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Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republicby Joanne B. FreemanISBN 0300097557 (0-300-09755-7)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic'Book summary:The more things change, the more they remain the same. Modern American politics may often resemble a demented circus, but thus it has always been. So writes historian Joanne Freeman in this vigorous account of America's first national leaders, those entrusted with creating a nation unlike any other on Earth, one "egalitarian, democratic, representative, straightforward, and virtuous in spirit, public-minded in practice." The reality was less noble than all that; as Freeman writes, the first postrevolutionary Congress, convened in the spring of 1789, was marked by regional and private rivalries, mudslinging, acrimony, favor-seeking, and backroom bargaining, all of which produced far more discord than unity. In that climate, as John Adams and George Washington would often complain, these early politicians were more interested in "their interests, careers, reputations, and pocketbooks" than in matters of the public good. Yet, Freeman suggests, it could scarcely have been otherwise; an "emotional logic" governed the governors, involving a shared code of honor that drew no lines between the personal with the political, so that any disagreement over policy was liable to turn into a duel or campaign of slander; a day-to-day style of conduct in which panic, paranoia, and shrill accusations were the norm; a fortress mentality in which anyone who was not a sworn friend was a sworn enemy.
Amazingly, it sometimes seems, they made a nation. Freeman's well-crafted study makes a useful corrective to the view that contemporary politics represents a freefall from some golden age, and it adds much to our understanding of America's past. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Affirmative Action Around The World: An Empirical Studyby Thomas SowellISBN 0300101996 (0-300-10199-6)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Affirmative Action Around The World: An Empirical Study'Book summary:This book moves the discussion of affirmative action beyond the United States to other countries that have had similar policies, often for a longer time than Americans have. It also moves the discussion beyond the theories, principles, and laws that have been so often debated to the actual empirical consequences of affirmative action in the United States and in India, Nigeria, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and other countries. Both common patterns and national differences are examined. Much of what emerges from a factual examination of these policies flatly contradicts much of what was expected and much of what has been claimed. [via]
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The Age of Watteau, Chardin, and Fragonard: Masterpieces of French Genre Paintingby Philip Conisbee, Colin B. Bailey, Thomas W. GaehtgensISBN 0300099460 (0-300-09946-0)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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American Judaism: A Historyby Jonathan D. SarnaISBN 030010197X (0-300-10197-X)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Ancient Greek Athleticsby Stephen G. MillerISBN 0300100833 (0-300-10083-3)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Angels & Monsters: Male and Female Sopranos in the Story of Opera, 1600 - 1900by Richard Somerset-WardISBN 0300099681 (0-300-09968-1)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Arguing About Warby Michael WalzerISBN 0300103654 (0-300-10365-4)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arguing About War'Book summary:Michael Walzer is one of the world's most eminent philosophers on the subject of war and ethics. Now, for the first time since his classic Just and Unjust Wars was published almost three decades ago, this volume brings together his most provocative arguments about contemporary military conflicts and the ethical issues they raise. The essays in the book are divided into three sections. The first deals with issues such as humanitarian intervention, emergency ethics, and terrorism. The second consists of Walzer's responses to particular wars, including the first Gulf War, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. And the third presents an essay in which Walzer imagines a future in which war might play a less significant part in our lives. In his introduction, Walzer reveals how his thinking has changed over time. Written during a period of intense debate over the proper use of armed force, this book gets to the heart of difficult problems and argues persuasively for a moral perspective on war. [via]
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Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indusby Joan AruzISBN 0300098839 (0-300-09883-9)
