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| 89130255 | 880-01 He, Shuzhi | 880-02 He Shaoji shu lun xuan zhu | 7535601499 | Hardcover | N | N | Hunan mei shu chu ban she : | Hunan mei shu chu ban she : | 1 | 5.0 Stars | 880-05 He, Shaoji, 1799-1873 -- Criticism and | 880-04 Changsha Shi | N | Bibliography: p. 238. Includes indexes. | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 745.6/19951 20 | 1970-04-16 | 246 | 880-05 He, Shaoji, 1799-1873 -- Criticism and, interpretation | 22 cm. | ||||||
| QA699 | Abbott, Edwin A. | Flatland | 0-486-20001-9 | Paperback | N | N | Dover Publications | March, 1975 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Science Fiction & Fantasy : Authors, A-Z : ( A ) : Abbott, Edwin A. | N | $0.01 | Amazon.com Unless you're a mathematician, the chances of you reading any novels about geometry are probably slender. But if you read only two in your life, these are the ones. Taken together, they form a couple of accessible and charming explanations of geometry and physics for the curious non-mathematician. Flatland, which is also available under separate cover, was published in 1880 and imagines a two-dimensional world inhabited by sentient geometric shapes who think their planar world is all there is. But one Flatlander, a Square, discovers the existence of a third dimension and the limits of his world's assumptions about reality and comes to understand the confusing problem of higher dimensions. The book is also quite a funny satire on society and class distinctions of Victorian England. The further mathematical fantasy, Sphereland, published 60 years later, revisits the world of Flatland in time to explore the mind-bending theories created by Albert Einstein, whose work so completely altered the scientific understanding of space, time, and matter. Among Einstein's many challenges to common sense were the ideas of curved space, an expanding universe and the fact that light does not travel in a straight line. Without use of the mathematical formulae that bar most non-scientists from an understanding of Einstein's theories, Sphereland gives lay readers ways to start comprehending these confusing but fundamental questions of our reality.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. --Isaac Asimov in the ForewordA "The best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions."--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1952 | 1970-01-21 | 121 | 7.9 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches | |||||||
| PN44.5.A2 | Abrams, M. H | A glossary of literary terms | 0-03-054166-2 | Paperback | N | N | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | 1981 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Language Arts : General | New York | N | $1.25 | Book Description First published in 1957, A GLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS contains succinct essays on the terms used in discussing literature, literary history, and literary criticism. This text is an indispensable reference for students. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 803/.21 19 | 1970-01-07 | 220 | Criticism -- Terminology, Literature -- Terminology, English language -- Terms and phrases, Literary form -- Terminology | 24 cm. | |||||
| DT72.B4 A28 | Abu-Lughod, Lila | Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society | 0-520-06327-9 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | February, 1988 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Africa : Egypt : General | N | $1.00 | Inea Bushnaq, New York Times Book Review "A fascinating, fresh interpretation of the mechanics of the twin codes of Bedouin behavior: the 'code of honor' against which 'real men' are tested and the 'code of modesty' which [Abu-Lughod] sees as a means for those falling short of 'real manhood,' whether men or women, to attain moral worth. The argument is compelling--it makes sense of honor killings, the veiling of women and a seemingly excessive sexual modesty. There is a certain excitement here, as the pieces of the puzzle fall into place." --This text refers to the Paperback edition. International Journal of Middle East Studies "A valuable contribution in many areas, giving us new dimensions of nomadic and Arab culture, poetry, women, and gender roles and a fresh way of looking at the interrelatedness of the ideology and politics of sentiment. An outstanding anthropological ethnography of the Bedouin of the Egyptian desert, as well as an unusually skillful analysis of gender and social structure as it is expressed through womens poetic discourse. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 317 | 0.8 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | ||||||||
| PQ7797.B635 | Acevedo, Jorge Luis Borges | Jorge Luis Borges: Ficciones/Jorge Luis Borges : Stories | 84-206-1320-7 | Paperback | N | N | Continental Book Company | January, 1996 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Formats : Libros en español : Literatura y ficción | N | $1.93 | Amazon.com Reading Jorge Luis Borges is an experience akin to having the top of one's head removed for repairs. First comes the unfamiliar breeze tickling your cerebral cortex; then disorientation, even mild discomfort; and finally, the sense that the world has been irrevocably altered--and in this case, rendered infinitely more complex. First published in 1945, his Ficciones compressed several centuries' worth of philosophy and poetry into 17 tiny, unclassifiable pieces of prose. He offered up diabolical tigers, imaginary encyclopedias, ontological detective stories, and scholarly commentaries on nonexistent books, and in the process exploded all previous notions of genre. Would any of David Foster Wallace's famous footnotes be possible without Borges? Or, for that matter, the syntactical games of Perec, the metafictional pastiche of Calvino? For good or for ill, the blind Argentinian paved the way for a generation's worth of postmodern monkey business--and fiction will never be simply "fiction" again. Its enormous influence on writers aside, Ficciones has also--perhaps more importantly--changed the way that we read. Borges's Pierre Menard, for instance, undertakes the most audacious project imaginable: to create not a contemporary version of Cervantes's most famous work but the Quixote itself, word for word. This second text is "verbally identical" to the original, yet, because of its new associations, "infinitely richer"; every time we read, he suggests, we are in effect creating an entirely new text, simply by viewing it through the distorting lens of history. "A book is not an isolated being: it is a relationship, an axis of innumerable relationships," Borges once wrote in an essay about George Bernard Shaw. "All men who repeat one line of Shakespeare are William Shakespeare," he tells us in "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius." In this spirit, Borges is not above impersonating, even quoting, himself. It is hard, exactly, to say what all of this means, at least in any of the usual ways. Borges wrote not with an ideological agenda, but with a kind of radical philosophical playfulness. Labyrinths, libraries, lotteries, doubles, dreams, mirrors, heresiarchs: these are the tokens with which he plays his ontological games. In the end, ideas themselves are less important to him than their aesthetic and imaginative possibilities. Like the idealist philosophers of Tlön, Borges does not "seek for the truth or even for verisimilitude, but rather for the astounding"; for him as for them, "metaphysics is a branch of fantastic literature." --Mary Park--This text refers to the Paperback edition. John Barth (Praise for Jorge Borges) "[Borges] engages the heart as well as the intelligence." --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 208 | 0.5 x 4.5 x 7.2 inches | ||||||||
| HV875.55.A275 | Adamec, Christine | Is Adoption for You : The Information You Need to Make the Right Choice | 0-471-18312-1 | Paperback | N | N | Wiley | March 11, 1998 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Parenting & Families : Adoption | New York | N | $12.21 | From Booklist With her Encyclopedia of Adoption (1991) and related works, Adamec has made writing about adoption a cottage industry. Her readable, well-researched new book doesn't assume the reader is intent on adoption; instead, it provides prospective adoptive parents with the information and inspiration for deciding whether to adopt. Adamec poses questions to consider when assessing oneself, one's family, spouse, attorneys, and pediatricians, so that the readers become their own advocates. She discusses transracial and international adoption, single-parent adoption, infertility, and--unusually evenhandedly--the option of remaining childless. Unlike many books on adoption, Adamec's neither gushes about nor warns against it, and it offers practical checklists, articulate reviews of pertinent research, two dense appendixes, and much more. Moreover, her sensitive and realistic understanding of children and their needs and her fascinating critique of the concept of bonding are reasons enough for anyone, whether currently seeking to adopt or not, to use the book as a reference and guide. Jennie Ver Steeg Book Description "Adoption is the right option for many more types of parents and children than we imagined a few decades ago. However, it is not the right choice for everyone. Is Adoption for You? is a guide to thinking through the issues."--from the Foreword by Jerri Ann Jenista, M.D. Would adopting a child be a good choice for you? Would you want to adopt an infant or an older child? What about a child from another country? A child of another race? Would you be willing to adopt a child with medical problems? Could you agree to involvement and openness with the birthmother? Would you be better off working with an agency or an attorney? Do you have to be married? How much does it really cost? Before you decide, make sure you have all the facts. In this warm, straightforward new book, adoption expert--and adoptive parent--Christine Adamec gives you the information you need to make this important decision. From financial considerations to the myriad emotional issues involved, there are numerous questions to explore. Adamec's expert guidance, drawn from personal stories, clinical studies, and academic research, helps you find the answers that are right for you. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 362.73/4/0973 21 | 1998 | 1970-01-07 | 224 | Adoption -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals,, etc | 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| DS493.9.S5 A33 | Adams, Vincanne | Tigers of the Snow and Other Virtual Sherpas | 0-691-00111-1 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | October 30, 1995 | 1 | 2.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | Princeton, N.J. | N | $32.95 | Review Adams's book promises to be a provocative if not controversial contribution to the field of Himalayan Studies; it should also stir debate among those concerned with ethnography, cultural studies, [and] identity construction. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 305.8/0095496 20 | 1996 | 1970-01-21 | 296 | Sherpa (Nepalese people), Ethnology -- Nepal | 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| HX288.G7 A58 | Adamson, Walter L. | Hegemony and Revolution: A Study of Antonio Gramsci's Political and Cultural Theory | 0-520-05057-6 | Paperback | N | N | Univ of California Pr | December, 1983 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Politics : General | N | $29.92 | ABOUT THE BOOK Hegemony and Revolution: A Study of Antonio Gramsci's Political and Cultural Theory | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | 304 | 1.0 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches | ||||||||
| PR1177 | Adcock, Fluer (Editor) | The Faber Book of 20th Century Women's Poetry | 0-571-13693-1 | Paperback | N | N | Faber & Faber | June, 1987 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : Anthologies | London ; Boston | N | $0.09 | ABOUT THE BOOK The Faber Book of 20th Century Women's Poetry | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 821/.91/0809287 19 | 1988 | 1970-01-07 | 330 | English poetry -- Women authors, English poetry -- 20th century, American poetry -- Women authors, American poetry -- 20th century, Women -- Poetry | 1.0 x 5.0 x 8.2 inches | ||||
| BF1573.A34 1986 | Adler, Margot | Drawing Down the Moon Witches Druids & G | 0-8070-3253-0 | TRADE PAPER | N | N | Beacon Press | 1986 | 3 | Women and religion : Cults | N | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 1986 | 1970-01-14 | 0 | |||||||||||
| B3199.A33 A813 | Adorno, Theodor W. | Aesthetic Theory (Theory & History of Literature) | 0-8166-1800-3 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | December, 1998 | 2 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Aesthetics | N | $26.95 | From Publishers Weekly While the imitators of great literary theorists may have produced the least lucid, most jargon-laden and most parodied literary and cultural criticism since the 18th century, editors Wlad Godzich and Jochen Schulte-Sasse of the University of Minnesota's Theory and History of Literature series cannot be blamed for such excesses. Their 88-volume series, which contains some of the most cogent though still challenging criticism of the last 15 years, terminates with a volume from the controversial late Yale deconstructionist Paul de Man (Aesthetic Ideology) and a retranslated edition of mid-century Frankfurt School leader Theodore Adorno's Aesthetic Theory. This dignified leave-taking preempts the empty millennial speculation currently dominating postmodern studies, and leaves in its wake a generation of scholars reared on the series. (De Man: $49.95, 224p ISBN 0-8166-2203-5, $19.95 paper -2204-3; Adorno: $39.95, 448p ISBN 0-8166-1799-6, cloth only) Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | Theory and History of Literature Series | 448 | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | |||||||
| P94.R448 | Adorno, Theodor W. (Contributor) | Religion and Media | 0-8047-3496-8 | Hardcover | N | N | Stanford University Press | September 1, 2001 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Current Events : Mass Media : Media Studies | N | $75.00 | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 672 | 1.5 x 6.2 x 9.0 inches | |||||||||
| PG3115.A2813 | Afanas'Ev, Aleksandr | Russian Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library) | 0-394-73090-9 | Paperback | N | N | Pantheon | September 12, 1976 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Children's Books : Ages 9-12 : General | New York | N | $12.24 | Review "A beautiful book. I recommend it to all readers, young and old, who are interested in the folktale and its unique qualities." -- Isaac Bashevis Singer, The New York Times Book Review "Luckily someone garnered these jewels before they were lost, bound them into one volume before they disappeared...it is filled with action, magic, and humanity...." -- St. Louis Globe-Democrat "The oral folk tradition in Russia was truly a magic spring. As in the fairy tale, it flowed inexhaustibly, reviving, consoling, and enlightening all who partook of it... these stories have an ingenuity that marks them as uniquely Russian." Review "A beautiful book. I recommend it to all readers, young and old, who are interested in the folktale and its unique qualities." -- Isaac Bashevis Singer, The New York Times Book Review "Luckily someone garnered these jewels before they were lost, bound them into one volume before they disappeared...it is filled with action, magic, and humanity...." -- St. Louis Globe-Democrat "The oral folk tradition in Russia was truly a magic spring. As in the fairy tale, it flowed inexhaustibly, reviving, consoling, and enlightening all who partook of it... these stories have an ingenuity that marks them as uniquely Russian." | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 398.20947 22 | c194 | 1970-04-15 | Fairy Tale and Folklore Library | 672 | Fairy tales -- Russia | 9.2 x 6.0 x 1.4 inches | |||
| Agamben, Giorgio | Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life (Meridian (Stanford, Calif.).) | 0-8047-3218-3 | Paperback | N | N | Stanford University Press | June 1998 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Current Events : Civil Rights & Liberties | Stanford, Calif. | N | $12.97 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Italian --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-04-30 | Amazon | 320/.01/1 21 | 1970-04-30 | Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics Series | 199 | Human rights, State, The, Sovereignty, Religion and politics, Right to life, Concentration camps | 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches | |||||
| PG3476.A31 | Ageev | Novel with Cocain | 2-87714-279-5 | Paperback | N | N | Bookking International | January 1999 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Foreign Language Books : Russian : All Russian Books | N | $7.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Novel with Cocaine FROM THE PUBLISHER The story of an adolescent's cocaine addiction, Novel with Cocaine relates the formative experiences of its antihero, Vadim, at school and with women before turning to the experience of drug abuse itself and the philosophical reflections to which it gives rise. Although it makes little explicit reference to the Revolution, the novel's obsession with cruelly addictive forms of thinking finds great resonance in the historical setting that forms its background, in which "our inborn feelings of humanity and justice" provoke "the cruelties and satanic transgressions committed in its name." | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1970-04-15 | World Classic Literature Series | 0 | 7.1 x 4.3 x 0.5 inches | |||||||
| DA980 | Agencies, Harvard Student | Let's Go | 0-312-10003-5 | Paperback | N | N | St. Martin's Press | December, 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Travel : Guidebook Series : Let's Go | N | $15.99 | Card catalog description Simple text and illustrations encourage readers to participate in such activities as pat-a-cake, tickling, and blowing dandelions. On board pages.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | Let's Go Series | 400 | ||||||||
| PN849.U43 | Ahmad, Aijaz | In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures (Cultural Studies) | 0-86091-677-4 | Paperback | N | N | Verso | July, 1994 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $20.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literature | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1994 | 1970-01-21 | 368 | 1.0 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | |||||||
| LB2332.3.A38 | Aisenberg, Nadya | Women of Academe: Outsiders in the Sacred Grove | 0-87023-607-5 | Paperback | N | N | University of Massachusetts Press | July, 1988 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Education : College & University : General | Amherst | N | $19.95 | From Publishers Weekly In this illuminating study, Aisenberg (The Dream of Deliverance in American Politics) and Harrington, a lawyer and political science instructor at Vassar, identify "a battery of danger points common to the experience of women seeking professional autonomy and authority" in academia and warn that female intellectuals may undermine their own career advancement by refusing to follow the "rules of the game." Interviews with 62 academics indicate that women seldom receive effective career counseling; fail to develop career strategies (five- and 10-year plans); neglect to establish professional credentials early on (e.g., submitting thesis papers for publication); are unfamiliar with networking; and shun self-promotion as calculated, even cold-blooded manipulation. Most cherish the "merit dream," the belief that political expediency is beneath Ivory Tower purity. Even the tenured professor is loath to exercise her voice of authority, once attained, fearing stigmatization as a shrew. The authors offer concrete approaches to professionalization (e.g., gain practice in political skills through volunteer work) that will benefit women outside the academic community as well. (April) UFunder Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-08 | Amazon | 378/.12/088042 19 | 1970-01-08 | Women in Academics | 224 | Women college teachers -- United States -- Case, studies, Women college teachers -- Employment -- United, States -- Case studies, Sex discrimination in education -- United States, -- Case studies, Marginality, Social -- United States -- Case, studies | 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| PG3476.A324 A26 | Akhmatova, Anna | My Half Century: Selected Prose | 0-87501-063-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Ardis Publishers | October, 1992 | 1 | Literature & Fiction : General : Classics | Ann Arbor | N | $18.00 | From Publishers Weekly Voice of her generation and prophet of Russia's misery, poet Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) was touched by personal tragedies. Her first husband, poet Nikolai Gumilyov, was executed on the false charge of treason in 1921; their son Lev spent years in prison and exile. Herself vilified in the press, censored, isolated, plagued by tuberculosis, Akhmatova eked out a living as a translator until her belated recognition came in the 1960s. This kaleidoscopic selection of her prose includes autobiographical fragments, letters, essays on Pushkin, a rousing 1941 wartime broadcast to the women of Leningrad, diatribes against the Stalinist cultural establishment and encounters with Modigliani, Osip Mandelstam, Marina Tsvetaeva, Boris Pasternak and Alexander Blok. Akhmatova's quicksilver prose registers a resilient personality. Meyer, a Columbia University scholar, provides a useful biographical sketch and notes. Photos. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. Book Description all the major prose works --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 891.78/4208 20 | 1992 | 1970-01-07 | 439 | Russian literature -- History and criticism, Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 --, Contemporaries | 1.8 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | |||||
| Akhmatova, Anna | The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova | 0-939010-27-5 | Paperback | N | N | Zephyr Press | September 1, 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( A ) : Akhmatova, Anna | Boston | N | $20.16 | From Publishers Weekly This comprehensive English-only edition of the great Russian poet's works has been expanded to include 80 newly discovered poems. Illustrated. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal These two fat volumes, a 100th-anniversary tribute to the great Russian poet Akhmatova (1889-1966), are clearly a labor of love. Editor Reeder's book-length introduction is a meticulous, well-documented account of the poet's life and poetry through the ebullience of modernist Petersburg, the grim deprivation of two world wars and the 1917 revolutions, the poverty and repression (including the repeated imprisonment of her son) of the interwar years and the vicious official attacks after World War II, and the last years of international honors. This life has made Akhmatova emblematic both of the unbowed intelligentsia and of the unsung heroism of millions of Russian women. The second volume begins with two impressionistic essays by Akhmatova's disciple, the Soviet poet Anatoly Naiman, and distinguished expatriate writer Sir Isaiah Berlin's account of his two meetings with her (Leningrad, 1945, and Oxford, 1965). The edition is lavishly illustrated with the known iconography of Akhmatova herself, her contemporaries, and the Petersburg-Leningrad settings that were her spiritual home. These rich secondary materials make a worthy frame for Akhmatova's glorious poetry, pre sented side by side in Russian and English and arranged, in exemplary fashion, with respect for choices the poet made in lifetime editions. American poet Hemschemeyer devoted well over ten years to the translations, learning Russian for that purpose; her equally exem plary translator's preface explains her working methods and the inevitable compromises involved in the valiant ef fort to create English equivalents for Akhmatova's spare and musical verse. This book will be a treasure for poetry lovers everywhere. - Mary F. Zirin, Altadena, Cal. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 891.71/42 20 | 1970-04-16 | 948 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 --, Translations into English | 9.1 x 6.0 x 2.1 inches | ||||||
| PG3476.A324 | Akhmatova, Anna | The Word That Causes Death's Defeat: Poems of Memory (Annals of Communism) | 0-300-10377-8 | Hardcover | N | N | Yale University Press | October 11, 2004 | 1 | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( A ) : Akhmatova, Anna | New Haven | N | $20.40 | Review "The importance of Akhmatova's works in the Russian poetic tradition can scarcely be exaggerated. These works also hold a place of honor in the history of artistic engagement of moral responsibility."-Olga P. Hasty, Princeton University | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 891.71/42 22 | 1970-04-14 | Annals of Communism Series | 352 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 --, Translations into English, Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 | 9.5 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches | |||||
| PG3476.A324 D47 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna | Desiatye gody | 5704300014 | Hardcover | N | N | Izd-vo MPI | 1989 | 2 | Moscow | N | $10.00 | 2006-01-16 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna | Posledniaia Liubov: Perepiska S Annoi Akhmatovoi I Veroi Andreevoi I Drugie Materialy | 5264006164 | Binding Unknown | N | N | Vagrius | Jan 2003 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Shileæiko, V. K | Moskva | N | Includes index. | 1970-04-16 | Half.com | 1970-04-16 | 317 | Shileæiko, V. K, 1891-1930 -- Correspondence, Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 --, Correspondence, Poets, Russian -- 20th century --, Correspondence, Andreeva-Shileæiko, Vera Konstantinovna,, 1888-1974 -- Correspondence | 20 cm. | ||||||||
| PG3476.A324 S56 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna | Sinii vecher | 5040048017 | Unknown Binding | N | N | EKSMO-Press | 2000 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Moskva | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 477 | 17 cm. | |||||||||
| Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna | Sobranie Sochinenii V Shesti Tomakh | 5888890316 | Binding Unknown | N | N | Ellis Lak | Jan 2005 | 1 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- Criticism | Moskva | N | Vols. 1-2, 4 edited by N.V. Koroleva ; v. 3, 5-6 edited by S.A. Kovalenko. Includes bibliographical references. t. 7, dop. Perevody 1910-1950-e gody -- t. 8, dop. Perevody 1950-1960-e gody. | 1970-04-16 | Half.com | 1970-04-16 | 0 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- Criticism, and interpretation | 21 cm. | |||||||||
| PG3321.A5 Z53513 | Aksakov, Sergei | A Russian Gentleman (The World's Classics) | 0-19-281573-3 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford Univ Pr | September, 1982 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | Oxford ; New York | N | $2.55 | Book Description At the center of this chronicle of Russian provincial life in the reign of Catherine the Great stands the patriarchal figure of the author's grandfather, Stepan Mikhailovich. A man of great natural dignity, imbued with respect for tradition and love of the land, he is also despotic and virtually illiterate. Into the family comes his son's new wife, a spirited, intelligent girl from the town. Her eyes see a different world--one tainted by grossness, cruelty, and squalor--and she suffers from the hostility of jealous sisters-in-law and the shortcomings of a husband whom she loves but cannot respect. Her relationship with Stepan Mikhailovich is the heart of a story in which Aksakov celebrates the old feudal way of life without concealing its darker, repressive side. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 891.73/3 19 | 2005-10-15 | Oxford World's Classics Series | 226 | Aksakov, S. T, Family | 0.5 x 4.5 x 7.2 inches | ||||
| HM24.D985 | Alexander, Jeffrey C. (Editor) | Durkheimian Sociology : Cultural Studies | 0-521-39647-6 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | September 13, 1990 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | N | $22.99 | Book Description Rejecting a structural approach, the contributors offer a radically different interpretation of Durkheim, focusing on his later work, the symbolic theory of industrial societies. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 240 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| DS338.A45 1995 | Allchin, Raymond | The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia : The Emergence of Cities and States | 0-521-37547-9 | Hardcover | N | N | Cambridge University Press | September 7, 1995 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | History : Ancient : General | Cambridge | N | $150.00 | Book Description Cities and states developed in South Asia between c. BC 800 and AD 250, as Hinduism and Buddhism arose and spread. Drawing on archaeological studies and also on texts and inscriptions, this book explores the character of the early Indian cities, paying particular attention to their art and architecture and analyzing the political ideas that shaped the state systems. The study extends to the opening centuries of the Christian era, offering an Indian perspective on the contacts with the Greek and Roman worlds that followed the invasion by Alexander the Great. | 2006-01-22 | Amazon | 934 20 | 2006-01-22 | 389 | South Asia -- Antiquities, Excavations (Archaeology) -- South Asia | 10.0 x 7.8 x 1.0 inches | |||||
| PN98.I58 | Allen, Graham | Intertextuality (The New Critical Idiom) | 0-415-17475-9 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | May, 2000 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | London ; New York | N | $19.95 | Book Description No text has its meaning alone; all texts have their meaning in relation to other texts. Since Julia Kristeva coined the term in the 1960s, intertextuality has been a dominant idea within literary and cultural studies leaving none of the traditional ideas about reading or writing undisturbed. This book, the first full-length study of intertextuality in English, fills an important gap. Following all the major turns in the term's history, this handy guide clearly explains how intertextuality is employed in structuralist, post-structuralist, semiotic, deconstructive, reader-response, marxist, feminist and psychoanalytic theory. From the alternative origins of Saussurean linguistics and the work of Bakhtin the book traces the major directions of intertextual theory to the postmodern present. Download Description This book follows all the major turns in intertextuality's history, and explains how intertextuality is employed. It will prove invaluable for any student studying literature and culture.--This text refers to the Digital edition. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 809 21 | 1969-12-31 | New Critical Idiom Series | 256 | Intertextuality | 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| BX8611.A73 1992 | Allen, James B. | The Story of the Latter-Day Saints, Revised Ed. | 0-87747-594-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Deseret Book Company | January 1976 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | N | ABOUT THE BOOK The Story of the Latter-Day Saints, Revised Ed. | 2005-03-30 | Barnes & Noble | 2005-03-30 | 722 | |||||||||||
| GN635.I4A727 | Alter, Joseph S. | Knowing Dil Das: Stories of a Himalayan Hunter | 0-8122-3524-X | Hardcover | N | N | University of Pennsylvania Press | November 1, 1999 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : General | N | $13.22 | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 193 | 1.5 x 6.2 x 8.8 inches | |||||||||
| B2430.A473 L4613 | Althusser, Louis | Lenin and Philosophy, and Other Essays (Modern Reader, Pb-213) | 0-85345-213-X | Paperback | N | N | Monthly Review Press | July 1972 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Business & Investing : General | New York | N | $3.74 | Book Description No figure among the western Marxist theoreticians has loomed larger in the postwar period than Louis Althusser. A rebel against the Catholic tradition in which he was raised, Althusser studied philosophy and later joined both the faculty of the Ecole normal superieure and the French Communist Party in 1948. Viewed as a "structuralist Marxist," Althusser was as much admired for his independence of intellect as he was for his rigorous defense of Marx. The latter was best illustrated in For Marx (1965), and Reading Capital (1968). These works, along with Lenin and Philosophy (1971) had an enormous influence on the New Left of the 1960s and continues to influence modern Marxist scholarship. This classic work, which to date has sold more than 30,000 copies, covers the range of Louis Althusser's interests and contributions in philosophy, economics, psychology, aesthetics, and political science. Marx, in Althusser's view, was subject in his earlier writings to the ruling ideology of his day. Thus for Althusser, the interpretation of Marx involves a repudiation of all efforts to draw from Marx's early writings a view of Marx as a "humanist" and "historicist." Lenin and Philosophy also contains Althusser's essay on Lenin's study of Hegel; a major essay on the state, "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses," "Freud and Lacan: A letter on Art in Reply to André Daspre," and "Cremonini, Painter of the Abstract." The book opens with a 1968 interview in which Althusser discusses his personal, political, and intellectual history. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 335.43 | 1971 | 1970-04-16 | Modern Reader, PB-213 Series | 253 | Lenin, Vladimir Il§ich, 1870-1924, Marx, Karl, 1818-1883. Kapital | 1.0 x 5.5 x 8.0 inches | |||
| B785.M24 A48 | Althusser, Louis | Machiavelli and Us | 1-85984-282-8 | Paperback | N | N | Verso | April 12, 2001 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $12.92 | The Front Table [A] fascinating and original work that provides a new perspective on the equally enigmatic figures of Althusser and Machiavelli. Wisconsin Bookwatch [S]howcases the richly complex thought of Althusser and will be much appreciated by students of Machiavelli... | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 160 | 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| LC93.83621 | Althusser, Louis | The Future Lasts Forever: A Memoir | 1-56584-087-9 | Hardcover | N | N | New Pr | January 1, 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $2.74 | From Publishers Weekly French Marxist philosopher Althusser (1918-1990) was a manic-depressive with a long history of mental instability and constant medication. In 1980 he strangled his wife Helene; the murder was officially ascribed to temporary insanity, and after two years in a mental hospital he was set free. In this strained, painful memoir, written in 1985, Althusser attempts to persuade the world of his innocence through a convoluted psychoanalytical self-analysis. He writes of his castrating, sadistic mother who was brutalized by his authoritarian father, a bank manager. We learn of the philosopher's ordeal in a German prisoner-of-war camp during WW II, of violent quarrels with Helene and an analyst, and of his suicidal depression after her death. Also included is an autobiographical sketch from 1976 which discusses his boyhood in Algiers and Marseilles and the evolution of his political thought and communist politics. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Althusser (1918-90) made a minor mark in 20th-century French intellectual history with his teachings on Marxism. Outside the academy, he may be better known as the professor who murdered his wife and then spent time in the insane asylum rather than standing trial. The current volume brings together two pieces that are personal rather than philosophical: "The Future Lasts a Long Time" was written some years after his wife's death in 1980 but reaches back to detail Althusser's childhood and adolescence; "The Facts," written in 1976, covers that distant past more quickly and pithily. While these two memoirs are well presented, and the former does provide an interesting view of the murder, this publication does nothing to advance philosophical scholarship. Casual readers of contemporary biography may be interested. - Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley P.L., Cal. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 365 | 1.2 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | ||||||||
| PG3476.A324 A44 | Amert, Susan | In a Shattered Mirror: The Later Poetry of Anna Akhmatova | 0-8047-1982-9 | Hardcover | N | N | Stanford University Press | August, 1992 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Stanford, Calif. | N | $55.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK In a Shattered Mirror: The Later Poetry of Anna Akhmatova FROM THE PUBLISHER The Russian Revolution and its grim aftermath transformed the world into which Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) had been born, radically altering the poet's life and art. At the time of the Revolution, Akhmatova's exquisite love lyrics had made her one of Russia's leading poets, but the mass social forces unleashed by the Revolution were inimical to her lyric genius. In the 1920's her work was subjected to vicious ideological attacks in the press and was officially barred from publication. Akhmatova fell silent. When she began writing again in the late 1930s, her poetry was much changed--formally, thematically, and technically. In contrast to the relative simplicity of the early erotic miniatures, the later poetry speaks in riddles, flaunting its own opacity. The author places the later work in its socio-cultural context through close readings of the major texts. The dominant metapoetic themes of the later poetry are taken as a point of departure: they speak both to the poet's plight in society (repression, silencing) and to the array of means employed to transcend that plight (indirection, concealment, obfuscation). The theme of concealment highlights one of the most salient aspects of the later poetry--its saturation with allusions and quotations drawn from Russian and Western European literature. These allusions are interpreted through analyses of the complex relations between the source text and Akhmatova's poems. In contrast to the relatively unified image of the lyrical persona in the early verse, the poet's self-representation in the later poetry features a multiplicity of masks and guises. Throughout, the author traces the genesis and transfigurations of these images of self. Quoted texts are given in Russian and in English translation. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 891.71/42 20 | 1970-01-14 | 274 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- Criticism, and interpretation | 8.7 x 6.1 x 1.0 inches | |||||
| DS486.C464 A65 | Amin, Shahid | Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura 1922-1992 | 0-520-08780-1 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | October, 1995 | 1 | History : Asia : India | Berkeley | N | $19.95 | Book Description Taking Gandhi's statements about civil disobedience to heart, in February 1922 residents from the villages around the north Indian market town of Chauri Chaura attacked the local police station, burned it to the ground and murdered twenty-three constables. Appalled that his teachings were turned to violent ends, Gandhi called off his Noncooperation Movement and fasted to bring the people back to nonviolence. In the meantime, the British government denied that the riot reflected Indian resistance to its rule and tried the rioters as common criminals. These events have taken on great symbolic importance among Indians, both in the immediate region and nationally. Amin examines the event itself, but also, more significantly, he explores the ways it has been remembered, interpreted, and used as a metaphor for the Indian struggle for independence. The author, who was born fifteen miles from Chauri Chaura, brings to his study an empathetic knowledge of the region and a keen ear for the nuances of the culture and language of its people. In an ingenious negotiation between written and oral evidence, he combines brilliant archival work in the judicial records of the period with field interviews with local informants. In telling this intricate story of local memory and the making of official histories, Amin probes the silences and ambivalences that contribute to a nation's narrative. He extends his boundaries well beyond Chauri Chaura itself to explore the complex relationship between peasant politics and nationalist discourse and the interplay between memory and history.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 954/.2 20 | 1995 | 2005-10-08 | 210 | Chauri Chaura (India) -- Politics and, government | 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches | |||||
| PR6001.M6 L8 | Amis, Kingsley | Lucky Jim (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-018630-1 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | September 1, 1993 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( A ) : Amis, Kingsley | New York | N | $10.78 | Amazon.com Although Kingsley Amis's acid satire of postwar British academic life has lost some of its bite in the four decades since it was published, it's still a rewarding read. And there's no denying how big an impact it had back then--Lucky Jim could be considered the first shot in the Oxbridge salvo that brought us Beyond the Fringe, That Was the Week That Was, and so much more. In Lucky Jim, Amis introduces us to Jim Dixon, a junior lecturer at a British college who spends his days fending off the legions of malevolent twits that populate the school. His job is in constant danger, often for good reason. Lucky Jim hits the heights whenever Dixon tries to keep a preposterous situation from spinning out of control, which is every three pages or so. The final example of this--a lecture spewed by a hideously pickled Dixon--is a chapter's worth of comic nirvana. The book is not politically correct (Amis wasn't either), but take it for what it is, and you won't be disappointed. From AudioFile It's nice to know that England's higher education system suffers from the same problems America's does. Poor Jim Dixon has to suffer a scatterbrained department head, cutthroat colleagues and fickle students. It's a good thing he's lucky--he needs it. Paul Shelley's wonderful narration ably amplifies the story and brings vivid characters to life. His rich British accent is a joy, in addition to being very soothing. Shelley knows just how to read the text so we hear all the wit, anger and subtlety in Amis's words. He is especially good at capturing conversations in the book, knowing when to pause, stutter, feign outrage, etc. This makes listening to Lucky Jim a delicious experience. R.I.G. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 823/.914 20 | 1970-04-16 | Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics Series | 272 | 7.7 x 5.0 x 0.6 inches | |||||
| JC311.A656 | Anderson, Benedict | Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism | 0-86091-546-8 | Paperback | N | N | Verso | July 1, 1991 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Politics : General | N | $20.00 | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 240 | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches | |||||||||
| P99.4.I26 A53 | Anderson, Earl R. | A Grammar of Iconism | 0-8386-3764-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Fairleigh Dickinson University Press | December 31, 1998 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : Semiotics | Madison, NJ | N | $55.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Grammar of Iconism FROM THE PUBLISHER Literary criticism often includes ad hoc comments about onomatopoeia, synaesthesia, or other forms of iconism. In A Grammar of Iconism, Earl Anderson discusses these phenomena systematically. According to Anderson, modern post-Saussurian linguistics has as its central tenet the arbitrariness of linguistic signs. Thus, linguistic elements that bear some relationship to their referent have been seen as marginal to the system of language, or at best similar in their arbitrariness to other linguistic signs. As an example of the latter, while most languages have an onomatopoeic element, different languages imitate sounds differently. Anderson argues against the standard view, provides a detailed critique of the negative arguments against iconism, and offers a positive typology that demonstrates the extensiveness and complexity of iconism in language. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 415 21 | 1998 | 1970-01-14 | 399 | Iconicity (Linguistics), Grammar, Comparative and general, Semiotics | 1.2 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | ||||
| PT2601.N4 Z513 | Andreas-Salome, Lou | Looking Back: Memoirs (European Sources) | 1-55778-260-1 | Hardcover | N | N | Paragon House Publishers | May, 1991 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | New York | N | $19.95 | From Library Journal This is the first English-language publication of the memoirs of Andreas-Salome (1861-1937), a German-Russian novelist and student of psychoanalysis whose work has not been widely published in English. Writing in her seventies in a loosely structured narrative, the author reviews her life as a series of intense "experiences" that often take the form of analytical, self-torturing questions on the complex nature of existence, faith, and love. Her appealing personality emerges through her poetry, recollections of girlhood and family life, and romantic-intellectual relationships with men such as Nietzsche, Rainer, Freud, and others in European intellectual circles. Carefully edited with extensive textual notes and critical commentary, this book also contains a useful bibliography of her work and selections of her poetry in English translation (with original German texts). A good introduction to her work. Recommended for collections in European literature. - Lesley Jorbin, Cleveland State Univ. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 838/.809 B 20 | 1969-12-31 | European Sources Ser. | 226 | Andreas-Salomé, Lou, 1861-1937, Authors, German -- 20th century -- Biography | 24 cm. | ||||
| PG3476.A52 | Andreev, Danill Leonidovich | Russkie bogi: Stikhotvoreniia i poemy (Feniks : iz poeticheskogo naslediia XX veka) | 5270005654 | Unknown Binding | N | N | "Sovremennik" | 1989 | 1 | Moskva | N | $169.95 | Language Notes Text: Russian | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | Feniks : iz poçeticheskogo naslediëiìa XX veka | 396 | 21 cm. | ||||||||
| PZ3.A5735 | Andric, Ivo | The Bridge on the Drina (Phoenix Fiction Series) | 0-226-02045-2 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | August 15, 1977 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Children's Books | Chicago | N | $10.40 | Book Description The Bridge on the Drina is a vivid depiction of the suffering history has imposed upon the people of Bosnia from the late 16th century to the beginning of World War I. As we seek to make sense of the current nightmare in this region, this remarkable, timely book serves as a reliable guide to its people and history. "No better introduction to the study of Balkan and Ottoman history exists, nor do I know of any work of fiction that more persuasively introduces the reader to a civilization other than our own. It is an intellectual and emotional adventure to encounter the Ottoman world through Andric's pages in its grandiose beginning and at its tottering finale. It is, in short, a marvelous work, a masterpiece, and very much sui generis. . . . Andric's sensitive portrait of social change in distant Bosnia has revelatory force."--William H. McNeill, from the introduction "The dreadful events occurring in Sarajevo over the past several months turn my mind to a remarkable historical novel from the land we used to call Yugoslavia, Ivo Andric's The Bridge on the Drina."--John M. Mohan, Des Moines Sunday Register Born in Bosnia, Ivo Andric (1892-1975) was a distinguished diplomat and novelist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1961. His books include The Damned Yard: And Other Stories, and The Days of the Consuls. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 891.8/2/35 | 1977 | 1969-12-31 | Phoenix Book Series | 318 | Historic bridges--Fiction, Visegrad (Bosnia and Hercegovina : East)--History--Fiction | 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches | |||
| PG3453.A6 I93 | Annenskii, Innokentii Fedorovich | Izbrannoe | 5858803938 | Hardcover | N | N | "Feniks" | 1997 | 1 | Rostov-na-Donu; Ann Arbor, Mich. | N | $10.00 | 2006-01-16 | Vsemirnaia biblioteka poezii | 0 | ||||||||||||
| BL1112.54.E5 | Anonymous | Rig Veda, The : An Anthology of One Hundred Eight Hymns (Classic) | 0-14-044402-5 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | January 28, 1982 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | N | $9.71 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) | 2005-03-23 | Amazon | 2005-03-23 | 352 | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| K2085.M26 | Anonymous | The Laws of Manu (Penguin Classics) (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-044540-4 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Books | January 1, 1991 | 1 | 2.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Eastern : Indian | London, England ; New York, N.Y., USA | N | $11.53 | Book Description The Sanskrit text of this work was first translated into English in 1794, and translations into other European languages swiftly followed. No understanding of modern India is possible without it. Wendy Doniger provides a landmark translation, the first authoritative English rendering this century. It is also the first to set the unadulterated text in narrative form, making it accessible and enjoyable both to specialist scholars and to a wider audience. Includes an illuminating introduction. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 294.5/926 20 | 2005-10-15 | Penguin Classics Series | 362 | Manu (Lawgiver). M¯anavadharmaâs¯astra, Hindu law | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| HM101.A644 | Appadurai, Arjun | Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization (Public Worlds, V. 1) | 0-8166-2793-2 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | November 1, 1996 | 2 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | N | $19.95 | 2005-03-24 | Amazon | 2005-03-24 | 0 | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches | |||||||||
| NX180.S6 P8 | Appadurai, Arjun (Editor) | Public Culture: New Imaginaries | 0-8223-6472-7 | Paperback | N | N | Duke University Press | September 1, 2000 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Politics : International : Relations | N | $12.00 | 2005-05-02 | Amazon | 2005-05-02 | 300 | 8.5 x 7.0 x 0.8 inches | |||||||||
| GN450.S630 | Appadurai, Arjun (Editor) | The Social Life of Things : Commodities in Cultural Perspective (Cambridge Studies in Social & Cultural Anthropology) | 0-521-35726-8 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | January 29, 1988 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Current Events : Poverty : Social Services & Welfare | N | $27.99 | Book Description Contributors to this volume examine how "things" are sold and traded in a variety of social and cultural settings. The work strives to reveal the underlying social and political mechanisms that regulate taste, trade and desire and to demonstrate the ways people attach value to objects. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 352 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| HM291 | Arendt, Hannah | On Violence (Harvest Book) | 0-15-669500-6 | Paperback | N | N | Harvest Books | March 11, 1970 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Relationships : Conflict Management | New York | N | $8.80 | Book Description An analysis of the nature, causes, and significance of violence in the second half of the twentieth century. Arendt also reexamines the relationship between war, politics, violence, and power. "Incisive, deeply probing, written with clarity and grace, it provides an ideal framework for understanding the turbulence of our times"(Nation). Index. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 303.6 21 | 1970-01-21 | 120 | Violence | 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches | |||||
| BL2015.M3 A73 | Arguelles, Jose | MANDALA | 0-394-73000-3 | Paperback | N | N | Shambhala | May 12, 1974 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $2.48 | ABOUT THE BOOK Mandala ANNOTATION This lavishly illustrated classic, selling over 70,000 copies in English and translated into four European languages, is the first to deal comprehensively with the mandala, the principle of the center, as a universal image, a vision, a way of growth, a ritual technique, and an essential life process. 92 illustrations, 11 in color. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 144 | 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches | ||||||||
| PN173.A7 K46 | Aristotle | Aristotle on Rhetoric: A Theory of Civil Discourse | 0-19-506487-9 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | August, 1991 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Europe : Greece : General | New York | N | $28.00 | Book Description The first new translation of Aristotle's Rhetoric in fifty years, based on careful study of the Greek text and informed by the best modern scholarship, this is the most faithful English version ever published of the book that first defined and organized the study of civic discourse along philosophical lines and still shapes the study of rhetoric and composition in modern times. Comprehensive introductory discussions, a detailed outline, extensive notes, and a glossary of Aristotle's rhetorical terms make the work readily accessible to modern students, while an appendix offers translations of relevant ancient texts and essays on the composition and history of the treatise, with an evaluation of its strengths and weaknesses. This book is essential for students and scholars of rhetoric, classics, politics, and philosophy. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 808.5 20 | 1991 | 2005-10-15 | 368 | Rhetoric -- Early works to 1800, Aristotle. Rhetoric | 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.0 inches | ||||
| B430.A5 | Aristotle | The Ethics of Aristotle : The Nicomachean Ethics (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-044055-0 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | June 30, 1955 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Ethics & Morality | Harmondsworth ; New York [etc.] | N | $0.39 | Book Description Of Aristotle's works, few have had as lasting an influence on subsequent Western thought as The Nicomachean Ethics. In it, he argues that happiness consists in "activity of the soul in accordance with virtue," defining "virtue" as both moral (courage, generosity, and justice) and intellectual (knowledge, wisdom, and insight). Aristotle also discusses the nature of practical reasoning, the different forms of friendship, and the relationship between individual virtue and the state. Featuring a lucid translation, a new introduction, updated suggestions for further reading, and a chronology of Aristotle's life and works, this is the authoritative edition of a seminal intellectual masterpiece.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. Language Notes Text: English, Greek (translation) | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 170 | 1970-01-07 | Penguin Classics Series | 384 | Ethics | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| Arpi, Claude | Fate of Tibet: When Big Insects Eat Small Insects | 812410638X | Hardcover | N | N | South Asia Books | March 2, 1999 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Politics : General | N | $38.50 | Book Description History of Tibetan- Chinese relations, post- 1950 situation, appeals to UN, India's role. blends research and personal experiences. Thoughtful. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | 432 | ||||||||||
| BX8611.A78 | ARRINGTON, LEONARD J. | The Mormon Experience : A History of the Latter-Day Saints | 0-394-74102-1 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | July 12, 1980 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | N | $1.03 | 2005-04-15 | Amazon | 2005-04-15 | 404 | |||||||||||
| N8193.H56D46 FF | Art, Rubin Museum of | Demonic Divine: Himalayan Art and Beyond | 1-932476-08-3 | Paperback | N | N | Rubin Museum of Art | May 1, 2004 | 1 | Mandala Project | N | $42.46 | Product Description: Demonic Divine: Himalayan Art and Beyond focuses on wrathful and fierce images once labeled by Europeans as "demonic," and now open to more sympathetic investigation. Examining closely 66 works of art, the authors take us behind Western preconceptions to explore ways that fearsome imagery is used in Himalayan cultures, including representation of protection and benevolence. Over two hundred color images highlight visual power and artistic skill in works that blur the boundaries between horror and beauty. Essays by Rob Linrothe, Curator, RMA and Associate Professor of Art History at Skidmore College, and Marylin Rhie, Professor of Asian Art at Smith College, explore variations within the "demonic" and trace the evolution of style. Contributions from Jeff Watt, RMA Curator and Director of the Himalayan Art Website, are evident throughout. Matthieu Ricard, author, monk, and scientist, provided the foreword. | 2005-04-11 | Amazon | 2005-04-11 | 321 | ||||||||||
| BL2747.8 A75 | Asad, Talal | Formations of the Secular: Christianity, Islam, Modernity (Cultural Memory in the Present) | 0-8047-4768-7 | Paperback | N | N | Stanford University Press | March, 2003 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology | Stanford, Calif. | N | $13.57 | ABOUT THE BOOK Formations of the Secular: Christianity, Islam, Modernity SYNOPSIS Asad (anthropology, City U. of New York) offers a preliminary anthropological study of the connection between the secular as an epistemic category, and secularism as a political doctrine. The recent resurgence of religion, he says, has raised questions about the previously presumed universal validity of secularism. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 291.1/7 21 | 1970-01-14 | Cultural Memory in the Present Ser. | 269 | Secularism, Islam and politics, Christianity and politics | 9.1 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| BL50.A85 | Asad, Talal | Genealogies of Religion : Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam | 0-8018-4632-3 | Paperback | N | N | The Johns Hopkins University Press | August 1, 1993 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | Baltimore | N | $25.00 | Review "All articles are extremely well written, exhibit impressive scholarship, and are thoughtful and are thoughtful and stimulating. Asad's criticisms are neither judgmental nor self-righteous but are generally driven by the will to understand."--James R. Wood, Contemporary Sociology | 2005-09-25 | Amazon | 306.6 20 | 1993 | 2005-09-25 | 344 | Religion, Civilization, Christian, Civilization, Islamic, Rushdie, Salman | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| PS3501.S475 D6 | Ashbery, John | The double dream of spring | 0-912946-27-X | Paperback | N | N | Ecco Press | 1976 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( A ) : Ashbery, John | New York | N | $2.19 | ABOUT THE BOOK The Double Dream of Spring | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 811/.5/4 | 1970 | 1970-01-07 | American Poetry Series | 95 | 22 cm. | ||||
| PS3501.S475 | Ashbery, John | Three poems | 0-14-042223-4 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Penguin Books | 1978 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : United States | New York | N | $3.99 | ABOUT THE BOOK Three Poems FROM THE PUBLISHER Worked in a prose as demanding and thus as fecund as verse, John Ashbery's Three Poems is a meditational masterpiece, calm in its encounters with minor fictions, desperate in pursuit of a supreme one. Its flutterings are those of the fledged Imagination, its difficulty, that of the Truth. Three Poems, originally published in 1972, remains one of Ashbery's most idiosyncratic and important works. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 811/.5/4 | 1972 | 1970-01-07 | 118 | 20 cm. | |||||
| DS405 | Asher, Catherine B. (Editor) | Reference Encyclopaedia India 2001, Volume 1 | 0-945921-42-X | Hardcover | N | N | South Asia Publications | May 1, 1995 | 1 | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : General | N | $109.95 | Book Description A major reference work on India covering religion, history, culture, major personalities, geography. arranged by theme. Strongly recommended in every review, including those in Choice magazine (American Library Association) and professional journals. Recommended for public libraries, institutions, and individuals. fully illus. with many maps, charts, a goldmine of information. volume II release in 1999. information available on request. | 2006-01-22 | Amazon | 2006-01-22 | 900 | 1.2 x 6.8 x 10.0 inches | |||||||||
| BH301.S7 S82 | Ashfield, Andrew (Editor) | The Sublime : A Reader in British Eighteenth-Century Aesthetic Theory | 0-521-39582-8 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | August 15, 1996 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Literary | Cambridge ; New York | N | $26.99 | Book Description This anthology makes many key eighteenth-century texts on the Sublime readily available for the first time. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 111/.85 20 | 1970-01-07 | 324 | Sublime, The -- History -- 18th century | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | |||||
| N7307.N4A83A | Asia Society | The art of Nepal, by Stella Kramrisch | N | N | [New York] Distributed by H.N. Abrams | 1964 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Art, Nepali -- Exhibitions | [New York] Distributed by H.N. Abrams [1964] | N | "An Asia House Gallery publication." "Catalogue of an exhibition selected by Dr. Stella Kramrisch and shown in the Asia House Gallery in the summer of 1964 as an activity of the Asia Society." Bibliography: p. 159. | 2005-05-03 | Library of Congress [1] | 709.5496 | 2005-05-03 | 159 | Art, Nepali -- Exhibitions | (part mounted col.) 25 cm. | ||||||||
| BS580.M6A79 | Assman, Jan | Moses the Egyptian: The Memory of Egypt in Western Monotheism | 0-674-58739-1 | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | October 1, 1998 | 2 | 4.5 Stars | History : Africa : Egypt : General | N | $22.00 | Card catalog description To account for the complexities of the foundational event in the establishment of monotheism, Moses the Egyptian goes back to the short-lived monotheistic revolution of the Egyptian king Akhenaten (1360-1340 B.C.E.). Assmann traces the monotheism of Moses to this source, and then shows how Moses' followers denied the Egyptians any part in the origin of their beliefs and condemned them as polytheistic idolators. Thus began the cycle in which every "counter-religion," by establishing itself as truth, denounced all others as false. Assmann reconstructs this cycle as a pattern of historical abuse, and tracks its permutations from ancient sources, including the Bible, through Renaissance debates over the basis of religion to Sigmund Freud's Moses and Monotheism. | 2005-05-02 | Amazon | 2005-05-02 | 288 | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| PN56.R3 | Auerbach, Erich | Mimesis | 0-691-01269-5 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | May 1, 1968 | 2 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $1.50 | Terry Eagleton, London Review of Books It is [Auerbach's] combination of scholarly erudition and critical astuteness which is most remarkable. Review [Mimesis] offers not just an eminent reading of the Western canon, but a mighty lesson on how to write. . . . I don't think a more significant or useful book of criticism has been written in the half-century since Mimesis was published. What's more, I can't imagine that anything like it will ever be written again. . . . [In] producing such a rich, strong book on how to read, Auerbach composed a virtual manual on how to write, one I've referred back to again and again since the day, almost two decades ago, when I first happened upon it. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 576 | 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches | ||||||||
| BR65.A6 E5 | Augustine, St. | Confessions (The World's Classics) | 0-19-281774-4 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | February, 1992 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | Oxford ; New York | N | $0.17 | Amazon.com Augustine's Confessions is arguably the first, and unequivocally the most influential, religious autobiography in the Christian tradition. Augustine (who was a hard-core hedonist before his sudden conversion) writes about faith with the reckless abandon of a lover; his descriptions of friendship are so beautiful they'll bring tears to your eyes; and his tributes to his mother, Monica, cast eternally fresh light on the unofficial authority of women in the early Church. --Michael Joseph Gross--This text refers to the Paperback edition. From Library Journal The latest volume in the series "Augustine for the Twenty-First Century," which will offer the first complete translation of all of Augustine's works into English, adds yet another vision of the Confessions to the many already available. The fourth-century bishop of Hippo in North Africa wrote this extended prayer, the first true autobiography, to confess his sins and God's goodness. It has been a standard of spiritual literature ever since. Boulding (Marked for Life, Abingdon, 1996), a Benedictine nun of Stanbrook Abbey, England, offers us a fine, smooth translation that is a pleasure to read. Hers is also the first English translation to use inclusive language. There is a complete index, which greatly enhances the usefulness of this particular volume. For all readers.?Augustine J. Curley, Newark Abbey, N.J. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 270.2/092 B 21 | 2005-10-08 | Oxford World's Classics Series | 311 | Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, Christian saints -- Algeria -- Hippo (Extinct, city) -- Biography, Catholic Church -- Algeria -- Hippo (Extinct, city) -- Bishops -- Biography | 0.8 x 4.8 x 7.5 inches | ||||
| PS3551.U77 L48 | Auster, Paul | Leviathan (Contemporary American Fiction) | 0-14-017813-9 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Books | September, 1993 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( A ) : Auster, Paul | N | $11.20 | From Publishers Weekly Auster ( The Music of Chance ) captivatingly renews a theme central to his acclaimed New York Trilogy and Moon Palace --that of the other, the shadow self whose parallel life somehow jumps the track and threatens the more sober protagonist. After his valued friend and fellow writer Ben Sachs blows himself up with a bomb, Peter Aaron reviews their 15-year bond--including their shared love for Ben's lovely wife--and tries to reconstruct Ben's life. A boyhood experience in the Statue of Liberty haunted Ben until his transformation following a plunge from a fire escape at a drunken Fourth of July party in Brooklyn. After this fall, Ben stopped writing and became the "Phantom of Liberty," detonating Statue of Liberty replicas as a sign to America to "mend its ways." Peter's writing, on the other hand, surges "as though I had caught fire." The novel explores the fictional act: the relation between conflicting stories and kinds of truth; the reading of an address book, a la Sophie Calle, as a fertile text jammed with mysterious characters; role-reversal as self-discovery, practiced by photographer Maria and prostitute Lillian, women friends intimately linked to Peter and Ben. Finally, Peter (and Auster) appropriates the title of Ben's abandoned novel, a title that evokes the biblical sea monster and, thanks to Hobbes, the state, implying that the novel is itself a monster genre that merges diverse humans, their nightmares and passions. 25,000 first printing; author tour. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1992 | 1970-01-07 | 288 | 7.9 x 5.0 x 0.6 inches | |||||||
| B824.6 .A9 | Ayer, A. J. | Logical Positivism | N | N | 1 | N | 1970-05-12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| BL1376.B33 | Babb, Lawrence A. | Absent Lord: Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society ; 8) | 0-520-20324-0 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | August, 1996 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology | Berkeley, Calif. | N | $24.95 | Book Description What does it mean to worship beings that one believes are completely indifferent to, and entirely beyond the reach of, any form of worship whatsoever? How would such a relationship with sacred beings affect the religious life of a community? Using these questions as his point of departure, Lawrence A. Babb explores the ritual culture of image-worshipping Svetambar Jains of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. Jainism traces its lineages back to the ninth century B.C.E. and is, along with Buddhism, the only surviving example of India's ancient non-Vedic religious traditions. It is known and celebrated for its systematic practice of non- violence and for the intense rigor of the asceticism it promotes. A unique aspect of Babb's study is his linking of the Jain tradition to the social identity of existing Jain communities. Babb concludes by showing that Jain ritual culture can be seen as a variation on pan-Indian ritual patterns. In illuminating this little-known religious tradition, he demonstrates that divine "absence" can be as rich as divine "presence" in its possibilities for informing a religious response to the cosmos.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 294.4/92 20 | 1996 | 2005-10-08 | Comparative Studies in Religion and Society Series | 256 | Jainism -- Rituals, Religious life -- Jainism | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches | |||
| BL1055.W33 | Babb, Lawrence A. | Media and the Transformation of Religion in South Asia | 0-8122-1547-8 | Paperback | N | N | University of Pennsylvania Press | July 1, 1995 | 1 | 1.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Education : General | N | $21.95 | From Book News, Inc. Religion in India and neighboring countries, like all aspects of all countries, has always been undergoing change, but beginning in the 16th century, the nature of religious change itself changed with the introduction of writing, and the change in change has continued with the introduction of ever new communication technologies. Ten essays, extensively reworked from their presentation at a 1989 conference in Monterey, California, examine the impact of printed images, audio recordings, film and video. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 298 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| BL1150.B29 | Babb, Lawrence A. | The Divine Hierarchy | 0-231-08387-4 | Paperback | N | N | Columbia University Press | January 15, 1975 | 3 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | N | $24.50 | 2005-03-23 | Amazon | 2005-03-23 | 266 | 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches | |||||||||
| BL408.B173 | Bachelard, Gaston | Poetics of Space | 0-8070-6439-4 | Paperback | N | N | Beacon Press | August, 1986 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | N | $1.30 | Amazon.com This is a deep, magical, densely captivating book about space, our homes, how we live in them, and how dwellings and space affect us; it is as much a book of philosophy as a work of serious literature. It requires careful, preferably leisurely reading, with the possibility of moments to pause and digest and re-read the words. It will change the way you look at your home and your life, providing a deeper, more insightful relationship with the spaces you occupy.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. From Publishers Weekly French phenomenologist Bachelard's classic study of the psychological affects of domestic space. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 2005-10-04 | 1 | |||||||||
| ML430.7.B25 | Bailey, Derek | Improvisation: Its Nature and Practice in Music | 0-306-80528-6 | Paperback | N | N | Da Capo Press | September, 1993 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Entertainment : Music : Musical Genres : Popular | New York | N | $10.88 | ABOUT THE BOOK Improvisation: Its Nature and Practice in Music FROM THE PUBLISHER Derek Bailey's IMPROVISATION, originally published in 1980, now revised with additional interviews and photographs, deals with the nature of improvisation in all its forms--Indian music, flamenco, baroque, organ music, rock, jazz, contemporary, and "free" music. Bailey offers a clear view of the breathtaking spectrum of possibilities inherent in improvisational practice. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 781.3/6 20 | 1970-01-07 | 146 | Improvisation (Music), Music -- Performance -- History | 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches | |||||
| R603.T5 B35 1997 | Baker, Ian | The Tibetan Art of Healing | 0-8118-1897-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Chronicle Books | November 1, 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Alternative Medicine : Healing | San Francisco | N | $29.44 | Yoga World Tibetan medicine is becoming better known in the Western hemisphere, and this lavishly illustrated volume makes a great contribution to the dissemination of Tibet's medical knowledge. This work features the luminous recreations of traditional medical thanka paintings by the contemporary Nepalese master painter Romi Shrestha. The accompanying text by Ian Baker, who has studies with Hilalayan healers, yogins, and lamas, for fifteen years, unlocks the symbolism of these images for us. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2006-01-18 | Amazon | 610/.951/5 21 | 2006-01-18 | 192 | Medicine, Tibetan | 1.0 x 9.8 x 12.5 inches | |||||
| PG3328.Z6 B2413 | Bakhtin, M. M. | Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics (Theory & History of Literature) | 0-8166-1228-5 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | April 1984 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Minneapolis | N | $20.00 | Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 891.73/3 19 | 1984 | 1970-04-14 | Theory and History of Literature Series | 333 | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 -- Criticism and, interpretation | 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches | |||
| P49.B2813 | Bakhtin, M. M. | Speech Genres and Other Late Essays (University of Texas Press Slavic Series, No 8) | 0-292-77560-1 | Paperback | N | N | University of Texas Press | December, 1986 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Austin | N | $19.95 | Book Description ". . . in many ways the best of Bakhtin." --New York Times Book Review Speech Genres and Other Late Essays presents six short works from Bakhtin's Esthetics of Creative Discourse, published in Moscow in 1979. This is the last of Bakhtin's extant manuscripts published in the Soviet Union. All but one of these essays (the one on the Bildungsroman) were written in Bakhtin's later years and thus they bear the stamp of a thinker who has accumulated a huge storehouse of factual material, to which he has devoted a lifetime of analysis, reflection, and reconsideration. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 410 19 | 1969-12-31 | University of Texas Press Slavic Series | 203 | Philology | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| PN3331.B2513 | Bakhtin, M. M. | The Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays (University of Texas Press Slavic Series) | 0-292-71534-X | Paperback | N | N | University of Texas Press | January, 1983 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Classics | N | $14.93 | Book Description "This magnificently edited and translated volume can be the beginning of a dialogue that will go beyond the monographic works of Bakhtin available in English up to now." --Edward Wasiolek, Comparative Literature These essays reveal Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975)--known in the West largely through his studies of Rabelais and Dostoevsky--as a philosopher of language, a cultural historian, and a major theoretician of the novel. The Dialogic Imagination presents, in superb English translation, four selections from Voprosy literatury i estetiki (Problems of literature and esthetics), published in Moscow in 1975. The volume also contains a lengthy introduction to Bakhtin and his thought and a glossary of terminology. Bakhtin uses the category "novel" in a highly idiosyncratic way, claiming for it vastly larger territory than has been traditionally accepted. For him, the novel is not so much a genre as it is a force, "novelness," which he discusses in "From the Prehistory of Novelistic Discourse." Two essays, "Epic and Novel" and "Forms of Time and of the Chronotope in the Novel," deal with literary history in Bakhtin's own unorthodox way. In the final essay, he discusses literature and language in general, which he sees as stratified, constantly changing systems of subgenres, dialects, and fragmented "languages" in battle with one another. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1981 | 1969-12-31 | Slavic Series | 444 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.1 inches | ||||||
| PN98.F6 M413 | Bakhtin, M. M. | The Formal Method in Literary Scholarship : A Critical Introduction to Sociological Poetics (The Goucher College Series) | 0-8018-4318-9 | Paperback | N | N | The Johns Hopkins University Press | October 1, 1991 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $19.95 | Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | Goucher College Ser. | 224 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches | |||||||
| B105.A35 B3413 | Bakhtin, M. M. | Toward a Philosophy of the Act (University of Texas Press Slavic, No 10) | 0-292-70805-X | Paperback | N | N | University of Texas Press | October, 1993 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : Semiotics | Austin | N | $31.50 | Book Description Rescued in 1972 from a storeroom in which rats and seeping water had severely damaged the fifty-year-old manuscript, this text is the earliest major work (1919-1921) of the great Russian philosopher M. M. Bakhtin. Toward a Philosophy of the Act contains the first occurrences of themes that occupied Bakhtin throughout his long career. The topics of authoring, responsibility, self and other, the moral significance of "outsideness," participatory thinking, the implications for the individual subject of having "no-alibi in existence," the difference between the world as experienced in actions and the world as represented in discourse--all are broached here in the heat of discovery. This is the "heart of the heart" of Bakhtin, the center of the dialogue between being and language, the world and mind, "the given" and "the created" that forms the core of Bakhtin's distinctive dialogism. A special feature of this work is Bakhtin's struggle with the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Put very simply, this text is an attempt to go beyond Kant's formulation of the ethical imperative. Toward a Philosophy of the Act will be important for scholars across the humanities as they grapple with the increasingly vexed relationship between aesthetics and ethics. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 128/.4 20 | 1969-12-31 | University of Texas Press Slavic Series | 106 | Act (Philosophy), Ethics, Communication -- Moral and ethical aspects, Literature -- Philosophy | 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches | ||||
| PQ1694.B313 | Bakhtin, Mikhail | Rabelais and His World | 0-253-20341-4 | Paperback | N | N | Indiana University Press | August, 1984 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Classics | Bloomington | N | $18.95 | Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 843/.3 19 | 1984 | 2005-10-15 | 510 | Rabelais, François, ca, and interpretation | 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches | ||||
| HM101.P667 | Bal, Mieke (Editor) | Practice of Cultural Analysis: Exposing Interdisciplinary Interpretation (Cultural Memory in the Present) | 0-8047-3067-9 | Paperback | N | N | Stanford University Press | June, 1999 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | Stanford, Calif. | N | $29.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK The Practice of Cultural Analysis: Exposing Interdisciplinary Interpretation (Cultural Memory in the Present Series) FROM THE PUBLISHER This volume presents an interdisciplinary approach to humanistic scholarship, one that can be situated somewhere between cultural studies and cultural history while being more specific than either. Cultural analysis as a critical practice is based on a keen awareness of the critic's situatedness in the present - the social and cultural present from which we look, and look back, at objects that are already of the past, objects that we take to define our present culture. Thus it can be summarized by the phrase "cultural memory in the present." Far from being indifferent to history, cultural analysis is devoted to understanding the past as part of the present, as what we have around us. The essays gathered here represent the current state of an emerging field of inquiry. At the same time, they suggest to the larger academic world what cultural analysis can and should do, or be, as an interdisciplinary practice. The challenge for this volume is to counter the common assumption that interdisciplinarity makes the object of inquiry vague and the methodology muddled. In meeting that challenge, it offers close textual and visual readings of subjects ranging from Vermeer to abstract expressionism, from the Book of Rutl to Djuna Barnes's Nightwood, from the history of cinema to popular culture in Zaire. FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Bal (literary theory, U. of Amsterdam) presents a collection of essays which address issues at the core of cultural analysis: the relationship between past and present in cultural memory; close reading as a critical method; and methodological and philosophical reflection. Contributors offer textual and visual readings of subjects ranging from Vermeer to abstract expressionism, from the Book of Ruth to Djuna Barnes' , from the history of cinema to popular culture in Zaire. The index is primarily one of names. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com) | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 306 21 | 2005-10-08 | Cultural Memory in the Present Series | 392 | Culture, History, Memory | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| DK510.32 .R87 | Balzer, Marjorie Mandelstam (Editor) | Russian Traditional Culture: Religion, Gender, and Customary Law | 1-56324-040-8 | Paperback | N | N | M.E. Sharpe | July 1992 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : Japan | Armonk, N.Y. | N | $32.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Russian Traditional Culture: Religion, Gender, and Customary Law | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 947 20 | 1992 | 1970-04-14 | 310 | Russia (Federation) -- Social life and customs, Ethnology -- Russia (Federation), Folklore -- Russia (Federation), Russians -- Intellectual life, Russians -- Folklore | 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.1 inches | ||||
| PN1993.5.18 M46 | Banker, Ashok | Bollywood: The Pocket Essential (Pocket Essentials | 1-903047-45-5 | Paperback | N | N | Trafalgar Square Publishing | November 1, 2001 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Entertainment : Movies : General | N | $4.98 | PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "[These] miniature...guides are packed to the margins with important facts and enlightening commentary." | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 96 | 0.5 x 4.2 x 7.0 inches | ||||||||
| GN347.B37 | Barbash, Ilisa | Cross-Cultural Filmmaking: A Handbook for Making Documentary and Ethnographic Films and Videos | 0-520-08760-7 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | November 1, 1997 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Entertainment : Movies : Amateur Production | N | $34.95 | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 555 | 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches | |||||||||
| B188 | Barnes, Jonathan | Early Greek Philosophy (Penguin Classic) | 0-14-044461-0 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Books | July, 1987 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Classics | Harmondsworth | N | $0.68 | Book Description This anthology presents the early sages of Western philosophy and science who paved the way for Plato and Aristotle and their successors. Democritus's atomic theory of matter, Zeno's dazzling "proofs" that motion is impossible, Pythagorean insights into mathematics, Heraclitus's haunting and enigmatic epigrams-all form part of a revolution in human thought that relied on reasoning, forged the first scientific vocabulary, and laid the foundations of Western philosophy. Jonathan Barnes has painstakingly brought together the surviving Presocratic fragments in their original contexts, utilizing the latest research and a newly discovered major papyrus of Empedocles.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 182 19 | 1970-01-21 | Penguin Classics Series | 318 | Philosophy, Ancient | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| PR6052.A6657 F56 | Barnes, Julian | Flaubert's Parrot (Vintage International) | 0-679-73136-9 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | November 27, 1990 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( B ) : Barnes, Julian | New York | N | $9.60 | Amazon.com Just what sort of book is Flaubert's Parrot, anyway? A literary biography of 19th-century French novelist, radical, and intellectual impresario Gustave Flaubert? A meditation on the uses and misuses of language? A novel of obsession, denial, irritation, and underhanded connivery? A thriller complete with disguises, sleuthing, mysterious meetings, and unknowing targets? An extended essay on the nature of fiction itself? On the surface, at first, Julian Barnes's book is the tale of an elderly English doctor's search for some intriguing details of Flaubert's life. Geoffrey Braithwaite seems to be involved in an attempt to establish whether a particularly fine, lovely, and ancient stuffed parrot is in fact one originally "borrowed by G. Flaubert from the Museum of Rouen and placed on his worktable during the writing of Un coeur simple, where it is called Loulou, the parrot of Felicité, the principal character of the tale." What begins as a droll and intriguing excursion into the minutiae of Flaubert's life and intellect, along with an attempt to solve the small puzzle of the parrot--or rather parrots, for there are two competing for the title of Gustave's avian confrere--soon devolves into something obscure and worrisome, the exploration of an arcane Braithwaite obsession that is perhaps even pathological. The first hint we have that all is not as it seems comes almost halfway into the book, when after a humorously cantankerous account of the inadequacies of literary critics, Braithwaite closes a chapter by saying, "Now do you understand why I hate critics? I could try and describe to you the expression in my eyes at this moment; but they are far too discoloured with rage." And from that point, things just get more and more curious, until they end in the most unexpected bang. One passage perhaps best describes the overall effect of this extraordinary story: "You can define a net in one of two ways, depending on your point of view. Normally, you would say that it is a meshed instrument designed to catch fish. But you could, with no great injury to logic, reverse the image and define the net as a jocular lexicographer once did: he called it a collection of holes tied together with string." Julian Barnes demonstrates that it is possible to catch quite an interesting fish no matter how you define the net. --Andrew Himes From AudioFile This clever treatise on Flaubert would be easier to read than to listen to. Despite the lively voice of the British narrator, the text is too dense to understand without close study. The quotations are especially hard to follow. It's often difficult to tell whether the words are those of Flaubert or the author or another critic entirely. Perhaps Crawford Logan's charming rendition of the author's wit and wisdom could be enjoyed by dedicated Flaubert scholars in search of an etymological treat. J.C. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 823/.914 20 | 1990 | 1970-01-14 | Vintage International Series | 192 | Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880 -- Appreciation --, Fiction, Literary historians -- Fiction, Biographers -- Fiction, France -- Fiction | 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches | |||
| Barracca, Debra | The Adventures of Taxi Dog (Picture Puffins) | 0-14-056665-1 | Paperback | N | N | Puffin | April 24, 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Children's Books : Animals : Dogs : Fiction | N | $5.99 | From Publishers Weekly "My name is Maxi, / I ride in a taxi / Around New York City all day." This rhythmic beginning sets the tone for the beguiling tale of a former stray dog. Jim, a taxi driver, finds Maxi in a park, takes him home and feeds him and, from then on, takes his new friend with him to work every day. Maxi loves the sights, the sounds and even the occasional emergencies--but most of all he loves Jim, who saved him from the streets. Jim is surprised when he begins receiving big tips, but readers--and this canny canine--know the reason why. The Barraccas' narrative so perfectly echoes Maxi's jaunty attitude that children might suppose that being a New York taxi dog is the best job in the world. Buehner's black, yellow and white borders that surround the text cleverly suggest Checker cabs, and his use of dark, intense colors suggest a New York that is both familiar and funny. For dog fanciers, taxi riders and lovers of fine picture books, this is a sheer delight. Ages 4-8. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From School Library Journal K - Grade 2 --A stray dog's outlook takes a quick turn for the better when Jim, a New York City taxi driver, offers him a name, friendship, and a place in the front seat. Maxi describes with infectious doggy delight the satisfactions of life on wheels: the unusual fares, the pleasure of both helping and entertaining people in a hurry, and of wearily dropping the cab off at the garage after a long day. Buehner uses an oil-over-acrylic technique that gives each scene a subtle, lively play of light and color. The figures have a rounded solidity reminiscent of Van Allsburg's work, and are seen from a dog's/bird's-eye view, or some other unusual angle, against busy, idealized (the cabs are all in perfect condition) cityscapes. Background detail and byplay (including a small cat that seems to follow the cab around) will keep young readers glued to the illustrations. Alas, the engaging story idea (based on a real encounter) and brilliant pictures are chained to a singsong text in verse that combines pedestrian language with tediously long sentences, some of which exist only to make a rhyme . "Jim said, 'Your name's Maxi, / You'll ride in my taxi, /We'll ride all over the town. / We'll go riding uptown and down."' Flawed but appealing. --John Peters, New York Public Library Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | 32 | 8.0 x 10.8 x 0.2 inches | |||||||||
| PN81.B367 | Barry, Peter | Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory | 0-7190-4326-3 | Paperback | N | N | Manchester University Press | August, 1995 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Manchester [England] ; New York | N | $8.90 | Book Description In this second edition of Beginning Theory, the variety of approaches, theorists, and technical language is lucidly and expertly unraveled and explained, and allows readers to develop their own ideas once first principles have been grasped. Expanded and updated from the original edition first published in 1995, Peter Barry has incorporated all of the recent developments in literary theory, adding two new chapters covering the emergent Eco-criticism and the re-emerging Narratology. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 801/.95 20 | 2005-10-15 | 239 | Criticism | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches | |||||
| PN37.B29 | Barthes, Roland | Image-Music-Text | 0-374-52136-0 | Paperback | N | N | Hill and Wang | July 1, 1978 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $10.88 | Amazon.com Roland Barthes, the French critic and semiotician, was one of the most important critics and essayists of this century. His work continues to influence contemporary literary theory and cultural studies. Image-Music-Text collects Barthes's best writings on photography and the cinema, as well as fascinating articles on the relationship between images and sound. Two of Barthes's most important essays, "Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Narrative" and "The Death of the Author" are also included in this fine anthology, an excellent introduction to his thought. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | 220 | 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| PQ2603.A81A16 | Barthes, Roland | Mythologies | 0-374-52150-6 | Paperback | N | N | Hill and Wang | January 1, 1972 | 3 | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : Semiotics | N | $9.00 | Book Description "[Mythologies] illustrates the beautiful generosity of Barthes's progressive interest in the meaning (his word is signification) of practically everything around him, not only the books and paintings of high art, but also the slogans, trivia, toys, food, and popular rituals (cruises, striptease, eating, wrestling matches) of contemporary life . . . For Barthes, words and objects have in common the organized capacity to say something; at the same time, since they are signs, words and objects have the bad faith always to appear natural to their consumer, as if what they say is eternal, true, necessary, instead of arbitrary, made, contingent. Mythologies finds Barthes revealing the fashioned systems of ideas that make it possible, for example, for 'Einstein's brain' to stand for, be the myth of, 'a genius so lacking in magic that one speaks about his thought as a functional labor analogous to the mechanical making of sausages.' Each of the little essays in this book wrenches a definition out of a common but constructed object, making the object speak its hidden, but ever-so-present, reservoir of manufactured sense."--Edward W. Said | 2005-04-30 | Amazon | 2005-04-30 | 159 | 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches | |||||||||
| P99.B313 | Barthes, Roland | S/Z: An Essay | 0-374-52167-0 | Paperback | N | N | Hill and Wang | January 1, 1975 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : Semiotics | N | $10.20 | Review "Language was both a luxury and a discipline for Barthes. He pursued a subject through language until he cornered it, until its disguise fell away and it was revealed in a kind of epiphany. In his own way, he cleaned the face of Paris more thoroughly than Andre Malraux did when he ordered its buildings washed down to their original colors and arranged for lights to be played upon them. Musing on the kind of painting done by someone like Ingres, Barthes says that 'painters have left movement the amplified sign of the unstable . . . the solemn shudder of a pose impossible to fix in time . . . the motionless overvaluation of the ineffable.' This might also serve as his definition of classical French prose, and in order to escape its encroachment, Barthes prodded, squeezed and sniffed at language, like a great chef buying fruits and vegetables. He munched distinctions. His sentence rhythms were those of a man who talks with his hands."--Anatole Broyard | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | 271 | 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| HQ1206.B275 | Bartky, Sandra Lee | Femininity and Domination: Studies in the Phenomenology of Oppression (Thinking Gender) | 0-415-90186-3 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | January, 1991 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | New York | N | $24.95 | From Publishers Weekly In seven lucid, incisive essays written over a 15-year period, Bartky confronts some of the ways in which women can be disempowered by the society they nonetheless support. With uncompromising logic, she shows how feminism can be integrated into philosophy. "On Psychological Oppression" explores the reality of such oppression and the resulting alienation of the oppressed, and the similarities between the effects of sexism and those of racism and colonialism. "Feeding Egos and Tending Wounds" maintains that traditional heterosexual relationships keep women subservient through unequal exchange of women's emotional support for men's economic support. Women's acquiescence to their own sexual objectification and the inevitable failure of their efforts to match mass-marketed standards of beauty is discussed in terms of Marx's concept of alienation in "Narcissism, Femininity, and Alienation." Other pieces consider the complexities of "politically correct sexuality" and how Michel Foucault's perspectives can be brought into feminist dialogue. Bartky teaches philosophy at the University of Illinois. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Book Description Bartky draws on the experience of daily life to unmask the many disguises by which intimations of inferiority are visited upon women. She critiques both the male bias of current theory and the debilitating dominion held by notions of "proper femininity" over women and their bodies in patriarchal culture. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 305.42 20 | 1969-12-31 | Thinking Gender Series | 141 | Women -- Psychology, Femininity, Sex role, Patriarchy, Feminism | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.3 inches | ||||
| B945.J24 B37 | Barzun, Jacques | A Stroll With William James | 0-226-03866-1 | Paperback | N | N | University of Chicago Press | November, 1984 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Chicago | N | $4.45 | ABOUT THE BOOK Stroll with William James | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 191 19 | 1983 | 1970-01-21 | 344 | James, William, 1842-1910 | 24 cm. | ||||
| BL1243.78.S72 D6 | Bastin, Rohan | The Domain of Constant Excess: Plural Worship at the Munnesvaram Temples in Sri Lanka | 1-57181-252-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Berghahn Books | December 1, 2002 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | History : Asia : Sri Lanka | N | $69.95 | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 325 | 0.8 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | |||||||||
| BL48.B3713 | Bataille, Georges | Theory of Religion | 0-942299-08-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Zone Books | January 20, 1989 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | New York | N | $30.00 | Book Description Theory of Religion brings to philosophy what Bataille's earlier book, The Accursed Share, brought to anthropology and history; namely, an analysis based on notions of excess and expenditure. Bataille brilliantly defines religion as so many different attempts to respond to the universe's relentless generosity. Framed within his original theory of generalized economics and based on his masterly reading of archaic religious activity, Theory of Religion constitutes, along with The Accursed Share, the most important articulation of Bataille's work. Georges Bataille (1897-1962), founder of the French review Critique, wrote fiction and essays on a wide range of topics. His books in English translation include Story of the Eye, Blue of Noon, Literature and Evil, Manet and Erotism. Robert Hurley is the translator of The History of Sexuality by Michel Foucault and cotranslator of Anti Oedipus by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. Distributed for Zone Books. Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) | 2005-09-25 | Amazon | 200/.1 19 | 1989 | 2005-09-25 | 128 | Religion | 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| PQ2603.A695 A27 | Bataille, Georges | Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939 (Theory and History of Literature, Vol 14) | 0-8166-1283-8 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | June, 1985 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Essays : General | Minneapolis | N | $18.95 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 844/.912 19 | 1985 | 2005-10-15 | Theory and History of Literature Series | 271 | Bataille, Georges, 1897-1962 -- Translations into, English | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | |||
