an address on the life and character of samuel adams

William Faulkner's the Sound and the Fury

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bloom, Harold / Faulkner, William, PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, -- Presents the most importong>anong>t 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature -- The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism -- Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, ong>anong>d ong>anong> index

Art of the Renaissance, the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harris, Nathong>anong>iel, PUBLISHER: Parragon Publishing, The Life ong>anong>d Works art series collects the world's greatest artists ong>anong>d art movements into a hong>anong>dsome set of monographs Each book features a biography of ong>anong> artist or ong>anong> explong>anong>ation of the movement, followed by 50 magnificent, individually commentated reproductions Each is ong>anong> affordable treasure, sure to please every seasoned critic ong>anong>d newcomer to the beauty of great art.

White Star: A Dog on the Titanic

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Marty Crisp, PUBLISHER: Scholastic Inc, Sam Harris is on the trip of a lifetime. He's traveling from Englong>anong>d to New York on the first voyage of the greatest oceong>anong> liner in history--the Titong>anong>ic. Here is a story of cowardice ong>anong>d courage, of despair ong>anong>d determination, ong>anong>d of ong>anong> unbreakable bond between a boy ong>anong>d a dog on one terrifying night.

River of Life

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jones, Tracey, PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, River of Life is the third book in a series of poetry books which captures the readers hearts ong>anong>d pulls them in. Tracey's first title Cry No More ong>anong>d second title Pieces of My Heart pulled on readers heart strings. River of Life is a collection of poems based on Life, Love, Pain, Loss ong>anong>d Reality. This book is full of raw emotion. It reaches deep into your heart ong>anong>d makes the reader feel as though the poems are about each ong>anong>d every one of them.

Gateway to Hope: An Exploration of Failure

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Boulding, Maria, PUBLISHER: St. Bebe's Publications, Failure is ong>anong> essential part of life. The author draws on humong>anong> experience ong>anong>d on the Bible to show that in our very failure lies our success. Our weaknesses have all been overcome in the Cross of Christ.

Cuba

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: de Quesada, Alejong>anong>dro M. / De Quesada, A. M., PUBLISHER: Arcadia Publishing (SC), Considered by mong>anong>y to be the jewel of the Caribbeong>anong>, Cuba boasts a vibrong>anong>t history. Combining both the beauty of white-song>anong>d beaches ong>anong>d the majesty of mountain rong>anong>ges, this islong>anong>d nation is also home to ong>anong> attractive architectural palette that reflects the cultural impact of Carib Indiong>anong>, Africong>anong>, ong>anong>d Spong>anong>ish influences. Cubaas fascinating heritage is captured here in vintage photographs ong>anong>d postcards. From natural long>anong>dscapes to bustling city scenes, these views document Cubaas proud character ong>anong>d the daily life of the people who have made their home on this beautiful islong>anong>d.

Shows about Nothing: Nihilism in Popular Culture from the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hibbs, Thomas S., PUBLISHER: Spence Publishing Compong>anong>y, The glamorous portrayal of evil in film ong>anong>d television, frequently denounced as ong>anong> attack on "family values" ong>anong>d ong>anong> incitement to real-life violence, is more complicated ong>anong>d more disturbing thong>anong> we realize. Exploring the themes ong>anong>d artistry of long>anong>dmark films ong>anong>d television shows, Thomas Hibbs argues that the demonic ong>anong>tiheroes ong>anong>d seductive comic evil of popular culture are not weapons in a conscious cultural assault, but reactions to the apathy ong>anong>d conformity of Americong>anong> life. -- Why is The Exorcist a family film? -- Are Forrest Gump ong>anong>d Natural Born Killers about the same thing? -- What do It's a Wonderful Life ong>anong>d Pulp Fiction have in common?

No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Goodwin, Doris Kearns / Sampson, PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster, "No Ordinary Time" is a monumental work, a brilliong>anong>tly conceived chronicle of one of the most vibrong>anong>t ong>anong>d revolutionary periods in the history of the United States. With ong>anong> extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves together a striking number of story lines--Eleong>anong>or ong>anong>d Frong>anong>klin's marriage ong>anong>d remarkable partnership, Eleong>anong>or's life as First Lady, ong>anong>d FDR's White House ong>anong>d its impact on America as well as on a world at war. Goodwin effectively melds these details ong>anong>d stories into ong>anong> unforgettable ong>anong>d intimate portrait of Eleong>anong>or ong>anong>d Frong>anong>klin Roosevelt ong>anong>d of the time during which a new, modern America was born.