Hardcover, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Art of the Twentieth Century: A Readerby Jason Gaiger, Paul WoodISBN 0300101449 (0-300-10144-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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At the End of an Ageby John LukacsISBN 0300101619 (0-300-10161-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Bessieby Chris AlbertsonISBN 0300099029 (0-300-09902-9)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bessie'Book summary:A biography of Bessie Smith, the great singer known as the "Empress of the Blues". Considered by many to be the greatest blues singer of all time, Bessie Smith was also a successful vaudeville entertainer who became the highest paid African-American performer of the roaring twenties. This revised and expanded edition of the biography of this extraordinary artist, debunks many of the myths that have circulated since her untimely death in 1937. Chris Albertson seeks to write with insight and candour about the singer's personal life and her career, supplementing his historical research with dozens of interviews with her relatives, friends and associates, in particular Ruby Walker Smith, a niece by marriage who toured with Bessie for over a decade. For this edition he includes more details of Bessie's early years, new interview material, and a chapter devoted to events and responses that followed the original publication in 1971. [via]
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Biblical Hebrewby Bonnie Pedrotti Kittel, Rebecca Abts Wright, Victoria HofferISBN 0300098626 (0-300-09862-6)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Biblical Hebrew'Book summary:This revised edition of the best-selling Biblical Hebrew is thoroughly updated and augmented for a new generation of students. Designed for use in a two-term course, the book's fifty-five lessons are constructed around Biblical verses or segments and arranged in order of increasing complexity. At the successful completion of the course, students will be well equipped to tackle prose passages on their own. Biblical Hebrew is part of a comprehensive learning programme that also includes three entirely new audio CDs and a companion volume, The Supplement. The CDs present the alphabet and vowels, readings, catchy songs to assist with memorising grammar concepts, Psalms performed as songs in a variety of styles, and vocabulary lists. The Supplement offers abundant reinforcement and review activities along with additional detail about topics introduced in the text. [via]
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Biblical Hebrewby Kittel, Victoria Hoffer, Rebecca Abts WrightISBN 0300101031 (0-300-10103-1)
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The Birth of Time: How Astronomers Measured the Age of the Universeby John R. GribbinISBN 0300089147 (0-300-08914-7)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Carr, O'Keeffe, Kahlo: Places of Their Ownby Sharyn Rohlfsen UdallISBN 0300091869 (0-300-09186-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Catherine the Great: A Short Historyby Isabel De MadariagaISBN 0300097220 (0-300-09722-0)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Catherine the Great: A Short History'Book summary:Ivan IV, 'the Terrible' (1533-1584) is one of the key figures in Russian history, yet he has remained among the most neglected. Notorious for pioneering a policy of unrestrained terror - and for killing his own son - he has been credited with establishing autocracy in Russia. This is the first attempt to write a biography of Ivan from birth to death, to study his policies, his marriages, his atrocities, his disordered personality, and to link them as a coherent whole. Isable de Madariaga situates Ivan within the background of Russian political developments in the sixteenth century. And, with revealing comparisons with English, Spanish and other European courts, she sets him within the international context of his time. The biography includes a new account of the role of astrology and magic at Ivan's court, and provides fresh insights into his foreign policy. Facing up to problems of authenticity (much of Ivan's archive was destroyed by fire in 1626) and controversies which have paralysed western scholarship, de Madariaga seeks to present Russia as viewed from the Kremlin rather than from abroad and comprehend the full tragedy of Ivan's reign. [via]
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A Century of Violence in Soviet Russiaby Alexander N. Yakovlev, Paul Hollander, Anthony AustinISBN 0300103220 (0-300-10322-0)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Century of Violence in Soviet Russia'Book summary:The main architect of the concept of perestroika under Gorbachev, Alexander N. Yakovlev played a unique role in the transformation of the Soviet Union. Now, drawing on his own experiences and on his privileged access to state and Party archives, he reflects on the evils of the system that shaped the country he loves. "A searing book."-Bill Keller, New York Times "Well documented. . . . [Yakovlev] provides a systematic and keenly insightful analysis of the Bolshevik Revolution and the Soviet system up to its collapse. . . . This is a book that deserves to be widely read."-Aurel Braun, Globe and Mail (Toronto) "Among the best 250 pages you will ever read on Stalin."-Simon Sebag Montefiore, Sunday Times "A fierce, raging indictment of the Soviet system."-Virginia Quarterly Review "The quest for truth and justice erupts with explosive force in [this]."-David Pryce-Jones, National Review [via]