| B72.B37 | Bateson, Gregory | Angels Fear: Towards an Epistemology of the Sacred | 0-02-507670-1 | Hardcover | N | N | Macmillan Pub Co | May, 1987 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | New York | N | $8.50 | From Library Journal Bateson was working on this book when he died in 1980 but was nowhere near completing it; his daughter added chapters and other material that she is careful to identify as her own. Those looking for a neat, logical chain of argument will not find it here. Bateson combines ideas from a wide range of sourcescybernetics, communication theory, Jungian psychology, biology, philosophy, evolution theory, ethics, etc.in an attempt to bridge the gap between mind and matter, to present a unified view of nature and man. The discussion is suggestive but lacking in focus. Bateson's fans will love this; others may feel confirmed in their belief that his most important contribution lies elsewherein his theory of the "double bind." Leon H. Brody, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Lib., Washington, D.C. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 100 19 | 1987 | 1970-01-07 | 224 | Philosophy, Anthropology, Knowledge, Theory of, Religion | 24 cm. | ||||
| DU740 | Bateson, Gregory | Naven | 0-8047-0520-8 | Paperback | N | N | Stanford University Press | June, 1958 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | N | $15.72 | ABOUT THE BOOK Naven: A Survey of the Problems Suggested by a Composite Picture of the Culture of a New Guinea Tribe Drawn from Three Points of View | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1958 | 1970-01-07 | 312 | 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches | |||||||
| PN3365 | Baty, Chris | No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days | 0-8118-4505-2 | Paperback | N | N | Chronicle Books | September 30, 2004 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : General | San Francisco | N | $10.17 | Book Description Chris Baty, motivator extraordinaire and instigator of a wildly successful writing revolution, spells out the secrets of writing -- and finishing -- a novel. Every fall, thousands of people sign up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), which Baty founded, determined to (a) write that novel or (b) finish that novel in -- kid you not -- 30 days. Now Baty puts pen to paper himself to share the secrets of success. With week-specific overviews, pep "talks," and essential survival tips for today's word warriors, this results-oriented, quick-fix strategy is perfect for people who want to nurture their inner artist and then hit print! Anecdotes and success stories from NaNoWriMo winners will inspire writers from the heralding you-can-do-it trumpet blasts of day one to the champagne toasts of day thirty. Whether it's a resource for those taking part in the official NaNo WriMo event, or a stand-alone handbook for writing to come, No Plot? No Problem! is the ultimate guide for would-be writers (or those with writer's block) to cultivate their creative selves. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 808.3 22 | 2004 | 1970-01-21 | 176 | Fiction -- Authorship | 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches | ||||
| HB801.B38 | Baudrillard, Jean | For a Critique of the Political Economy of the Sign | 0-914386-24-7 | Paperback | N | N | Telos Press, Limited | June, 1981 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Business & Investing : General | St. Louis, MO. | N | $64.99 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 1981 | 2005-10-08 | 214 | Consumption (Economics) | 0.5 x 5.2 x 7.5 inches | |||||
| HB97.5.B343 | Baudrillard, Jean | Mirror of Production | 0-914386-06-9 | Paperback | N | N | Telos Press, Limited | June, 1975 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Business & Investing : General | N | $12.89 | ABOUT THE BOOK Mirror of Production | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 167 | 0.5 x 4.2 x 7.2 inches | ||||||||
| BD336.B38 1983 | Baudrillard, Jean | Simulations (Foreign Agents) | 0-936756-02-0 | Paperback | N | N | Semiotext | January 1, 1983 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Classics : Greek | New York City, N.Y., U.S.A. | N | $11.95 | Book Description one of postmod's founding texts, tr various hands Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1983 | 1970-01-21 | Foreign Agents Series | 169 | Resemblance (Philosophy), Reality | 7.1 x 4.6 x 0.4 inches | ||||
| HM291.B34 | Baudrillard, Jean | Symbolic Exchange and Death (Theory, Culture and Society Series) | 0-8039-8399-9 | Paperback | N | N | SAGE Publications | December 7, 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | London ; Thousand Oaks | N | $44.95 | Book Description Jean Baudrillard is one of the most celebrated and controversial of contemporary social theorists. Translated into English for the first time, this remarkable volume examines the full extent of his critical appraisal of social theories including traditional Marxism, cybernetics, ethnography, psychoanalysis, and feminist thought. In particular, it offers the most complete elaboration of Baudrillard's concept of the simulacrum and his reorientation of social theory toward the issues of fashion, the body, and death. Symbolic Exchange and Death, originally published in France in 1976, is a recognized classic and one of the most important sources for the redefinition of contemporary social thought. "Just when everyone is bored with Baudrillard, the academic establishment finally gets it together to translate the po-mo prophet's most important book. First published in 1976, this has appeared piecemeal in various guerrilla translations and already had its cultural effect. It's just a relief to get the full SP on the semiology of the death drive." -- I-D "This is easily Jean Baudrillard's most important work. It is a key intervention in the debates on modernity and postmodernity and the site of his postmodern turn. Anyone who wants to understand the complexity and provocativeness of Baudrillard's richest period must read this book." --Douglas Kellner, University of Texas at Austin | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 301/.01 20 | 2005-10-08 | Theory, Culture and Society Series | 272 | Social psychology, Value, Death, Symbolism (Psychology) | 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| BX7748.L3 B38 | Bauman, Richard | Let your Words be Few (Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture) | 0-521-27514-8 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | January 27, 1984 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : General | Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York | N | $1.50 | ABOUT THE BOOK Let Your Words Be Few: Symbolism of Speaking and Silence among Seventeenth Century Quakers | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 289.6 19 | 2005-10-08 | Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate C | 176 | Language and languages -- Religious aspects --, Society of Friends -- History -- 17th century, Pastoral theology -- Society of Friends, Society of Friends -- Doctrines, Silence -- Religious aspects -- Society of, Friends -- History -- 17th century | 24 cm. | ||||
| P35 | Bauman, Richard | Verbal Art As Performance | 0-88133-048-5 | Paperback | N | N | Waveland Press | January, 1984 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | N | $13.95 | Book Description This highly insightful and stimulating collection of relevant studies on verbal performance (artistic action and event), seen from the point of view of sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, folklore studies and semiotics, represents a clear assembly of perspective and methodology. The initial essay is succinct and suggestive, and the scope of the theory is exemplified by four supplementary essays. The book provides readers of folklore, anthropology, linguistics, or any field interested in performance and its verbal dimensions with excellent background material for a contrastive approach to narrative, ritual, and ceremonial forms of verbal behavior in different sociocultural settings. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 150 | 0.5 x 5.8 x 8.8 inches | ||||||||
| B2773.E5 B4 1993 | Beck, Lewis White | Critque of Practical Reason (3rd Edition) | 0-02-307753-0 | Paperback | N | N | Prentice Hall | November 30, 1992 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | New York | N | $14.67 | Book Description A new edition of a seminal text in the history of moral philosophy.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: German | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 170 20 | 1993 | 1970-01-21 | Library of Liberal Arts | 208 | Ethics, Practical reason | 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches | |||
| B802 | Becker, Carl | The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth-Century Philosophers (The Storrs Lectures Series) | 0-300-00017-0 | Paperback | N | N | Yale University Press | September 10, 1959 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | New Haven | N | $0.01 | Book Description Here a distinguished American historian challenges the belief that the eighteenth century was essentially modern in its temper. In crystalline prose Carl Becker demonstrates that the period commonly described as the Age of Reason was, in fact, very far from that; that Voltaire, Hume, Diderot, and Locke were living in a medieval world, and that these philosophers "demolished the Heavenly City of St. Augustine only to rebuild it with more up-to-date materials." In a new foreword, Johnson Kent Wright looks at the book's continuing relevance within the context of current discussion about the Enlightenment.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. From the Back Cover "Will remain a classic-a beautifully finished literary product."-Charles A. Beard, American Historical Review; "The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth-Century Philosophers remains one of the most distinctive American contributions to the historical literature on the Enlightenment. . . . [It] is likely to beguile and provoke readers for a long time to come."-Johnson Kent Wright, from the foreword--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 190/.9/033 20 | 1991 | 1970-01-07 | The Storrs Lectures Series | 192 | Philosophy, Modern -- 18th century, Philosophy and religion -- History -- 18th, century, History -- Philosophy -- History -- 18th, century | 8.0 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches | |||
| NX180.A77 S83 | Becker, Carol (Editor) | The Subversive Imagination: Artists, Society, and Social Responsibility | 0-415-90592-3 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | February, 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : Criticism | New York | N | $30.00 | From Publishers Weekly Debate about how artists express political content in their work "has been disappointingly constrained" in America, according to Becker in her introduction to this collection of essays by intellectuals and artists from a number of different nationalities and perspectives. Highlights of part one, "Personal Responsibility and Political Contingencies," include Page Dubois's discussion of autonomous art (as opposed to political art) as a relatively new idea and Kathy Acker's brassy parable of a post-modern writer struggling with her loss of belief in the possibility of "art in this culture." Part two, "Decolonizing the Imagination," features Becker's own prescription to read Marcuse as a "stronghold against the nihilism and denigration that at times threaten to engulf" our current sensibility; and Michael Eric Dyson's consideration of the "new black cinema" and its potential for effecting social change. The book ends in a section titled "Theorizing the Future," in which Henry Giroux's discussion of the false image of progressiveness in Benetton ads and B. Ruby Rich's first-person meditation on how the "old models for political engagement in art are not working" project views of an art world to come. While much of the language here is academic ("Rap developed as a relatively independent expression of black male artistic rebellion against the black bourgeois Weltanschauung "), the overall subject matter extends well beyond academe to post-revolutionary Czechoslovakia, an activist's prison life and struggling artists in Mexico City. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 700/.1/03 20 | 2005-11-20 | 258 | Artists and community, Artists -- Psychology | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | |||||
| JC251.H5372 B43 | Becker, Theodore L. | Live This Book: Abbie Hoffman's Philosophy for a Free and Green America | 0-9622683-9-9 | Paperback | N | N | Noble Pr | July, 1991 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | Chicago | N | $4.05 | ABOUT THE BOOK Live This Book: Abbie Hoffman's Philosophy for a Free and Green America | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 320.5/3/092 20 | 1991 | 1970-01-21 | 117 | Hoffman, Abbie | 0.5 x 5.5 x 8.8 inches | ||||
| N5970 .B4 | Beckwith, John | Early medieval art | N | N | Praeger | 1964 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Art, Medieval -- History | New York | N | Bibliography: p. 264-265. | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 709/.02/1 19 | 1970-04-16 | Praeger world of art series | 270 | Art, Medieval -- History | (part col.) map, plans. 22 cm. | |||||||
| NX165.B35 | Belgrad, Daniel | The Culture of Spontaneity : Improvisation and the Arts in Postwar America | 0-226-04190-5 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | October 1, 1999 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : General | N | $19.00 | From The Boston Review "Smart went crazy," Allen Ginsberg wrote in 1949. Detractors were eager to agree that the "culture of spontaneity" was a blind for neurotic misfits: the nihilist paint-dribbler, the nodding soloist, the sensation-addled writer who had "lost his eraser." Daniel Belgrad shows that for young artists coming out of the industrial indoctrination of the War, or spit from its corporatized propaganda offices, the political was not only personal but physical. (Trumpeter Tony Frusella knew what he was talking about when he quit Charlie Barnet's big band, calling it "just like the army.") Having unearthed the institutional, intellectual, and personal linkages of the period that earn his book its broad title, Belgrad has gone on to write a compelling narrative, putting living flesh on shorthand intuitions that connect North Beach to Black Mountain College, Fenollosa to Pollock, Jackson Lears's No Place of Grace to Todd Gitlin's The Sixties. While film and photography would seem to deserve a chapter more than ceramics does (Robert Frank, amazingly, goes unmentioned), the latter's inclusion suggests an acute historical eye at work, finding the keynotes of an era in activities from which the vain gaze of the present has silently shifted. Copyright © 1996, Boston Review. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 351 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| PG3325.B73 | Belknap, Robert | Structure of the Brothers Karamazov | 0-8101-0812-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Northwestern University Press | June 1, 1989 | 1 | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $17.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK The Structure of the Brothers Karamazov | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 114 | 0.5 x 5.5 x 8.8 inches | |||||||||
| BL600.B46 | Bell, Catherine M. | Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice | 0-19-506923-4 | Hardcover | N | N | Oxford University Press | January 1992 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Religion & Bibles : Ritual & Practices | New York | N | N/A | ABOUT THE BOOK Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice | 2005-10-04 | Barnes & Noble | 291.3/8 20 | 2005-10-04 | 288 | Ritual, Anthropology -- Methodology | 21 cm. | |||||
| BL600.B47 | Bell, Catherine M. | Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions | 0-19-511052-8 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | October, 1997 | 2 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : General | New York | N | $24.95 | Book Description From handshakes and toasts to chant and genuflection, ritual pervades our social interactions and religious practices. Still, few of us could identify all of our daily and festal ritual behaviors, much less explain them to an outsider. Similarly, because of the variety of activities that qualify as ritual and their many contradictory yet, in many ways, equally legitimate interpretations, ritual seems to elude any systematic historical and comparative scrutiny. In this book, Catherine Bell offers a practical introduction to ritual practice and its study; she surveys the most influential theories of religion and ritual, the major categories of ritual activity, and the key debates that have shaped our understanding of ritualism. Bell refuses to nail down ritual with any one definition or understanding. Instead, her purpose is to reveal how definitions emerge and evolve and to help us become more familiar with the interplay of tradition, exigency, and self- expression that goes into constructing this complex social medium. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 291.3/8 20 | 1997 | 2005-10-08 | 368 | Ritual, Religion | 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.0 inches | ||||
| BL60.B37 1991 | Bellah, Robert N. | Beyond Belief: Essays on Religion in a Post-Traditional World | 0-520-07394-0 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | July, 1991 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | Berkeley | N | $21.95 | Andrew M. Greeley, American Journal of Sociology "Anyone who is at all interested in the sociology of religion will want to own a copy of Beyond Belief if only to have access to 'Religious Evolution,' 'Civil Religion in America,' 'Transcendance in Contemporary Piety,' and 'Between Religion and Social Science.' . . . Most sociologists would not be brave enough to reveal the connection between their own deepest personal fears and longings of their professional work, and maybe most of us should not do so. But Bellah carries it off superbly. . . . His introduction notably improves the usefulness of the rest of the book, both as sociology of religion and as a record of the religion of a sociologist." John J. Mawhinney, Journal of Ecumenical Studies "[Beyond Belief] excellently illustrates the trends, methods and contributions which are being made today to the academic study of religion. It merits the careful attention of all who are seriously concerned about religion in contemporary society." | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 306.6 20 | 1970-01-21 | 320 | Religion and sociology, Religion and culture | 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches | |||||
| PZ3.B8647 Pe | Bely, Andrei | Petersburg | 0-253-20219-1 | Paperback | N | N | Indiana University Press | March, 1979 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | N | $19.95 | Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 1979 | 2005-11-20 | 384 | 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.0 inches | |||||||
| PG3453.B84 | Bely, Andrey | Solntse: izbrannye stikhotvoreniia | 5080009136 | Hardcover | N | N | "Detskaia literatura" | 1992 | 1 | Moscow | N | $10.00 | 2006-01-16 | 1991 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| BF531.B43 | Ben-Ze'ev, Aaron | The Subtlety of Emotions (Bradford Books) | 0-262-02463-2 | Hardcover | N | N | The MIT Press | February 25, 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Mental Health : Emotions | Cambridge, Mass. | N | $20.00 | From Library Journal Committed to the idea that scientific scrutiny can clarify common human experiences, Ben-Ze'ev, codirector of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Emotions at the University of Haifa, Israel, demystifies highly charged emotions like love, pride, fear, and disgust. The first section of this book focuses on the development of a general framework for understanding emotions, defined as adaptations to highly significant life changes. It presents a smorgasbord of ideas and testable hypotheses, followed by a virtual catalog of emotions that are analyzed according to the established framework. These chapters provide insights into diverse emotional quandaries like extramarital affairs, the reality of love at first sight, and the difference between jealousy and envy. Amusing aphorisms are sprinkled throughout the text. Interdisciplinary in scope, it evinces strong scholarship and coherent analysis. For those who like intellectual puzzles, this could be a very satisfying book covering a rapidly growing field, but it should have had tighter editing. Recommended for academic social science and philosophy collections. -Antoinette Brinkman, Southwest Indiana Mental Health Ctr. Lib., Evansville Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. Jonathan Ree, Los Angeles Times "all of us will be able to savor the brackish pleasure of finding ourselves pictured within." | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 152.4 21 | 2000 | 1970-04-16 | Bradford Book Series | 629 | Emotions, Affect (Psychology), Mood (Psychology) | 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches | |||
| HQ1190.S7813 | Benhabib, Seyla | Feminist Contentions: A Philosophical Exchange (Thinking Gender) | 0-415-91086-2 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | February, 1995 | 1 | 2.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | New York | N | $27.95 | Book Description This unique volume presents a debate between four of the top feminist theorists in the US today, discussing the key questions facing contemporary feminist theory, responding to each other, and distinguishing their views from others. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 305.42/01 20 | 1995 | 2005-10-08 | Thinking Gender Series | 160 | Feminist theory, Postmodernism -- Social aspects | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.5 inches | |||
| PN37.B4413 | BENJAMIN, WALTER | Illuminations | 0-8052-0241-2 | Paperback | N | N | Schocken | January 13, 1969 | 1 | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $10.20 | Book Description Studies on contemporary art and culture by one of the most original, critical and analytical minds of this century. Language Notes Text: English, German (translation) | 2005-04-30 | Amazon | 2005-04-30 | 288 | 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches | |||||||||
| PT2603.E455 A26 | Benjamin, Walter | Reflections | 0-8052-0802-X | Paperback | N | N | Schocken | March 12, 1986 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | New York | N | $10.88 | From Publishers Weekly An extraordinary collection of writings of a major modern thinker and cultural critic, this is a companion volume to Illuminations, edited by Hannah Arendt. Here Benjamin evolves a theory of language as the medium of all creation, discusses theater and surrealism, recounts Berlin in the '20s, recalls conversations with Brecht, provides travelogues of various cities, including Moscow under Stalin. PW called this "haunting, brilliant, modern." Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review "There has been no more original, no more serious critic and reader in our time." --George Steiner "Benjamin is a legitimate ancestor of much that for the moment is most alive in criticism." --The Nation "This book is just that: reflections of a highly polished mind that uncannily approximate the century's fragments of shattered traditions." - Time | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 834/.912 19 | c197 | 2005-10-15 | 400 | 8.1 x 5.2 x 1.1 inches | |||||
| PT2603.E455 P335 | Benjamin, Walter | The Arcades Project (Belknap) | 0-674-04326-X | Hardcover | N | N | Belknap Press | December 10, 1999 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Europe : France : General | Cambridge, Mass. | N | $49.95 | Amazon.com You could spend years trying to read Walter Benjamin's The Arcades Project--after all, he spent much of the last 13 years of his life doing the research. When he committed suicide in 1940, he destroyed his copy of the manuscript, and so for decades the work was believed lost. But another copy turned up, and Howard Eiland and Kevin McLaughlin have translated it into English. It is a complex, fragmentary work--more a series of notes for a book than a book itself--which probes the culture of the Paris arcades (a cross between covered streets and shopping malls) of the mid-19th century and the flaneur ("the man who walks long and aimlessly through the streets" in an "anamnestic intoxication [that] ... feeds on the sensory data taking shape before his eyes but often possesses itself of abstract knowledge--indeed, of dead facts--as something experienced and lived through"). The Arcades Project is, frankly, so dense a work that one hardly has enough time to glimpse fleetingly at its sections--over 100 pages of notes on Baudelaire alone!--before mentioning it to you, though one certainly looks forward to the opportunity to peruse it at leisure. From Publishers Weekly Because he was Jewish and a Marxist in Nazi Germany, history was against the great literary and cultural critic Walter Benjamin (1892-1940). His writings were left scattered in ephemeral publications, went unpublished or were simply left unfinished when, in 1940, the critic committed suicide because he believed that the Gestapo was about to seize him. In Germany, his works have been compiled and scrupulously edited, and now, at last, American readers too have access to his final, great unfinished work in an edition that is both well translated and helpfully annotated by the editor of the German edition, Rolf Tiedemann. In 1927, Benjamin began taking notes for a book that would critique the cultural, public, artistic and commercial life of Paris, a city Benjamin thought of as the "capital of the nineteenth century." The arcades of the title are the city's glass-covered shopping malls dating from that era. This edition is comprised of the fastidious notes he made for this never-completed study. Essentially, Benjamin was planning to write a prehistory of the 20th century. The lively arcades--colorful scenes of public mixing, modern shopping and quotidian activities of all sorts--figure as a focusing device. His ambition was to integrate a picture including advertising, architecture, department store shopping, fashion, prostitution, city planning, literature, bourgeois luxuries, slums, public transit, photography and much more. His perspective is largely Marxist, but not in any conventional or dogmatic sense. Benjamin's chief virtue is an uncanny originality of vision and insight that transcends the constraints of ideology. (Dec.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 944/.361081 21 | 2005-10-15 | 1088 | 10.3 x 7.0 x 2.3 inches | ||||||
| PT2603.E455 A26 | Benjamin, Walter | Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, Vol. 3, 1935-1938 | 0-674-00896-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Belknap Press | November, 2002 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Cambridge, Mass. | N | $25.17 | From Publishers Weekly Over the past few years, Harvard's systematic presentation of the work of German cultural critic Benjamin (1892-1940) has proved a revelation, including the first English translation of many minor texts that show him pioneering the denkbild (or prose "thought figure") that structures swaths of his work and, most wonderfully, the uncategorizable riches of The Arcades Project. This third of four planned volumes from MIT lecturer in literature Eiland and Jennings, professor of German at Princeton, offers two major texts that are new to English (translated from the German by various hands), as well as a fascinating re-translation of one of the cornerstones of Benjamin's reputation, here rendered as the essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility." The editors present the so-called "second version" of the essay, while the "third version" will appear in volume four; it's difficult to say at this point which will become the standard on campus for this oft-assigned text. But the real revelation is "Berlin Childhood around 1900," appearing for the first time in English, giving a window into the sophisticated phenomenological world of the young Benjamin as recalled by the older exile (and enhanced by several of the 12 halftones here). The piece takes its place alongside One-Way Street (volume one) and "A Berlin Chronicle" (volume two) as a major, short monograph-like work, though the two versions included here are somewhat confusingly presented. Other pieces will be familiar ("Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century"; "Brecht's Threepenny Novel"), but "German Men and Women," another short book in itself, won't be: this series of 27 letters dating from 1783 to 1883, selected and edited by Benjamin and published by the Frankfurter Zeitung in 1931-1932 (and as a book with introductory pieces by Benjamin in 1936), will be fascinating to anyone interested in Romantic literature and culture. In short, this is another splendid volume that will leave aficionados on campus and off awaiting the final installment. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 838/.91209 20 | 2005-10-15 | 480 | 9.4 x 6.6 x 1.2 inches | ||||||
| PT2603.E455 A26 | Benjamin, Walter | Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, Vol. 4, 1938-1940 | 0-674-01076-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Belknap Press | May, 2003 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Essays : General | Cambridge, Mass. | N | $25.17 | From Publishers Weekly The appearance of this volume marks the completion of a grand project, bringing a fully representative set of texts by German critic Benjamin (1892-1940) into English; volume 4 joins the first three installments along with The Arcades Project, Benjamin's massive set of meditations on 19th-century Paris. While this volume has fewer surprises than earlier sets, it does include the third and final version of "The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility"; the previously untranslated "Germans of 1789"; the famed, explosive "On the Concept of History"; "The Paris of the Second Empire of Baudelaire" (which introduces the figure of the flaneur); and, among other texts touching on Baudelaire, "Central Park," constructed of serial aphorisms and literary observations. A number of reviews and epistolary exchanges with Adorno give a fuller picture of this period, as does the fine chronology at the book's end. Eiland, lecturer in literature at MIT, and Princeton University German professor Jennings show Benjamin caught within a Europe convulsed by Nazism, placing him in exile in Denmark (with Brecht), in a transit camp on the outskirts of Paris and, finally, on the French-Spanish border. Benjamin's apparent suicide in a hotel on the Spanish side came after he was told that the border was closed and that his party would be returned to France the next day. These events are handled with extreme care by the editors, as are Benjamin's marvelous works, which remain inimitable and irreplaceable. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 838/.91209 20 | 1970-01-14 | 477 | 9.4 x 6.6 x 1.2 inches | ||||||
| PT2603.E455 A26 | Benjamin, Walter | Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, Volume 1, 1913-1926 (Walter Benjamin) | 0-674-94585-9 | Hardcover | N | N | Belknap Press | December 1, 1996 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Cambridge, Mass. | N | $41.14 | Amazon.com A leading German critic of his day and a member of the generation scarred by the First World War, Walter Benjamin's writing career was marked by deep philosophical insights and tumultuous emotional crises. His work has mostly been unavailable in English translations, but this collection marks the first of three proposed volumes of his essays. In his early work, we encounter Benjamin as an idealistic university student and come to see him commenting on the aesthetics of such subjects as morality in children's books, the uses of force and violence, and writers such as Goethe and Dostoyevsky. From Publishers Weekly Walter Benjamin's posthumous influence as philosopher and critic has grown since his suicide in 1940, when it appeared that his escape from France into Spain would end with deportation to a concentration camp. Brodersen's biography, awkwardly and sometimes impenetrably translated and edited, will do Benjamin's established reputation no harm while doing little to make his ideas more accessible. Born in Berlin in 1892, Benjamin outlasted WWI as a graduate student but was denied the essential postdoctoral Habilitation, which would have opened doors to an academic post. He made his way instead as a freelance critic. A working wife (from whom he was later divorced) and an allowance reluctantly continued by his father, a merchant, kept him going when he made little from his writings, which nevertheless brought him increasing respect from his peers, despite the pervasive anti-Semitism of his time. Expecting recognition to come slowly, he wrote wryly of his intellectual "wine cellar." In his lifetime, respect for his theories on the interdependence of language, politics and literature arose largely from his periodical contributions, some of them published after his death. Although Brodersen notes in a preface that he was refused access to documents by the writer's estate, the most valuable dimension of his book may be 187 reproductions of documents and pictures (captions alone seen by PW) that illuminate Benjamin's career and flesh out the inadequate text. While the biography furnishes some clues about the rivalries in perceptions and personalities within the German intelligentsia between the wars, extracting them is hard going. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 838/.91209 20 | 2005-10-15 | Walter Benjamin Series | 528 | 9.4 x 6.7 x 1.2 inches | |||||
| PT2603.E455 A26 | Benjamin, Walter | Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, Volume 2, 1927-1934 (Walter Benjamin) | 0-674-94586-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Belknap Press | June 17, 1999 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Cambridge, Mass. | N | $41.31 | Amazon.com A leading German critic from the generation of Europeans scarred by the First World War, Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) had a writing career marked by deep philosophical insights and tumultuous emotional crises. But until recently, most of his work was unavailable in English; the handful of essays that could be read in English, like "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," were undisputed classics, but the full spectrum of Benjamin's thought remained untapped. That has changed with Harvard University's publication of the multivolume Selected Writings. This second volume covers Benjamin's work from 1927 to 1934, the period in which he established himself as a leading public intellectual, and encompasses a wide variety of literary forms addressing an even wider variety of subject matter. From interviews with André Gide to film reviews of work by Chaplin and Eisenstein, from the autobiographical recollections of "A Berlin Chronicle" to his reflections on the cultural nostalgia for children's literature and toys, Benjamin wrote with perception and unflagging inquisitiveness. The editors have provided a chronological essay, which helps place the assembled writings in the context of Benjamin's life; the collection considered as a whole will undoubtedly be of vital importance to any scholar of modern European philosophy. From Library Journal Benjamin (1892-1940) was the last German Jewish intellectual. His great critical work encompasses three metaphysical themes: how things and people move from strangeness to become part of oneself; how the self endlessly changes; and how eternal solitude characterizes that self. This second volume of his selected writings (Vol. 1, LJ 2/15/97) covers all aspects of the time, with the great figures of European thought in the background. Surrealism, Russian films, Chaplin, Keller, Kafka, Gide, Proust, hashish, children's toys and literature, Hoffmansthal, travel, Goethe, Berlin life, radio talks, Stefan GeorgeAit is all here and all living. The notes are clear, and the chronology is an extended essay on Benjamin's life during these years and his profound relationships with Brecht and Scholem. Redemption was an important word in Benjamin's work, and his redemption is present in these critical essays and fragments. This volume cannot be praised too highly. Essential for academic and large public libraries.AGene Shaw, NYPL Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 838/.91209 20 | 1999 | 2005-10-15 | Walter Benjamin Series | 880 | 9.5 x 6.7 x 2.0 inches | ||||
| HQ1735.9.B46 | Bennett, Lynn | Dangerous Wives and Sacred Sisters: Social and Symbolic Roles of High-Caste Women in Nepal | 0-231-04665-0 | Paperback | N | N | Columbia Univ Pr | November 1989 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | N | $6.97 | ABOUT THE BOOK Dangerous Wives and Sacred Sisters: Social and Symbolic Roles of Women in Nepal | 1970-04-30 | Amazon | 1970-04-30 | 352 | |||||||||
| PN1590.A9 B48 | Bennett, Susan | Theatre Audiences: A Theory of Production and Reception | 0-415-15723-4 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | February, 1998 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Performing Arts : Theater : General | London ; New York | N | $36.95 | Book Description Susan Bennett's highly successful Theatre Audiences is a unique full-length study of the audience as cultural phenomenon. It considers both theories of spectatorship and the practices of different theatres and their audiences. Published here in a new updated edition, Theatre Audiences now includes a new preface by the author, a new chapter on intercultural theatre, a revised conclusion encompassing the influences of cultural materialism and psychoanalysis on audience theory, as well as an updated bibliography. A must for anyone interested in spectatorship and theatre audiences. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 792/.01 21 | 1970-01-21 | 280 | Theater audiences, Criticism, Reader-response criticism | 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches | |||||
| B4238.B43 | Berdiaev, Nikolai | Samopoznanie | 5289011153 | Paperback | N | N | Lenizdat | 1991 | 1 | Leningrad | N | $10.00 | 2006-01-16 | 0 | Philosophers -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography. | ||||||||||||
| BL60.B42 | Berger, Peter L. | The Sacred Canopy : Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion | 0-385-07305-4 | Paperback | N | N | Anchor | October 1, 1990 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | New York | N | $9.60 | Book Description This important contribution to the sociology of religion provides an analysis that clarifies the often ironic interaction between religion and society. Berger is noted for his concise and lucid style. From the Publisher This important contribution to the sociology of religion provides an analysis that clarifies the often ironic interaction between religion and society. Berger is noted for his concise and lucid style. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 306.6 20 | c196 | 2005-10-04 | 240 | Religion and sociology | 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| DK189.2.B47 | Berlin, Isaiah | Russian Thinkers (Pelican Books) | 0-14-022260-X | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Group (USA) | October 1979 | 1 | History : Europe | New York | N | $9.95 | Amazon.com Among the seven essays collected in Russian Thinkers is perhaps Isaiah Berlin's most famous work, "The Hedgehog and the Fox," which begins with an ancient Greek proverb ("The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing") before taking on Leo Tolstoy's philosophy of history, showing how Tolstoy "was by nature a fox, but believed in being a hedgehog." The other half dozen pieces examine other Russian writers and philosophers, including Alexander Herzen, Ivan Turgenev, and Mikhail Bakunin--although the latter, Berlin says, "is not a serious thinker. There are no coherent ideas to be extracted from his writings of any period, only fire and imagination, violence and poetry, and an ungovernable desire for strong sensations." Few, if any, English-language critics have written as perceptibly about Russian thought and culture as the Latvian-born Berlin, and the history covered in Russian Thinkers is a unique elaboration of Berlin's theses concerning the impact of ideas upon culture. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 947/.07 | 1970-01-14 | Pelican Ser. | 336 | Soviet Union -- Intellectual life -- 1801-1917, Intellectuals -- Soviet Union | 7.8 in x 5.3 in x 0.5 in | |||||
| ML3506.B475 1994 | Berliner, Paul F. | Thinking in Jazz : The Infinite Art of Improvisation (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Series) | 0-226-04381-9 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | October 17, 1994 | 4 | 4.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : Arts & Literature : Composers & Musicians : General | Chicago | N | $21.12 | From Library Journal This will certainly be the definitive source on improvisational jazz. A leader in the field, Berliner (ethnomusicology, Northwestern) covers all aspects of improvisation as art form, science, and way of life. Cutting no corners, he includes a vast range of article topics (from inspiration and arrangements to evaluation and audience interaction), music texts (from the 1920s to the present), artist interviews, and disc-, video-, and bibliographies. Of the caliber of Grove's Dictionary of Music, this book is no less important to any serious music collection. Practicing musicians will be satisfied by the text and musical examples, while lay readers will come to understand the significance of jazz in American history and culture. This extraordinary accomplishment is well worth the investment for all academic and large public libraries. Cynthia Ann Cordes, Onondaga Cty. P.L., Syracuse, N.Y. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2006-01-22 | Amazon | 781.65/136 20 | 2006-01-22 | Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Series | 904 | Jazz -- History and criticism, Improvisation (Music), Jazz musicians -- Interviews | 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.9 inches | ||||
| B2430.L484 R47 | Bernasconi, Robert | Re-Reading Levinas (Studies in Continental Thought) | 0-253-20624-3 | Paperback | N | N | Indiana University Press | May 1, 1991 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $26.95 | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 272 | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches | |||||||||
| NA6010.8.N4B40 | Bernier, Roland | The Temples of Nepal | N | N | 1 | N | 1970-05-16 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| BF175.4.R44 B46 | Bernstein, Richard J. | Freud and the Legacy of Moses | 0-521-63877-1 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | October 8, 1998 | 2 | 1.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Theology : Philosophy | N | $24.99 | Review "...this text is highly recommended...for all academic audiences." Religious Studies Review | 2005-05-02 | Amazon | 2005-05-02 | 168 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches | ||||||||
| DS486.S56 | Berreman, Gerald D. | Hindus of the Himalayas: Ethnography and Change | 0-520-02035-9 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | June, 1972 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Sirkanda, India | Berkeley | N | $1.59 | Book Description Gerald Berreman's ethnographic study of a hill village in India is widely regarded as a classic in the field of social anthropology. In this new edition, Berreman returns to this village after ten years to record the ethnographic continuity and change in village lifestyle. A new prologue adds important insights to the bases for the ethnographic descriptions and analyses by outlining the research conditions of this study. A new epilogue records Berreman's findings after revisiting the village--focusing on the trends found in the village and the surrounding region to draw implications for the country at large.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 301.29/54/2 | 1970-01-21 | Center for South and Southeast Asia Stud | 440 | Sirkanda, India, Ethnology -- India -- Uttar Pradesh, Villages -- India -- Uttar Pradesh | 23 cm. | ||||
| BQ4022.B47 | Berry, Thomas Mary | Buddhism | 0-8152-0384-5 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Crowell Co | 1975 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism | N | $3.50 | Book Description In an eloquent and informative style, Berry introduces the history and philosophy of Buddhism and provides general readers with a complete understanding of the Buddhist interpretation of earthly life and spiritual destiny.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 0 | |||||||||
| BR115.A8 B4713 | Besancon, Alain | The Forbidden Image : An Intellectual History of Iconoclasm | 0-226-04413-0 | Hardcover | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | May 7, 2001 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : General | Chicago | N | $34.68 | Book Description How did the representation of the divine come to be an issue of philosophical import? Why was the biblical proscription of "graven images" interpreted differently by Jews, Muslims, and Christians? How have modern thinkers and artists addressed notions of the sacred in the realm of art? The Forbidden Image traces the dual strains of "iconophilia" and iconoclasm, the privileging and prohibition of religious images, over a span of two and half millennia in the West. Philosophers and theologians have long engaged in intense debate and introspection over the representation of the deity, its possibilities and its proscriptions. Alain Besançon's work begins with a comprehensive examination of the status of the image in Greek, Judaic, Islamic, and Christian thought. The author then addresses arguments regarding the moral authority of the image in both Eastern and Western European Christianity from the medieval through the early modern periods, and analyzes the Roman Catholic Church's rhetorical use of images to educate and stir viewers to piety. Besançon completes The Forbidden Image with an examination of how iconophilia and iconoclasm have been debated in the modern period by thinkers as diverse as Calvin, Pascal, Kant, and Hegel, concluding the volume with a discussion of how these theological and intellectual currents have transformed European painting. Now available in English translation, The Forbidden Image is an in-depth study of a topic of long-standing philosophical, religious, and artistic significance. This highly acclaimed work will reach a new audience of readers in the fields of intellectual and art history, religion, and philosophy. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 291.2/18 21 | 2005-10-08 | 432 | Iconoclasm | 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches | |||||
| BL1411.J3 E38 SS | Beswick, Ethel | Jataka Tales | 8173031738 | Paperback | N | N | Pilgrims Publishing | June, 2002 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Mythology : General | N | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 115 | |||||||||||
| PK2598.B4 | Bezruchka, Stephen | Nepali for Trekkers: Language Tape and Phrase Book | 0-89886-311-2 | Audio Cassette | N | N | Mountaineers Books | March, 1992 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Formats : Books on Cassette : General | Seattle | N | $12.89 | Language Notes Text: English | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 491/.49 20 | 2005-11-20 | Trekking Ser. | 48 | Nepali language -- Glossaries, vocabularies,, etc, Nepali language -- Pronounciation, Nepali language -- Grammar | 7.8 x 4.5 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| PN761.H43 | Bhabha, Homi K. | The Location of Culture | 0-415-05406-0 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | February, 1994 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Political Science : Imperialism & Independence | London ; New York | N | $10.00 | Edward Said, Columbia University "Homi Bhabha is that rare thing, a reader of enormous subtlety and wit, a theorist of uncommon power. His work is landmark in the exchange between ages, genres, and cultures, the colonial, post-colonial, modernist and postmodern." Toni Morrison, Princeton University "Homi Bhabha is one of that small group occupying the front ranks of literary and cultural theoretical thought. Any serious discussion of postcolonial/postmodern scholarship is inconceivable without referencing Mr. Bhabha." | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 809/.93358 20 | 2005-11-20 | 285 | Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- History and, criticism, Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and, criticism, Imperialism in literature, Colonies in literature, Developing countries -- In literature, Culture conflict in literature, Politics a | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches | |||||
| PL4659.B436 | Bhairappa, Es. El | Vamshavriksha | 8185938768 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Manas | 1995 | 2 | 4.5 Stars | N | $14.65 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 261 | ||||||||||
| BL1495.T3 | Bharati, Agehananda | The Tantric Tradition | 0-87728-253-6 | Paperback | N | N | Red Wheel Weiser | September, 1975 | 1 | N | $8.35 | ABOUT THE BOOK Tantric Tradition | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 0 | |||||||||||
| BL1227.A1 B495 | Bhardwaj, Surinder Mohan | Hindu places of pilgrimage in India | 0-520-02135-5 | Unknown Binding | N | N | University of California Press | 1973 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | N | $20.00 | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 258 | |||||||||||
| DS349.9.D53B470 | Bhatt, Anita | The strategic role of Indian Ocean in world politics: The case of Diego Garcia | 8120203313 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Ajanta Publications | 1992 | 2 | 4.5 Stars | History : Asia | Delhi | N | $50.20 | Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-165) and index. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 182 | Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory) --, Strategic aspects, Indian Ocean Region -- Strategic aspects, Indian Ocean Region -- Politics and government | 23 cm. | ||||||
| BL1202 .B51313 | Biardeau, Madeleine | Hinduism: The Anthropology of a Civilization (French Studies in South Asian Culture and Society III) | 0-19-562409-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Oxford University Press, USA | July 1, 1990 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Religious | Delhi ; New York | N | $7.50 | Book Description Although the Hindu religion is often regarded as a mixture of many components, this translation of a major French study argues for the underlying unity of the many facets of Hinduism. Biardeau uses such socio-religious testimonies of Hindu civilization as archaeological monuments and literary texts of the past centuries to illustrate her point and shed new light on the religion and civilization which produced it. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 294.5 20 | 1970-04-16 | French Studies on South Asian Culture and Society Series | 196 | Hinduism | 23 cm. | ||||
| BQ9449.D657B53SS | Bielefeldt, Carl | Dogen's Manuals of Zen Meditation | 0-520-06835-1 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | September 1, 1990 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $19.95 | John R. McRae, Journal of Asian Studies "A long-awaited tour de force. Carl Bielefeldt focuses on a small and seemingly insignificant work by the famous Zen master Dogen Kigen (1200- 53) and coaxes from it an impressive number of important lessons about Chinese Ch'an, Japanese Zen, and the modern enterprise of Zen studies. . . . This book will be extremely useful in classes on the intellectual and religious histories of both China and Japan." Heinrich Doumoulin, Monumenta Nipponica "Bielefeldt's valuable contribution to Dogen research and beyond it to the history of Zen Buddhism is extremely rich in insightful perspectives and remarkable detail." | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 267 | 9.0 x 6.8 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| DK32.7 .B5 1966b | Billington, James H. | The icon and the axe; an interpretive history of Russian culture, by James H. Billington | N | N | Knopf | 1966 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Soviet Union -- Intellectual life | New York | N | Includes bibliographical references. | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 914.703 | 1970-04-16 | 0 | Soviet Union -- Intellectual life | , map, ports. 25 cm. | ||||||||
| B121 | Billington, Ray | Understanding Eastern Philosophy | 0-415-12965-6 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | January, 1997 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Eastern : General | London ; New York | N | $32.95 | Book Description Ray Billington explores the spirituality of Eastern thought and its differences from and relationships with the Western religious tradition by presenting the main principles of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Jainism and Confucianism. Billington discusses the central themes of religious philosophy, comparing Eastern and Western views of belief of God, the soul, moral decision-making, nature, faith and authority. He then challenges theism, particularly Christianity, with its belief in a personal God bestowing a certain version of "truth". He concludes that the universal mysticism characteristic of Eastern thought provides a more realistic and rewarding path. Download Description This book provides an accessible critical introduction to how some of the key philosophies of the East compare with those in the West.--This text refers to the Digital edition. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 181 21 | 2005-11-20 | 208 | Philosophy, Asian, Philosophy and religion | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches | |||||
| PZ5 .Q4 FT | Bischoff, David | Mandala | 0-425-06275-9 | Paperback | N | N | Berkley | October 1, 1983 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Science Fiction & Fantasy : Science Fiction : General | N | $0.01 | ABOUT THE BOOK Mandala | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | 1 | |||||||||
| HN670.9.A8 | Bista, Dor Bahadur | Fatalism and development: Nepal's struggle for modernization | 0-86311-245-5 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Sangam Books | 1991 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Business & Investing : Economics : Development & Growth | London | N | $5.75 | Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-187). In English. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 306/.095496 20 | 1970-01-21 | 187 | Nepal -- Social conditions, Nepal -- Economic conditions | 22 cm. | |||||
| BX8611.B537 | Bitton, Davis | The Ritualization of Mormon History and Other Essays | 0-252-02079-0 | Hardcover | N | N | University of Illinois Press | July 1, 1994 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Mormonism : General | N | $27.50 | 2005-04-15 | Amazon | 2005-04-15 | 194 | 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches | |||||||||
| GA108.7.B58 | Black, Jeremy | Maps and Politics | 0-226-05493-4 | Hardcover | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | February 11, 1998 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : World : General | Chicago | N | $42.50 | Book Description Do maps accurately and objectively present the information we expect them to portray, or are they instead colored by the political purposes of their makers? In this lively and well-illustrated book, Jeremy Black investigates this dangerous territory, arguing persuasively that the supposed "objectivity" of the map-making and map-using process cannot be divorced from aspects of the politics of representation. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 912 21 | 2005-10-08 | 188 | Cartography | 9.6 x 6.5 x 0.8 inches | |||||
| PR4141.E7 1981 | Blake, William | The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake | 0-385-15213-2 | Paperback | N | N | Anchor | April 16, 1982 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( B ) : Blake, William | Garden City, N.Y. | N | $16.29 | Book Description Since its first publication in 1965, this edition has been widely hailed as the best available text of Blake's poetry and prose. Now revised, if includes up-to-date work on variants, chronology of poems and critical commentary by Harold Bloom. An "Approved Edition" of the Center for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association. From the Publisher Since its first publication in 1965, this edition has been widely hailed as the best available text of Blake's poetry and prose. Now revised, if includes up-to-date work on variants, chronology of poems and critical commentary by Harold Bloom. An "Approved Edition" of the Center for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 821/.7 19 | 1970-01-21 | 1024 | 9.2 x 6.0 x 1.9 inches | ||||||
| PN45.B42413 | Blanchot, Maurice | The Space of Literature: A Translation of L'Espace Litteraire | 0-8032-6092-X | Paperback | N | N | University of Nebraska Press | November, 1989 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( B ) : Blanchot, Maurice | N | $23.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Space of Literature: A Translation of "L'espace Litteraire" FROM THE PUBLISHER The Space of Literature, first published in France in 1955, is central to the development of Blanchot's thought. In it he reflects on literature and the unique demand it makes upon our attention. Thus he explores the process of reading as well as to nature of artistic creativity, while considering the relation of the literary work to time, to history, and to death. This book consists not so much in the application of a critical method or the demonstration of a theory of literature as in a patiently deliberate meditation upon the literary experience, informed most notably by studies of Mallarme, Kafka, Rilke, and Holderlin. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | 279 | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| DT469.M277 M473 | Bloch, Maurice | Ritual, History and Power : Selected Papers in Anthropology (London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology) | 0-485-19658-1 | Paperback | N | N | Berg Publishers | February 1, 1989 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | London ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ | N | $47.98 | Book Description A collection of some of Maurice Bloch's most important work, including influential essays on power, hierarchy, death and fertility. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 306/.0969/1 19 | 1970-01-21 | London School of Economics Monographs On | 292 | Merina (Malagasy people), Cognition and culture -- Madagascar, Ethnology -- Philosophy, Ethnology -- Madagascar, Madagascar -- Social life and customs | 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches | ||||
| PN1031 | Bloom, Harold | The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry (Galaxy Book; GB 426) | 0-19-501896-6 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | March, 1975 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | London ; New York | N | $1.48 | Book Description Harold Bloom's The Anxiety of Influence has cast its long shadow of influence since it was first published in 1973. Through an insightful study of Romantic poets, Bloom puts forth his central vision of the relations between tradition and the individual artist. His argument that all literary texts are a strong misreading of thise that precede them had an enormous impact on the practice of deconstruction and poststructuralist literary theory. The book remains a central work of criticism for all students of literature. Written in a moving personal style, anchored by concrete examples, and memorable quotes, this second edition of Bloom's classic work maintains that the anxiety of influence cannot be evaded--neither by poets nor by responsible readers and critics. A new Introduction, centering upon Shakespeare and Marlowe, explains the genesis of Bloom's thinking, and the subsequent influence of the book on literary criticism of the past twenty years Here, Bloom asserts that the anxiety of influence comes out of a complex act of strong misreading, a creative interpretation he calls "poetic misprision." The influence-anxiety does not su much concern the forerunner but rather is an anxiety achieved in and by the story, novel, play, poem, or essay. In other words, without Keats's reading of Shakespeare, Milton, and Wordsworth, we could not have Keats's odes and sonnets and his two Hyperions. This new edition is certain to find a responsive audience among the new generation of scholars, students, and layreaders interested in the Bloom canon.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 809.1 | 1969-12-31 | A Galaxy Book ; Gb 426 | 157 | Poetry | 0.5 x 5.2 x 8.0 inches | ||||
| CB88.B5613 | Blumenberg, Hans | The Legitimacy of the Modern Age (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought) | 0-262-52105-9 | Paperback | N | N | The MIT Press | October 21, 1985 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Europe : Germany : General | N | $43.14 | Book Description In this major work, Blumenberg takes issue with Karl Löwith's well-known thesis that the idea of progress is a secularized version of Christian eschatology, which promises a dramatic intervention that will consummate the history of the world from outside. Instead, Blumenberg argues, the idea of progress always implies a process at work within history, operating through an internal logic that ultimately expresses human choices and is legitimized by human self-assertion, by man's responsibility for his own fate. Hans Blumenberg is professor of philosophy at the University of Münster. The Legitimacy of the Modern Age is included in the series Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought, edited by Thomas McCarthy. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 1985 | 2005-10-08 | German Social Thought Series | 728 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.6 inches | ||||||
| GV1835.B64 1988 | Bogdan, Robert | Freak Show : Presenting Human Oddities for Amusement and Profit | 0-226-06312-7 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | May 15, 1990 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : Culture | N | $15.30 | Book Description From 1840 until 1940, freak shows by the hundreds crisscrossed the United States, from the smallest towns to the largest cities, exhibiting their casts of dwarfs, giants, Siamese twins, bearded ladies, savages, snake charmers, fire eaters, and other oddities. By today's standards such displays would be considered cruel and exploitative--the pornography of disability. Yet for one hundred years the freak show was widely accepted as one of America's most popular forms of entertainment. Robert Bogdan's fascinating social history brings to life the world of the freak show and explores the culture that nurtured and, later, abandoned it. In uncovering this neglected chapter of show business, he describes in detail the flimflam artistry behind the shows, the promoters and the audiences, and the gradual evolution of public opinion from awe to embarrassment. Freaks were not born, Bogdan reveals; they were manufactured by the amusement world, usually with the active participation of the freaks themselves. Many of the "human curiosities" found fame and fortune, becoming the celebrities of their time, until the ascent of professional medicine transformed them from marvels into pathological specimans. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 336 | 9.2 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| PG2112.B58 | Bogojavlensky, Marianna | Russian Review Grammar | 0-89357-096-6 | Paperback | N | N | Slavica Publishers | June 1982 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : Foreign Language : Russian | N | $19.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Russian Review Grammar | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | 450 | 1.2 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | ||||||||
| PR6052.O35 O98 | Boland, Eavan | Outside History: Selected Poems, 1980-1990 | 0-393-30822-7 | Paperback | N | N | W. W. Norton & Company | September, 2001 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | N | $11.16 | From Publishers Weekly With this volume Boland, an Irish poet, establishes herself as an important voice in contemporary poetry. Through close attention to the specific details of women's domestic lives, she transcends minutiae and gives shape to the larger emotions and truths of those lives. In "Woman in Kitchen,"sic where the "tropic of the dryer tumbling clothes / the round lunar window of the washer / . . . in a room white and quiet as a mortuary," she exposes the inner vitality of her subject by evoking the exterior. The theme of both the creative and the imprisoning power of myth recurs throughout. In the excellent title sequence, Boland explores the movement of women from myth to history, evoking the painful awareness implicit in any move toward self-determination: "Out of myth into / history I move to be / part of that ordeal / whose darkness is / only now reaching me from the field." Her sharpened skill with language, rhythm and form permeates each poem in a collection that is a delight to ear and mind. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Library Journal This is the first book that the Irish poet Boland has published in America. The poems, slackly composed, consist largely of shopworn prose clunkily parsed into lines: "Listen. This is the noise of myth. It makes/ the same sound as shadow. Can you hear it?" Her perspective on the world is self-referential to the point of narcissism; in one poem she informs us that she is wearing "a denim skirt,/ a blouse blended in/ by the last light," in another that she was "a nine-year-old in high fawn socks," in yet another that she attended "a school where all the children wore darned worsted." Boland also attempts to go mythic, with occasionally risible results: "Look at me, says the tree./ I was a woman once like you,/ full-skirted, human."-- Frank Lepkowski, Oakland Univ. Lib., Rochester, Mich. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1990 | 1970-01-14 | 160 | 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches | |||||||
| BL1005.D5313 | Bonnefoy, Yves (Compiler) | Asian Mythologies | 0-226-06456-5 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | May 15, 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : General | Chicago | N | $28.95 | Book Description These 130 articles explore mythologies in societies from India to Japan. Among the many topics are Buddhist and Hindu symbolic systems, myth in pre-Islamic Iran, Indonesian rites of passage, Chinese cosmology and demons, and Japanese conceptions of the afterlife and the "vital spirit." The mythological traditions of Turkey, Korea, Tibet, and Mongolia are also included. "The almost 100 contributors combine, with characteristic precision and élan, the arts of science and poetry, of analysis and translation. The result is a treasury of information, brilliant guesswork, witty asides, and revealing digressions. This is a work of genuine and enduring excitement."--Thomas D'Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 291.1/3/095 20 | 1993 | 1970-01-21 | 400 | Mythology, Asian -- Encyclopedias | 11.0 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| Q180.55.M4B66 RR | Booth, Wayne | The Craft of Research | 0-226-06584-7 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | October 2, 1995 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : Education : Research | N | $0.32 | Amazon.com Skillfully done, research can be the solid cornerstone of your term paper (or dissertation, essay, or article); inadequately executed, it can cause your whole project to crumble and fall. Yet essential as research is to the ultimate success of your work, performing it is not an innate talent. The precepts, steps, and skills of solid research are readily acquired if you spend some time with The Craft of Research before you start on your outlines and thesis statements. Written by three distinguished professors in 1995, published by the University of Chicago, and winner of the 1995-96 Critics' Choice Award, The Craft of Research teaches how to plan, carry out, and report on research for any field and at any level. Aimed at assisting student researchers, from raw beginners to accomplished graduate and professional students, the book shows how to choose a topic, plan and organize research, and how to draft and revise a report of findings such that a convincing solution is offered to a significant problem. The Craft of Research is more than just another instruction manual getting you from topic to outline to notes to report. Recognizing that good research is rarely a simple, sequential procedure, but is instead a complex and intricate process, it discusses the subtle ways in which asking questions about your topic can influence how you draft your report, how a quality introduction can send you back to the library, and how the process of drafting can highlight flaws in your argument that need to be addressed. Clear and explicit, sophisticated and practical, The Craft of Research encourages high standards of scholarly achievement, and spells out the steps by which to get there. --Stephanie Gold | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 301 | 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| PN1064.B67 2000 | Borges, Jorge Luis | This Craft of Verse (Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) | 0-674-00290-3 | Hardcover | N | N | Harvard University Press | September 1, 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( B ) : Borges, Jorge Luis | Cambridge, Mass. | N | $25.00 | From Publishers Weekly The Norton lectures at Harvard retain their prestige, even though the annual speakers rarely achieve the general interest of such past invitees as Igor Stravinsky and Leonard Bernstein. Ten years ago the venerable Ashbery (Your Name Here; Forecasts, July 24) returned to his undergraduate alma mater to give the customary six lectures, here retouched and presented with documentation. They deal with "certifiably minor" writers whom Ashbery, as a self-confessed nonscholar, feels more at ease in discussing: John Clare, Thomas Lovell Beddoes, Raymond Roussel, John Wheelwright, Laura Riding, and David Schubert. He relies heavily on the lives of the arid Boston Brahmin poet Wheelright and depression-era American Schubert for entree into their work, and, in the case of all the writers, liberally invokes secondary sources. The lectures themselves are unlikely to raise strong objections or reapprisals, as the Schubert particularly seems designed to do, but Ashbery's fans will appreciate a look into his reading. Borges's lectures from 1967-68, posthumously transcribed, retread familiar critical territory for the poet and maker of masterly Ficciones. Although titles like "The Riddle of Poetry," "The Telling of the Tale," and "Thought and Poetry," hold abstract promise, these are the sort of musings on literature that Borges carefully kept out of his diamondlike stories but allowed into much of his critical prose: wistful, retro, and slightly befuddled, such as when Borges cites The Arabian Nights in the middle of a paragraph about Jewish mysticism or calls Oscar Wilde "a writer for boys." The stilted afterword by Mihailescu, a professor of modern languages at the University of Western Ontario, doesn't help. The delay in the issuing of these two books already boded poorly; their release now seems perfunctory. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal For Borges (1899-1986), the central fact of life was the existence of words and their potential as building blocks of poetry. In this series of six long-forgotten lectures given at Harvard more than 30 years ago, he insists that reading (in English, primarily) gave him more pleasure than writing. Most of his examples are taken from English-speaking writers, such as Shakespeare, Keats, Byron, Whitman, and Frost. Borges developed a passion for the study of Old English, with its abundant metaphors, harsh beauty, and deep feeling (though not, he admits, for its deep thought). He dislikes the history of literature, which he feels demeans individual works, and he is generally wistful for a future when we are no longer overburdened by history. He champions the primacy of storytelling and prefers the epic to the novel, which he finds "padded." He also argues that one of the great poverties of our time is that we no longer believe in happiness and success and that happy endings seem commercial or staged. Some of his ideas are quirky, but it's still a privilege to have access to one of the most distinctive literary voices of the century. Recommended.DJack Shreve, Allegany Coll. of Maryland, Cumberland Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2006-01-22 | Amazon | 809.1 21 | 2006-01-22 | Charles Eliot Norton Lectures Series | 154 | Poetry -- History and criticism | 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| DS340 .B66 1998b | Bose, Sugata | Modern South Asia History, Culture, Political Economy | 0-19-564891-9 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | 2001 | 1 | N | $21.95 | 2005-04-30 | Amazon | 2005-04-30 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| DS340.B66 | Bose, Sugata | Modern South Asia: History, Culture, and Political Economy | 0-415-16952-6 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | March 1, 1998 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | History : Asia : General | N | $7.49 | 2005-05-02 | Amazon | 2005-05-02 | 320 | 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches | |||||||||
| HM24.B669 | Bourdieu, Pierre | An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology | 0-226-06741-6 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | July 15, 1992 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | Chicago | N | $24.00 | Book Description Over the last three decades, the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu has produced one of the most imaginative and subtle bodies of social theory and research of the post war era. Yet, despite the influence of his work, no single introduction to his wide-ranging oeuvre is available. This book, intended for an English-speaking audience, offers a systematic and accessible overview, providing interpretive keys to the internal logic of Bourdieu's work by explicating thematic and methodological principles underlying his work. The structure of Bourdieu's theory of knowledge, practice, and society is first dissected by Loic Wacquant; he then collaborates with Bourdieu in a dialogue in which they discuss central concepts of Bourdieu's work, confront the main objections and criticisms his work has met, and outline Bourdieu's views of the relation of sociology to philosophy, economics, history, and politics. The final section captures Bourdieu in action in the seminar room as he addresses the topic of how to practice the craft of reflexive sociology. Throughout, they stress Bourdieu's emphasis on reflexivity--his inclusion of a theory of intellectual practice as an integral component of a theory of society--and on method--particularly his manner of posing problems that permits a transfer of knowledge from one area of inquiry into another. Amplified by notes and an extensive bibliography, this synthetic view is essential reading for both students and advanced scholars. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 301 20 | 2005-10-08 | 348 | Sociology, Bourdieu, Pierre | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches | |||||
| DC33.7.B6513 | Bourdieu, Pierre | Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste | 0-674-21277-0 | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | September, 1987 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Aesthetics | N | $27.95 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 613 | 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches | ||||||||
| P106.B6813 | Bourdieu, Pierre | Language and Symbolic Power | 0-674-51041-0 | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | March, 1993 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : General | N | $29.95 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | 320 | 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| DT298.K2 B6913 | Bourdieu, Pierre | Outline of a Theory of Practice (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) | 0-521-29164-X | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | June 2, 1977 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : General | Cambridge ; New York | N | $23.99 | Book Description A translation of the study in which Bourdieu develops the theory for his empirical work, based on fieldwork in Kabylia, Algeria. Book Description Outline of a theory of practice is recognized as a major theoretical text on the foundations of anthropology and sociology. Pierre Bourdieu, a distinguished French anthropologist, develops a theory of practice which is simultaneously a critique of the methods and postures of social science and a general account of how human action should be understood. With his central concept of the habitus, the principle which negotiates between objective structures and practices, Bourdieu is able to transcend the dichotomies which have shaped theoretical thinking about the social world. The author draws on his fieldwork in Kabylia (Algeria) to illustrate his theoretical propositions. With detailed study of matrimonial strategies and the role of rite and myth, he analyses the dialectical process of the 'incorporation of structures' and the objectification of habitus, whereby social formations tend to reproduce themselves. A rigorous consistent materialist approach lays the foundations for a theory of symbolic capital and, through analysis of the different modes of domination, a theory of symbolic power. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 301.2 | 2005-10-08 | Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Series | 224 | Kabyles, Ethnology | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| PN45.B68 | Bourdieu, Pierre | Rules of Art: Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field (Meridian-Crossing Aesthetics) | 0-8047-2627-2 | Paperback | N | N | Stanford University Press | August, 1996 | 1 | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | Stanford, CA | N | $16.35 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics Series | 408 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.3 inches | |||||||
| GN468.B68130 | Bourdieu, Pierre | The Logic of Practice | 0-8047-2011-8 | Paperback | N | N | Stanford University Press | August, 1992 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Research | N | $16.47 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 337 | 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches | ||||||||
| BP63.I52 S893 | Bowen, John Richard | Muslims through Discourse | 0-691-02870-2 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | April 19, 1993 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : General | Princeton, N.J. | N | $34.95 | Review Bowen's observations that anthropologists, historians of religion, and other scholars of Islam have neglected the study of Islamic ritual practice, and that Indonesianists have for too long neglected the study of Islamic textual traditions, point to significant problems in all of these fields. It is hoped that Bowen's work will inspire Islamicists to pay greater attention to the varieties of Muslim ritual practice and inspire Indonesianists to consider more seriously the importance of the Islamic textual tradition in what is, after all, the world's most populous Muslim society. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 297/.09598/1 20 | 1993 | 1969-12-31 | 376 | Gayo (Indonesian people) -- Religious life and, customs, Islam -- Indonesia -- Sumatra, Sumatra (Indonesia) -- Social life and customs | 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| BF173.B72 | Bowie, Malcolm | Lacan | 0-674-50853-X | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | March, 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | N | $37.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Lacan FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Bowie (French language and literature, U. of London) traces the development of famed French psychoanalyst Lacan's (1901-1981) ideas over the 50-year span of his writing and teaching career, focusing on the mutations in Lacan's interpretation of Freud. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 244 | 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| DK266.4.B69 | Boym, Svetlana | Common Places: Mythologies of Everyday Life in Russia | 0-674-14626-3 | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | December, 1994 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | Cambridge, Mass. | N | $55.00 | From Library Journal Visitors and outsiders have long lamented that the real lives of Soviet citizens were hidden behind a veil of official rhetoric. The private self was kept separate from the public self as a sort of defensive or coping mechanism. Boym (humanities, Harvard), who was raised in Leningrad but has lived in the West for 13 years, analyzes the dichotomy between the common meeting places of public life and the no-places of private life and discerns a cultural tradition that still persists. Her themes are the communal apartment (which deprived all residents of a private life), graphomania (the compulsion to bad writing), and the spiritual self in Russian philosophy. Examples are drawn from film, literature, painting, and philosophy of the 19th and, primarily, 20th centuries. Appropriate for academic and specialized collections. Marcia L. Sprules, Council of Foreign Relations Lib., New York Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 947.08 20 | 2005-11-20 | 356 | Soviet Union -- Social life and customs, Russia (Federation) -- Social life and customs, Popular culture -- Soviet Union, Popular culture -- Russia (Federation) | 9.2 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | |||||
| PN56.D4 B6 | Boym, Svetlana | Death in Quotation Marks : Cultural Myths of the Modern Poet (Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature) | 0-674-19427-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Harvard University Press | March 1, 1991 | 1 | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling | Cambridge, Mass | N | $55.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Death in Quotation Marks: Cultural Myths of the Modern Poet, Vol. 41 | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 809.1/9354 20 | 1991 | 1970-01-14 | Harvard Studies in Comparative Literatur | 304 | Death in literature, Survival in literature, Authors -- Psychology, Criticism, Textual, Psychology in literature, Literature, Modern -- History and criticism | 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.0 inches | ||||
| CB427.B67 2001 | Boym, Svetlana | The Future of Nostalgia | 0-465-00708-2 | Paperback | N | N | Basic Books | March 26, 2002 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : By Topic : Memory | N | $12.32 | From Publishers Weekly The future of nostalgia isn't what it used to be, or at least it won't be once this book starts making its way through academic circles. A sort of training manual for the wistful, Boym's book alternates "between critical reflection and storytelling, hoping to grasp the rhythm of longing, its enticements and entrapments"; along the way, the author not only gives new life to an old idea but also offers a number of original terms that can be used to describe the experience. The first part of Boym's study surveys the history of nostalgia as a disease and introduces two varieties, a "restorative nostalgia" that may contain conspiratorial elements (the notion that a certain "they" have destroyed "our" homeland, for example), and a "reflective nostalgia" that leads to a sense of not being able to go home again. Part two deals with postcommunist cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg (where Boym, now a Harvard professor of Slavic and comparative literature, worked as a tour guide in the late '70s) and may be of more interest to pure Russophiles than to intellectuals in general. The book's third and final section examines the work of Nabokov, Brodsky and other artists whom Boym calls, in her most useful contribution to critical vocabulary, "off-modern." Neither modern nor postmodern, these artists (and their ranks include such odd ducks from the last century as Igor Stravinsky, Walter Benjamin, Julio Cort zar and Georges Perec) "explore side shadows and back alleys rather than the straight road of progress." Thus the past may be conceptualized in any number of ways, and apparently, at least according to the author, the only truly pernicious nostalgia is the prefabricated, Disney-fied kind that keeps one from thinking about the future. Otherwise, says Boym, the sky, whether it's the one you see overhead or the one you remember, is the limit. (Apr.) Forecast: This is an interesting addition to cultural history, but a bit esoteric, and is unlikely to find a readerhip outside of the literati. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal The current U.S. craze for nostalgia runs from automobiles (the PT Cruiser) to fashion (the return of bell-bottoms) to television (TV Land reruns). Despite modern technology and conveniences, we enjoy looking back to yesterday. Boym (Slavic and comparative literature, Harvard Univ.; Death in Quotation Marks) divides her study of nostalgia into three parts. In the first section, she examines the history of nostalgia, once seen as an ailment to be cured. The second part focuses on cities, specifically Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Berlin, and on post-Communist memories. In Part 3, Boym probes what she calls the stories of exile, looking at the writings of Vladimir Nabokov, Joseph Brodsky, and others who wrote of lost homes. She also examines how nostalgia affects us today, citing movies like Jurassic Park and the subsequent interest in dinosaurs. This multifaceted work gives the reader much to ponder in regard to what we hold dear. Recommended for larger public libraries and academic collections. Ron Ratliff, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 1970-01-28 | 432 | 8.9 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches | ||||||||
| PN3355.B7 | Brande, Dorothea | Becoming a Writer | 0-87477-164-1 | Paperback | N | N | Jeremy P. Tarcher | March, 1981 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | Los Angeles | N | $9.95 | Amazon.com Even in 1934, Dorothea Brande knew that most writers didn't need another book on "technique" -- and this, before so many more would be published. No, she realized, as John Gardner notes in his foreword, "the root problems of the writer are personality problems," and thus her wise book is designed to simply help you get over yourself and start writing, with techniques ranging from a simple declaration to write every day at a fixed time -- no matter what -- to exercises that come close to inventing the TM and self-actualization movements that would follow a few decades later. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 808.3 19 | 2005-11-20 | 186 | Fiction -- Technique, Authorship | 8.0 x 5.0 x 0.5 inches | |||||
| GT4814.T95 B7 | Brandes, Stanley H. | Power and Persuasion: Fiestas and Social Control in Rural Mexico | 0-8122-1253-3 | Paperback | N | N | University of Pennsylvania Press | January, 1988 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Holidays | Philadelphia | N | $19.95 | Book Description In "Power and Persuasion" Stanley Brandes demonstrates how the annual fiesta cycle reflects political dependency of local communities on the nation-state, helps maintain formal authority, and perpetuates behavioral norms and social values. The main focus of Brandes's analysis is Tzintzuntan, in rural Mexico. Two primary mechanisms serve to maintain order in this community: power, ie., the coercive influence of formally constituted organs of Church and State, and persuasion, i.e., the totality of informal pressures and instructive procedures that lead people to conduct their lives with regard to particular standards. Through symbolic analysis, Brandes demonstrates how the principles of cultural organization can be found in the Tzintzuntan fiesta cycle. The fiestas are complex events; their very organization requires a good deal of social maneuvering, which calls into operation a series of power hierarchies and makes salient certain core values. At the same time, fiestas themselves affirm and validate the system that gave rise to them. Not only do they solidify authority relations, both official and unofficial, but they also clarify and reinforce the norms by which orderly social life may be conducted. "Power and Persuasion" is of interest to students of anthropology, contemporary Latin American studies, religion and ritual, symbolism, and politics. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 394.2/6972/37 19 | 1988 | 2005-11-20 | 228 | Festivals -- Mexico -- Tzintzuntzan, Social control -- Case studies, Tzintzuntzan (Mexico) -- Social life and, customs, Tarasco Indians -- Social life and customs, Indians of Mexico -- Mexico -- Tzintzuntzan --, Social life and customs | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| P106.B6938 2000 | Brandom, Robert B. | Articulating Reasons: An Introduction to Inferentialism | 0-674-00158-3 | Hardcover | N | N | Harvard University Press | May 26, 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Epistemology | Cambridge, Mass. | N | $45.00 | From Library Journal This is a meta-linguistic study of meaning, for Brandom (philosophy, Univ. of Pittsburgh) wants to know the meaning of "meaning." We normally take each other to mean things by what we say, and Brandom wants to determine in what this "taking to mean" consists. This leads him to an analysis of conceptualization and then to an inquiry into what separates concept users from non-concept users. He concludes that in making claims and in giving and asking for reasons, concept users show mastery over the inferences that are logically entailed in the concepts. Non-concept usersDparrots in one illustrationDcannot do this. Meaning, then, appears to consist in the application and understanding of concepts and is limited to beings with a certain cognitive apparatus. This synopsis is a bit disingenuous; Brandom deals throughout with most of the central issues in contemporary analytic philosophy, and the level of discourse is highly technical. It is likely that only readers well versed in the subject will find this accessible.DLeon H. Brody, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Lib., Washington, DC Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review Jürgen Habermas : Displaying a sovereign command of the intricate discussion in the analytic philosophy of language, Brandom manages successfully to carry out a program within the philosophy of language that has already been sketched by others, without losing sight of the vision inspiring the enterprise in the important details of his investigation ... Using the tools of a complex theory of language, Brandom succeeds in describing convincingly the practices in which the reason and autonomy of subjects capable of speech and action are expressed. | 1970-04-30 | Amazon | 121/.68 21 | 2000 | 1970-04-30 | 240 | Language and languages -- Philosophy, Semantics (Philosophy), Inference, Reasoning, Language and logic, Expression (Philosophy) | 8.4 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| HM101.B72 | Brantlinger, Patrick | Crusoe's Footprints: Cultural Studies in Britain and America | 0-415-90284-3 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | June, 1990 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | New York | N | $30.95 | Book Description "Cultural Studies" has emerged in British and American higher education as a movement that challenges the traditional humanities and social science disciplines. Influenced by the New Left, feminism, and poststructualist literary theory, cultural studies seeks to analyze everday life and the social construction of "subjectivities." Crusoe's Footprints encompasses the movement of many colleges and universities in the 1960s towards such interdisciplinary and "radical" programs as American Studies, Women's Studies, and Afro-American Studies. Brantlinger also examines the role of feminist criticism which has been particularly crucial in both Britain and the U.S. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 306/.07/041 20 | 2005-10-08 | 224 | Culture -- Study and teaching -- United States, Culture -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches | |||||
| DS480.84.B67 | Brass, Paul R. | The Politics of India since Independence (The New Cambridge History of India) | 0-521-45970-2 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | September 8, 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Asia : General | Cambridge [England] ; New York | N | $34.99 | Book Description A comprehensive and up-to-date study of the major political, cultural and economic changes in India during the past 45 years. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 320.954 20 | 2005-10-08 | New Cambridge History of India Series | 400 | India -- Politics and government -- 1947- | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| BQ5125.M3B7313FF | BRAUEN, MARTIN | The Mandala | 1-57062-380-5 | Paperback | N | N | Shambhala | August 18, 1998 | 2 | 4.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : Regional : Asian | N | $72.00 | From Library Journal Originally published in Germany in 1992, this book gives a detailed and thorough explanation of the meaning, function, and rituals involved with the Kalacakra mandala. Each mandala in Tantric Buddhism is created to show "clearly and intelligibly the correlation between the adept's body and the universe. This lays the foundation for conscious control of the forces operating in this holistic system." Brauen, who has experienced himself the ritual involved with this mandala, focuses on the Kalacakra mandala as part of a larger discussion of the complex rituals and meditation practices involved with Tantric Buddhism. He has given us a book that will be especially useful for those wanting an in-depth treatment of the subject. Also provided are explanatory line drawings and stunning color plates (including pictures of the participation of the Dalai Lama). Recommended for academic libraries and any library serving patrons who have a significant interest in various aspects of Buddhism.?David Bourquin, California State Univ., San Bernadino Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: German--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 151 | 0.5 x 9.2 x 12.0 inches | ||||||||
| HQ792.U5 | Brazelton, T. Berry | Touchpoints Three to Six: Your Child's Emotional and Behavorial Development | 0-7382-0678-4 | Paperback | N | N | Perseus Publishing | October 2002 | 3 | General : Child Development | N | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 1970-01-14 | 500 | 9.18x6.84x1.07 in. 1.78 lbs. | |||||||||||
| DS339.8.075 | Breckenridge, Carol A. | Orientalism and the Postcolonial Predicament: Perspectives on South Asia (Series in Contemporary Ethnography) | 0-8122-3168-6 | Hardcover | N | N | University of Pennsylvania Press | September 1, 1993 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | History : Asia : General | Philadelphia | N | $19.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Orientalism and the Postcolonial Predicament: Perspectives on South Asia FROM THE PUBLISHER In his extraordinarily influential book, Orientalism, Edward Said argued that Western knowledge about the Orient in the Post-Enlightenment period has been "a systematic discourse by which Europe was able to manage -- even produce -- the Orient politically, sociologically, militarily, ideologically, scientifically, and imaginatively." According to Said, European and American views of the Orient created a reality in which the Oriental was forced to live. Although Said's work deals primarily with discourse about the Arab world, much of his argument has been applied to other regions of "the Orient." Drawing on Said's book, Carol A. Breckenridge, Peter van der Veer, and the contributors to this book explore the ways in which colonial administrators constructed knowledge about the society and culture of India and the processes through which that knowledge has shaped past and present Indian reality. One common theme that links the essays in Orientalism and the Postcolonial Predicament is the proposition that Orientalist discourse is not just restricted to the colonial past but continues even today. The contributors argue that it is still extremely difficult for both Indians and outsiders to think about India in anything but strictly Orientalist terms. They propose that students of society and history rethink their methodologies and the relation between theories, methods, and the historical conditions that produced them. Orientalism and the Postcolonial Predicament provides new and important insights into the cultural embeddedness of power in the colonial and postcolonial world. | 2006-01-18 | Amazon | 954 20 | 1993 | 2006-01-18 | New Cultural Studies | 355 | South Asia -- Study and teaching -- Congresses, South Asia -- Foreign public opinion, Occidental, -- Congresses | 1.2 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | |||
| DS432.C577 | Breckenridge, Carol A. (Editor) | Consuming Modernity: Public Culture in a South Asian World | 0-8166-2306-6 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | October, 1995 | 1 | History : Asia : India | Minneapolis | N | $18.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Consuming Modernity: Public Culture in a South Asian World | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 306/.0954 20 | 2005-10-08 | 224 | Popular culture -- India, India -- Social life and customs | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches | ||||||
| TR899 | Brenneis, Lisa | Final Cut Pro For Macintosh | 0-201-35480-2 | Paperback | N | N | Pearson Education | November 19, 1999 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Computers & Internet : Apple : Final Cut | Berkeley, Calif. | N | $0.01 | Amazon.com Final Cut Pro for Macintosh, a member of the Visual QuickPro Guide series from Peachpit Press, is invaluable for any individual learning to use Apple's digital video editing package. Every page is a step-by-step tutorial on how to use the program and how to do specific tasks. Like other books in this terrific series from Peachpit, each page is divided into two columns, one for text and one for pictures, and there are always pictures. In some cases, the pages are filled with screen shots and very little text. Every topic on using Final Cut Pro is here, from batch capturing footage from your DV camera to basic editing, adding transitions, titles, special effects, multiple soundtracks, all the way through rendering and playing the movie back to tape. There are even sections on using third-party filters and plug-ins, and creating artwork in other programs for use in Final Cut Pro. The book doesn't simply cover the use of Final Cut Pro. The opening chapter covers hardware requirements, system configurations, optimizing the system, and troubleshooting questions and answers. An appendix lists online resources and Web sites for getting additional help or finding other Final Cut Pro users. The goal of Peachpit Press's Visual QuickPro series is to publish useful books at reasonable prices, and they are certainly doing that with books like this. However, none of the books in this series come with a CD-ROM, which is unfortunate. Still, Final Cut Pro is a big, flexible program, and this book can help you digitally visualize your next motion video masterpiece. --Mike Caputo From Library Journal Final Cut Pro is an amazingly easy-to-use desktop video-editing, effects-creation tool that is claiming a major market share from Adobe's Premier and After Effects. It could be called a studio in a box, and, by making the postproduction editing process cheaper and easier, it will have major impact on independent moviemakers and the entire microcinema movement evolving on the World Wide Web. Brenneis explains Final Cut Pro basics; logging and editing; cutting and assembling; and postproduction. This title should make the "final cut" in all libraries. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 778.59/3 21 | 2000 | 2005-11-20 | Visual Quickpro Guides Series | 520 | Video tapes -- Editing -- Data processing, Digital video -- Editing -- Data processing, Final cut (Electronic resource), Macintosh (Computer) -- Programming | 9.0 x 7.1 x 0.9 inches | |||
| B945.P44 B73 | Brent, Joseph | Charles Sanders Peirce: A Life | 0-253-21161-1 | Paperback | N | N | Indiana University Press | July, 1998 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | Bloomington, Ind. | N | $41.95 | From Publishers Weekly Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914), whom Brent considers "the greatest philosopher the United States has ever seen," was an experimental psychologist, mathematical economist, chemist, astronomer and engineer, the inventor of semiotics and the founder of pragmatism. But this genius also lived extravagantly beyond his means, recklessly pursued get-rich-quick schemes and sank into poverty. A well-born Bostonian, Peirce married his mistress Juliette Froissy, who falsely claimed to be a Hapsburg princess, and established a 2000-acre estate in the Delaware River Valley, where he entertained patrons who he hoped would fund his inventions. Impulsive and given to outbursts of rage, he abused Froissy as well as his first wife, Harriet Fay, a feminist educator. In this first full-length biography of Peirce, Brent, a historian at the University of the District of Columbia, presents an extraordinary, inspiring portrait of the largely forgotten Peirce, a progenitor of modern thought who devised a realist metaphysics and attempted to achieve direct knowledge of God by applying the logic of science. Photos. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 191 B 21 | 1998 | 2005-10-08 | 412 | Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914, Philosophers -- United States -- Biography | 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.0 inches | ||||
