishing StaffISBN 0789471329 (0-7894-7132-9)
Hardcover, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
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Moby Dickby Herman Melville, Alex NinoISBN 0791091066 (0-7910-9106-6)
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Ninety Degrees North: The Quest for the North Poleby Fergus FlemingISBN 080214036X (0-8021-4036-X)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Outside Lies Magic: Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Placesby John R. StilgoeISBN 0802775632 (0-8027-7563-2)
Softcover, Walker & Co
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The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive Historyby Carlos Arnaldo SchwantesISBN 0803291663 (0-8032-9166-3)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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The Prince of Darkness: Radical Evil and the Power of Good in Historyby Jeffrey Burton RussellISBN 0801480566 (0-8014-8056-6)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prince of Darkness: Radical Evil and the Power of Good in History'Book summary:The Devil, Satan, Lucifer, Mephistopheles - throughout history the Prince of Darkness, the Western world's most powerful symbol of evil, has taken many names and shapes. Jeffrey Burton Russell here chronicles the remarkable story of the Devil from antiquity to the present. While recounting how past generations have personified evil, he deepens our understanding of the ways in which people have dealt with the enduring problem of radical evil.
After a compelling essay on the nature of evil, Russell uncovers the origins of the concept of the Devil in various early cultures and then traces its evolution in Western thought from the time of the ancient Hebrews through the first centuries of the Christian era. Next he turns to the medieval view of the Devil, focusing on images found in folklore, scholastic thought, art, literature, mysticism, and witchcraft. Finally, he follows the Devil into our own era, where he draws on examples from theology, philosophy, art, literature, and popular culture to describe the great changes in this traditional notion of evil brought about by the intellectual and cultural developments of modern times.
Is the Devil an outmoded superstition, as most educated people today believe? Or do the horrors of the twentieth century and the specter of nuclear war make all too clear the continuing need for some vital symbol of radical evil? The Prince of Darkness will invite its readers to confront these and other critical questions as they explore the past faces of that figure who has been called the second most famous personage in Christianity.
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The Roman Soldierby George Ronald WatsonISBN 0801493129 (0-8014-9312-9)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Seven Men Who Rule the World from the Graveby Dave BreeseISBN 0802484484 (0-8024-8448-4)
Softcover, Moody Pr
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Sex and Marriage in Ancient Irelandby Patrick C. PowerISBN 0802313183 (0-8023-1318-3)
Softcover, Dufour Editions
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The Story of America : Freedom and Crisis from Settlement to Superpowerby Allen Weinstein, David Rubel, Dorling Kindersley Publishing StaffISBN 0789489031 (0-7894-8903-1)
Hardcover, Dorling Kindersley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Story of America : Freedom and Crisis from Settlement to Superpower'Book summary:An insightful, informative, and entertaining volume with contributions by Pulitzer Prize winning authors. The Story of America presents the history of the United States not as a parade of facts and dates but as a story with twists and turns, heroes and villains, lovers, saints -- and even some comic relief. With the help of more than two dozen eminent colleagues, many of them Pulitzer Prize-winners, Allen Weinstein and David Rubel give you American history from Columbus to the present not as you've studied it before, but as Americans lived it at the time. It's a fascinating way to understand how America became a world power and the ways in which the nation's past continue to impact its present. With hundreds of brilliant images, and prose as captivating as that of any good novel, The Story of America fills in the blanks in your education with tales and observations that delight as they inform. [via]
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The Story of Paintingby Patricia Wright, Wendy BeckettISBN 0789468050 (0-7894-6805-0)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Story of Painting'Book summary:For those who've enjoyed the original, the good news is that the new edition of The Story of Painting has grown by more than 300 pages of photographs--magnified close-ups of details from nearly half the 450 paintings in the book. Fauvist paint strokes become mighty slabs; sparkling light on a Dutch still life is revealed as a series of tiny dots; the cheeks of a young man in an Italian Renaissance portrait betray a touch of five o'clock shadow. This kind of close looking is seductive, and it's an important part of Sister Wendy's direct, unpretentious approach to art.
As a history of painting, Sister Wendy's book has its strong points (works with religious or spiritual themes and those that lend themselves to psychological interpretation) as well as its lapses (a very skimpy discussion of Cubism and inadequate treatment of works from the late 20th century). Even the title is a bit of a misnomer. The painting in question is purely Western; there is nothing here about Indian or Persian miniatures, or the great tradition of Chinese landscapes.
But what Sister Wendy alone offers are vivid, personal interpretations that come from a deep well of emotional sympathy with works of art. Who else would notice the way the bagpiper in The Wedding Feast by Pieter Breughel "stares at the porridge with the longing of the truly hungry"? Who else would point out how Venus--the "older woman" pleading with "virile" Adonis not to go off to war in Titian's "Venus and Adonis"--shows us "her superb back and buttocks, beguilingly rounded, full of promise." Rather than portraying Western art as the dutiful production of "masterpieces," she revels in the physicality of paint and the variety of human experience these works represent. --Cathy Curtis [via]
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Timelines of World Historyby Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff, Philip LordISBN 0789489260 (0-7894-8926-0)
Hardcover, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
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To the Best of My Ability: The American Presidentsby Society of American Historians, James M. McPherson, David RubelISBN 0789481561 (0-7894-8156-1)
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When I Was a German, 1934-1945: An Englishwoman in Nazi Germanyby Christabel BielenbergISBN 0803261519 (0-8032-6151-9)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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Who Were the First North Americans?by Struan Reid, Philippa WingateISBN 0794503977 (0-7945-0397-7)
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Women in Old Norse Societyby Jenny JochensISBN 0801485207 (0-8014-8520-7)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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A World History of Photographyby Naomi RosenblumISBN 0789203294 (0-7892-0329-4)
Softcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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The World of Gerard Mercator: The Mapmaker Who Revolutionized Geographyby Andrew TaylorISBN 0802713777 (0-8027-1377-7)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The World of Yesterdayby Stefan ZweigISBN 0803252242 (0-8032-5224-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The World of Yesterday'Book summary:[via]Stefan Zweig (18811942) was a poet, novelist, and dramatist, but it was his biographies that expressed his full genius, recreating for his international audience the Elizabethan age, the French Revolution, the great days of voyages and discoveries. In this autobiography he holds the mirror up to his own age, telling the story of a generation that "was loaded down with a burden of fate as was hardly any other in the course of history." Zweig attracted to himself the best minds and loftiest souls of his era: Freud, Yeats, Borgese, Pirandello, Gorky, Ravel, Joyce, Toscanini, Jane Addams, Anatole France, and Romain Rolland are but a few of the friends he writes about.
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