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude:On the Way to the Gates: Central Park, New York Cityby Caroline Edwards, Wolfgang VolzISBN 0300101384 (0-300-10138-4)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude: On the Way to the Gates, Central Park, New York Cityby Jonathan David Fineberg, Wolfgang VolzISBN 0300104057 (0-300-10405-7)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Coldest March: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expeditionby Susan SolomonISBN 0300099215 (0-300-09921-5)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Consciousness: A User's Guideby Adam ZemanISBN 0300092806 (0-300-09280-6)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Cosmos, Chaos, and the World to Come: The Ancient Roots of Apocalyptic Faithby Norman CohnISBN 0300090889 (0-300-09088-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Crusades: A Historyby Jonathan Riley-SmithISBN 0300101287 (0-300-10128-7)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Crusades: A History'Book summary:Jonathan Riley-Smith here provides a comprehensive history of the Crusades: an account of the theology of violence behind the Crusades, the major Crusades, the experience of crusading, and the crusaders themselves. With a wealth of fascinating detail, Riley-Smith brings to life these stirring expeditions to the Holy Land and the politics and personalities behind them. His book will be the standard and authoritative account of the Crusades for years to come. This new edition includes revisions throughout as well as a new Preface and Afterword in which Jonathan Riley-Smith surveys recent developments in the field and examines responses to the Crusades in different periods, from the Romantics to the Islamic world today.
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Everything is here: the crusades to the Holy Land, and against the Albigensians, the Moors, the pagans in Eastern Europe, the Turks, and the enemies of the popes. Riley-Smith writes a beautiful, lucid prose, . . . [and his book] is packed with facts and action. ChoiceA concise, clearly written synthesis . . . by one of the leading historians of the crusading movement. Robert S. Gottfried, Historian
A lively and flowing narrative [with] an enormous cast of characters that is not a mere catalog but a history. . . . A remarkable achievement. Thomas E. Morrissey, Church History
Superb. Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Speculum
A first-rate one-volume survey of the Crusading movement from 1074 . . . to 1798. Southwest Catholic
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A Dangerous Mind: Carl Schmitt in Post-War European Thoughtby Jan-Werner MullerISBN 0300099320 (0-300-09932-0)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Democratic Justiceby Ian ShapiroISBN 0300089082 (0-300-08908-2)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Destruction of the European Jewsby Raul HilbergISBN 0300095570 (0-300-09557-0)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Diane Arbus: Family Albumsby John Pultz, Anthony W. LeeISBN 0300101465 (0-300-10146-5)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Downtown: Its Rise and Fall, 1880-1950by Robert M. FogelsonISBN 0300098278 (0-300-09827-8)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Downtown: Its Rise and Fall, 1880-1950'Book summary:Written by one of this country's foremost urban historians, Downtown is the first history of what was once viewed as the heart of the American city. It tells the fascinating story of how downtown, and the way Americans thought about it, changed over time. By showing how businessmen and property owners worked to promote the well-being of downtown, even at the expense of other parts of the city, it also gives a riveting account of spatial politics in urban America. Drawing on a wide array of contemporary sources, Robert M. Fogelson brings downtown to life, first as the business district, then as the central business district, and finally as just another business district. His book vividly recreates the long-forgotten battles over subways and skyscrapers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. And it provides a fresh, often startling perspective on elevated highways, parking bans, urban redevelopment, and other controversial issues. This groundbreaking book will be a revelation to scholars, city planners, policymakers, and general readers interested in American cities and American history. [via]