| PS323.5.B7 | Breslin, James E. B | From modern to contemporary: American poetry, 1945-1965 | 0-226-07408-0 | Hardcover | N | N | University of Chicago Press | 1984 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : Single Authors : United States | Chicago | N | $2.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK From Modern to Contemporary America | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 811/.54/09 19 | 1969-12-31 | 272 | American poetry -- 20th century -- History and, criticism | 24 cm. | |||||
| NX600.S9 | Breton, Andre | Manifestoes of Surrealism (Ann Arbor Paperbacks) | 0-472-06182-8 | Paperback | N | N | University of Michigan Press | June 15, 1969 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : Schools, Periods & Styles : Surrealism | N | $18.95 | Book Description Presents the essential ideas of the founder of French surrealism | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | c196 | 1969-12-31 | Ann Arbor Paperbacks Ser. | 316 | 8.0 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches | ||||||
| P40.5.I57 B75 | Briggs, Charles L. | Learning How to Ask : A Sociolinguistic Appraisal of the Role of the Interview in Social Science Research (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language) | 0-521-31113-6 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | July 25, 1986 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : General | Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York | N | $16.79 | Review 'I would call this book 'brilliant' if the word were not so overused. Briggs's work is ethnography at its best, both critical and constructive. He is critically alert to the ways in which modes of inquiry condition what the fieldworker finds, and constructive in showing a way to arrive at grounded understanding.' Professor Dell H. Hymes, University of Pennsylvania | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 401/.9 19 | 2005-10-15 | Cambridge Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language Series | 175 | Interviewing in sociolinguistics, Interviewing in sociology, Interviewing in ethnology | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches | ||||
| LB2331.C52332 | Brinkley, Alan | The Chicago Handbook for Teachers: A Practical Guide to the College Classroom | 0-226-07512-5 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | December 1, 1999 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Education : College & University : General | Chicago | N | $10.00 | From Library Journal All teachers must start somewhere, but teaching that first class can be tough. While college instructors are usually trained extensively in their specific disciplines, they are seldom trained in how to deal with the actual classroom. The authors try to remedy that situation with this manual. Although meant primarily for beginning teachers, this work is so packed with useful information that experienced teachers could also benefit from reading it. Included are the basics, such as how to plan courses and implement lessons, as well as little-known tips, e.g., use commercial photocopier companies to obtain any permissions a teacher might need. Preparing a syllabus, leading classroom discussions, lecturing, avoiding cheatingAit's all here! The authors caution readers on two points: 1) It would be difficult for any teacher to use all of the suggestions provided in this book, and 2) because all of the authors are historians, the "common experience in a single discipline" has undoubtedly shaped what's presented. While this book is economical enough for teachers to purchase on their own, it's also a good buy for most public and academic libraries.ATerry A. Christner, Hutchinson P.L., KS Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 378.1/25 21 | 1999 | 1970-04-14 | 195 | College teaching -- Handbooks, manuals, etc, College teachers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| T2603.E58 Z8 B87 | Brodersen, Momme | Walter Benjamin: A Biography | 1-85984-082-5 | Paperback | N | N | Verso | December, 1997 | 1 | 1.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $9.99 | From Publishers Weekly Walter Benjamin's posthumous influence as philosopher and critic has grown since his suicide in 1940, when it appeared that his escape from France into Spain would end with deportation to a concentration camp. Brodersen's biography, awkwardly and sometimes impenetrably translated and edited, will do Benjamin's established reputation no harm while doing little to make his ideas more accessible. Born in Berlin in 1892, Benjamin outlasted WWI as a graduate student but was denied the essential postdoctoral Habilitation, which would have opened doors to an academic post. He made his way instead as a freelance critic. A working wife (from whom he was later divorced) and an allowance reluctantly continued by his father, a merchant, kept him going when he made little from his writings, which nevertheless brought him increasing respect from his peers, despite the pervasive anti-Semitism of his time. Expecting recognition to come slowly, he wrote wryly of his intellectual "wine cellar." In his lifetime, respect for his theories on the interdependence of language, politics and literature arose largely from his periodical contributions, some of them published after his death. Although Brodersen notes in a preface that he was refused access to documents by the writer's estate, the most valuable dimension of his book may be 187 reproductions of documents and pictures (captions alone seen by PW) that illuminate Benjamin's career and flesh out the inadequate text. While the biography furnishes some clues about the rivalries in perceptions and personalities within the German intelligentsia between the wars, extracting them is hard going. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Library Journal The ever-growing reputation of distinguished German Jewish literary and cultural critic Benjamin can be measured in shelf space. Brodersen's work is the third scholarly Benjamin biography in the last five years to reach the American market (the others are John McCole's Walter Benjamin & the Antinomies of Tradition, Cornell Univ., 1993, and Bernd Witte's Walter Benjamin: An Intellectual Biography, Wayne State Univ., 1991), and no collection with a section on Benjamin can afford to be without any of them. Brodersen (German literature and cultural history, Univ. of Palermo) treats Benjamin's life and times in early 20th century Germany, France, Russia, and Switzerland in greater detail than does Witte, though the latter devotes more attention to Benjamin's works. Clearly written, well translated, and handsomely laid out with nearly 200 illustrations, the current volume will be welcomed by scholars and students alike.?Michael T. O'Pecko, Towson State Univ., Md. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | 334 | 1.0 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | ||||||||
| PG3237.E5 A3 | Brodsky, Joseph | An Age Ago: A Selection of Nineteenth-Century Russian Poetry | 0-374-52084-4 | Paperback | N | N | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | September 1, 1988 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : Anthologies | N | $17.00 | From Publishers Weekly This newly translated anthology of 11 19th-century Russian poets will both delight and educate readers interested in Russian literature and history. The poems are accessible today primarily because they focus on such universal metaphysical and private issues as love, time, aging, jealousy, war, nature and death. Lyrical, strictly structured with traditional rhyme schemes and meters, the verse is an unusual combination of Romantic language and subject matter and rational theory stemming from the Age of Enlightenment. The anthology balances political, philosophical and personal poems nicely, and the selections complement each other, displaying the individual styles of the authors as well as their common concerns. The poets represented range from the well-known Aleksandr Pushkin and Mikhail Lermontov to the less familiar (to Americans) Prince Vyazemsky and Nikolai Yazykov. The translation is skillful, retaining both the formal aspects of the original verse and its colloquialisms. Brief biographies of the authors are included. This fine anthology is marred only by its slimness: enticed readers will wish for a more comprehensive selection. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal $9.95. poetry The 19th century was Russian literature's Golden Age, and many of its prose writersTolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Gogol among themhave achieved justifiable fame in the West. Unfortunately, such equally great poets as Pushkin, Lermontov, Batyushkov, Zhukovsky, and Fet have not had their due. These are among the poets represented in this new anthology, selected by Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky. Intense and lyrical, the poems reflect the precarious lives of their authors, many of whom had promising careers cut short by "epidemics, the chains of a dungeon, a bullet received on the battlefield or in the course of a duel. . . ." Brodsky's commendable selections offer many of the best-loved and oft-memorized poems of the Russian people. Alphonse Vinh, Yale Univ. Lib. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | 192 | 8.0 x 5.0 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| PN1271.B76 1986 | Brodsky, Joseph | Less than one : selected essays | N | N | Farrar, Straus & Giroux | 1986 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Poetry, Modern -- 20th century -- History and | New York | N | 1970-04-15 | Library of Congress [1] | 809.1/04 19 | 1970-04-15 | 501 | Poetry, Modern -- 20th century -- History and, criticism, Russian literature -- History and criticism | 22 cm. | |||||||||
| PG3479.4.R64 R69 | Brodsky, Joseph | Nativity Poems: Bilingual Edition | 0-374-52857-8 | Paperback | N | N | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | November 13, 2002 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | N | $9.00 | From Publishers Weekly Beginning when he "first took up writing poems seriously," former U.S. poet laureate Joseph Brodsky, who died in 1996 at age 56, wrote a Christmas poem each year. Of the 18 Nativity Poems of this holiday collection, 10 are previously untranslated, and are presented bilingually. Among the renderers are Seamus Heaney, Anthony Hecht, Paul Muldoon, Derek Walcott, Richard Wilbur and Brodsky himself. Glyn Maxwell's excellent version of "Speech over Spilt Milk" finds "God/ has lighted in the blue immense/ the planets, icon lamps to glow/ before the face we cannot know./ What's poetry but a review/ of the existing evidence." Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Library Journal Every year from 1962 to 1993 during the Christmas season, Nobel prize-winning poet Brodsky, who came to the United States in 1972 as an exile from the Soviet Union, endeavored to write a "nativity poem." Frequently a loner, the poet often wrote with an acerbic "bah-humbug" sort of air, as in the poem tellingly titled, "Speech over Spilled Milk": "O, the damnable craft of the poet./ The phone doesn't ring, and the future? A diet." Other poems center on the event of the nativity. Brodsky was, in his own words, "not a churchgoer" and a "Christian by correspondence" who was "sometimes a believer and sometimes not." Yet in "Flight into Egypt" he wrote, "Not divining his role, the Infant drowsed/ in a halo of curls that would quickly become/ accustomed to radiance." For this enjoyable collection, six poets (including the author) have ably undertaken the translations from the original Russian (which appears on facing pages), preserving in most cases the meter of the original. The collection ends with an illuminating conversation with the author. Highly recommended. Judy Clarence, California State Univ. Lib., Hayward Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 128 | 7.3 x 4.6 x 0.4 inches | ||||||||
| PG3479.4.R64 P59 | Brodsky, Joseph | On Grief and Reason: Essays | 0-374-23415-9 | Hardcover | N | N | Farrar Straus Giroux | November 1995 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Essays : General | New York | N | $2.35 | From Publishers Weekly Art, especially literature, is "a form of moral insurance" that, if widely disseminated, could counteract the worst impulses of societies and governments, declares Brodsky in his eloquent 1987 Nobel lecture. In another essay, "An Immodest Proposal," the eminent poet and essayist suggests ways to make poetry much more available to the public. In an open letter to Czech president Vaclav Havel, Brodsky (who emigrated from Russia to the U.S. in 1972 after spending two years in prison as a dissident) looks squarely at the moral and economic anarchy of post-communist eastern Europe. This miscellany of reprinted essays and speeches reveals an elegant writer and incisive thinker. "Collector's Item" segues from spy novels, to a psychological profile of Cambridge spy Kim Philby, secret agent for Moscow, to an analysis of how espionage becomes a mutually destructive game. Elsewhere Brodsky champions Thomas Hardy as a modern poet of existential truths and follows Rainer Maria Rilke's poetic journey to the netherworld of Orpheus. Other pieces deal with nostalgia, lessons of history, a trip to Rio de Janeiro, Robert Frost's poetry and Roman emperor/poet Marcus Aurelius's Stoic Meditations. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal It is unfortunate that Brodsky (former poet laureate of the United States) would release a literary work with so much potential and so much disappointment. True, this collection represents some of Brodsky's most engaging insights. Pieces like the title essay represents his supreme talents as a writer; "On Grief and Reason" reveals the sagacity of Brodsky's mind by offering the reader a new way of looking at the poetry of Robert Frost through two of Frost's poems, "Come In" and "Burial." Brodsky puts Frost alongside the Virgil of the Eclogues and the Georgics. But most of the other essays fail to demonstrate the richness one expects of Brodsky's writing, e.g., his 1987 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, which lacks literary merit. Ultimately, Brodsky stretches himself too thin. Not a priority purchase.?Tim Gavin, Episcopal Acad., Merion, Pa. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 814/.54 20 | 1970-04-15 | 484 | 8.6 x 5.8 x 1.5 inches | ||||||
| BX8643.C68B76 | Brooke, John L. | The Refiner's Fire : The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844 | 0-521-56564-2 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | May 31, 1996 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Americas : United States : General | N | $24.99 | Review "John Brooke takes a controversial romp over the field of previous Mormon scholarship. When he has done, he has managed to raise the intellectual pedigree of Joseph Smith by establishing his close kinship with European hermeticists and the subversive sectarians of the Radical Reformation. It is a fascinating argument that traces the influence of ideas through complicated social networks of neighbors and kin. The people 'prepared' for Mormonism are a surprising lot." R. Laurence Moore, Cornell University "The Refiner's Fire explores the complex and always intriguing world of early Mormon theological and ritual evolution with remarkable learning, fairness, and daring--an exciting, sophisticated account sure to generate both controversy and a renewed appreciation of early Mormon spiritual creativity." John Butler, Yale University "This is not just a revealing history of the backgrund of the first Mormons and early Mormonism but a larger history of early American culture that will do almost as much for readers who are interested in the cultural context in which this new American religion developed as it will do for those who simply want to learn more about Mormon beginnings." Jan Shipps, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis "The Refiner's Fire explores the complex and always intriguing world of early Mormon theological and ritual evolution with remarkable learning, fairness, and daring--an exciting, sophisticated account sure to generate both controversy and a renewed appreciation of early Mormon spiritual creativity." John Butler, Yale University "This is not just a revealing history of the backgrund of the first Mormons and early Mormonism but a larger history of early American culture that will do almost as much for readers who are interested in the cultural context in which this new American religion developed as it will do for those who simply want to learn more about Mormon beginnings." Jan Shipps, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis "His book is a model of the historian's enterprise....[Brooke] blends the passion of the detective and the dispassion of the good judge as he describes the background and context of Mormonism." Martin E. Marty, Commonwealth "An insightful contribution to the controversy surrounding the origins of Mormonism." College & Research Libraries News "Excellent....This study not only sets Mormon religious history into a frontier occult milieu but offers important understanding of the beliefs and practices of Americans outside the individual and institutional carriers commonly the focus of previous occult histories." The Reader's Review "The Refiner's Fire is a wonderful book, thoroughly researched and rich in interpretive detail." Curtis Johnson, The Journal of American History "The Refiner's Fire is an important and daring work for which Brooke has received the Bancroft Prize in American history....Combining intellectual and demographic history with rare skill, Brooke sheds great light on transatlantic subcultures that have not been labeled "occult" (read "hidden") for nothing." Religious Studies Review | 2005-04-15 | Amazon | 2005-04-15 | 443 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 1.0 inches | ||||||||
| BL1283.84 B76 | Brooks, Douglas Renfrew | The Secret of the Three Cities : An Introduction to Hindu Sakta Tantrism | 0-226-07570-2 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | June 15, 1998 | 1 | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | Chicago | N | $24.28 | Book Description The esoteric Hindu traditions of Tantrism have profoundly influenced the development of Indian thought and civilization. Emerging from elements of yoga and wisdom traditions, shamanism, alchemy, eroticism, and folklore, Tantrism began to affect brahmanical Hinduism in the ninth century. Nevertheless, Tantrism and its key historical figures have been ignored by scholars. This accessible work introduces the concepts and practices of Hindu Sakta Tantrism to all those interested in Hinduism and the comparative study of religion. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 294.5/514 20 | 1990 | 1970-01-14 | 328 | Tantrism | 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches | |||||
| Z100.3.5.S62 | Brooks, Jeffrey | When Russia Learned to Read: Literacy and Popular Literature, 1861-1917 | 0-691-00821-3 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton Univ Pr | February, 1988 | 1 | Literature & Fiction : Books & Reading : General | N | $5.25 | From Library Journal Brooks surveys commercial presses which published cheap tales and penny newspapers for the emancipated peasant. After a slow start on the uses and spread of literacy and education, the book picks up steam as it describes the ventures, their publishers and authors, and typical plots and characters of the tales. Brooks devotes individual chapters to the themes of freedom and order, national identity, science and superstition, and success, contrastng them to those of similar works from Europe and the United States. He also discusses efforts by the government and intelligentsia to publish more edifyiny reading for the lower classes. A clearly written work that offers fresh insight into Russian society. Mary F. Zirin, Altadena, Cal. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review ". . .Brooks has given us rich fare for the person seeking to understand the complexities of mass culture in a country many have thought to lack any such thing." The Journal of Interdisciplinary History --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 449 | 1.2 x 6.0 x 9.2 inches | |||||||||
| BF637.C45 | Brounstein, Marty | Communicating Effectively for Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) | 0-7645-5319-4 | Paperback | N | N | For Dummies | April, 2001 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Business & Investing : Business Life : Communication : General | New York, NY | N | $10.87 | Book Description Communicating Effectively For Dummies shows you how to get your point across at work and interact most productively with bosses and coworkers. Applying your knowledge and skill to your job is the easy part; working well with others is often the hard part. This helpful guide lets you maximize your personal interactions, even when resolving conflicts, dealing with customers, or giving difficult presentations. Whether you're the CEO of a major corporation, a small business owner, or a team manager, effective and clear communication is imperative to your success. From keeping your listener engaged to learning to become a better listener, Communicating Effectively For Dummies offers all the strategies, tips, and advice you need to: Learn how to become an active listener Accentuate the positive in negative situations Find win-win solutions for conflicts Stay on track when writing e-mails and letters Handle presentations, interviews, and other challenges Speak forcefully and assertively without alienating others Management consultant Marty Brounstein - author of Handling the Difficult Employee and Coaching and Mentoring For Dummies - gives you the keys to a thriving career with expert advice on effective verbal and nonverbal communication. From mastering your own facial expressions (and reading them in others) to being a happy boss, Brounstein covers all the angles: Becoming aware of your own assumptions Dealing with passive-aggressive communicators What to say to help someone open up to you Communicating through eye contact and body language Maintaining a positive attitude Dealing with sensitive issues Effective conflict resolution models When to use e-mail, the phone, or a face-to-face meeting Dealing with angry customers Coaching your staff to communicate better In today's high-stress work environment, good communication skills are imperative for keeping your cool and getting your point across. Knowing what to say and how to say it, as well as being a good listener, can often be the difference between getting ahead and just getting by. This handy, friendly guide shows you how to avoid common conflicts and make your voice heard in the office. Book Info (IDG Books Worldwide) A friendly guide to effective communication, showing readers the value and the efficacy of good communication skills. Shows how to become an active listener, how to speak assertively and accentuate the positive, how to resolve conflicts in a mutually beneficial way, and how to make presentations and handle interviews. Softcover. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 153.6 21 | 2001 | 1970-01-14 | Dummies Series | 384 | Interpersonal communication | 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches | |||
| PG3098.4.B76 | Brown, Deming Bronson | The Last Years of Soviet Russian Literature: Prose Fiction 1975-1991 | 0-521-40865-2 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | September 22, 1994 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Books & Reading : Reference | Cambridge ; New York | N | $28.99 | Review
'Concise, gracefully written, and thoroughly researched, this book is indispensable for anybody at all interested in modern Russian writing, or, for that matter, the recent history of Russia.' Maurice Friedberg, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 'Teachers, students, journalists, general readers, all others who might want to learn the basic facts of the lives and works of authors from Abramov to Zolotusskii and from Petrushevskaya to Tolstaya will find what they need in this book. There is also a most valuable bibliography of Russian works translated into English. Professor Brown is judicious, level-headed, and thoroughly informative. This is a model of encylopedic coverage and concise description.' George Gibian, Goldwin Smith Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature, Cornell University 'This is a work which distills comprehensive knowledge of the recent Russian literary scene into a few succinct and well chosen chapters. ... the best introduction I can imagine to recent Russian prose fiction'. Geoffrey Hosking, University of London Review "This is a model of encyclopedic coverage and concise description." George Gibian, Cornell University "Concise, gracefully written, and thoroughly researched, this book is indispensable for anybody at all interested in modern Russian writing, or, for that matter, the recent history of Russia." Maurice Friedberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "This survey leaves no doubt that Russian literature is producing writers of interest and stature as never before." Victor Terras, Brown University "Brown's new book is a significant contribution to the study of contemporary Russian literature in the West. It provides an objective assessment of the curent situation in Russian literature. His evaluation of artistic talent is fair, and his critical observations are succinct, sensitive and subtle." N.N. Shneidmen, The Russian Review "Deming Brown's 1978 Soviet Russian Literature Since Stalin stands as one of the most useful and well written surveys of literature and literary politics n the post-stalinist period...his new book...is full of well-informed observations on dozens of contemporary Russian authors...The Last Years of Soviet Russian Literature is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the final stage of Soviet literature and the beginning of the still amorphous post-Soviet era. It is the latest in a long and impressive list of contributions that Deming Brown has made to the study of Soviet Russian literature." Kathleen Parthé "...an invaluable sequel to his standard Soviet Russian Literature Since Stalin....Essential for academic libraries." Choice "Brown's skill at providing a vivid and comprehensive picture of a writer in a few paragraphs is commendable." Patricia Pollock Brodsky, World Literature Today "...the most current book-length survey of recent Soviet Russian prose available in English....Brown's book contains a great deal of information, and its author deserves a sincere round of applause for having made his way through the increasingly chaotic landscape of recent Russian fiction to construct a useful roadmap for the rest of us to follow....anyone with an interest in current developments in Russian prose should have a look at it...." Catherine Theimer Nepomnyashchy, Slavic and East European Journal | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 891.78/440809 20 | 1970-04-15 | 218 | Russian fiction -- 20th century -- History and, criticism | 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches | |||||
| BL2490.K68 B76 | Brown, Karen McCarthy | Mama Lola: A Voodoo Priestess in Brooklyn (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society, No. 4) | 0-520-07780-6 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | February, 1992 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $2.36 | From Publishers Weekly Brown befriends a Haitian vodou priestess who practices in her Brooklyn, N.Y., home. Photos. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. Joan Dayan, Women's Review of Books "I know of no other work about Vodou that can teach the uninitiated so fully what it means to know." --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 1991 | 2005-10-08 | Comparative Studies in Religion & Society | 432 | 1.0 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | ||||||
| Bruna, Dick | Miffy's Counting Book (Miffy (Big Tent Entertainment)) | 1-59226-034-9 | Board book | N | N | Big Tent Entertainment | April 9, 2004 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Children's Books : Ages 4-8 : General | N | $7.99 | Book Description Miffy's Counting Book uses familiar objects and animals, bold colors, and eye-catching illustrations to teach children numbers. The innovative design has tabs with the numbers from one to ten so children can go right to the number they want, and the simple, happy illustrations make learning numbers fun. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 20 | 7.6 x 6.8 x 0.5 inches | |||||||||
| BM723 .B78 | Buber, Martin | I and Thou. With a postscript by the author added | N | N | Scribner | 1958 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Life | New York | N | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 181.3 | 1970-04-16 | 137 | Life, Relationism, God -- Knowableness | 137 p. 20 cm. | |||||||||
| PT2603.E455 | Buck-Morss, Susan | The Dialectics of Seeing: Walter Benjamin and the Arcades Project (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought) | 0-262-52164-4 | Paperback | N | N | The MIT Press | July 1, 1991 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Europe : France : General | N | $33.15 | From Publishers Weekly To German philosopher Benjamin (1892-1940), the glass-covered shopping arcades of 19th-century Paris were the first dream-worlds of mass culture. He spent 13 years taking notes for the "Arcades project," but the manuscript was a morass of fragments at the time he committed suicide. By decoding all sorts of urban phenomena--casinos, street signs, prostitution, apartment interiors, boredom, railway stations, Baudelaire's poetry, etc.--the Marxist cultural critic hoped to pierce the myths of progress, consumerist bliss and faith in technology. In a major act of biographical-literary excavation, Buck-Morss, professor of political philosophy at Cornell, reconstructs Benjamin's thought processes as he penetrated the collective cultural fantasies spawned by mass production and the mass media. The narrative is enlivened by a diversity of intriguing illustrations, from French period cartoons to contemporary photographs. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Book Description Walter Benjamin's magnum opus was a book he did not live to write. In The Dialectics of Seeing, Susan Buck-Morss offers an inventive reconstruction of the Passagen-Werk, or Arcades Project, as it might have taken form. Susan Buck-Morss is Professor of Political Philosophy and Social Theory at Cornell University. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 1991 | 2005-10-15 | Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought Series | 505 | 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches | ||||||
| BX8643.T4B84 | Buerger, David John | The Mysteries of Godliness: A History of Mormon Temple Worship | 1-56085-176-7 | Paperback | N | N | Signature Books | November 1, 2002 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : General | N | $14.93 | Midwest Book Review Drawn from authentic sources, David Buerger's The Mysteries of Godliness: A History of Mormon Temple Worship is an insightful, comprehensive and scholarly history of LDS temple worship. Readers will learn of its humble beginnings in Ohio where members practiced Old Testament-like ceremonies to the adoption and transofrmation of Masonic ritual in Nauvoo, Illinois, to recent modifications which suggest an adaption to contemporary concerns for appearing relevant to today's political and social issues. The Mormon concept of "continuous revelation is reflected in the dynamics and continuing evolution of Mormon temple worship. Chapters cover the prelude to endowment, the Kirtland Ceremony, Joseph Smith's ritual, Brigham Young's revisions, developments in nineteenth century Utah, the twentieth century temple, and the authors conclusions from his research data. Appendix One features "The December 1845 Meetings of the Holy Order". Appendix Two features "Published Descriptions of the Temple Ceremony". A unique, accurate and insightful publication. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Product Description: A veil of secrecy surrounds Mormon temple worship. While officially intended to preserve the sacredness of the experience, this silence often leaves Latter-day Saints mystified. Until now there has been no scholarly examination of the derivation and development of the temple-something David John Buerger suggests all Mormons should know. By grounding the ceremony's meaning in symbolism and context, Latter-day Saints should find the ritual more enriching. Non-Mormons, too, may better appreciate the syncretic interweaving of old and new traditions in this highest form of Mormon devotion. | 2005-03-30 | Amazon | 2005-03-30 | 244 | 10.1 x 4.9 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| BL2015.M3B85 | Buhnemann, Gudrun | Mandalas and Yantras in the Hindu Traditions | 9004129022 | Hardcover | N | N | Brill Academic Publishers | August 1, 2003 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : General | N | $94.00 | Book Description In recent years maṇḍalas have attracted much interest among a wider public. The main focus of such interest has been directed toward Tibetan maṇḍalas, specimens of which have been included in numerous publications. But maṇḍalas are found across a wide spectrum of South Asian religious traditions, including those of the Hindus and Jains. Hindu maṇḍalas and yantras have hardly been researched. This book attempts to fill this gap by clarifying important aspects of maṇḍalas and yantras in specific Hindu traditions through investigations by renowned specialists in the field. Its chapters explore maṇḍalas and yantras in the Smārta, Pāñcarātra, Śaiva and Śākta traditions. An essay on the vāstupuruṣamaṇḍala and its relationship to architecture is also included. With 13 colour plates. | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 324 | 9.7 x 6.7 x 1.0 inches | ||||||||
| G140.E58 | Buisseret, David (Editor) | Envisioning the City : Six Studies in Urban Cartography (The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., Lectures in the History of Cartography) | 0-226-07993-7 | Hardcover | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | July 6, 1998 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Politics : General | Chicago | N | $60.00 | Book Description Churchman or merchant, soldier or sanitary engineer, everyone who lives in a city sees it differently. Envisioning the City explores how these points of urban view have been expressed in city plans. Ranging from vertical plans to bird's-eye views, profiles, and three-dimensional models, these diverse maps all show cities "the way people want to see them." Whether a Chinese vertical city plan from the first millennium B.C. or a bird's-eye view appended to a fifteenth-century edition of Ptolemy's Geography, the type of plan chosen and its focus reflected the aspects of a city that the map's creators wished to highlight. For instance, maps of seventeenth-century cities emphasized impregnable fortifications as a deterrent to potential attackers. And Daniel Burnham's famous 1909 Plan of Chicago used a distinct representational style to "sell" his version of the new Chicago. Although city plans are among the oldest maps known, few books have been devoted to them. Historians of cartography and geography, architects, and urban planners will all enjoy this profusely illustrated volume. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 912/.19732 21 | 1998 | 2005-10-08 | Kenneth Nebenzahl, JR., Lectures in The | 196 | Cities and towns -- Maps | 9.5 x 8.7 x 0.7 inches | |||
| BL1130.A4B84 | Buitenen, J. A. B. van (Translator) | The Bhagavadgita in the Mahabharata | 0-226-84662-8 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | September 15, 1981 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | Chicago | N | $14.00 | Language Notes Text: English--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 294/.5/924 | 1981 | 2005-10-04 | 183 | 9.3 x 6.0 x 0.5 inches | |||||
| PK633.A2 B8 v. 2 | Buitenen, J. A. B. van (Translator) | The Mahabharata, Volume 2 : Book 2: The Book of Assembly; Book 3: The Book of the Forest | 0-226-84664-4 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | September 15, 1981 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Mythology : General | N | $35.10 | ABOUT THE BOOK Mahabharata, Vol. 2 FROM THE PUBLISHER The Mahabharata, an ancient and vast Sanskrit poem, is a remarkable collection of epics, legends, romances, theology, and ethical and metaphysical doctrine. The core of this great work is the epic struggle between five heroic brothers, the Pandavas, and their one hundred contentious cousins for rule of the land. This is the second volume of van Buitenen's acclaimed translation of the definitive Poona edition of the text. | 2006-01-15 | Amazon | 2006-01-15 | 871 | 9.3 x 6.0 x 1.8 inches | ||||||||
| PK633.A2B8 | Buitenen, J. A. B. van (Translator) | The Mahabharata, Volume 3 : Book 4: The Book of the Virata; Book 5: The Book of the Effort (Mahabharata) | 0-226-84665-2 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | November 15, 1983 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : Culture | N | $29.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Mahabharata, Vol. 3 FROM THE PUBLISHER The Mahabharata, an ancient and vast Sanskrit poem, is a remarkable collection of epics, legends, romances, theology, and ethical and metaphysical doctrine. The core of this great work is the epic struggle between five heroic brothers, the Pandavas, and their one hundred contentious cousins for rule of the land. This is the second volume of van Buitenen's acclaimed translation of the definitive Poona edition of the text. | 2006-01-17 | Amazon | 2006-01-17 | 582 | 1.5 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | ||||||||
| PG3252 | Bukharkin, P. E. | Tragediia | 5280016403 | Binding Unknown | N | N | Khudozh. lit-ra | Jan 1991 | 1 | Russian drama (Tragedy) -- 18th century | Moskva | N | Ill. on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references. | 1970-01-07 | Half.com | 1970-01-07 | Russkaëiìa literatura--vek XVIII ; t. 2 | 718 | Russian drama (Tragedy) -- 18th century | 23 cm. | |||||||
| PG3476.B78M3353 | Bulgakov, Mikhail | The Master and Margarita (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-118014-5 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | December 2001 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Classics : Russian | N | $9.97 | Amazon.com Surely no stranger work exists in the annals of protest literature than The Master and Margarita. Written during the Soviet crackdown of the 1930s, when Mikhail Bulgakov's works were effectively banned, it wraps its anti-Stalinist message in a complex allegory of good and evil. Or would that be the other way around? The book's chief character is Satan, who appears in the guise of a foreigner and self-proclaimed black magician named Woland. Accompanied by a talking black tomcat and a "translator" wearing a jockey's cap and cracked pince-nez, Woland wreaks havoc throughout literary Moscow. First he predicts that the head of noted editor Berlioz will be cut off; when it is, he appropriates Berlioz's apartment. (A puzzled relative receives the following telegram: "Have just been run over by streetcar at Patriarch's Ponds funeral Friday three afternoon come Berlioz.") Woland and his minions transport one bureaucrat to Yalta, make another one disappear entirely except for his suit, and frighten several others so badly that they end up in a psychiatric hospital. In fact, it seems half of Moscow shows up in the bin, demanding to be placed in a locked cell for protection. Meanwhile, a few doors down in the hospital lives the true object of Woland's visit: the author of an unpublished novel about Pontius Pilate. This Master--as he calls himself--has been driven mad by rejection, broken not only by editors' harsh criticism of his novel but, Bulgakov suggests, by political persecution as well. Yet Pilate's story becomes a kind of parallel narrative, appearing in different forms throughout Bulgakov's novel: as a manuscript read by the Master's indefatigable love, Margarita, as a scene dreamed by the poet--and fellow lunatic--Ivan Homeless, and even as a story told by Woland himself. Since we see this narrative from so many different points of view, who is truly its author? Given that the Master's novel and this one end the same way, are they in fact the same book? These are only a few of the many questions Bulgakov provokes, in a novel that reads like a set of infinitely nested Russian dolls: inside one narrative there is another, and then another, and yet another. His devil is not only entertaining, he is necessary: "What would your good be doing if there were no evil, and what would the earth look like if shadows disappeared from it?" Unsurprisingly--in view of its frequent, scarcely disguised references to interrogation and terror--Bulgakov's masterwork was not published until 1967, almost three decades after his death. Yet one wonders if the world was really ready for this book in the late 1930s, if, indeed, we are ready for it now. Shocking, touching, and scathingly funny, it is a novel like no other. Woland may reattach heads or produce 10-ruble notes from the air, but Bulgakov proves the true magician here. The Master and Margarita is a different book each time it is opened. --Mary Park --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Publishers Weekly This uncensored translation of Bulgakov's posthumously published masterpiece of black magic and black humor restores its sliest digs and sharpest jabs at Stalin's regime, which suppressed it. Writing in a punning, soaring prose thick with contemporary historical references and political irony, Bulgakov (1891-1940) did not make things easy for future translators. The story itself is demanding: the arrival of the Devil and his entourage in Stalin's Moscow frames a Faustian tale of a suppressed writer (the Master) and his devoted lover (his Margarita), set against a realistic narrative?the Master's rejected manuscript?of Pontius Pilate's police state in Jerusalem. An immediate contemporary classic when it was first serialized in Moscow in censored form in 1967-68, the novel suffered in its previous English translations, which were either incomplete or stylistically loose. This new translation, with its accuracy and depth, finally does justice to the politically and verbally outrageous qualities of the original. Careful footnotes | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | 432 | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| BX4827.B78 J64 | Bultmann, Rudolf Karl | Rudolf Bultmann: Interpreting faith for the modern era (The Making of modern theology) | 0-00-599977-4 | Paperback | N | N | Collins | 1987 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity | London ; San Francisco, CA | N | $2.52 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: German--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 230/.092/4 19 | 1970-01-21 | The Making of modern theology | 346 | Bible. N.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc, Theology | 22 cm. | ||||
| BH301.A94 B8313 | Burger, Peter | Theory of the Avant-Garde (Theory & History of Literature) | 0-8166-1068-1 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | February, 1984 | 2 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Minneapolis | N | $17.95 | Language Notes Text: English, German (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 111/.85 19 | 1984 | 2005-10-15 | Theory and History of Literature Series | 135 | Avant-garde (Aesthetics) | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.4 inches | |||
| PG3479.4.U7 | Burich, Vladimir | Teksty: stikhi, udeterony, proza | 5265006788 | Paperback | N | N | Sovetskii pisatel' | 1989 | 1 | Moscow | N | $10.00 | 2006-01-16 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Z657.A245 1994 | Burt, Richard (Editor) | The Administration of Aesthetics: Censorship, Political Criticism, and the Public Sphere (Cultural Politics) | 0-8166-2367-8 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | September 1994 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Current Events : Civil Rights & Liberties | Minneapolis, Minn. | N | $26.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Administration of Aesthetics: Censorship, Political Criticism, and the Public Sphere, Vol. 7 | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 323.44 20 | 1994 | 1970-04-15 | Cultural Politics Series | 381 | Censorship, Criticism -- Political aspects | 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches | |||
| BQ9294.4.K687 | Buswell, Robert E., Jr. | The Zen Monastic Experience | 0-691-03477-X | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | November 29, 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism : General | N | $23.95 | From Kirkus Reviews A myth-shattering foray behind the walls of a Korean Zen Buddhist monastery. The common Western image of Zen as a religion that features unpredictable, iconoclastic teachers ``bullying their students into enlightenment'' is, says Buswell (East Asian Languages and Cultures/UCLA), grossly inaccurate. And he should know, having spent five years as a monk at Songgwang-sa, one of the largest Zen monasteries in Korea. Here, deftly weaving scholarship and memoir, Buswell depicts what life in a Zen monastery is really like. Early chapters discuss the history and current status (not terribly vital) of Buddhism in Korea; the course (surprisingly flexible) of a typical monk's career and of a typical monastic year; and the layout and bureaucracy of Songgwang-sa, plus a look at its charismatic ``master,'' Kusan, who ``achieved the great awakening'' in 1960, at age 50. Through this survey, which is well-detailed but hardly gripping, Buswell explodes Zen's reputation as bibliophobic, artsy-craftsy, and reliant on physical labor. Ironically, the narrative takes flight with the author's description of the aspect of Korean Zen that matches its reputation--the arduous life of the monastery's ``elite vanguard,'' the meditators. Although meditators comprise only a small percentage of the monks (with the rest devoted to support activities or ritual), their efforts astonish: sitting in meditation for 14 hours a day; for one week a year, sitting seven days straight without sleep; engaging in such severe practices as extensive fasting, never lying down to sleep, and the frowned-upon but ever-popular practice of burning off their fingers (a ``symbolic commitment''). But for most monks, Buswell notes, it's ``a disciplined life, not the transformative experience of enlightenment,'' that's crucial. Less the sound of one hand clapping than of hands, mind, and heart working together to lead a sanctified life--and, as such, a sound corrective to Western misunderstandings about Zen. (Sixteen pages of b&w photographs.) -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review [This book] is ... forged from [Buswell's] own experience and practice.... He enlivens his study with a detailed personal account of his daily life at Songgwang-sa, one of Korea's main monasteries, and with wry humor.... This book should be read by anyone interested in the daily life of Zen training. | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 288 | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| PG2121.B89 1989 | Buxton, Charles Roden | Russian Composition and Conversation | 0-8442-4221-7 | Paperback | N | N | NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company | August 1989 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Reference : Education : General | N | $22.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Russian Composition and Conversation FROM THE PUBLISHER This book provides specialized vocabulary lists organized by subject as an aid for anyone writing and speaking Russian. Students, travelers, and translators alike will find this guidebook invaluable for improving their ability to communicate in Russian. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | 184 | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| BL65.S4 G46 | Bynum, Caroline W. | Gender and Religion: On the Complexity of Symbols | 0-8070-1009-X | Paperback | N | N | Beacon Pr | October, 1988 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : General | N | $5.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Gender and Religion: On the Complexity of Symbols | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 325 | |||||||||
| BT741.s.B95 | Bynum, Caroline Walker | Fragmentation and Redemption: Essays on Gender and the Human Body in Medieval Religion | 0-942299-63-9 | Hardcover | N | N | Zone Books | November 19, 1990 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy | New York | N | $39.00 | Book Description These seven essays by noted historian Caroline Walker Bynum exemplify her argument that historians must write in a "comic" mode, aware of history's artifice, risks, and incompletion. Exploring a diverse array of medieval texts, the essays show how women were able to appropriate dominant social symbols in ways that revised and undercut them, allowing their own creative and religious voices to emerge. Taken together, they provide a model of how to account for gender in studying medieval texts and offer a new interpretation of the role of asceticism and mysticism in Christianity. In the first three essays, Bynum focuses on the methodological problems inherent in the writing of history. She shows that a consideration of medieval texts written by women and the rituals attractive to them undermines the approaches of three 20th-century intellectual figures - Victor Turner, Max Weber, and Leo Steinberg - and illustrates how other disciplines can enrich historical research. These methodological considerations are then used in the next three essays to examine gender proper. While describing the "experiential" literary voices of medieval women, Bynum underlines the corporality of women's piety and focuses on both the cultural construction and the intractable physicality of the body itself. She also examines how the acts and attitudes of men affected the cultural construction of categories such as "female," "heretic," and "saint" and shows that the study of gender is the study of how roles and possibilities are conceptualized by both women and men. In the final essay, Bynum elucidates how medieval discussions of bodily resurrection and the obsession with material details enrich modem debates over questions of self-identity and survival. Caroline Walker Bynum is a MacArthur Fellow and recipient of the Schaff Prize for Church History for her highly acclaimed Holy Feast, Holy Fast. She is Professor of History at Columbia University. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 233/.5 20 | 2005-10-04 | 426 | Body, Human -- Religious aspects -- Christianity, -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500, Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity --, History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500, Women -- Religious aspects -- Christianity --, History of d | 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.5 inches | |||||
| P302 .C328 2001 | Cameron, Deborah | Working with Spoken Discourse | 0-7619-5773-1 | Paperback | N | N | SAGE Publications | May, 2001 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : General | N | $38.95 | Book Description Working with Spoken Discourse provides a comprehensive account of the expanding multidisciplinary field of discourse analysis. Combining theory and practice it covers a wide range of material in a lively and accessible style. It discusses current approaches, concepts and debates in the field of spoken discourse and provides a grounding in the practical techniques of discourse analysis and how to apply them to real data. Working with Spoken Discourse is divided into three sections. The first section covers general issues - the definition of "discourse" and uses of discourse analysis, the second section covers a series of approaches to discourse analysis and the final section focuses on the applications of discourse analysis in social research and designing and writing up projects. | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 216 | 9.6 x 6.8 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| BF408.C178 | Cameron, Julia | Walking in This World: The Practical Art of Creativity | 1-58542-183-9 | Hardcover | N | N | Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam | September 2002 | 3 | Creation (literary, artistic, etc.) : Creative Ability | N | Publisher Comments: Ten years ago Julia Cameron published a groundbreaking work that offered an original and astoundingly effective twelve-week course in creative discovery. With nearly two million copies sold, The Artist's Way is now a classic cherished by the aspiring and working artists who have experienced its rich benefits. Walking in This World picks up where The Artist's Way left off to present readers with a second twelve-week course-Part Two in an amazing journey toward discovering our human potential. In Walking in This World, Cameron shows readers how to inhabit the world with a sense of wonder, a childlike inquisitiveness that each of us was born with. "Great artists are actually great amateurs," she writes in her introduction. "They have learned to wriggle out of the seriousness of rigid categorization and allow themselves to pursue the Pied Piper of delight." Full of valuable new strategies and techniques for breaking through difficult creative ground, this is the "intermediate level" of the Artist's Way program. A profoundly inspired work by the leading authority on the subject of creativity, Walking in This World is destined to become a classic in its own right. | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 2002 | 1970-01-14 | 288 | 9.54x7.46x1.11 in. 1.73 lbs. | |||||||||
| N5975 .C36 1992 | Camille, Michael | Image on the Edge: The Margins of Medieval Art (Essays in Art and Culture) | 0-674-44361-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Harvard University Press | May 15, 1992 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : General | Cambridge, Mass. | N | $9.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Image on the Edge: The Margins of Medieval Art FROM THE PUBLISHER A gargoyle lurks at the corner of a Gothic cathedral. A monstrous face peers from the margin of a medieval text. At the far reaches of cultural spaces a chorus of odd and arresting figures assembles, commenting endlessly on the world it surveys. What these characters are doing at the margins is the subject of Michael Camille's new book, an exhilarating account of the medieval imagination testing--and defining--its boundaries. Where others have isolated the marginal image as a detail, Camille considers such marginalia in direct and complex relation to the whole work. Ranging with graceful authority through the culture of the Middle Ages, from art to architecture, music to illustrated manuscripts, courtly romances to social rituals, he finds in the margins a distorted yet apt reflection of medieval conventions. It is here at the edge--of the monastery, the cathedral, the court, the city--that medieval artists found room for experimentation, for glossing, parodying, modernizing, and questioning cultural authority without ever undermining it. Viewing marginalia in their proper social and cultural context, Camille reveals scandalous and subversive aspects, as well as apparently paradoxical stabilizing functions. He rejects oppositions such as high and low, profane and sacred, and instead projects a vision of medieval culture in which marginal resistance, inversion, and transgression play an integral, even necessary, role. Chimeras as disruptions of religious order; gargoyles as embodiments of fears and temptations; scatological drawings as manifestations of crisis in the chivalric class; charivari as ritual reinscriptions of social norms: Image on the Edge presents a vivid picture of a medieval world in which contradictions were not only tolerated, but worked with exquisite detail into the very fabric of society. With a richness of expression in keeping with his subject--and with a wealth of sumptuous illustrations--Camille illuminates these details; in doing so, he | 1970-04-30 | Amazon | 709/.02 20 | 1970-04-30 | Essays in Art and Culture | 176 | Art, Medieval -- Themes, motives, Marginality, Social, in art, Margins in books, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Marginalia | 24 cm. | ||||
| BV153.E85 C35 | Camille, Michael | The Gothic Idol : Ideology and Image-Making in Medieval Art (Cambridge Studies in New Art History and Criticism) | 0-521-42430-5 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | October 25, 1991 | 1 | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : General | N | $273.51 | Book Description By examining the theme of idol-worship in medieval art, this book reveals the ideological basis of paintings, statues, and manuscript illuminations that depict the worship of false gods in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. By showing that images of idolatry stood for those outside the Church - pagans, Muslims, Jews, heretics, homosexuals - Camille sheds new light on how medieval society viewed both alien 'others' and itself. He links the abhorrence of worshipping false gods in images to an 'image-explosion' in the thirteenth century when the Christian Church was filled with cult statues, miracle-working relics, and 'real' representations in the new Gothic style. In attempting to bring the Gothic image to life, Camille shows how images can teach us about attitudes and beliefs in a particular society. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | Cambridge New Art History and Criticism | 441 | 1.0 x 7.2 x 10.2 inches | ||||||||
| BS1194.C35 | Campbell, D. B. J | The Old Testament for modern readers | 0-8042-0197-8 | Unknown Binding | N | N | John Knox Press | 1974 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Bibles : General | Atlanta | N | $2.10 | ABOUT THE BOOK The Old Testament for Modern Readers | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 221.6 | 1972 | 1970-01-07 | 135 | Bible. O.T. -- Textbooks, Worship in the Bible | viii, 135 p. 23 cm. | ||||
| P211.C25 | Campbell, George L. | Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets | 0-415-13715-2 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | November, 1997 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Reference : General | New York | N | $33.95 | Book Description Handbook of Scripts and Alphabets is a handy reference which presents the written form of nearly 40 of the world's varied languages. Entries range from the mainstream, such as Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Korean and Thai; to the more obscure, such as Buginese, Cree, Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Malayalam Samaritan and Telugu. Full script tables are given and each entry is accompanied by a brief overview of its historical and linguistic context. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 411 20 | 1997 | 1970-01-07 | 132 | Writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc, Alphabet -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches | ||||
| BH39.E2913 1989 | Cancogni, Anna | The Open Work | 0-674-63976-6 | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | March 2005 | 3 | Philosophy : Arts, fine | N | Publisher Comments: More than twenty years after its original appearance in Italian, The Open Work remains significant for its powerful concept of openness--the artist's decision to leave arrangements of some constituents of a work to the public or to chance--and for its striking anticipation of two major themes of contemporary literary theory: the element of multiplicity and plurality in art, and the insistence on literary response as an interactive process between reader and text. The questions Umberto Eco raises, and the answers he suggests, are intertwined in the continuing debate on literature, art, and culture in general. This entirely new edition, edited for the English-language audience with the approval of Eco himself, includes an authoritative introduction by David Robey that explores Eco's thought at the period of The Open Work, prior to his absorption in semiotics. The book now contains key essays on Eco's mentor Luigi Pareyson, on television and mass culture, and on the politics of art. Harvard University Press will publish separately and simultaneously the extended study of James Joyce that was originally part of The Open Work, entitled The Aesthetics of Chaosmos: The Middle Ages of James Joyce. The Open Work explores a set of issues in aesthetics that remain central to critical theory, and does so in a characteristically vivid style. Eco's convincing manner of presenting ideas and his instinct for the lively example are threaded compellingly throughout. This book is at once a major treatise in modern aesthetics and an excellent introduction to Eco's thought. Synopsis: Essays discuss poetry, communication, television, form, aesthetics, bad taste, and art. | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 1989 | 1970-01-14 | 320 | 8.98x6.02x.97 in. 1.05 lbs. | |||||||||
| D116.C35 | Cantor, Norman F | Inventing the Middle Ages | 0-688-09406-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Morrow, William Company In | 1991 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Europe : General | New York | N | $1.25 | From Publishers Weekly To 19th-century romantics, the Middle Ages were a justification for aesthetic passion and communal feeling. In contrast, the 20th century's picture of the Middle Ages stresses its synthesis of faith and reason, charismatic leadership of saints and heroes, formalist attitude to art and literature, and ideas of divine and human love. These constructs, argues New York University medievalist Cantor, are the product of such influential medievalists as Frederic Maitland, Erwin Panofsky, C. S. Lewis and Richard Southern. His sometimes provocative study combines intimate profiles of 20 medievalists with an assessment of the impact of their ideas on our image of the Middle Ages. Cantor unravels the "common man's ethos" in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and discusses Eileen Power's searing indictment of the Middle Ages' marginalization of women. He invents his own Middle Ages: one that tells us to reject the "regulatory and welfare state" and reassert the values of civil society and "tough love." Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 940.1/072 20 | 1991 | 2005-10-08 | 477 | Middle Ages -- Historiography -- History -- 20th, century | 1.5 x 6.5 x 9.4 inches | ||||
| BL41.C36 | Capps, Walter H. | Religious Studies: The Making of a Discipline | 0-8006-2535-8 | Paperback | N | N | Augsburg Fortress Publishers | June, 1995 | 1 | 2.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Church History : General | Minneapolis | N | $30.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Religious Studies: The Making of a Discipline ANNOTATION The author nationally recognized for the quality and depth of his teaching in religious studies has written the first full-scale introduction to the history and methods of the study of religion. FROM THE PUBLISHER Since its inception almost 200 years ago, the study of religion has informed, enlightened, provoked, and challenged our notions of humanity's deepest beliefs and longings. Now Walter Capps, nationally recognized for the quality and depth of his teaching, has written the first full-scale introduction to the history and methods of religious studies. To assess the many points of view in this mature but diffuse discipline. Capps uses the idea that four basic of fundamental questions and three enduring interests have given formal structure to the study of religion: the essence of religion; the origin of religion, descriptions of religion; the function of religion, the language of religion, comparisons of religion and, the future of religious studies. In this way Capps relates the chief insights and theories of philosophy, anthropology, phenomenology, sociology, and theology of religion, and spotlights theorists from Immanuel Kant to Mircea Eliade. His valuable text unites in a single narrative and conceptual framework the major methodological proposals for the academic study of religion; treats all the major theorists in their respective disciplines, schools of thought, and intellectual movements; treats the whole discipline as a dynamic and evolving tradition. Religious Studies constitutes not only an erudite introduction to the field, exhibiting vast scholarship and careful assessment, but also a bold synthetic proposal for its future. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 200/.7 20 | 1995 | 2005-10-08 | 368 | Religion -- Study and teaching -- History, Religion -- Philosophy, Religion | 9.0 x 6.7 x 1.1 inches | ||||
| B3279.H42 Z7 C23 | Caputo, John D. | Heidegger and Aquinas: An Essay on Overcoming Metaphysics | 0-8232-1098-7 | Paperback | N | N | Fordham University Press | September 1, 1982 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $20.00 | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 308 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | |||||||||
| PZ7.C21476 | Carle, Eric | The Very Hungry Caterpillar board book | 0-399-22690-7 | Board book | N | N | Philomel | March 23, 1994 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Children's Books : Animals : Bugs & Spiders : Fiction | N | $8.53 | Amazon.com Reviews "In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf." So begins Eric Carle's modern classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. More than 12 million copies of this book have been sold in its original, full-sized edition, and the beloved tale of science and gluttony has been translated into 20 languages. This five-by-four-inch miniature edition is truly tiny, with tiny type, but it is a nice size for small hands to hold and flip through the pictures. Despite its diminished state, the book is complete in every detail, following the ravenous caterpillar's path as he eats his way through one apple (and the pages of the book itself) on Monday, two pears on Tuesday, three plums on Wednesday, and so on, through cherry pie and sausage--until he is really fat and has a stomachache. And no doubt you know what happens next! Kids love butterfly metamorphosis stories, and this popular favorite teaches counting and the days of the week, too. A fun gift package for caterpillar fans. (Baby to preschool) --Karin Snelson Card catalog description Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Die-cut pages illustrate what the caterpillar ate on successive days.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | Eric Carle Temp Series | 26 | 5.1 x 7.0 x 0.9 inches | |||||||
| GV481 | Carle, Eric (Illustrator) | From Head to Toe Board Book | 0-694-01301-3 | Hardcover | N | N | HarperFestival | May 31, 1999 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Children's Books : Animals : General : Fiction | N | $7.99 | From Publishers Weekly As the artist's collages emulate animal movements, children will "eagerly clap, stomp, kick and wriggle their way through these pages," said PW. Ages 4-8. (Oct.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. From School Library Journal PreS. Animals and multiethnic children illustrate various body movements on large, double-page spreads. A giraffe bends its neck, a monkey waves its arms, etc. The repetitive text has the animal stating the movement and asking, "Can you do it?" Each child responds, "I can do it!" Carle's vivid cut-paper collages are striking and invite sharing individually or with a group. There is no story?rather the book is an invitation to get everyone moving. A nice addition to a toddler storytime, but it may get lost as it's cataloged in 613.7.?Lisa Smith, Lindenhurst Memorial Library, NY Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | c199 | 1970-01-21 | 26 | 7.0 x 5.0 x 0.6 inches | |||||||
| B2430.F724 C365 | Carrette, Jeremy R. | Foucault and Religion: Spiritual Corporality and Political Spirituality | 0-415-20260-4 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | December, 1999 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $34.95 | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 208 | 9.5 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches | |||||||||
| BL624.C3475 | Carrette, Jeremy R. | Selling Spirituality: The Silent Takeover of Religion | 0-415-30209-9 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | November, 2004 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : General | New York, NY | N | $22.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Selling Spirituality: The Silent Takeover of Religion FROM THE PUBLISHER Jeremy Carrette is Senior Lecturer and Head of Religious Studies at the University of Stirling, Scotland. He is author of Foucault and Religion (Routledge, 2000) and editor of Michel Foucault and Religious Experience . He has also co-edited the Routledge Centenary Edition of William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience (2002). Richard King is a Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Liverpool Hope University. He is author of Orientalism and Religion (Routledge ,1999), Indian Philosophy: An Introduction to Hindu and Buddhist Thought and Early Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism . SYNOPSIS Capitalist Spirituality shows how spirituality has in fact become a powerful commodity in the global marketplace - a cultural addiction that reflects orthodox politics, curbs self-expression and colonizes Eastern beliefs. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 204 22 | 1970-01-14 | 194 | Spiritual life | 8.0 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches | |||||
| BF697.C288 | Carrithers, Michael (Editor) | The Category of the Person : Anthropology, Philosophy, History | 0-521-27757-4 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | December 27, 1985 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York | N | $31.99 | Book Description The concept that peope have of themselves as a 'person' is one of the most intimate notions that they hold. Yet the way in which the category of the person is conceived varies over time and space. In this volume, anthropologists, philosophers, and historians examine the notion of the person in different cultures, past and present. Taking as their starting point a lecture on the person as a category of the human mind, given by Marcel Mauss in 1938, the contributors critically assess Mauss's speculation that ntions of the person, rather than being primarily philosophical or psychological, have a complex social and ideological origin. Discussing societies ranging from ancient Greece, India, and China to modern Africa and Papua New Guinea, they provide fascinating descriptions of how these different cultures define the person. But they also raise deeper theoretical issues: What is universally constant and what is culturally variable in people's thinking about the person? How can these variations be explained? Has there been a general progressive development toward the modern Western view of the person? What is distinctive about this? How do one's notions of the person inform one's ability to comprehend alternative formulations? These questions are of compelling interest for a wide range of anthropologists, philosophers, historians, psychologists, sociologists, orientalists, and classicists. The book will appeal to any reader concerned with understanding one of the most fundamental aspects of human existence. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 302.5/4 19 | 1985 | 2005-10-04 | 319 | Self, Self -- Cross-cultural studies, Individualism, Individualism -- Cross-cultural studies, Mauss, Marcel, 1872-1950 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| GN414.A24 | Carsten, Janet (Editor) | About the House : Lévi-Strauss and Beyond | 0-521-47421-3 | Hardcover | N | N | Cambridge University Press | May 4, 1995 | 1 | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | Cambridge ; New York | N | $127.94 | Book Description The domestic unit is inseparable from its homestead, and the "house," at once a physical place and a social unit, is often also a unit of production and consumption, a cult group, and even a political faction. Inspired by Lévi-Strauss' suggestion that the multi-functional noble houses of Medieval Europe were simply the best-known examples of a widespread social institution, the contributors to this collection analyze "house" systems in Southeast Asia and South America, exploring the interrelationships among buildings, people, and ideas. They reveal some of the ways in which houses can stand for social groups and serve as images of process and order. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 307.3/36 20 | 2005-10-08 | 314 | Dwellings -- Social aspects, Dwellings -- Southeast Asia, Dwellings -- South America, Kinship -- Southeast Asia, Indians of South America -- Kinship | 0.8 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | ||||||
| BF175.5.P75 | Caruth, Cathy | Trauma : Explorations in Memory | 0-8018-5007-X | Paperback | N | N | The Johns Hopkins University Press | May 24, 1995 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Personal Health : Stress : Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | Baltimore | N | $25.00 | Review "These essays offer fresh approaches on the subject of trauma from both a psychoanalytic and contemporary theoretical point of view. The combination of theoretical articles about trauma with interviews about its ongoing effects is a particular strength -- and a particularly appropriate approach when the topic itself is silence or testimony about trauma. The book will be of great interest to those in the psychoanalytic community interested in this kind of interdisciplinary work."--Alan Bass, Ph.D., Psychoanalyst Book Description Because traumatic events are unbearable in their horror and intensity, they often exist as memories that are not immediately recognizable as truth. Such experiences are best understood not only through the straightforward acquisition of facts but through a process of discovering where and why conscious understanding and memory fail. Literature, according to Cathy Caruth and others, opens a window on traumatic experience because it teaches readers to listen to what can be told only in indirect and surprising ways. Sociology, film, and political activism can also provide new ways of thinking about and responding to the experience of trauma. In Trauma and Memory, a distinguished group of analysts and critics offer a compelling look at what literature and the new approaches of a variety of clinical and theoretical disciplines bring to the understanding of traumatic experience. Combining two highly-acclaimed special issues of American Imago edited by Caruth, this interdisciplinary collection of essays and interviews will be of interest to analysts and critics concerned with the notion of trauma and the problem of interpretation and, more generally, to those interested in current discussions of subjects such as child abuse, AIDS, and the effects of historical atrocities such as the Holocaust. Contributions by: Georges Bataille, Harold Bloom, Laura Brown, Cathy Caruth, Kai Erikson, Shoshana Felman, Henry Krystal, Claude Lanzmann, Dori Laub, Kevin Newmark, Onno van der Hart, and Bessel van der Kolk. Interviews with: Robert Jay Lifton, Gregg Bordowitz, Douglas Crimp, and Laura Pinsky | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 155.9/35 20 | 1995 | 2005-11-20 | 288 | Psychic trauma, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Recovered memory, False memory syndrome | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| PS3553.A7894 C3 | Carver, Raymond | CATHEDRAL (Vintage contemporaries) | 0-394-71281-1 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | August 12, 1984 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( C ) : Carver, Raymond | New York | N | $0.88 | Amazon.com It was morning in America when Raymond Carver's Cathedral came out in 1983, but the characters in this dry collection of short stories from the forgotten corners of land of opportunity didn't receive much sunlight. Nothing much happens to the subjects of Carver's fiction, which is precisely why they are so harrowing: nothingness is a daunting presence to overcome. And rarely do they prevail, but the loneliness and quiet struggle the characters endure provide fertile ground for literary triumph, particularly in the hands of Carver, who was perhaps in his best form with this effort.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. The New York Times Book Review, Irving Howe Cathedral contains a number of similar stories, very skillful within their narrow limits, written with a dry intensity, and moving, at their climaxes, from the commonplace to the unnerving.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 813/.54 19 | 1983 | 1970-01-07 | Vintage Contemporaries Series | 227 | 20 cm. | ||||
| F209.C3 | Cash, W.J. | The Mind of the South (Vintage) | 0-679-73647-6 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | September 10, 1991 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Americas : United States : State & Local : General | New York | N | $10.88 | Review "No one, among the multitudes who have written about the South, has been more penetrating or more persuasive than Mr. Cash." -- The New York Times "Wyatt-Brown's introduction is the sanest overview of The Mind of the South I've yet encountered. It points up the specific and real worth of this remarkable book." -- Louis D. Rubin, Jr. "Sometimes insightful, sometimes infuriating, The Mind of the South is mandatory reading for anyone who would understand the region. Wyatt-Brown's brilliant introduction reveals the relevance of Cash and his book to our own times." -- Charles Joyner, Burroughs Distinguished Professor of Southern History and Culture, University of South Carolina Review "No one, among the multitudes who have written about the South, has been more penetrating or more persuasive than Mr. Cash." -- The New York Times "Wyatt-Brown's introduction is the sanest overview of The Mind of the South I've yet encountered. It points up the specific and real worth of this remarkable book." -- Louis D. Rubin, Jr. "Sometimes insightful, sometimes infuriating, The Mind of the South is mandatory reading for anyone who would understand the region. Wyatt-Brown's brilliant introduction reveals the relevance of Cash and his book to our own times." -- Charles Joyner, Burroughs Distinguished Professor of Southern History and Culture, University of South Carolina | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 975 20 | 2005-11-20 | 496 | Southern States -- Civilization, Southern States -- Social conditions | 8.0 x 5.2 x 1.1 inches | |||||
| B3216.C31 V47 | Cassirer, Ernst | Symbol, Myth and Culture: Essays and Lectures of Ernst Cassirer 1935-45 | 0-300-02666-8 | Paperback | N | N | Yale University Press | March, 1981 | 1 | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism | N | $32.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Symbol, Myth and Culture: Essays and Lectures of Ernst Cassirer 1935-45 | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 320 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | |||||||||
| B395.C38 | Cavalier, Robert | Plato for Beginners | 0-86316-039-5 | Paperback | N | N | Writers & Readers Publishing | September, 1990 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $9.56 | ABOUT THE BOOK Plato for Beginners FROM THE PUBLISHER This book introduces readers to the philosopher who helped shape the way we think about the world. It includes a look at the social gadfly Socrates, Plato's mentor, whose martyrdom led Plato to form a new system of knowledge based on reason. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 2005-10-04 | Writers & Readers For Beginners Series | 176 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.4 inches | |||||||
| B3209.B584 C38 | Caygill, Howard | Walter Benjamin: The Colour of Experience | 0-415-08959-X | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | February 1, 1998 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $34.95 | About the Author Howard Caygill is Lecturer in the Department of Historical and Cultural Studies, Goldsmith's College, University of London.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 208 | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| HM101.C4213 | Certeau, Michel De | Culture in the Plural | 0-8166-2767-3 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | January, 1998 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Minneapolis | N | $18.95 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 306 21 | 1998 | 2005-10-08 | 180 | Culture, Multiculturalism, Language and culture, Political culture | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches | ||||
| PN45.C4 | Certeau, Michel De | Heterologies: Discourse on the Other (Theory and History of Literature, Vol 17) | 0-8166-1404-0 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | April, 1986 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : Semiotics | Minneapolis | N | $18.95 | Language Notes Text: English, French--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 801 19 | 1986 | 2005-10-15 | Theory and History of Literature Series | 276 | Literature -- Philosophy | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches | |||
| BV5077.E85 C4713 | Certeau, Michel de | The Mystic Fable : The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Religion and Postmodernism Series) | 0-226-10037-5 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | June 15, 1995 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Other Practices : Mysticism | N | $35.00 | Book Description The culmination of de Certeau's lifelong engagement with the human sciences, this volume is both an analysis of Christian mysticism during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and an application of this influential scholar's transdisciplinary historiography. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | Religion and Postmodernism Ser. | 384 | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | |||||||
| BF1517.F5. C4713 | Certeau, Michel de | The Possession at Loudun | 0-226-10035-9 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | August 1, 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Europe : France : General | N | $23.00 | Amazon.com In August 1634, a French priest named Urbain Grandier was convicted of sorcery and burned at the stake. His accusers held that he had brought the devil into the Ursuline nunnery of Loudon, and had there committed acts in violation of human and divine law--to say nothing of his priestly vows. The possession at Loudon has provided the storyline for plays, novels, and films, but it has received little historical scrutiny. In this slender essay, the late Jesuit historian Michel de Certeau examines the possession in the context of the larger contemporary struggle between medieval values and the dawning Enlightenment. As he points out, during the eight years when the possession and its attendant trials and exorcisms were unfolding as a kind of morality play, Descartes published his Discourse on Method, and science and religion met on countless ideological battlefields. The era, he notes, was marked by plague, economic and social dislocation, and a general atmosphere of fearfulness, ideal for rituals of scapegoating and expiation. Certeau draws on several techniques of the Annales school of historians, examining the minutiae of the Loudon trials--including, for instance, a payment voucher to the woodcutter who provided the timber for Grandier's immolation--and remarking that the hysteria that visited the little town of Loudon points to "the strangeness of history." --Gregory McNamee From Library Journal Eminent French Jesuit intellectual and historian de Certeau (1925-86) documents with scholarly detail the events surrounding the alleged diabolic possession of 17 nuns in an Ursuline convent during the early 1630s in the provincial French town of Loudun. A cause c l bre for years afterward, the matter touched Cardinal Richelieu and the monarchy and has been the subject of drama, opera, and the writings of Aldous Huxley, among others. Affairs culminated in the execution of accused priest-sorcerer Urbain Grandier, followed by a triumphant tour by the convent's mother superior. Politics, both ecclesiastical and civil, permeate the many official sources quoted, as unexplained phenomena and exorcisms vie with local self-interests and hysteria in a major theatrical spectacle of the time. This translation of the original French text (1970) makes the author's brilliant work accessible to English-speaking readers. De Certeau's analyses are not an easy read, as he dissects mystical, psychoanalytical, and sociological elements of events. For specialized collections.DAnna M. Donnelly, St. John's Univ. Lib., Jamaica, NY Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-03 | Amazon | 1970-01-03 | 266 | 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| HN8.C4313 | Certeau, Michel De | The Practice of Everyday Life (Practice of Everday Life) | 0-520-06168-3 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | October, 1988 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : Social Psychology & Interactions | N | $6.40 | Priscilla P. Clark, Journal of Modern History "The Practice of Everyday Life, published in 1974 and now the first of his books available in English translation, offers ample evidence why we should pay heed to de Certeau and why more of us have not done so. For one, the work all but defies definition. History, sociology, economics, literature and literary criticism, philosophy, and anthropology all come within de Certeau's ken. . . The Practice of Everyday Life marks a turning point in studies of culture away from the producer (writer, scientist, city planner) and the product (book, discourse, city street) to the consumer (reader, pedestrian). . . . In sum, de Certeau acts very much like his own ordinary hero, manipulating, elaborating, and inventing on the scientific authority that he both denies and requires." Thomas Fleming, Chronicles of Culture "Everyday Life is littered with insights and perceptions, any one of which could make the career of an American academic." | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | Practice of Everday Life Series | 260 | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | |||||||
| D13.C3413 | Certeau, Michel de | The Writing of History | 0-231-05575-7 | Paperback | N | N | Columbia University Press | April 15, 1992 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Historical Study : Historiography | N | $22.00 | Review "The crowning work of the late Michel de Certeau is this volume of essays on historiography... Brilliant." -- American Historical Review American Historical Review The crowning work of the late Michel de Certeau is this volume of essays on historiography . . . Brilliant. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 1992 | 2005-10-08 | European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism | 368 | 1.0 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | ||||||
| D13.5.E85 | Chakrabarty, Dipesh | Provincializing Europe | 0-691-04909-2 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | September 15, 2000 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Asia : India | N | $19.95 | Book Description Can European thought be dislodged from the center of the practice of history in a non-European place? What problems arise when we translate cultural practices into the categories of social science? Provincializing Europe is one of the first book-length treatments on how postcolonial thinking impacts on the social sciences. This book explores, through a series of linked essays, the problems of thought that present themselves when we think of a place such as India through the categories of modern, European social science and, in particular, history. Provincializing Europe is a sustained conversation between historical thinking and postcolonial perspectives. It addresses the mythical figure of Europe that is often taken to be the original site of the modern in many histories of capitalist transition in non-Western countries. This imaginary Europe, Chakrabarty argues, is built right into the social sciences. The very idea of historicizing carries with it some peculiarly European assumptions about disenchanted space, secular time, and human sovereignty. Measured against such mythical standards, capitalist transition in the third world has often seemed either incomplete or lacking. Chakrabarty finds that "Nativism," however, is no answer to Eurocentrism, because the universals propounded by European Enlightenment remain indispensable to any social critique that seeks to address issues of social justice and equity. Provincializing Europe proposes that every case of transition to capitalism is a case of translation as well--a translation of existing worlds and their thought-categories into the categories and self-understandings of capitalist modernity. Chakrabarty demonstrates, both theoretically and with examples from colonial and contemporary India, how such translational histories may be thought and written. Provincializing Europe is not a project of shunning European thought. It is a project of globalizing such thought by exploring how it may be renewed both for and from the margins. | 2005-04-27 | Amazon | 2005-04-27 | 320 | 9.4 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| PK3741.H6E5 | Chandiramani, G.L. | Hitopadesha: An Ancient Fabled Classic | 8172244150 | Paperback | N | N | South Asia Books | August 1, 1995 | 2 | N | $18.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Hitopadesha: An Ancient Fabled Classic | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 294 | |||||||||||
| BQ5125.M3 R34 FF | Chandra, Raghuvira | Tibetan Mandalas | 8186471014 | Hardcover | N | N | South Asia Books | July 1, 1995 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism : Tibetan | N | $78.00 | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 270 | 1.0 x 9.0 x 11.2 inches | |||||||||
| HQ18.C6 C45 | Chang, Jolan | The Tao of Love and Sex | 0-525-47453-6 | Paperback | N | N | Plume | June 29, 1977 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Medicine : Basic Science : Physiology | New York | N | $2.91 | Book Description Jolan Chang explains how the ancient philosophy of Taoism can be applied to modern sex techniques. "I have learned by experience that the most effective way to secure sufficient love for both men and women is to show women how to influence men gently to become more adequate lovers."-Jolan Chang --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 612/.6 19 | 1977 | 1970-01-28 | 136 | Sex customs -- China, Sex instruction, Taoism | 25 cm. | ||||
| BL1284.545 | Chari, S. M. Srinivasa | Vaisnavism: Its Philosophy, Theology and Religious Discipline | 8120810988 | Hardcover | N | N | Motilal Banarsidass Pub | April, 2002 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | Delhi | N | $30.56 | Book Description Reprint of a classic work, on emerging Indian religious traditions and especially Vaishnavism | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 294.5/512 20 | 1970-01-07 | 306 | Vaishnavism -- Doctrines | 1.2 x 5.8 x 8.8 inches | |||||
| D16.9.C453750 | Chartier, Roger | On the Edge of the Cliff : History, Language and Practices (Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society) | 0-8018-5436-9 | Paperback | N | N | The Johns Hopkins University Press | October 21, 1996 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Baltimore | N | $20.95 | Review "Roger Chartier is one of the world's foremost historians. He is creative, thoughtful, and insightful in ways that few other historians can match. Far more than most historians, he addresses issues that are of immediate interest to a welter of scholars in literature, anthropology, sociology, and other fields. These qualities infuse and enrich this book."--Steven L. Kaplan, Cornell University Book Description The importance of history has been powerfully reaffirmed in recent years by the appearance of major new authors, pathbreaking works, and fresh interpretations of historical events, trends, and methods. Responding to these developments, Roger Chartier engages several of the most influential writers of cultural history whose works have spread far beyond academic audiences to become part of contemporary cultural argument. Challenging the assertion that history is no more than a "fiction-making operation" Chartier examines the relationships between history and fiction and proposes new foundations for establishing history as a specific kind of knowledge. Michel de Certeau's description of Michel Foucault's writings as "on the edge of the cliff," provides Chartier with an image he finds appropriate not only for Foucault but for many other recent historians--including de Certeau. Exploring the relationships between discursive practices and nondiscursive practices, Chartier examines the "heterology" of de Certeau pursues the "chimera of origin" and the causes of the French Revolution in Foucault's work; and raises four pertinent questions for the metahistory of Hayden White. He follows the work of Louis Marin into the distinctions between interpreting a painting and interpreting a text. And a trio of essays treats the historical sociology of Norbert Elias and his work on power and civility. Throughout, Chartier keeps his focus on historians who have stressed the relations between the products of discourse and social practices. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 901 20 | 2005-10-08 | Parallax: RE-Visions of Culture and Society Series | 288 | History -- Philosophy, Language and history | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.5 inches | ||||
| PN1997.M684 | Chatterjee, Gayatri | Mother India | 0-85170-917-6 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | July 1, 2002 | 1 | Entertainment : Movies : General | N | $10.17 | Book Description Until recently, when satellite television changed viewing habits, Mehboob Khan's Mother India (1957) could boast the remarkable distinction of having been constantly in distribution in India since its first release. Nargis, one of India's great screen stars, plays Radha, an industrious and strong-willed peasant woman who faces a series of tribulations. Her husband is maimed in a farming accident and flees the family home. She is in thrall to a malevolent moneylender, who lusts after her. Tempests destroy her crops and her home. Of the two sons who survive with her, one grows up to be traditionally obedient while the other rages against his life in the village. Radha's final test comes when she must decide between her love for her son and her commitment to the community. Based on new research into the Mehboob studio archives Gayatri Chatterjee outlines the film's eventful production history and the ambitious vision of its director. She illuminates many aspects of Mother India-performance styles of its cast, its reception and reputation, the film's mythological underpinnings, and its many references to the history of a country in transition. Illustrated | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | BFI Film Classics Ser. | 96 | 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches | ||||||||
| DS340 .M35 2000 | Chaturvedi, Vinayak (Editor) | Mapping Subaltern Studies and the Postcolonial | 1-85984-214-3 | Paperback | N | N | Verso | July, 2000 | 2 | 3.0 Stars | History : Asia : India | N | $14.00 | Book Description This newest volume in the Mappings Series offers the first comprehensive balance-sheet of the Subaltern Studies Project, an intervention in South Asian history and politics, which has recently generated a powerful impact in Latin American, Irish, and African Studies. Initially inspired by Antonio Gramsci's writings on the history of subaltern classes, the Subaltern Studies authors adopted a "history from below" paradigm to contest "elite" history writing of Indian nationalists, from the left and right. Later the Project shifted away from its social history origins by drawing upon eclectic thinkers such as Edward Said, Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida. Brought together in these pages are classic essays and trenchant criticism from authors such as David Arnold, C. A. Bayly, Tom Brass, Partha Chatterjee, Ranajit Guha, Rosalind O'Hanlon, Gyanendra Pandey, Gyan Prakash, Sumit Sarkar, Gayatri Spivak and David Washbrook. | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 364 | 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches | ||||||||
| BL1202.C477 | Chaudhuri, Nirad C. | Hinduism: A Religion to Live by | 0-19-520221-X | Paperback | N | N | Oxford Univ Pr | October 1, 1980 | 1 | N | $3.82 | 2005-04-30 | Amazon | 2005-04-30 | 0 | 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.4 inches | |||||||||||
| PG3456.A13 Y3 | Chekhov, Anton | The Portable Chekhov (Viking Portable Library) | 0-14-015035-8 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin | August 25, 1977 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( C ) : Chekhov, Anton | New York | N | $11.56 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Russian | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 891.7/2/3 | 1975 | 1970-01-07 | Viking Portable Library Series | 640 | Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904 --, Translations into English | 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches | |||
| PG3476.A324 C54 | Chernykh, V. A | Letopis§ zhizni i tvorchestva Anny Akhmatovoi | 5901006194 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Editorial URSS | 1996 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- | Moskva | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | 0 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 --, Chronology, Poets, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography | 21 cm. | |||||||
| PG504.5.E54 | Chester, Pamela (Editor) | Engendering Slavic Literatures | 0-253-21042-9 | Paperback | N | N | Indiana University Press | April, 1996 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Bloomington | N | $22.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Engendering Slavic Literatures FROM THE PUBLISHER Engendering Slavic Literatures breaks new ground in its investigation of gender and feminist issues in Croatian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian literary texts by both female and male writers. Drawing on psychoanalytic approaches, film theory, and lesbian and gender theory, the authors interrogate the received notions of Western gender studies to see which can be usefully applied to nineteenth- and twentieth-century Slavic literary works. Motherhood and the relationships of mothers and daughters; the myths of selfhood that shape the autobiographies of Nadezhda Mandel'shtam, Marina Tsvetaeva, Lidiia Ginzburg, and Lev Tolstoy; Polish Catholicism and sexuality; portrayals of landscape in verbal and visual art; and women writers' transgressive ventures into male bastions such as the love lyric and prose fiction are among the themes of this important and innovative volume. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 891.8 20 | 1996 | 1970-01-07 | 272 | Slavic literature -- Women authors -- History and, criticism, Women in literature, Slavic literature -- 19th century -- History and, criticism, Slavic literature -- 20th century -- History and, criticism, Women and literature -- Slavic countries | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| GN635.C5C45 | Childs, Geoff | Tibetan Diary: From Birth to Death and Beyond in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal | 0-520-24133-9 | Hardcover | N | N | University of California Press | September 1, 2004 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Asia : General | N | $13.57 | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 217 | 9.2 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches | |||||||||
| HQ759 | Chodorow, Nancy | The Reproduction of Mothering: Psychoanalysis and the Sociology of Gender | 0-520-03892-4 | Paperback | N | N | Univ of California Pr | August, 1979 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : General | N | $17.95 | Book Description UPDATED EDITION WITH A NEW PREFACE When this best-seller was published two decades ago, it put the mother-daughter relationship and female psychology on the map. The Reproduction of Mothering was recently chosen by Contemporary Sociology as one of the ten most influential books of the past twenty-five years. With a new preface by the author, this updated edition is testament to the formative effect that Nancy Chodorows work continues to exert on psychoanalysis, social science, and the humanities.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. From the Back Cover "The book that created a Copernican Revolution in gender theory. . . . From literature to political science, from disciples to critics, no feminist theory has been untouched by Chodorows bold and brilliant reconfiguration."-- Susan Bordo, author of Unbearable Weight and The Male Body "The Reproduction of Mothering represents the boldest attempt to realign psychoanalysis and feminism in the late 20th century."--Mari Jo Buhle, author of Feminism and Its Discontents "It is difficult to imagine the shape that feminist literary criticism might have taken in the last twenty years without the enabling influence of The Reproduction of Mothering. The importance of Chodorow's work cannot be overestimated."--Marianne Hirsch, author of The Mother/Daughter Plot "The Reproduction of Mothering was that rare book that had a major impact on two different constituencies: feminists and psychoanalysts. It was a must-read in 1978, putting object-relations theory on the map in the United States, and it remains a must-read today. It continues to shape the thinking of analysts and feminists today, and it is one of the key texts available that links psyche and culture, psychoanalysis and sociology."--Ethel Spector Person, M.D., author of The Sexual Century--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1978 | 1970-01-07 | 263 | 0.5 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | |||||||