Rapunzel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Heyer, Carol / Grimm, Jacob W., PUBLISHER: Ideals Publications, Heyer gives life to the title character of Rapunzel, the beloved tale of a young girl with long, golden hair ong>anong>d the trouble it causes. Raised by ong>anong> old witch, Rapunzel is kept in a tower ong>anong>d leads a simple, yet lonely, existence -- until the passing son of a king spies her ong>anong>d falls in love. Heyer's attention to detail infuses this story of greed ong>anong>d goodness with vibrong>anong>cy ong>anong>d richness.

On the Functions of the Brain and of Each of Its Parts

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gall, PUBLISHER: General Books, Title: On the Functions of the Brain ong>anong>d of Each of Its Parts: With Observations on the Possibility of Determining the Instincts, Propensities, ong>anong>d Talents, or the Moral ong>anong>d Intellectual Dispositions of Men ong>anong>d ong>Anong>imals, by the Configuration of the Brain ong>anong>d Head Volume: 5-6 Publisher: Boston, Marsh, Capen

The Roots of the Olive Tree: A Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Song>anong>to, Courtney Miller, PUBLISHER: William Morrow, ong>Anong> extraordinary new voice in contemporary womong>anong>'s fiction, Courtney Miller Song>anong>to makes her magnificent debut with a novel that will delight fong>anong>s of Sarah Blake's The Postmistress, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, ong>anong>d the works of Kristin Hong>anong>nah. Set in a house on ong>anong> olive grove in northern California, The Roots of the Olive Tree is a beautiful, touching story that brings to life five generations of women--including ong>anong> unforgettable 112 year-old matriarch determined to break all Guinness longevity records--the secrets ong>anong>d lies that divide them ong>anong>d the love that ultimately ties them together.

Russian Republics

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Adams, Simon, PUBLISHER: Smart Apple Media, From Israel ong>anong>d Palestine to Central America, this insightful series provides ong>anong> overview of some of the most volatile flashpoints around the world, helping readers see the humong>anong> toll ong>anong>d make sense of the history behind the headlines.

What Inspirational Literature Do I Read Next

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gale Group, PUBLISHER: Gale Cengage, Helps readers find fiction ong>anong>d nonfiction titles that describe various belief systems, provide uplifting stories, profile religious ong>anong>d spiritual leaders, ong>anong>d ong>anong>swer questions about spiritual matters. ong>Anong> overview essay describes the development of the inspirational literature market. Entries give information on category, subjects, age rong>anong>ges, time period, ong>anong>d awards, ong>anong>d give a brief plot synopsis or description. Includes series, award, time period, geographic, character name, ong>anong>d character description indexes. The author is a writer ong>anong>d editor in the field of spirituality.

Abigail Adams

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sawyer, Kem Knapp, PUBLISHER: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), Filled with archival photographs ong>anong>d amazing facts, this groundbreaking series introduces young readers to some of history's most interesting ong>anong>d influential characters. The series now features a refreshed design, taking the series' original look in a more modern direction. "Abigail Adams" tells the story of the second First Lady of the United States-including her progressive ideas on women's rights, ong>anong>d her famous correspondence with her husbong>anong>d on matters of philosophy, politics, ong>anong>d more. Acquista Ora

American Jewry and the Civil War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Korn, Bertram Wallace, PUBLISHER: Jewish Publication Society of America, War has long been considered a classic text on the Jewish role in early Americong>anong> history -- on the Jewish community as a whole during the tumultuous years of the war, ong>anong>d on its effort to raise the concept of humong>anong> rights ong>anong>d equality above restrictions based on race or religion. This extensive volume features a new foreword ong>anong>d new afterword, as well as ong>anong> author's preface to the original edition, ong>anong> author's preface to the first paperback edition (), ong>anong> epilogue, four appendixes, notes, a bibliography, ong>anong>d ong>anong> index.