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The Duel: The Eighty-Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitlerby John LukacsISBN 0300089163 (0-300-08916-3)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Elementary Particlesby Enrico FermiISBN 0300094744 (0-300-09474-4)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elementary Particles'Book summary:Fermi was the winner of the Nobel Prize in 1938 for research on neutron physics, and of the Medal of Merit for his work on the U.S. atomic bomb project. This book makes field theories of elementary particles accessible to a larger number of students. [via]
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Farewell to an Idea: Episodes from a History of Modernismby T. J. ClarkISBN 0300089104 (0-300-08910-4)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Fast-Talking Damesby Maria DibattistaISBN 0300099037 (0-300-09903-7)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Fine & Dandy: The Life and Work of Kay Swiftby Vicki OhlISBN 0300102615 (0-300-10261-5)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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First Nights at the Operaby Thomas Forrest KellyISBN 0300091052 (0-300-09105-2)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'First Nights: Five Musical Premieres'Book summary:A successful expansion of his lecture series at Harvard, Thomas Kelly's First Nights chronicles the events leading to the first performances of five enduring masterpieces. He places Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo, Handel's venerable Messiah, symphonies by Beethoven and Berlioz, and the Stravinsky ballet The Rite of Spring in the respective contexts of the cities, musical cultures, and performance venues in which they were first heard. Kelly builds his chapters through an accumulation of minute but not trivial detail. The first Euridice in L'Orfeo was a castrato priest; the oppression of Catholics in Handel's Dublin was shocking; the legendary catcalls at The Rite of Spring's premiere began before the curtain went up.
As Kelly gathers these pieces of the puzzle together, we become desperate to find out what will happen, completely forgetting that we already know how the music ultimately triumphed over time. Along the way, there is hilarious information about the audiences (Handel's would not have been out of place at a rodeo, though Monteverdi's was unusually well informed) and reactions from the performers (conductor Pierre Monteux apparently always hated the Rite). There are also many factoids about how the music must have sounded. (Did you know that the first performance of Beethoven's Ninth included a piano?)
Kelly has provocative ideas about performance practice, suggesting that it is really a matter of how adaptable musicians need to be; he feels that musical works themselves, not just our perceptions of them, change over time. A great deal of First Nights is devoted to documents about the works, and the discography is helpfully annotated by Jen-Yen Chen. The book is unusually well designed, and no knowledge of score reading is necessary. --William R. Braun [via]
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Five Hundred Years of Book Designby Alan BartramISBN 0300090587 (0-300-09058-7)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Fixing Intelligence: For a More Secure Americaby William E. OdomISBN 0300103042 (0-300-10304-2)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fixing Intelligence: For a More Secure America'Book summary:Security depends on intelligence. This is a discussion of basic problems in American intelligence and how to fix them, outlining fundamental restructuring of this vast network of agencies, technology and human agents. William E. Odom is a high-ranking member of the United States Intelligence community. In the wake of 9/11, Odom has revised and updated a critique he wrote several years before for staffs of the US congressional committee overseeing the vast American intelligence bureaucracy. His recommendations for revamping this essential component of American security are here available for general readers as well as for policymakers. While giving an overview of the world of US intelligence, Odom shows that the failure of American intelligence on 9/11 had much to do with the complex bureaucratic relationships existing among the various components of the Intelligence Community. The sustained fragmentation within the Intelligence Community since World War II is part of the story; the blurring of security and intelligence duties is another. Odom describes the various components of American intelligence in order to give readers an understanding of how complex they are and what can be done to make them more effective in providing timely intelligence and more efficient in using their large budgets. He shows definitively that they cannot be remedied with quick fixes but require deep study of the entire bureaucracy and the commitment of the US government to implement the necessary reforms. [via]
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From Ellis Island to JFK: New York's Two Great Waves of Immigrationby Nancy FonerISBN 0300093217 (0-300-09321-7)