| BQ7805.C45 SS | CHODRON, PEMA | Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings | 1-57062-972-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Shambhala | August 13, 2002 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Authors, A-Z : ( C ) : Chodron, Pema | N | $8.00 | Amazon.com Comfortable with Uncertainty reads like a perfect companion guide to the traditional 108-day Buddhist retreat. In a day-by-day format, author Pema Chödrön dives into the soothing wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism, reminding us that groundlessness is the only ground we have to stand on. Each of her 108 teachings are brief (about two pages), and all of them are excerpted from longer discussions in Chödrön's previous bestselling books (The Places That Scare You and When Things Fall Apart). Nonetheless, newcomers as well as seasoned fans of Chödrön's writing will glean much from this training program for becoming a "warrior bodhisattva"--a term which, simply put, means one who aspires to act from an awakened heart. Gradually, Chödrön guides readers beyond the tunnel vision of the self, expanding outward to include compassion for all of humanity. In the 12th teaching, "The Root of Suffering," Chödrön writes: "What keeps us unhappy and stuck in a limited view of reality is our tendency to seek pleasure and avoid pain, to seek security and avoid groundlessness, to seek comfort and avoid discomfort." In the 77th teaching, "Cool Loneliness," she suggests that the next time readers wake up in the morning feeling the "heartache of alienation" they try to "relax and touch the limitless space of the human heart." By the 101st teaching, Chödrön speaks to "taking refuge in the Sangha," meaning becoming warriors who are not only committed to taking off their own armors of self-pity, but are also committed to gently helping others do the same. Student warriors will also appreciate the glossary, bibliography, and resource guide in the back. --Gail Hudson | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 240 | 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| BQ5410.C433 | Chodron, Pema | The Places that Scare You : A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times (Shambhala Classics) | 1-57062-921-8 | Paperback | N | N | Shambhala | August 13, 2002 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Self-Help : Spiritual | N | $9.71 | Amazon.com's Best of 2001 Pema Chödrön may have more good one-liners than a Groucho Marx retrospective, but this nun's stingers go straight to the heart: "The essence of bravery is being without self-deception"; "When we practice generosity, we become intimate with our grasping"; "Difficult people are the greatest teachers." These are the punctuations to specific teachings of fearlessness. In The Places That Scare You, Chödrön introduces a host of the compassionate warriors' tools and concepts for transforming anxieties and negative emotions into positive living. Rather than steeling ourselves against hardship, she suggests we open ourselves to vulnerability; from this comes the loving kindness and compassion that are the wellsprings of joy. How do we achieve it? Through meditation, mindfulness, slogans, aspiration, and several other practices, such as tonglen, which is taking in the pain and suffering of others while sending out happiness to all--emphasis on the all. Chödrön introduces each of these practices in turn, backing them up with succinct practical reasoning and a framework of ideas that offers fresh interpretations of familiar words like strength, laziness, and groundlessness. Chödrön is the type of person you'd like to have with you in an emergency, and to deal with the extremes of daily life. In her absence, The Places That Scare You will do nicely. --Brian Bruya --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Publishers Weekly The Places That Scare You by Pema Chodron. Chodron, a Buddhist nun, offers plans of action for coping with anxiety, fear and uncertainty. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | 160 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| BQ5410.C434 SS | Chodron, Pema | When Things Fall Apart : Heart Advice for Difficult Times | 1-57062-344-9 | Paperback | N | N | Shambhala | September 26, 2000 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Eastern : General | N | $10.36 | Amazon.com Much like Zen, Pema Chodron's interpretation of Tibetan Buddhism takes the form of a nontheistic spiritualism. In When Things Fall Apart this head of a Tibetan monastery in Canada outlines some relevant and deceptively profound terms of Tibetan Buddhism that are germane to modern issues. The key to all of these terms is accepting that in the final analysis, life is groundless. By letting go, we free ourselves to face fear and obstacles and offer ourselves unflinchingly to others. The graceful, conversational tone of Chodron's writing gives the impression of sitting on a pillow across from her, listening to her everyday examples of Buddhist wisdom. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Publishers Weekly Pema Chodron, a student of Chogyam Trunpa Rinpoche and Abbot of Gampo Abbey, has written the Tibetan Buddhist equivalent of Harold Kushner's famous book, When Bad Things Happen to Good People. As the author indicates in the postscript to her book: "We live in difficult times. One senses a possibility they may get worse." Consequently, Chodron's book is filled with useful advice about how Buddhism helps readers to cope with the grim realities of modern life, including fear, despair, rage and the feeling that we are not in control of our lives. Through reflections on the central Buddhist teaching of right mindfulness, Chodron orients readers and gives them language with which to shape their thinking about the ordinary and extraordinary traumas of modern life. But most importantly, Chodron demonstrates how effective the Buddhist point of view can be in bringing order into disordered lives. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 148 | 8.8 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| TT778.C3 C478 | Christensen, Jo Ippolito | The Needlepoint Book (The Creative Handcrafts Series) | 0-13-610980-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Prentice Hall Trade | October, 1976 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Home & Garden : Crafts & Hobbies : General | Englewood Cliffs, N.J. | N | $0.01 | ABOUT THE BOOK Needlepoint Book: 303 Stitches with Patterns and Projects FROM THE PUBLISHER The Needlepoint Book offers you the most comprehensive guide to this craft available. Describing over 300 separate needlepoint stitches and containing more than 1000 illustrations, as well as all the other basic techniques of designing, doing, and finishing needlepoint works, this book will provide you with many hours of fascinating and enjoyable projects. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 746.4/4 | 1976 | 1970-01-14 | A Spectrum Book | 384 | Canvas embroidery | xvi, 384 p., [8] leaves of plate | |||
| Chukovskaia, Lidiia Korneevna | Zapiski Ob Anne Akhmatovoi: V Trekh Tomakh | 5868840534 | Binding Unknown | N | N | Soglasie | Jan 1997 | 1 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 | Moskva | N | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. t. 1. 1938-1941 -- t. 2. 1952-1962 -- t. 3. 1963-1966. | 1970-04-16 | Half.com | 1970-04-16 | Dostoëiìanie Rossii | 0 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966, Chukovskaëiìa, Lidiëiìa Korneevna, Poets, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography, Authors, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography | 21 cm. | ||||||||
| Chukovskaia, Lidiia Korneevna | Zapiski Ob Anne Akhmatovoi: V Trekh Tomakh | 5868840526 | Binding Unknown | N | N | Soglasie | Jan 1997 | 1 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 | Moskva | N | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. t. 1. 1938-1941 -- t. 2. 1952-1962 -- t. 3. 1963-1966. | 1970-04-16 | Half.com | 1970-04-16 | Dostoëiìanie Rossii | 0 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966, Chukovskaëiìa, Lidiëiìa Korneevna, Poets, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography, Authors, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography | 21 cm. | ||||||||
| PG3476.C485 S581 | Chukovskaya, Lydia | Sofia Petrovna (European Classics) | 0-8101-1150-0 | Paperback | N | N | Northwestern University Press | June 8, 1994 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | Evanston, Ill. | N | $11.92 | From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Erica Bauermeister Sofia Petrovna is an unusual book - one of the few novels about Stalin's purges written soon after they occurred. It was almost published in the Soviet Union in 1963, but, after receiving sixty percent of her royalty advance, Lydia Chukovskaya was told that the work contained "ideological distortion" and would not go to press. In response, she sued for the rest of her advance - and won. Two years later, the work was published in Paris. The novel opens with Sofia Petrovna, a mother who has recently discovered the joys of a paying job as a typist. Sharing her apartment with several other families or attending mandatory meetings at work - all are simply parts of her daily life as a Soviet citizen, as unquestioned and necessary as brushing one's teeth or washing dishes. When the purges begin and the director of her office is taken away, even after her own son is arrested, she tries to believe in both the government and in the innocence of people she loves. But as Sofia Petrovna stands in line after line - attempting to gain information, pass along money, plead for her son - she slowly loses her innocence and her sanity. Sofia Petrovna is not Lydia Chukovskaya, but the emotion and experience for the book came from the author's life, including the arrest and murder of her husband. In this slim novel Lydia Chukovskaya was determined to describe, through the life of an ordinary woman, "an educated society driven to loss of consciousness by lies." -- For great reviews of books for girls, check out Let's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 891.73/42 20 | 1994 | 1970-01-07 | European Classics Series | 120 | Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Fiction, Historical fiction | 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches | |||
| PN2287.M69C48 | Churchwell, Sarah Ba | The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe | 0-8050-7818-5 | Hardcover | N | N | Metropolitan Books | January 2005 | 3 | General : Popular Culture | N | Publisher Comments: A brilliant investigation into the debates surrounding Marilyn Monroe's life and the cultural attitudes that her legend reveals. There are many Marilyns: sex goddess and innocent child, crafty manipulator and dumb blonde, liberated woman and tragic loner. Indeed, the writing and rewriting of this endlessly intriguing icon's life has produced more than six hundred books, from the long procession of "authoritative" biographies to the memoirs and plays by ex-husband Arthur Miller and the works by Norman Mailer and Joyce Carol Oates. But even as the books have multiplied, myth, reality, fact, fiction, and gossip have become only more intertwined; there is still no agreement about such fundamental questions as Marilyn's given name, the identity of her father, whether she was molested as a child, and how and why she died. The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe reviews the unreliable and unverifiable - but highly significant - stories that have framed the greatest Hollywood legend. All the while, cultural critic Sarah Churchwell reveals us to ourselves: our conflicted views on women, our tormented sexual attitudes, our ambivalence about success, our fascination with self-destruction. In incisive and passionate prose, Churchwell uncovers the shame, belittlement, and anxiety that we bring to the story of a woman we supposedly adore. In the process, she rescues a Marilyn Monroe who is far more complicated and credible than the one we think we know. Synopsis: This investigation into the debates surrounding Marilyn Monroe's life and the cultural attitudes that her legend reveals relies on the unreliable and unverifiable--but highly significant--stories that have framed the greatest Hollywood legend. | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 1970-01-14 | 371 | 1400x1800 | ||||||||||
| Cizevski, D. | The Romantic Period (The History of Nineteenth Century Russian Literature : Vol 1) | 0-8265-1188-0 | Paperback | N | N | Vanderbilt University Press | June 1974 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Russian | Nashville | N | $29.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK History of Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature: Romantic Period, Vol. 1 | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 891.7/09/003 | 1970-04-16 | History of Nineteenth-Century Russian LI | 268 | Russian literature -- 19th century -- History and, criticism | 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches | |||||
| BS1485 | Clairvaux, Bernard of | On the Song of Songs I (The Works of Bernard of Clairvaux, Vol 1) | 0-87907-704-2 | Paperback | N | N | Cistercian Publications | September, 2005 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Authors, A-Z : ( B ) : Bernard of Clairvaux | N | $11.95 | Book Description These eighty-six sermons are among the most famous and most beautiful examples of medieval scriptural exegesis. In them the modern reader can catch a glimpse of the genius an entire generation found irresistible. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | Cistercian Fathers Ser. | 155 | 0.5 x 5.5 x 8.8 inches | |||||||
| BX1751.2 | Clairvaux, Bernard of | Sermons on the Songs of Songs (Bernard of Clairvaux on the Song of Songs) | 0-87907-707-7 | Paperback | N | N | Cistercian Publications | September, 2005 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Authors, A-Z : ( B ) : Bernard of Clairvaux | N | $9.56 | ABOUT THE BOOK Bernard of Clairvaux on the Song of Songs, Vol. 2 | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | Cistercian Fathers Ser. | 247 | 0.5 x 5.5 x 8.8 inches | |||||||
| BX890.B5 v.2 c1 | Clairvaux, Bernard of | Sermons on the Songs of Songs (Cistercian Fathers) | 0-87907-740-9 | Paperback | N | N | Cistercian Pubns | September, 2005 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Authors, A-Z : ( B ) : Bernard of Clairvaux | N | $15.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Bernard of Clairvaux: Sermons on the Song of Songs, Vol. 4 | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | Cistercian Fathers Ser. | 261 | 0.8 x 5.8 x 8.8 inches | |||||||
| BX890.B5 v.2 c2 | Clairvaux, Bernard of | Sermons on the Songs of Songs: Sermons 47-66 (Cistercian Fathers, No 31) | 0-87907-931-2 | Paperback | N | N | Cistercian Publications | September, 2005 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Authors, A-Z : ( B ) : Bernard of Clairvaux | N | $15.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK On the Song of Songs III: Sermons 47-66 | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | Cistercian Fathers Ser. | 207 | 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.8 inches | |||||||
| PG2947.B3 C58 | Clark, Katerina | Mikhail Bakhtin | 0-674-57417-6 | Paperback | N | N | Belknap Press | October, 1986 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $11.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Mikhail Bakhtin | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 398 | 9.2 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| DK557.C57 | Clark, Katerina | Petersburg : Crucible of Cultural Revolution | 0-674-66336-5 | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | January 20, 1998 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Ancient : Early Civilization | N | $22.95 | From Library Journal St. Petersburg (Leningrad) has always enjoyed a reputation for being the most Western and progressive of Russian cities. Embracing different methodologies and subject matters, both of these studies pay tribute to the revolutionary spirit of the grand metropolis founded by Peter the Great almost 300 years ago. Clark's Petersburg briefly examines the city's rich pre-Bolshevik culture and then lays out a detailed account of efforts in the 1920s to create a transcendent revolutionary culture, an environment in which radical politics and aesthetic iconoclasm could joyfully coexist and complement each other. Clark (coauthor with Michael Holquist of Mikhail Bakhtin, Belknap Pr: Harvard Univ. Pr., 1984) graphically shows how during that period St. Petersburg's political and cultural energies shifted to Moscow and how Stalin's brutal ascendancy brought with it the age of "Socialist realism"?didactic, formulaic, state-sponsored nonsense?that destroyed virtually every trace of a vibrant creative tradition. Orttung's From Leningrad to St. Petersburg delineates the political changes that swept through the city from 1987 to 1994. A revised doctoral study, it is the first full-blown account of the democratization process in St. Petersburg. The author carefully presents the various parties and ideological factions combined with an intensive analysis of electoral laws and political institutions; his effort guarantees that the persistent reader will clearly understand how communism collapsed in a major urban setting and how difficult it is to create participatory government in a milieu where the democratic tradition has never existed. Both titles are warmly recommended for academic collections.?Mark R. Yerburgh, Fern Ridge Community Lib., Veneta, Ore. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Book Description One of the most creative periods of Russian culture and the most energized period of the Revolution coincided in the fateful years 1913-1931. During this time both the Party and the intellectuals of Petersburg strove to transform backward Russia into a nation so advanced it would shine like a beacon for the rest of the world. Yet the end result was the Stalinist culture of the 1930s with its infamous purges. In this new book, Katerina Clark does not attempt to account for such a devolution by looking at the broad political arena. Rather, she follows the quest of intellectuals through these years to embody the Revolution, a focus that casts new light on the formation of Stalinism. This revisionist work takes issue with many existing cultural histories by resisting the temptation to structure its narrative as a saga of the oppressive regime versus the benighted intellectuals. In contrast, Clark focuses on the complex negotiations between the extraordinary environment of a revolution, the utopian striving of both politicians and intellectuals, the local culture system, and that broader environment, the arena of contemporary European and American culture. In doing so, the author provides a case study in the ecology of cultural revolution, viewed through the prism of Petersburg, which on the eve of the Revolution was one of the cultural capitals of Europe. Petersburg today is in the national imagination of modern Russia, a symbol of Westernization and radical change. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 1970-01-28 | 377 | 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| PF3640 | Clark, Michael | The Pocket Oxford-Duden German Dictionary: English-German, German-English | 0-19-864200-8 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | March, 1993 | 1 | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : English (All) | Oxford [England] | N | $0.94 | Book Description This completely new dictionary is the most up-to-date German and English pocket dictionary available. The Pocket Oxford-Duden German Dictionary, Revised Edition now includes a brand-new supplement listing over 1500 vocabulary items affected by the changes to the German spelling system ratified in 1996. Ideal for students and tourists, it is the perfect choice for anyone needing quick and easy reference to over 70,000 German and English words and phrases. The main aim of the dictionary is to provide information about everyday idiomatic German. The large number of illustrative phrases together with practical information on grammar and usage helps to ensure that readers select the best translation for their needs. The dictionary also provides an appendix with conjugations of irregular German verbs, and pronunciations of headwords are given in the International Phonetic Alphabet. Small enough for the pocket, purse, or briefcase, this dictionary is an essential companion for anyone traveling to Germany, or studying the language at home.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 433/.21 20 | 1970-01-07 | 800 | German language -- Dictionaries -- English, English language -- Dictionaries -- German | 1.2 x 3.8 x 6.2 inches | ||||||
| PR6053.L3248 | Clarke, Anna | Letter from the Dead | 1-55773-147-0 | Paperback | N | N | Diamond Books | December, 1988 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Mystery & Thrillers : General | N | $0.01 | ABOUT THE BOOK Letter from the Dead | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 0 | |||||||||
| 00701296 | Clarke, J. J. | The Tao of the West : Western Transformations of Taoist Thought | 0-415-20620-0 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | June, 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Eastern : Taoism | London ; N.Y. | N | $31.95 | Book Description In The Tao of the West, J. J. Clarke shows us how Taoism has transformed many key areas of Western life and thought. Taoist texts, ideas and practices have over several centuries been assimilated into a whole range of interests and activities found in the West. From the everyday impact of practices such as Feng Shui and Tai Chi to more esoteric formulations found in religion, philosophy, ethics, politics, and ecology, Taoism has inspired the Western world. The Tao of the West not only provides a fascinating introduction to Taoism but offers a timely insight into the history of the West's encounter with this ancient tradition. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 299/.514 21 | 2000 | 1970-01-14 | 288 | Taoism -- Europe -- History, East and West | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| 76005887 | Class, Robert Allan | Current techniques in architectural practice | 0-07-002324-7 | Hardcover | N | N | American Institute of Architects | 1 | Architectural practice -- Handbooks, manuals, | Washington | N | Includes bibliographies and index. | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 658/.91/720973 | 1970-04-16 | 275 | Architectural practice -- Handbooks, manuals,, etc | 29 cm. | ||||||||
| GN308.C55 | Clifford, James | The Predicament of Culture : Twentieth-Century Ethnography, Literature, and Art | 0-674-69843-6 | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | August 30, 2002 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | Cambridge, Mass. | N | $23.50 | From Library Journal Clifford's concern is a "pervasive post-colonial crisis of ethnographic authority." Knowledge of non-Western peoples has been shaped by "a Western will to power," but peoples whose stories and cultures were once articulated by outsiders are now speaking for themselves. Are traditional cultures destined to be lost? Who has the authority to define a culture, to identify and authenticate the current transformations of traditional cultures? Why have exotic "tribal" objects been collected and valued as "art"? Clifford pursues such questions in a wide range of contexts. The result is always accessible, and often fascinating or provocative; but one looks forward to a concise, systematic exposition of the issues Clifford has raised. Richard Kuczkowski, Dominican Coll., Blauvelt, N.Y. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Review Clifford is original and very nearly unique. He is one of the few persons who connects history, literature, and anthropology. He's had an enormous impact because he provides a new perspective on the study of culture that would almost certainly never have been generated from within anthropology itself. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 306/.09 19 | 2005-10-08 | 398 | Ethnology -- History -- 20th century, Ethnology -- Philosophy | 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches | |||||
| GN307.7.W75 | Clifford, James | Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography | 0-520-05729-5 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | April, 1986 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | N | $24.95 | Book Description n these new essays, a group of experienced ethnographers, a literary critic, and a historian of anthropology, all known for advanced analytic work on ethnographic writing, place ethnography at the center of a new intersection of social history, interpretive anthropology, travel writing, discourse theory, and textual criticism. The authors analyze classic examples of cultural description, from Goethe and Catlin to Malinowski, Evans-Pritchard, and Le Roy Ladurie, showing the persistence of allegorial patterns and rhetorical tropes. They assess recent experimental trends and explore the functions of orality, ethnicity, and power in ethnographic composition. Writing Culture argues that ethnography is in the midst of a political and epistemological crisis: Western writers no longer portray non-Western peoples with unchallenged authority; the process of cultural representation is now inescapably contingent, historical, and contestable. The essays in this volume help us imagine a fully dialectical ethnography acting powerfully in the postmodern world system. They challenge all writers in the humanities and social sciences to rethink the poetics and politics of cultural invention. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 1986 | 2005-10-08 | 345 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | |||||||
| GT3925.C59 1995 | Clynes, Tom | Wild Planet! 1,001 Extraordinary Events for the Inspired Traveler | 0-7876-0203-5 | Paperback | N | N | Visible Ink Pr | April 1995 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Holidays | N | $0.25 | Amazon.com Quit your job and sell your house, there are festivals to attend. Surely before you're done with travel you'll want to take in a vegetarian banquet for 600 monkeys in Thailand, a ripe tomato battle in Spain, the Wilderness Woman Competition in Alaska, Sweden's Kraftskiva (Crayfish Festival), and Prague's Spring International Music Festival, held on the anniversary of Bedrich Smetana's death and starting off with a procession from his grave. And then there are the 996 others documented by Tom Clynes in 90 countries around the world. Time's awasting. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | 669 | 2.0 x 5.8 x 8.8 inches | ||||||||
| D16.C55 | Cohen, David William | The Combing of History | 0-226-11278-0 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | June 25, 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Africa : Kenya | Chicago | N | $29.00 | Book Description How is historical knowledge produced? And how do silence and forgetting figure in the knowledge we call history? Taking us through time and across the globe, David William Cohen's exploration of these questions exposes the circumstantial nature of history. His investigation uncovers the conventions and paradigms that govern historical knowledge and historical texts and reveals the economic, social, and political forces at play in the production of history. Drawing from a wide range of examples, including African legal proceedings, German and American museum exhibits, Native American commemorations, public and academic debates, and scholarly research, David William Cohen explores the "walls and passageways" between academic and non-academic productions of history. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 901 20 | 2005-10-08 | 290 | History -- Methodology, United States -- History, Uganda -- History, Kenya -- History | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | |||||
| B3209.B58 C64 | Cohen, Margaret | Profane Illumination: Walter Benjamin and the Paris of Surrealist Revolution (Weimar and Now : German Cultural Criticism) | 0-520-20150-7 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | March 1, 1995 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $25.00 | S. Golub, Choice "This challenging, often profound book investigates the 'visual rhetoric of understanding' manifest in surrealism's and Marxism's 'emancipatory vocabularies' and dream imagery. Drawing upon Walter Benjamin's and Andr Breton's theoretical, critical, and literary writings, Cohen posits a genre of 'Gothic Marxism,' which owes much to Freud's psychoanalytic oeuvre. This genre links dialectical thinking, dreaming, and historical awakening with political, cultural, and artistic bricolage. . . . The book contains evocative illustrations." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. George Steiner, Times Literary Supplement "Fascinating. . . . Cohen demonstrates genuine insight." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 284 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| B2799.A4 E87 | Cohen, Ted | Essays in Kant's Aesthetics | 0-226-11227-6 | Paperback | N | N | University of Chicago Press | February, 1985 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Modern | N | $73.85 | ABOUT THE BOOK Essays in Kant's Aesthetics | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 1 | 0.9 x 5.9 x 9.0 inches | ||||||||
| JC328.3.E94 | Colburn, Forrest (Editor) | Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance | 0-87332-622-9 | Paperback | N | N | M.E. Sharpe | December, 1989 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Politics : General | N | $32.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 1990 | 2005-11-20 | 256 | 0.8 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | |||||||
| BL2018 | Cole, W. Owen | The Sikhs: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices (Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices) | 0-7100-8843-4 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | April, 1986 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Other Eastern Religions : General | London ; Boston | N | $14.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Sikhs: Their Religious Beliefs | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 294.6 | 2005-11-20 | Library of Beliefs and Practices | 210 | Sikhism | 23 | ||||
| BQ734.C65 | Coleman, James William | The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition | 0-19-515241-7 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | May 1, 2002 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Current Events : General | N | $10.17 | Amazon.com The newcomer to Buddhism is often confused at the variety of forms it takes, from spare and strict Zen to flamboyant Tibetan Buddhism. Sociologist James William Coleman's The New Buddhism does us all a favor by breaking down Buddhism as practiced in the West. He begins with a concise but inclusive history of Buddhism's many faces in Asia. A summary of Buddhism's transplant to the West and subsequent growth there brings us right up to present-day teachers and movements. He then combines his 15 years of personal experience with wide reading, personal interviews, and hundreds of questionnaires to show us who Western Buddhists are--where they come from, why they are attracted to Buddhism, and what they do in their practice. Coleman also focuses his magnifying lens on specific groups, noting the dynamics of the different organizations as well as the pressures that they have faced, from succession controversies to sex scandals. Anyone interested in Buddhism should pick up a few titles on the how-tos of meditation and the wherefores of Buddhist philosophy, and at the same time, they should pick up The New Buddhism for a clear picture of the contemporary reality behind the ancient teachings. --Brian Bruya--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal Coleman (sociology, California Polytechnic State Univ., San Luis Obispo) presents an insightful, informative, and contemporary survey of Buddhism in the West (meaning the United States and England). A practicing Buddhist for 15 years, he prepared for this work by reading numerous books on Buddhism, conducting structured interviews with Buddhist teachers and students, and surveying seven Buddhist centers in North America, which together represent the three major traditions, namely, Zen, Vipassana, and Tibetan. In each chapter, he deals with the similarities and differences of these three traditions as they find expression in the West. Chapters cover the Asian roots of the traditions, how Buddhism spread in the West, core beliefs and practices, gender issues, why Americans from other religious traditions are taking up Buddhist practice, and the future of Buddhism in the West. Coleman's deft handling of his material provides a feast of insightful information on how Buddhism is affecting many Americans and being adapted in the West. Two appendixes offer a list of Buddhist centers in the West and the survey used by Coleman to gather data. Highly recommended.DDavid Bourquin, California State Univ., San Bernardino Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 272 | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| PG3065.P87 | College), Dartmouth Conference (1989 Dartmouth | A Sense of Place: Tsarskoe Selo and Its Poets : Papers from the 1989 Dartmouth Conference Dedicated to the Centennial of Anna Akhmatova | 0-89357-239-X | Paperback | N | N | Slavica Pub | June, 1993 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : Russian | Columbus, Ohio | N | $22.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Sense of Place Tsarskoe Selo and Its Poets: Papers from the Dartmouth Conference Dedicated to the Centennial of Anna Akhmatova, 1989 | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 891.709/947453 20 | 1993 | 1970-01-07 | 368 | Russian poetry -- History and criticism --, Congresses, Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- Criticism, and interpretation -- Congresses, Pushkin (Russia) -- In literature -- Congresses, Place (Philosophy) in literature -- Congresses, Pushkin (Russia) - | 1.0 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | ||||
| DE8.F560 | Collins, Adrian | Nietzsche : The Use and Abuse of History | 0-02-323730-9 | Paperback | N | N | Prentice Hall | January 1, 1957 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $9.33 | The publisher, Prentice-Hall Humanities/Social Science Library of Liberal Arts title. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 88 | 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches | ||||||||
| DT764.R65 C65 | Comaroff, Jean | Body of Power, Spirit of Resistance : The Culture and History of a South African People | 0-226-11423-6 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | June 15, 1985 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : World : General | N | $24.00 | Book Description In this sophisticated study of power and resistance, Jean Comaroff analyzes the changing predicament of the Barolong boo Ratshidi, a people on the margins of the South African state. Like others on the fringes of the modern world system, the Tshidi struggle to construct a viable order of signs and practices through which they act upon the forces that engulf them. Their dissenting Churches of Zion have provided an effective medium for reconstructing a sense of history and identity, one that protests the terms of colonial and post-colonial society and culture. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 303 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| GN345.C64 | Comaroff, John | Ethnography and the Historical Imagination (Studies in the Ethnographic Imagination) | 0-8133-1305-8 | Paperback | N | N | Westview Press | June, 1992 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | Boulder | N | $43.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Ethnography and the Historical Imagination FROM THE PUBLISHER Over the years John and Jean Comaroff have broadened the study of culture and society with their reflections on power and meaning. In their work on Africa and colonialism they have explored some of the fundamental questions of social science, delving into the nature of history and human agency, culture and consciousness, ritual and representation. How are human differences, constructed and institutionalized, transformed and (sometimes) effaced, empowered and (sometimes) resisted? How do local cultures articulate with global forms? How is the power of some people over others built, sustained, eroded, and negated? How does the social imagination take shape in novel yet collectively meaningful ways? Addressing' these questions, the essays in this volume--several never before published--work towards an "imaginative sociology," demonstrating the techniques by which social science may capture the contexts that human beings construct and inhabit. In the introduction, the authors offer their most complete statement to date on the nature of historical anthropology. Standing apart from the traditional disciplines of social history and modernist social science, their work is dedicated to discovering how human worlds are made, and signified, forgotten and remade. FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Ten essays, several never before published, work toward an "imaginative sociology", demonstrating the techniques by which social science may capture the contexts that human beings construct and inhabit. In a major introduction, the Camaroffs (both, anthropology, U. of Chicago) offer their most complete statement to date on the nature of historical anthropology. Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 305.8/001 20 | 2005-10-08 | Studies in the Ethnographic Imagination | 352 | Ethnology -- Philosophy, Ethnology -- Methodology | 9.2 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| PR6005.O58 H37 | Conrad, Joseph | BNCMM: HEART OF DARKNESS AND SELECTED SHORT FICTION | 1-59308-021-2 | Paperback | N | N | Barnes & Noble | September 1, 2003 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( C ) : Conrad, Joseph | N | $4.95 | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 320 | 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches | |||||||||
| BQ1012 | Conze, Edward | Buddhist Scriptures (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-044088-7 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Books | July, 1959 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Classics | N | $2.47 | ABOUT THE BOOK Buddhist Scriptures ANNOTATION Selections from the Dharampada, The Buddhacarita, the Questions of King Milinda, and the Tibetan Book of the Dead. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | Penguin Classics Series | 256 | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches | |||||||
| BT102.T53 1989 | Corbett, Julia Mitchell | Through a Glass Darkly: Readings on the Concept of God | 0-687-41894-1 | Paperback | N | N | Abingdon Pr | June 1, 1989 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | N | $2.94 | 2005-03-21 | Amazon | 2005-03-21 | 144 | |||||||||||
| LB1738.Q53 2004 | Cordell, Rosanne M. (Editor) | Quick Hits For New Faculty: Successful Strategies By Award-Winning Teachers | 0-253-21709-1 | Paperback | N | N | Indiana University Press | September 2004 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Education : College & University : General | Bloomington, IN | N | $14.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Quick Hits for New Faculty: Successful Strategies by Award-Winning Teachers FROM THE PUBLISHER This is the third and latest book in the "Quick Hits" tradition of providing sound advice from award-winning college faculty. This volume is designed to help new faculty negotiate the challenges of college teaching. Articles and strategies range from planning for that first day in the classroom to evaluating student learning, documenting teaching, and understanding the politics of teaching and learning in the department and institution. This volume, while retaining the focus of volumes one and two on strategies to engage students in their learning, expands each "quick hit" with additional background information, rationale, and resources. Quick Hits for New Faculty guides new faculty through the start of an important journey that ultimately will take the teacher from novice to accomplished professional. SYNOPSIS Helps new faculty negotiate the challenges of college teaching by providing sound advice from award-winnng college professors. Topics include: planning for the first day in the classroom, evaluating student learning, and understanding the politics of teaching and learning in the department and institution. The book guides new faculty through the start of a very important journey, a journey that ultimately will take the teacher from novice to accomplished professional. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 378.1/2 22 | 2004 | 1970-04-14 | 140 | College teaching, College teachers, Teacher effectiveness, First year teachers | 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches | ||||
| G535.C635 | Cordingly, David | Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates (Harvest Book) | 0-15-600549-2 | Paperback | N | N | Harvest Books | September 15, 1997 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : World : Transportation : Ships : General | N | $10.50 | Amazon.com Though literature, films, and folklore have romanticized pirates as gallant seaman who hunted for treasure in exotic locales, David Cordingly, a former curator at the National Maritime Museum in England, reveals the facts behind the legends of such outlaws as Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, and Calico Jack. Even stories about buried treasure are fictitious, he says, yet still the myth remains. Though pirate captains were often sadistic villains and crews endured barbarous tortures, were constantly threatened with the possibility of death by hanging, drowning in a storm, or surviving a shipwreck on a hostile coast, pirates are still idealized. Cordingly examines why the myth of the romance of piratehood endures and why so few lived out their days in luxury on the riches they had plundered.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. From Publishers Weekly Widespread piracy began in the Western world in 1650 and ended abruptly around 1725. Cordingly, formerly on the staff of the National Maritime Museum in England, describes who became pirates (mainly volunteers who joined up when their ships were captured); what they wore (scarves or handkerchiefs around their head, just like in the movies); and how they were armed (literally, to the teeth). Pirates, says the author, were "attracted by the lure of plunder and the desire for an easy life." They were not the clean-cut heroes of the Errol Flynn films either, but cutthroat murderers. Some of the famous pirates are portrayed: Sir Francis Drake made his name by plundering silver on the Spanish Main; Sir Harry Morgan is famous for his ransom of Portobello to the President of Panama for 250,000 pesos; and Captain Kidd remains mysterious because of his buried gold and silver on Gardiners Island, near New York City. Fictitious pirates are also surveyed, such as Long John Silver and Captain Hook, and the allure they still have over us is explored. Even if you don't know a corsair (a Mediterranean-based pirate) from a buccaneer (a Caribbean pirate), this book will delight and inform. Photos not seen by PW. Author tour. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 1997 | 2005-10-08 | 320 | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches | |||||||
| PG2691.C6 1992 | Corten, Irina H. | Vocabulary of Soviet Society and Culture: A Selected Guide to Russian Words, Idioms, and Expressions of the Post-Stalin Era, 1953-1991 | 0-8223-1213-1 | Hardcover | N | N | Duke Univ Pr | May 1992 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : English (All) | Durham | N | $39.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Vocabulary of Soviet Society and Culture: A Selected Guide to Russian Words, Idioms, and Expressions of the Post-Stalin Era, 1953-1991 FROM THE CRITICS Booknews A lexicon of culturally significant words concerning politics, ideology, the economy, education, arts and letters, social problems, and everyday life, as well as language associated with the personalities and activities of individual Soviet leaders. Corten includes many examples of Soviet jokes in her explanations of terms. Engaging and accessible for all readers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 491.73/21 20 | 1970-04-14 | 176 | Russian language -- Slang -- Dictionaries --, English, Russian language -- Social aspects, Russian language -- New words -- Dictionaries --, English, Russian language -- Idioms -- Dictionaries --, English | 0.8 x 5.8 x 9.5 inches | |||||
| BL540.C84 1990 | Couliano, I.P. | OUT OF THIS WORLD | 0-87773-488-7 | Paperback | N | N | Shambhala | June 18, 1991 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | Boston, Mass. | N | $4.41 | From Library Journal This is a thought-provoking, chronologic overview of religious mystical traditions illustrating altered states of consciousness, and out-of-body and near-death experiences by the editor of the journal Incognita . Ideas presented demonstrate the way conventions were developed by differing cultures at various times, revealing common patterns within spiritual experiences. Some of the ideas and summaries are a bit difficult to follow due to the speed with which they are covered. However , Couliano succeeds in guiding and broadening the imagination of the reader. Missing is material dealing with religions of African and Indian tribal cultures. For larger collections. - L. Kriz, Sioux City P.L., Ia. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 291.4/2 20 | 1970-01-21 | 287 | Voyages to the otherworld -- History, Astral projection -- History, Altered states of consciousness -- History | 22 cm. | |||||
| PG2640.O93 2000 | Coulson, Jessie | The Pocket Oxford Russian Dictionary | 0-19-860150-6 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press, USA | September 1, 2000 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : English (All) | N | $5.44 | Book Description Called "the most complete and succinct" lexicon of its type by The Times Literary Supplement, The Pocket Oxford Russian Dictionary has long been a favorite of students, scholars, businesspeople, and travelers. Now this popular dictionary is available in a completely revised Second Edition. Providing the most up-to-date coverage of general vocabulary in both languages, this handy resource offers the perfect companion for reading and conversation. No other pocket dictionary can match its outstanding features: More than 70,000 words and phrases; emphasis on modern idioms and colloquial usage; numerous illustrative examples of vocabulary in context; all common abbreviations and acronyms; pronunciation in the International nhonetic Alphabet; and guidance on constructions, complementation, and difficult points of grammar. Remarkably comprehensive, this new edition of an established classic provides an essential resource for students needing a handy guide to the Russian language. Language Notes Text: English, Russian --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 1970-01-28 | 638 | 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches | ||||||||
| BL1225 | Courtright, Paul B. | Ganesa: Lord of Obstacles, Lord of Beginnings | 0-19-505742-2 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | February, 1989 | 1 | 2.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | N | $28.00 | Book Description Part animal and part intellectual, an image found in virtually every Indian home, Ganesa--the elephant-headed r 1570s one of the most important and popular gods throughout India and Hindu Southeast Asia. In this, the first comprehensive, full-length study of Ganesa, Courtright covers not merely the mythology but also the ritual, the political uses, and the modern as well as the Vedic manifestations of the god. The book begins with a consideration of the various myths of Ganesa, stories of his birth, his beheading by his father Siva, and his subsequent restoration as the lord who gives, or withholds, success in undertakings. In the end, the author turns to the role Ganesa has played in recent Indian history as the patron deity of some formulations of neotraditionalist values and ideology. Throughout Courtright portrays both the complexity of the deity's many roles and stories and the integrated manner in which they come together. Excerpt from the Preface by Wendy O'Flaherty: "Ganesa has everything that is fascinating to anyone who is interested in religion or India or both: charm, mystery, popularity, sexual problems, moral ambivalence, political importance, the works. One can start from Ganesa and work from there in an unbroken line to almost any aspect of Indian culture." | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 2005-10-04 | 296 | 8.0 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| B2430.D484068 | Coward, Harold | Derrida and Indian Philosophy | 0-7914-0500-1 | Paperback | N | N | State University of New York Press | September 1, 1990 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $19.95 | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 200 | 9.2 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches | |||||||||
| N7301.C88 | Craven, Roy C. | Indian Art, Revised Edition (The World of Art) | 0-500-20302-4 | Paperback | N | N | Thames & Hudson | October 27, 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : General | New York, N.Y. | N | $11.53 | Arts of Asia An excellent survey for the general reader. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | World of Art Series | 256 | Art, Indic | 8.4 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches | |||||
| D147.C92 | Cross, Samuel Hazzard | Slavic civilization through the ages. Edited with a foreword by Leonid I. Strakhovsky | N | N | Russell & Russell | 1948 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Slavs -- History | New York | N | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 947 | 1970-04-16 | 195 | Slavs -- History | 195 p. 23 cm. | |||||||||
| BF575.H27C848 | Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly | Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life (Masterminds) | 0-465-02411-4 | Paperback | N | N | Basic Books | April 1998 | 4 | Happiness : Conduct of life | N | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 1997 | 1970-01-14 | 144 | 8.02x5.32x.49 in. .47 lbs. | ||||||||||
| PN41.C83 1999 | Cuddon, J. A. | The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory (Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms & Literary Theory) | 0-14-051363-9 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Books | February 2000 | 3 | General : Literature | N | Synopsis: The latest installment of this trusted literary companion covers all aspects of literary theory, from definitions of technical terms to characterizations of literary movements. Geared toward students, teachers, readers, and writers alike, The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory explains critical jargon (intertextuality, aporia), schools of literary theory (structuralism, feminist criticism), literary forms (sonnet, ottava rima), and genres (elegy, pastoral) and examines artifacts, historic locales, archetypes, origins of well-known phrases, and much, much more. Scholarly, straightforward, comprehensive, and even entertaining, this is a resource that no word-lover should be without. | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 1970-01-14 | 1024 | 8.14x4.56x1.80 in. 1.53 lbs. | ||||||||||
| PN81.C857 | Culler, Jonathan | Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) | 0-19-285318-X | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | November, 1997 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Oxford ; New York | N | $3.49 | Book Description What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is literature, and does it matter? These questions and more are addressed in Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction, a book which steers a clear path through a subject which is often perceived to be complex and impenetrable. Jonathan Culler, an extremely lucid commentator and much admired in the field of literary theory, offers discerning insights into such theories as the nature of language and meaning, and whether literature is a form of self-expression or a method of appeal to an audience. Concise yet thorough, Literary Theory also outlines the ideas behind a number of different schools: deconstruction, semiotics, postcolonial theory, and structuralism, among others. From topics such as literature and social identity to poetry, poetics, and rhetoric, Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction is a welcome guide for anyone interested in the importance of literature and the debates surrounding it.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 801/.95 21 | 1997 | 1970-01-07 | Very Short Introductions Series | 145 | Criticism | 0.5 x 5.0 x 7.8 inches | |||
| PS3505.U334 | Cummings, E. E. | 100 Selected Poems by E. E. Cummings | 0-8021-3072-0 | Paperback | N | N | Grove Press | June, 1959 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( C ) : cummings, e.e. | N | $9.60 | ABOUT THE BOOK One Hundred Selected Poems FROM THE PUBLISHER E. E. Cummings is without question one of the major poems of this century, and this volume, first published in 1959, is indispensable for every lover of modern lyrical verse. It contains one hundred of Cummings's wittiest and most profound poems, harvested from thirty-five of the most radically creative years in contemporary American poetry. These poems exhibit all the extraordinary lyricism, playfulness, technical ingenuity, and compassion for which Cummings is famous. They demonstrate beautifully his extrapolations from traditional poetic structures and his departures from them, as well as the unique synthesis of lavish imagery and acute artistic precision that has won him the adulation and respect of critics and poetry lovers everywhere. SYNOPSIS This volume, first published in 1959, contains 100 of Cummings' wittiest and most profound poems, harvested from 35 of the most radically creative years in contemporary American poetry. These poems exhibit all the extraordinary lyricism, playfulness, technical ingenuity, and compassion for which Cummings is famous. They demonstrate beautifully his extrapolations from traditional poetic structures and his departures from them as well as the unique synthesis of lavish imagery and acute artistic precision that has won him the adulation and respect of critics and poetry lovers everywhere. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING He has more control over language since Joyce. . . .Everybody delights in reading him. - Karl Shapiro E.E.. Cummings is a concentrate of titanic significance. . .He does not make aesthetic mistakes. - Marianne Moore He puts his inventions down with an unexpected refurbishing of phrase and a filigree delicacy of hairbreadth exact statement that is a continual challenge. - John Dos Passos | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 121 | 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches | ||||||||
| PS3505.U334 E5 | Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin) | Eimi | N | N | Grove Press | 1958 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Soviet Union -- Description and travel | New York | N | The author's diary, May 10-June 14, 1931, recorded during his trip to Russia and Turkey. "Sketch for a preface to the fourth edition of Eimi" dated 1958. "Eimi is published in four editions: An Evergreen book (E-113), a cloth bound edition, a specially bound and signed edition of 26 copies, numbered A-Z, a specially bound and signed edition of 4 copies, hors commerce, numbered 1 through 4"--Prelim. leaf. Firmage, G.J. Cummings, A13c-e | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 817.5 | 1970-04-16 | An Evergreen book ; E-113 | 432 | Soviet Union -- Description and travel, Turkey -- Description and travel, Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 | 21 cm. | |||||||
| BX945.2.C86 | Cunningham, Lawr | Catholic Heritage : Martyrs, Ascetics, Pilgrims, Warriors, Mystics, Theologians, Artists, Humanists, Activists, | 0-8245-0685-5 | Paperback | N | N | The Crossroad Publishing Company, Inc. | February 25, 1985 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Catholicism : General | N | $2.50 | ABOUT THE BOOK Catholic Heritage | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 229 | 0.8 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | ||||||||
| BQ7935.B777 A3 | Dalai, Lama | Freedom in Exile | 0-06-098701-4 | Paperback | N | N | HarperSanFrancisco | August 1, 1991 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $10.20 | Amazon.com The Dalai Lama's autobiography should leave no one in doubt of his humility and genuine compassion. Written without the slightest hint of pretense, the exiled leader of Tibet recounts his life, from the time he was whisked away from his home in 1939 at the age of 4, to his treacherous escape from Tibet in 1959, to his winning of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. The backdrop of the story is the 1950 Chinese invasion of Tibet. He calmly relates details of imprisonment, torture, rape, famine, ecological disaster, and genocide that under four decades of Chinese rule have left 1.25 million Tibetans dead and the Tibetan natural and religious landscapes decimated. Yet the Dalai Lama's story is strangely one of hope. This man who prays for four hours a day harbors no ill will toward the Chinese and sees the potential for good everywhere he casts his gaze. Someday, he hopes, all of Tibet will be a zone of peace and the world's largest nature preserve. Such optimism is not naive but rather a result of his daily studies in Buddhist philosophy and his doctrine of Universal Responsibility. Inspiring in every way, Freedom in Exile is both a historical document and a fable of deepest trust in humanity. --Brian Bruya From Library Journal This book gives some picture of Tibetan daily life and a few anecdotes, but because the reign of the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet has been conducted largely in exile, it is not surprising that much of his story is concerned with the tangled problem of Tibet's relationship with China over the past 40 years. One striking feature of the book is one's sense that the Dalai Lama is a fundamentally ordinary individual despite a life that--beginning with his being "discovered" as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama at the age of three--was always most out of the ordinary. His winning the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize will increase curiosity about this man and his world view, so perhaps more readers will explore the quiet wisdom of his philosophy and see the eloquent result of a tradition that has the abiding sense not to divorce statesmanship from true spirituality. Highly recommended. - Mark Woodhouse, Gannett Tripp Lib., Elmira Coll., N.Y. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | c199 | 2005-10-08 | 320 | 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches | |||||||
| TX406 .D35 2000 | Dalby, Andrew | Dangerous Tastes: The Story of Spices | 0-520-23674-2 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | October 7, 2002 | 1 | 2.5 Stars | Cooking, Food & Wine : Cooking by Ingredient : Herbs, Spices & Condiments | N | $11.53 | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 184 | 9.3 x 6.6 x 0.8 inches | |||||||||
| GT4233.A2 M38 | Damatta, Roberto | Carnivals, Rogues, and Heroes: An Interpretation of the Brazilian Dilemma | 0-268-00794-2 | Paperback | N | N | University of Notre Dame Press | November, 1992 | 1 | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology | N | $19.50 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Portugese--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | From the Helen Kellogg Institute for Int | 279 | 8.8 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| P53.45.D36 | Damen, Louise | Culture Learning: The Fifth Dimension in the Language Classroom (Second language professional library) | 0-201-11478-X | Paperback | N | N | Addison-Wesley Pub | April, 1987 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Education : Education Theory : Contemporary Methods : Multicultural | Reading, Mass. | N | $8.79 | ABOUT THE BOOK Culture Learning: The Fifth Dimension | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 418/.007 19 | 1987 | 1970-01-28 | L2 Professional Library | 406 | Language and languages -- Study and teaching, Intercultural communication, Multicultural education, Language and culture | 0.8 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | |||
| HN80.F54 D36 | Dandaneau, Steven P., Ph.D. | A Town Abandoned: Flint, Michigan, Confronts Deindustrialization (Suny Series in Popular Culture and Political Change) | 0-7914-2878-8 | Paperback | N | N | State University of New York Press | May, 1996 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Business & Investing : Economics : Economic Conditions | Albany | N | $29.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK A Town Abandoned: Flint, Michigan, Confronts Deindustrialization FROM THE PUBLISHER Hometown to both General Motors and the United Auto Workers, and the setting for the documentary film Roger and Me, Flint, Michigan, is a striking example of a declining city in America's Rust Belt. A Town Abandoned examines Flint's response to its own social and economic decline and at the same time pursues a broad analysis of class and culture in America's late capitalist society. It tells the story of how Flint's local institutions and citizens interpret and rationalize their city's massive auto-industry job loss and consequent decline, and it relates these interpretations to statewide, national, and international forces that led to the deindustrialization. Using a critical-theory approach, Dandaneau reveals the futility of Flint's efforts to confront essentially global problems and moreover depicts the disturbing conceptual and cultural distortions that result from its sustained powerlessness. Dandaneau shows that all policy solutions to Flint's problems were in essence public relations solutions, and he gives a moving portrayal of the consequences for local communities of the internationalization of American business. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 330.9774/37 20 | 1996 | 2005-10-08 | Suny Series in Popular Culture and Polit | 259 | Flint (Mich.) -- Social conditions, Flint (Mich.) -- Economic conditions, Deindustrialization -- Michigan -- Flint, Plant shutdowns -- Michigan -- Flint, Industrial promotion -- Michigan -- Flint, Capitalism -- United States, Community sociology | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches | |||
| GN635.S72 D36 | Daniel, E. Valentine | Charred Lullabies | 0-691-02773-0 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | November 11, 1996 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | Princeton, N.J. | N | $23.95 | Review E. Valentine Daniel does not wallow in the negations of terror; he finds a place somewhere between sensation and detachment from which to show how the wounded return to speech--even poetry. In the process, he is drawn to reflect on the place of violence in our modern understanding of culture writ large, producing an account of unusual insight and troubling beauty. Review Without doubt one of the most important accounts of nationalist violence to be published in recent years. . . . Charred Lullabies is a major addition to the growing theoretical and ethnographic literature on contemporary political violence. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 303.6/095493 20 | 1996 | 2005-10-08 | Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, and History Series | 272 | Ethnology -- Sri Lanka -- Field work, Ethnology -- Sri Lanka -- Philosophy, Violence -- Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka -- Ethnic relations, Sri Lanka -- Social conditions, Sri Lanka -- Politics and government -- 1978- | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches | |||
| DS432.T3 D3 | Daniel, E. Valentine | Fluid Signs: Being a Person the Tamil Way | 0-520-06167-5 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | August, 1987 | 1 | 2.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology | N | $24.95 | About the Author E. Valentine Daniel is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan and coeditor of Culture/Contexture (California, 1995). | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 215 | 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| HX313.D64 | Daniels, Robert V. | A Documentary History of Communism: Communism in Russia | 0-87451-459-2 | Paperback | N | N | Univ Pr of New England | June, 1988 | 1 | History : Russia | Hanover | N | $1.94 | ABOUT THE BOOK Documentary History of Communism: Communism in Russia | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 335.43/0947 19 | 1984 | 2005-10-08 | 479 | Communism -- Soviet Union -- History -- Sources, Communism -- History -- Sources | 21 cm. | |||||
| Dann, Jack (Editor) | Genometry (Ace Science Fiction) | 0-441-00797-X | Paperback | N | N | Ace | January 2, 2001 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Genre Fiction : Anthologies | New York | N | $0.50 | Book Description In this thought-provoking anthology, eleven cutting-edge science fiction writers explore both the promise and peril of genetic engineering. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | Ace science fiction | 288 | Science fiction, American, Science fiction, English, Genetic engineering -- Fiction, Science fiction | 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches | ||||||
| P85.B22 D3 | Danow, David K. | The Thought of Mikhail Bakhtin : From Word to Culture | 0-312-05609-5 | Paperback | N | N | Palgrave Macmillan | November 15, 1991 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | New York | N | $19.99 | Book Description Occupying a still evolving but clearly established place in twentieth-century intellectual history, the great Russian thinker Mikhail Bakhtin is best characterized as philosopher of dialogue or human communication. Within Bakhtin's rich body of thought are numerous insights that promise fruition in fields that include linguistics and semiotics, literary theory and poetics. From their linked perspectives The Thought of Mikhail Bakhtin approaches its subject, concentrating on problems of language and literature. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 801/.95/092 20 | 1969-12-31 | 166 | Bakhtin, M. M, 1895-1975, Philology -- History -- 20th century | 0.5 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches | |||||
| PJ7820.A7 A22 | Darwish, Mahmud | Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems | 0-520-23754-4 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | January 6, 2003 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Berkeley | N | $16.95 | From Publishers Weekly When Darwish's selected The Adam of Two Edens was published by Syracuse in late 2000, the second Palestinian intifada was not yet bound up in "the war on terror," and the book did not get much play, perhaps partially due to its disparate translations (and an uninviting cover). That should not be the case with this second selection of work by the poet often spoken of as the national poet of Palestine. Darwish, who lived more than 25 years in exile from his native Haifa, is currently living in Ramallah, and these selections, covering five books and 20 or so years, are uncompromising and powerful. Akash is the editor of Jusoor: The Arab American Journal of Cultural Exchange and co-editor of Post Gibran: An Anthology of New Arab American Writing (2000), but the key here is ForchÇ (The Angel of History, etc.), who brings out the thorny immediacy and consistency in Darwish's complex linguistic negotiations of deeply contested places-places on the earth and in the mind. It is difficult to summarize those spaces here, but suffice to say that Darwish, as rendered in this English-only edition, demands, and sustains, serious reading and discussion, as in the magisterial long poem "Mural" from 2000: "I will dream, not to correct any meaning beyond me,/ but to heal the inner desolation of its terrible drought." Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review ". . . [S]uffice it to say that Darwish, as rendered in this English-only edition, demands, and sustains, serious reading and discussion. . . "Publishers Weekly starred review | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 892/.716 21 | 2003 | 1970-01-14 | 208 | 8.0 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches | |||||
| DS423.D37 | Das, Veena | Critical Events: An Anthropological Perspective on Contemporary India | 0-19-563540-X | Hardcover | N | N | Oxford Univ Pr | February, 1995 | 1 | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology | Delhi ; New York | N | $80.97 | Book Description This book identifies critical moments in contemporary Indian history, such as the Partition of India, the Bhopal industrial disaster, and recent widow deaths. It describes the implications of these events for India and analyzes, through them, the nature of Indian modernity.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 230 | Victims of crimes, Victims of crimes -- India | 0.8 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | |||||||
| ND1432.C584J30 | David & Janice Jackson | Tibetan Thangka Painting:Methods and Materials | N | N | 1 | N | 2006-01-17 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| BF1028.5.T5 | David-Neel, Madame Alexandra | Magic and Mystery in Tibet | 0-486-22682-4 | Paperback | N | N | Dover Publications | June 1, 1971 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling | New York | N | $9.97 | Book Description Seeker, adventurer, pilgrim, and scholar, Madame David-Neel (1868-1969) was the first European woman to explore the once-forbidden city of Lhasa. This memoir offers an objective account of the supernatural events she witnessed during the 1920s among the mystics and hermits of Tibet. A practicing Buddhist and Oriental linguist, David-Neel recounts the fantastic effects of powerful meditative practices, breathing exercises, and shamanic magic. Her intelligent discourse, punctuated by dry wit, imparts authenticity to these tales of Tibetan mystics and their fascinating powers-including levitation, telepathy, and the ability to walk on water and to survive naked in sub-zero temperatures. This unabridged republication of the classic 1932 edition includes 32 photographs taken by the author. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 133/.0951/5 | 1970-01-28 | Collector's Library of the Unknown Series | 321 | Parapsychology -- China -- Tibet, Occultism -- China -- Tibet, Tibet (China) -- Description and travel, Buddhism -- China -- Tibet, Tibet (China) -- Religion | 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| BQ8912.9.15 D38 | Davidson, Ronald M. | Indian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric Movement | 0-231-12619-0 | Paperback | N | N | Columbia University Press | January 15, 2003 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Asia : India | New York | N | $28.50 | Review
"Davidson surveys a large swath of Indian history for social trends that account for the rise of tantrism.... His discussion his particularly interesting." -- Buddhadharma "A truly pioneering and wide-ranging work -- one much to be commended to students of all of the diverse phenomena that Davidson brings within its purview." -- Dan Arnold, Journal of Religion "This groundbreaking volume will find a primary place on the bookshelf of every serious scholar... This exceptional work deserves a wide audience" -- Frederick M. Smith, Religous Studies Newsletter Review "An exceptional work of stunning research, eloquence, and unusual innovativeness." -- David F. Germano, University of Virginia "Ronald M. Davidson gives us an original and revelatory contribution to the study of Buddhism and Indian religions, one that will surely provoke animated discussion and debate." -- Matthew Kapstein, University of Chicago "This extraordinary work advances our knowledge of esoteric Buddhism in India by placing it in the broader context of Indian history and culture, drawing on texts, archaeological evidence, and inscriptions. It will no doubt be required reading for all serious students of medieval Indian religion." -- Phyllis Granoff, McMaster University | 1970-05-16 | Amazon | 294.3/925/0954 21 | 2003 | 1970-05-16 | 400 | Tantric Buddhism -- India -- History | 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches | ||||
| HM101.D2960 | Davies, Ioan | Cultural Studies and Beyond: Fragments of Empire | 0-415-03837-5 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | August, 1995 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | London ; New York | N | $40.95 | Jim McGuigan, t help but be impressed by the "...displays an impressive historical range and geographical scope in seeking to trace the emergence, development and various transformations of cultural studies..." Book Description This book traces the origins, growth and diffusion of Cultural Studies inside Britain, the US, Canada and Australia. It looks at the early years of the New Left Review and the Adult Education movements, and introduces the central theoretical issues and key personalities over a near forty year span, beginning in 1956. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 306 20 | 2005-10-08 | 203 | Culture, Great Britain -- Civilization | 0.8 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | |||||
| HN80.L7 D38 | Davis, Mike | City of Quartz : Excavating the Future in Los Angeles | 0-679-73806-1 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | March 10, 1992 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | N | $10.85 | Amazon.com Mike Davis peers into a looking glass to divine the future of Los Angeles, and what he sees is not encouraging: a city--or better, a concatenation of competing city states--torn by racial enmity, economic disparity, and social anomie. Looking backward, Davis suggests that Los Angeles has always been contested ground. In the 1840s, he writes, a combination of drought and industrial stock raising led to the destruction of small-scale Spanish farming in the region. In the 1910s, Los Angeles was the scene of a bitter conflict between management and industrial workers, so bitter that the publisher of the Los Angeles Times retreated to a heavily fortified home he called "The Bivouac." And in 1992, much of the city fell before flames and riot in a scenario Davis describes as thus: "Gangs are multiplying at a terrifying rate, cops are becoming more arrogant and trigger-happy, and a whole generation is being shunted toward some impossible Armageddon." Davis's voice-in-a-whirlwind approach to the past, present, and future of Los Angeles is alarming and arresting, and his book is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary affairs. --Gregory MacNamee From Library Journal Eschewing the character study that comprises most Los Angeles history, Davis concentrates on the ongoing and ignored ethnic and class struggles, formerly manifested by booster (pro-growth) exploitation, now replaced by exclusionary (no-growth) neighborhood incorporation, and by police control of Afro-American and Latino neighborhoods. His analysis of recent Los Angeles history is often chilling and--sad to say--more true than false. Small inaccuracies sometimes afflict the narrative, and the breathlessness of Davis's writing will probably confuse readers who are unfamilar with the region. But these criticisms quibble with an otherwise important and necessary work. Recommended. - Tim Zindel, Hastings Coll . of the Law, San Francisco Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 1990 | 2005-10-08 | 480 | 8.1 x 5.2 x 1.0 inches | |||||||
| PG2112.D3 1997 | Davis, Patricia Anne | Making Progress in Russian: A Second Year Course | 0-471-14810-5 | Paperback | N | N | Wiley | January 7, 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : English (All) | New York | N | $95.95 | Book Description This proficiency based book helps readers expand and deepen their knowledge of Russian grammar; acquire greater command of vocabulary; and increase their ability to understand, speak and read Russian. Language Notes Text: English, Russian --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 491.782/421 21 | 1997 | 1970-04-14 | 584 | Russian language -- Textbooks for foreign, speakers -- English | 10.0 x 7.1 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| BL1216.2D38 | Davis, Richard H. | Ritual in an Oscillating Universe: Worshipping Siva in Medieval India | 0-691-07386-4 | Hardcover | N | N | Princeton Univ Pr | January, 1992 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | History : Asia : India | Princeton, N.J. | N | $66.34 | ABOUT THE BOOK Ritual in an Oscillating Universe: Worshiping Siva in Medieval India | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 294.5/38 20 | 1991 | 2005-10-04 | 200 | Siva (Hindu deity) -- Cult -- India -- History, India -- Religious life and customs | 0.8 x 6.8 x 9.8 inches | ||||
| LB1050.5.D36 | Davis, Ronald D. | The Gift of Dyslexia | 0-399-52293-X | Paperback | N | N | Perigee Trade | March 1, 1997 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Personal Health : Children's Health : Learning Disorders | New York | N | $10.17 | From Library Journal Levinson's use of patient testimonials and case studies to describe his breakthroughs in the treatment of dyslexia makes for a medical text that reads like a novel. He traces both his research on the connection between dyslexia and the inner ear and cerebellum and also the scientific community's skepticism regarding his claims. Formerly a professor at New York University Medical School and currently director of the Medical Dyslexic Treatment Center, Levinson acknowledges criticism and errors and, overall, offers a balanced view of his methods. In the process, he reveals the unfortunate increase in the politics of scientific research. Levinson's book is recommended as a source for the most current research, an account of the patients' plight, and an expose of the scientific debate. Davis, on the other hand, emphasizes child development, psychology, and education rather than medical treatment. As a dyslexic individual and a teacher, he offers a unique perspective on the subject of learning disabilities. Through his own real-life experiences he shares what everyone needs to know about dyslexia, what the dyslexic student encounters in a typical school, and what is needed to teach such students effectively. To support his conclusion that dyslexics have special talents of perception, imagination, and intuition, Davis cites talented and brilliant figures from Einstein and Leonardo da Vinci to Churchill and Walt Disney. He concludes with a test, written in simple language and printed in a large typeface to make it easier to read. Given Levinson's medical focus, his text is recommended for academic and larger public libraries, while Davis's book is appropriate for all types of libraries. Samuel T. Huang, Northern Illinois Univ. Libs., DeKalb Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Book Description Audio CD version of The Gift of Dyslexia (Perigee; ISBN: 039952293X), read by the author. At the age of 38, Ronald D. Davis made a discovery about perception that enabled him to read a book cover to cover -- for the first time. The methods he devloped have helped thousands of children and adults around the world to overcome reading, writing, study and attention problems. This audio version explains the concepts of Davis Dyslexia Correction (R) for people who would rather listen than read.--This text refers to the Audio CD edition. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 371.91/44 20 | 1997 | 2005-10-15 | 260 | Dyslexia, Dyslexic children -- Education | 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| GT4011.P46D38 | Davis, Susan G. | Parades and Power: Street Theatre in Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia | 0-520-06374-0 | Paperback | N | N | Univ of California Pr | September 1, 1988 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | N | $4.95 | 2005-03-30 | Amazon | 2005-03-30 | 235 | 0.8 x 5.8 x 9.0 inches | ||||||||||
| BL2228.S94 | Davis, Winston | Dojo: Magic and Exorcism in Modern Japan | 0-8047-1131-3 | Paperback | N | N | Stanford University Press | February, 1982 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | N | $1.09 | ABOUT THE BOOK Dojo: Magic and Exorcism in Modern Japan | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 332 | 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.0 inches | ||||||||
| PN85 .D37 1971 | De Man, Paul | Blindness & insight; essays in the rhetoric of contemporary criticism | 0-19-501346-8 | Hardcover | N | N | Oxford University Press | 1971 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Criticism | New York | N | Includes bibliographical references. | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 801/.95 | 1970-04-16 | 189 | Criticism | xiii, 189 p. 22 cm. | ||||||
| HF1002.D365 | Debeer, Shane R. | Russian for the Business Traveler (Barron's Business Travelers) | 0-8120-1784-6 | Paperback | N | N | Barron's Educational Series | August 1994 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Business & Investing : General | Hauppauge, New York | N | $0.98 | Language Notes Text: English, Russian | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 650/.03 20 | 1970-04-14 | Foreign Language Business Dictionaries Series | 492 | Business -- Dictionaries -- Russian, Russian language -- Dictionaries -- English, Business -- Dictionaries, English language -- Dictionaries -- Russian, Business travel -- Russia (Federation) --, Guidebooks | 8.0 x 5.2 x 1.1 inches | ||||
| B131.C55 | Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya | Indian Philosophy | N | N | 1 | N | 1970-05-16 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| BL1281.154 | Dehejia, H.V. | Parvatidarpana: An Exposition of Kashmir Saivism Through the Images of Siva and Parvati | 8120814843 | Paperback | N | N | Motilal Banarsidass | February, 1997 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism | N | $12.95 | Book Description In Parvatidarpana, Harsha V. Dehejia exposits the basic tenets of Kashmir Shaivism through the celebrated marriage of Shiva and Parvati and the image of Ardhanarishvara. Enjoyment of the mythic marriage and the image leads to a greater understanding of Kashmir Shaivism, and the epistemology of this philosophical system in turn leads the aesthete to a greater celebration of the arts inspired by this mythic event.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-08 | Amazon | 1970-01-08 | 131 | |||||||||
| RC455.D42213 | Deleuze, Gilles | A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia | 0-8166-1401-6 | Hardcover | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | January 1988 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | Minneapolis | N | $54.95 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) | 1970-04-30 | Amazon | 194 19 | 1987 | 1970-04-30 | 629 | Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Radicalism, Postmodernism | 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.8 inches | ||||
| RC455.D42213 | Deleuze, Gilles | Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia | 0-8166-1225-0 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | October, 1983 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Minneapolis | N | $19.95 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 194 20 | 1983 | 2005-10-15 | 400 | Social psychiatry, Psychoanalysis -- Social aspects, Oedipus complex -- Social aspects, Capitalism, Schizophrenia -- Social aspects | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| PN1995.D39313 | Deleuze, Gilles | Cinema 1: The Movement-Image | 0-8166-1399-0 | Hardcover | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | October 1986 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Performing Arts | Minneapolis | N | $17.89 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) | 1970-04-30 | Amazon | 791.43/01 19 | 1970-04-30 | 263 | Motion pictures -- Philosophy | 8.7 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches | |||||
| PN1995 .D39313 | Deleuze, Gilles | Cinema 2: The Time-Image | 0-8166-1676-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Univ of Minnesota Pr | November 1989 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Entertainment : Movies : General | Minneapolis | N | $44.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Cinema 2: The Time-Image FROM THE PUBLISHER Deleuze ascribes this shot to the condition of postwar Europe: the situations and spaces 'we no longer know how to describe'-- buildings deserted but inhabited, cities undergoing demolition or reconstruction--and the new race of characters who emerged from this rubble, mutants who 'saw rather than acted.' FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Brings to completion Deleuze's (philosophy, U. of Paris) work on the theoretical implications of the cinematographic image. Largely based on the writings of Bergson and Peirce, Deleuze's theorizing grapples with intellectual cineaste. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 1970-04-30 | Amazon | 791.43/01 19 | 1970-04-30 | 2 | Motion pictures -- Philosophy | 1.0 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | |||||
| B2799.K7 D4313 | Deleuze, Gilles | Kant's Critical Philosophy: The Doctrine of the Faculties | 0-8166-1436-9 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | August, 1985 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Epistemology | N | $14.95 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 96 | 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.2 inches | ||||||||
| B3317.D413 | Deleuze, Gilles | Nietzsche and Philosophy | 0-231-05669-9 | Paperback | N | N | Columbia University Press | April 15, 1983 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Modern | N | $24.50 | Review ""Deleuze's book offers an extremly rich and systematic reading of Nietzsche...To read Nietzsche and Philosophy is to experience the earnestness of Nietzsche's challenge to Western philosophy."" -- Times Higher Education Supplement Review "Deleuze's book offers an extremly rich and systematic reading of Nietzsche...To read Nietzsche and Philosophy is to experience the earnestness of Nietzsche's challenge to Western philosophy." | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 1985 | 2005-10-08 | European Perspectives | 221 | 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches | ||||||
| B3999.E9 D45 | Deleuze, Gilles | Spinoza: Filosofia Practica | 9509779687 | Paperback | N | N | TusQuets | March 2004 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $11.76 | 1970-05-16 | Amazon | 1970-05-16 | 0 | ||||||||||
| PS3554.E4425 | DeLillo, Don | Running Dog (Vintage Contemporaries) | 0-679-72294-7 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | July 17, 1989 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( D ) : DeLillo, Don | N | $11.20 | Book Description DeLillo's Running Dog, originally published in 1978, follows Moll Robbins, a New York city journalist trailing the activities of an influential senator. In the process she is dragged into the black market world of erotica and shady, infatuated men, where a cat-and-mouse chase for an erotic film rumored to "star" Adolph Hitler leads to trickery, maneuvering, and bloodshed. With streamlined prose and a thriller's narrative pace, Running Dog is a bright star in the modern master's early career. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | Vintage Contemporaries Series | 256 | 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches | |||||||
| PS3554.E4425 W48 | DeLillo, Don | White Noise Critical : Text and Criticism (Viking Critical Library) | 0-14-027498-7 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin | December 1, 1998 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( D ) : DeLillo, Don | New York, N.Y. | N | $11.87 | Book Description Winner of the National Book Award in 1985, White Noise is the story of Jack and Babette and their children from their six or so various marriages. They live in a college town where Jack is Professor of Hitler Studies (and conceals the fact that he does not speak a word of German), and Babette teaches posture and volunteers by reading from the tabloids to a group of elderly shut-ins. They are happy enough until a deadly toxic accident and Babette's addiction to an experimental drug make Jake question everything. White Noise is considered a postmodern classic and its unfolding of themes of consumerism, family and divorce, and technology as a deadly threat have attracted the attention of literary scholars since its publication. This Viking Critical Library edition, prepared by scholar Mark Osteen, is the only edition of White Noise that contains the entire text along with an extensive critical apparatus, including a critical introduction, selected essays on the author, the work and its themes, reviews, a chronology of DeLillo's life and work, a list of discussion topics, and a selected bibliography. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 813/.54 21 | 1998 | 1969-12-31 | Viking Critical Library Series | 560 | Industrial accidents -- Fiction, College teachers -- Fiction, Stepfamilies -- Fiction, DeLillo, Don. White noise, Middle West -- Fiction, Death -- Fiction, Humorous stories | 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches | |||
| F826.D44 | DENTON, SALLY | American Massacre : The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857 | 0-375-41208-5 | Hardcover | N | N | Knopf | June 17, 2003 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | History : Americas : Native American : General & Post-Columbus | N | $17.79 | From Publishers Weekly Like September 11, 2001, another September 11, in 1857, reverberates in American history as a date when the dangers of violent religious extremism became obvious, for it was then that a party of Mormons (and possibly Paiute Indians) attacked a pioneer party passing through southern Utah, killing all but the youngest children. Denton, an investigative journalist (The Bluegrass Conspiracy, etc.), is not the first interpreter to take on the Mountain Meadows Massacre, but she adds a new twist. Whereas historians Juanita Brooks and Will Bagley emphasized the Mormons' religious motivations, Denton latches onto a more base explanation: greed. The Baker-Fancher party, she writes, was rich, with hundreds of livestock and a ready supply of cash, and their wealth proved irresistible to the Mormon attackers. At times, she overreaches her sources, asserting as fact what is not attested to in the historical record, e.g., that Brigham Young struck a deal with a prosecuting attorney to fix the conviction of John D. Lee, the only attacker convicted of murder. She also wrongly claims that Brigham Young became fatally ill six months to the day after Lee's execution (it was five months later) in order to make Young's death fit a prophetic legend. Although not as nuanced a historian as Brooks or Bagley, Denton is a marvelous writer who keeps this work of popular history as fresh and engaging as any novel. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. Product Description: In September 1857, a wagon train passing through Utah laden with gold was attacked. Approximately 140 people were slaughtered; only 17 children under the age of eight were spared. This incident in an open field called Mountain Meadows has ever since been the focus of passionate debate: Is it possible that official Mormon dignitaries were responsible for the massacre? In her riveting book, Sally Denton makes a fiercely convincing argument that they were. The author-herself of Mormon descent-first traces the extraordinary emergence of the Mormons and the little-known nineteenth-century intrigues and tensions between their leaders and the U.S. government, fueled by the Mormons' zealotry and exclusionary practices. We see how by 1857 they were unique as a religious group in ruling an entire American territory, Utah, and commanding their own exclusive government and army. Denton makes clear that in the immediate aftermath of the massacre, the church began placing the blame on a discredited Mormon, John D. Lee, and on various Native Americans. She cites contemporaneous records and newly discovered documents to support her argument that, in fact, the Mormon leader, Brigham Young, bore significant responsibility-that Young, impelled by the church's financial crises, facing increasingly intense scrutiny and condemnation by the federal government, incited the crime by both word and deed. Finally, Denton explains how the rapidly expanding and enormously rich Mormon church of today still struggles to absolve itself of responsibility for what may well be an act of religious fanaticism unparalleled in the annals of American history. American Massacre is totally absorbing in its narrative as it brings to life a tragic moment in our history. | 2005-04-15 | Amazon | 2005-04-15 | 336 | 9.5 x 6.6 x 1.3 inches | ||||||||
| B2430.D484 D46 | Derrida, Jacques | Acts of Religion | 0-415-92401-4 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | November 1, 2001 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Christian Living : Faith | New York | N | $16.47 | Book Description Is there, today," asks Jacques Derrida, "another 'question of religion'?" Derrida's writings on religion situate and raise anew questions of tradition, faith, and sacredness and their relation to philosophy and political culture. He has amply testified to his growing up in an Algerian Jewish, French-speaking family, to the complex impact of a certain Christianity on his surroundings and himself, and to his being deeply affected by religious persecution. Religion has made demands on Derrida, and, in turn, the study of religion has benefited greatly from his extensive philosophical contributions to the field. Acts of Religion brings together for the first time Derrida's key writings on religion, along with two new essays translated by Gil Anidjar that appear here for the first time in any language. These eight texts are organized around the secret holding of links between the personal, the political, and the theological. In these texts, Derrida's reflections on religion span from negative theology to the limits of reason and to hospitality. Acts of Religion will serve as an excellent introduction to Derrida's remarkable contribution to religious studies. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 210 21 | 2005-10-08 | 416 | Religion -- Philosophy | 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches | |||||
| B1848.E5L2 | Derrida, Jacques | Dissemination | 0-226-14334-1 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | February 15, 1983 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Modern | N | $20.00 | Book Description "The English version of Dissemination [is] an able translation by Barbara Johnson. . . . Derrida's central contention is that language is haunted by dispersal, absence, loss, the risk of unmeaning, a risk which is starkly embodied in all writing. The distinction between philosophy and literature therefore becomes of secondary importance. Philosophy vainly attempts to control the irrecoverable dissemination of its own meaning, it strives--against the grain of language--to offer a sober revelation of truth. Literature--on the other hand--flaunts its own meretriciousness, abandons itself to the Dionysiac play of language. In Dissemination--more than any previous work--Derrida joins in the revelry, weaving a complex pattern of puns, verbal echoes and allusions, intended to 'deconstruct' both the pretension of criticism to tell the truth about literature, and the pretension of philosophy to the literature of truth."--Peter Dews, New Statesman | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 400 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 1.0 inches | ||||||||
| B53.D4613 | Derrida, Jacques | Margins of Philosophy | 0-226-14326-0 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | February 15, 1984 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Chicago | N | $22.00 | Book Description "In this densely imbricated volume Derrida pursues his devoted, relentless dismantling of the philosophical tradition, the tradition of Plato, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger--each dealt with in one or more of the essays. There are essays too on linguistics (Saussure, Benveniste, Austin) and on the nature of metaphor ("White Mythology"), the latter with important implications for literary theory. Derrida is fully in control of a dazzling stylistic register in this book--a source of true illumination for those prepared to follow his arduous path. Bass is a superb translator and annotator. His notes on the multilingual allusions and puns are a great service."--Alexander Gelley, Library Journal | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 190 19 | 1986 | 2005-10-04 | 360 | Philosophy, Language and languages -- Philosophy, Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976. Sein und Zeit, Ontology, Space and time, Valéry, Paul, 1871-1945 | 9.1 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| P105.D5313 | Derrida, Jacques | Of Grammatology | 0-8018-1879-6 | Paperback | N | N | The Johns Hopkins University Press | January 1, 1977 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $4.74 | Review "The translation is a noble job."-- New York Review of Books | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | 446 | 1.2 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | ||||||||
| B2430.D484 D4713 | Derrida, Jacques | Positions | 0-226-14331-7 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | November 15, 1982 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $10.00 | Book Description Positions is a collection of three interviews with Jacques Derrida that illuminate and make more accessible the complex concepts and terms treated extensively in such works as Writing and Difference and Dissemination. Derrida takes positions on his detractors, his supporters, and the two major preoccupations of French intellectual life, Marxism and psychoanalysis. The interviews included in this volume offer a multifaceted view of Derrida. "Implications: Interview with Henri Ronse" contains a succinct statement of principles. "Seminology and Grammatology: Interview with Julia Kristeva" provides important clarifications of the role played by linguistics in Derrida's work. "Positions: Interview with Jean-Louis Houdebine and Guy Scarpetta" is a wide-ranging discussion that touches on many of the polemics that Derrida's work as provoked. Alan Bass, whose translation of Writing and Difference was highly praised for its clarity, accuracy, and readability, has provided extremely useful critical notes, full of vital information, including historical background. | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 122 | 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches | ||||||||
| HX39.5 D4613 | Derrida, Jacques | Specters of Marx: The State of the Debt, the Work of Mourning, and the New International | 0-415-91045-5 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | October, 1994 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | New York | N | $28.95 | From Library Journal Linking Hamlet's ghost with the opening of the Communist Manifesto, the noted French philosopher (Aporias, LJ 2/15/94) meditates on the state and future of Marxism since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Developing two highly expanded lectures, Derrida notes that the current talk of the "new world order" and "the end of history" is the recurrence of a old debate, an attempt to exorcise the "spirit" represented by Marxism, just as Marx was concerned with the "ghosts" and "conjuring" of capitalism. Derrida argues that the deconstructive doctrine of "differance" and Marxism as an act posit many Marxisms. It is therefore the interpreter's duty to preserve the spirit of Marxism by pursuing the ghosts and laying bare the conjurings. This is Derrida's first major statement on Marx; an important book for academic collections. T.L. Cooksey, Armstrong State Coll., Savannah, Ga. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Library Binding edition. Southern Humanities Review "...its importance within the Derridean canon cannot be overemphasized...the text that scholars turn to...to understand the politics of deconstruction...." | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 335.4 20 | 1994 | 2005-10-15 | 198 | Marx, Karl, 1818-1883, Communism, Post-communism | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| BH39.D45 | Derrida, Jacques | The Truth in Painting | 0-226-14324-4 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | July 15, 1987 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : General | Chicago | N | $24.95 | From Library Journal The four essays in this volume constitute Derrida's most explicit and sustained reflection on the art work as pictorial artifact, a reflection partly by way of philosophical aesthetics (Kant, Heidegger), partly by way of a commentary on art works and art scholarship (Van Gogh, Adami, Titus-Carmel). The illustrations are excellent, and the translators, who clearly see their work as both a rendering and a transformation, add yet another dimension to this richly layered composition. Indispensable to collections emphasizing art criticism and aesthetics. Alexander Gelley, English & Comparative Literature Dept., Univ. of California, Irvine Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 701/.1/7 19 | 2005-10-04 | 402 | Aesthetics | 9.0 x 6.1 x 1.0 inches | |||||