Things Once Seen

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Quinney, Richard, PUBLISHER: Borderlong>anong>d Books, This retrospective of photographs spong>anong>s a period of forty years. Each photograph, each act of photographing, has been ong>anong> attempt to stop time, to capture what is happening in the moment, ong>anong>d to preserve the moment for posterity. The photographer frames the subject ong>anong>d gives witness to ong>anong> order in the universe. But the photographer knows that, as Henri Cartier-Bresson has reminded us, nothing cong>anong> really bring back the moment of things fixed in the photograph. ong>Anong>d nothing cong>anong> bring back that moment in the life of the photographer. In the wisdom of Buddhism, "all things are impermong>anong>ent." Photographs are a reminder of the impermong>anong>ence of all things. But what the photographer once saw ong>anong>d caught on film may be given ong>anong>other life when others see the photographs. For the photographer, the act of photographing has been ong>anong> intimate part of the process of living a life. This body of work, accompong>anong>ied by journal notes, is a record of what the photographer once saw, ong>anong>d is a window to the life once lived.

In the Course of a Lifetime: Tracing Religious Belief,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dillon, Michele / Wink, Paul, PUBLISHER: University of California Press, "In the Course of a Lifetime "provides ong>anong> unprecedented portrait of the dynamic role religion plays in the everyday experiences of Americong>anong>s over the course of their lives. The book draws from a unique sixty-year-long study of close to two hundred mostly Protestong>anong>t ong>anong>d Catholic men ong>anong>d women who were born in the s ong>anong>d interviewed in adolescence, ong>anong>d again in the s, s, s, ong>anong>d late s. Woven throughout with rich, intimate life stories, the book presents ong>anong>d ong>anong>alyzes a wide rong>anong>ge of data from this study on the participong>anong>ts' religious ong>anong>d spiritual journeys. A testament to the vibrong>anong>cy of religion in the United States, "In the Course of a Lifetime "provides ong>anong> illuminating ong>anong>d sometimes surprising perspective on how individual lives have intersected with cultural chong>anong>ge throughout the decades of the twentieth century. Acquista Ora

New Century of Biology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kress, W. John / Barrett, Gary W. / Mayr, Ernst, PUBLISHER: Smithsoniong>anong> Books, In the twentieth century, scientists in the relatively new field of biology played ong>anong> importong>anong>t role in exposing the threats of environmental degradation, loss of species diversity, habitat fragmentation, scarce energy resources, ong>anong>d humong>anong> population growth. In the essays found in A New Century of Biology, some of the world's most notable biologists consider how their discipline must evolve to ong>addressong> these problems in the twenty-first century. The next one hundred years, the contributors argue, will likely be dominated by breakthroughs in evolutionary biology ong>anong>d systems ecology, by ong>anong> increased need for scientists to integrate research, teaching, ong>anong>d service missions, ong>anong>d by problem-solving ventures on greater spatial ong>anong>d temporal scales. Because humong>anong> activity ong>anong>d increased population will continue to have a profound impact on the environment, biologists must define ong>anong> effective strategy for integrating the biological sciences with global economics ong>anong>d humong>anong> social structure. The eleven contributors are leaders in the fields of ecology ong>anong>d evolution, morphology ong>anong>d development, behavior, microbiology, ecosystem energetics ong>anong>d biogeochemistry, biodiversity ong>anong>d conservation biology, ong>anong>d humong>anong> sciences. While acknowledging the real problems their discipline must ong>addressong>, they offer ong>anong> optimistic agenda for the future.

Money Matters: Income, Wealth and Financial Welfare

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Walker, Robert / Parker, Gilliong>anong> / Walker, Robert, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), Underlying the current political ong>anong>d academic debate on the welfare state are two basic issues: What are the needs of individuals ong>anong>d social groups, ong>anong>d what resources do they have to meet those needs? In Money Matters a distinguished team of contributors ong>addressong> these questions with ong>anong> ong>anong>alysis of the social distribution of finong>anong>cial welfare ong>anong>d its consequences for individuals' stong>anong>dards of living. The result is a fascinating ong>anong>d detailed account of the distribution of wealth ong>anong>d poverty in Britain today.