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From Flanders to Florence: The Impact of Netherlandish Painting, 1400-1500by Paula NuttallISBN 0300102445 (0-300-10244-5)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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God and Philosophyby Etienne GilsonISBN 0300092997 (0-300-09299-7)
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Grammars of Creationby George SteinerISBN 0300097298 (0-300-09729-8)
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Hampton Court: A Social and Architectural Historyby Simon ThurleyISBN 0300102232 (0-300-10223-2)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Holbein and Englandby Susan Foister, Hans HolbeinISBN 0300102801 (0-300-10280-1)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Inside Hitler's Greece: The Experience of Occupation, 1941-44by Mark MazowerISBN 0300089236 (0-300-08923-6)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jeffersonby Gore VidalISBN 0300101716 (0-300-10171-6)
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Islamic Art and Architecture 650-1250by Richard Ettinghausen, Oleg Grabar, Marilyn JenkinsISBN 0300088698 (0-300-08869-8)
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Italy and the Grand Tourby Jeremy BlackISBN 0300099770 (0-300-09977-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Italy and the Grand Tour'Book summary:For members of the social elite in 18th-century England, extended travel for pleasure came to be considered part of an ideal education as well as an important symbol of social status. Italy, and especially Rome - a fashionable, exciting, and comfortable city - became the focus of such early tourists' interest. In this book, historian Jeremy Black recreates the actual tourist experiences of those who travelled to Italy on a Grand Tour. Relying on the private diaries and personal letters of travellers, rather than on the self-conscious accounts of literary travellers who wrote for wider audiences, the book presents an authentic picture of how British tourists experienced Italy, its landscapes, women, food, music, Catholicism, and more. Using material from archives across Britain and a generous selection of illustrations, the book highlights the discrepancy between the idealised view of the Grand Tour and its reality: what people were meant to do was not necessarily what they did, what the guide books described as splendid was not always so perceived. Black quotes British visitors as they reflect on their trips, and he discusses what their Italian experiences meant to them. And he considers the intriguing effects of tourism on British culture during this most exciting of centuries. [via]
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Jewish Women And Their Salons: The Power Of Conversationby Emily D. Bilski, Emily Braun, Leon Botstein, Shira BrismanISBN 0300103859 (0-300-10385-9)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Last Days of Sioux Nationby R.M. UtleyISBN 0300103166 (0-300-10316-6)
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Leo Strauss And The Politics Of American Empireby Anne NortonISBN 0300104367 (0-300-10436-7)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Little Boy: The Arts Of Japan's Exploding Subcultureby Takashi MurakamiISBN 0300102852 (0-300-10285-2)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Livingstoneby Tim JealISBN 0300091028 (0-300-09102-8)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incasby Richard Burger, Lucy C. SalazarISBN 0300097638 (0-300-09763-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas'Book summary:Situated high in the Peruvian Andes, the 15th-century Inca palace complex at Machu Picchu is one of the most spectacular archaeological sites in the world. In this illustrated volume, leading American and Peruvian scholars provide an overview of the site, its place within the Inca empire, the mysteries surrounding its establishment and abandonment, and the discoveries made there since the excavations by archaeologist Hiram Bingham III in the early-20th century. Drawing upon scientific findings, the authors describe the royal estate in the cloud forest where the Inca emperor and his guests went to escape the pressures of the capital. In addition to Bingham's account of his first expedition in 1911, the book includes both modern and archival photographs of the site as well as colour illustrations and explanations of some 120 gold, silver, ceramic, bone and textile works recovered at Machu Picchu. [via]
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The Madonna of 115th Street: Faith and Community in Italian Harlem, 1880-1950by Robert A. OrsiISBN 0300091354 (0-300-09135-4)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain 850-1520by Christopher DyerISBN 0300101910 (0-300-10191-0)
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Marcel Proust : A Lifeby William C. CarterISBN 0300094000 (0-300-09400-0)