| P121.S257 | Desaussure, Ferdinand | Course In General Linguistics | 0-07-016524-6 | Paperback | N | N | McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages | June 1, 1965 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Reference : General | N | $17.74 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 1959 | 2005-10-15 | 240 | 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches | |||||||
| AC25.D45513 | Descartes, Rene | Discourse on Method And The Meditations | 0-14-044206-5 | Textbook Binding | N | N | Penguin Books | June 16, 1998 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $10.63 | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 188 | 0.5 x 5.0 x 7.8 inches | |||||||||
| BL2033.5.S52D45 | Desjarlais, Robert R. | Body and Emotion: The Aesthetics of Illness and Healing in the Nepal Himalayas (Series in Contemporary Ethnography) | 0-8122-1434-X | Paperback | N | N | University of Pennsylvania Press | December 1, 1992 | 1 | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | Philadelphia | N | $24.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Body and Emotion: The Aesthetics of Illness and Healing in the Nepal Himalayas FROM THE PUBLISHER Body and Emotion is a study of the relationship between culture and emotional distress, an examination of the cultural forces that influence, make sense of, and heal severe pain and malaise. In order to investigate this relationship, Robert R. Desjarlais served as an apprentice healer among the Yolmo Sherpa, a Tibetan Buddhist people who reside in the Helambu region of northcentral Nepal. In his quest to understand illness among Yolmo villagers, especially a prevalent malady known as "soul loss," Desjarlais goes beyond an exploration of causes and cures to analyze the "aesthetics" of everyday living and their relation to bodily experience, emotional distress, and ritual healing. In contrast to other recent accounts of "symbolic healing," which posit that shamanic rites heal by manipulating the symbolic categories that define a patient, the author contends that a shaman's rites work chiefly to change how a patient feels. A concern for the sensory influences the style of the book, as Desjarlais bids for an ethnography of the tactile, the visceral, the unspoken. Body and Emotion calls for a more sentient anthropology, moves beyond meaning-centered approaches to pain and the body, and outlines the profound role of aesthetic sensibilities in everyday life. Body and Emotion is an extraordinary work that will be of particular value to students and scholars in the fields of anthropology, psychology, Asian studies, and religious studies. | 2006-01-17 | Amazon | 299/.54 20 | 1992 | 2006-01-17 | Series in Contemporary Ethnography Series | 300 | Shamanism -- Nepal -- Helmu Region, Sherpa (Nepalese people) -- Religion, Helmu Region (Nepal) -- Religious life and, customs | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| BQ5436.D47 2004 | Desmond, Lisa | Baby Buddhas: A Guide for Teaching Meditation to Children | 0-7407-4689-8 | Paperback | N | N | Andrews McMeel Publishing | August 2004 | 3 | Buddhist children : Meditation | N | Publisher Comments: Baby Buddhas: A Guide for Teaching Meditation to Children is the first book to show parents and educators how to teach meditation to preschool-age children. Through irresistible photos and easy-to-follow text, Lisa Desmond clearly explains her copyrighted method of teaching meditation to children 18 months to three years old. Baby Buddhas also highlights the benefits of meditation for parents and children and shows how to incorporate meditation into family life. Part One, "Creating Your Space," explains how to create a simple meditation space in the home or school and explains the importance of sound, posture, and breathing. In Part Two, "Adult Meditations," adults learn three meditations to give them an opportunity to learn and meditate on their own before teaching children. Part Three, "Children's Meditations," includes 10 meditations suitable for children, organized from simplest to most complex. The children's meditations include the "Sunshine Meditation," in which the child learns to breathe in a "sunshine ball of light" full of love. The "Om Meditation" helps children calm themselves and feel love, even when their parents are away. All the children's meditations use repetition and simple words and images that children can easily understand. Parents who have used Lisa's techniques marvel at how their children have become calmer and more focused since they started meditating. With Baby Buddhas parents and educators can give the children in their care a gift that will last a lifetime. Synopsis: Testimonials from parents describe the positive changes in their children since the start of meditation practice. Their children: - became calmer, kinder, and more thoughtful of themselves and the world around them, - developed a stronger sense of self, and - learned to comfort themselves when feeling anxious. | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 1970-01-14 | 144 | 9.06x7.06x.55 in. 1.10 lbs. | ||||||||||
| PA6519.M5 | DeVeau, Frederic J. (Editor) | Selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses: Edited with an introduction, notes and vocabulary | 0-88334-010-0 | Paperback | N | N | Independent School Press | 1971 | 1 | N | $4.99 | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| BL48.D4 1991 | Dewey, John | A Common Faith (The Terry Lectures Series) | 0-300-00069-3 | Paperback | N | N | Yale University Press | September 10, 1960 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Modern | New Haven | N | $10.36 | ABOUT THE BOOK A Common Faith FROM THE PUBLISHER One of America's greatest philosophers outlines a faith that is not confined to sect, class, or race. He describes a positive, practical, and dynamic faith, verified and supported by the intellect and evolving with the progress of social and scientific knowledge. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 200 20 | c196 | 1970-01-21 | The Terry Lectures Series | 96 | Religion | 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches | |||
| JC251 | Dewey, John | Public & Its Problems | 0-8040-0254-1 | Paperback | N | N | Swallow Press | July 18, 2027 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | Athens | N | $13.95 | Book Description In The Public and Its Problems, a classic of social and political philosophy, John Dewey exhibits his strong faith in the potential of human intelligence to solve the public's problems. In his characteristic provocative style, Dewey clarifies the meaning and implications of such concepts as "the public," "the state," "government," and "political democracy." He distinguishes his a posterior reasoning from a priori reasoning, which, he argues permeates less meaningful discussion of basic concepts. Dewey repeatedly demonstrates the interrelationships between fact and theory. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 321.8 20 | 1970-01-21 | 242 | Democracy, Political science, State, The | 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches | |||||
| BQ1339.5.D457 | Dhamma, Rewata | The First Discourse of the Buddha | 0-86171-104-1 | Paperback | N | N | Wisdom Publications | January 25, 1996 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism : Buddha | Boston | N | $10.17 | Book Description This book includes a history of the Buddha's life, background on Buddhism, and a contemporary translation of and commentary on the Four Noble Truths. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 294.3/823 20 | 1997 | 2005-10-08 | 128 | Tipiòtaka. Suttapiòtaka. Saòmyuttanik¯aya, Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta -- Criticism, interpretation,, etc | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches | ||||
| PR4562.A2 | Dickens, Charles | Oliver Twist (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-043017-2 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Books | November, 1985 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( D ) : Dickens, Charles : General | N | $0.01 | From Publishers Weekly A Twist of Beauty An inviting design may inspire readers of a newly abridged edition of Charles Dickens's classic Oliver Twist to join the hero in asking, please sir, for more. Christian Birmingham spots nearly every page of text with a small, charcoal-gray image, and complements important scenes with full-page color illustrations. Birmingham's hues are predominantly deep, somber and gritty, but not without occasional flashes of royal blues and golds. Text is shaded in the faintest yellow, soft on the eye. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From School Library Journal Grade 7 Up-A BBC radio dramatization of Dickens' classic. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | Penguin Classics Series | 496 | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches | |||||||
| DK266.B844 1996 | Dickerman, Leah, ed. | Building the Collective (Kiosk Books) | 1-56898-074-4 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton Arch | May 1, 1996 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History | New York, NY | N | $22.02 | ABOUT THE BOOK Building the Collective: Soviet Graphic Design, 1917-1937 FROM THE PUBLISHER Covering the first decades of the Soviet Union, from the Civil War to the end of Stalin's Second Five-Year Plan in the 1930s, the graphic works in Building the Collective provide a remarkable overview of design during one of this century's most politically turbulent and artistically active periods. These designs, from the collection of Merrill C. Berman, challenge assumptions of a monolithic Soviet poster style, conveying the impressive range of graphic design as it responded to a rapidly evolving political situation. Providing historical context and focusing on images of labor, industrialization, and technology, Building the Collective demonstrates how the ideological imperative of imagining a new collective society existed in a fertile and sometimes contradictory relationship with the artists' efforts to redefine their role in post-revolutionary Russia. Building the Collective showcases over 100 posters and other graphic works, representing the talents of a wide variety of artists, from the acclaimed to the anonymous. Color reproductions of works by Gustav Klutsis, Aleksandr Rodchenko, El Lissitzky, and the Stenberg brothers - as well as those of lesser-know but important designers such as Aleksandr Deineka, Viktor Deni, and Elena Semenova - are shown alongside posters created by "brigades" of designers who worked collectively and anonymously in the spirit of the times. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 741.6/7/094709041 20 | 1996 | 1970-04-15 | 128 | Political posters, Russian, Soviet Union -- History -- 1917-1936 -- Posters, Graphic design (Typography) -- Soviet Union --, History -- 20th century, Berman, Merrill C | 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches | ||||
| PS3554.I398 F67 | Dillard, Annie | For the Time Being (Vintage) | 0-375-70347-0 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | February 8, 2000 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( D ) : Dillard, Annie | N | $10.40 | Amazon.com Over the last three decades, Annie Dillard has written about an uncommon number of things--predators and prose, astronomy and evolution, the miraculous survival of mangroves. Yet the sheer range of her interests can be deceptive. Whatever the subject, Dillard is always (as she wrote in Living by Fiction) practicing unlicensed metaphysics in a teacup, always asking the fundamental questions about life and death. And this epistemological interrogation continues in For the Time Being. Here Dillard alternates accounts of her own travels to China and Israel with ruminations on sand, clouds, obstetrics, and Hasidic thought. She also records the wanderings of paleontologist and spade-wielding spiritualist Teilhard de Chardin, whose itinerary (geographical and philosophical) has certain similarities to her own. But as she ties together these disparate threads with truly Emersonian eloquence, it becomes clear that God's presence--or absence--is at the heart of her book. There are, of course, facts aplenty here: the author is among our keenest living observers of the natural world (check out her soft-core account of two snails mating in chapter 7). But all roads lead Dillard back to God, who seems to be practicing a divine variant of benign neglect: God is no more cogitating which among us he plans to be born as bird-headed dwarfs or elephant men--or to kill by AIDS or kidney failure, heart disease, childhood leukemia, or sudden infant death syndrome--than he is pitching lightning bolts at pedestrians, triggering rock slides, or setting fires. The very least unlikely things for which God might be responsible are what insurers call "acts of God." Natural calamity is an old fascination of the author's, going clear back to Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and Holy the Firm. Here it allows her to make her strongest argument yet on behalf of the Almighty's laissez-faire policy--while suggesting that His immanence in fact depends on our belief. Yet even in her earnest pursuit of holiness, Dillard tends to hit the occasional speed bump. At one point she throws up her hands in exasperation and declares: "I don't know beans about God." This is hardly the stuff of an airtight theological argument, is it? But happily, Dillard possesses the same quality she ascribes to Teilhard, "a sort of anaerobic capacity to batten and thrive on paradox." So her contradictions are worth more to the reader than her consistencies. They enrich her narrative, yanking her back from the precipice of easy (or even moderately easy) belief. And Dillard's penchant for paradox ensures that For the Time Being--which aims, after all, to encompass God and all his works--always operates on a human, heartbreaking scale. --James Marcus--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Publishers Weekly Writing as if on the edge of a precipice, staring over into the abyss, Dillard offers a risk-taking, inspiring meditation on life, death, birth, God, evil, eternity, the nuclear age and the human predicament. This unconventional mosaic, portions of which were first published in different form in Raritan, Harper's, etc., interweaves several disparate topics: the travels of French paleontologist and Jesuit priest Teilhard de Chardin in China and Mongolia, where his team in 1928 discovered the world's first fossil evidence of pre-Neanderthal humans; the life and teachings of the Baal Shem Tov, the 18th-century Ukrainian Jewish mystic who founded modern Hasidism; a natural history of sand?an epic drama of rocks, glaciers, lichen, rivers?and of individual clouds as witnessed by painters, poets, naturalists, scientists and laypeople. Rounding out this fugue are Dillard's visits to an obstetrical ward to watch healthy newborns emerge; her survey of tragic, horrific human birth defects; random encounters with strangers; her trips to Israel, where she visited Jesus' birthplace, and to China, where, at the tomb of the first Chinese emperor, Qin?mass murderer, burner of books, Mao's idol?she inspected the terra-cotta army of life-size soldiers who guard Qin in the afterlife. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 224 | 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| QH81.D56 | Dillard, Annie | Pilgrim at Tinker Creek | 0-06-095302-0 | Paperback | N | N | Harper Perennial Modern Classics | October 28, 1998 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( D ) : Dillard, Annie | New York | N | $11.16 | -- Eudora Welty, New York Times Book Review "The book is a form of meditation, written with headlong urgency, about seeing. A reader's heart must go out to a young writer with a sense of wonder so fearless and unbridled...There is an ambition about her book that I like...It is the ambition to feel." From AudioFile The Pulitzer Prize-winning Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is a series of interconnected essays which challenge the listener to contemplate the natural world beyond its commonplace surfaces. Cassidy's lively, youthful voice is perfect for Dillard's beautiful alliterative phrasing, glorious imagery, and inspired themes. Cassidy's interpretation shimmers with the meanings of this energetic, Thoreauvian ramble through Nature's seasons and secrets. Coming across a cedar tree one day, Dillard sees "the tree with the lights in it," a spiritual phenomenon emblematic of her uncanny way of knowing what is real and true about a universe designed by "a maniac." Cassidy brilliantly conveys Dillard the seer interacting with the grotesque majesties of the scene. This production is a delight. P.W. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 508.9755/792 21 | 1999 | 1970-01-07 | Harper Perennial | 304 | Nature | 8.0 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches | |||
| PG3337.G6 01336 | Diment, Galya | Goncharov's "Oblomov": A Critical Companion (AATSEEL) | 0-8101-1405-4 | Paperback | N | N | Northwestern University Press | April 29, 1998 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Evanston, Ill. | N | $25.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Goncharov's Oblomov: A Critical Companion FROM THE PUBLISHER No other novel has been used to describe the "Russian mentality" or "Russian soul" as frequently as Ivan Goncharov's Oblomov, first published in 1859. This guide will enable readers to appreciate fully both the remarkable talent of this Russian writer and his masterpiece. The contributors to this volume begin from the premise that perhaps more than any other Russian writer of the nineteenth century, Goncharov needs rereadings and reevaluations. Accordingly, this volume balances the older, more traditional interpretations of Goncharov's most famous novel with the newer, more probing ones. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 891.73/3 21 | 1998 | 1970-04-14 | Northwestern/Aatseel Critical Companions Series | 194 | Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich, 1812-1891, Oblomov | 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches | |||
| PG3476.T75 Z636 | Dinega, Alyssa W. | A Russian Psyche: The Poetic Mind of Marina Tsvetaeva | 0-299-17334-8 | Paperback | N | N | University of Wisconsin Press | January 1, 2002 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Books & Reading : Women Writers & Feminist Theory | Madison | N | $19.95 | Book Description Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva's powerful poetic voice and her tragic life have often prompted literary commentators to treat her as either a martyr or a monster. Born in Russia in 1892, she emigrated to Europe in 1922, returned to the Soviet Union at the height of the Stalinist Terror, and committed suicide in 1941. Alyssa Dinega focuses on the poetry, rediscovering Tsvetaeva as a serious thinker with a coherent artistic and philosophical vision. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 891.71/42 21 | 2001 | 1970-04-15 | 416 | ëTìSvetaeva, Marina, 1892-1941 -- Criticism and, interpretation, Cupid and Psyche (Tale) in literature | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| PG2986.D635 1997 | Dobrenko, E. A. | The Making of the State Reader: Social and Aesthetic Contexts of the Reception of Soviet Literature | 0-8047-2854-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Stanford University Press | December 1997 | 3 | Russian literature : Russian & Former Soviet Union | N | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 1970-01-14 | 382 | 9.34x6.32x1.08 in. 1.57 lbs. | |||||||||||
| dome, Muzei Anny Akhmatovoi v Fontannom | Peterburg Akhmatovoi--Vladimir Georgievich Garshin | 5794001135 | Binding Unknown | N | N | Nevskii dialekt | Jan 2002 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- Friends | Sankt-Peterburg | N | At head of title: Muzei Sankt-Peterburga k 300 letiëiìu goroda. Muzeæi Anny Akhmatovoæi v Fontannom dome. "Katalog: materialy, otnosëiìashchiesëiìa k biografii i deëiìatel§nosti V.G. Garshina, v sobranii Muzeëiìa Anny Akhmatovoæi v Fontannom dome": p. 171-189. Includes bibliographical references. | 1970-04-16 | Half.com | 1970-04-16 | 255 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- Friends, and associates, Garshin, Vladimir Georgievich, 1887-1956, Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 --, Archives | 21 cm. | ||||||||
| BL325.S452 D65 | Doniger, Wendy | Splitting the Difference : Gender and Myth in Ancient Greece and India (Jordan Lectures in Comparative Religion, 1996-1997 : School of Oriental and African Studies University of London) | 0-226-15641-9 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | April 15, 1999 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Mythology : African | Chicago | N | $25.00 | Amazon.com Respected scholar and writer Wendy Doniger brilliantly traces the many instances of doubling, splitting, and impersonation in ancient Greek and Hindu mythology, comparing, for example, the illusory Sita in many versions of the Ramayana with the illusory Helen of Troy, from Plato to Iris Murdoch. She also touches on later versions of the myths, such as Victorian descendants of Narcissus: Dr. Jekyll and Dorian Gray. This is academic writing at its most enjoyable: sprightly, rich, and unpredictable, elaborating the sort of satisfying and far-reaching connections that one finds in a Henry James novel or a Shakespearean comedy. Why compare these two distant cultures at all? "I am arguing first that ancient Greeks and Indians are cousins," Doniger explains, "and then that all women are sisters." In her introduction, she asserts that myths derive much of "their power and endurance from their ability to express a deeply troubling paradox that everyone in the community shares and no one can solve." Duplicitous lovers beware. --Regina Marler From Library Journal Doniger, a distinguished professor of the history of religion at the University of Chicago and author of several previous studies of mythology, has written a perceptive and compelling new book on gendered themes in classical Greek and Hindu mythology. But while her comparative focus is on tales from those two cultures and eras, her insights extend to later cultural stories and contemporary variations on ancient themes. Each chapter examines an aspect of the doubling or splitting of women, and sometimes men, and the cultural and mythic functions of such divisions. While the stories are inflected by both gender and culture, Doniger concludes that gender is more significant in determining the relationships between the myths. Throughout, she interprets the stories, old and new, in terms of fundamental aspects of the human psyche, illuminating the ways in which "myth responds to complexities of the human condition." Well written and engaging, this book should appeal to specialists and generalists alike.AJulia Burch, Cambridge, MA Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 291.1/78343 21 | 2005-10-08 | Jordan Lectures in Comparative Religion | 383 | Sex -- Mythology -- Comparative studies, Mythology, Greek, Mythology, Hindu | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| BL325.S42 D64 | Doniger, Wendy | The Bedtrick : Tales of Sex and Masquerade (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture) | 0-226-15642-7 | Hardcover | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | September 1, 2000 | 1 | 2.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Sex : General | Chicago | N | $20.08 | Times Literary Supplement "[A] triumph. . . . [The Bedtrick] provide[s] an astonishingly rich reading experience." New York Times "Ms. Doniger seduces the reader with her casual erudition, tempering the dizzying accumulation of evidence with wry asides." | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 291.1/78357 21 | 2000 | 2005-10-08 | Worlds of Desire Series | 576 | Sex -- Mythology -- Comparative studies, Deception | 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.6 inches | |||
| BL304.D54 | Doniger, Wendy | The Implied Spider | 0-231-11170-3 | Hardcover | N | N | Columbia University Press | May 15, 1998 | 1 | 2.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | New York | N | $70.00 | From Library Journal The Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago, Doniger here offers an introduction to comparative mythology. By analyzing the political, theological, and psychological structures of the sacred stories of various cultures through time, from the Hebrew Bible to Star Trek, Doniger shows how myths create a shared interdisciplinary narrative of all human cultures. She also argues that sorting out the feminine voice in this male-dominated art supplements our fragmented understanding of myths. Ultimately, Doniger shows that myths are a means of transcending daily life. Ranging widely, she offers a detailed, scholarly account that may not be easy reading for genreral audiences, however intriguing her premise. Recommended for academic collections.ALeo Vincent Kriz, West Des Moines Lib., IA Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review "An entertaining and highly accesible look at how myths reveal what is common to all humanity." -- Parabola | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 291.1/3/01 21 | 1998 | 2005-10-08 | American Lectures on the History of Religions | 256 | Myth -- Study and teaching -- Methodology, Mythology -- Study and teaching -- Methodology | 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches | |||
| PN6725.D613 | Dorfman, Ariel | How to read Donald Duck | 0-88477-037-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Intl General | January 1992 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | N | $6.25 | ABOUT THE BOOK Critical Bibl on Intellectuals | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | 128 | ||||||||||
| PN6725 | Dorfman, Ariel | How to read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic | Paperback | N | N | International General | 1975 | 1 | New York | N | 2006-01-22 | 0 | Comic books, strips, etc. -- History and criticism ; Propaganda, American ; Propaganda, Capitalist ; Imperialisme ; Ideologie ; Propaganda ; Kapitalisme ; Walt Disney Company. | ||||||||||||||
| PN1995.9.R4 | Dorsky, Nathaniel | Devotional Cinema | 1-931157-05-7 | Paperback | N | N | Tuumba Pr | December, 2003 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Photography : Cinematography | N | $6.50 | ABOUT THE BOOK Devotional Cinema | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 52 | 0.2 x 5.5 x 8.0 inches | ||||||||
| PG3326.P26 | Dostoevsky, Fyodor | Crime and Punishment (Crime & Punishment) | 0-553-21175-7 | Mass Market Paperback | N | N | Bantam Classics | July 1, 1984 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( D ) : Dostoevsky, Fyodor | N | $6.99 | Amazon.com The talented Alex Jennings creates an atmosphere of gripping psychological tension and brings a variety of characters to life in this new audio edition of a crime classic. When the student Raskolnikov puts his philosophical theory to the ultimate test of murder, a tragic tale of suffering and redemption unfolds in the dismal setting of the slums of czarist, prerevolutionary St. Petersburg. While Jennings's adept repertoire of British accents works to demonstrate the varying classes of characters, it occasionally distracts the listener from the Russian setting. However, Dostoyevsky's rendering of 18th-century Russia emerges unscathed, bringing the dark pathos (such as wretched poverty and rampant suffering) to life. (Running time: 315 minutes; 4 cassettes) --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. From Publishers Weekly An acclaimed new translation of the classic Russian novel. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | Crime and Punishment Series | 576 | 7.0 x 4.2 x 1.0 inches | |||||||
| PG3326.A15 1968 | Dostoevsky, Fyodor | Great Short Works of Dostoyevsky | 0-06-083081-6 | Paperback | N | N | Perennial | November 23, 1968 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( D ) : Dostoevsky, Fyodor | N | $0.30 | Book Description Eight short masterworks, including White Nights, Notes from Underground, The Gambler, A Gentle Creature, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and others. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | c196 | 1970-04-14 | Harper Perennial | 768 | 7.0 x 4.2 x 1.7 inches | ||||||
| PG3326.I3 | Dostoevsky, Fyodor | The Idiot (Vintage Classics) | 0-375-70224-5 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | July 8, 2003 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( D ) : Dostoevsky, Fyodor | N | $10.36 | Review Praise for Pevear and Volokhonsky's translation of Crime and Punishment: "Reaches as close to Dostoevsky's Russian as is possible in English. . . . The original's force and frightening immediacy is captured. . . . The Pevear and Volokhonsky translation will become the standard English version." -Chicago Tribune Book Description Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky's masterful translation of The Idiot is destined to stand with their versions of Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and Demons as the definitive Dostoevsky in English. After his great portrayal of a guilty man in Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky set out in The Idiot to portray a man of pure innocence. The twenty-six-year-old Prince Myshkin, following a stay of several years in a Swiss sanatorium, returns to Russia to collect an inheritance and "be among people." Even before he reaches home he meets the dark Rogozhin, a rich merchant's son whose obsession with the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna eventually draws all three of them into a tragic denouement. In Petersburg the prince finds himself a stranger in a society obsessed with money, power, and manipulation. Scandal escalates to murder as Dostoevsky traces the surprising effect of this "positively beautiful man" on the people around him, leading to a final scene that is one of the most powerful in all of world literature. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1970-04-15 | 656 | 8.2 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches | ||||||||
| PZ3.D742 C53 | Dostoevsky, Fyodor M. | Crime and Punishment (Norton Critical Edition) | 0-393-09292-5 | Paperback | N | N | W. W. Norton & Company | May, 1975 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Classics | New York | N | $1.15 | Amazon.com The talented Alex Jennings creates an atmosphere of gripping psychological tension and brings a variety of characters to life in this new audio edition of a crime classic. When the student Raskolnikov puts his philosophical theory to the ultimate test of murder, a tragic tale of suffering and redemption unfolds in the dismal setting of the slums of czarist, prerevolutionary St. Petersburg. While Jennings's adept repertoire of British accents works to demonstrate the varying classes of characters, it occasionally distracts the listener from the Russian setting. However, Dostoyevsky's rendering of 18th-century Russia emerges unscathed, bringing the dark pathos (such as wretched poverty and rampant suffering) to life. (Running time: 315 minutes; 4 cassettes) --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. From Publishers Weekly An acclaimed new translation of the classic Russian novel. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 891.7/3/3 | 1975 | 1970-01-07 | A Norton critical edition | 670 | Detective and mystery stories | x, 670 p. 22 cm. | |||
| PG3326.P26 | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor | Crime and Punishment (Vintage Classics) | 0-679-73450-3 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | March 2, 1993 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Classics : Russian | New York | N | $10.20 | Amazon.com The talented Alex Jennings creates an atmosphere of gripping psychological tension and brings a variety of characters to life in this new audio edition of a crime classic. When the student Raskolnikov puts his philosophical theory to the ultimate test of murder, a tragic tale of suffering and redemption unfolds in the dismal setting of the slums of czarist, prerevolutionary St. Petersburg. While Jennings's adept repertoire of British accents works to demonstrate the varying classes of characters, it occasionally distracts the listener from the Russian setting. However, Dostoyevsky's rendering of 18th-century Russia emerges unscathed, bringing the dark pathos (such as wretched poverty and rampant suffering) to life. (Running time: 315 minutes; 4 cassettes) --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. From Publishers Weekly An acclaimed new translation of the classic Russian novel. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 891.73/3 20 | 1970-01-07 | Vintage Books Series | 592 | Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- Fiction, Psychological fiction, Detective and mystery stories | 8.0 x 5.2 x 1.2 inches | ||||
| PG3326.Z3 M33 | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor | The House of the Dead (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-044456-4 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | January 7, 1986 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Classics : Russian | Harmondsworth | N | $8.43 | Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation) | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 891.73/3 19 | 1970-01-28 | Penguin Classics Series | 368 | Exiles -- Fiction, Siberia (Russia) -- Fiction | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| GN494.D73 | Douglas, Mary | Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo | 0-415-06608-5 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | September 6, 1984 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology | N | $5.36 | Lore and Language "This is an absorbing book, full of fascinating insights into some important and universal aspects of human behavior, and Professor Douglas's erudition is made accessible through the enviable lucidity of her writing." Times Literary Supplement "Sparkles with intellectural life." | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 208 | 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| GN494.D73 | Douglas, Mary | Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo | 0-7448-0011-0 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | September 1984 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Science : Environmental Science | N | N/A | ABOUT THE BOOK Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo | 2005-10-08 | Barnes & Noble | 2005-10-08 | 196 | |||||||||
| HM131.M46113 | Douglas, Mary (Foreword) | The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies | 0-393-30698-4 | Paperback | N | N | W W Norton & Co Inc | August 1, 1990 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | N | $5.84 | Book Description Since its first publication in English in 1954, The Gift, Marcel Mauss's groundbreaking study of the relation between forms of exchange and social structure, has been acclaimed as a classic among anthropology texts.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 1 | 0.5 x 5.5 x 8.2 inches | ||||||||
| BQ6450.C62 T533 | Dowman, Keith | The Power Places of Central Tibet : The Pilgrim's Guide | 0-14-019118-6 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin | November 1, 1988 | 1 | Children's Books : People & Places | N | $74.98 | ABOUT THE BOOK Power Places of Central Tibet | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 368 | ||||||||||
| B3279.H48 S462 | Dreyfus, Hubert L. | Being-in-the-World: A Commentary on Heidegger's Being and Time, Division I. | 0-262-54056-8 | Paperback | N | N | The MIT Press | December 14, 1990 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $35.00 | From Library Journal Dreyfus has for many years lectured on Heidegger's Being and Time in courses at the University of California at Berkeley, and his explanations of that gnomic work have won wide acclaim, which this book shows was justified. He presents a detailed account of Division I of Being and Time , never lapsing into the incomprehensible. Heidegger repudiated the view that meaning is a mental phenomenon. Instead, he argues, human life is governed by practices that can never be fully articulated but only studied through interpretation. The theory of knowledge, as it has been pursued by Descartes and his successors, therefore rests on a false assumption. Human beings never live in the world as minds isolated from objects: the problem of skepticism arises through ignoring the inextricable immersion of human beings in practical activities. Dreyfus does not offer much argument that Heidegger's views are correct. Readers will, however, learn with crystal clarity the nature of Heidegger's position. - David Gordon, Bowling Green State Univ., Ohio Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 384 | 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches | ||||||||
| B240.F724D73 | Dreyfus, Hubert L. | Michel Foucault : Beyond Structuralism and Hermeneutics | 0-226-16312-1 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | December 15, 1983 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $19.00 | Book Description "There are many new secondary sources [on Foucault]. None surpass the book by Hubert Dreyfus and Paul Rabinow. . . . The American paperback edition contains Foucault's 'On the Genealogy of Ethics,' a lucid interview that is now our best source for seeing how he construed the whole project of the history of sexuality."--David Hoy, London Review of Books | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 256 | 0.8 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | ||||||||
| DK114.D84 | Dukes, Paul | The Making of Russian Absolutism, 1613-1801 (Longman History of Russia) | 0-582-00324-5 | Textbook Binding | N | N | Longman Publishing Group | November, 1990 | 1 | History : Asia : Japan | London ; New York | N | $49.60 | ABOUT THE BOOK Making of Russian Absolutism, 1613-1801 (Longman History of Russia Series) | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 947/.046 20 | 1970-01-14 | Longman History of Russia Series | 240 | Russia -- Politics and government -- 1613-1689, Russia -- Politics and government -- 1689-1801 | 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches | |||||
| HT720.D813 | Dumont, Louis | Homo Hierarchicus : The Caste System and Its Implications (Nature of Human Society) | 0-226-16963-4 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | January 15, 1981 | 1 | 2.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology | Chicago | N | $25.00 | Book Description Louis Dumont's modern classic, here presented in an enlarged, revised, and corrected second edition, simultaneously supplies that reader with the most cogent statement in the Indian castle system and its organizing principles and a provocative advance in the comparison of societies on the basis of their underlying ideologies. Dumont moves gracefully from the ethnographic data to the level of the hierarchical ideology encrusted in ancient religious texts which are revealed as the governing conception of the contemporary caste structure. On yet another plane of analysis, homo hierarchicus is contrasted with his modern Western antithesis, homo aequalis. This edition includes a lengthy new Preface in which Dumont reviews the academic discussion inspired by Homo Hierarchicus and answers his critics. A new Postface, which sketches the theoretical and comparative aspects of the concept of hierarchy, and three significant Appendixes previously omitted from the English translation complete in this innovative and influential work. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 305.5/0954 | 2005-10-08 | Nature of Human Society Ser. | 540 | Caste -- India | 8.5 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches | ||||
| BQ9262.3.D85513 | Dumoulin, Heinrich | Zen Buddhism: A History : India and China With a New Supplement on the Northern School of Chinese Zen | 0-02-897109-4 | Paperback | N | N | MacMillan Publishing Company | November 1, 1994 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : China : General | N | $39.98 | From Book News, Inc. A companion volume to Dumoulin's history of Zen in India and China (ISBN 0-02-908270-6), this is a newly translated, revised and expanded edition of a work first published in the US in 1963. Dumoulin, a philosopher and Zen scholar, introduces the history, development, beliefs, rituals, texts, and major figures of Zen in Japan. The text is thoroughly annotated, and accompanied by six appendices and an extensive bibliography. Authoritative. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 0 | 1.2 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | ||||||||
| CB53 | Durant, Will | The Age of Faith: A History of Medieval Civilization - Christian, Islamic, and Judaic - from Constantine to Dante: A.D. 325 - 1300 | Hardcover | N | N | Simon and Schuster | 1950 | 1 | New York | N | 2006-01-22 | 901 | 1950 | 0 | Civilization, Medieval; Civilization, Christian -- History; Civilization, Islamic -- History; Jews -- Civilization -- History | ||||||||||||
| PR6054.U72 S6 | Durcan, Paul | A Snail in My Prime : New and Selected Poems (Poets, Penguin) | 0-14-058720-9 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin | October 1, 1995 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | New York | N | $3.36 | ABOUT THE BOOK Snail in My Prime: New and Selected Poems | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 821/.914 20 | 1970-01-14 | Poets Ser. | 288 | 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches | |||||
| HM101.C8928 | During, Simon (Editor) | The Cultural Studies Reader | 0-415-13754-3 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | July, 1999 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | London ; New York | N | $33.95 | From Library Journal Editor During ( Foucault and Literature , Routledge, 1992) highlights major issues, trends, and hypotheses critical to scholars of contemporary culture since the 1950s, when cultural studies emerged as an academic discipline. The 27 essays by Theodor Adorno, Roland Barthes, Teresa de Lauretis, Michel Foucault, Michele Wallace, and Cornel West, among others, range from ethnicity, multiculturalism, and sexuality to theory and method. Comments and suggested readings accompany each essay, and a valuable introduction places the intellectual and political forces that have shaped cultural studies in their historical context. This volume will appeal to advanced students and scholars; recommended for libraries with in-depth collections in cultural studies and sociology. - Charles L. Lumpkins, Bloomsburg Univ. Lib. , Pa. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Book Description The first edition of The Cultural Studies Reader established itself as the leader in the field, providing the ideal introduction to this exciting and influential discipline. This expanded second edition offers a wider selection of essays covering every major cultural studies method and theory, and takes account of recent changes in the field. There are added articles on new areas such as technology and science, globalization, postcolonialism and cultural policy, making The Cultural Studies Reader essential reading for anyone wanting to know how cultural studies developed, where it is now, and its future directions. Contributors: Ackbar Abbas, Theodor Adorno, Arjun Appadurai, Roland Barthes, Tony Bennett, Lauren Berlant, Homi K. Bhabha, Pierre Bourdieu, Judith Butler, Rey Chow, James Clifford, Michel de Certeau, Teresa de Lauretis, Richard Dyer, David Forgacs, Michel Foucault, Nancy Fraser, Nicholas Garnham, Stuart Hall, Donna Haraway, Dick Hebdige, bell hooks, Max Horkheimer, Eric Lott, Jean Francois Lyotard, Angela McRobbie, Meaghan Morris, Hamid Naficy, Janice Radway, Andrew Ross, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Edward Soja, Gayatri Spivak, Peter Stallybrass, Carolyn Steedman, Will Straw, Michael Warner, Cornel West, Allon White, Raymond Williams. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 306 21 | 2005-10-08 | 610 | Culture, Culture -- Study and teaching, Popular culture | 9.7 x 6.9 x 1.9 inches | |||||
| HD51.D9613 1984 | Durkheim, Emile | DIVISION OF LABOR IN SOCIETY : Newly Translated By Karen E. Fields | 0-02-907960-8 | Paperback | N | N | Free Press | December 1, 1984 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Business Life : Workplace | New York | N | $0.99 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 306/.36 19 | 1984 | 1970-01-21 | 352 | Division of labor | 1.2 x 5.5 x 8.2 inches | ||||
| HM22.F8 D7790 | Durkheim, Emile | Emile Durkheim on Morality and Society (Heritage of Sociology Series) | 0-226-17336-4 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | February 15, 1975 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : Professionals & Academics : Sociologists | N | $17.00 | Book Description Emile Durkheim is best known in this country as a great sociologist and methodologist. Yet it was Durkheim's reflections on morality and society that spoke most deeply of his vital concerns. In his informative introduction to this work, Robert N. Bellah describes Durkheim as moralist, philosopher, theologian, and prophet, as well as sociologist, and the selections in this volume are representative of these aspects of Durkheim's many-faceted scholarship. The first two selections of the volume set the context for the development of Durkheim's sociology of morality. Section I, "The French Tradition of Social Thought," gives Durkheim's picture of how his sociology is to be situated relative to the general French tradition. Section II, "Sociology and Social Action," shows Durkheim grappling with moral and political issues in his society and indicates the immediate social context of his thinking. The remaining selections indicate some of the major substantive areas of Durkheim's sociology of morality. Section III, taken from The Division of Labor in Society, demonstrates his basically evolutionary approach to the development of moral norms in society. Section IV, "The Learning of Morality," gives examples of Durkheim's work on socialization. Section V, "Social Creativity," deals with the important question of how new moral norms arise in society. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | Heritage of Sociology Series | 300 | 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches | |||||||
| HM24.D962 | Durkheim, Emile | Rules of Sociological Method | 0-02-907940-3 | Paperback | N | N | Free Press | December 1, 1982 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : General | New York | N | $17.95 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 301/.01/8 19 | 2005-10-08 | 272 | Sociology -- Methodology | 8.3 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches | |||||
| PR6011.O58 P3 | E. M. Forster | A Passage to India | N | N | 1 | N | 2006-01-18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| PG2271 | E., Piadusova G. Andrews | The Russian verb: form & function. | 5883370314 | Paperback | N | N | Russki yazyk. Kursy. | 2004 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | N | $19.00 | Book Description This textbook contains sections on verbal aspect, prefixes and adverbs. Also it contains verbs of motion, active and passive voice, participles, government and impersonal verbs. Russian grammatical terminology is given at the end of the book. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 0 | ||||||||||
| PN94 | Eagleton, Terry | Literary Theory: An Introduction | 0-8166-1241-2 | Paperback | N | N | Univ of Minnesota Pr | September, 1983 | 2 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Minneapolis | N | $0.01 | ABOUT THE BOOK Literary Theory: An Introduction FROM THE PUBLISHER This classic work is designed to cover all of the major movements in literary studies in this century. Noted for its clear, engaging style and unpretentious treatment, Literary Theory has become the introduction of choice for anyone interested in learning about the world of contemporary literary thought. The second edition contains a major new survey chapter that addresses developments in cultural theory since the book's original publication in 1983, including feminist theory, postmodernism, and poststructuralism. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 801/.95/0904 19 | 1983 | 1969-12-31 | 252 | Criticism -- History -- 20th century, Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory,, etc | 0.5 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches | ||||
| BH151.E2 | Eagleton, Terry | The Ideology of the Aesthetic | 0-631-16302-6 | Paperback | N | N | Blackwell Publishers | April, 1990 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Aesthetics | Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass. | N | $22.02 | From Library Journal Although not a history of aesthetics, Eagleton's new book traces the relationship between aesthetics and political interests from the Enlightenment through post-modernism, aiming at a Marxist philosophy of the body. While starting with Shaftesbury, Hume, and Burke, he is primarily concerned with the contribution of the German philosophical tradition. He is especially interested in the Hegelians from Hegel and Marx to Benjamin, Adorno, and Habermas, and the anti-Hegelians from Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche to Heidegger and Foucault. As with his many earlier books on literary theory and Marxist aesthetics (e.g., Literary Theory , LJ 8/83), Eagleton's new volume is marked both by its clarity and its commitment. -T.L. Cooksey, Armstrong State Coll., Savannah, Ga. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Book Description The Ideology of the Aesthetic presents a history and critique of the concept of the aesthetic throughout modern Western thought. As such, this is a critical survey of modern Western philosophy, focusing in particular on the complex relations between aesthetics, ethics and politics. Eagleton provides a brilliant and challenging introduction to these concerns, as characterized in the work of Kant, Schiller, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger, Lukacs, Adorno, Habermas, and others. Wide in span, as well as morally and politically committed, this is Terry Eagleton's major work to date. It forms both an original enquiry and an exemplary introduction. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 111/.85/0903 20 | 1970-01-21 | 426 | Aesthetics, Modern | 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.0 inches | |||||
| PE1122.N68 | Eastman, Arthur M. | The Norton reader: An anthology of expository prose | 0-393-95296-7 | Paperback | N | N | W.W. Norton | 1984 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : Words & Language : Rhetoric | New York | N | $0.01 | ABOUT THE BOOK Norton Reader | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 808.88/8 19 | 1984 | 1970-01-14 | 1230 | College readers, English language -- Rhetoric -- Problems,, exercises, etc, Exposition (Rhetoric) -- Problems, exercises,, etc, Report writing -- Problems, exercises, etc | 21 cm. | ||||
| PZ10.3.E1095 Go | Eastman, P.D. | Go, Dog. Go! (Beginner Books(R)) | 0-394-80020-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Random House Books for Young Readers | March 12, 1961 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Children's Books : Ages 4-8 : General | N | $8.99 | Amazon.com Life lessons? Romance? Literary instruction? Go, Dog. Go! offers all this and more, wrapped up in one simply worded, warmly hued package. Using single-syllable words in rhythmic repetition, and introducing colors and prepositions, this Seuss-styled classic has been an early favorite of children since 1961. For those looking for deeper meaning in a beginning reader book, here you'll find nothing less than a microcosm of life. Green dogs, yellow dogs, big dogs, little dogs. Dogs who prefer cars, dogs who favor skis. All represent the diversity a child will find in the world. And the slow-to-bud romance between the cheerfully oblivious yellow dog and the mincing pink poodle explains more succinctly than most self-help books what goes on in many grown-up relationships. Nonetheless, Eastman takes the concept of "primary" to heart, with his simple silly phrases and solidly colored illustrations. Not only will this book inspire peals of laughter in kids, it will also help them make the magical connection between those mysterious black squiggles on the page, and the words they hear and speak. (Ages 4 to 8) Review "The canine cartoons make an elementary text funny and coherent and still one of the best around."--School Library Journal. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 72 | 9.4 x 6.8 x 0.4 inches | ||||||||
| BQ5436.S53 | Eastoak, Sandy (Editor) | Dharma Family Treasures : Sharing Buddhism With Children | 1-55643-244-5 | Paperback | N | N | North Atlantic Books | June 1997 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Books, Music & More : Books for Parents : Family Health | Berkeley, Calif. | N | $11.02 | ABOUT THE BOOK Dharma Family Treasures: Sharing Buddhism with Children ANNOTATION When Buddhists become parents, they sometimes encounter conflicts between their practice and the demands of childrearing. How can time be found to meditate? The 155 essays, poems, and stories in this book will be of value both to Buddhist parents seeking answers and non-Buddhists who want to combine a sense of spirituality with everyday activities regarding children. 20 line drawings. FROM THE PUBLISHER This anthology explores the challenges and rewards of teaching Buddhist values and meditation practice to children The family practice of such Buddhist values as compassion and self-reflection has the potential to guide and empower children and parents, as well as foster community. With essays, poems, stories, and songs, Buddhist parents touch on a variety of topics: child rearing as a valid and rich spiritual path, Buddhist holiday ceremonies for kids, sample education programs, and ways to deepen understanding between parents and children. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 294.3/75/083 21 | 1970-01-28 | 316 | Buddhist children -- Religious life, Parenting -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism, Religious life -- Buddhism | 9.1 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | |||||
| E85.E24 | Ebersole, Gary L. | Captured by Texts: Puritan to Postmodern Images of Indian Captivity (Studies in Religion and Culture) | 0-8139-1607-0 | Paperback | N | N | University Press of Virginia | November, 1995 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | History : Americas : Native American : General | Charlottesville | N | $21.50 | ABOUT THE BOOK Captured by Texts: Puritan to Postmodern Images of Indian Captivity (Studies in Religion and Culture Series) FROM THE PUBLISHER Gary Ebersole's Captured by Texts is a dazzling and consistently engaging study in American cultural history. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 973/.0497 20 | 1970-01-14 | Studies in Religion and Culture Series | 322 | Indian captivities, United States -- Religion -- History, United States -- Social conditions | 8.9 x 6.0 x 1.1 inches | ||||
| DS827.D4 E24 | Ebersole, Gary L. | Ritual Poetry and the Politics of Death in Early Japan | 0-691-01929-0 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | July 28, 1992 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : Japan | N | $34.95 | Review This volume has significantly raised the standard of scholarship on early Japanese and Man'yoshu studies. Review So convincing is the historical and religious thought displayed here, it is impossible to imagine how anyone can ever again read these documents in the old way. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 350 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| BL1150.E2 | Eck, Diana | Banaras: City of Light | 0-691-02023-X | Paperback | N | N | Princeton Univ Pr | September 1, 1983 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $7.98 | Journal of the American Academy of Religion The most beautiful book . . . on India. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. John Stratton Hawley A major event among studies of India. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-03 | Amazon | 1970-01-03 | 0 | 1.2 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | ||||||||
| BL1205.E25 | Eck, Diana L. | Darsan | 0-231-11265-3 | Paperback | N | N | Columbia University Press | April 15, 1998 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Asia : General | N | $18.50 | Religious Studies Review Simply one of the best short introductions to Hinduism available. . . . Belongs in every religionists and South Asianists library. . . . Enthusiastically recommended as required for undergraduate courses on the Hindu tradition. Review "As fine an explanation of temple worship and use of Deity images as can be found. Darsan will give the Hindu deeper insight into the practices of his own religion, provide explanations for non-Hindu friends, and convey useful konowledge to his children." -- Hinduism Today | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 97 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.4 inches | ||||||||
| BL1205.E25 | Eck, Diana L. | Darsan, Seeing the Divine Image in India | 0-89012-042-0 | Paperback | N | N | Anima Publications | December 1, 1985 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | N | $3.41 | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 97 | 0.2 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches | ||||||||||
| PQ4865.C6 N613 | Eco, Umberto | The Name of the Rose | 0-15-144647-4 | Hardcover | N | N | Harcourt | June 9, 1983 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | San Diego | N | $22.05 | From Publishers Weekly This edition includes Eco's illuminating commentary, Postscript to the Name of the Rose. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. From Library Journal Eco, an Italian philosopher and best-selling novelist, is a great polymathic fabulist in the tradition of Swift, Voltaire, Joyce, and Borges. The Name of the Rose, which sold 50 million copies worldwide, is an experimental medieval whodunit set in a monastic library. In 1327, Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate heresy among the monks in an Italian abbey; a series of bizarre murders overshadows the mission. Within the mystery is a tale of books, librarians, patrons, censorship, and the search for truth in a period of tension between the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire. The book became a hit despite some obscure passages and allusions. This deftly abridged version, ably performed by Theodore Bikel, retains the genius of the original but is far more accessible. Foucault's Pendulum, Eco's second novel, is a bit irritating. The plot consists of three Milan editors who concoct a series on the occult for an unscrupulous publishing house that Eco ridicules mercilessly. The work details medieval phenomena including the Knights Templar, an ancient order with a scheme to dominate the world. Unfortunately, few listeners will make sense of this failed thriller. The Island of the Day Before is an ingenious tale that begins with a shipwreck in 1643. Roberta della Griva survives and boards another ship only to find himself trapped. Flashbacks give us Renaissance battles, the French court, spies, intriguing love affairs, and the attempt to solve the problem of longitude. It's a world of metaphors and paradoxes created by an entertaining scholar. Tim Curry, who also narrates Foucault's Pendulum, provides a spirited narration. Ultimately, libraries should avoid Foucault's Pendulum, but educated patrons will form an eager audience for both The Name of the Rose and The Island of the Day Before. James Dudley, Copiague, N.Y. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 853/.914 19 | 1983 | 2005-10-15 | 512 | Monastic and religious life -- Italy -- History, -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 -- Fiction, Monastic libraries -- Italy -- Fiction, Semiotics -- Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Historical fiction, Didactic fiction | 10.2 x 6.0 x 1.5 inches | ||||
| BX6941 | Eddy, Mary Baker | Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures | 0-87952-000-0 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Christian Science Publishing | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Authors, A-Z : ( E ) : Eddy, Mary Baker | N | $0.01 | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 0 | |||||||||||
| GN347.A59 | Edwards, Elizabeth (Editor) | Anthropology and Photography, 1860-1920 | 0-300-05944-2 | Paperback | N | N | Yale University Press | March 23, 1994 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Photography : Photo Essays | N | $35.00 | From Library Journal These 25 erudite essays by a host of professionals attempt to decipher the co-emergent histories of two relatively new disciplines: anthropology and photography. This is no simple task. The book, which was produced in conjunction with the Royal Anthropological Institute, may appear to be coffee-table material, but it is in fact dense, analytical, and yet highly philosophical. It raises many more questions than it can possibly answer about the use of photography in anthropology. Nevertheless, this extremely valuable study fosters a clearer perspective on the subject than other texts. Unlike a textbook, which dices major issues into apparently simple forms, the thinking here is synthetic and realistically bewildering. Highly useful for students in a variety of fields, including library science and museum studies. - Susan M. Olcott, Columbus Metropolitan Lib., Ohio Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 288 | 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| BV5082.2.C46 | Egan, Harvey | An Anthology of Christian Mysticism | 0-8146-6012-6 | Paperback | N | N | Liturgical Press | June, 1991 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | Collegeville, Minn. | N | $26.37 | ABOUT THE BOOK Anthology of Christian Mysticism | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 248.2/2 20 | 1991 | 1970-01-21 | 680 | Mysticism | 9.0 x 6.2 x 1.5 inches | ||||
| PS3605.G48 | Eggers, Dave | How we are hungry: stories by Dave Eggers | 1-932416-13-7 | Hardcover | N | N | McSweeney's Books | 2004 | 1 | San Francisco, CA | N | $10.00 | 2006-01-16 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| PN1995.9.E96 E57 | Ehrenstein, David | Film: The Front Line 1984 (Film) | 0-912869-05-4 | Paperback | N | N | Arden Press Inc. | January, 1985 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Entertainment : Movies : General | N | $10.95 | The Village Voice, 1984 "The best book of its kind since Sheldon Renan published his Introduction to the American Underground Film back in 1967." Book Description With this volume, David Ehrenstein begins the Front Line dialogue by moving from Jonathan Rosenbaum's narrative concerns (in Film: The Front 1983) and by re-examining the generally accepted history of the avant-garde. To do this he recontextualizes the contributions of such filmmakers as Werner Schroeter, the source and inspiration of the New German Cinema; Luc Moullet, perhaps the boldest filmmaker of the French New Wave; Jack Smith, the ostracized father of the American Underground; Orson Welles, whose work has previously been measured only by Hollywood's standards; and other elusive film artists including Ken Jacobs, Philippe Garrel, Raul Ruiz, Lizzie Borden, Owen Land, Sally Potter, Bruce Conner, Curt McDowell, and the late David Brooks. In addition, Ehrenstein introduces experimental documentaries. In this section, Ehrenstein treats in depth Joel DeMott and Jeff Kreines's banned Seventeen and Laurence Jarvik's Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die? The Film: The Front Line volumes provide an opportunity for readers to broaden their film experience. They provide portraits of film artists and a critical dialogue and form an essential information source for anyone wanting to understand the nature of cinema. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 183 | 0.5 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | ||||||||
| BS2330.3.E38 | Ehrman, Bart D. | The New Testament : A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings | 0-19-515462-2 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press, USA | July 31, 2003 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Bible & Other Sacred Texts : Bible : New Testament | New York | N | $39.16 | Book Description This new edition of Bart Ehrman's highly successful introduction approaches the New Testament from a consistently historical and comparative perspective, emphasizing the rich diversity of the earliest Christian literature. Rather than shying away from the critical problems presented by these books, Ehrman addresses the historical and literary challenges they pose and shows why scholars continue to argue over such significant issues as how the books of the New Testament came into being, what they mean, how they relate to contemporary Christian and non-Christian literature, and how they came to be collected into a canon of Scripture. Distinctive to this study is its emphasis on the historical, literary, and religious milieu of the Greco-Roman world, including early Judaism. As part of its historical orientation, this text also discusses works by other Christian writers who were roughly contemporary with the New Testament, such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Apocalypse of Peter, and the letters of Ignatius. The volume is enhanced by two color inserts, one on illuminated manuscripts and the other on archaeology. New to this edition: BL Additional material on archaeology, including a new eight-page color insert BL "What to Expect" and "At a Glance" boxes that provide summaries of the material covered in each chapter BL A Website Study Guide at http://www.oup.com/us/ehrman, offering chapter summaries, glossary terms, guides for reading, and self-quizzes for students. BL Several new "Something to Think About" and "Some More Information" boxes BL More extensive treatments of Judaism and of the role of women in the history of early Christianity BL Nine new illustrations BL An Instructor's Manual containing chapter summaries, discussion questions, and possible examination questions Ideal for undergraduate and seminary classes in the New Testament, Biblical Studies, and Christian Origins, The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings, 3/e, is an accessible, clearly written introduction that encourages students to consider the historical issues surrounding these writings. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 225.6/7 21 | 2003 | 1970-01-28 | 560 | Bible. N.T. -- Introductions | 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| QC672.E33 | Einstein, Albert | Relativity: The Special and the General Theory--A Clear Explanation that Anyone Can Understand | 0-517-02961-8 | Hardcover | N | N | Gramercy | October 5, 1988 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy | N | $1.80 | Amazon.com How better to learn the Special Theory of Relativity and the General Theory of Relativity than directly from their creator, Albert Einstein himself? In Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, Einstein describes the theories that made him famous, illuminating his case with numerous examples and a smattering of math (nothing more complex than high-school algebra). Einstein's book is not casual reading, but for those who appreciate his work without diving into the arcana of theoretical physics, Relativity will prove a stimulating read.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. From AudioFile This version of Einstein's The Meaning of Relativity epitomizes the key difficulty with abridgments: The work becomes a slave to the format. Rather than an alluring example of literature or scholarship, this pivotal scientific work disintegrates into watered-down, cut-and-pasted facts and hypotheses. However, narrator Lopez-Morillas is excellent. With firm pacing and vocal confidence, he eases the listener through the jarring textual splices. His clarity of expression and diction are guiding lights that enable the listener to complete this audio journey. The technical quality of this audiobook is above average, and the choice of both topic and reader are solid. Perhaps this would be a better choice in unabridged form. J.S.G. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 1961 | 2005-10-15 | 208 | 8.3 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches | |||||||
| PN1993.F4734 | Eisenstein, Sergei | Film Form: Essays in Film Theory | 0-15-630920-3 | Paperback | N | N | Harvest Books | March 19, 1969 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Entertainment : Movies : General | N | $11.56 | Amazon.com After D.W. Griffith, the most important figure in the history of the international cinema is Sergei Eisenstein. Both men died in 1948, but Eisenstein left a double legacy: not only was he one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, but he was also a magnificent film theorist, perhaps the most important one ever. This book of his essays, superbly translated and edited by Jay Leyda, reprints some of his most vital writings on the art of the cinema, including articles on the language and structure of the movies, the differences between theater and film, and the author's efforts to adapt Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy for the screen. In "The Cinematic Principle and the Ideogram," Eisenstein analyzes the written symbols of the Japanese language as a model for film editing. "Dickens, Griffith, and the Film Today," one of the author's most famous pieces, speaks of Griffith as a Dickensian director and then argues for a kind of filmmaking that transcends Griffith's literal style in order to touch its audience on an ideological and metaphorical level. This volume also includes the notorious "statement" on sound movies, which argues against the use of synchronous sound and in favor of jarring, contrapuntal audio that Eisenstein believed would add new dimensions to the talking picture. Idiosyncratic, engrossing, and brilliant, Eisenstein's essays will inspire you to reevaluate everything you thought you knew about the movies. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | 304 | 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| PE1408.E39 | Elbow, Peter | Writing With Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process | 0-19-502913-5 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | April, 1981 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : Words & Language : Rhetoric | New York | N | $0.36 | Amazon.com Whatever your reason for writing, Peter Elbow has a "recipe" to guide you. A longtime proponent of "freewriting" (writing without stopping, for a preset amount of time), Elbow incorporates its use in a variety of ways. Have a limited amount of time? Spend half of it freewriting and half of it cleaning up your prose. Got all the time in the world (and only a vague sense of what you want to say)? Freewrite, then focus, then freewrite, then focus, repeatedly, until you get "a trustworthy vision of your final piece of writing." Elbow offers a plethora of prompts for priming the creative pump, as well as several ways to revise the piece of writing that results: thorough revising, revising with feedback, cutting and pasting, proofreading, and the like. He pays close attention to the ways in which focusing on an audience can assist or interfere in the writing process, including a terrific chapter on the strangeness of writing for teachers, in which "your task is usually to explain what you are still engaged in trying to understand to someone who understands it better." And he provides an excellent section on how to solicit the kind of feedback you want. Though it is a new edition of a 1981 book, there is nothing tired about Writing with Power: it provides many tools to help a writer feel empowered throughout the writing process. --Jane Steinberg--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 808/.042 19 | 2005-11-20 | 384 | English language -- Rhetoric, Report writing | 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.0 inches | |||||
| BL48.E3813 | Eliade, Mircea | A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 1 : From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries | 0-226-20401-4 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | April 15, 1981 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Chicago | N | $16.38 | Book Description "No one has done so much as Mr. Eliade to inform literature students in the West about 'primitive' and Oriental religions. . . . Everyone who cares about the human adventure will find new information and new angles of vision."--Martin E. Marty, New York Times Book Review | 2005-09-25 | Amazon | 291 | 1978 | 2005-09-25 | History of Religious Ideas Series | 512 | 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches | ||||
| BL48.E3813 | Eliade, Mircea | A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 2 : From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity | 0-226-20403-0 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | January 15, 1985 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Religious Studies : Comparative Religion | Chicago | N | $18.15 | Book Description In volume 2 of this monumental work, Mircea Eliade continues his magisterial progress through the history of religious ideas. The religions of ancient China, Brahmanism and Hinduism, Buddha and his contemporaries, Roman religion, Celtic and German religions, Judaism, the Hellenistic period, the Iranian syntheses, and the birth of Christianity--all are encompassed in this volume. | 2005-09-25 | Amazon | 291 | 1982 | 2005-09-25 | History of Religious Ideas Series | 584 | 9.0 x 5.9 x 1.4 inches | ||||
| BL48.E3813 | Eliade, Mircea | A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 3 : From Muhammad to the Age of Reforms | 0-226-20405-7 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | March 15, 1988 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : General | Chicago | N | $13.60 | Book Description This volume completes the immensely learned three-volume A History of Religious Ideas. Eliade examines the movement of Jewish thought out of ancient Eurasia, the Christian transformation of the Mediterranean area and Europe, and the rise and diffusion of Islam from approximately the sixth through the seventeenth centuries. Eliade's vast knowledge of past and present scholarship provides a synthesis that is unparalleled. In addition to reviewing recent interpretations of the individual traditions, he explores the interactions of the three religions and shows their continuing mutual influence to be subtle but unmistakable. As in his previous work, Eliade pays particular attention to heresies, folk beliefs, and cults of secret wisdom, such as alchemy and sorcery, and continues the discussion, begun in earlier volumes, of pre-Christian shamanistic practices in northern Europe and the syncretistic tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. These subcultures, he maintains, are as important as the better-known orthodoxies to a full understanding of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. | 2005-09-25 | Amazon | 291 | 1985 | 2005-09-25 | History of Religious Ideas Series | 374 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| B143.E4A315 | Eliade, Mircea | Autobiography, Volume 1 : 1907-1937, Journey East, Journey West | 0-226-20407-3 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | January 16, 1990 | 2 | 4.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $20.00 | Book Description "Here finally are Eliade's memoirs of the first thirty years of his life in Mac Linscott Rickett's crisp and lucid English translation. They present a fascinating account of the early development of a Renaissance talent, expressed in everything from daily and periodical journalism, realistic and fantastic fiction, and general nonfiction works to distinguished contributions to the history of religions. Autobiography follows an apparently amazingly candid report of this remarkable man's progression from a mischievous street urchin and literary prodigy, through his various love affairs, a decisive and traumatic Indian sojourn, and active, brilliant participation in pre-World War II Romanian cultural life."--Seymour Cain, Religious Studies Review | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 347 | 9.3 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| BL43.E4A3313 v1 | Eliade, Mircea | Journal I, 1945-1955 | 0-226-20416-2 | Hardcover | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | August 24, 1990 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $30.00 | From Publishers Weekly In 1945, after his first wife's death and the Soviet invasion of his native Romania, the 38-year-old Eliade found himself in Paris, destitute and uprooted. Translated from his notebooks and never published before in any language, this installment of his journals records a life lived at maximum intensity. The eminent historian of religion, who died in 1986, shuttles easily between myths, folklore, yoga, tantric art, surrealism, Faulkner and existentialism. He probes the shaman's "experiential knowledge of death" and interprets the New Year, exemplified by Christmas or Japanese customs, as a rebirth ritual. He meets Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Andre Breton. He perceives "a dizzying third dimension" in Van Gogh's paintings. Incandescent, intellectually rich, this journal rewards the reader on every page. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 227 | 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| BL43.E4A3313 v2 | Eliade, Mircea | Journal II, 1957-1969 | 0-226-20413-8 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | October 17, 1989 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $17.00 | From Publishers Weekly "Here is a rich and provocative book--a dazzlingpk journal kept by the renowned Romanian Orientalist and historian of religion during his professorship at the University of Chicago," reported PW . "The breadth of Eliade's mind is as extraordinary as the range of his friendships." Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 362 | 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| BL43.E4A3313 v3 | Eliade, Mircea | Journal III, 1970-1978 | 0-226-20408-1 | Hardcover | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | June 29, 1989 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $35.00 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French, Romanian | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 376 | 8.5 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches | ||||||||
| BL43.E4A3313 v4 | Eliade, Mircea | Journal IV, 1979-1985 | 0-226-20414-6 | Hardcover | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | December 12, 1989 | 2 | 4.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $30.00 | From Library Journal All who are interested in comparative religion will find this journal insightful not only into the mind of a most influential thinker but also into human mortality, as Eliade struggles with awareness of physical decline and impairment and with his desire to complete his projects in process. Excellent "light" reading for both the scholar of religion and the layperson, the book provides many telling vignettes of personal encounters with diverse, well-known scholars and books. This highly personal, episodic, and reflective journal brings Eliade the person to the reader in a very immediate way. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 175 | 8.5 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| BL304.E413 | Eliade, Mircea | Myth and Reality | 0-06-131369-6 | Paperback | N | N | Harpercollins | June, 1968 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $0.75 | Book Description An informative guide to the modern mythologies! This classic study, translated from the original French, deals primarily with societies around the world in which myth is--or was until very recently-- "living," in the sense that it supplies models for human behavior and, by that very fact, gives meaning and value to life. The author believes that understanding the structure and function of myths in these traditional societies serves to clarify a stage in the history of human thought: "myths reveal that the World, man, and life have a supernatural origin and history, and that this history is significant, precious, and exemplary."--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 224 | 0.6 x 5.5 x 8.0 inches | ||||||||
| BL311 | Eliade, Mircea | Myths, Dreams and Mysteries | 0-06-131943-0 | Paperback | N | N | Harpercollins | June, 1979 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Mythology : General | N | $2.40 | ABOUT THE BOOK Myths, Dreams, and Mysteries: The Encounter between Contemporary Faiths and Archaic Realities ANNOTATION "This material...is handled with a selective skill which constantly illuminates the great themes he discerns in traditional cultures."--Times Literary Supplement FROM THE PUBLISHER The author's purpose is to interpret, and to ease, an encounter which history has made inevitable. But Professor Eliade is too good a scholar, and it too wise in his judgment, to fall into syncretist fallacies. He has no argument to offer other than that which is implicit in a penetrating and sympathetic scrutiny of the mythologies that vivify ancient communities and tell us so much of the perennial meaning and destiny of man... | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 1 | 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.2 inches | ||||||||
| BL80.2.E43 | Eliade, Mircea | Occultism, Witchcraft, and Cultural Fashions : Essays in Comparative Religion | 0-226-20392-1 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | March 15, 1978 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Fashion : History | N | $22.00 | Book Description In the period domoninated by the triumphs of scientific rationalism, how do we account for the extraordinary success of such occult movements as astrology or the revival of witchcraft? From his perspective as a historian of religions, the eminent scholar Mircea Eliade shows that such popular trends develop from archaic roots and periodically resurface in certain myths, symbols, and rituals. In six lucid essays collected for this volume, Eliade reveals the profound religious significance that lies at the heart of many contemporary cultural vogues. Since all of the essays except the last were originally delivered as lectures, their introductory character and lively oral style make them particularly accessible to the intelligent nonspecialist. Rather than a popularization, Occultism, Witchcraft, and Cultural Fashions is the fulfillment of Eliade's conviction that the history of religions should be read by the widest possible audience. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 158 | 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches | ||||||||
| BL80.E424 1966 | Eliade, Mircea | Patterns in Comparative Religion | Hardcover | N | N | Sheed and Ward | 1958 | 1 | London ; New York | N | $16.29 | 2006-01-16 | 0 | Religions. Religions -- Histoire. Religions. | |||||||||||||
| BL615.E4 1965 | Eliade, Mircea | Rites and Symbols of Initiation: The Mysteries of Birth and Rebirth | 0-06-131236-3 | Paperback | N | N | Harpercollins College Div | June 1, 1980 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | N | $4.00 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 0 | ||||||||||
| BL457.M4E430 | Eliade, Mircea | The Forge and the Crucible : The Origins and Structure of Alchemy | 0-226-20390-5 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | March 15, 1979 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $22.50 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 238 | 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| BL313.E43 | Eliade, Mircea | The Myth of the Eternal Return: Or, Cosmos and History | 0-691-01777-8 | Paperback | N | N | Bollingen | November 1, 1971 | 2 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $11.53 | Review A luminous, profound, and extremely stimulating work. . . . This is an essay which anyone interested in the history of religion and the mentality of ancient man will have to read. | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 195 | 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| BL53.E401 | Eliade, Mircea | The Sacred and Profane: The Nature of Religion | 0-15-679201-X | Paperback | N | N | Harvest/HBJ Book | June 1, 1968 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | N | $10.40 | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 264 | 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches | |||||||||
| B132.Y5E414 | Eliade, Mircea | Yoga : Immortality and Freedom | 0-691-01764-6 | Paperback | N | N | Bollingen | April 1, 1970 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Exercise & Fitness : Yoga | N | $17.61 | Review [I]t states with clarity and precision what the beliefs and practices of yoga are, and how they originated from the primeval Indic religions. | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 560 | 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches | ||||||||
| BL2370.S5 E4215 | Eliade, Mircea (Foreword) | Shamanism | 0-691-01779-4 | Paperback | N | N | Bollingen | May 1, 1972 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | [Princeton | N | $4.24 | Review Clearly the best work on Shamanism published so far. Book Description First published in 1951, Shamanism soon became the standard work in the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. Writing as the founder of the modern study of the history of religion, Romanian émigré--scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) surveys the practice of Shamanism over two and a half millennia of human history, moving from the Shamanic traditions of Siberia and Central Asia--where Shamanism was first observed--to North and South America, Indonesia, Tibet, China, and beyond. In this authoritative survey, Eliade illuminates the magico-religious life of societies that give primacy of place to the figure of the Shaman--at once magician and medicine man, healer and miracle-doer, priest, mystic, and poet. Synthesizing the approaches of psychology, sociology, and ethnology, Shamanism will remain for years to come the reference book of choice for those intrigued by this practice. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 291.6/2 | 1964 | 2005-10-08 | Bollingen Series | 630 | Shamanism | 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.7 inches | |||
| BL2530.U6E4 | Ellwood, Robert S. | Alternative Altars: Unconventional and Eastern Spirituality in America | 0-226-20620-3 | Paperback | N | N | Univ of Chicago Pr | March 1, 1981 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality | N | $3.15 | ABOUT THE BOOK Alternative Altars: Unconventional and Eastern Spirituality in America | 2006-01-18 | Amazon | 2006-01-18 | Chicago History of American Religion Ser | 1 | ||||||||
| DS421 | Elwin, Edward F. | Indian Jottings: from Ten Years' Experience in and around Poona City | Hardcover | N | N | John Murray | 1907 | 1 | London | N | 2006-01-22 | 0 | Missions -- India; Hinduism | ||||||||||||||
| BL1145.5 copy 2 | Embree, Ainslie T. | The Hindu Tradition | Hardcover | N | N | The Modern Library | 1 | New York | N | 2006-01-22 | 294.508 | 1966 | 0 | Hindu literature | |||||||||||||
| DS33.A86 | Embree, Ainslie T. (Editor) | Asia in Western and World History: A Guide for Teaching (Columbia Project on Asia in the Core Curriculum) | 1-56324-265-6 | Paperback | N | N | M.E. Sharpe | August, 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : General | Armonk, N.Y. | N | $36.95 | Midwest Book Review A major historical reference of 768 pages, Asia In Western And World History: A Guide To Teaching in it's articles on Asia in Western History surveys Eurasia, provides a syllabus of Asia in Western History, explores Asian Influences on the West, traces the interfusion of Asian and Western Cultures (Islamic civilization and Europe to 1500), covers the Mongols and the West, the Portuguese and Dutch in Asia (1498-1700), the British and their rivals in Asia (1700-1850), and much more. Then Asia In Western And World History focuses on Asia in World History including Hunting-Gathering to Sedentary Village Farming and Pastoralism; Primary Civilization in Asia, the origins of civilization in China (Zhou China and Ancient Greece, Empires East and West); Empire in East Asia, the emergence of religions and world views, the "Analects" of Confucius, trade and the contact of cultures, China 300-1200, Song China, Japan 550-838, India 100 BCE - 1500, the rise of an interdependent world (1500-1990), the expansion of Europe (1450-1700), Japan and the West (1543-1640), Europe and the World in an expanding world economy (1700-1850), China and the World 1500-1800), modern Indian economic history 1800-1947), modern asia (600-1900), Tokugawa Japan (600-1867), and more! Asia In Western And World History surveys themes in South Asian history including the Sinic world, Chinese , Japanese , Korean histories, Asia and Latin America in the context of world history. And, finally, a "postscript", Asia and the West: A Concrete Panoply of Intercultural Exchange. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 950 20 | 1997 | 1970-01-07 | Columbia Project on Asia in the Core Curriculum Series | 1016 | Asia -- History | 9.0 x 6.0 x 2.1 inches | |||
| BL1145.5 | Embree, Ainslie T. (Editor) | The Hindu Tradition : Readings in Oriental Thought (Vintage) | 0-394-71702-3 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | January 12, 1972 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $13.60 | Book Description This book, compiled from basic Hindu writings, is an exploration of the essential meaning of the Hindu tradition, the way of thinking and acting that has dominated life in India for the last three thousand years. Selections from religious, literary and philosophic works are preceded by introductory material that summarizes historical developments and cultural movements. While much attention is given to religion, many selections deal with social life, political relationships, and the Indian attitude to human love and passion. The arrangement of the material suggests the growth and development of Indian life through the centuries, and makes clear that Indian culture has never been static, but rather has been characterized at all times by a remarkable vitality and creativity. The selections range in time from the Rig Veda, composed around 1000 B.C., to the writings of Radhakrishnan, formerly the President of India. They illustrate both the continuity of the Hindu tradition and its vitality, for Hinduism is probably more vibrant and alive at the present time than it has been for many centuries. The ideals and values, the unquestioned assumptions and the persistent doubts that are presented here from the literature of the past are the fundamental ingredients of the life of modern India. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | c196 | 1970-01-21 | 384 | 7.2 x 4.5 x 0.9 inches | |||||||
| PG2947.B3 E49 | Emerson, Caryl | The First Hundred Years of Mikhail Bakhtin | 0-691-05049-X | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | March 13, 2000 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $23.95 | Donald Fanger, Harvard University Caryl Emerson has given us a major book on a major phenomenon, as readable as it is important, one that moves authoritatively from biography through literary and philosophical analysis to the cultural frameworks in which those matters take on their specific and complex resonances.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. The New Republic "Caryl Emerson is arguably the most knowledgeable and gifted Bakhtin Scholar in the United States.... The First Hundred Years of Mikhail Bakhtin provides us with fascinating glimpses of his life and his character with a history of his intellectual career in Russia and in the West, and with a serious discussion of the problematic areas of his thought." | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 296 | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| GN307.7.E44 | Emerson, Robert M. | Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) | 0-226-20681-5 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | August 15, 1995 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Education : General | Chicago | N | $10.50 | Book Description In this companion volume John van Maanen's Tales of the Field, three scholars reveal how the ethnographer turns direct experience and observation into written fieldnotes upon which an ethnography is based. Drawing on years of teaching and field research experience, the authors develop a series of guidelines, suggestions, and practical advice about how to write useful fieldnotes in a variety of settings, both cultural and institutional. Using actual unfinished, "working" notes as examples, they illustrate options for composing, reviewing, and working fieldnotes into finished texts. They discuss different organizational and descriptive strategies, including evocation of sensory detail, synthesis of complete scenes, the value of partial versus omniscient perspectives, and of first person versus third person accounts. Of particular interest is the author's discussion of notetaking as a mindset. They show how transforming direct observations into vivid descriptions results not simply from good memory but more crucially from learning to envision scenes as written. A good ethnographer, they demonstrate, must learn to remember dialogue and movement like an actor, to see colors and shapes like a painter, and to sense moods and rhythms like a poet. The authors also emphasize the ethnographer's core interest in presenting the perceptions and meanings which the people studied attach to their own actions. They demonstrate the subtle ways that writers can make the voices of people heard in the texts they produce. Finally, they analyze the "processing" of fieldnotes--the practice of coding notes to identify themes and methods for selecting and weaving together fieldnote excerpts to write a polished ethnography. This book, however, is more than a "how-to" manual. The authors examine writing fieldnotes as an interactive and interpretive process in which the researcher's own commitments and relationships with those in the field inevitably shape the character and content of those fieldnotes. They explore the conscious and unconscious writing choices that produce fieldnote accounts. And they show how the character and content of these fieldnotes inevitably influence the arguments and analyses the ethnographer can make in the final ethnographic tale. This book shows that note-taking is a craft that can be taught. Along with Tales of the Field and George Marcus and Michael Fisher's Anthropology as Cultural Criticism, Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes is an essential tool for students and social scientists alike. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 305.8/00723 20 | 1995 | 1970-01-07 | Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing Series | 272 | Ethnology -- Authorship, Ethnology -- Field work, Ethnology -- Research, Academic writing | 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches | |||
| GN470.D813 | Emile Durkheim | The Elementary Forms of teh Religious LIfe | N | N | 1 | N | 2006-01-17 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| HN16.L67 2003 | Eng, David L. (Editor) | Loss: The Politics of Mourning | 0-520-23236-4 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | December 2, 2002 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Berkeley | N | $27.50 | Book Description Taking stock of a century of pervasive loss-of warfare, disease, and political strife-this eloquent book opens a new view on both the past and the future by considering "what is lost" in terms of "what remains." Such a perspective, these essays suggest, engages and reanimates history. Plumbing the cultural and political implications of loss, the authors--political theorists, film and literary critics, museum curators, feminists, psychoanalysts, and AIDS activists--expose the humane and productive possibilities in the workings of witness, memory, and melancholy. Among the sites of loss the authors revisit are slavery, apartheid, genocide, war, diaspora, migration, suicide, and disease. Their subjects range from the Irish Famine and the Ottoman slaughter of Armenians to the aftermath of the Vietnam War and apartheid in South Africa, problems of partial immigration and assimilation, AIDS, and the re-envisioning of leftist movements. In particular, Loss reveals how melancholia can lend meaning and force to notions of activism, ethics, and identity. 9 b/w photographs--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 306/.09/04 21 | 2002 | 1970-01-21 | 543 | Social history -- 20th century, Loss (Psychology) -- Social aspects, Psychic trauma -- Social aspects, Melancholy -- Social aspects, Melancholy in literature | 9.0 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches | ||||
| HQ1663.E33 | Engel, Barbara Alpern | Mothers and Daughters: Women of the Intelligentsia in Nineteenth-Century Russia | 0-521-31301-5 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | May 31, 1985 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Asia : Japan | N | $5.10 | Book Description Professor Engel presents a study of the social and cultural origins of female radicalism in nineteenth century Russia. She examines the forces that prompted hundreds of women to rebel against their family roles, the factors that shaped their radical activity and thought, and the ways in which the circumstances of their rebellion influenced their attitudes toward private as well as public life. During this period, Russian women were more numerous and more prominent in social and political movements than were women elsewhere in Europe. By analysing the biographies of hundreds of these women, Professor Engel attempts to explain the sources of their prominence as well as the legacy they left for future generations. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1970-04-15 | 240 | |||||||||
| HQ1662.R88 | Engel, Barbara Alpern (Editor) | Russia's Women: Accommodation, Resistance, Transformation | 0-520-07024-0 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | July, 1991 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Russia | Berkeley | N | $17.95 | Book Description By ignoring gender issues, historians have failed to understand how efforts to control women-and women's reactions to these efforts-have shaped political and social institutions and thus influenced the course of Russian and Soviet history. These original essays challenge a host of traditional assumptions by integrating women into the Russian past. Using recent advances in the study of gender, the family, class, and the status of women, the authors examine various roles of Russian women and offer a broad overview of a vibrant and growing field.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 305.4/0947 20 | 1991 | 1970-01-07 | 300 | Women -- Soviet Union -- History, Women -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| HQ504.E6 1972 | Engels, Friedrich | The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State, in the Light of the Researches of Lewis H. Morgan | 0-7178-0359-7 | Paperback | N | N | International Publishers | June 1972 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : Social Theory | New York | N | $7.95 | Language Notes Text: English, German (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 301.42/1 | 1942 | 1970-04-14 | 274 | Primitive societies, Family -- History, Property -- History, State, The, Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881. Ancient society | 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.0 inches | ||||
| DK189.2.S45 | Engelstein, Laura (Editor) | Self and Story in Russian History | 0-8014-8668-8 | Paperback | N | N | Cornell University Press | November 2000 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Ancient : Early Civilization | Ithaca | N | $25.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK
Self and Story in Russian History
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Russians have often been characterized as people with souls rather than selves. Self and Story in Russian History challenges the portrayal of the Russian character as selfless, self-effacing, or self-torturing by exploring the texts through which Russians have defined themselves as private persons and shaped their relation to the cultural community. The stories of self under consideration here reflect the perspectives of men and women from the last two hundred years, ranging from westernized nobles to simple peasants, from such famous people as Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Akhmatova, and Nicholas II to lowly religious sectarians.