The Heart of a Champion: Celebrating the Spirit and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Deford, Frong>anong>k, PUBLISHER: Northword Press, In this exciting new book, award-winning sports writer ong>anong>d commentator Frong>anong>k Deford captures the inspirational stories of mong>anong>y of the greatest athletes ong>anong>d teams to appear on a Wheaties box. For more thong>anong> 75 years, the Wheaties box has celebrated the essence of being a champion: the character of excellence, the spirit of achievement, ong>anong>d the triumph of determination.

From Literal to Literary: The Essential Reference Book for

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Adams, James R. / Bonner, Hong>anong>nah, PUBLISHER: Rising Star Press, Over 150 Biblical metaphors are examined in ong>anong> effort to reveal the insights of the scriptures to the skeptic as well as the conventional Christiong>anong>. The volume includes ong>anong> index to Hebrew ong>anong>d Greek words, ong>anong> index of Bible citations ong>anong>d a pronunciation guide for trong>anong>sliterated Hebrew ong>anong>d Greek words.

The Scandal of Gender

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mitchell, Patrick, PUBLISHER: Regina Orthodox Press, What did the Fathers of the historic Church teach about the role of women in the Church? For mong>anong>y years the ong>anong>swer to this question has come from feminist theologiong>anong>s. It has been difficult to find a book that presents what the Church Fathers ong>anong>d the Scriptures teach on women ong>anong>d men's role in the life of the Church. The Scong>anong>dal of Gender brings us into direct contact with the authentic ong>anong>d original teachings of the ong>anong>cient Christiong>anong> Church Fathers on the issue of the proper role of women ong>anong>d men in the life of the Church. The point of view of the Reader Patrick Mitchell reflects the traditional Orthodox point of view of the Early Church Fathers ong>anong>d the Bible.

The Essence of Time

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tiezzi, Enzo / Tiezzi, E. / Computational Mechong>anong>ics, PUBLISHER: Computational Mechong>anong>ics, With the ever-accelerating pace of daily life, the modern age seems to demong>anong>d that science, too, should respond at speed. In this book Tiezzi highlights the continuity between the physical-mathematic ong>anong>d humong>anong>istic sciences. He also urges us to reflect on the tempo of the modern era, ong>anong>d to contrast it with the brilliong>anong>ce ong>anong>d complexity of the humong>anong> relationship with a living world. ong>Anong> illuminating guide to the key scientific ideas of our time which relate ecology with economy with the laws of thermodynamics, ong>anong>d those that highlight ong>anong> understong>anong>ding of the humong>anong> relationship with plong>anong>et earth, the text traces themes such as entropy to negentropy, flux of energy ong>anong>d material ong>anong>d information. The result is ong>anong> exploration of great scientific depth ong>anong>d the most complete historical survey to date of the ideas behind ecological economics.

Shells

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hill, Leonard, PUBLISHER: Universe Publishing(NY), Nature has created ong>anong> almost infinite variety of life in the sea, ong>anong>d seashells are the prize of this vast environment. Shells reveals the striking patterns ong>anong>d forms that make shells a work of art in their own right, from the extraordinary architectural detail of the chambered nautilus to the varied hues of the senatorial scallop. Moreover, shells have had a significong>anong>t influence on mong>anong>y facets of society. Through lively ong>anong>d informative text ong>anong>d striking photographs presented in ong>anong> oversized format, Shells depicts Iroquois money belts made from the shell of the quahog; a cowrie heong>addressong> used by a Mali witch doctor; ong>anong>d the scallop shell motif in art ong>anong>d architecture. Also featured are rare photographs of the fascinating creatures that live within shells; current data on collecting practices ong>anong>d trends; ong>anong>d a discussion of environmental issues around collection ong>anong>d conservation.

The Butterfly (Cycle)

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Noonong>anong>, Diong>anong>a, PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, The Life Cycles series describes how ong>anong>imals live ong>anong>d grow through each stage of their lives. Each book highlights the interesting features of ong>anong> ong>anong>imal ong>anong>d looks at the way it courts, mates, reproduces, ong>anong>d cares for its young. Discover the life cycle of this insect as it hatches from ong>anong> egg, chong>anong>ges from a caterpillar into a pupa, ong>anong>d then emerges as a butterfly.

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