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The Market System: What It Is, How It Works, and What to Make of Itby Charles E. LindblomISBN 0300093349 (0-300-09334-9)
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Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolutionby Nikki R. Keddie, Yann RichardISBN 0300098561 (0-300-09856-1)
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Moral Questions in the Classroom: How to Get Kids to Think Deeply About Real Life and Their Schoolworkby Katherine G. SimonISBN 0300101686 (0-300-10168-6)
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Nelson: Love And Fameby Edgar VincentISBN 0300102607 (0-300-10260-7)
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The Nileby Robert O. CollinsISBN 0300097646 (0-300-09764-6)
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Paper Before Print: The History and Impact of Pater in the Islamic Worldby Jonathan M. BloomISBN 0300089554 (0-300-08955-4)
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Performing Music in the Age of Recordingby Robert PhilipISBN 0300102461 (0-300-10246-1)
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The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia Under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79by Ben KiernanISBN 0300096496 (0-300-09649-6)
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The Polish Revolution: Solidarityby Timothy Garton AshISBN 0300095686 (0-300-09568-6)
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Politics And Passion: Toward A More Egalitarian Liberalismby Michael WalzerISBN 030010328X (0-300-10328-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Politics And Passion: Toward A More Egalitarian Liberalism'Book summary:[via]Liberalism is egalitarian in principle, but why doesnt it do more to promote equality in practice? In this book, the distinguished political philosopher Michael Walzer offers a critique of liberal theory and demonstrates that crucial realities have been submerged in the evolution of contemporary liberal thought.
In the standard versions of liberal theory, autonomous individuals deliberate about what ought to be donebut in the real world, citizens also organize, mobilize, bargain, and lobby. The real world is more contentious than deliberative. Ranging over hotly contested issues including multiculturalism, pluralism, difference, civil society, and racial and gender justice, Walzer suggests ways in which liberal theory might be revised to make it more hospitable to the claims of equality.
Combining profound learning with practical wisdom, Michael Walzer offers a provocative reappraisal of the core tenets of liberal thought. Politics and Passion will be required reading for anyone interested in social justiceand the means by which we seek to achieve it.
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Reading Godotby Lois GordonISBN 0300092865 (0-300-09286-5)
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The Recording Angel: Music, Records And Culture From Aristotle To Zappaby Evan EisenbergISBN 0300099045 (0-300-09904-5)
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Renaissance Rivals: Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Titianby Rona GoffenISBN 0300094345 (0-300-09434-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Renaissance Rivals: Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Titian'Book summary:For the great Renaissance masters, the creation of art was not only an intellectual or aesthetic exercise. It was a contest. The artists of 16th-century Italy knew each other's work, knew each other's patrons, and knew each other - sometimes as friends and colleagues, sometimes as enemies, but always as rivals. This volume views the lives and greatest works of Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael and Titian through the prism of their ardent rivalry. Rona Goffen, scholar of the Italian Renaissance, seeks to bring the artists to life in this account of their impassioned strivings to outdo both living competitors and the masters of antiquity. Rivalry was the leitmotif of the Renaissance masters' careers, Goffen shows, and Michelangelo's art was their competitive point of reference. Quoting from poems, letters, treatises, contracts, and other contemporary writings, the author demonstrates the extent to which artists, as well as their patrons and colleagues, characteristically thought about art in the context of rivalry. Renaissance patrons often stipulated in contracts with artists that their commissions be more beautiful than works made for other patrons. The artists themselves, motivated sometimes by the immediate and pragmatic advantages of patronage and at other times by the hope of immortal fame, competed for commissions ranging from highly public projects at the Vatican to small works intended for the intimate setting of a collector's study. These masters conceived their works in dialogue with each other's inventions, evoking their rivals' ideas precisely with the intention of surpassing them. Goffen brings into sharp focus the immediacy, intensity and complexity of artistic rivalry among the Renaissance masters, recovering for us the emotional and professional circumstances that brought about their magnificent creations. [via]