Fifteen distinguished historians and literary scholars situate the narratives of self in their historical context and show how, since the eighteenth century, Russians have used expressive genres-including diaries, novels, medical case studies, films, letters, and theater-to make political and moral statements.
The first book to examine the narration of self as idea and ideal in Russia, this vital work contemplates the shifting historical manifestations of identity, the strategies of self-creation, and the diversity of narrative forms. Its authors establish that there is a history of the individual in Russian culture roughly analogous to the one associated with the West.
Contributors Evgenii Bershtein, Reed College Caryl Emerson, Princeton University Laura Engelstein, Princeton University Jochen Hellbeck, University of Giessen, Germany Andrew Kahn, Oxford University Susan Larsen, University of California, San Diego Louise McReynolds, University of Hawaii Irina Paperno, University of California, Berkeley Cathy Popkin, Columbia University David L. Ransel, Indiana University Stephanie Sandler, Amherst College William Mills Todd III, Harvard University Richard Wortman, Columbia University Reginald Zelnik, University of California, Berkeley Alexander Zholkovsky, University of Southern California About the Authors: Laura Engelstein is Professor of History at Princeton University. She is the author, most recently, of Castration and the Heavenly Kingdom: A Russian Folktale, also from Cornell. Stephanie Sandler is Professor of Russian and Women's and Gender Studies at Amherst College. She is the editor of Rereading Russian Poetry. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 947/.07 21 | 2000 | 1970-04-15 | 363 | Russia -- Intellectual life -- 1801-1917 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| DK510.E32 .E67 | Epshtein, Mikhail | After the Future: The Paradoxes of Postmodernism and Contemporary Russian Culture (Critical Perspectives on Modern Culture) | 0-87023-974-0 | Paperback | N | N | University of Massachusetts Press | June 1995 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Asia : Japan | Amherst | N | $24.95 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Russian --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 947.084 20 | 1995 | 1970-01-28 | Critical Perspectives on Modern Culture Series | 416 | Russia (Federation) -- Intellectual life, Postmodernism -- Russia (Federation) | 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches | |||
| PN1590.S7 | Erdman, Joan Landy (Editor) | Arts Patronage in India: Methods, Motives and Markets | 8185425825 | Hardcover | N | N | South Asia Books | December, 1992 | 1 | Art : Asian | New Delhi | N | $22.00 | Card catalog description Contributed research papers. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 249 | Performing arts sponsorship -- India, Performing arts -- Audiences -- India, Performing arts -- India | xi, 249 p., [20] p. of plates : | |||||||
| PG3026.F6 E7 | Erlich, Victor | Russian Formalism: History and Doctrine | 0-300-02635-8 | Paperback | N | N | Yale Univ Pr | July 1981 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Europe | New Haven | N | $7.50 | ABOUT THE BOOK Russian Formalism: History-Doctrine | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 891.7/09/1 19 | 1970-04-15 | Slavistic Printings & Reprintings Ser. | 311 | Formalism (Literary analysis), Russian literature -- History and criticism | 1.0 x 6.0 x 9.5 inches | ||||
| PG3479.7.R59 M61 | Erofeev, Venedikt | Moscow to the End of the Line | 0-8101-1200-0 | Paperback | N | N | Northwestern University Press | July 1, 1992 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | N | $18.00 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Russian | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1994 | 1970-01-07 | European Classics Ser. | 164 | 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches | ||||||
| BQ4022.E77 | Erricker, Clive | Buddhism (World Faiths S.) | 0-340-62069-2 | Paperback | N | N | Teach Yourself | July 20, 1995 | 1 | 2.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism | N | $70.43 | Book Description The ideal book for students of philosophy or comparative religion--or anyone interested in becoming a more knowledgeable "global" citizen.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 188 | |||||||||
| HD75.E73 | Escobar, Arturo | Encountering Development | 0-691-00102-2 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | November 14, 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Biographies & Primers : Policy & Current Events | Princeton, N.J. | N | $14.93 | Review An intelligent and thorough overview of the rise of the concept of 'development' . . . . [This book] represents the best of interdisciplinary work in cultural studies and speaks to central debates across the permeable borders of anthropology, economics, history, sociology, and development studies. Review Arturo Escobar has given us an important and exciting take on issues of Third World development and its alternatives. . . . [This book] indisputably provides some exciting and significant new ways of thinking about development. . . . Arturo Escobar has done us all a service. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 338.9 20 | 1995 | 2005-10-08 | Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, and History Series | 320 | Economic development, Economic history -- 1945-, Developing countries -- Economic conditions, Developing countries -- Social conditions | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | |||
| PG3056 | Etkind, E. G | Tam, vnutri: O russkoi poezii XX veka : ocherki | 5900245152 | Unknown Binding | N | N | "Maksima" | 1996 | 1 | Russian poetry -- 20th century -- History and | Sankt-Peterburg | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 567 | Russian poetry -- 20th century -- History and, criticism, Lyric poetry -- History and criticism, Acmeism, Symbolism (Literary movement) | 22 cm. | ||||||||
| GN470.E9 | Evans-Pritchard, E. | Theories of Primitive Religion | 0-19-823131-8 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | June, 1965 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology | N | $29.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Theories of Primitive Religion FROM THE PUBLISHER The lectures collected herein examine the manner in which various British anthropologists have attempted to understand and account for the religious beliefs of primitive peoples. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 1965 | 2005-10-08 | Sir D. Owens Evan Lectures, 1962 | 140 | 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches | ||||||
| DT155.2.N85 | Evans-Pritchard, E. E. | The Nuer: A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People | 0-19-500322-5 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | June, 1940 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : General | N | $32.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Nuer: A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 1940 | 2005-11-20 | 271 | 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches | |||||||
| GN475.8 .E9 | Evans-Pritchard, E. E. | Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande [ABRIDGED] | 0-19-874029-8 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press, USA | June 24, 1976 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Africa | Oxford | N | $34.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande | 1970-04-30 | Amazon | 133.4/0967 | 1987 | 1970-04-30 | 462 | Zande (African people), Witchcraft -- Africa, Central, Magic -- Africa, Central | 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| BL1411.B3 E6 | Evans-Wentz, W. Y. | Tibetan Book of the Dead | 0-19-281302-1 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | October 1980 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Bibles : Theology | N | N/A | ABOUT THE BOOK Tibetan Book of the Dead FROM THE PUBLISHER The Tibetan Book of the Dead is one of the texts that, according to legend, Padma-Sambhava was compelled to hide during his visit to Tibet in the late 8th century. The guru hid his books in stones, lakes, and pillars because the Tibetans of that day and age were somehow unprepared for their teachings. Now, in the form of the ever-popular Tibetan Book of the Dead, these teachings are constantly being discovered and rediscovered by Western readers of many different backgrounds - a phenomenon which began in 1927 with Oxford's first edition of Dr. Evans-Wentz's landmark volume. While it is traditionally used as a mortuary text, to be read or recited in the presence of a dead or dying person, this book - which relates the whole experience of death and rebirth in three intermediate states of being - was originally understood as a guide not only for the dead but also for the living. As a contribution to the science of death and dying - not to mention the belief in life after death, or the belief in texts of the world, for its socio-cultural influence in this regard is without comparison. FROM THE CRITICS Library Journal Evans-Wentz, an Oxford professor, produced a number of original studies on Tibetan Buddhism from the 1930s to the 1960s, which went through several editions. Oxford here resurrects four of these works, which now include new forewords and afterwords by scholar Donald S. Lopez who also analyzes the earlier editions. More for academic collections. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information. | 1970-01-28 | Barnes & Noble | 1970-01-28 | Oxford Paperbackste Ser. | 336 | ||||||||
| PS3555.V326 | Evenson, Brian | Contagion and Other Stories | 1-877655-34-1 | Paperback | N | N | Wordcraft of Oregon | July 15, 2000 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Science Fiction & Fantasy : Fantasy : General | N | $9.35 | Rick Moody, author of THE ICE STORM and PURPLE AMERICA "It's work that lodges in a reader long after he's through turning the pages, like ancient scripture or true crime." Rikki Ducornet, author of THE FANMAKER'S INQUISITION "Readers of Ballard and Burroughs will exult in CONTAGION..." | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 2000 | 1970-01-21 | Speculative Writers Ser. | 151 | 0.2 x 5.2 x 8.2 inches | ||||||
| GN345.F32 | Fabian, Johannes | Time and the Other | 0-231-05591-9 | Paperback | N | N | Columbia University Press | April 15, 1983 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | New York | N | $4.00 | George E. Marcus Delivers a radical epistemological critique of anthropological writing. Walter J. On A widely informed and deeply reflective study of the ways anthropologists (and some significant related thinkers, such as historians and philosophers) use various concepts of time, wittingly or unwittingly, to define their sense of other human beings who are the subjects of anthropology. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 306/.01 19 | 2005-10-08 | 205 | Anthropology -- Philosophy, Time | 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches | |||||
| B2949.R3 | Fackenheim, Emil L | The religious dimension in Hegel's thought | 0-226-23350-2 | Paperback | N | N | University of Chicago Press | 1982 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Chicago | N | $35.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Religious Dimension in Hegel's Thought | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 193 19 | 1967 | 1970-01-07 | 274 | Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831 --, Religion | 21 cm. | ||||
| PN1997.M39F35 | Faller, Stephen | Beyond the Matrix: Revolutions and Revelations | 0-8272-0235-0 | Paperback | N | N | Chalice Press | March 1, 2004 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Entertainment : Movies : History & Criticism | N | $13.59 | Book Description Citing scenes from all three movies, Stephen Faller plugs into the richly textured and deeply interwoven network of religion, philosophy, Western values, and popular culture to reveal the films' many layers of meaning. He parallels the conceptions of Andy and Larry Wachowski-The Matrix creators-with those of such visionaries as Socrates, Descartes, Kierkegaard, Freud, Orwell, Huxley, and Spielberg, exploring the Matrix as an expression of the fears, the quests, and the dreams that human kind has struggle to define and conquer. | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 160 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| PG3527.F35 | Fanger, Donald | Dostoevsky and romantic realism: a study of Dostoevsky in relation to Balzac, Dickens, and Gogol | N | N | Harvard University Press | 1965 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 -- Knowledge -- | Cambridge | N | Bibliography: p. [271]-277. | 1970-04-15 | Library of Congress [1] | 809.3 | 1970-04-15 | Harvard studies in comparative literature, 27 | 307 | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 -- Knowledge --, Literature, Gogol§, Nikolaæi Vasil§evich, 1809-1852 --, Influence, Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 -- Influence, Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Influence, Russian fiction -- European influences, Influence (Liter | x, 307 p. 25 cm. | |||||||
| Bp161.2.F2 1970 | Farah, Caesar E | Islam Beliefs and Observances | 0-8120-0277-6 | Paperback | N | N | Barrons Educational Series | 1 | 3.0 Stars | N | $0.76 | Book Description Updated in a new edition, this timely study encompasses the history of an important worldwide religion, starting with its seventh-century Arabian prophet, Muhammad, and going on to describe Islam as it exists today. In this new edition, the author provides detailed information on the present day's most militant sects and their power centers in countries that include Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and Indonesia, among others. He also offers a post-September 11th analysis of motivations that inspire some extremist Islamic factions to commit terrorist acts, describes the policies and acts of Western nations that have contributed to antagonism, and describes strategies being developed by the United States and its allies toward the Islamic world in general and terrorism in particular. The author explains the Qur'an, Islam's Holy Scripture, and describes Islamic theology, pointing out its many connections with Judaism and Christianity. He describes the core of Islamic beliefs and obligations as they apply to each believer, and discusses the religion's several most important sects. Islam's history is broken down according to the countries where it exists as a major political and social force. The text is supplemented with endnotes, a comprehensive glossary, a bibliography, and an index. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Back Cover Copy This concise study examines Islam as a world religious, cultural, and political force, beginning with its founding by the prophet Muhammad in the early seventh century A.D. Islam?s holy scripture, the Qur?an, is explained in detail, and the core of Islamic beliefs and obligations are made clear. Also explained in detail are Islam?s many sects, its relationship to Europe?s medieval Christian culture, its dissemination throughout the world, and its present worldwide religious and political dynamism. In this new edition, the author provides information on the present day?s most militant sects and their power centers in countries that include Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and Indonesia, among others. He also offers a post-September 11th analysis of motivations that inspire some extremist Islamic factions. * Footnotes * Glossary * Bibliography * Index New in this edition: Motivations that inspire Islamic extremist factions --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 2005-10-04 | 0 | |||||||||||
| BL2001 .F33 | Farquhar, J. N. | Primer of Hinduism | 8120608682 | Hardcover | N | N | Asian Educational Services | June 30, 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : India | N | $35.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Primer of Hinduism | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | 222 | |||||||||
| BP161.2.F37 | Faruqi, Isma-Il Ragi A. Al | Islam/Student Book (Major world religions series) | 0-89505-022-6 | Paperback | N | N | Tabor Pub | June, 1978 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Islam | Niles, Ill. | N | $1.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Islam | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 297 | 1979 | 1970-01-07 | Major World Religions Series | 83 | Islam | 23 cm. | |||
| BQ4440.F38 | Faure, Bernard | Chan Insights and Oversights | 0-691-02902-4 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | November 11, 1996 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism : General | N | $32.95 | Richard Shek, The Journal of Asian History A highly sensitive and richly textured reexamination of the Chan/Zen tradition. [Faure] is to be congratulated for having provided us with just such a fruitful (and by no means temporary) scholarship that enriches our understanding of Chan/Zen. It makes us keenly aware that Chan/Zen is ... a continuously evolving entity that can withstand the most rigorous and critical scholarly inquiry. Martin Collcutt, Journal of Japanese Studies Thoughtful and thoughtprovoking. After reading Faure's contributions in The Rhetoric of Immediacy and Insights and Oversights, none of us working the fields of Zen, Buddhist studies, or historical and cultural studies can go about our work in quite the same way.... Our thinking [is] reshaped by the topics he raises and the approaches he uses. | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 340 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| BQ9265.4.F38 | Faure, Bernard | The Rhetoric of Immediacy | 0-691-02963-6 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | November 14, 1994 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism : General | N | $37.95 | Review Readers will be rewarded by truly insightful vistas of bottomless chasms and distant peaks, flowering puns and mutant etymologies, stunning flights of free association, and encounters with many species of exotic facts, not to mention the tracks and droppings of latter-day giants of social-historical theory. | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 416 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches | ||||||||
| PG3476.A324 Z67 | Feinstein, Elaine | Anna of All the Russias : A Life of Anna Akhmatova | 0-297-64309-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Orion Pub Co | May 31, 2005 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs | N | $25.23 | From Publishers Weekly By the time the famed Russian poet Anna Akhmatova died in 1966, at the age of 77, she had witnessed the colossal changes that overtook Russia, from the last days of the czarist regime through revolution to Stalin's Terror and subsequent Soviet rule. Though born into a comfortable situation, she often lived in abject poverty and relied on the mercy of friends when governmental whim forced her poetry out of circulation. Feinstein, a poet, translator and biographer of Pushkin and Ted Hughes, has produced a thorough, workmanlike biography that runs more to giving times and dates than truly bringing this extraordinary woman to life. Feinstein gives enough (at times too many) details to hint at the complexity and contradictions that made up Akhmatova's character, but never delves deeply enough for a fully fleshed portrait. And while Akhmatova's poetry was intensely personal throughout her long career, Feinstein seems more interested in asserting which of her many lovers and acquaintances Akhmatova wrote about than in assessing the poems' power as works of art that transmuted the regular round of human life as well as the horrors of 20th-century Russia into poetry still revered by Russians today. 16 pages of b&w photos. (Mar. 20) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From The Washington Post's Book World/washingtonpost.com "There are four of us," wrote Anna Akhmatova, in one of her last poems. That "four" refers to Osip Mandelstam, Marina Tsvetaeva, Boris Pasternak and herself, universally regarded as the greatest poets of Soviet Russia. Alas, since mere genius could accord no protection, each of them ended up the victim of their evil government. Mandelstam (1891-1938) died of malnutrition, overwork and illness in one of Stalin's camps. A broken Tsvetaeva (1892-1941) hanged herself in despair. The relatively lucky Pasternak (1890-1960) was able to bring out his novel Dr. Zhivago only in the West and was afterwards forced to refuse the capitalist-perverted Nobel Prize. As for Akhmatova (1889-1966), she was simply banned from publishing anything for more than 40 years. What a waste! What a stupid, terrible waste! After all, between roughly 1910 and 1930 these four, and their equally gifted peers in the other arts, revolutionized poetry, fiction, drama, music, dance -- and not only for Russia, but for the world. And then, almost as suddenly, they were silenced, in some instances permanently by a firing squad, as was Akhmatova's first husband, the great Acmeist poet Nikolay Gumilyov (1886-1921). Moreover, even as purges and terror destroyed the artists themselves, the Communist Party-imposed doctrine of "socialist realism" gradually narrowed the acceptable range of all creative expression to the uplifting, didactic and dull. Not until the 1960s (and later) was Russian literature again worth reading, when much of the best to appear included novels secretly scribbled down during the Stalin years, such as Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita (1966-67), or poems carefully memorized by friends, like Akhmatova's book-length elegy for the 1930s, Requiem (1988). "That was when the ones who smiled/ Were the dead, glad to be at rest." For many, Requiem represents the Akhmatova that we know best -- the voice of suffering Russia, the vilified poet who stood 300th in line "in bitter cold . . . under that blind red wall," to find out news of her imprisoned son, who burned her manuscripts lest they incriminate friends or family, who was there on the evening when the secret police first arrested Mandelstam. Through luck and charity she herself managed to survive near starvation, bouts of tuberculosis, heart ailments, the loss of almost everything that matters in a human life: "So much to do today:/ kill memory, kill pain,/ turn heart into a stone,/ and yet prepare to live again." Only in her old age did Akhmatova grow round-cheeked and matronly, a grandmotherly stada baba, surrounded by young men, like Ana | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 1970-01-28 | 0 | |||||||||
| DU740.42.F44 | Feld, Steven | Sound and Sentiment: Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression (Publications of the American Folklore Society New Series) | 0-8122-1299-1 | Paperback | N | N | University of Pennsylvania Press | March, 1990 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Entertainment : Music : Musical Genres : Ethnic & International : Ethnomusicology | Philadelphia | N | $19.95 | Language Notes Text: English | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 306/.0995/3 20 | 1990 | 1970-01-21 | Conduct and Communication Series | 316 | Kaluli (Papua New Guinea people) -- Social life, and customs, Kaluli (Papua New Guinea people) -- Rites and, ceremonies, Kaluli (Papua New Guinea people) -- Music --, History and criticism, Folk music -- Papua New Guinea -- History and, criticism, Folk son | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | |||
| LC197.F44 | Felman, Jyl Lynn | Never A Dull Moment: Teaching and the Art of Performance | 0-415-92659-9 | Library Binding | N | N | Routledge | April 1, 2001 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Education : College & University : General | New York | N | $96.95 | From Library Journal Few college professors can match Felman's flair in the classroom. A professor at Brandeis whose books include Cravings: A Sensual Memoir, she teaches such classes as "Blacks and Jews," "Reading and Writing Autobiography," and "Introduction to Women's Studies" but is also a performance artist with her own one-woman show. Felman effectively brings this expertise to her classroom, which is usually filled to capacity. Through her own "performance," she actively engages her students in the learning process and creates an atmosphere in which intimacy between students and a strong teacher-student bond develop. Students leaving a "normal" college class may talk about what was just learned, but according to one student, those leaving Felman's sessions are more apt to talk about how they feel. In this collection of essays, Felman reveals how she helps her students understand the "big picture" and how she teaches them to transform themselves while discarding the distorted views they may have about others. And although she discusses the present state of academia in great detail, she also discusses social structure, covering topics such as feminism, gender and racial biases, and sexual orientation. A good addition to most libraries. Terry Christner, Hutchinson P.L., KS Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 378.1/9822 21 | 1970-01-07 | 233 | Feminism and education, Women college teachers | 8.5 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches | |||||
| HD2132.Z847 | Ferguson, James | The Anti-Politics Machine: "Development," Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho | 0-8166-2437-2 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | January, 1994 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Economics | Minneapolis | N | $19.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Anti-Politics Machine: "Development," Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 338.1/86885 20 | 1994 | 2005-10-08 | 320 | Rural development projects -- Lesotho -- Case, studies, Thaba Tseka Rural Development Program, Lesotho -- Economic conditions -- 1966-, Lesotho -- Politics and government -- 1966-, Bureaucracy -- Lesotho, Decentralization in government -- Lesotho | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| DA16.F47 | Ferguson, Niall | Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power | 0-465-02329-0 | Paperback | N | N | Basic Books | April 1, 2004 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | History : Europe : England : General | N | $12.21 | Amazon.com At its peak in the nineteenth century, the British Empire was the largest empire ever known, governing roughly a quarter of the world's population. In Empire, Niall Ferguson explains how "an archipelago of rainy islands... came to rule the world," and examines the costs and consequences, both good and bad, of British imperialism. Though the book's breadth is impressive, it is not intended to be a comprehensive history of the British Empire; rather, Ferguson seeks to glean lessons from this history for future, or present, empires--namely America. Pointing out that the U.S. is both a product of the British Empire as well as an heir to it, he asks whether America--an "empire in denial"--should "seek to shed or to shoulder the imperial load it has inherited." As he points out in this fascinating book, there is compelling evidence for both. Observing that "the difficulty with the achievements of empire is that they are much more likely to be taken for granted than the sins of empire," Ferguson stresses that the British did do much good for humanity in their quest for domination: promotion of the free movement of goods, capital, and labor and a common rule of law and governance chief among them. "The question is not whether British imperialism was without blemish. It was not. The question is whether there could have been a less bloody path to modernity," he writes. The challenge for the U.S., he argues, is for it to use its undisputed power as a force for positive change in the world and not to fall into some of the same traps as the British before them. Covering a wide range of topics, including the rise of consumerism (initially fueled by a desire for coffee, tea, tobacco, and sugar), the biggest mass migration in history (20 million emigrants between the early 1600s and the 1950s), the impact of missionaries, the triumph of capitalism, the spread of the English language, and globalization, this is a brilliant synthesis of various topics and an extremely entertaining read. --Shawn Carkonen --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Publishers Weekly Acclaimed British historian Ferguson (The Pity of War) takes the revisionist (or perhaps re-revisionist) position that the British Empire was, on balance, a good thing, that it "impos[ed] free markets, the rule of law... and relatively incorrupt government" on a quarter of the globe. Ferguson's imperial boosterism differs from more critical recent scholarship on the empire, such as Linda Colley's Captives and Simon Schama's A History of Britain: The Fate of Empire. Ferguson's gracefully written narrative traces the history of the empire from its beginnings in the 16th century. As Ferguson tells it, by the 18th century British consumers had developed a strong taste for sugar, tobacco, coffee, tea and other imports. The empire's role was to supply these commodities and to offer cheap land to British settlers. Not until the late 18th century did Britain add a "civilizing mission" to its commercial motives. Liberals in Britain, often fired by religious feelings, abolished the slave trade and then set out to Christianize indigenous peoples. Ferguson gives a wonderful account of the fabled career of missionary and explorer David Livingstone. The author admits that the British sometimes responded to native opposition with brutality and racism. Yet he argues that other empires, especially those of Germany and Japan, were far more brutal (a not entirely satisfying defense). Indeed, Ferguson contends that Britain nobly sacrificed its empire in order to defeat these imperial rivals in WWII. His provocative and elegantly written account will surely trigger debate, if not downright vilification, among history readers and postcolonial scholars. 25 color illus., b&w illus., maps. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2006-01-18 | Amazon | 2006-01-18 | 351 | 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches | ||||||||
| PS3511.E557 | Ferlinghetti, Lawrence | Routines, Expanded Edition | 0-8112-1478-8 | Paperback | N | N | New Directions Publishing Corporation | April, 2001 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Drama : General | N | $10.95 | Choice Powerful feeling and fecund imagination... Book Description A reissue of Ferlinghetti's very short experimental plays (1965) with three new plays added to the original thirteen. In this collection Ferlinghetti takes a revolutionary look at modern theater and explores the area between old-style drama and spontaneous improvisation by supplying a blueprint for dramatic action-an outline from which director and actors may create and interpret freely. In one called '"Our Little Trip" two men in conservative suits wind themselves in and out of a long bandage while a questioner circles them seeking Meaning. "Servants of the People" puts on political podium hogs in torrents of cliches. "Bearded Lady 'Dies'" features the Second Coming all decked out for newspaper coverage. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 128 | 7.9 x 5.4 x 0.2 inches | ||||||||
| GN452.5.F48 | Fernandez, James | Persuasions and Performances: The Play of Tropes in Culture | 0-253-20374-0 | Paperback | N | N | Indiana University Press | December, 1986 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | Bloomington | N | $32.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Persuasions and Performances: The Play of Tropes in Culture ANNOTATION The importance of the figurative imagination in human interaction is the focus of these seminal essays by cultural anthropologist James W. Fernandez. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 306 19 | 1986 | 1970-01-14 | 324 | Symbolism, Rites and ceremonies, Ethnology -- Philosophy, Ethnology -- Spain, Spain -- Social life and customs | 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| GN452.5 | Fernandez, James W. (Editor) | Beyond Metaphor: The Theory of Tropes in Anthropology | 0-8047-1940-3 | Paperback | N | N | Stanford University Press | July, 1991 | 1 | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Stanford, Calif. | N | $24.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Beyond Metaphor: The Theory of Tropes in Anthropology | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 306 20 | 1991 | 1969-12-31 | 298 | Symbolism, Metaphor -- Cross-cultural studies, Cognition and culture, Ethnology -- Philosophy | 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches | |||||
| BL1900.L35 SS | Ferrini, Paul | Great Way of All Beings | 1-879159-46-5 | Hardcover | N | N | Heartways Press | December, 2000 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Eastern : Taoism | N | $15.64 | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 0 | 8.8 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches | |||||||||
| BF51.F426 | Feuerbauh, Ludwig | The Essence of Christianity | 0-06-130011-X | Paperback | N | N | Harper & Row | October, 1985 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Bibles : Christian Literature | New York | N | $1.03 | ABOUT THE BOOK The Essence of Christianity: Milestones of Thought | 2005-09-25 | Amazon | 2005-09-25 | 384 | 0.9 x 5.4 x 8.0 inches | |||||||
| DK260.F54 1997 | Figes, Orlando | A People's Tragedy: A History of the Russian Revolution | 0-14-024364-X | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Books | March 1998 | 3 | General : Fiction | N | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 1970-01-14 | 1024 | 9.22x6.24x1.71 in. 2.47 lbs. | |||||||||||
| PB11.C37 | Figler, Howard | The Mla Guide to the Job Search: A Handbook for Departments and for Phds and Phd Candidates in English and Foreign Languages | 0-87352-682-1 | Paperback | N | N | Modern Language Association of America | November, 1996 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Business & Investing : Careers : General | New York | N | $5.00 | Card catalog description The MLA Guide to the Job Search features advice on preparing for and conducting an academic job search, from graduate work to the job offer; information on seeking employment in two-year colleges, four-year colleges, and universities; discussion of the nonacademic job market: how it differs from the market in academia and how PhDs can apply their training to it; advice for departments on handling each stage of the hiring process effectively; essays examining the past, present, and future of the academic and professional labor markets; MLA statements on recruitment, hiring, and employment practices; dos and don'ts for interviewers and interviewees; statistics on the employment of PhDs in languages and literatures; and sources of further information. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 402/.3 20 | 2005-11-20 | 156 | Philology, Modern -- Vocational guidance, English philology -- Vocational guidance | 9.1 x 6.0 x 0.3 inches | |||||
| BL604.M36 F557 | FINCHER, SUSANNE F. | Coloring Mandalas | 1-57062-583-2 | Spiral-bound | N | N | Shambhala | November 14, 2000 | 2 | 4.5 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : General | N | $12.89 | About the Author Susanne F. Fincher is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Art Therapist based in Atlanta, Georgia, who offers personal growth experiences through creative self-expression in workshops and other events. She is the author of Creating Mandalas and Coloring Mandalas. | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 22 | 9.9 x 10.5 x 0.3 inches | ||||||||
| BL604.M36 F556 | FINCHER, SUSANNE F. | Coloring Mandalas 2 | 1-59030-086-6 | Spiral-bound | N | N | Shambhala | June 22, 2004 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Alternative Medicine : Meditation | N | $11.87 | From the Inside Flap Coloring the circular designs known as mandalas is a creative activity that brings relaxation, healing, and self-understanding. Susanne Fincher's first such coloring book, Coloring Mandalas, presented designs organized according to a scheme of twelve archetypal stages that represents a cycle of personal growth. This sequel focuses on a single one of these stages, "Crystallization," which is associated with the completion of a cycle of growth. Imagine a fully opened rose in a sunny garden, releasing its fragrance as it gently bobs in a summer breeze. This is the feeling of the stage of Crystallization-a time of reaping rewards and benefits from the work we have performed; of realizing and appreciating our achievements; of resting in the pleasure of having fulfilled a personal creative inspiration. Crystallization is also a time of significant spiritual understanding, when our spiritual nature comes together in harmony with our physical nature. The mandalas in this book aim to: ·help us understand ourselves and our place in the scheme of things ·evoke a sense of harmony, order, and fulfillment ·provide relaxation and a soothing balance for hectic lifestyles ·uncover meaning in the ongoing stream of human experience ·bring our spiritual nature in harmony with our physical nature ·deepen our meditation ·enable us to experience the spiritual energy that inspired these sacred circles | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 160 | 10.0 x 10.6 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| BL604.M36 F56 | FINCHER, SUSANNE F. | Creating Mandalas | 0-87773-646-4 | Paperback | N | N | Shambhala | October 1, 1991 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | N | $13.57 | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 192 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches | |||||||||
| PN81.F56 | Fish, Stanley | Is There a Text in this Class? : The Authority of Interpretive Communities | 0-674-46726-4 | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | June 25, 2005 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $21.50 | Review These essays demonstrate why Fish has become the center--as both source and focus--of so much intellectual energy in contemporary American critical theory. For brilliance and forcefulness in argumentation and for sheer boldness of mind and spirit, he has no match. Book Description Stanley Fish is one of America's most stimulating literary theorists. In this new book, he undertakes a profound reexamination of some of criticisms most basic assumptions. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 408 | 9.0 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches | ||||||||
| Z305.B33 F57 | Fitch, Noel Riley | Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties | 0-393-30231-8 | Paperback | N | N | W. W. Norton & Company | May, 1985 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $13.57 | Amazon.com In 1917, Sylvia Beach walked into a Paris bookshop, where she met Adrienne Monnier, the woman who would become her life companion. In 1919, Beach opened her own English-language bookshop and lending library, Shakespeare and Company, which would become the cynosure of an entire literary movement. Literary expatriates were drawn to her shop, and Ernest Hemingway declared of Sylvia, "No one that I ever knew was nicer to me." But her most celebrated literary efforts are those she made on behalf of her literary idol, James Joyce, undertaking the publication of Ulysses. Noel Riley Fitch uses Beach as the focal point for a fascinating portrait of an artistic community filled with anecdote after anecdote. From the intellectual salons at Natalie Barney's residence--of which "William Carlos Williams would recall only the lesbian women dancing together"--to the seemingly constant presence of Ezra Pound, Fitch's account solidifies the importance of the time and place he so vividly re-creates. --Ron Hogan | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 448 | 8.9 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches | ||||||||
| BL41.F58 | Fitzgerald, Timothy | The Ideology of Religious Studies | 0-19-516769-4 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | September 1, 2003 | 1 | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Popular Culture | N | $25.00 | 2005-04-30 | Amazon | 2005-04-30 | 296 | 9.0 x 6.5 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||||
| DK226.4.F58 1992 | Fitzpatrick, Sheila | The Cultural Front: Power and Culture in Revolutionary Russia (Studies in Soviet History and Society) | 0-8014-9516-4 | Paperback | N | N | Cornell University Press | November 1992 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Europe : General | Ithaca, N.Y. | N | $21.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Cultural Front: Power and Culture in Revolutionary Russia (Studies in Soviet History and Society Series) FROM THE PUBLISHER In this volume, one of the foremost historians of the Soviet Union chronicles the fierce battle on 'the cultural front' from the October Revolution through the Stalinist 1930s. Sheila Fitzpatrick brings together ten of her essays which illuminate key arenas of this prolonged struggle over cultural values and institutional control.'The Cultural Front' is essential reading for anyone interested in the formative history of the Soviet Union and the dynamic relationship between culture and politics. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 947.084 20 | 1992 | 1970-04-15 | Studies in Soviet History and Society | 264 | Soviet Union -- Intellectual life -- 1917-1970, Soviet Union -- Politics and government --, 1917-1936, Soviet Union -- Politics and government --, 1936-1953 | 9.4 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | |||
| DK266.R82 | Fitzpatrick, Sheila (Editor) | Russia in the Era of Nep: Explorations in Soviet Society and Culture (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and Eastern European Studies) | 0-253-20657-X | Paperback | N | N | Indiana University Press | September, 1991 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Business & Investing : General | Bloomington | N | $34.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Russia in the Era of Nep: Explorations in Soviet Society and Culture FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Lenin's New Economic Policy--the Perestroika of the 1920s--although a relatively free and open potential alternative to Soviet communism, was also a time of extreme tension, as Russian society and culture were rocked by the forces of resistance and change. These essays look at an economic and cultural policy that was replaced by Stalin and rapid industrialization. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 947.084 20 | 1991 | 1970-01-14 | Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and E | 356 | Soviet Union -- Politics and government --, 1917-1936, Soviet Union -- Intellectual life -- 1917-1970, Soviet Union -- Economic policy -- 1917-1928 | 9.3 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | |||
| BD21 | Flew, Antony | Introduction to Western Philosophy: Ideas and Argument from Plato to Popper | 0-500-27547-5 | Paperback | N | N | Thames & Hudson | June, 1989 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | New York, N.Y. | N | $2.94 | ABOUT THE BOOK Introduction to Western Philosophy: Ideas and Argument from Plato to Popper FROM THE PUBLISHER This comprehensive introduction to philosophy combines a lively and incisive text with generous quotations from classical philosophers of all periods. The complete text has been thoroughly revised for this edition. Professor Flew stresses the pertinence of philosophy to other interests and disciplines, and also describes various intellectual malpractices against which an introduction to philosophy will serve as an antidote. We begin with Plato's Theory of Forms - the whole history of Western philosophy, as Whitehead said, can be looked upon as a series of extended footnotes to Plato - and end with existentialism, linguistic philosophy and Karl Popper's radical integration of philosophy with the scientific method. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 190 20 | 1970-01-21 | 511 | Philosophy -- Introductions | 1.7 x 6.0 x 9.2 inches | |||||
| BL1202.F56 | Flood, Gavin D. | An Introduction to Hinduism | 0-521-43878-0 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | July 13, 1996 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | N | $16.31 | Review "This new introduction to Hinduism is distinguished by exceptionally useful chapter divisions, good detail combined with ease of reading, and a particular focus on the integrated quality of the evolution of Hindu thought....The book's balance between scholarly detail and clear, readable elucidation of issues is commendable....In all, this is a valuable contribution to the undergraduate classroom. Libraries whose Hinduism holdings include other good introductions should, nonetheless, acquire this one." Choice "Flood's book is a very welcome newcomer, comprehensive, detailed and judicious." Francis X. Clooney, S.J., Theological Studies "...is one of the best and most informative intiations into Hinduism to date." Journal of Indo-European Studies "An Introduction to Hinduism is a highly readable and authoritative conspectus on this great religion....An Introduction to Hinduism will surely find a much wider audience, for scholars of comparative religion, Indologists, and non-specialists in their distinctive ways will certainly find this handsome book well worth reading." David Hicks, Asian Thought and Society Book Description This book provides a much-needed thematic and historical introduction to Hinduism, the religion of the majority of people in India. Dr. Flood traces the development of Hindu traditions from ancient origins and the major deities to the modern world. Hinduism as both a global religion and a form of nationalism are discussed. Emphasis is given to the tantric traditions, which have been so influential; to Hindu ritual, more fundamental than belief or doctrine; and to Dravidian influences. It introduces some debates within contemporary scholarship. | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 359 | 8.5 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| PS3606.O38 E97 | Foer, Jonathan Safran | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel | 0-618-71165-1 | Paperback | N | N | Mariner Books | April 4, 2006 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Literary | N | $10.74 | From Publishers Weekly In this excellent recording of Foer's second novel, Woodman artfully captures the voice of nine-year-old Oskar Schell, the precocious amateur physicist who is trying to uncover clues about his father's death on September 11. Oskar--a self-proclaimed pacifist, tambourine player and Steven Hawking fanatic--is the perfect blend of smart-aleck maturity and youthful innocence. Articulating the large words slowly and carefully with only a hint of childishness, Woodman endearingly conveys the voice of a young child who is trying desperately to sound like an adult. The parallel story lines, beautifully narrated by Ferrone and Caruso, add variety to the imaginative and captivating plot, but they do not translate quite as seamlessly into audio format. Ferrone's wistful growl is perfect for the voice of a man who can no longer speak, but since the listener actually gets to hear the words that the character can only convey by writing on a notepad, his frustrating silence is not as profound. Caruso's brilliant performance as an adoring grandmother is also noteworthy, but the meandering stream-of-consciousness style of her and Ferrone's sections are sometimes hard to follow on audio. Although it is Oskar's poignant, laugh-out-loud narration that make this audio production indispensable. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From School Library Journal Adult/High School-Oskar Schell is not your average nine-year-old. A budding inventor, he spends his time imagining wonderful creations. He also collects random photographs for his scrapbook and sends letters to scientists. When his father dies in the World Trade Center collapse, Oskar shifts his boundless energy to a quest for answers. He finds a key hidden in his father's things that doesn't fit any lock in their New York City apartment; its container is labeled "Black." Using flawless kid logic, Oskar sets out to speak to everyone in New York City with the last name of Black. A retired journalist who keeps a card catalog with entries for everyone he's ever met is just one of the colorful characters the boy meets. As in Everything Is Illuminated (Houghton, 2002), Foer takes a dark subject and works in offbeat humor with puns and wordplay. But Extremely Loud pushes further with the inclusion of photographs, illustrations, and mild experiments in typography reminiscent of Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions (Dell, 1973). The humor works as a deceptive, glitzy cover for a fairly serious tale about loss and recovery. For balance, Foer includes the subplot of Oskar's grandfather, who survived the World War II bombing of Dresden. Although this story is not quite as evocative as Oskar's, it does carry forward and connect firmly to the rest of the novel. The two stories finally intersect in a powerful conclusion that will make even the most jaded hearts fall.-Matthew L. Moffett, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 2006 | 1970-04-16 | 368 | 8.2 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches | |||||||
| PG3337.L4 | Foote, Paul | A Hero of Our Time (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-044795-4 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Books | October 2001 | 3 | Russia : Translations into english | N | Publisher Comments: The first example of the psychological novel in Russia, A Hero of Our Time influenced Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Chekhov, and other great nineteenth-century masters that followed. Its hero, Pechorin, is Byronic in his wasted gifts, his cynicism, and his desire for any kind of action - good or ill - that will stave off boredom. Outraging many critics when it was first published in 1840, A Hero of Our Time follows Pechorin as he embarks on an exciting adventure involving brigands, smugglers, soldiers, rivals, and lovers. This edition includes a new introduction, chronology, suggestions for further reading, maps, and full explanatory notes. Synopsis: Pechorin is certainly a dangerous man - Byronic in his wasted gifts, his cynicism, his predatory and flamboyant energy for any kind of action that will stave off boredom. In five linked episodes, Mikhail Lermontov builds up the portrait of a man caught in and expressing the sickness of his times. | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 1970-01-14 | 208 | 7.76x5.12x.51 in. .36 lbs. | ||||||||||
| PS3556.O68 B58 | Forche, Carolyn | Blue Hour : Poems | 0-06-009913-5 | Paperback | N | N | Harper Perennial | March, 2004 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | N | $10.36 | From Publishers Weekly In addition to winning acclaim for her 1994 collection The Angel of History, ForchÇ has been active as an anthologist (Against Forgetting: Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness) and translator of Georg Trakl, Claribel Alegria and, most recently, Mahmoud Darwish (Unfortunately, It Was Paradise), among others. The title of this fourth collection, her first since Angel, translates the French phrase for pre-dawn light into a state of mind that turns everything into a hypnopompic dream or bardic state. ForchÇ's speaker's memories (of childhood, of nursing her son in Paris) are intermingled with ethereal images of 20th century horror, and dosed with a mysticism derived from Heidegger and Buber. This puts her squarely in the territory of visionary abstraction Michael Palmer and Jorie Graham have been mining; like them, ForchÇ is willing to let the contradictions of this technique speak for themselves. "In the Exclusion Zones," for example, is lovely and mysterious in its brevity, but is revealed in the endnotes to refer to the contaminated earth around Chernobyl. The book's tour de force, "On Earth," orders arrhythmic fragments alphabetically over 47 pages in the manner of "gnostic abecedarians," and foregrounds its lyric complications more concretely: "more ominous than any oblivion/ mortar smoke mistaken for an orchard of flowering pears." The poems' success ultimately rests in the reader's tolerance for gestures aimed at sensuality and sensibility in the face of atrocity, though the 10 or so shorter poems that precede "On Earth" are more modest in their ambitions, arousing and sating the longing for beauty with fewer attendant complications. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Booklist In her fourth collection, renowned poet Forche, a writer exquisitely attuned to the tenderness and awe, violence and grief inherent in human life, summons up a transitional realm of being, the blue hour between night and day, dream and consciousness, nothingness and being-- "between the no-longer and the still-to-come." This mysterious and precious mode of "pure hovering" is associated with many spiritual traditions, and Forche's images are, accordingly, rarefied and haunting. This austerely beautiful gathering of elegiac meditations calls up ghostly memories both personal and universal as the poet mourns the terrible death of her grandmother, gives thanks for the blessing of her son's birth, and alludes with few words and deep feelings to the anguish of war and exile. Over and over, like a skater etching lines in ice, Forche's pared-down, structurally demanding poems--the longest and most riveting, "On Earth," takes the form of a gnostic abecedarian hymn--trace the passage from life to death, then from the void back to life again, intoning "song of abundance, psalms of grief" and marveling at the "fire of human becoming." Donna Seaman Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | Harper Perennial Series | 96 | 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.3 inches | |||||||
| PS3556.068 A83 | Forche, Carolyn | The Angel of History | 0-06-017078-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Harpercollins | March, 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | New York | N | $0.59 | From Publishers Weekly Though Forche's ( The Country Between Us ) previous books have been groundbreaking works of political and moral depth, this new volume may be the most remarkable. Ambitious and authentic, The Angel of History is an overarching book-length poem, composed in numbered sections, that invokes the horror of contemporary times in a mode reminiscent of Eliot's "The Waste Land." Much as Eliot's poem refracted WW I, the vacuity of culture and the fragmentation of modern life, Forche considers the Holocaust, Hiroshima and genocide in Latin America--the dismal past that predicates the chaotic present. Her vehicle is the Angel of History, who confronts human cruelty and misery but can do no more than record them, as explained by Walter Benjamin in an epigraph: "The angel would like to stay, awaken the dead, and make whole what has been smashed. But . . . the storm irresistibly propels him into the future to which his back is turned, while the pile of debris before him grows skyward." Though the poetry is powerful, it is not always easily understandable; one must follow the Angel through serpentine lines, a disjointed and oblique nightmare whispered by an indeterminate narrator, and a splintered pastiche that borrows apocalyptic phrases from Elie Wiesel, Kafka, Canetti, Trakl, Char and Valery. But the journey ventured is well worth the occasional wrong turn: Forche has not only created poetry of consummate beauty, but has borne witness to the wounds of our collective history, fulfilling the conviction that "surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger, of having gone through an experience all the way to the end." Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. Liz Rosenberg, Boston Globe "A dark, richly textured, complicated work...[The Angel of History] is that great rarity, an altogether new thing."--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 811/.54 20 | 1994 | 1970-01-07 | 84 | 0.8 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | |||||
| PN6101.A32 | Forche, Carolyn (Editor) | Against Forgetting: Twentieth-Century Poetry of Witness | 0-393-30976-2 | Paperback | N | N | W. W. Norton & Company | March, 1993 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : Anthologies | New York | N | $17.61 | From Publishers Weekly This large volume assembles the work of nearly 150 poets, all marked in some direct way by the century's wars or devastations. Many of the poets did not survive these conflicts--some painfully perfect works by the Hungarian Miklos Radnoti were exhumed with his body from a mass grave in 1946--and others survived only to commit suicide later on. As an anthologist, poet Forche ( The Country Between Us ) vows to present a "poetic memorial to those who suffered and resisted through poetry itself," rather than to propose a "canon" of their works, but her book honors both intentions. Apart from the voices' high moral ground, the common preference for laconic understatement is notable; objectified horrors seem to expunge any bent toward self-pity or sententiousness. Forche's attempt to avoid a Eurocentric collection is limited by what is available in a "quality translation"; only two Asian poets (both Chinese) are featured, and among the several African poets included here, all but one (Afrikaans poet Breyten Breytenbach) write in English. She generally chooses recent and fresh-sounding translations (John Felstiner's rendering of Paul Celan's "Death Fugue," for example, is boldly effective). Poets are grouped in association with their respective historical focal points--e.g., the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust, and 13 others. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 808.81/9358 20 | 1993 | 1969-12-31 | 812 | Poetry, Modern -- 20th century -- Translations, into English, Political atrocities -- Poetry, Military history, Modern -- 20th century --, Poetry | 9.0 x 5.6 x 1.4 inches | ||||
| BR53 | Forell, George W. | Christian Social Teachings | 0-8066-1126-X | Paperback | N | N | Augsburg Fortress Publishers | June, 1971 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | N | $0.29 | ABOUT THE BOOK Christian Social Teachings | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 0 | ||||||||||
| LB231.72.F67 | Formo, Dawn M. | Job Search in Academe: Strategic Rhetorics for Faculty Job Candidates (Stylus) | 1-57922-011-8 | Paperback | N | N | Stylus Publishing | December 1, 1998 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Careers : Job Hunting : General | Sterling, Va. | N | $18.95 | Ross Winterowd "With a great deal of wit, with a whole lot of common sense, and with a sound grasp of the rhetoric of identification, Dawn Formo and Cheryl Reed have produced a 'handbook' which will be invaluable to job seekers." Review " This extremely savvy guide to the academic job search and application, interviewing, and negotiation process really works ( it just helped my son land a tenure-track position in a major university)" -- Planning/Communications | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 650.14/024372 21 | 1999 | 1970-01-21 | 160 | College teachers -- Employment -- United States, Universities and colleges -- Faculty --, Employment -- United States, Job hunting -- United States, Employment interviewing -- United States | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| BR746.R57 | Forster, Robert | Ritual, Religion, and the Sacred (Selections from the Annales Economies, Sociétés, Civilisations. vol. 7) | 0-8018-2778-7 | Paperback | N | N | The Johns Hopkins University Press | June 1, 1982 | 1 | History : Europe : General | Baltimore | N | $3.35 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 209/.4 19 | 1982 | 1970-01-07 | Selections from the Annales, Economics, | 256 | Christianity -- Europe, Europe -- Religion, Rites and ceremonies -- Europe, Europe -- Social life and customs | 24 cm. | ||||
| AZ101.F6813 | Foucault, Michel | Archeology of Knowledge | 0-394-71106-8 | Paperback | N | N | Pantheon | September 12, 1982 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $6.95 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 256 | |||||||||
| HV8666.F6813 | Foucault, Michel | DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH | 0-394-72767-3 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | January 12, 1979 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Crime & Criminals : Penology | New York | N | $1.50 | Book Description In this brilliant work, the most influential philosopher since Sartre suggests that such vaunted reforms as the abolition of torture and the emergence of the modern penitentiary have merely shifted the focus of punishment from the prisoner's body to his soul.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 365 | 1977 | 2005-10-08 | 333 | Prisons, Prison discipline, Punishment | 0.8 x 5.2 x 8.0 inches | ||||
| RC454.4 .D74 | Foucault, Michel | Dream & Existence | 0-914857-03-7 | Paperback | N | N | Humanities Press Intl Inc | December, 1986 | 2 | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | N | $30.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Dream and Existence FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Swiss psychiatrist Binswanger's 1930 essay "Dream and Existence" is paired with Foucault's first published work, "Dream, Imagination, and Existence" (1954), a lengthy introduction to Binswanger's pioneering essay in existential psychiatry. Originally published in Review of Existential Psychology & Psychiatry, v.XIX, no.1, 1985. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | Studies in Existential Psychology and PS | 112 | |||||||||
| HQ12.F6813 | Foucault, Michel | HISTORY OF SEXUALITY VOL 1 | 0-394-74026-2 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | January 12, 1980 | 2 | 3.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : Sexuality : Human | N | $8.94 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 1 | 0.2 x 5.9 x 8.3 inches | ||||||||
| RC438.F613 | Foucault, Michel | MADNESS & CIVILIZATION | 0-394-71914-X | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | April 12, 1973 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : Mental Illness | New York | N | $0.80 | The Nation "Superb scholarship rendered with artistry"--This text refers to the Paperback edition. Book Description Perhaps the French philosopher's masterpiece, which is concerned with an extraordinary question: What does it mean to be mad?--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 157/.2/09033 | 1965 | 2005-10-15 | 299 | Mental illness, Mental illness -- History | 1.9 x 7.8 x 9.3 inches | ||||
| HM29.F59 | Foucault, Michel | Power/Knowledge : Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977 | 0-394-73954-X | Paperback | N | N | Pantheon | November 12, 1980 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | New York | N | $11.20 | Book Description Michel Foucault has become famous for a series of books that have permanently altered our understanding of many institutions of Western society. He analyzed mental institutions in the remarkable Madness and Civilization; hospitals in The Birth of the Clinic; prisons in Discipline and Punish; and schools and families in The History of Sexuality. But the general reader as well as the specialist is apt to miss the consistent purposes that lay behind these difficult individual studies, thus losing sight of the broad social vision and political aims that unified them. Now, in this superb set of essays and interviews, Foucault has provided a much-needed guide to Foucault. These pieces, ranging over the entire spectrum of his concerns, enabled Foucault, in his most intimate and accessible voice, to interpret the conclusions of his research in each area and to demonstrate the contribution of each to the magnificent -- and terrifying -- portrait of society that he was patiently compiling. For, as Foucault shows, what he was always describing was the nature of power in society; not the conventional treatment of power that concentrates on powerful individuals and repressive institutions, but the much more pervasive and insidious mechanisms by which power "reaches into the very grain of individuals, touches their bodies and inserts itself into their actions and attitudes, their discourses, learning processes and everyday lives" Foucault's investigations of prisons, schools, barracks, hospitals, factories, cities, lodgings, families, and other organized forms of social life are each a segment of one of the most astonishing intellectual enterprises of all time -- and, as this book proves, one which possesses profound implications for understanding the social control of our bodies and our minds. Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 303.3/3 19 | 1980 | 2005-10-08 | 288 | Power (Social sciences) | 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| BL65.C8F69 | Foucault, Michel | Religion and Culture | 0-415-92362-X | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | June 1, 1999 | 2 | 3.0 Stars | Gay & Lesbian : Nonfiction : General | N | $20.00 | Book Description Postmodern theorist Michel Foucault is best known for his work on "power/ knowledge", and on the regulation of sexuality in modern society. Yet throughout his life, Foucault was continually concerned with Christianity, other spiritual movements and religious traditions, and the death of God, and these themes and materials scattered are throughout his many writings. Religion and Culture collects for the first time this important thinker's work on religion, religious experience, and society. Here are classic essays such as The Battle for Chastity, alongside those that have been less widely read in English or in French. Selections are arranged in three groupings: Madness, Religion and the Avant-Garde; Religions, Politics and the East; and Christianity, Sexuality and the Self: Fragments of an Unpublished Volume. Ranging from Foucault's earliest studies of madness to Confessions of the Flesh, the unpublished fourth volume of his History of Sexuality, his final thoughts on early Christianity, Religion and Culture makes Foucault's work an indispensable part of contemporary religious thought, while also making an important link between religious studies and cultural studies. | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 217 | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| R133.F6913 | Foucault, Michel | THE BIRTH OF THE CLINIC | 0-394-71097-5 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | December 12, 1974 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Medicine : Administration & Policy : Health Care Delivery | New York | N | $2.75 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 362.1/1 | 1973 | 2005-10-15 | 215 | Medicine -- History, Medicine -- Philosophy | 0.7 x 4.4 x 7.3 inches | ||||
| HQ12.F6813 | Foucault, Michel | The History of Sexuality : The Care of the Self (Vintage) | 0-394-74155-2 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | November 28, 1988 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | N | $10.50 | Review "The Care of the Self shares with the writings on which it draws the characteristic of being carefully constructed, exquisitely reasoned and internally cogent." -- The New York Times Book Review "Foucault is a thinker from whose writing one can infer lessons for our modern lives and dilemmas."-- Boston Globe Review "The Care of the Self shares with the writings on which it draws the characteristic of being carefully constructed, exquisitely reasoned and internally cogent." -- The New York Times Book Review "Foucault is a thinker from whose writing one can infer lessons for our modern lives and dilemmas."-- Boston Globe | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 1986 | 2005-10-08 | Care of the Self Series | 288 | 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches | ||||||
| AZ101.F6913 | Foucault, Michel | The Order of Things | 0-394-71935-2 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | August 12, 1973 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : General | N | $0.81 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 0 | |||||||||
| ND673.M3 F6813 | Foucault, Michel | This Is Not a Pipe | 0-520-04916-0 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | November, 1983 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : General | N | $10.70 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 1984 | 2005-10-15 | Quantum Books Series | 112 | 8.0 x 5.0 x 0.3 inches | ||||||
| HQ12.F6813 | Foucault, Michel | USE OF PLEASURE-V2 | 0-394-72952-8 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | October 12, 1986 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Family | N | $3.79 | From Library Journal Shortly before his sudden death in 1984, Foucault completed the ambitious four-volume study which traces the genesis of the modern ``desiring subject.'' Its second volume focuses on the ``experience of sexuality'' found in the writings of Greek philosophers and physicians of the fourth century B.C. Foucault argues that this experience differs radically from ours: the classical concern with sexuality must be understood as a particular instance of a more general concern with attaining that self-mastery which was the mark of the free man and the central concern of Greek ethics. As in his earlier writings, Foucault challenges conventional assumptions and forces us to think about fundamental questions in new ways. An important and surprisingly readable work by a major contemporary thinker, this deserves a wide audience. James Schmidt, University Professors Program, Boston Univ. Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 1 | |||||||||
| BX2350.2 | Fox, Matthew | Original Blessing | 0-939680-07-6 | Paperback | N | N | Bear & Co | December, 1983 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Authors, A-Z : ( F ) : Fox, Matthew | Santa Fe, N.M. | N | $0.01 | From AudioFile Michael Toms presents a swift and unadorned reading of Matthew Fox's consciousness-changing text. The treatise traces the effect of the advancement of Fall/Redemption theology and the denial of Creation-centered theology on contemporary society. Fox was defrocked by the Roman Catholic Church for the ideologies he supports in this text. Toms, the writer, editor and broadcast producer of public radio's New Age "Dimensions," is at home with the subject. His sincere rendering of the text creates an appropriate earnestness as background. A contemporary interview with Matthew Fox conducted by Toms rewards the listener at the end. C.F.G. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. Book Description Here is a reissue of the critically acclaimed bestseller, named one of the "20 books that changed the world" in New Age Journal's Annual Source Book for 1995. Maverick theologian Matthew Fox provides a daring view of historical Christianity and a theologically sound basis for personal discovery of spiritual liberation. In this revolutionary work, Fox shows how Christianity once celebrated beauty, compassion, justice, and provided a path of positive knowledge and ecstatic connection with all creation. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 248.4/82 19 | 1983 | 1969-12-31 | 348 | Spiritual life -- Catholic Church | 1.0 x 5.8 x 8.5 inches | ||||
| BF531.T583S40 | Frank, Adam (Editor) | Shame and Its Sisters: A Silvan Tomkins Reader | 0-8223-1694-3 | Paperback | N | N | Duke University Press | November 1, 1995 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Mental Health : Emotions | Durham | N | $22.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Shame and Its Sisters: A Silvan Tomkins Reader | 2006-01-17 | Amazon | 152.4 20 | 1995 | 2006-01-17 | 280 | Tomkins, Silvan S, Affect, imagery, consciousness, Affect (Psychology), Shame, Tomkins, Silvan S | 9.1 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| PG3012.F7 1990 | Frank, Joseph | Through the Russian Prism | 0-691-01456-6 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | December 1, 1989 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Essays : General | Princeton, N.J. | N | $26.95 | Book Description Joseph Frank's continuing biography of Dostoevsky is by now recognized as one of the major achievements of this century in this form, and perhaps the best work on the author in any language. During the course of this long-range effort, Frank has also produced articles, introductions, and occasional pieces that arise from his acute awareness of how Western ideas are changed, transformed, and given new meanings and implications when they are reflected through the Russian prism. It is this interaction between Russia and the West that has fascinated Frank for many years and that provides the focus for these essays. Assembled here are twenty contributions dealing with the culture that generated the great novels of Dostoevsky and the criticism of the Russian formalists of the early twentieth century, whose perceptions still shape our views of Russian and much of world literature. Included are evaluations of books by Jakobson and Bakhtin, as well as of books about the development of Russian formalist criticism and thought. At the center are pieces on Dostoevsky and his milieu, as well as on his influence on world literature. Among them are Frank's New Criterion piece on Ralph Ellison's debt to Dostoevsky and a critical examination of the world-famous article by Freud on the Russian master. Gathered together, these essays reveal one of the powerful critical intelligences of our time, considering issues that arise from his study of Dostoevsky but which extend well beyond the time and place of that novelist alone. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 891.709 20 | 1990 | 1970-04-15 | 251 | Russian literature -- 19th century -- History and, criticism, Russian literature -- 20th century -- History and, criticism, Soviet Union -- Intellectual life -- 1801-1917, Soviet Union -- Intellectual life | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| BL21.R33 2002 | Frankenberry, Nancy K. (Editor) | Radical Interpretation in Religion | 0-521-01705-X | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | September 19, 2002 | 1 | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Theology : Philosophy | N | $26.99 | Review "Scholars of religion will, no doubt, be interested in these new theoretical adventures..." Religious Studies Review Book Description Ten writers present radical interpretations of religious belief in the styles of Donald Davidson, Robert Brandom, Richard Rorty, and William James that explore cultural anthropology and cognitive science. They include critical appraisals of the history of religions as influenced by the Romantic movement and different interpretations from Durkheim to Lévi Strauss. | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 248 | 9.6 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches | |||||||||
| BL310.F7 | Frazer, James G. | Golden Bough : The Roots of Religion and Folklore | 0-517-33633-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Gramercy | September 4, 1993 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology | New York | N | $3.06 | Amazon.com Before Joseph Campbell became the world's most famous practitioner of comparative mythology, there was Sir James George Frazer. The Golden Bough was originally published in two volumes in 1890, but Frazer became so enamored of his topic that over the next few decades he expanded the work sixfold, then in 1922 cut it all down to a single thick edition suitable for mass distribution. The thesis on the origins of magic and religion that it elaborates "will be long and laborious," Frazer warns readers, "but may possess something of the charm of a voyage of discovery, in which we shall visit many strange lands, with strange foreign peoples, and still stranger customs." Chief among those customs--at least as the book is remembered in the popular imagination--is the sacrificial killing of god-kings to ensure bountiful harvests, which Frazer traces through several cultures, including in his elaborations the myths of Adonis, Osiris, and Balder. While highly influential in its day, The Golden Bough has come under harsh critical scrutiny in subsequent decades, with many of its descriptions of regional folklore and legends deemed less than reliable. Furthermore, much of its tone is rooted in a philosophy of social Darwinism--sheer cultural imperialism, really--that finds its most explicit form in Frazer's rhetorical question: "If in the most backward state of human society now known to us we find magic thus conspicuously present and religion conspicuously absent, may we not reasonably conjecture that the civilised races of the world have also at some period of their history passed through a similar intellectual phase?" (The truly civilized races, he goes on to say later, though not particularly loudly, are the ones whose minds evolve beyond religious belief to embrace the rational structures of scientific thought.) Frazer was much too genteel to state plainly that "primitive" races believe in magic because they are too stupid and backwards to know any better; instead he remarks that "a savage hardly conceives the distinction commonly drawn by more advanced peoples between the natural and the supernatural." And he certainly was not about to make explicit the logical extension of his theories--"that Christian legend, dogma, and ritual" (to quote Robert Graves's summation of Frazer in The White Goddess) "are the refinement of a great body of primitive and barbarous beliefs." Whatever modern readers have come to think of the book, however, its historical significance and the eloquence with which Frazer attempts to develop what one might call a unifying theory of anthropology cannot be denied. --Ron Hogan --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Review Nature One of the greatest books.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 291 19 | 1981 | 2005-10-08 | 407 | Mythology, Religion, Magic, Superstition | 2.0 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | ||||
| BS2350.F74 1993 | Freeman, Maria | Pursuing the Higher Criticism: New Testament Scholarship and Library Collections at the University of Chicago | 0-943056-20-9 | Paperback | N | N | University of Chicago Library | July, 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Americas : United States : State & Local : Illinois | Chicago, Ill. | N | $10.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Pursuing the Higher Criticism: New Testament Scholarship and Library Collections at the University of Chicago | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 225/.07/077311 20 | 1970-01-21 | 1 | Bible. N.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc, Illinois -- Chicago -- Exhibitions, Bible. N.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc, History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions, Bible. N.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc, History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions, | 26 cm. | |||||
| LB880.F73 P4313 | Freire, Paulo | Pedagogy of the Oppressed | 0-8264-1276-9 | Paperback | N | N | Continuum International Publishing Group | September 1, 2000 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Education : Education Theory : Aims & Objectives | New York | N | $15.95 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Portugese | 2006-01-22 | Amazon | 370.11/5 21 | 1993 | 2006-01-22 | 183 | Freire, Paulo, 1921-, Education -- Philosophy, Popular education -- Philosophy, Critical pedagogy | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| BF173.F682 1961 | Freud, Sigmund | Civilization and Its Discontents | 0-393-09623-8 | Paperback | N | N | Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc. | May 1976 | 2 | History : Civilization | N | N/A | ABOUT THE BOOK Civilization and Its Discontents FROM THE PUBLISHER "Civilization and Its Discontents may be Sigmund Freud's best-known work. It has been praised, dissected, lambasted, interpreted, and reinterpreted. In this seminal volume of twentieth-century thought, Freud elucidates the contest between aggression, indeed the death drive, and its adversary, eros. He speaks to issues of human creativity and fulfillment, the place of beauty in culture, and the effects of repression." Louis Menand reflects on the importance of this work in intellectual thought and why it has become such a landmark book in the history of ideas. SYNOPSIS A previous edition of this book is cited in Books for College Libraries, 3d ed.. Editor Louis Menand (English and American literature, Harvard U.) says that this classic, like many others, no longer has any credibility as an account of reality, but has so widely influenced people that thinking about reality without taking it into account is now impossible. Ungehagen in der Kultur was published in 1930, nine years before Freud died, and reflects the shift late in his career from problems of the individual to problems of culture. Annotation ®2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR FROM THE CRITICS Library Journal Norton is releasing this hardcover to celebrate the title's 75th anniversary. This edition includes an introduction by Pulitzer Prize winner Louis Menand. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. | 1970-01-14 | Barnes & Noble | 1961 | 1970-01-14 | 1 | |||||||||
| BS580.M6 F7 | FREUD, SIGMUND | Moses and Monotheism | 0-394-70014-7 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | January 12, 1955 | 2 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | N | $9.00 | Amazon.com "To deny a people the man whom it praises as the greatest of its sons is not a deed to be undertaken lightheartedly--especially by one belonging to that people," writes Sigmund Freud, as he prepares to pull the carpet out from under The Great Lawgiver in Moses and Monotheism. In this, his last book, Freud argues that Moses was an Egyptian nobleman and that the Jewish religion was in fact an Egyptian import to Palestine. Freud also writes that Moses was murdered in the wilderness, in a reenactment of the primal crime against the father. Lingering guilt for this crime, Freud says, is the reason Christians understand Jesus' death as sacrificial. "The 'redeemer' could be none other than the one chief culprit, the leader of the brother-band who had overpowered the father." Hence the basic difference between Judaism and Christianity: "Judaism had been a religion of the father, Christianity became a religion of the son." Freud's arguments are extremely imaginative, and his distinction between reality and fantasy, as always, is very loose. If only as a study of wrong-headedness, however, it's fascinating reading for those who want to explore the psychological impulses governing the historical relationship between Christians and Jews. --Michael Joseph Gross Book Description Freud's speculations on various aspects of religion where he explains various characteristics of the Jews in their relations with the Christians. | 2005-05-02 | Amazon | 2005-05-02 | 192 | 7.3 x 4.3 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| BF173.F6255 | Freud, Sigmund | The Freud Reader | 0-393-31403-0 | Paperback | N | N | W. W. Norton & Company | September, 1995 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | N | $14.93 | From Library Journal Author of numerous books on Freud, including a highly regarded biography ( Freud, LJ 7/88), Gay offers the general reader a comprehensive survey of Freud's psychoanalytical, political, and philosophical writings. Preceded by a meaty introduction that emphasizes Freud's commitment to science and reason, this single-volume work includes some 50 of Freud's texts, organized chronologically with headnotes. The selections range from case studies and theoretical discussions about dreams, anxiety, and anal eroticism to essays on lay analysis and religion as humankind's obsessional neurosis. Read sequentially, they allow readers to trace Freud's conceptual shift from a topographic theory of the mind to his structural theory of drives. A scholarly work for students and those wanting more than a cursory look. - Janice Arenofsky, formerly with Arizona State Lib., Phoenix Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 1989 | 2005-10-04 | 832 | 8.3 x 5.1 x 1.4 inches | |||||||
| B3313.G42 E55 | Friedrich Nietzsche | The Birth of Tragedy and The Case of Wagner | N | N | 1 | N | 2006-01-18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| BF1999.F755 | Frost, Gavin | Tantric Yoga: The Royal Path to Raising Kundalini Power | 0-87728-692-2 | Paperback | N | N | Weiser Books | November 1, 1989 | 1 | 2.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Exercise & Fitness : Yoga | York Beach, Me. | N | $12.89 | ABOUT THE BOOK Tantric Yoga: The Royal Path to Raising Kundalini Power FROM THE PUBLISHER Advanced text discusses the inherent quadrality of the Gods and Goddesses, and how creation systems work. Through a series of meditations and visualizations, the authors show how knudalini energy can be safely activated and cycled, bringing you through a psychic loop that empowers you to discover new knowledge, and bring it back into consciousness with you. | 2006-01-18 | Amazon | 291.4/4 21 | 2006-01-18 | 306 | Tantrism -- Miscellanea, Yoga -- Miscellanea, Chakras -- Miscellanea, Kuònòdalin¯i -- Miscellanea | 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.0 inches | |||||
| BL1150.F85 | Fuller, C. J. | The Camphor Flame | 0-691-02084-1 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | April 15, 1992 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | N | $5.79 | Book Description Popular Hinduism is shaped, above all, by worship of a multitude of powerful divine beings--a superabundance indicated by the proverbial total of 330 million gods and goddesses. The fluid relationship between these beings and humans is a central theme of this rich and accessible study of popular Hinduism in the context of the society of contemporary India. Lucidly organized and skillfully written, The Camphor Flame brings clarity to an immensely complicated subject. C. J. Fuller combines ethnographic case studies with comparative anthropological analysis, and draws on textual and historical scholarship as well. The book begins with an analysis of namaskara--the graceful gesture with which Hindus greet and show respect to gods and goddesses and to social superiors in the human world. Hierarchy is at the heart of Hinduism and Indian society, and Fuller examines the many contexts in which unequal relationships between deities and people, and among people themselves, are expressed--or denied--in popular religion. Throughout he proposes new ways of looking at many aspects of popular Hinduism and society in India, such as the relationship between worship and sacrifice, the importance of kingship even at the local level, the place of devotionalism in popular religion, the ritual power of goddesses and women, the connection between alternative explanations of misfortune, and the common basis of rituals that range from the most complicated to the simple showing of a single camphor flame to a god or goddess. | 1970-01-03 | Amazon | 1970-01-03 | 328 | |||||||||
| BL65.D7 | Furst, Peter T. | Flesh of the gods; the ritual use of hallucinogens. Edited by Peter T. Furst | N | N | Praeger Publishers | 1972 | 1 | Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience | New York | N | Bibliography: p. 279-294. | 1970-01-14 | Library of Congress [1] | 200/.19 | 1970-01-14 | 304 | Hallucinogenic drugs and religious experience, Indians -- Rites and ceremonies | 25 cm. | |||||||||
| BP60 .I79 1981 | Gabriel, Theodore | Islam In The Contemporary World | 8125908765 | Hardcover | N | N | Distributors, U.B.S. Publishers' Distributors | April 5, 2000 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | N | $78.53 | Book Description This book tries to depict how Islam tries to cope with the forces of a post-modern world. | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 250 | ||||||||||
| BD241.G313 | Gadamer, Hans-Georg | Truth and Method | 0-8264-0585-1 | Paperback | N | N | Continuum International Publishing Group | January, 1989 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Aesthetics | N | $7.98 | Language Notes Text: English, German (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | Crossroad Paperback Series | 594 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.5 inches | |||||||
| PS3557.A355 L47 | Gaines, Ernest J. | A Lesson Before Dying : A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries) | 0-375-70270-9 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | September, 1997 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | N | $10.36 | Amazon.com Oprah Book ClubÆ Selection, September 1997: In a small Cajun community in 1940s Louisiana, a young black man is about to go to the electric chair for murder. A white shopkeeper had died during a robbery gone bad; though the young man on trial had not been armed and had not pulled the trigger, in that time and place, there could be no doubt of the verdict or the penalty. "I was not there, yet I was there. No, I did not go to the trial, I did not hear the verdict, because I knew all the time what it would be..." So begins Grant Wiggins, the narrator of Ernest J. Gaines's powerful exploration of race, injustice, and resistance, A Lesson Before Dying. If young Jefferson, the accused, is confined by the law to an iron-barred cell, Grant Wiggins is no less a prisoner of social convention. University educated, Grant has returned to the tiny plantation town of his youth, where the only job available to him is teaching in the small plantation church school. More than 75 years after the close of the Civil War, antebellum attitudes still prevail: African Americans go to the kitchen door when visiting whites and the two races are rigidly separated by custom and by law. Grant, trapped in a career he doesn't enjoy, eaten up by resentment at his station in life, and angered by the injustice he sees all around him, dreams of taking his girlfriend Vivian and leaving Louisiana forever. But when Jefferson is convicted and sentenced to die, his grandmother, Miss Emma, begs Grant for one last favor: to teach her grandson to die like a man. As Grant struggles to impart a sense of pride to Jefferson before he must face his death, he learns an important lesson as well: heroism is not always expressed through action--sometimes the simple act of resisting the inevitable is enough. Populated by strong, unforgettable characters, Ernest J. Gaines's A Lesson Before Dying offers a lesson for a lifetime. From Publishers Weekly Gaines's first novel in a decade may be his crowning achievement. In this restrained but eloquent narrative, the author of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman again addresses some of the major issues of race and identity in our time. The story of two African American men struggling to attain manhood in a prejudiced society, the tale is set in Bayonne, La. (the fictional community Gaines has used previously) in the late 1940s. It concerns Jefferson, a mentally slow, barely literate young man, who, though an innocent bystander to a shootout between a white store owner and two black robbers, is convicted of murder, and the sophisticated, educated man who comes to his aid. When Jefferson's own attorney claims that executing him would be tantamount to killing a hog, his incensed godmother, Miss Emma, turns to teacher Grant Wiggins, pleading with him to gain access to the jailed youth and help him to face his death by electrocution with dignity. As complex a character as Faulkner's Quentin Compson, Grant feels mingled love, loyalty and hatred for the poor plantation community where he was born and raised. He longs to leave the South and is reluctant to assume the level of leadership and involvement that helping Jefferson would require. Eventually, however, the two men, vastly different in potential yet equally degraded by racism, achieve a relationship that transforms them both. Suspense rises as it becomes clear that the integrity of the entire local black community depends on Jefferson's courage. Though the conclusion is inevitable, Gaines invests the story with emotional power and universal resonance. BOMC and QPB alternates. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1994 | 1970-01-21 | Vintage Contemporaries Series | 272 | 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches | ||||||
| DS481.G3A348 198 | Gandhi | Gandhi Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth | 0-486-24593-4 | Paperback | N | N | Dover Publications | June 1983 | 3 | Gandhi, mahatma, 1869-1948 : India | N | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 1970-01-14 | 480 | 8.43x5.40x.96 in. 1.13 lbs. | |||||||||||
| DS485.K27 G37 | Ganguly, Sumit | The Crisis in Kashmir : Portents of War, Hopes of Peace (Woodrow Wilson Center Press) | 0-521-59066-3 | Hardcover | N | N | Cambridge University Press | March 28, 1997 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Asia : India | [Washington, D.C.] | N | $60.00 | Review 'Scholarly discourse on Kashmir is mostly confined to two broad schools of thought: one favours the Indian-held Muslim majority province's goal of secession from India, while the other confronts the issue of secessionism and its legality, with the aim, very often, of providing support for the purpose of keeping Kashmir in the Indian federation. Sumit Ganguly's Crisis in Kashmir is a welcome departure from the dual approach to the problem. ... The core of the book is a balanced picture of the ongoing Kashmiri uprising since the late 1980s. What I found especially interesting is the chapter on strategies and Options for Resolving the Crisis. Ganguly's book is also noteworthy for the inclusion in the appendix of four important documents that have shaped the history of modern Kashmir.' Commonwealth and Comparative Politics | 1970-01-08 | Amazon | 954/.6 21 | 1970-01-08 | Woodrow Wilson Center Press Series | 203 | Jammu and Kashmir (India) -- Politics and, government | 0.5 x 6.5 x 9.2 inches | ||||
| PG2947.B3 G37 | Gardiner, Michael | The Dialogics of Critique : M. M. Bakhtin and the Theory of Ideology | 0-415-07975-6 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | July, 1992 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Gay & Lesbian : History | London ; New York | N | $17.00 | Book Description As interest in the work of Bakhtin grows there is an increasing demand for a well organized, readable text which explains his main ideas and relates them to current social and cultural theory. This book fulfils the demand. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 801/.95/092 20 | 1969-12-31 | 272 | Bakhtin, M. M, 1895-1975, Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory,, etc, Criticism -- History -- 20th century, Ideology, Hermeneutics | 1.0 x 5.8 x 8.8 inches | |||||
| PR8771.G37 | Garratt, Robert F. | Modern Irish Poetry: Tradition and Continuity from Yeats to Heaney | 0-520-06603-0 | Paperback | N | N | Univ of California Pr | August, 1989 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $2.59 | ABOUT THE BOOK Modern Irish Poetry: Tradition and Continuity from Yeats to Heaney | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 340 | 1.0 x 5.5 x 8.2 inches | ||||||||
| DK268.A1 I54 | Garros, Veronique (Editor) | Intimacy and Terror | 1-56584-398-3 | Paperback | N | N | New Press | September 1997 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $12.56 | From Publishers Weekly This interesting anthology of 10 Soviet diaries from the 1930s mixes voices of protest and despair with those of people who seemingly accommodated themselves to Stalinist oppression. Lyubov Shaporina, founder of the Puppet Theater, expresses moral outrage at the wave of arrests and mass deportations sweeping Leningrad, mingled with grief at the death of her little daughter three years earlier. Andrei Arzhilovsky, a farmer killed by a firing squad in 1937, offers a scathing critique of the Soviet regime's monstrous crimes in diary excerpts dated 1936-1937. Moscow poet Lev Gornung records literary chitchat with Anna Akhmatova. With self-conscious lyricism, Vladimir Stavsky, editor of the journal Novy mir and general secretary of the Union of Soviet Writers, evokes his inner turmoil but neglects to mention his denunciation of Osip Mandelshtam, which led to the poet's arrest and to his death in a labor camp. Among the other diarists are a struggling mother of four and a Moscow actor who murdered his lover. Garros is former Moscow correspondent for Le Monde; Lahusen, a Slavic professor at Duke; Korenevskaya, a scholar with Progress Publishers in Moscow. Photos. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal To make more known of the everyday lives of most Soviet citizens during the Stalinist purges of the 1930s, a group of international scholars collaborated in locating and selecting nine private diaries to publish in this anthology. An introductory chapter chronicles events of 1937 from the government newspaper Izvestiya. The diarists speak for themselves: a traveler to the Soviet Far East, a Moscow poet, a farmer resistant to the regime, a mother and community activist, a party journalist and editor, a mining engineer, a party functionary, a sympathizer of the traditional intelligentsia, and an actor. The accounts span a broad range of experience, class, geography, and point of view?and achieve the editors' aims. This carefully chosen and edited anthology belongs in collections of Soviet history and literature.?Rena Fowler, Humboldt State Univ., Arcata, Cal. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-05-16 | Amazon | 1970-05-16 | 394 | 8.8 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches | ||||||||
