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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This book is a continuation of the ideas I presented in my previous book, Trust Patience Surrender: Moments of Illumination and Grace (althoughyou do not have to have read Trust Patience Surrender to read thisbook). The upcoming chapters are filled with my life's synchronicities,...

Author-artist Zelda Leah Gatuskin explores the nature of time, human perception, and the social forms we establish to manage our inner and outer realities in this creative non-fiction journal. An introductory section describes her motivation and process. The writings which follow range from impressionistic,...

Author: Osbert Sitwell,Robert SitwellISBN-10: 0837160421ISBN-13: 9780837160429Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/18/1972Pages: 410Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.37lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.94d

From the waning of the sixteenth century to the dawning of the twentieth, Christ-followers faced unique challenges and astonishing opportunities. Confronted with the expanding impact of secularism and the narrowing influence of Judeo-Christianity, Christian leaders responded in a variety of ways. The Book of...

"For Osa, too, these years, from 1924 to 1927, were an especially significant period. After seven years of touring the vaudeville circuit, and seven more of exploring the South Seas and Borneo with occasional lecture tours worked in stateside to raise more capital, the...

Jeanne Guyon was a seventeenth-century French mystic and Quietist, and a fascinating figure in the court of Louis XIV. This book offers new translations of her most important spiritual and autobiographical writings and introduces readers to her life and work. +Author: Dianne Guenin-LelleISBN-10: 0809147181ISBN-13:...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

Emma Lou Diemer--a composer who successfully combines a classicist's interest in form with a fresh, contemporary, harmonic vocabulary--has produced a diverse, sophisticated, and largely unheralded opus, including 350 works composed for orchestra, symphonic band, chamber ensemble, keyboard, chorus, voices, and solo and electronic instruments....

Although previous advocates of European Unity proposed the replacement of the balance of power model of international relations, Jean Monnet was the first to try to do so along Franco-German rather than Franco-British lines. He concluded that restrictions on national sovereignty were essential and...

Even though Asian American literature is enjoying an impressive critical popularity, attention has focused primarily on longer narrative forms such as the novel. And despite the proliferation of a large number of poets of Asian descent in the 20th century, Asian American poetry remains...

This book is the first full-length bibliography of Anthony Eden, who was British Foreign Secretary in the 1930s and negotiated with dictators Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin. He resigned in 1938, gaining a worldwide reputation as an opponent of appeasement, and later played a key...

One of the few American composers to earn an international reputation in both classical and popular music, Alec Wilder (1907-1980) was a true innovator in every phase of composition he chose to pursue. In addition, his life and associations in the world of music,...

The remarkable career of one of America's most talented and best loved musical comedy stars is here documented in all its shining facets: stage, screen, broadcasting, and recordings. Additionally, an annotated bibliography provides full coverage of books and articles wholly or partly devoted to...

This new work contains the most comprehensive bibliography of Orson Welles' work and material written on Welles. It presents a concise history of Welles' life and career, paying special attention to the ways he was presented by the media. At different points in his...

This clear, comprehensive reference guide highlights the major events in Ernst Krenek's life in the context of his musical and literary works. An insightful biography carefully puts the man and his work into perspective. Next, a list of compositions is organized in generally chronological...

This book presents a combined biographical, critical, and bibliographical estimate of Laurel & Hardy's significance in film comedy, the arts in general, and as popular culture icons. Of the two, Laurel decidedly evolves as the central player in this duo biography. The reasons for...

This first volume in a two-volume biography of William Dean Howells is the story of a series of intermingling lines of growth: the growth of admirable personality, the growth of a great career in letters, the growth of a penetrating mind, of a major...

Product information not available.Author: UnknownISBN-10: 0313232865ISBN-13: 9780313232862Publisher: GreenwoodLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/26/1982Pages: 430Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.93lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.00d

These are the memoirs of Nicholas Karlovich Giers written between 1873 and 1875. They provide a sample of the thinking of a Russian foreign minister and a description of life in Russia and the Danubian principalities at the time.Author: Charles JelavichISBN-10: 0313234396ISBN-13: 9780313234392Publisher: PraegerLanguage:...

Author: Joseph MachlisISBN-10: 0313221413ISBN-13: 9780313221415Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/26/1990Pages: 237Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.98lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d

A group of essays on medieval England collected and published to honor Sir Maurice Powicke.Author: Richard William Hunt,William Abel Pantin,Richard William SouthernISBN-10: 0313214840ISBN-13: 9780313214844Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/05/1979Pages: 526Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.91lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d

The memoirs of Ernest Forssgren (1894-1970), the young Swede who served as Marcel Proust's last valet, provide new insights into Proust's life and death. Previously, Forssgren's memoir has been published only in excerpts, in French, with serious omissions and alterations. This book presents the...

Around the turn of the twentieth century, as Gandhi was getting the satyagraha movement off the ground, a number of thinkers began advocating for social and religious reforms. Amongst them was Laxmanshastri Joshi, a Sanskritist, Vedic scholar and an articulate, passionate champion for erasing...

Monastic life, the royal courts and Norman nobility as depicted by Orderic's medieval chronicle.Author: Orderic VitalisISBN-10: 0198219377ISBN-13: 9780198219378Publisher: OUP OxfordLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/20/1984Pages: 262Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d

Author: Bianella Orozco-Delahoz,Alain OrozcoISBN-13: 9798998535789Publisher: BookgoLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/07/2025Pages: 230Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

Author: Randy RuteckiISBN-13: 9798998818431Publisher: Neon VeilLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/15/2025Pages: 274Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.03lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d

Author: Kimberly BarrettISBN-13: 9798897891351Publisher: Austin MacauleyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/07/2025Pages: 190Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.40d

Author: Sofia SamatarISBN-10: 1680600052ISBN-13: 9781680600056Publisher: Quinx BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/10/2025Pages: 262Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.59d

Author: Flex NunISBN-13: 9798765215845Publisher: Balboa Press UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/31/2025Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.43d

Author: Amanda L. FlemingISBN-13: 9798349653780Publisher: Amanda FlemingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/10/2025Pages: 134Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d

When Elizabeth Seither went into her doctor's office in June 2020, she suffered a mild stroke and was taken to a nearby hospital. While in the hospital and upon a complete physical examination, the doctors learned that she needed a relatively routine colonoscopy, even...

Join my family on ten hilarious trips over the past decade, from rainforests in Costa Rica to overcrowded campgrounds in the Pacific Northwest. Traveling with small children is as rewarding as it is ridiculous. Has your three-year-old ever tried blowing you up in your...

Before Rosa Parks, before Ida B. Wells, before the civil rights movement had a name, one woman on the far edge of the American frontier was already fighting; and winning; her own battles for justice.Born into bondage or servitude around 1814 and raised among...

NUMB is a raw and unflinching memoir by Christina Schwartz that pulls back the curtain on the hidden reality of domestic violence, and the long, painful road to reclaiming freedom.After years of silence, Christina shares her journey through emotional manipulation, physical abuse, and the...

Jordan's Rich Journey: A Path of Purpose, Strength, and Hope with Parkinson's is the story of Jordan Rich and his diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease. Author John A. DiCicco, Ph.D., explores details from conversations with his long-time friend and colleague Jordan Rich, during which they...