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Richard Iby John GillinghamISBN 0300094043 (0-300-09404-3)
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Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare, Harold Bloom, Burton RaffelISBN 0300104537 (0-300-10453-7)
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Science and the Trinity: The Christian Encounter With Realityby J. C. PolkinghorneISBN 0300104456 (0-300-10445-6)
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Selected Letters of Robert Louis Stevensonby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0300091249 (0-300-09124-9)
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Sesame and Liliesby Jan Marsh, John Ruskin, Seth Koven, Deborah Epstein Nord, Elizabeth HelsingerISBN 0300092598 (0-300-09259-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sesame and Lilies'Book summary:John Ruskin's "Sesame and Lilies", first published in 1865, stands as a classic 19th-century statement on the natures and duties of men and women. Although widely popular in its time, the work in its entirety has been out of print since the early 20th century. This volume reunites the two halves of the work: "Of Kings' Treasuries", in which Ruskin critiques Victorian manhood, and "Of Queens' Gardens", in which he counsels women to take their places as the moral guides of men and urges the parents of girls to educate them to this end. Feminist critics of the 1960s and 1970s regarded "Of Queens' Gardens" as an exemplary expression of repressive Victorian ideas about femininity, and they paired it with John Stuart Mill's more progressive "Subjection of Women". This volume, by including the often ignored "Of Kings' Treasuries", offers readers full access to Ruskin's complex and sometimes contradictory views on men and women. The accompanying essays place "Sesame and Lilies" within historical debates on men, women, culture and the family. Elizabeth Helsinger examines the text as a meditation on the pleasures of reading; Seth Koven gives a wide-ranging account of how Victorians read "Sesame and Lilies"; and Jan Marsh situates the work within controversies over educational reform. [via]
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Sesame and Liliesby John Ruskin, Deborah Epstein NordISBN 0300092601 (0-300-09260-1)
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Sexual Chemistry: A History Of The Contraceptive Pillby Lara MarksISBN 0300089430 (0-300-08943-0)
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The Small House in Eighteenth-Century London: A Social and Architectural Historyby Derek Kendall, Peter Guillery, Andrew DonaldISBN 0300102380 (0-300-10238-0)
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Speaking of Beautyby Denis DonoghueISBN 0300098936 (0-300-09893-6)
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The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of Godby Robert Louis WilkenISBN 0300097085 (0-300-09708-5)
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Themes in Contemporary Artby Gill Perry, Paul WoodISBN 0300102976 (0-300-10297-6)
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Trying Neaira: The True Story of a Courtesan's Scandalous Life in Anicent Greeceby Debra HamelISBN 0300094310 (0-300-09431-0)
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Turner: The Late Seascapesby James HamiltonISBN 0300099002 (0-300-09900-2)
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Two Treatises of Government and a Letter Concerning Tolerationby John Locke, Ian Shapiro, John Dunn, Ruth W. GrantISBN 0300100183 (0-300-10018-3)
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Unearthing Gotham: The Archaeology of New York Cityby Anne-Marie Cantwell, Diana Dizerega WallISBN 0300097999 (0-300-09799-9)
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Vermeer and Painting in Delftby Johannes Vermeer, Axel Ruger, National Gallery Great BritainISBN 0300091893 (0-300-09189-3)
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Vulcan's Fury: Man Against the Volcanoby Alwyn ScarthISBN 0300091230 (0-300-09123-0)
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Way to Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophyby Karl Jaspers, Ralph Manheim, Richard M. OwsleyISBN 0300097352 (0-300-09735-2)
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Wider Than The Sky: The Phenomenal Gift Of Consciousnessby Gerald M. EdelmanISBN 0300102291 (0-300-10229-1)
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Witch Craze: Terror And Fantasy In Baroque Germanyby Lyndal RoperISBN 0300103352 (0-300-10335-2)
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Women and Men on the Overland Trailby John MacK FaragherISBN 0300089244 (0-300-08924-4)
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