| DK4.C33 V.15 | Gasparov, Boris (Editor) | Cultural Mythologies of Russian Modernism: From the Golden Age to the Silver Age (California Slavic Studies) | 0-520-06998-6 | Hardcover | N | N | University of California Press | January 28, 1992 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Europe : Eastern Europe | Berkeley | N | $135.67 | Book Description The twenty-two essays in Cultural Mythologies of Russian Modernism, six of which appear in Russian, display the enormous advances that have taken place among Slavists in the study of the fascinating, but tragically circumscribed period in Russian literature that extends from the turn of the century to the Stalinist holocaust. This collection offers a definitive statement of how features of the Pushkin era were transformed during the Modernist age into a cultural mythology that encompassed personal and literary behavior, and such far-reaching issues as national identity and cultural destiny. Language Notes Text: English, Russian | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 947 s 891.71/3 20 | 1992 | 1970-04-15 | California Slavic Studies Series | 550 | Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837 --, Influence -- Congresses, Russian literature -- 19th century -- History and, criticism -- Congresses, Russian literature -- 20th century -- History and, criticism -- Congresses, Russia -- Intellectual life -- 180 | 1.5 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | |||
| BR515 .G3 2002 | Gaustad, Edwin S. | The Religious History of America : The Heart of the American Story from Colonial Times to Today | 0-06-063056-6 | Paperback | N | N | HarperSanFrancisco | July 1, 2004 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Americas : United States : General | N | $12.21 | From Library Journal Since the first edition was published in 1966, this work has remained a standard text for American religious history. The 2002 revision, by Gaustad (history, emeritus, Univ. of California, Riverside) and Schmidt (religion, Princeton Univ.), retains the core material with a revised chapter structure, updated bibliographies, and some text revisions. In some cases, the revisions are simply rearrangements of chapter sections, while in others there is a shift in terminology e.g., using "African American" for "black" and replacing "American religion" with the more clearly designated "American Protestantism." While such changes are subtle, they do alter the tone of the work, bringing it more in line with current approaches to the study of religion and American culture. In the case of the last three chapters, the authors have done considerable revision and brought the history up to the turn of the century. The overall result is a well-balanced enhancement of an excellent work. Recommended for all libraries. Jan Blodgett, Davidson Coll. Lib., NC Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 464 | 9.0 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches | ||||||||
| PN1998.A3 G74 | Geduld, Harry | Focus On D W Griffith | 0-13-365197-5 | Paperback | N | N | Prentice Hall | May 1971 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | N | $1.33 | ABOUT THE BOOK Focus on D. W. Griffith | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | Film Focus Ser. | 182 | |||||||||
| HM101.G26 | Geertz, Clifford | Interpretation of Cultures (Basic Books Classics) | 0-465-09719-7 | Paperback | N | N | Basic Books | April 1, 1977 | 2 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | N | $26.00 | Elizabeth Colson, Contemporary Sociology "Clifford Geertz...is one of the most original and stimulating anthropologists of his generations....Geertz writes of issues that touch us all: The meaning of life and death...The problems of coping with a social order, the need to make sense out of it all....[He] also writes with style, verve, learning, and intelligence." | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 480 | 8.1 x 5.4 x 1.3 inches | ||||||||
| GN316.G43 | Geertz, Clifford | Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology | 0-465-04162-0 | Paperback | N | N | Basic Books | February 1, 1985 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | N | $22.00 | Book Description In essays covering everything from art and common sense to charisma and constructions of the self, the eminent cultural anthropologist deepens our understanding of human societies through the intimacies of "local knowledge." | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 256 | 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| DS647.B2 | Geertz, Clifford | Negara | 0-691-00778-0 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | January 1, 1981 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia | Princeton, N.J. | N | $19.77 | Review The main purpose of Geertz's study is to delineate the general structure of the Negara by focusing on one particularly well-documented case, that of Bali in the era preceding the Dutch invasion of 1906. The outcome is a fascinating and remarkable book. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 320.9598/6 | 1980 | 1970-01-14 | 312 | Bali Island (Indonesia) -- Civilization, Bali Island (Indonesia) -- Politics and, government | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| BL1220.G44 1983 | Gelberg, Steven J. (Editor) | Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna: Five Distinguished Scholars on the Krishna Movement in the West; Harvey Cox, Larry D. Shinn, Thomas J. Hopkins, A.L. Bash (Grove ... Eastern philosophy and literature series) | 0-394-62454-8 | Paperback | N | N | Grove Pr | June, 1983 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | New York | N | $3.50 | ABOUT THE BOOK Hare Krishna Hare Krishna: Five Distinguished Scholars in Religion Discuss the Krishna Movement in the West | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 294.5/512 19 | 1970-01-21 | Press Eastern Philosophy and Literature | 276 | International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Krishna (Hindu deity) -- Cult | 21 cm. | ||||
| DS493.9.N4 C65 | Gellner, David N. (Editor) | Contested Hierarchies: A Collaborative Ethnography of Caste Among the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) | 0-19-827960-4 | Hardcover | N | N | Oxford University Press | August, 1995 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Asia | Oxford | N | $75.00 | Book Description In this book, six anthropologists pool their knowledge of the three ancient Newar cities of Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur, and of other settlements nearby. The social institutions of all the main caste groups--priests, patrons, artisans, farmers, and low castes--are given extended consideration, and the study is framed by a historical introduction and a comparative conclusion. In addition, it is well illustrated with fascinating black and white photos which have been specially taken to illustrate aspects of the society under study. The result is the most complete description and analysis yet of a regional caste system. The book should appeal not only to students of Hinduism and South Asia, but to all anthropologists and comparative sociologists interested in the interrelations of politics, ritual, kinship, economy, and ideology in complex, pre-industrial societies.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 305.5/122/095496 20 | 2005-10-08 | Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Series | 364 | Newar (Nepalese people) -- Social life and, customs, Caste -- Nepal, Hinduism -- Nepal | 1.2 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | ||||
| BL65.P73 G45 | Gellner, Ernest | Postmodernism, Reason and Religion | 0-415-08024-X | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | September, 1992 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : General | London ; New York | N | $34.95 | James Woods, The Guardian "...a wonderful, scorching, brusque attack on post-modernist relativism and a convincing defense of Gellner's kind of secular rationalism..." Bryan Wilson, Oxford University "No one who has flirted with or been puzzled by post-modernism, or wondered about the meaning of resurgent Islam should fail to read this tour de force..." | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 291.2 20 | 2005-10-08 | 120 | Postmodernism -- Religious aspects | 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches | |||||
| PN45.G46 | Genette, Gerard | Fiction and Diction | 0-8014-2832-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Cornell University Press | November, 1993 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Ithaca | N | $40.00 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 801/.93 20 | 1993 | 1969-12-31 | 155 | Literature -- Aesthetics, Style, Literary, Literary form | 0.8 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | ||||
| PG3481.E537 | Genis, Aleksandr | Dva: Rassledovaniia | 5945840327 | Binding Unknown | N | N | Podkova | Jan 2002 | 1 | Russian literature -- 20th century -- History and | Moskva | N | Includes bibliographical references. Besedy o novoæi slovestnosti -- Shvy vremeni -- Chastnyæi sluchaæi. | 2005-11-20 | Half.com | 2005-11-20 | 2. [tom] sobraniëiìa sochineniæi Aleksandra Genisa | 490 | Russian literature -- 20th century -- History and, criticism, Popular culture -- Soviet Union, Popular culture -- Russia (Federation) | 15 cm. | |||||||
| GN473.G331 | Gennep, Arnold van | The Rites of Passage | 0-226-84849-3 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | July 15, 1961 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : General | N | $13.00 | Book Description Birth, puberty, marriage, and death are, in all cultures, marked by ceremonies which may differ but are universal in function. Arnold van Gennep (1873-1957) was the first anthropologist to note the regularity and significance of the rituals attached to the transitional stages in man's life, and his phrase for these, "the rites of passage," has become a part of the language of anthropology and sociology. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 224 | 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| PG2121.G43 | Gerhart, Genevra | The Russian's World: Life and Language | 0-15-577983-4 | Paperback | N | N | Harcourt | February 1974 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Russia | New York | N | $2.20 | Rusistika, 1999 "...gives the necessary ... cultural information within which the Russian language is set ... should be available in every Russian department..." --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Slavic and East European Journal, vol. 46, no. 2 (Summer 1996) "a treasure trove ... what all Russians know just by being Russian, and what all students of Russian should know..." --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 491.7/8/3421 | 1970-04-14 | 257 | Russian language -- Conversation and phrase, books, Russian language -- Terms and phrases, Soviet Union -- Social life and customs | 0.5 x 7.2 x 9.2 inches | |||||
| GR203.17.R86 | Gessler, A. (Editor) | Russian Gypsy Tales (International Folk Tales (Hardcover)) | 1-56656-100-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Interlink Publishing Group | May, 1992 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Mythology : Folklore | New York | N | $9.75 | From Publishers Weekly This thought-provoking anthology offers compelling insights into the often highly romanticized life of the gypsy. (A few old photographs of actual gypsies add to the book's exoticism.) As translator Riordan states in his informative introduction, these 36 stories "lift just a corner of the curtain that obscures Russian Rom traditions, mysteries, and beliefs." The narratives--some only single-page vignettes--will be generally unfamiliar, as they were garnered from gypsy clans all over the unified nation. Readers will meet fortune tellers, horse traders, handsome gypsy lovers, goblins. There is both adventure ("The Enchanted Hinny") and romance ("Vasya Whitefeet"); stories tell of clan rivalries, outwitting the devil, winning the proper bride. Whimsical black-and-white illustrations, like Wanda Gag's prepossessing drawings of several decades ago, decorate the book. An unusual and substantial volume. Ages 9-up. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 398.2/08991497047 20 | 1970-01-14 | International Folk Tales Ser. | 144 | Romanies -- Russia (Federation) -- Folklore, Tales -- Russia (Federation) | 22 cm. | ||||
| DT56.2.G48 | Ghosh, Amitav | In an Antique Land : History in the Guise of a Traveler's Tale (Vintage Departures) | 0-679-72783-3 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | March 29, 1994 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : Ethnic & National : Jewish | N | $10.20 | From Publishers Weekly In a leisurely blend of travelogue, history and cross-cultural analysis, Indian writer Ghosh reconstructs a 12th-century master-slave relationship that confounds modern concepts of slavery. Abraham Ben Yiju, a prosperous Tunisian Jewish merchant based in medieval Cairo, resettled in Aden, then spent two decades on India's Malabar Coast, where he hired a slave or servant, probably of Indian origin, named Bomma. Bomma acted as Ben Yiju's business agent and made overseas trips for him. In medieval India and the Middle East, Ghosh points out, servitude was often a career opportunity, the principal means of recruitment into privileged strata of the army and bureaucracy. Researching in letters and documents in Egypt, where he lived for several years, Ghosh ( The Shadow Lines ) evokes a world of mud-walled houses and class warfare between Egyptian laborers and landowners. He also writes vividly of southern India, a tapestry of castes, cults and worship of spirit-deities. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal Ghosh, an Indian Hindu, first read about a medieval (12th century) Jew and his Indian slave while a student at Oxford. He became fascinated almost to the point of obsession. After studying Arabic, he enrolled at a university in Alexandria, Egypt to perform further research. A professor found him lodgings in an nearby village. This book recounts his attempt to merge the two stories: life in modern Egyptian villages (not dissimilar to that of 5000 years ago), and his search for the Indian slave. The merger doesn't quite work. Individually, both subjects are fascinating; together they are less so. In addition, Ghosh's language and writing style are both stilted. Still, Ghosh's subject is exotic yet intimate, and academic and public libraries should consider purchasing his account. - Paula M. Zieselman, Fulbright & Jaworski, New York Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-08 | Amazon | 1970-01-08 | Vintage Departures Series | 400 | 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches | |||||||
| HN8.C43131 | Giard, Luce | The Practice of Everyday Life: Vol. 2 | 0-8166-2877-7 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | October, 1998 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | Minneapolis | N | $19.95 | Priscilla P. Clark, Journal of Modern History "The Practice of Everyday Life, published in 1974 and now the first of his books available in English translation, offers ample evidence why we should pay heed to de Certeau and why more of us have not done so. For one, the work all but defies definition. History, sociology, economics, literature and literary criticism, philosophy, and anthropology all come within de Certeau's ken. . . The Practice of Everyday Life marks a turning point in studies of culture away from the producer (writer, scientist, city planner) and the product (book, discourse, city street) to the consumer (reader, pedestrian). . . . In sum, de Certeau acts very much like his own ordinary hero, manipulating, elaborating, and inventing on the scientific authority that he both denies and requires." --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Thomas Fleming, Chronicles of Culture "Everyday Life is littered with insights and perceptions, any one of which could make the career of an American academic." --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 306/.0944 21 | 1998 | 2005-10-08 | Practice of Everday Life Ser. | 292 | France -- Social life and customs -- 20th, century, Life skills -- France, Cookery, French, Conduct of life in literature | 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | |||
| LB2369.G53 1995 | Gibaldi, Joseph | Mla Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (Mla Handbook for Writers of Research Papers) | 0-87352-565-5 | Paperback | N | N | Modern Language Assn of Amer | May 1995 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Education | New York | N | $0.01 | From Library Journal Now a standard for students throughout the U.S., the original style sheet was published in 1951 and the first edition in book form appeared in 1977. This newest edition has been expanded to cover electronic searching methods, using computers to write research papers, and citing electronic publications. An excellent section on library use clearly explains paper and online catalogs. While there is no comparison of different word-processing programs, computers are touted as making the research writer's job much easier by combining steps and allowing movement between outlines and drafts. The new section on citing electronic formats is done well and with common sense; more than once, the reader is told that if complete information cannot be found, cite what is available. This new edition of a standard style handbook should be in every library.?Lisa J. Cochenet-Cihlar, Winfield P.L., Ill. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 808/.02 20 | 1995 | 1970-04-14 | 293 | Report writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc, Research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | 1.0 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | ||||
| B2799.I55 G52 | Gibbons, Sarah L. | Kant's Theory of Imagination: Bridging Gaps in Judgement and Experience (Oxford Philosophical Monographs) | 0-19-824041-4 | Hardcover | N | N | Oxford University Press | December, 1994 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Consciousness & Thought | Oxford | N | $77.00 | Book Description This book departs from much of the scholarship on Kant by demonstrating the centrality of imagination to Kant's philosophy as a whole. In Kant's works, human experience is simultaneously passive and active, thought and sensed, free and unfree: these dualisms are often thought of as unfortunate byproducts of his system. Gibbons, however, shows that imagination performs a vital function in "bridging gaps" between the different elements of cognition and experience. Thus, the role imagination plays in Kant's works expresses his fundamental insight into the complexity of cognition for finite rational beings such as ourselves. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 128/.3 20 | 1970-01-21 | Oxford Philosophical Monographs | 224 | Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804, Imagination (Philosophy), Philosophy of mind, Ethics, Modern -- 18th century | 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| HM19 | Giddens, Anthony | Capitalism and Modern Social Theory : An Analysis of the Writings of Marx, Durkheim and Max Weber | 0-521-09785-1 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | February 8, 1973 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Political Science : General | N | $22.00 | Book Description The classsic text for any student seeking to understand the three thinkers who established the basic framework of contemporary sociology. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 280 | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| HM24 | Giddens, Anthony | The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration | 0-520-05728-7 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | January, 1986 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : Social Theory | N | $24.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK The Constitution of Society FROM THE PUBLISHER This book outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboration of ideas touched on in previous works but described her for the first time in an integrated and comprehensive form. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 417 | 8.9 x 6.0 x 1.1 inches | ||||||||
| PG3328.Z6 G483 | Gide, Andre | Dostoevsky | 0-8112-0055-8 | Hardcover | N | N | New Directions Publishing Corporation | January 1961 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literary Criticism & Essays : History & Criticism - Russian & Former Soviet Union | N | N/A | ABOUT THE BOOK Dostoevsky FROM THE PUBLISHER This was the first publication in English in its entirety of Gide's critical study of the Russian genius. Albert J. Guerard notes in his introduction, "[This book] conveys . . . the excitement of intensely personal and sympathetic reading and the shock of recognition." | 1970-04-14 | Barnes & Noble | 1970-04-14 | 181 | |||||||||
| P41 | Giglioli, Pier Paolo (Editor) | Language and Social Context (Modern Sociological Readings) | 0-14-080244-4 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Books Ltd | January 27, 1972 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Social Sciences : General | Harmondsworth | N | $1.48 | ABOUT THE BOOK Language and Social Context | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 301.2/1 | c197 | 1969-12-31 | Penguin education Penguin modern sociology readings | 400 | Sociolinguistics | 399 p. 18 cm. | |||
| PR115.G5 | Gilbert, Sandra | The Madwoman in the Attic : The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination, Second Edition (Yale Nota Bene S.) | 0-300-08458-7 | Paperback | N | N | Yale University Press | July 11, 2000 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Europe : England : 19th Century | New Haven | N | $13.57 | Martin Arnold, The New York Times "A groundbreaking study of women writers." Book Description This pathbreaking book of feminist criticism is now reissued with a substantial new introduction by Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar that reveals the origins of their revolutionary realization in the 1970s that "the personal was the political, the sexual was the textual. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 820.9/9287/09034 21 | 2005-11-20 | 768 | English literature -- Women authors -- History, and criticism, Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History, -- 19th century, English literature -- 19th century -- History and, criticism, English literature -- Psychological aspects, Women authors -- Ps | 7.7 x 5.1 x 2.0 inches | |||||
| HQ1206.G58 | Gilligan, Carol | In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development | 0-674-44544-9 | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | September, 1993 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : Developmental Psychology | Cambridge, Mass. | N | $11.16 | ABOUT THE BOOK In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development ANNOTATION Carol Gilligan believes that psychology has persistently and systematically misunderstood women. Repeatedly, developmental theories have been built on observations of men's lives. Here, Gilligan attempts to correct psychology's misperceptions and refocus its view of female personality. The result reshapes our understanding of human experience. FROM THE PUBLISHER Carol Gilligan believes that psychology has persistently and systematically misunderstood women--their motives, their moral commitments, the course of their psychological growth, and their special view of what is important in life. Here she sets out to correct psychology's misperceptions and refocus its view of female personality. The result is truly a tour de force, which may well reshape much of what psychology now has to say about female experience. In a Different Voice begins with an indictment psychologists from Freud to Piaget have made a muddle and a mystery of female psychology by trying to treat women as if they were men. Repeatedly, developmental theories have been built on observations of men's lives. When women fail to develop in the way men do, the conclusion is that something may be wrong with women. Gilligan concludes, instead, that something must be wrong with theory. If, for example, male development is mainly a matter of increasing separation from others to achieve autonomy and independence, does that mean that women have failed to grow into mature adults if their development involves a continuing and unresolved struggle to balance their responsibilities to others with their commitment to themselves? If men see morality chiefly as a matter of impartial justice, are women less moral if they see morality more as a matter of care? If men are willing to sacrifice relationships with others in pursuit of achievement, are women wrong to sacrifice achievements to preserve relationships? Gilligan's answers to these questions take her well beyond negative criticisms of existing theory; they give substance to her own view of female personality and round out aportrait of human nature that has too long been one-sided. Built on a careful hearing of many voices--some historical, some literary, but mostly those of the contemporary men and women Gilligan interviewed--In a Different Voice rises above narrow disputes over sex differences to make a deeper assessment of what it is to be human. FROM THE CRITICS Ms.Magazine.com In her book In a Different Voice, Carol Gilligan demonstrates that men and women speak in 'different voices.' Through research, Gilligan has found that psychological development theories repeatedly have been built on observations of men's lives, thus creating misperceptions of women. Booknews **** New printing of the 1982 edition (which is cited in BCL3) with a new (18 p.) Letter to Readers by the author. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Carol Tavris - New York Times Book Review Theories of moral development are not mere abstractions. They matter - to the way children are raised, to female and male self-esteem... and that is why Carol Gilligan's book is important.... In a Different Voice is constantly provocative and imaginative. Alfie Cohn - Boston Globe Gilligan's book is feminism at its best... Her thesis is needed not only in research but in common sense... Theories of human development are never more limiting than when their bias is invisible, and Gilligan's book performs the vital service of illuminating one of the deepest biases of all. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING The book that completed the human circle by bringing women's eyes into it. - Gloria Steinem | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 305.42 20 | 1982 | 2005-10-08 | 216 | Women -- Psychology -- Longitudinal studies, Developmental psychology -- Longitudinal, studies, Moral development -- Longitudinal studies, Women -- Psychology | 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| P94.6.M426 2002 | Ginsburg, Faye D. (Editor) | Media Worlds: Anthropology on New Terrain | 0-520-23231-3 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | October 7, 2002 | 3 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : General | N | $24.95 | About the Author Faye D. Ginsburg is David B. Kriser Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Media, Culture and History at New York University. She is author of the award-winning Contested Lives: The Abortion Debate in an American Community (California, second edition 1998) and coeditor of Conceiving the New World Order: The Global Politics of Reproduction (California, 1995), among other books. Lila Abu-Lughod is Professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies at Columbia University and author of the award-winning books Writing Women's Worlds: Bedouin Stories (California, 1993) and Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society (California, 1986, 2000), among others. Brian Larkin is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Barnard College, Columbia University. | 2005-03-21 | Amazon | 2005-03-21 | 410 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches | ||||||||
| D16.G5213 | Ginzburg, Carlo | Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method | 0-8018-4388-X | Paperback | N | N | The Johns Hopkins University Press | March 1, 1992 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Europe : General | N | $25.00 | Review "Ginzburg is known internationally for his studies of what might be called the interface between learned and popular culture. This collection of eight essays explores the methodological foundations of his historical analysis."-- Journal of Interdisciplinary History Book Description "In the diversity of methods and objects of analysis it offers, Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method offers a fresh perspective on this Italian historian who has become such an essential point of reference in many domains of cultural study today."--Dana Polan, Camera Obscura. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 256 | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| BR877.F74 G5613 | Ginzburg, Carlo | Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath | 0-14-015858-8 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin USA | February, 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Earth-Based Religions : Witchcraft | N | $5.99 | From Library Journal Emerging from testimonies during witchcraft trials in Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries are consistent descriptions of the Witches' Sabbath: night flying, ritual cannibalism, etc. Most scholars dismiss these descriptions as torture-induced gibberish. Ginzburg (history, Univ. of California at Los Angeles) proves that these descriptions are bastardized accounts of ecstatic experiences practiced by a shamanic culture. In addition, he links the persecution of the witches with that of other social outcasts (lepers, Jews, and Muslims). Europeans thought that these groups conspired against society, which led to their wholesale slaughter. Very interesting and very convincing. For collections serving upper-level undergraduates and graduate students. - Gail Wood, Montgomery Coll. Lib., Germantown, Md. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 352 | 0.8 x 6.0 x 9.2 inches | ||||||||
| BF1572.S28G5613 | Ginzburg, Carlo | The Cheese and the Worms : The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller | 0-8018-4387-1 | Paperback | N | N | The Johns Hopkins University Press | March 1, 1992 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Europe : General | N | $19.95 | Review "A wonderful book... Ginzburg is a historian with an insatiable curiosity, who pursues even the faintest of clues with all the zest of a born detective until every fragment of evidence can be fitted into place. The work of reconstruction is brilliant, the writing superbly readable, and by the end of the book the reader who has followed Dr. Ginzburg in his wanderings through the labyrinthine mind of the miller of the Friuli will take leave of this strange and quirky old man with genuine regret."--J. H. Elliott, New York Review of Books | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 1992 | 2005-10-04 | 208 | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches | |||||||
| PG3481.I57 | Ginzburg, Lidiia | Chelovek za pis§mennym stolom | 5265005323 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Sov. pisatel§, Leningradskoe otd-nie | 1989 | 1 | Leningrad | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 605 | 21 cm. | ||||||||||
| PN56.P93 G513 | Ginzburg, Lidiia | On Psychological Prose | 0-691-01513-9 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | July 24, 1991 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Gay & Lesbian : History | Princeton, N.J. | N | $2.38 | From Library Journal This important work (first published in 1971, revised in 1977) by Russian critic Ginzburg (1902-90) presents a rigorous, historically informed alternative to outworn theories that treat literary texts as hermetically sealed units. Ginzburg traces developing ideas of personality through French and Russian documentary prose written from the 17th to the 19th centuries. She thereby clarifies the work of Russian activists and critics who embodied the transition from romanticism to realism. The last chapters deal with elements (social "conditionality," ethical value) and formal devices (direct discourse) that underpin character definition in the "sociopsychological" novel, which reached its apogee with Tolstoy. Rosengrant's magnificent translation matches Ginzburg's elegant, jargon-free prose. -Mary F. Zirin, Altadena, Cal. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. Book Description Comparable in importance to Mikhail Bakhtin, Lydia Ginzburg distinguished herself among Soviet literary critics through her investigation of the social and historical elements that relate verbal art to life in a particular culture. Her work speaks directly to those Western critics who may find that deconstructionist and psychoanalytical strategies by themselves are incapable of addressing the full meaning of literature. Here, in her first book to be translated into English, Ginzburg examines the reciprocal relationship between literature and life by exploring the development of the image of personality as both an aesthetic and social phenomenon. Showing that the boundary between traditional literary genres and other kinds of writing is a historically variable one, Ginzburg discusses a wide range of Western texts from the eighteenth century onward--including familiar letters and other historical and social documents, autobiographies such as the Memoires of Saint-Simon, Rousseau's Confessions, and Herzen's My Past and Thoughts, and the novels of Stendhal, Flaubert, Turgenev, and Tolstoi. A major portion of the study is devoted to Tolstoi's contribution to the literary investigation of personality, especially in his epic panorama of Russian life, War and Peace, and in Anna Karenina.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 809/.93353 20 | 1991 | 2005-10-15 | 426 | Psychology in literature, Prose literature -- History and criticism, Psychological fiction -- History and criticism | 1.0 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | ||||
| BQ5125.M3 T8 | Giuseppe Tucci | The Theory and Practice of the Mandala | N | N | 1 | N | 2006-01-18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| PG3476.G53 C42 | Gladkov, Fv | Cement a Novel | 0-8044-6178-3 | Paperback | N | N | Ungar Pub Co | June 1960 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Fiction & Literature : General | N | $0.71 | From Library Journal Written in the 1920s, this novel, a pioneer in portraying the sociological effects of Communism, examines family life after the sexes are suddenly equal in the labor force of the local cement factory. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1970-04-15 | 1 | |||||||||
| BQ9288.M3 SS | GLASSMAN, BERNIE (Foreword) | Appreciate Your Life : Zen Teachings of Taizan Maezumi Roshi | 1-57062-228-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Shambhala | March 27, 2001 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Eastern : General | N | $8.50 | Amazon.com Do a roll call of the major foreign Zen priests who lived in America to transmit Zen, and you have a pretty short list: Shunryu Suzuki, Seung Sahn, and Taizan Maezumi. Of these, Maezumi is the least well-known, though he transmitted to 12 successors and established 35 Zen centers. In the great Zen tradition of recording a master's words, Maezumi's students have brought together a number of his teisho, presentations to the disciples of a master's realization. Rather than general lectures or public talks, these short pieces were meant to be heard at times of intense practice, during breaks in meditation, when the student's mind is piqued for sparks of enlightenment. Maezumi touches on subjects relevant to the serious practitioner--the bodhi mind, life as a koan, practicing the paramitas, copying sutras, etc. Though not technically difficult, these pieces assume a background in the fundamentals of Buddhism, perfect for the increasing number of readers who have progressed beyond the introductory level and seek more sophisticated guidance. --Brian Bruya | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 128 | 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| ND699.G56 | Glazunov, Il§ëiìa Sergeevich | Il§ëiìa Glazunov | 5852002801 | Hardcover | N | N | Izobrazitel§noe iskusstvo | 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Glazunov, Il§ëiìa Sergeevich -- Themes, motives | Moskva | N | In Russian and English. | 1970-01-14 | Library of Congress [1] | 1970-01-14 | 0 | Glazunov, Il§ëiìa Sergeevich -- Themes, motives | 32 | |||||||
| PS3557.L8 A96 | Gluck, Louise | Averno : Poems | 0-374-10742-4 | Hardcover | N | N | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | March 7, 2006 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | New York | N | $14.30 | From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. In a collection as good as her Pulitzer Prize–winning The Wild Iris (1992), Glück gives the Persephone myth a staggering new meaning, casting that forlorn daughter as a soul caught in "an argument between the mother and the lover." Taken from Demeter, her possessive earth-goddess mother, and raped, kidnapped and wed by Hades, Persephone now faces the insatiable demands of both. In 17 multi-part lyrics centered in her familiar quatrains, Glück traces Persephone's arc from innocence to, unhappily, experience: "This is the light of autumn," she writes in "October," "not the light that says/ I am reborn." Two poems entitled "Persephone the Wanderer" flesh out her predicament ("What will you do/ when it is your turn in the field with the god?") and the self-deceiving responses ("you will forget everything:/ those fields of ice will be/ the meadows of Elysium") that drive the book. In between, scenes from a contemporary life (" 'You girls,' my mother said, 'should marry / someone like your father' ") parallel the unfolding myth, with Demeter coming to represent the body's desire to remain unchanged, or untouched, by love or death. That it turns out to be impossible is just another of the dilemmas brilliantly and unflinching dramatized in this icy, intense book. Empathic and unforgiving, the voice that unifies Persephone's despondent homelessness, Demeter's rageful mothering and Hades's smitten jealousy is unique in recent poetry, and reveals the flawed humanity of the divine. (Mar.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From The New Yorker Few poets can shoulder the weight of myth the way Glück does. Here, in eighteen linked poems, she rewrites the legend of Persephone, offering the girl respite from centuries of being "pawed over by scholars." For Glück, the myth is, ultimately, "an argument between the mother and the lover- / the daughter is just meat." Glück's language, grave and precise, gives Persephone an elegant home in which to grow up. "The girl who disappears from the pool / will never return. A woman will return." Never overwrought, the poems brilliantly display a poet's insight, a mother's warmth, and a mortal's empathy. There is wry humor, too (Hades debates naming Persephone's Hell "The New Hell"), and, amid much that is dark, there are fragments of hope. In "October" we meet a young girl, scared on the subway: "you are not alone, / the poem said, / in the dark tunnel." Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 811/.54 22 | 1970-01-28 | 96 | Persephone (Greek deity) -- Poetry | 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.5 inches | |||||
| PS3557.L8 A6 | Gluck, Louise | First Four Books Of Poems | 0-88001-477-6 | Paperback | N | N | Ecco | February 1, 1990 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | N | $9.75 | Mary Karr, author of The Liar's Club "This is courageous writing .... when Gluck applies lyric grace to her own mysterious vision she captivates her readers, assuming her rightful place among the finest poets of the age." Stanley Kunitz "[Louise Gluck's] poems are delicately intense, spun out of fire and air, with a tensile strength that belies their fragility. They are rooted in landscape and weather and, increasingly, in intimacies of the heart. Everything she touches turns to music and legend." | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | 240 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| PN1055.G54 | Gluck, Louise | Proofs and Theories | 0-88001-442-3 | Paperback | N | N | Ecco | August 26, 1999 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | N | $11.16 | From Publishers Weekly Although Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gluck ( The Wild Iris ) maintains that she is "uneasy with commentary," her collection of 16 essays, all previously published in literary journals, is often profound. The subjects of her writing include poets Stanley Kunitz, Hugh Seidman, T. S. Eliot; the future (considered in a 1993 Williams College graduation address); education; and the nature of courage. Yet the real lure of her commentary is sensibility, even more than subject. As with her poetry, Gluck's prose is fine and pared but visionary; her intelligence is precise and earnest. She uses mind as a moral power, whether addressing experience or literature. For instance, in "Disinterestedness," Gluck writes in support of an ideal of reading with nearly bias-free receptivity that literary theorists may scoff, but is liberating and persuasive as she explains it. Here and elsewhere, Gluck's brevity, clarity and resolute independence are impressive. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Library Journal Gluck (Pulitzer Prize winner for The Wild Iris, LJ 5/15/92) here presents an uneven collection of essays on modern and contemporary poetry. Some of the essays are written in a lucid prose style. For instance, "Disruption, Hesitation, Silence," the best of the volume, compares the poetry of John Berryman, George Oppen, and T.S. Eliot, associating each with an adjectival attribute in the title. However, many of the essays need more analysis of the poets covered. For example, the essay "On Stanley Kunitz" (Gluck's mentor) is too short for a tribute and fails to infuse any germane thought into his poetry. At times, Gluck is able to pull off the improbable comparison of these very different poets in a creative twist of her imagination. Perhaps the lack of development in many of the essays results because Gluck "doesn't trust [her] prose." She holds back from explaining her theories and developing her proofs, which leaves the reader wanting more. For literary collections.-Tim Gavin, Episcopal Acad., Merion, Pa.-- prose." She holds back from explaining her theories and developing her proofs, which leaves the reader wanting more. For literary collections. Tim Gavin, Episcopal Acad., Merion, Pa. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1994 | 1970-01-14 | 150 | 9.1 x 6.0 x 0.4 inches | |||||||
| HN11.L4413 | Goff, Jacques Le | Time, Work, and Culture in the Middle Ages | 0-226-47081-4 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | February 15, 1982 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Europe : General | N | $27.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Time, Work, and Culture in the Middle Ages FROM THE PUBLISHER Jacques Le Goff is a prominent figure in the tradition of French medieval scholarship, profoundly influenced by the Annales school, notably, Bloch, Febvre, and Braudel, and by the ethnographers and anthropologists Mauss, Dumezil, and Levi-Strauss. In building his argument for 'another Middle Ages', Le Goff documents the emergence of the collective mentalite from many sources with scholarship both imaginative and exact. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 400 | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| ND653.G7 | Gogh, Vincent Van | The Letters of Vincent van Gogh (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-044674-5 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | March 1, 1998 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Painting : General | N | $10.88 | Amazon.com This thorough collection of van Gogh's letters has been assembled with an artful eye and sensitivity to the artist's thinking. The result is an atypical take on Vincent van Gogh that avoids putting too much stress on his troubled mental state and too much straining by the editor to shape a narrative out of van Gogh's epistolary clues. Instead, we see the thoughtful and contemplative side of this creative genius, as well as his concern for the impact his art and life had on those people closest to him.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Publishers Weekly Van Gogh was 37 and on the edge of fame when, in 1890, he shot and killed himself. Unable to sell his brilliant canvases, he was utterly dependent upon his younger brother, Theo, to whom most of the letters collected here are written. Anguished by loss of faith after planning to be a priest, disappointed in several once-promising love affairs, he was also so tormented by poverty that one of his artistic breakthroughs occurred when, without proper colors, he brushed in "a garden, green by nature, but painted without actual green, nothing but Prussian blue and chrome yellow." Whether van Gogh's suicide was the inevitable culmination of depression, or due to epilepsy or to professional frustration (he is remembered, beyond his pictures, for razoring off part of his ear), his letters reveal that the end was long contemplated. In 1878, he had written to Theo, "It must be good to die in the knowledge that one has done some truthful work." By the time he put a hole in his chest, he knew he had done that. The letters, edited by de Leeuw, the director of the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, echo the artist's passionate voice, and the connective narrative excerpts other letters that readers may regret not having in full. Integral to the letters are 49 pen-and-ink sketches that evidence van Gogh's development into a creative force. Although each letter possesses an inherent pathos because one knows what lies ahead, van Gogh's epistolary appeal goes beyond melodrama. Often inspired by books despite being a limner of peasant life and the land, he once wrote, "How beautiful Shakespeare is, who else is as mysterious as he is; his language and method are like a brush trembling with excitement and ecstasy." Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | Penguin Classics Series | 560 | 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.4 inches | |||||||
| PG3333.M4 | Gogol, Nikolai | Dead Souls (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-044113-1 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | September 30, 1961 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( G ) : Gogol, Nikolai | N | $0.01 | Amazon.com A socially adept newcomer fluidly inserts himself into an unnamed Russian town, conquering first the drinkers, then the dignitaries. All find him amiable, estimable, agreeable. But what exactly is Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov up to?--something that will soon throw the town "into utter perplexity." After more than a week of entertainment and "passing the time, as they say, very pleasantly," he gets down to business--heading off to call on some landowners. More pleasantries ensue before Chichikov reveals his bizarre plan. He'd like to buy the souls of peasants who have died since the last census. The first landowner looks carefully to see if he's mad, but spots no outward signs. In fact, the scheme is innovative but by no means bonkers. Even though Chichikov will be taxed on the supposed serfs, he will be able to count them as his property and gain the reputation of a gentleman owner. His first victim is happy to give up his souls for free--less tax burden for him. The second, however, knows Chichikov must be up to something, and the third has his servants rough him up. Nonetheless, he prospers. Dead Souls is a feverish anatomy of Russian society (the book was first published in 1842) and human wiles. Its author tosses off thousands of sublime epigrams--including, "However stupid a fool's words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man," and is equally adept at yearning satire: "Where is he," Gogol interrupts the action, "who, in the native tongue of our Russian soul, could speak to us this all-powerful word: forward? who, knowing all the forces and qualities, and all the depths of our nature, could, by one magic gesture, point the Russian man towards a lofty life?" Flannery O'Connor, another writer of dark genius, declared Gogol "necessary along with the light." Though he was hardly the first to envision property as theft, his blend of comic, fantastic moralism is sui generis.--Kerry Fried--This text refers to the Paperback edition. The New York Times Book Review, Ken Kalfus Lively and funny ... Nabokov gleefully consigned all existing translations of Dead Souls to the fire, save for Guerney's.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1961 | 1970-01-14 | 384 | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches | |||||||
| PG3333.M4 M47 | Gogol, Nikolai | Dead Souls: A Novel (Vintage Classics) | 0-679-77644-3 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | March 25, 1997 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( G ) : Gogol, Nikolai | N | $9.72 | Amazon.com A socially adept newcomer fluidly inserts himself into an unnamed Russian town, conquering first the drinkers, then the dignitaries. All find him amiable, estimable, agreeable. But what exactly is Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov up to?--something that will soon throw the town "into utter perplexity." After more than a week of entertainment and "passing the time, as they say, very pleasantly," he gets down to business--heading off to call on some landowners. More pleasantries ensue before Chichikov reveals his bizarre plan. He'd like to buy the souls of peasants who have died since the last census. The first landowner looks carefully to see if he's mad, but spots no outward signs. In fact, the scheme is innovative but by no means bonkers. Even though Chichikov will be taxed on the supposed serfs, he will be able to count them as his property and gain the reputation of a gentleman owner. His first victim is happy to give up his souls for free--less tax burden for him. The second, however, knows Chichikov must be up to something, and the third has his servants rough him up. Nonetheless, he prospers. Dead Souls is a feverish anatomy of Russian society (the book was first published in 1842) and human wiles. Its author tosses off thousands of sublime epigrams--including, "However stupid a fool's words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man," and is equally adept at yearning satire: "Where is he," Gogol interrupts the action, "who, in the native tongue of our Russian soul, could speak to us this all-powerful word: forward? who, knowing all the forces and qualities, and all the depths of our nature, could, by one magic gesture, point the Russian man towards a lofty life?" Flannery O'Connor, another writer of dark genius, declared Gogol "necessary along with the light." Though he was hardly the first to envision property as theft, his blend of comic, fantastic moralism is sui generis.--Kerry Fried The New York Times Book Review, Ken Kalfus Lively and funny ... Nabokov gleefully consigned all existing translations of Dead Souls to the fire, save for Guerney's. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1970-04-15 | 432 | 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| PG3333.A6 1998 | Gogol, Nikolai | The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol (Vintage Classics) | 0-375-70615-1 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | June 29, 1999 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( G ) : Gogol, Nikolai | N | $10.20 | The New Yorker, James Wood ...a superb ... translation...--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. The Los Angeles Times Sunday Book Review, Leonard Michaels This is the Gogolian surreal. Unlike most of what we call surrealism, it doesn't feel gratuitous, meretricious or trivial. It has the mysterious cogency of a dream, and the quality of realness that we hesitate to say is merely a dream. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | Vintage Books Series | 464 | 8.0 x 5.1 x 1.0 inches | |||||||
| PN1993.5.I8 | Gokulsing, K. Moti | Indian Popular Cinema: A Narrative of Cultural Change | 1-85856-096-9 | Paperback | N | N | Trentham Books | March, 1998 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Entertainment : Movies : General | Stoke-on-Trent | N | $6.94 | Book Description The book reviews nine decades of Indian popular cinema and examines its immense influence on people in India and its diaspora. Since it was published in 1998, Indian film has developed in new directions. As films today vie with Indian soap operas for popularity, film making in India has acquired 'industry status' and consequently has greater accountability to its public. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 151 | 9.7 x 6.7 x 0.5 inches | |||||||
| BL485.H34 | Goldblum, Naomi | Idolatry | 0-674-44313-6 | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | August 19, 1998 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : General | Cambridge, Mass. | N | $26.50 | Review The outstanding contribution of this book is that it both defines and helps to solve the difficulties surrounding the notion of idolatry on the one hand, while using this discussion to shed light on the multiple developments of the notion throughout our history on the other. Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Hebrew--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-09-25 | Amazon | 291.2/18 | 2005-09-25 | 312 | 9.4 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | ||||||
| BS511.2.G66 1996 | Gomes, Peter J. | The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart | 0-06-008830-3 | Paperback | N | N | HarperSanFrancisco | May 2002 | 3 | General : Bible - Study - General | N | Publisher Comments: Why are so many intelligent and compassionate people embarrassed to say they find wisdom and comfort in the Bible? Why do so many seekers turn to New Age religionsinstead of the Bible? And how as a society did we come to cede biblical interpretation to those who would use the Bible as a tool for division and exclusion? In this groundbreaking book, Peter Gomes shows how to read the Bibleand what it says about the topics that concern us all, including joy suffering, evil, and goodness. He also explains what the Bible really says about women, gays and lesbians, and people of color. With compassion, humor, and insight, he gives readers the tools and understanding they need to make the ancient wisdom of the Bible a dynamic part of their modern lives. Synopsis: A new edition of the "New York "Times" bestseller from the man "Time" magazine hailed as one of America's best preachers. | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 1970-01-14 | 400 | 9.16x6.04x.72 in. .96 lbs. | ||||||||||
| PG3357.G602 1954 | Goncharov, Ivan | Oblomov (Classics S.) | 0-14-044040-2 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | November 30, 1978 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Classics | N | $1.04 | Book Description The sly, subversive side of the nineteenth-century Russian literary character -- the one which represents such a contrast to the titanic exertions of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky -- was most fully realized in Ivan Goncharov's 1859 masterpiece, OBLOMOV. This magnificent farce about a gentleman who spends the better part of his life in bed is a reminder of the extent to which humor, in the hands of a comic genius, can be used to explore the absurdities and injustices of a social order. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Language Notes Text: Russian, English --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1970-04-15 | Penguin Classics Series | 496 | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches | |||||||
| Goncharova, N. G | "Faty libelei" Anny Akhmatovoi | 5897400296 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Letnii sad | 2000 | 1 | Foreign Language Books : Russian : All Russian Books | Moskva ; Sankt-Peterburg | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | 677 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 --, Criticism, Textual, Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- First, editions | 23 cm. | |||||||||
| DS111 | Goodenough, Erwin R. | Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period | 0-691-01922-3 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | June 25, 1992 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Ancient : General | N | $22.00 | Book Description This volume presents the most important portions of Erwin Goodenough's classic thirteen-volume work, a magisterial attempt to encompass human spiritual history in general through the study of Jewish symbols in particular. Revealing that the Jewish religion of the period was much more varied and complex than the extant Talmudic literature would lead us to believe, Goodenough offered evidence for the existence of a Hellenistic-Jewish mystic mythology far closer to the Qabbalah than to rabbinical Judaism. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | Mythos Series | 375 | 1.0 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | |||||||
| HX833 .F67 1989 | Goodway, David (Editor) | For Anarchism: History, Theory and Practice | 0-415-02955-4 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | December 1, 1989 | 1 | 1.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Politics : General | N | $39.83 | 2005-05-02 | Amazon | 2005-05-02 | 288 | 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.8 inches | |||||||||
| DS423 | Gordon, Leonard A. | A Syllabus of Indian Civilization (Companions to Asian Studies) | 0-231-03560-8 | Paperback | N | N | Columbia University Press | June, 1971 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : General | New York | N | $23.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Syllabus of Indian Civilization | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 915.4/03/0202 | 2005-11-20 | Companions to Asian Studies Series | 182 | India -- Civilization -- Outlines, syllabi, etc | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| PG3026.W6 G67 | Goscilo, Helena | Dehexing Sex : Russian Womanhood During and After Glasnost | 0-472-06614-5 | Paperback | N | N | University of Michigan Press | June 1, 1996 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | History : Russia | Ann Arbor | N | $18.95 | Book Description A look at women's changing roles and images in the emerging new Russian society. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 891.709/352042 20 | 1996 | 2005-10-15 | 192 | Russian literature -- 20th century -- History and, criticism, Women in literature, Russian literature -- Women authors -- History, and criticism, Women and literature -- Russia (Federation), Women and literature -- Soviet Union, Popular culture -- Soviet U | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| 2001019224 | Gosling, David L. | Religion and Ecology in India and South East Asia | 0-415-24031-X | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | March 1, 2001 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism | London ; New York | N | $33.95 | Book Description Religion and Ecology in India and Southeast Asia examines how Hindu and Buddhist traditions could play a crucial role in solving ecological problems in those regions. Considering these traditions from both a historical and contemporary perspective, Gosling bases his arguments on extensive fieldwork and frames it by the socio-political context of religious change in India and Southeast Asia. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 294.5/178362 21 | 1970-01-14 | 224 | Ecology -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism, Ecology -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism, Ecology -- India | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches | |||||
| BL1283.845.R48 | Goudriaan, Teun (Editor) | Ritual and Speculation in Early Tantrism: Studies in Honour of Andre Padoux (Suny Series in Tantric Studies) | 0-7914-0897-3 | Hardcover | N | N | State University of New York Press | June, 1992 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | Albany | N | $12.65 | ABOUT THE BOOK Ritual and Speculation in Early Tantrism: Studies in Honor of Andre Padoux FROM THE CRITICS Booknews A dozen essays explore the constant interaction between philosophy and ceremony that characterizes Hindu traditions. The studies focus on the early Tantric literature from a spectrum of approaches, following the work of the French Indiologist Padoux (born 1920). Among the topics are becoming a Siva, stages of awakening, and the vocalic beginnings of meditation. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 294.5/514 20 | 1992 | 2005-10-08 | Suny Series in Tantric Studies | 359 | Tantrism -- Doctrines, Tantrism -- Rituals | 1.0 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | |||
| HB72.G682130 | Goux, Jean-Joseph | Symbolic Economies: After Marx and Freud (Cornell paperbacks) | 0-8014-2042-3 | Hardcover | N | N | Cornell Univ Pr | March 1990 | 1 | Business & Investing : Economics : General | Ithaca, N.Y. | N | $29.50 | ABOUT THE BOOK Symbolic Economies: After Marx and Freud | 1970-04-30 | Amazon | 330.1 20 | 1970-04-30 | Cornell Paperbacks | 257 | Economics -- Philosophy, Semiotics | 24 cm. | |||||
| PS3557.R214 E74 | Graham, Jorie | Errancy | 0-88001-529-2 | Paperback | N | N | Ecco | June 1, 1998 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | N | $14.95 | Amazon.com The epigram that precedes this newest collection of poetry from Jorie Graham points the reader on her way--maybe: "Since in a net I seek to hold the wind." What desires does this connote? This collection by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Graham is indeed a treatise on desire. The distinct persona of each poem embodies some fevered aspect--sexual, political, spiritual--of desire, harking back to the title, Errancy, to suggest that the state of erring might well be our only path toward truth. The voice is frantic. Poems start mid-sentence; thought interrupts itself, interjecting breathless re-routings and disclaimers. Graham's is a tattered voice, one seeking wholeness in the latter, terrifying part of our complicated century. Included are six guardian angel poems, more like rants against the constantly craving, delusional human mind. Graham's allusion-studded poetry is not to be hurried over but savored, studied like sacred text.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Library Journal This collection, Graham's seventh (including 1995's retrospective Dream of the Unified Field, LJ 10/15/95), continues this prominent poet's exploration of the very limits of language and meaning. Her style is as bewitching as ever, but these are perhaps her most difficult poems to date; no longer satisfied with nature or myth or love as her subject, she reinterprets them as the veils of an ever-elusive super-reality: "we are far into the cave of seem," as she says in "Flood." The titles of these poems, with their many occurrences of angels and aubades, almost lead us to expect verses in the manner of Robert Bly, but they are instances of Graham's sleight-of-hand; these poems are a unified journey into the most terrifying conundrums of ontology. Despite the relative accessibility of some poems?e.g., "Willow in Spring Wind," "In the Pasture," "Recovered from the Storm"?Graham's work is apt to be quite challenging for all but the most dedicated readers of poetry; still, Graham is one of the most important living poets, and her control of her craft is undisputed. Recommended.?Graham Christian, Andover-Harvard Theological Lib., Cambridge, Mass. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 128 | 9.0 x 6.2 x 0.4 inches | ||||||||
| PS3557.R214 | Graham, Jorie | Overlord : Poems | 0-06-075811-2 | Paperback | N | N | Ecco | March 1, 2006 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | N | $10.74 | Book Description What does it mean to be fully present in a human life? How -- in the face of the carnage of war, the no longer merely threatened destruction of the natural world, the faceless threat of spiritual oversimplification and reactive fear -- does one retain one's capacity to be both present and responsive? And to what extent does our capacity to be present, to be fully ourselves, depend on our relationship to an other and our understanding of and engagement with otherness itself? With what forces does the sheer act of apprehending make us complicit? What powers lord over us and what do we, as a species, and as souls, lord over? These are among the questions Jorie Graham, in her most personal and urgent collection to date, undertakes to explore, often from a vantage point geographically, as well as historically, other. Many of the poems take place along the coastline known as Omaha Beach in Normandy, and move between visions of that beach during the Allied invasion of Europe (whose code name was Operation Overlord) and that landscape of beaches, fields, and hedgerows as it is known to the speaker today. In every sense the work meditates on our new world, ghosted by, and threatened by, competing descriptions of the past, the future, and what it means to be, as individuals, and as a people, "free." | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 1970-01-28 | 112 | 9.2 x 7.2 x 0.3 inches | ||||||||
| BT303 .D15 | Graham, William Albert | Beyond the Written Word : Oral Aspects of Scripture in the History of Religion | 0-521-44820-4 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | March 11, 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : General | N | $26.99 | Review "The implications of this book are extensive...Graham has convincingly shown that useful and meaningful study of 'scripture,' of sacred texts, past, present or future, has to reckon with both the spoken and written word." America "Graham's recovery of the oral/aural tradition in Beyond the Written Word is a model of scholarly precision and richly suggestive for other, related investigations. His documentation is extensive, his writing pleasantly free of jargon, and his bibliography impressive. Graham makes a compelling case for reassessing Christianity's dependence on the written text." The Christian Century "This thoughtful, innovative, and very-well-researched work, initially published in 1987 and now reissued as a paperback, has the potential to deliver the scholarly equivalent of a knockout punch. The author's aim is sure. His timing and technique is flawless. But the target comprises a set of attitudes so subtle and yet so conspicuous that it is all but impossible to find where to land the blow. As a result, the full impact of the argument has at once a stunning and stimulating effect." International Journal of Middle East Studies | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 320 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| PE1591.G676 1993 | Grambs, David | The Describer's Dictionary: A Treasury of Terms and Literary Quotations | 0-393-31265-8 | Paperback | N | N | W. W. Norton & Company | August 1995 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : English (All) | N | $10.37 | ABOUT THE BOOK Describer's Dictionary FROM THE PUBLISHER Ever found yourself grasping in vain for that ideal descriptive word lost somewhere within the misty recesses of your vocabulary? Or felt frustrated that an oddly shaped structure or pretty setting you wished to portray in writing didn't quite translate clearly to paper? If you've ever stalled trying to depict the look of an object or animal or the looks of a particular person, The Describer's Dictionary is exactly the book you need. Open it, and you have not only just the right words but - bringing them to life - stellar literary examples of descriptive writing as well. The Dictionary concerns itself with the observable, from discrete shapes and patterns to buildings, terrain, furry and unfurry creatures, and human beings. "Referably" organized, the book uses a handy reverse, definition-to-term format that makes it easy for you to zero in on the term or terms you're seeking. For example, for a word that denotes an object's proper or harmonious dimensions, flip to the "Shapes" category and there you'll find "proportional," "proportionate," "commensurate," and "eurythmic." In some instances, where meanings are self-evident, simple listings of apt words are provided. As an inspiration to any writer - showing how it's done by the best - hundreds of colorful and evocative descriptive passages appear on facing pages, making this a singularly and richly different kind of reference book. The quotations are first-rate examples of how the book's terminology can be used. The excerpts are drawn from the best American and British novelists, naturalists, and other nonfiction writers, from Dickens to Updike, from Darwin to McPhee. The Describer's Dictionary - uniquely focused on the physical and free of the categorical and multiple-meaning confusions of a thesaurus - is a must for anyone wanting to have at hand just the right words to describe exactly what is being observed or depicted. Within these covers you will find the answers to such questions as: What is the adjective FROM THE CRITICS Library Journal Having previously assisted wordsmiths with his Random House Dictionary for Writers and Readers ( LJ 11/1/90), Grambs now focuses his attention on precision of description. His new work boasts more than 5000 entries not found in most thesauruses or dictionaries, the majority of them visually descriptive of the physical world and highly adjectival in form. Using reverse dictionary format, Grambs provides access by definitional phrases within the broad categories of ``things,'' ``earth and sky,'' ``animals,'' and ``people.'' Subdivisions (e.g., ``heads,'' ``eyes,'' ``jaws,'' etc.) simplify the reader's search for the perfect word, but one can still spend ample time thumbing through such delights as the approximately 100 entries under ``patterns and edges.'' Some suggested adjectives are questionable, such as vaccine for cow-like. Most verso pages contain examples of descriptive passages by well-known writers that are almost more helpful than the definitions themselves. Recommended for general collections.-- Cathy Sabol, Northern Virginia Community Coll., Manassas | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | 412 | 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| PN1077 .G7 | Graves, Robert | The White Goddess | N | N | 1 | N | 1970-05-12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| CB430.S78 | Gray, Ann (Editor) | Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader | 0-340-67688-4 | Paperback | N | N | Arnold Publishers | November, 1997 | 1 | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | London ; New York | N | $26.95 | Book Description This lively and stimulating resource book for students of cultural studies traces the formation of the field in Britain and its subsequent development internationally. Classic statements of culturalist, semiological, and postmodernist perspectives are contrasted with less familiar material illustrating the impact of feminism and the politics of sexuality, ethnicity, and race. This second, greatly expanded edition includes a new section exploring recent important work in international cultural studies, and provides key readings on the social construction of the self and the role of public policy in the cultural field. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 306 21 | 2005-10-08 | Hodder Arnold Publication | 367 | Popular culture, Culture, Great Britain -- Civilization -- 1945- | 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches | |||||
| 86050219 | Gray, Camilla | The Russian Experiment in Art, 1863-1922 (World of Art) | 0-500-20207-9 | Paperback | N | N | Thames & Hudson | October, 1986 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : Criticism | New York, NY | N | $11.53 | ABOUT THE BOOK Russian Experiment in Art, 1863-1922 (World of Art) FROM THE PUBLISHER When the original edition of this book was published, John Russell hailed it as "a massive contribution to our knowledge of one of the most fascinating and mysterious episodes in the history of modern art." Revised and expanded by Marian Burleigh-Motley, the book remains the most compact, accurate, reasonably priced survey of sixty years of creative dynamic activity that influenced the progress of Western art and architecture. 256 illus., 21 in color. "As for the study of modern Russian art, a new era was opened up...by the publication of Camilla Gray's pioneering work." --The Times Literary Supplement "The only comprehensive survey of the field." --Soviet Studies FROM THE CRITICS Guardian "A major--in fact pioneering--contribution to the study not just of Russian art, but of the 'modern movement' as a whole." --The Guardian Arts Review "A book of the utmost importance to the student of art history." --Arts Review | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 709/.47 19 | 1962 | 1970-01-14 | World of Art Series | 324 | Art, Russian -- 19th century, Art, Russian -- 20th century | 8.3 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches | |||
| PG2460.G74 | Gray, Loretta S. | Guide to Russian Idioms | 0-8442-4246-2 | Paperback | N | N | McGraw-Hill Companies | May 11, 1996 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : English (All) | Lincolnwood, Ill. | N | $4.00 | Book Description This quick and easy reference guide covers hundreds of the most commonly used Russian idioms. Grouped categorically and arranged alphabetically, the idioms help students better relate to the language within the context of Russian thought and personal values. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 491.73/21 20 | 1997 | 1970-04-16 | 192 | Russian language -- Idioms -- Dictionaries --, English | 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| BQ9265.C4513 SS | GREEN, JAMES | The Recorded Sayings of Zen Master Joshu | 1-57062-414-3 | Hardcover | N | N | Shambhala | November 24, 1998 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $4.98 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Chinese | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 180 | 0.8 x 6.5 x 10.0 inches | ||||||||
| PR429.S45 G7 | Greenblatt, Stephen | Renaissance Self-Fashioning : From More to Shakespeare | 0-226-30654-2 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | December 15, 1983 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $20.00 | Book Description "A book which no one concerned with Western culture in or since the Renaissance should miss."--Richard Strier, Boundary 2 | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 332 | 9.0 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| NX650.A44 | Greenblatt, Stephen J. | Allegory and Representation (Selected Papers from the English Institute) | 0-8018-3345-0 | Paperback | N | N | The Johns Hopkins University Press | March 1, 1986 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Arts | N | $6.99 | ABOUT THE BOOK Allegory and Representation: Selected Papers from the English Institute, 1979-80 ANNOTATION 8 leading critics confront the erosion of the ground rules for representation and the brilliance and resourcefulness with which artists have attempted to reveal truth and reality. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | Selected Papers from the English Institute | 208 | ||||||||
| DS485.H6 G72 | Greenwald, Jeff | Shopping for Buddhas (Lonely Planet Journeys) | 0-86442-471-X | Paperback | N | N | Lonely Planet Publications | October 1996 | 2 | Description and travel : Essays & Travelogues | N | Publisher Comments: Jeff Greenwald's obsessive search for the perfect Buddha statue in the back streets of Kathmandu becomes an ironic metaphor for the clash between spiritual riches and material greed. Synopsis: This is the story of an obsessive search for the perfect Buddha statue during a visit to Nepal. In the backstreets of Kathmandu, the author discovers more than he bargained for, and his souvenir-hunting turns into an ironic metaphor for the clash between spiritual riches and material greed. | 1970-01-11 | Powells Books | 1970-01-11 | 208 | 7.74x5.06x.48 in. .49 lbs. | ||||||||||
| PG3361.T5 Z66 | Gregg, Richard A. | Fedor Tiutchev; the evolution of a poet [by] Richard A. Gregg | N | N | Columbia University Press | 1965 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Tëiìutchev, F. I. (Fedor Ivanovich), 1803-1873 | New York | N | Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [209]-235) Bibliography: p. [237]-240. Bibliography: p. [237]-240. | 1970-04-15 | Library of Congress [1] | 891.713 | 1970-04-15 | Columbia Slavic studies | 257 | Tëiìutchev, F. I. (Fedor Ivanovich), 1803-1873 | viii, 257 p. 24 cm. | |||||||
| P99.G68713 | Greimas, Algirdas Julien | The Semiotics of Passions: From States of Affairs to States of Feelings | 0-8166-2105-5 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | December, 1992 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Minneapolis | N | $13.60 | ABOUT THE BOOK Semiotics of Passion: From States of Affair to States of Feeling FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Originally published in French in 1991 by Les Editions du Seuil, Paris. Raises and explores such questions as: What are the necessary conditions for the existence of passion? Can passion be submitted to a logic of language? Does passion allow systemic semiotic transformations? Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 302.2 20 | 1993 | 2005-10-15 | 239 | Semiotics, Emotions, Discourse analysis | 0.5 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | ||||
| PG829 | Gribble, Charles E. | Reading Bulgarian Through Russian | 0-89357-106-7 | Paperback | N | N | Slavica Pub | November, 1987 | 2 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : Foreign Languages : Instruction : Slavic Languages | Columbus, Ohio | N | $43.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Reading Bulgarian through Russian | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 491.8/182421 19 | 1970-01-28 | 181 | Bulgarian language -- Grammar, Comparative --, Russian, Russian language -- Grammar, Comparative --, Bulgarian, Bulgarian language -- Grammar | 0.5 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | |||||
| N6983.G38 1992 | Grierson, Roderick (Editor) | Gates of Mystery: The Art of Holy Russia | 0-9635374-0-7 | Paperback | N | N | Intercultura | October 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : General | Fort Worth, Tex. | N | $5.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Gates of Mystery: The Art of Holy Russia | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 704.9/482/094707473 20 | 1970-04-15 | 336 | Art, Medieval -- Russia -- Exhibitions, Icons, Russian, Liturgical objects -- Russia | 1.0 x 8.5 x 10.8 inches | |||||
| PN1992.77.S58 | Groening, Matt | The Simpsons Forever! A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family...Continued | 0-06-098763-4 | Paperback | N | N | Harper Paperbacks | December 1, 1999 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Comics & Graphic Novels : Comic Strips : General | New York, NY | N | $10.36 | Amazon.com Viewers who acknowledge The Simpsons as one of the best shows ever to hit television are doubtless already proud owners of The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family. But since the show is still in production, that guide is no longer complete. And can you really live a second longer without a full list of last season's blackboard inscriptions? Simpsons creator Matt Groening and editor Scott M. Gimple come to the rescue with The Simpsons Forever! A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family--Continued. It's an exhaustive list of all the episodes of the ninth and tenth seasons, including screen shots, dialogue highlights (Moe, packing for Hawaii: "Ukulele, pineapples, beach pistol, scandalously revealing thong"), and "Stuff You May Have Missed," such as the fact that the motto of In 'n' Out Ear Piercing is "If It Dangles, We'll Punch a Hole in It." There are also brief bios of guest characters (Señor Ding Dong hates Chevy vans), song lyrics (Marge and Homer's version of "Those Were the Days"), and a fond-without-being-icky tribute to Troy McClure. The truly obsessed will welcome the lists: every couch gag of the past two seasons, which actors do which voices, and every single time Homer has said "D'Oh!" for the past two years. The Simpsons Forever does a terrific job of catching the humor and spirit of a truly great show. --Ali Davis Book Description Picking up where The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to our Favorite Family left off, The Simpsons Forever! brings all the history, tidbits, and cold hard facts on every episode from the past two years, and much, much more. Fans will find the highlights of all the shows from seasons nine and ten, plus eyeball-busting two-page spreads for special episodes (like the annual Halloween show). Heavily packed into these pages are updated favourites like Best Homerisms, Famous Chalkboard Sayings, All-New Simpsons Singalong Lyrics, Couch Gags, and classic screen images. And, yes - it's all cross-referenced! The ultimate celebration of America's Favorite - and longest running - cartoon family, The Simpsons Forever! is a must! | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 791.45/72 21 | 1999 | 2005-10-15 | 96 | Simpsons (Television program) | 9.1 x 8.0 x 0.3 inches | ||||
| GN357.C844 | Grossberg, Lawrence | Cultural Studies | 0-415-90345-9 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | December, 1991 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | New York | N | $44.00 | VLS "...the publication of Cultural Studies is an event no serious (or curious) reader can afford to ignore. Make no mistake: in American intellectual life, the ``undisciplines'' of cultural studies will very likely be the single most controversial and contested terrain of the 1990s, and Cultural Studies the most capacious text in the fray." Book Description Featuring new essays by such prominent cultural theorists as Tony Bennett, Homi Bhaba, Donna Haraway, bell hooks, Constance Penley, Janice Radway, Andrew Ross, and Cornel West, Cultural Studies offers numerous specific cultural analyses while simultaneously defining and debating the common body of assumptions, questions, and concerns that have helped create the field. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 306 20 | 1991 | 2005-10-08 | 788 | Culture -- Methodology, Culture -- Study and teaching, Popular culture | 10.0 x 7.0 x 1.6 inches | ||||
| HX828 | Guerin, Daniel | Anarchism: From Theory to Practice | 0-85345-175-3 | Paperback | N | N | Monthly Review Press | June, 1970 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $14.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Anarchism: From Theory to Practice | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 160 | 8.0 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| DS463.S426 | Guha, Ranajit | Selected Subaltern Studies | 0-19-505289-7 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | May 1, 1988 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Asia : India | N | $22.00 | Book Description This provocative volume presents the most wide-ranging essays from the first five volumes of Subaltern Studies, along with an introductory essay by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak--the translator of Derrida's Of Grammatology into English--and a foreword by eminent critic Edward W. Said. Addressed to students and scholars throughout the humanities, these essays address what Antonio Gramsci--the founder of the Italian communist party--called the subaltern classes, reexamining well-known historical and political events, such as Gandhi's role in India, from a Marxist perspective. Together, the essays examine aspects of the analysis of domination, with special reference to the critique of imperialism, in an attempt to rectify the elitist bias characteristic of much academic work on India. A ground-breaking work of considerable pedagogical relevance for courses dealing with colonialism and imperialism in literature, sociology, anthropology, politics, and history, Subaltern Studies also features a comprehensive glossary of Indian terms for readers not familiar with Indian history. | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 448 | 8.0 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| PN212.L44 | Guin, Ursula K. Le | Steering the Craft : Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew | 0-933377-46-0 | Paperback | N | N | The Eighth Mountain Press | April 15, 1998 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : General | Portland, Or. | N | $10.17 | Amazon.com Ursula K. Le Guin's extraordinary writing primer is full of charm, wit, and opinion. Le Guin likens writing to "steering a craft," and as one reads through this volume, one has the sense of floating down a river, with the waves of Le Guin's words lapping at one's craft. Le Guin veers sharply from the mainstream of contemporary writing manuals by challenging their very definition of story. While it is common to "conflate story with conflict," Le Guin writes, she finds that limiting. "Story is change," she says. While that change may be the result of conflict, it is just as likely to evolve from "relating, finding, losing, bearing, discovering, [or] parting." Le Guin demonstrates this complexity with well-hewn excerpts from the works of such writers as Jane Austen, Mark Twain, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charlotte Brontë, and especially Virginia Woolf. The many aspects of fine fiction writing Le Guin addresses here include the role of the narrative sentence (its "chief duty [is] to lead to the next sentence--to keep the story going"); avoiding exposition doldrums ("break up the information, grind it fine, and make it into bricks to build the story with"); and the concept of "crowding and leaping." While prose should be "crowded with sensations, meanings, and implications," don't forget that "what you leave out is infinitely more than what you leave in." Accompanying Le Guin's text is a handful of clever writing exercises, each as enticing as its name. Among them are "I am García Márquez," which requires writing with no punctuation; "Chastity," which challenges one to write without adjectives or adverbs; and "A Terrible Thing to Do," which proposes taking an earlier exercise and cutting it--by half. --Jane Steinberg From Library Journal Le Guin (The Left Hand of Darkness, Walker, 1994), the author of more than 30 novels, short stories, poetry, children's books, and essays, demonstrates here why she is a master of her craft. The title refers to a workshop she gave at the Flight of the Mind in 1966; collected here are the discussion topics and exercises for self-guided study. Although she focuses on the technical aspects of writing, Le Guin's skill pushes this beyond a handbook or style manual. Through "opinion pieces" about specific concerns, through her eclectic selections of writing to illustrate various techniques and the progression of exercises crafted to give experience to the novice and to flex the muscles of more seasoned writers, Le Guin's style is warm and encouraging, yet her standards of what turns writing into art are clearly defined and never compromised. A separate section covers collaborative workshops and "peer review" groups, offering sound suggestions for making the time spent both productive and challenging. Highly recommended.?Denise S. Sticha, Seton Hill Coll. Lib., Greensburg, PA Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 808/.02 21 | 1998 | 1970-01-07 | 180 | Authorship -- Problems, exercises, etc, Creative writing -- Problems, exercises, etc, Narration (Rhetoric) -- Problems, exercises,, etc | 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches | ||||
| LB2331.A646 | Gullett, Margaret M. (Editor) | Art and Craft of Teaching | 0-674-04680-3 | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | March, 1984 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Education : College & University : General | Cambridge, Mass. | N | $15.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Art and Craft of Teaching | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 378/.125 19 | 2005-11-20 | Harvard-Danforth Center for Teaching And | 130 | College teaching | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.4 inches | ||||
| S279.G86 | Gupta, Akhil | Postcolonial Developments: Agriculture in the Making of Modern India | 0-8223-2213-7 | Paperback | N | N | Duke University Press | June, 1998 | 1 | 1.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Economics : Economic Conditions | Durham | N | $24.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Postcolonial Developments: Agriculture in the Making of Modern India FROM THE PUBLISHER This definitive study brings together recent critiques of development and work in postcolonial studies to explore what the postcolonial condition has meant to rural people in the Third World. Focusing on local-level agricultural practices in India since the "green revolution" of the 1960s, Akhil Gupta challenges the dichotomy of "developed" and "underdeveloped," as well as the notion of a monolithic postcolonial condition. In so doing, he advances discussions of modernity in the Third World and offers a new model for future ethnographic scholarship. Based on fieldwork done in the village of Alipur in rural north India from the early 1980s through the 1990s, Postcolonial Developments examines development itself as a post-World War II sociopolitical ideological formation, critiques related policies, and explores the various uses of the concept of the "indigenous" in several discursive contexts. Gupta begins with an analysis of the connections and conflicts between the world food economy, transnational capital, and technological innovations in wheat production. He then examines narratives of village politics in Alipur to show how certain discourses influenced governmental policies on the green revolution. Drawing links between village life, national trends, and global forces, Gupta concludes with a discussion of the implications of environmentalism as exemplified by the Rio Earth Summit and an examination of how global environmental treaties may detrimentally affect the lives of subaltern peoples. With a series of subtle observations on rural politics, nationalism, gender, modernization, and difference, this innovative study capitalizes on many different disciplines: anthropology, sociology, comparative politics, cultural geography, ecology, political science, agricultural economics, and history. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 307.1/412/09542 21 | 2005-10-15 | 409 | Agriculture -- India -- Al¯ipura, Agriculture and state -- India -- Al¯ipura, Rural development -- India -- Al¯ipura, Al¯ipura (India) -- Rural conditions, Ethnoscience -- India -- Al¯ipura, Environmental policy -- India -- Al¯ipura | 9.2 x 6.0 x 1.2 inches | |||||
| HN39.L3 G8413 | Gutierrez, Gustavo | Power of the Poor in History: Selected Writings | 0-88344-388-0 | Paperback | N | N | Orbis Books | May, 1983 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity | Maryknoll, NY | N | $2.84 | Language Notes Text: English, Spanish (translation) | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 261.8/3/098 19 | 1983 | 2005-10-08 | 240 | Church and social problems -- Latin America, Poor -- Latin America, Liberation theology | 0.8 x 6.0 x 9.2 inches | ||||
| fNA6010.8.N42 | Gutschow, Niels | The Nepalese Caitya: 1500 Years of Buddhist Votive Architecture in the Kathmandu Valley (Monograph Series (Lumbini International Research Institute), 1) | 3-930698-75-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Edition Axel Menges | October 25, 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : Nepal | Stuttgart | N | $117.26 | Book Description Includes not only architectural information, but also the cultural significance of these Buddhist monuments. | 1970-04-30 | Amazon | 726/.143/095496 21 | 1997 | 1970-04-30 | Monograph series / Lumbini International Research Institute ; 1 | 328 | Architecture, Newari -- Nepal -- Kathmandu, Valley, Buddhist art and symbolism -- Nepal -- Kathmandu, Valley | 13.1 x 10.5 x 1.3 inches | |||
| PN6071.W4157 | Haas, Robert | Into the Garden: A Wedding Anthology : Poetry and Prose on Love and Marriage | 0-06-016919-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Harpercollins | January, 1993 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Relationships | New York, NY | N | $2.00 | Book Description For brides and grooms who want to give their weddings new depth and meaning, two acclaimed poet-translators have gathered a stunning collection of poems and prose that will add a unique and personal dimension to the ceremony.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 808.8/0354 20 | 1993 | 1970-01-14 | 193 | Weddings -- Literary collections, Love -- Literary collections, Marriage -- Literary collections | 1.0 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | ||||
| PT921.R4 1993 | Haase, Donald (Editor) | The Reception of Grimms' Fairy Tales: Responses, Reactions, Revisions | 0-8143-2208-5 | Paperback | N | N | Wayne State University Press | February, 1996 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Genre Fiction : Fairy Tales | N | $18.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK The Reception of Grimms' Fairy Tales: Responses, Reactions, Revisions FROM THE PUBLISHER As a book, Grimms' Fairy Tales has been with us less than two hundred years, yet it is recognized as one of the most widely known tomes in the world. Explanations for the book's popularity and longevity have typically been one-dimensional generalizations about a universal quality residing within the tales themselves. The tales endure, we are told, because they are timeless, true, or good. The Reception of Grimms' Fairy Tales rejects the notion that Grimms' tales have enjoyed continued success because of their "ageless magic." Instead this volume explores the historical, cultural, and personal factors that have caused the tales to elicit, from their original publication to the present, extremely diverse responses, reactions, and revisions. The history of the tales' reception goes far beyond the simple success story of a good book that has been widely accepted because of its moral and aesthetic appeal. Those who encounter the stories - scholars, translators, editors, readers, writers, storytellers, or artists - have interpreted the stories from their own perspectives and for their own purposes. The reception, then, reflects a dynamic process involving the acceptance, rejection, transformation, and revision of a protean book of stories. This illustrated volume brings together premier scholars of the fairy tale, including Ruth B. Bottigheimer, Maria Tatar, and Jack Zipes, with acclaimed creative writers such as Margaret Atwood, Angela Carter, Jane Yolen, and award-winning artist Trina Schart Hyman. Ranging from scholarly essay to personal memoir and fictional recreation, their work embodies the diverse responses that readers have had to Grimms' fairy tales. The essays address the reception of the Grimms' texts by their readers; the dynamics between Grimms' collection and its earliest audiences; and aspects of the literary, philosophical, creative, and oral reception of the tales, illuminating how writers, philosophers, artists, and storytellers have responded to, r FROM THE CRITICS Booknews A collection of incisive essays exploring the historical, cultural, and personal factors that have caused Grimms' tales to elicit extremely diverse responses, reactions, and revisions. The complexity of these responses and interpretations, from the stories' original publication to the present, is a rich field of inquiry. Among the contributors are well known illustrators and storytellers discussing their work. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 347 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.0 inches | ||||||||
| PN1997.M395 | Haber, Karen (Editor) | Exploring the Matrix : Visions of the Cyber Present | 0-312-31359-4 | Paperback | N | N | St. Martin's Griffin | March 18, 2004 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Entertainment : Movies : History & Criticism | N | $2.75 | From Publishers Weekly Larry and Andy Wachowski scored big in 1999 with The Matrix, a science-fiction film in which cyber-rebels discover the world is an artificial computer-generated construct. Beneath the film's airborne martial arts were philosophical underpinnings, and the thriller's huge success prompted piles of merchandise, animated shorts, magazines, Web sites and books. Now a new wave begins, timed to coincide with the May 15 release of The Matrix Reloaded, the second feature in the series. This anthology covers the film's concepts and themes. Haber, a veteran sci-fi and fantasy editor, assembles an array of original essays by 17 science-fiction authors and digital artists, including Alan Dean Foster, Joe Haldeman, Bruce Sterling and Ian Watson. John Shirley (Black Butterflies), insightfully explores what he defines as a new cinema movement of "films questioning reality" as he compares The Matrix with American Beauty, Fight Club and the enigmas embedded in Mulholland Drive. Shirley sees allegories amid adolescent imagery, while nanotech novelist Kathleen Ann Goonan finds the Zen within. David Brin traces fiction's "suspicion of authority"; writer-illustrator Dean Motter tours The Matrix's kinetic architecture; and Kevin J. Anderson examines the Columbine connection. Philip K. Dick and cyberpunk pioneer William Gibson both get many mentions throughout this compelling collection, yet Gibson is regrettably absent as a contributor. Displaying 20 imaginative b&w illustrations by Robert Zohrab and Darrel Anderson, these potent pages conclude with a six-page section of author profiles. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 272 | 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| B3258.H3235513 | Habermas, Jrgen | The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity: Twelve Lectures (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought) | 0-262-58102-7 | Paperback | N | N | The MIT Press | March 14, 1990 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Europe : Germany : General | N | $35.00 | Book Description This critique of French philosophy and the history of German philosophy is a tour de force that has the immediacy and accessibility of the lecture form and the excitement of an encounter across national cultural boundaries as Habermas takes up the challenge posed by the radical critique of reason in contemporary French postmodernism. Language Notes Text: English, German (translation)--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 456 | |||||||||
| HC54.H213 | Habermas, Jurgen | Legitimation Crisis | 0-8070-1521-0 | Paperback | N | N | Beacon Press | August 25, 1975 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Boston | N | $20.00 | Language Notes Text: English, German (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 301/.045 | 1970-01-07 | 166 | Capitalism, Economic history -- 1971-1990, Social history -- 20th century | 8.0 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches | |||||
| Hacker, Diana | A Writer's Reference, Fifth Edition | 0-312-39767-4 | Plastic Comb | N | N | Bedford Books | October 2002 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : General | Boston | N | $35.00 | Book Info A proven success. The best-selling college textbook of any kind. Thoroughly class tested and enthusiastically endorsed by millions of students and their instructors at more than 1300 colleges and universities across the country. Updated with MLA's 1999 guidelines. Spiral. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 428.2 21 | 2003 | 1970-04-16 | 520 | English language -- Rhetoric -- Handbooks,, manuals, etc, English language -- Grammar -- Handbooks,, manuals, etc, Report writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | 7.9 x 6.5 x 0.7 inches | |||||
| PB35 | Hadley, Alice Omaggio | Teaching Language In Context | 0-8384-1705-1 | Paperback | N | N | Heinle | October 18, 2000 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Education : General | Boston | N | $80.95 | Book Description TEACHING LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT is THE essential, must have methods text for anyone teaching or learning to teach a foreign language. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 418/.0071 21 | 2005-11-20 | 512 | Languages, Modern -- Study and teaching | 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches | |||||
| B131.H2713 | Halbfass, Wilhelm | India and Europe | 0-88706-795-6 | Paperback | N | N | State University of New York Press | July 1, 1988 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Eastern : General | N | $99.00 | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 604 | 1.2 x 6.0 x 9.2 inches | |||||||||
| Hale, Stella Martin, Josephine DeWinter Gill | Feng Shui Home | 0-7607-6653-3 | Paperback | N | N | Barnes and Noble Books | 2005 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Personal Health : Stress : Feng Shui | N | $4.94 | Book Description Feng Shui is an ancient interpretation of the natural world which informs us how to create environments of harmony. This beautiful book shows beautiful pictures that show how to create a peaceful and harmonious home. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | 0 | ||||||||||
| PS3204 | Hall, Donald (Editor) | Choice of Whitman's Verse | 0-571-08613-6 | Paperback | N | N | Faber & Faber | June, 1968 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( H ) : Hall, Donald | N | $0.83 | ABOUT THE BOOK A Choice of Whitman's Verse | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 176 | 0.5 x 5.2 x 8.0 inches | ||||||||
| P120.S48 G47 | Hall, Kira | Gender Articulated | 0-415-91399-3 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | December 27, 1995 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Women's Studies : Feminist Theory | N | $35.95 | Book Description Gender Articulated is a groundbreaking work of sociolinguistics that forges connections between language-related fields and feminist theory. Refuting apolitical, essentialist perspectives on language and gender, the essays presented here examine a range of cultures, languages and settings. They explicitly connect feminist theory to language research. Some of the most distinguished scholars working in the field of language and gender today discuss such topics as Japanese women's appropriation of "men's language," the literary representation of lesbian discourse, the silencing of women on the Internet, cultural mediation and Spanish use at New Mexican weddings and the uses of silence in the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | 528 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches | ||||||||
| B3279.H49 H26 | Halliburton, David | Poetic Thinking: An Approach to Heidegger | 0-226-31372-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Univ of Chicago Pr | April, 1982 | 1 | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Chicago | N | $11.34 | ABOUT THE BOOK Poetic Thinking: An Approach to Heidegger | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 700/.1 19 | 1981 | 2005-10-08 | 235 | Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976, Literature -- Philosophy, Poetry | 24 cm. | |||||
| ND3380.4.R65 H36 | Hamburger, Jeffery F. | The Rothschild Canticles: Art and Mysticism in Flanders and the Rhineland Circa 1300 (Yale Publications in the History of Art) | 0-300-04308-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Yale Univ Pr | February, 1991 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : Schools, Periods & Styles : Byzantine | New Haven | N | $170.00 | Language Notes Text: English, Latin | 2005-12-20 | Amazon | 745.6/7/094428 20 | 1990 | 2005-12-20 | Yale Publications in the History of Art | 336 | Rothschild canticles, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Flemish, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic --, Flanders, Illumination of books and manuscripts, German --, Germany -- Rhineland, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, -- Ge | 1.5 x 9.0 x 11.5 inches | |||
| NK1653.G4 H36 | Hamburger, Jeffrey F. | The Visual and the Visionary: Art and Female Spirituality in Late Medieval Germany | 0-942299-45-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Zone Books | October 30, 1998 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : Schools, Periods & Styles : Medieval | New York | N | $28.98 | From Library Journal What do objects of art mean to a nun who has sworn off objects in a vow of poverty? Sometimes they mean everything, according to Hamburger (art history, Univ. of Toronto). Much attention has been given to the portrayal of women in art; Hamburger instead addresses women's use of art. He explores the changing role of art in female spirituality during the Middle Ages in Germany with specific regard to the pastoral care of nuns and shows that art objects had myriad purposes for these women. In addition to predictable purposes (playing a role in the experience of the Mass), art could serve as an aid to intuitive experience, as a type of rebellion by privatizing worship, or simply as something to be created and sold for purposes as mundane as supplementing endowments or purchasing prayer books. Hamburger's well-executed work is highly recommended for academic libraries.?Nadine Dalton Speidel, Cuyahoga Cty P.L., Parma, OH Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. Book Description The Visual and the Visionary adds a new dimension to the study of female spirituality, with its nuanced account of the changing roles of images in medieval monasticism from the twelfth century to the Reformation. In nine essays embracing the histories of art, religion, and literature, Jeffrey Hamburger explores the interrelationships between the visual arts and female spirituality in the context of the cura monialium, the pastoral care of nuns. Used as instruments of instruction and inspiration, images occupied a central place in debates over devotional practice, monastic reform, and mystical expression. Far from supplementing a history of art from which they have been excluded, the images made by and for women shaped that history decisively by defining novel modes of religious expression, above all, the relationship between sight and subjectivity. With this book, the study of female piety and artistic patronage becomes an integral part of the general history of medieval art and spirituality. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 704/.9/482/082 21 | 1970-01-14 | 580 | Devotional objects -- Germany, Devotional objects -- Catholic Church, Christian art and symbolism -- Germany --, Medieval, 500-1500, Nuns as artists -- Germany | 11.3 x 7.6 x 2.0 inches | |||||
| B131.B28 2001 | Hamilton, Sue | Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction | 0-19-285374-0 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | May 1, 2001 | 1 | 2.5 Stars | History : Asia : India | N | $9.95 | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 153 | 7.0 x 4.4 x 0.4 inches | |||||||||
| PG2131 | Hamilton, William | Introduction to Russian Phonology and Word Structure | 0-89357-063-X | Paperback | N | N | Slavica Pub | June, 1980 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Foreign Language Instruction & Reference : Russian | Columbus, Ohio | N | $19.95 | Language Notes Text: English, Russian | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 491.71/5 19 | 1970-01-14 | 187 | Russian language -- Phonology, Russian language -- Morphophonemics, Russian language -- Word formation | 0.8 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | |||||
| PT8950.H3 | Hamsun, Knut | Mysteries | 0-380-00504-2 | Mass Market Paperback | N | N | William Morrow & Company, Inc. | September 1980 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | N | ABOUT THE BOOK Mysteries ANNOTATION A stranger suddenly appears in a small Norwegian coastal town, exciting an atmosphere of mystery and intrigue with his eccentric behavior. Soon, he dissappears, but not before bringing to the surface the hidden impulses, repressed thoughts, and darkest de FROM THE PUBLISHER Mysteries (1892) is the story of Johan Nilsen Nagel, a mysterious stranger who suddenly turns up in a small Norwegian town one summer-and just as suddenly disappears. Nagel is a complete outsider, a sort of modern Christ treated in a spirit of near parody. He condemns the politics and thought of the age, brings comfort to the insulted and injured and gains the love of two women suggestive of the biblical Mary and Martha. But there is a sinister side of him: in his vest he carries a vial of Prussic acid. The novel creates a powerful sense of Nagel's stream of thought, as he increasingly withdraws into the torture chamber of his own subconscious psyche. Mysteries is closer to me than any other book I have read. (Henry Miller) Never has the Nobel Prize been awarded to one worthier of it. (Thomas Mann) It is as immediate as last night's dream or nightmare. (The New York Times) Author Bio: Knut Hamsun (1858-1952) was born to a farming family and spent much of his early life impoverished and unknown, before finding success with his novel, Hunger (1890). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920. Sverre Lyngstad, born in Norway, translated the Penguin Classics editions of Hamsun's Hunger and Pain. | 1970-01-07 | Barnes & Noble | 1970-01-07 | 0 | |||||||||||
| B2430.L482 E6 | Hand, Sean (Editor) | The Levinas Reader (Blackwell Readers) | 0-631-16447-2 | Paperback | N | N | Blackwell Publishers | March 1, 1990 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $34.95 | Book Description Emmanuel Levinas has been Professor of Philosophy at the Sorbonne and the director of the Ecole Normale Israelite Orientale. Through such works as "Totality and Infinity" and "Otherwise than Being", he has exerted a profound influence on twentieth-century continental philosophy, providing inspiration for Derrida, Lyotard, Blanchot and Irigaray. "The Levinas Reader" collects, often for the first time in English, essays by Levinas encompassing every aspect of his thought: the early phenomenological studies written under the guidance and inspiration of Husserl and Heidegger; the fully developed ethical critique of such totalizing philosophies; the pioneering texts on the moral dimension to aesthetics; the rich and subtle readings of the Talmud which are an exemplary model of an ethical, transcendental philosophy at work; the admirable meditations on current political issues. Sean Hand's introduction gives a complete overview of Levinas's work and situates each chapter within his general contribution to phenomenology, aesthetics, religion, politics and, above all, ethics. Each essay has been prefaced with a brief introduction presenting the basic issues and the necessary background, and suggesting ways to study the text further. Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 311 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| HQ1744.P86 M35 | Hansen, Thomas Blom (Other Contributor) | Bjp and the Compulsions of Politics in India | 0-19-565614-8 | Hardcover | N | N | Oxford University Press | January, 2001 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | N | $34.22 | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 393 | |||||||||||
| JQ215.H3 1972 | Hanson | India's Democracy (Comparative Modern Governments) | 0-393-09908-3 | Paperback | N | N | W W Norton & Co Inc | June, 1972 | 1 | Nonfiction : Politics : General | New York | N | $0.01 | ABOUT THE BOOK Indias Democracy -OP | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 320.9/54/04 | 1970-01-21 | Introductions to Comparative Government | 235 | India -- Politics and government -- 1947- | 235 p. map. 22 cm. | |||||
| GN365.9.H37 | Haraway, Donna J. | Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature | 0-415-90387-4 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | March, 1991 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | New York | N | $17.79 | From Publishers Weekly Scholars of modern feminist theory, particularly of perspectives on science (notably biology) and how they relate to perceptions of human culture, will appreciate these 10 essays by science historian Haraway ( Primate Visions ), adapted from articles published between 1978 and 1989. They chart a shift in her standpoint during this period: the earliest works reflect a Marxist analytical influence (as befits "a proper, US socialist-feminist" of the '70s), while the later ones also show the influence of post-modernism. "Animal Sociology and a Natural Economy of the Body Politic" surveys primatology research of the 1930s and '40s to explore how the "principle of domination" is embedded in some scientific thought. "Gender for a Marxist Dictionary," in which Haraway develops a definition for the word "gender," highlights the difficulty of reducing complex concepts to keywords. "The Biopolitics of Postmodern Bodies" views the "biomedical, biotechnical" self, incorporating modern discourse on the immunological system; bodies, like gender, she contends, "are not born; they are made" as biomedical constructs. Illustrated. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 304.5 20 | 1991 | 1970-01-07 | 287 | Sociobiology, Feminist criticism, Primates -- Behavior, Human behavior | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| D217 .H68 2002 | Hardt, Michael | Empire | 0-674-00671-2 | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | July 1, 2001 | 2 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Government : Democracy | N | $13.57 | Amazon.com Empire is a sweeping book with a big-picture vision. Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri argue that while classical imperialism has largely disappeared, a new empire is emerging in a diffuse blend of technology, economics, and globalization. The book brings together unlikely bedfellows: Hardt, associate professor in Duke University's literature program, and Negri, among other things a writer and inmate at Rebibbia Prison in Rome. Empire aspires to the same scale of grand political philosophy as Locke or Marx or Fukuyama, but whether Hardt and Negri accomplish this daunting task is debatable. It is, however, an exciting book that is especially timely following the emergence of terrorism as a geopolitical force. Hardt and Negri maintain that empire--traditionally understood as military or capitalist might--has embarked upon a new stage of historical development and is now better understood as a complex web of sociopolitical forces. They argue, with a neo-Marxist bent, that "the multitude" will transcend and defeat the new empire on its own terms. The authors address everything from the works of Deleuze to Jefferson's constitutional democracy to the Chiapas revolution in a far-ranging analysis of our contemporary situation. Unfortunately, their penchant for references and academese sometimes renders the prose unwieldy. But if Hardt and Negri's vision of the world materializes, they will undoubtedly be remembered as prophetic. --Eric de Place Stanley Aronowitz, The Nation "Empire...is a bold move away from established doctrine. | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 504 | 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches | ||||||||
| JC423.H364 | Hardt, Michael | Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire | 1-59420-024-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Penguin Putnam | August, 2004 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Government : Democracy | New York | N | $17.61 | Amazon.com Complex, ambitious, disquieting, and ultimately hopeful, Multitude is the work of a couple of writers and thinkers who dare to address the great issues of our time from a truly alternative perspective. The sequel to 2001's equally bold and demanding Empire continues in the vein of the earlier tome. Where Empire's central premise was that the time of nation-state power grabs was passing as a new global order made up of "a new form of sovereignty" consisting of corporations, global-wide institutions, and other command centers is in ascendancy, Multitude focuses on the masses within the empire, except that, where academics Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri are concerned, this body is defined by its diversity rather than its commonalities. The challenge for the multitude in this new era is "for the social multiplicity to manage to communicate and act in common while remaining internally different." One may already be rereading that last sentence. Indeed, Empire isn't breezy reading. But for those aren't afraid of wadding into a knotty philosophical and political discourse of uncommon breadth, Multitude offers many rewards. --Steven Stolder From Publishers Weekly Empire (2000)--the surprise hit that made its term for U.S global hegemony stick and presciently set the agenda for post–9/11 political theory on the left--was written by this same somewhat unlikely duo: Hardt, an American political scientist at Duke University, and Negri, a former Italian parliament member and political exile, trained political scientist and sometime inmate of Rome's Rebibbia prison. This book follows up on Empire's promise of imagining a full-blown global democracy. Though the authors admit that they can't provide the final means for bringing that entity about (or the forms for maintaining it), the book is rich in ideas and agitational ends. The "multitude" is Hardt and Negri's term for the earth's six billion increasingly networked citizens, an enormous potential force for "the destruction of sovereignty in favor of democracy." The middle section on the nature of that multitude is bookended by two others. The first describes the situation in which the multitude finds itself: "permanent war." The last grounds demands for and historical precursors of global democracy. Written for activists to provide a solid goal (with digressions into history and theory) toward which protest actions might move, this timely book brings together myriad loose strands of far left thinking with clarity, measured reasoning and humor, major accomplishments in and of themselves. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 321.8 22 | 2004 | 1970-01-14 | 427 | Democracy, Internationalism, Globalization, International relations, War, Imperialism | 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.5 inches | ||||
| GA201.H53 | Harley, J. B. (Editor) | The History of Cartography: Cartography in Prehistoric, Ancient and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean, Vol. 1 | 0-226-31633-5 | Hardcover | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | May 15, 1987 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Europe : General | Chicago | N | $145.42 | From Library Journal This is the long-awaited first of six volumes that will likely be the standard reference work on the topic and help define the paradigm of an emerging discipline. The editors have assembled a group of internationally known scholars to write on various aspects of cartography. All the papers were written for this volume, and all reflect the editors' quest for a work that synthesizes as well as describes. This volume covers up to about 1470. Future volumes will extend coverage both chronologically and geographically. The illustrations, maps, index, and physical attributes of the book are all first rate. No large library can afford to be without this. Charles A. Seavey, Graduate Lib. Sch., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 526/.09 19 | 1987 | 1970-01-14 | History of Cartography Series | 622 | Cartography -- History | 13.9 x 9.3 x 1.9 inches | |||
| DS786 .H3313 | Harrer, Heinrich | Return to Tibet | 0-7538-0804-8 | Paperback | N | N | Orion Pub Co | May 4, 2000 | 1 | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $10.41 | Book Description In SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET, Heinrich Harrer related his escape from British internment in India, his epic hike to Tibet, and his seven idyllic years there. Thirty years later, in 1982, he went back. Three decades are small in the flow of time, but the changes were profound. In RETURN TO TIBET, Harrer shows us the present-day regime under Chinese rule and compares it with the freedom of the past, when religion and faith were central to life. He proposes solutions to the country's problems and with the Dalai Lama discusses ways of preserving the Tibetans national character and homeland. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. Language Notes Text: English, German (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-05-16 | Amazon | 2000 | 1970-05-16 | 183 | 198 x 129 in. | ||||||||
| TR899 .H3897 | Harrington, Richard | Final Cut Pro On the Spot, 2nd Edition | 1-57820-261-2 | Paperback | N | N | CMP Books | October 2004 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Photography : General | San Francisco, CA | N | $17.61 | Michael Horton, president, Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group "...provides you with wonderful tips and tricks, most of which you won't get anywhere else." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Ken Stone " I really like this book, and have learned many new techniques from it." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 778.59/3/0285536 22 | 2004 | 1970-04-14 | DV Expert Series | 268 | Final cut (Electronic resource), Video tapes -- Editing -- Data processing | 7.3 x 9.2 x 0.7 inches | |||
| BL570.B53 | Harris, Alfred (Foreword) | Prey into Hunter : The Politics of Religious Experience (Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures) | 0-521-42312-0 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | October 17, 1991 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | Cambridge ; New York | N | $25.99 | Book Description Maurice Bloch has for many years been developing an original and influential theory of ritual. In this book he synthesizes a radical theory of religion. Rituals in a great many societies deny the transience of life and of human institutions. Bloch argues that they enact this denial by symbolically sacrificing the participants themselves, so allowing them to participate in the immortality of a transcendent entity. Such sacrifices are achieved through acts of symbolic violence, ranging from bodily mutilations to the killing of animals. The theme is developed with reference to rituals of many types, from a variety of ethnographic sources, and Bloch shows that even exogamous marriage rituals can be reinterpreted in the light of this thesis. He concludes by considering the indirect relation of symbolic and ritual violence to political violence. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 291.3/4 20 | 1992 | 2005-10-08 | Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures | 131 | Violence -- Religious aspects, Sacrifice, Experience (Religion), Religion and civilization | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches | |||
| N6490.A7167 | Harrison, Charles | Art in Theory 1900-1990: An Anthology of Changing Ideas | 0-631-16575-4 | Paperback | N | N | Blackwell Publishers | January, 1993 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : Criticism | Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA | N | $19.58 | Book Description Since it was first published in 1992, this book has become one of the leading anthologies of art theoretical texts in the English-speaking world. This expanded edition includes the fruits of recent research, involving a considerable amount of newly translated material from the entire period, together with additional texts from the last decades of the twentieth century. The features that made the first edition so successful have been retained: The volume provides comprehensive representation of the theories, which underpinned developments in the visual arts during the twentieth century. As well as writings by artists, the anthology includes texts by critics, philosophers, politicians and literary figures. The content is clearly structured into eight broadly chronological sections, starting with the legacy of symbolism and concluding with contemporary debates about the postmodern. The editors provide individual introductions to each of the 340 anthologized texts. Material new to this expanded edition includes texts on African art, on the Bauhaus and on the re-emergent avant-gardes of the period after the Second World War. Post-modernist debates are amplified by texts on gender, on installation and performance art, and on the increasing globalization of culture. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 709/.04 20 | 1969-12-31 | 1216 | Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Philosophy | 8.9 x 6.0 x 2.1 inches | |||||
| PS571.M6 | Harrison, Rebecca (Editor) | Plain Songs II: Thirteen Carleton Writers | 0-939394-08-1 | Paperback | N | N | Black Willow Press | December, 2000 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Genre Fiction : Anthologies | N | $10.81 | Book Description This baker's dozen of Carleton faculty represents a great variety of tones and styles from writers who are also teachers. Since the last gathering of prose, poetry, and essays by Carleton faculty, the number of the writers in the college has grown, and we present here four new voices--three poets, and so to speak, a letter-writer--who join the original older guard in a collection of great variety and range. Once more, they give lie to the old adage about writing and teaching and show that in these snowy wastes and green undulations, far from the hubbub of either coast, much is being witnessed that deserves a permanent form. This new anthology contains fiction, biography, and poetry by widely published authors, such as Gregory Blake Smith, Wayne Carver, Mary Easter, Clare Rossini, Keith Harrison, Jane Taylor McDonnell, and Gregory Hewett--as well as pieces by newer faculty members at Carleton College. A handsome volume, full of surprises. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 220 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| JQ215 1960 | Harrison, Selig S. | India: The Most Dangerous Decades | Hardcover | N | N | Princeton University Press | 1960 | 1 | Princeton, N.J. | N | 2006-01-22 | 342.54 | 1960 | 0 | Communism -- India; Regionalism -- India | ||||||||||||
| BL1216 | Harshananda, Swami | Hindu Gods and Goddesses | 8171201105 | Hardcover | N | N | Ramakrishna Math | February 1985 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Bibles : Hinduism | N | $5.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Hindu Gods and Goddesses | 2005-11-20 | Barnes & Noble | 2005-11-20 | 179 | |||||||||
| PN94.H34 | Hartman, Geoffrey | Criticism in the Wilderness | 0-300-02839-3 | Paperback | N | N | Yale Univ Pr | February, 1982 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $4.44 | ABOUT THE BOOK Criticism in the Wilderness: The Study of Literature Today | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 336 | 1.0 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | ||||||||
| PN81.H285 | Hartman, Geoffrey H. | Saving the Text : Literature/Derrida/Philosophy | 0-8018-2453-2 | Paperback | N | N | The Johns Hopkins University Press | August 1, 1982 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $25.00 | Review "The tone... is excited, gathering, confident; one feels that Hartman is happiest near the text, even a text as strange and unclassifiable as Glas... This particular indeterminacy has stirred new shoots in Hartman's critical wilderness."-- MLN Book Description Saving the Text cuts through Jacques Derrida's complex blend of philosophy, commentary, and elaborate wordplay to ascertain his place in the history of criticism and the significance of Glas as a literary event. Distinguished critic and scholar Geoffrey Hartman explores the usefulness of Derrida's style of close reading for English and American scholarship and establishes its relevance to the division that has arisen between European and Anglo-American critical approaches. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | c198 | 2005-10-15 | 216 | 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches | |||||||
| BL205 | Hartshorne, Charles | The Divine Relativity: A Social Conception of God (Terry Lectures (Paperback)) | 0-300-02880-6 | Paperback | N | N | Yale University Press | January, 1983 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Reference : Theology : General | N | $21.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Divine Relativity: A Social Conception of God | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | Terry Lectures | 192 | 0.5 x 5.2 x 8.2 inches | |||||||
| GF125.H37 | Harvey, David | Spaces of Hope (California Studies in Critical Human Geography, 7) | 0-520-22578-3 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | March, 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Politics : International : Relations | Berkeley | N | $15.72 | Book Description As the twentieth century drew to a close, the rich were getting richer; power was concentrating within huge corporations; vast tracts of the earth were being laid waste; three quarters of the earth's population had no control over its destiny and no claim to basic rights. There was nothing new in this. What was new was the virtual absence of any political will to do anything about it. Spaces of Hope takes issue with this. David Harvey brings an exciting perspective to two of the principal themes of contemporary social discourse: globalization and the body. Exploring the uneven geographical development of late-twentieth-century capitalism, and placing the working body in relation to this new geography, he finds in Marx's writings a wealth of relevant analysis and theoretical insight. In order to make much-needed changes, Harvey maintains, we need to become the architects of a different living and working environment and to learn to bridge the micro-scale of the body and the personal and the macro-scale of global political economy. Utopian movements have for centuries tried to construct a just society. Harvey looks at their history to ask why they failed and what the ideas behind them might still have to offer. His devastating description of the existing urban environment (Baltimore is his case study) fuels his argument that we can and must use the force of utopian imagining against all who say "there is no alternative." He outlines a new kind of utopian thought, which he calls dialectical utopianism, and refocuses our attention on possible designs for a more equitable world of work and living with nature. If any political ideology or plan is to work, he argues, it must take account of our human qualities. Finally, Harvey dares to sketch a very personal utopian vision in an appendix, one that leaves no doubt about his own geography of hope.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From the Back Cover "There is no question that David Harvey's work has been one of the most important, influential, and imaginative contributions to the development of human geography since the Second World War. . . . His readings of Marx are arresting and original--a remarkably fresh return to the foundational texts of historical materialism." (Derek Gregory, author of Geographical Imaginations)--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 335.4 21 | 2000 | 2005-10-08 | California Studies in Critical Human Geography Series | 293 | Communism and geography, Human geography, Regional disparities, Space in economics, Utopian socialism, Marxian economics | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches | |||
| PA4291.H4 | Havelock, Eric | Preface to Plato (History of the Greek Mind,) | 0-674-69906-8 | Paperback | N | N | Belknap Press | March, 1982 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Classics : Greek | N | $24.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Preface to Plato | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 1982 | 2005-10-15 | History of the Greek Mind Series | 344 | 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.0 inches | ||||||
| BL1216.2.D48 | Hawley, John Stratton (Editor) | Devi: Goddesses of India | 0-520-20058-6 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | July 1, 1996 | 2 | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | N | $21.95 | From Library Journal Editors Hawley (religion, Barnard Coll.) and Wulff (religion, Brown Univ.) offer a collection of scholarly essays exploring the portrayals of 12 Hindu goddesses from a number of regions and time periods. Well written and thoroughly researched, the essays explore the multivarious roles of the goddess in a religion where the presence of the female divine is vital, real, and contradictory. The editors have divided the essays into sections discussing the goddess as supreme and goddess as consort; goddesses who mother and possess; and, finally, Kali in the Western goddess spirituality movement. Recommended for graduate collections on religion, women's studies, Asian studies, and sociology.?Gail Wood, SUNY Coll. of Tech. Lib., Alfred Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-04-30 | Amazon | 2005-04-30 | 373 | 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches | |||||||||
| PR503.H38 | Heaney, Seamus | The Redress of Poetry | 0-374-24853-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Farrar Straus & Giroux | November, 1995 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( H ) : Heaney, Seamus | New York | N | $2.72 | Amazon.com From the recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize for Literature comes a collection of essays based on lectures he delivered while Professor of Poetry at Oxford. The great Irish poet delivers wisdom about his craft in a style full of humor and devoid of pedantry. With his expansive spirit, Heaney examines poets such as Brian Merriman, Oscar Wilde, Dylan Thomas and, of course, William Butler Yeats. The Redress of Poetry is a rare opportunity to enter the lecture hall and learn from a master. From Publishers Weekly The 10 essays on poetry collected here, adapted from lectures delivered at Oxford between 1989 and 1994, display much of the intellectual restlessness, linguistic wizardry and political conscience that have shaped Heaney's own poetry. His thesis is that poetry of the highest order must redress social imbalances, at once transfiguring the circumstances it observes and offering an unforeseen, more humane, aesthetic alternative. This is an abstract and rigorous idea, yet nonacademic readers will find much to savor as Heaney tests and refines his paradigm in light of a largely canonical selection of poets (most are from the British Isles). Ranging freely from a brief life of each poet to a close reading of a few poems by him or her, he addresses, for instance, how Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art" assuages the "loss" to which it alludes; how Christopher Marlowe's "Hero and Leander" "extended the alphabet" of Elizabethan sexual mores; and how 19th-century rustic poet John Clare achieved a truly lyrical local idiom at odds with official English. With their palpable evocation of the writing process and their disavowal of jargon and trendy political abstractions, these are exemplary essays?and tell us much about the influences and obsessions of this year's Nobel laureate in literature. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 821.009 20 | 1970-01-07 | 211 | English poetry -- History and criticism, American poetry -- History and criticism, English poetry -- Irish authors -- History and, criticism | 1.0 x 6.0 x 8.8 inches | |||||
| BL2003.3.I53 | Heehs, Peter (Editor) | Indian Religions: A Historical Reader of Spiritual Expression and Experience | 0-8147-3650-5 | Paperback | N | N | New York University Press | December 1, 2002 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Religious Studies : Comparative Religion | N | $23.00 | Library Journal, March 15, 2003 The introductions and the texts themselves combine to make this book useful for scholars as well as spiritual seekers. Deccan Herald, December 1, 2002 A must for all libraries. | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 604 | 8.7 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches | ||||||||
| BP605.N48H44 | Heelas, Paul | The New Age Movement: The Celebration of the Self and the Sacralization of Modernity | 0-631-19332-4 | Paperback | N | N | Blackwell Publishers | September 1, 1996 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : Social Theory | Oxford ; Cambridge, Mass., USA | N | $39.95 | About the Author Paul Heelas is Professor of Religious Studies at Lancaster University. | 2006-01-18 | Amazon | 299/.93 20 | 2006-01-18 | 266 | New Age movement, Religion and sociology | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | |||||
| BV4501.3.S663 | Heelas, Paul | The Spiritual Revolution: Why Religion Is Giving Way To Spirituality (Religion in the Modern World) | 1-4051-1959-4 | Paperback | N | N | Blackwell Publishers | January, 2005 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Other Practices : Ritual | Malden, MA | N | $24.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Spiritual Revolution: Why Religion Is Giving Way to Spirituality FROM THE PUBLISHER This book presents findings from a major research project designed to chart the state of religion and spirituality today. Though it finds little to support more extreme claims of change, it discovers that spiritualities which engage with the depths of personal experience are faring far better than religions that demand conformity to higher truth. These developments are explained by drawing attention to the significance of a 'subjective turn' in the wider culture - whereby conformity to external obligations becomes less important than sensitivity to inner life and wellbeing. FROM THE CRITICS Library Journal In the aftermath of the recent U.S. presidential election, the media hit upon a key issue to which the outcome was directly attributed: moral values. Much ado was made of the sudden solidarity of these influential "values voters," whose behavior starkly belied dire predictions of advancing secularism. Does this indicate that traditional religions are indeed flourishing? Not according to Heelas and his coauthors (all Univ. of Lancaster, Great Britain). They suggest that a different kind of spiritual revolution is transpiring in Western culture, as evidenced by the experiential spirituality that has crept into commerce, healthcare, and the media. Methodical research in a single British town suggests that subjectivization is significantly affecting membership of traditional institutions; those not adapting to this need are showing signs of decline and attrition. The authors do not deny the evidence for secularization but contend that it exists paradoxically alongside one for sacralization. Ultimately, they predict that if holism continues to spread with its present vigor, a spiritual revolution will undoubtedly occur in the near future. Appropriate for college and institutional library collections as well as large public libraries.-Dina Komuves, Collingswood, NJ Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 200/.9/0511 22 | 1970-01-14 | Religion in the Modern World Ser. | 204 | Spirituality | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| D16.8 | Hegel, Georg W. | The Philosophy of History | 0-486-20112-0 | Paperback | N | N | Dover Publications | June 1, 1956 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | New York | N | $3.50 | Book Description One of the great classics of Western thought develops concept that history is not chance but a rational process, operating according to the laws of evolution, and embodying the spirit of freedom. Translated by J. Sibree. Introduction by Carl Friedrich. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 901 | 2005-11-20 | 457 | History -- Philosophy | 8.0 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches | |||||
| B2939.E5 B76 | Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich | Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion: The Lectures of 1827 | 0-520-06020-2 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | August 1, 1988 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $9.79 | Book Description From the complete three-volume critical edition of Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion, this edition extracts the full text and footnotes of the 1827 lectures, making the work available in a convenient form for study. Of the lectures that can be fully reconstructed, those of 1827 are the clearest, the maturest in form, and the most accessible to nonspecialists. In them, readers will find Hegel engaged in lively debates and in important refinements of his treatment of the concept of religion, the Oriental religions and Judaism, Christology, the Trinity, the God-world relationship, and many other topics. This edition contains a new editorial introduction as well as critical annotations on the text and tables, bibliography, and glossary from the complete edition. The result of an international collaborative effort on the part of Walter Jaeschke, Ricardo Ferrara, and Peter C. Hodgson, the new edition is appearing simultaneously in German, English, and Spanish. The English edition has been prepared by a team consisting of Robert F. Brown (University of Delaware), Peter C. Hodgson (Vanderbilt University), and J. Michael Stewart (Farnham, England), with the assistance of H. S. Harris (York University). Language Notes Text: English, German (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 552 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.4 inches | ||||||||
| D111.H42 | Heidegger, Martin | An Introduction to Metaphysics | 0-300-01740-5 | Paperback | N | N | Yale University Press | September 10, 1974 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Metaphysics | New Haven | N | $1.23 | Language Notes Text: English, German (translation) From the Inside Flap Heidegger's Introduction to Metaphysics is one of the most important works written by this towering figure in twentieth-century philosophy. It includes a powerful reinterpretation of Greek thought, a sweeping vision of Western history, and a glimpse of the reasons behind Heidegger's support of the Nazi Party in the 1930s. Heidegger tries to reawaken the "question of Being" by challenging some of the most enduring prejudices embedded in Western philosophy and in our everyday practices and language. Furthermore, he relates this question to the insights of Greek tragedy into the human condition and to the political and cultural crises of modernity.This new translation makes this work more accessible to students than ever before. It combines smoothness with accuracy and provides conventional translations of Greek passages that Heidegger translated unconventionally. There are also extensive notes, a German-English glossary, and an introduction that discusses the history of the text, its basic themes, and its place in Heidegger's oeuvre.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 111 | 1979 | 2005-10-08 | 214 | Ontology | 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.2 inches | ||||
| B3279.H47 E5 | Heidegger, Martin | Basic Writings: From Being and Time (1927) to the Task of Thinking (1964) (His Works) | 0-06-063845-1 | Paperback | N | N | HarperCollins Publishers | June, 1977 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Modern | New York | N | $1.92 | Book Description Heidegger's most popular collection of essential writings, now revised and expanded -- includes the 10 key essays plus the introduction to Being and Time. paco--This text refers to the Paperback edition. Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: German--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 193 | 1977 | 2005-10-15 | His Works | 397 | Philosophy | 1.1 x 5.1 x 7.9 inches | |||
| B3279.H42 S51 c1 | Heidegger, Martin | Being and time | N | N | Harper | 1962 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Ontology | New York | N | Bibliographical references included in "Author's notes" (p. [489]-501) | 1970-01-02 | Library of Congress [1] | 111 20 | 1970-01-02 | 589 | Ontology, Space and time | 589 p. 23 cm. | ||||||||
| B188.H44 | Heidegger, Martin | Early Greek Thinking | 0-06-063842-7 | Paperback | N | N | HarperCollins Publishers | February 1, 1985 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Europe : Greece : General | N | $30.00 | Book Description Heidegger's key essays on the pre-Socratic philosophers; an unexcelled look at the roots of Western philosophy. Language Notes Text: English, German (translation) | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 144 | 0.5 x 5.5 x 8.0 inches | ||||||||
| B3279.H48 N413 | Heidegger, Martin | Nietzsche: Vols. 3 and 4 (Vol. 3: The Will to Power as Knowledge and as Metaphysics; Vol. 4: Nihilism) | 0-06-063794-3 | Paperback | N | N | HarperSanFrancisco | March 1, 1991 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $24.00 | Book Description A landmark discussion between two great thinkers--the second (combining volumes III and IV) of two volumes inquiring into the central issues of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy. From the Publisher A landmark discussion between two great thinkers--the second (combining volumes III and IV) of two volumes inquiring into the central issues of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 2005-10-04 | Nietzsche, Vols. III and IV Series | 608 | 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.7 inches | |||||||
| B3279.H48 N5413 | Heidegger, Martin | Nietzsche: Volumes One and Two : Volumes One and Two (Nietzsche, Vols. I & II) | 0-06-063841-9 | Paperback | N | N | HarperSanFrancisco | March 1, 1991 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $24.00 | --Booklist "A major contribution to our understanding of each of these thinkers." Book Description A landmark discussion between two great thinkers, vital to an understanding of twentieth-century philosophy and intellectual history. | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 608 | 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.8 inches | ||||||||
| B3279.H42 Z401 | Heidegger, Martin | On Time and Being | 0-06-131941-4 | Paperback | N | N | Harpercollins | March, 1977 | 1 | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | N | $2.76 | Language Notes Text: English, German (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 1972 | 2005-10-08 | 84 | 0.2 x 5.2 x 8.0 inches | ||||||||
| B3279.H42 S51 c2 | Heidegger, Martin | Sein Und Zeit | 3-484-70122-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Schoenhofsforeign Books Inc | 2001 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | N | $29.58 | Language Notes Text: German | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 458 | 1.2 x 5.8 x 8.8 inches | |||||||||
| PN1031.H46 | Heidegger, Martin, | Poetry, Language, Thought. | 0-06-090430-5 | Paperback | N | N | Perennial | March, 1976 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | N | $0.92 | --Review of Metaphysics "A first-rate introduction. . . [a] very valuable collection." Book Description Essential reading for students and anyone interested in the great philosophers. "[A] first-rate translation preceded by an excellent introduction . . . [a] very valuable collection."--Review of Metaphysics | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 1971 | 2005-10-15 | Perennial Library Series | 256 | 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.0 inches | ||||||
| Helwig, Monika | 42 Indian Mandalas Coloring Book | 0-89793-338-9 | Paperback | N | N | Hunter House Publishers | July 2, 2001 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | 4-for-3 Books : Children's Books : Kids: Ages 4-8 | N | $9.95 | Book Description Some Indian mandala patterns are more than 5,000 years old. This book features both traditional and modern motifs such as embroidered handicrafts, geometric mazes and knots, peacocks, and lotuses. Monika Helwig's stylized versions of these classic patterns make this book an ideal diversion as well as a learning experience. | 1970-05-16 | Amazon | 1970-05-16 | 96 | 11.0 x 8.6 x 1.4 inches | |||||||||
| PG2129.E5R63 199 | Henry, Kathryn | Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian, Book II (2nd Edition) | 0-13-895111-X | Hardcover | N | N | Prentice Hall | August 20, 1998 | 2 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : English (All) | Upper Saddle River, N.J. | N | $78.67 | Book Description Communicative approach to Russian that is designed to help readers reach the ACTFL Intermediate range in speaking and Intermediate High in reading and listening. Each unit in the program revolves around a topic (university, family, etc.), and follows the same basic format: introduction of basic vocabulary for the topic, listening to introductory conversations, short dialogs with activization exercises and role-play practice, practice in listening and reading with emphasis on strategies, grammar study and practice in both oral and written form, and written workbook exercises that go from mechanical to creative. The main book is accompanied by a workbook with laboratory drills and written exercises, and an audio program that runs approximately ten hours and includes listening comprehension exercises, dialogs, conversations, and rapid-pace oral drills. The publisher, Prentice-Hall Humanities/Social Science Book 2 of 2 volume beginning-level Russian language program addresses the four skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing), as well as culture. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 491.782/421 21 | 1970-01-21 | 448 | Russian language -- Textbooks for foreign, speakers -- English | 10.3 x 8.3 x 1.0 inches | |||||
| PG2129.E5 H46 | Henry, Kathryn | Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian: Book 2 : Lab Manual/Workbook | 0-13-895129-2 | Paperback | N | N | Prentice Hall | June, 1999 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : Foreign Languages : Instruction : Miscellaneous | N | $35.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian, Vol. 2 | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | Lab Manual Workbook Golosary Series | 2 | 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.8 inches | |||||||
| DF951.R4 H477 | Herzfeld, Michael | A Place in History | 0-691-02855-9 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | October 7, 1991 | 1 | 1.0 Stars | History : Europe : General | Princeton, N.J. | N | $32.95 | Review Herezfeld once again assures his place as one of the finest ethnographers to work in Greece. . . . This rare study of social organization in a provincial Greek city sheds much light on how public officials and citizens debate their connection to the Greek past. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 949.9/8 20 | 1991 | 2005-10-08 | Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, and History Series | 330 | Rethymnon (Greece) -- History | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | |||
| PS593.H3 V36 | Heuvel, Cor Van Den | The Haiku Anthology | 0-393-32118-5 | Paperback | N | N | W. W. Norton & Company | November 2000 | 2 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : Anthologies | N | $10.37 | Library Booknotes This is an exceptional selection of English-language haiku at its finest. Providence Sunday Journal Generous, irreplaceable. . . . It's an eye-opener and a who's-who of haiku today. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 1970-01-28 | 432 | 7.2 x 5.0 x 1.0 inches | ||||||||
| P35.H5 | Hickerson, Nancy Parrott | Linguistic Anthropology (Basic anthropology units) | 0-03-006956-4 | Paperback | N | N | Harcourt School | January, 1980 | 1 | 1.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : General | New York | N | $2.98 | Book Description Intended for courses in Linguistics. This long-awaited revision of a best-selling classic text in the area of linguistic anthropology provides authoritative coverage of the origin of language and languages, the descriptive study of language, language acquisition, and the impact of variables such as history, culture, gender, and ethnicity on language. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 401/.9 | 1980 | 1969-12-31 | Basic anthropology units | 168 | Anthropological linguistics, Linguistics | 0.2 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | |||
| PG3012 .H5 1967a | Hingley, Ronald | Russian writers and society, 1825-1904 | N | N | McGraw-Hill | 1967 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Authors, Russian -- Political and social views | New York | N | Bibliography: p. 248-251. | 1970-04-14 | Library of Congress [1] | 891.7/09003 | 1970-04-14 | World University library | 253 | Authors, Russian -- Political and social views, Literature and society -- Russia -- History --, 19th century, Authorship -- Social aspects -- Russia -- History, -- 19th century | (part col.), maps (part col.), | |||||||
| B131.H57 | Hiriyanna, M. | The Essentials of Indian Philosophy | 8120813308 | Paperback | N | N | Motilal Banarsidass | January 1, 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Eastern | N | $12.95 | Book Description This book provides a concise, connected account of Indian philosophy, and interpretation and criticism are provided within the limits of the volume. An introductory chapter summarizes Vedic religion and philosophy, and then Indian thought is considered in chapters dealing respectively with the early post-Vedic period and the age of the systems. A brief historical survey accompanies each natural division of the subject, in addition to an exposition of its theory of knowledge, ontology and practical teaching. A glossary of Sanskrit terms and a good subject index are provided. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 216 | |||||||||
| HM1246.H57 | Hitchens, Christopher | Letters to a Young Contrarian | 0-465-03032-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Basic Books | October, 2001 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Classics | [New York] | N | $15.64 | Amazon.com "Do justice, and let the skies fall." Christopher Hitchens borrows from Roman antiquity this touchstone for a career of confrontation, argument, and troublemaking. Part of the Art of Mentoring series, Letters to a Young Contrarian is a trim volume of about two dozen letters to an imaginary student of controversy. The letters are wonderfully engaging--Hitchens is an exceptional prose stylist--and from the outset they strike a self-reflective note. What Hitchens lionizes and illuminates in this book is not any particular disagreement, but a way of being perpetually at odds with the mainstream. "Humanity is very much in debt to such people," he argues. Hitchens's style is incendiary and sometimes flamboyant. He relishes the role of provocateur and fancies himself a gadfly to the drowsy American republic. One of his main strengths is his erudition, allowing him to range over vast landscapes of the humanities and politics in a single breath. But he is also sometimes glib and self-satisfied, and his penchant for referencing everything in sight can be distracting. Nonetheless, his arguments are forceful and morally important--and if the reader feels otherwise, there are few more fitting compliments to a professional dissident than dissent. --Eric de Place From Publishers Weekly Hitchens, a columnist for the Nation and Vanity Fair, and author, most recently, of The Trial of Henry Kissinger, has made a career of disagreement and dissent, of being the thorn in search of a side. "Only an open conflict of ideas and principles can produce any clarity," he observes. Hitchens's views, also part of the Art of Mentoring series (see Dershowitz, above), unfold in the form of an ongoing correspondence with an imaginary mentee whom he advises on modes of thought, argument and self-determination, on how to "live at an angle to the safety and mediocrity of consensus." The threats to free will are many, some predictable: establishment powers, the media, religious edicts, the manipulation of language, polls, labels, people with answers. Less obvious corrosives: the Dalai Lama, harmony, the New York Times claim to publish "all the news that's fit to print" ("conceited" and "censorious"). Indeed, the supply of enemies to rail against seems endless. Over a short span, Hitchens sounds off on a variety of topics irony, radicalism, anarchy, socialism, solitude, faith and humor, to name a few propelling readers through both time and space, from the Bible to Bosnia. At times, the argumentative positions seem offered up for their own sake which the author argues is justified and may inadvertently raise the question of how far we can define ourselves by what we are not. But this mini-manifesto, despite the somewhat mountainous terrain, should provide readers interested in current events and anti-establishment philosophy with a clearer view into one of today's more restless and provocative minds. (Oct.) Forecast: Basic figures there are as many budding contrarians out there as there are budding lawyers. The house is launching the new Art of Mentoring series with a 75,000-copy first printing of both books. With good media coverage (both authors will tour), Dershowitz's name and Hitchens's prickly reputation, both books should do well. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 303.3/2 21 | 2001 | 1970-01-28 | 226 | Conformity, Dissenters, Radicalism | 8.3 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| BL1219.5.H65 | Hitebeitel, Alf | Ritual of Battle Krishna In the Mahabhar | 817030279X | Unknown Binding | N | N | 1 | 5.0 Stars | N | $15.88 | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 2005-10-04 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| JC153 | Hobbes, Thomas | Leviathan (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-043195-0 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | February 25, 1982 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $9.95 | George Wright, University of Wisconsin Internationally renowned Hobbes scholar A.P. Martinich has produced the definitive version of Leviathan for student use...--This text refers to the Paperback edition. Kinch Hoekstra, Balliol College, Oxford University An admirably accessible edition of Hobbes's masterpiece...--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | c196 | 1970-01-07 | Penguin Classics Series | 736 | 7.8 x 5.3 x 1.3 inches | ||||||
| PS659 .L48 | Hobbes, Thomas | Leviathan/ Introd. by John Plamenatz | N | N | World Pub. Co. | 1963 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Political science | Cleveland | N | Bibliography: p. 393. | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 1970-04-16 | Meridian books, M158 | 409 | Political science, State, The | 409 p. 19 cm. | ||||||||
| B2430.D484 H63 | Hobson, Marian | Jacques Derrida: Opening Lines (Critics of the Twentieth Century) | 0-415-13786-1 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | October 1, 1998 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $34.95 | Rodolphe Gasche, SUNY-Buffalo "In this exceptionally sophisticated book Marian Hobson has done what no other book to date on Derrida has done: to explore the relation of argument to the mode of writing. This suberb study on the question of language in Derrida, shows Derrida's work to stage incalulable possibilities of connection from whence future commentaries are allowed to proceed." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Alan Montefiore, University of Oxford "Of the very many books on Derrida that have already appeared, Marian Hobson's must surely count as one of the most challenging and stimulating.." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 320 | 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| HM1106.H63 2003 | Hochschild, Arlie Russell | The Commercialization of Intimate Life: Notes from Home and Work | 0-520-21488-9 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | April 24, 2003 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Business Life : Workplace | Berkeley | N | $18.95 | The British Financial Times, June 18, 2003 Hochschild celebrates...advances made by the women's movement...acknoledges men's positive contribution. There's wit, humour, joy, and portents of doom. Review "As a feminist, Hochschild celebrates some of the advances made by the women's movement. . . . There is wit, humour and joy, as well as portents of doom."--The Financial Times (UK) | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 302 21 | 2003 | 1970-04-15 | 322 | Interpersonal relations and culture, Emotions -- Sociological aspects, Social pressure, Man-woman relationships, Self, Family | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| PN4121.H456 | Hoff, Ron | I Can See You Naked: A New Revised Edition of the National Bestsellers on Making Fearless Presentations | 0-8362-8008-3 | Hardcover | N | N | Andrews Mcmeel Pub | January, 1993 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Business & Investing : Business Life : Communication : Meetings & Presentations | Kansas City | N | $0.39 | ABOUT THE BOOK I Can See You Naked ANNOTATION A candidly refreshing look at presentations of all kinds and how to do them--from one of America's leading speakers, presenters, and creative directors. FROM THE PUBLISHER "I can see you naked" - visualizing audiences in the buff, as a counter to nervousness - has been taught by presentation experts for years. In this revised edition of "I Can See You Naked" - a delightful guide to presentations of all kinds - Ron Hoff begins by dismissing the technique. "Never talk to a naked audience," is his advice. It's too distracting. "I Can See You Naked" is the first book on making presentations that doesn't read like a textbook. The first book to sound like a presentation, look like a presentation, and "play" like a presentation. It is, in fact, a funny, irreverent, entertaining, and highly effective presentation on presentations. And it is a publishing success story - the first edition went back to press seven times and sold well over 100,000 copies. It has been a selection of sixteen book clubs. After four years of success, "I Can See You Naked" is now even better. This fearless new edition of the national bestseller on making great presentations has been extensively revised by author Ron Hoff, making it 25 percent larger than the first edition. It features 16 emphatic new chapters, new illustrations by Barrie Maguire, new photographs, new sidebars and panels, new nuggets to treasure, and scores of ideas ready for use in your next presentation. Why a revised edition? Because a lot has happened to presentations in four years. New to this edition are dynamic new chapters including "The Deadly Game" - how to win competitive presentations; Stand or sit? What's a presenter to do?; "How do you create excitement if you're not Madonna, Prince, or Zig Ziglar?"; "Great props don't have to be proper"; How to make a speech in a strange hotel; Questions that often float through the minds of audiences; Ten points to pin to the wall before your next one-on-one and a guide to "relationships" - the hot, new word in making presentations. Packed with insightful case studies, and personal anecdotes, "I Can See You Naked" clearly and succinctly addresses a | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 808.5/1 20 | 1992 | 1970-01-07 | 326 | Public speaking | 1.2 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | ||||
| E184.J5 H63 | Hoffman, Eva | Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language | 0-14-012773-9 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin | March 1, 1990 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : Ethnic & National : Jewish | New York, N.Y., U.S.A. | N | $10.20 | Amazon.com The condition of exile is an exaggeration of the process of change and loss that many people experience as they grow and mature, leaving behind the innocence of childhood. Eva Hoffman spent her early years in Cracow, among family friends who, like her parents, had escaped the Holocaust and were skeptical of the newly imposed Communist state. Hoffman's parents managed to immigrate to Canada in the 1950s, where Eva was old enough to feel like a stranger--bland food, a quieter life, and schoolmates who hardly knew where Poland was. Still, there were neighbors who knew something of Old World ways, and a piano teacher who was classically Middle European in his neurotic enthusiasm for music. Her true exile came in college in Texas, where she found herself among people who were frightened by and hostile to her foreignness. Later, at Harvard, Hoffman found herself initially alienated by her burgeoning intellectualism; her parents found it difficult to comprehend. Her sense of perpetual otherness was extended by encounters with childhood friends who had escaped Cracow to grow up in Israel, rather than Canada or the United States, and were preoccupied with soldiers, not scholars. Lost in Translation is a moving memoir that takes the specific experience of the exile and humanizes it to such a degree that it becomes relevant to the lives of a wider group of readers. From Publishers Weekly Daughter of Holocaust survivors, the author, a New York Times Book Review editor, lost her sense of place and belonging when she emigrated with her family from Poland to Vancouver in 1959 at the age of 13. Although she works within a familiar genre here, Hoffman's is a penetrating, lyrical memoir that casts a wide net as it joins vivid anecdotes and vigorous philosophical insights on Old World Cracow and Ivy League America; Polish anti-Semitism; the degradations suffered by immigrants; Hoffman's cultural nostalgia, self-analysis and intellectual passion; and the atrophy of her Polish from disuse and her own disabling inarticulateness in English as a newcomer. Linguistic dispossession, she explains, "is close to the dispossession of one's self." As Hoffman savors the cadences and nuances of her adopted language, she remains ever conscious of assimilation's perils: "But how does one bend toward another culture without falling over, how does one strike an elastic balance between rigidity and self-effacement?" Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 973/.0492402 B 20 | c198 | 1970-01-14 | 288 | Hoffman, Eva, 1945-, Jews -- United States -- Biography, Immigrants -- United States -- Biography, Children of Holocaust survivors -- Poland --, Biography, Children of Holocaust survivors -- United States, -- Biography | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| DS135.N6 H54813 | Hoffman, Eva (Foreword) | Etty Hillesum: An Interrupted Life the Diaries, 1941-1943 and Letters from Westerbork | 0-8050-5087-6 | Paperback | N | N | Owl Books | November 15, 1996 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : Ethnic & National : Jewish | New York | N | $11.53 | From School Library Journal YA--Hillesum was in her mid-20s at the time of the Holocaust; her diaries consist mainly of musings about the confusion, perplexities, and struggles all around her and mature into a clear philosophy of love of God and all humanity. Her most intimate thoughts are played out at length, but perseverance results in a rewarding view of humanity. The young woman's letters (the second part of the book) reveal a great deal more detail about the day-to-day life at the transit camp of Westerbork (the last stop before Auschwitz). Here, individual people come into view more clearly, and the horrors and atrocities facing the Jews at that time emerge. That Hillesum could rise above hate and generalization in the midst of such horror and evil reveals a tremendous inner strength. Her courage, determination, and faith reveal her amazing spirit. An inspirational reading experience. Bunni Union, Geauga West Library, Chesterland, OH Copyright 1997 Cahners Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 940.53/18/09492 20 | 1970-01-14 | 384 | Hillesum, Etty, 1914-1943, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Netherlands --, Personal narratives, Jews -- Netherlands -- Biography, Netherlands -- Ethnic relations | 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches | |||||
| DA5666.4.H54 | Hoggart, Richard | The Uses of Literacy (Classics in Communication and Mass Culture Series) | 0-7658-0421-2 | Paperback | N | N | Transaction Publishers | August, 1997 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Europe : England : 20th Century | New Brunswick, N.J., U.S.A. | N | $16.80 | ABOUT THE BOOK Uses of Literacy FROM THE PUBLISHER This pioneering work examines how mass media changed the lives and values of the English working class. Mixing personal memoir with social history and cultural critique, Hoggart's approaches to cultural analysis do not hide the author behind the mask of objective social scientific technique. In the introduction to the 1992 edition of The Uses of Literacy, Andrew Goodwin defines Hoggart's place among contending schools of English cultural criticism and points out the prescience of his analysis for developments in England over the past thirty years. The new postscript by John Corner begins with a discussion of Hoggart's contribution to the British cultural debate and concludes with an interview in which Hoggart comments on the origins of The Uses of Literacy, the founding of the Birmingham Centre, the relationship between the broadcasting debates of the early 1960s and those of today, and on other questions of cultural change and cultural analysis. This volume will be both beneficial to as well as enjoyed by cultural historians, communications specialists, media scholars, and sociologists. FROM THE CRITICS The Guardian An exquisitely drawn picture of the urban working-class life in which the author grew up.... This moving and thoughtful book deserves serious study. Times Literary Supplement Required reading for anyone concerned with the modern cultural climate. Asher Tropp - American Sociological Review Hoggart has the rare quality of complete intellectual honesty. [The Uses of Literacy] should be read by all those concerned with the nature of modern society. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 941.085 21 | 1997 | 2005-10-08 | Classics in Communication and Mass Culture Series | 363 | Great Britain -- Civilization -- 20th century, Popular culture -- Great Britain -- History --, 20th century, Working class -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th, century, Mass media -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th, century, Literacy -- Great Britain -- H | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches | |||
| N72.S6 V59 | Holly, Michael Ann (Editor) | Visual Culture: Images of Interpretation | 0-8195-6267-X | Paperback | N | N | Wesleyan University Press | May 15, 1994 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : Criticism | Hanover | N | $27.00 | New Art Examiner This book succeeds brilliantly on the basis of ... solid and thoughtful scholarship. Book Description Fifteen key art historians and cultural critics redefine the scope and concerns of scholarship on visual culture--a history of representation seen as something different from a history of art. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 701/.03 20 | 1994 | 2005-10-15 | 461 | Art and society -- Congresses, Masculinity in art -- Congresses, Art -- Historiography -- Congresses | 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.2 inches | ||||
| PG2997.H65 1993 | Holmgren, Beth | Women's Works in Stalin's Time: On Lidiia Chukovskaia and Nadezhda Mandelstam | 0-253-20829-7 | Paperback | N | N | Indiana University Press | November 1993 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Bloomington and Indianapolis | N | $17.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Women's Works in Stalin's Time: On Lidiia Chukovskaia and Nadezhda Mandelstam | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 891.709/9287 20 | 1993 | 1970-01-28 | 256 | Russian literature -- Women authors -- History, and criticism, Chukovskaëiìa, Lidiëiìa Korneevna -- Criticism, and interpretation, Mandel§shtam, Nadezhda, 1899- -- Criticism and, interpretation, Women and literature -- Russia | 0.5 x 6.0 x 9.2 inches | ||||
| PG3328.Z6 H6 | Holquist, Michael | Dostoevsky And The Novel | 0-8101-0729-5 | Hardcover | N | N | Northwestern University Press | June 1986 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $9.79 | ABOUT THE BOOK Dostoevsky and the Novel | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1970-04-15 | 202 | 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| BF175.4.C84 | Homans, Peter | The Ability to Mourn : Disillusionment and the Social Origins of Psychoanalysis | 0-226-35111-4 | Hardcover | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | July 19, 1989 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : Counseling : General | Chicago | N | $60.00 | Book Description Peter Homans offers a new understanding of the origins of psychoanalysis and relates the psychoanalytic project as a whole to the sweep of Western culture, past and present. He argues that Freud's fundamental goal was the interpretation of culture and that, therefore, psychoanalysis is fundamentally a humanistic social science. To establish this claim, Homans looks back at Freud's self-analysis in light of the crucial years from 1906 to 1914 when the psychoanalytic movement was formed and shows how these experiences culminated in Freud's cultural texts. By exploring the "culture of psychoanalysis," Homans seeks a better understanding of what a "psychoanalysis of culture" might be. Psychoanalysis, Homans shows, originated as a creative response to the withering away of traditional communities and their symbols in the aftermath of the industrial revolution. The loss of these attachments played a crucial role in the lives of the founders of psychoanalysis, especially Sigmund Freud but also Karl Abraham, Carl Jung, Otto Rank, and Ernest Jones. The personal, political, and religious losses that these figures experienced, the introspection that followed, and the psychological discovery that resulted are what Homans calls "the ability to mourn." Homans expands this historical analysis to construct a general model of psychological discovery: the loss of shared ideals and symbols can produce a deeper sense of self (psychological structure-building, or individuation) and can then lead to the creation of new forms of meaning and self-understanding. He shows how Freud, Jung, and other psychoanalysts began to extend their introspection outward, reinterpreting the meanings of Western art, history, and religion. In conclusion, Homans evaluates Freud's theory of culture and discusses the role that psychoanalysis might play in social and cultural criticism. Throughout the book, Homans makes use of the many histories, biographies, and psychobiographies that have been written about the origins of psychoanalysis, drawing them into a comprehensive sociocultural model. Rich in insights and highly original in approach, this work will interest psychoanalysts and students of Freud, sociologists concerned with modernity and psychoanalysis, and cultural critics in the fields of religion, anthropology, political science, and social history. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 150.19/5 19 | 1970-01-28 | 418 | Psychoanalysis and culture -- History, Social change -- Psychological aspects --, History, Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 -- Psychology, Psychoanalysis -- History | 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches | |||||
| PA4025.A5 | Homer | The Odyssey (Classics S.) | 0-14-044001-1 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | June 30, 1950 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( H ) : Homer | N | $0.01 | From School Library Journal Grade 4-7 Lister, has, with some success, retold Homer's famed epic for children. Rather than beginning the story in the traditional way, after the battle of Troy, his version begins with the shipwreck on Phaeacia. Odysseus sets the scene with the help of the bard, Demodocus, then tells his story. For a young audience, this flashback technique is confusing and unwieldy. Then, in the next three chapters, Lister crowds all of the historical facts and names that he removed from the beginning. He also tries, mostly in early chapters, to update some of the language while maintaining the tone of the story. The result is uneven and, in some places, humorous; for example, when the Cyclops growls at his uninvited guests, ``Who the hell are you?'' However, Lister's telling improves as the book progresses, and the picture book format with, for the most part, effective, sometimes exciting, full-color illustrations, makes this new version of the Odyssey, while not preferable to those of Picard (Walck, 1952; o.p.), Church (Macmillan, 1951; o.p.), Watson (Golden, 1964; o.p.), and Colum (Macmillan, 1925; o.p.), at least another good choice. Constance A. Mellon, Department of Library & Information Studies, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal While Mandelbaum and the University of California Press are to be commended for attempting this new translation of The Odyssey , those of Robert Fitzgerald (Doubleday, 1963) and Richard Lattimore (Harper & Row, 1968) still remain the versions of choice for serious students who don't know Greek. Mandelbaum's poetry is fluent but lacks the feeling for the original that he brought to his fine translations of Virgil ( The Aeneid of Virgil , Bantam, 1976) and Dante ( The Divine Comedy: The Inferno , Bantam, 1982). There is a looseness in the translation that often misses the intricacy and interconnection of The Odyssey as a whole. Illustrated with engravings, this is essentially a coffee-table book. - T.L. Cooksey, Arm strong State Coll., Savannah, Ga. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 368 | |||||||||
| PN98.C6 | Homer, Sean | Fredric Jameson: Marxism, Hermeneutics, Postmodernism | 0-415-92031-0 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | March, 1998 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Books & Reading : Reference | New York | N | $27.95 | Book Description Fredric Jameson has been described as "probably the most important cultural critic writing in English today" and he is widely acknowledged as the foremost proponent for the tradition of critical theory known as Western Marxism.Yet his work has not been given the systematic review like other contemporary thinkers like Fooucault and Derrida. Fredric Jameson: Marxism, Hermeneutics, Postmodernism is a thoroughly up-to-date, detailed review and analysis of the work of this influential intellectual. Covering Jameson's work and thought from his early projects of form and history to his more recent engagements with postmodernism and cultural politics, this synthesis offers a balanced assessment of his ideas, their development and their continuing influence. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 801/.95/092 21 | 1998 | 1970-01-21 | 240 | Jameson, Fredric, Marxist criticism, Hermeneutics, Postmodernism (Literature) | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| PE1404.C618 | Horner, Winifred Bryan (Editor) | Composition and Literature: Bridging the Gap | 0-226-35339-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Univ of Chicago Pr | September, 1983 | 1 | Reference : Words & Language : Rhetoric | Chicago | N | $5.96 | ABOUT THE BOOK Composition and Literature: Bridging the Gap | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 808/.042/071173 19 | 1983 | 1969-12-31 | 184 | English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and, teaching, English literature -- Study and teaching, (Higher), Report writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) | 23 cm. | |||||
| D217 .H68 2002 | Howe, Stephen | Empire: A Very Short Introduction | 0-19-280223-2 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | October 1, 2002 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Europe : General | N | $9.95 | Book Description A great deal of the world's history is the history of empires. Indeed it could be said that all history is colonial history, if one takes a broad enough definition and goes far enough back. And although the great historic imperial systems--the land-based Russian one as well as the seaborne empires of western European powers--have collapsed during the past half century, their legacies shape almost every aspect of life on a global scale. Meanwhile there is fierce argument, and much speculation, about what has replaced the old territorial empires in world politics. Do the United States and its allies, transnational companies, financial and media institutions, or more broadly the forces of "globalization", constitute a new imperial system? Stephen Howe interprets the meaning of the idea of "empire" through the ages, disentangling the multiple uses and abuses of the labels "empire" and "colonialism", etc., and examines the aftermath of imperialism on the contemporary world. | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 144 | 8.5 x 6.4 x 0.4 inches | ||||||||
| BL570 | Hubert, Henri | Sacrifice : Its Nature and Functions | 0-226-35679-5 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | December 15, 1981 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Religious | N | $23.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Sacrifice: Its Nature and Functions | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 176 | 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches | ||||||||
| B1485 | Hume, David | A Treatise of Human Nature : Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning into Mor (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-043244-2 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | February 4, 1986 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Consciousness & Thought | N | $11.20 | Book Description David Hume's comprehensive attempt to base philosophy on a new, observationally grounded study of human nature is one of the most important texts in Western philosophy. The Treatise first explains how we form such concepts as cause and effect, external existence, and personal identity, and how we create compelling but unverifiable beliefs in the entities represented by these concepts. It then offers a novel account of the passions, explains freedom and necessity as they apply to human choices and actions, and concludes with a detailed explanation of how we distinguish between virtue and vice. The volume features Hume's own abstract of the Treatise, a substantial introduction, extensive annotations, a glossary of terms, a comprehensive index, and suggestions for further reading.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | Penguin Classics Series | 688 | 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches | |||||||
| B1493 | Hume, David | An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Great Books in Philosophy) | 0-87975-500-8 | Paperback | N | N | Prometheus Books | September, 1988 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Epistemology | N | $6.95 | Book Description The Oxford Philosophical Texts series consists of truly practical and accessible guides to major philosophical texts in the history of philosophy from the ancient world up to modern times. Each book opens with a comprehensive introduction by a leading specialist which covers the philosopher's life, work, and influence. Endnotes, a full bibliography, guides to further reading, and an index are also included. Now one of the most widely read works in philosophy, David Hume's An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748) introduced his philosophy to a broad educated readership. In it he gives an elegant and accessible presentation of strikingly original and challenging views about the limited powers of human understanding, the attractions of skepticism, the compatibility of free will and determinism, and weaknesses in the foundations of religion. In this volume, an authoritative new version of the text is enhanced by detailed explanatory notes, a glossary of terms, a full list of references, and a section of supplementary readings.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | Great Books in Philosophy | 149 | 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches | |||||||
| BL180 | Hume, David | DIALOGUE CONCERNING NATURAL RELIGION (Hafner Library of Classics) | 0-02-846180-0 | Paperback | N | N | Free Press | January 1, 1970 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $14.95 | Book Description It Seems Strange To Me, Said Cleanthes, That You, Demea, Who Are So Sincere In The Cause Of Religion, Should Still Maintain The Mysterious, Incomprehensible Nature Of The Deity, And Should Insist So Strenuously That He Has No Manner Of Likeness Or Resemblance To Human Creatures. The Deity, I Can Readily Allow, Possesses Many Powers And Attributes Of Which We Can Have No Comprehension:--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | Library of Classics | 95 | 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches | |||||||
| B1493.D52 1991 | Hume, David (Editor) | David Hume--Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion in Focus (Philosophers in Focus) | 0-415-02014-X | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | September 20, 1991 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | London ; New York | N | $4.85 | ABOUT THE BOOK David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 210 20 | 1970-01-21 | Philosophers in Focus Ser. | 288 | Natural theology -- Early works to 1800 | 1.0 x 5.5 x 8.8 inches | ||||
| BL51.H86 | Hume, David (Editor) | Natural History of Religion | 0-8047-0333-7 | Paperback | N | N | Stanford University Press | June, 1979 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | N | $11.16 | Book Description The only point of theology, in which we shall find a consent of mankind almost universal, is, that there is invisible, intelligent power in the world: But whether this power be supreme or subordinate, whether confined to one being; or distributed among several, what attributes, qualities, connexions, or principles of action ought to be ascribed to those beings, concerning all these points, there is the widest difference in the popular systems of theology.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. Download Description As every enquiry, which regards religion, is of the utmost importance, there are two questions in particular, which challenge our attention, to wit, that concerning its foundation in reason, and that concerning its origin in human nature. Happily, the first question, which is the most important, admits of the most obvious, at least, the clearest solution. The whole frame of nature bespeaks an intelligent author; and no rational enquirer can, after serious reflection, suspend his belief a moment with regard to the primary principles of genuine Theism and Religion. But the other question, concerning the origin of religion in human nature, is exposed to some more difficulty. The belief of invisible, intelligent power has been very generally diffused over the human race, in all places and in all ages; but it has neither perhaps been so universal as to admit of no exception, nor has it been, in any degree, uniform in the ideas, which it has suggested. Some nations have been discovered, who entertained no sentiments of Religion, if travellers and historians may be credited; and no two nations, and scarce any two men, have ever agreed precisely in the same sentiments. It would appear, therefore, that this preconception springs not from an original instinct or primary impression of nature, such as gives rise to self-love, affection between the sexes, love of progeny, gratitude, resentment; since every instinct of this kind has been found absolutely universal in all nations and ages, and has always a precise determinate object, which it inflexibly pursues. The first religious principles must be secondary; such as may easily be perverted by various accidents and causes, and whose operation too, in some cases, may, by an extraordinary concurrence of circumstances, be altogether prevented. What those principles are, which give rise to the original belief, and what those accidents and causes are, which direct its operation, is the subject of our present enquiry.--This text refers to the Digital edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1979 | 1970-01-21 | 80 | 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches | |||||||
| in mandala file | Hund, Wolfgang | 42 Seasonal Mandalas Coloring Book | 0-89793-337-0 | Paperback | N | N | Hunter House | May 10, 2001 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Children's Books : Arts & Music : Art : General | N | $9.95 | Book Description Teachers and parents can let the season determine which mandalas will be colored in 42 Seasonal Mandalas Coloring Book. This book not only inspires children but also helps them celebrate the beauty of natural cycles. With designs incorporating ice cream cones, jack o' lanterns, apples, and snowflakes, these mandalas are perfect for celebrating seasons and holidays. | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 96 | 10.8 x 8.4 x 1.3 inches | ||||||||
| N8193.3.C35 FF | Huntington, John C. | The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art | 1-932476-01-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Serindia Publications | September 1, 2003 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Religious | N | $127.50 | Book Description Attention to Himalayan Buddhist art has come to the forefront of art historical scholarship in recent years, especially in the areas of connoisseurship and attribution. Several major exhibitions have highlighted the artistic achievements of the Himalayan cultures, yet very few have focused primarily on the reasons for the creation of the art and its original intent. The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art attempts to fill this lacuna in the scholarship by showing that the function of Himalayan Buddhist art is to interpret and give physical form to specific Buddhist practices. The exhibition catalogue for The Circle of Bliss points the way to an entirely new direction for the study of the visual representations of the Chakrasamvara Tantra and other key Buddhist Tantras. The texts of the Chakrasamvara Tantra offer profound meditational techniques to practitioners to enable them to experience the increased awareness necessary for reaching the ultimate state of human perfection, or Enlightenment. Here, for the first time in Himalayan art historical scholarship, the works of art are presented in their socio-religious context, with details about how their symbolic visual language expresses the attainment of that path. The study focuses on the esoteric meditations related to Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi, which are regarded as among the principal meditational practices throughout the Himalayan Buddhist world. Long believed to be taught only to initiated disciples, the details of these meditations have gradually come into the light of modern scholarship over the last sixty years. With this increased public awareness, the authors have been allowed a unique opportunity to explain these esoteric processes without breaking any of the still-secret traditions. The book's thematic emphasis provides a clear, well-articulated overview of the Himalayan Buddhist meditational process from its inception through its completion stages. The study delineates the geo-cultural development across Asia of the diverse esoteric religious practices of Himalayan Buddhism, especially the seminal contribution of the Newar Buddhist community of Nepal in the transmission and reinterpretation of the esoteric Tantric Buddhist teachings. The practices of the Newar community, in particular the Chakrasamvara teachings, are revealed as a major force in the development of Buddhism. Featuring approximately 160 of the aesthetically finest and most powerful masterpieces of Indian, Nepalese, Tibetan, Chinese, and Mongolian art produced over the past thirteen centuries, the catalogue includes many works published for the first time. It highlights the extraordinary artistic accomplishments of esoteric Buddhism and at the same time leads the reader to understand the intrinsic function of these exquisite works. In this in-depth contextualization of the art works, the complex world of Himalayan Buddhist art has been explicated beyond aesthetic appreciation to a germane understanding of its innermost meaning and its service in the pursuit of Enlightenment. | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 0 | 13.0 x 10.0 x 1.9 inches | ||||||||
| B3279.H93 I33 | Husserl, Edmund | Ideas | 0-02-065910-5 | Paperback | N | N | Macmillan Pub Co | August, 1962 | 3 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Graphic Design : Commercial : General | N | $15.20 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: German--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 446 | 1.2 x 4.2 x 7.0 inches | ||||||||
| PN56.I65 | Hutcheon, Linda | Irony's Edge: The Theory and Politics of Irony | 0-415-05453-2 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | December, 1994 | 1 | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Consciousness & Thought | London ; New York | N | $38.95 | Book Description There is the growing sense that irony has emerged as a mode of expression that is strangely out of vogue. The popular press has veritably written it off as a means of critique (In 1991, squire announced ``Forget Irony--Have a Nice Decade!''). Politicians and pundits seldom use it. And when they do, it tends either to miss its intended mark or, for that matter, induce widespread cognitive failure. Yet, irony is a complex rhetorical move. It depends on deep and shared levels of understanding, knowing namely, that one means what one doesn't mean and that that actually means something else completely. It produces a ``scene.'' In rony's Edge, Linda Hutcheon examines the nature of this ``scene.'' She explores what constitutes irony, how irony functions, in what ways it is political, and how it disrupts the space between expression and understanding. She examines irony not only as an intercommunicative act, but as a discursive practice that is, in many ways, a cultural event, which happens in discrete and often sophisticated ways. She analyzes irony's logic and the way in which it operates in relations to concepts of difference and identity, intentionality and interpretation, and the inappropriate and the appropriate. She examines these concerns vis-a-vis an array of references gathered from contemporary and modern culture. She looks at works such as the novels of Umberto Eco, the operas and symphonies of Richard Wagner, and the art of Anselm Kiefer. She focuses on popular cultural figures such as Madonna and the recent film of Shakespeare's Henry V. Her book is one of the first synthesized theoretical accounts of the cultural phenomenology of irony. In Irony's Edge, Hutcheon elaborates upon her earlier work on parody (A Theory of Parody) and scutizines the mechanics of irony in fundamentally salient and critical ways. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 128/.4 20 | 1995 | 1970-01-14 | 248 | Irony | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | |||||
| PK2596.H88 | Hutt, Michael J. | Modern Literary Nepali: An Introductory Reader (Soas Studies on South Asia) | 0-19-565111-1 | Paperback | N | N | School of Oriental and African Studies | May, 2000 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $10.95 | Book Description Beginning with a general introduction that surveys the historical context and traces the growth of modern literature in Nepal, this book goes on to anthologize and translate a number of twentieth-century Nepali literary texts. The book is ideal for readers with a basic grasp of Nepali grammar and vocabulary. Language Notes Text: English (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | Soas Studies on South Asia | 304 | 0.5 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches | |||||||
| PK2598.Z95 | Hutt, Michael J. (Editor) | Himalayan Voices | 8120811569 | Paperback | N | N | Motilal Banarsidass | December, 1993 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory | N | $24.22 | From Library Journal Hutt, lecturer in Nepali at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, has translated with great sensitivity selections of the writings of 21 poets and 16 writers of short stories in this volume of the publisher's new series, "Voices from Asia." While Nepal is one of the poorest countries of the world, Hutt has amply demonstrated that there is a depth and breadth of literary activity of world stature. Of course, he concentrates upon certain themes. The poetry section, for instance, has much on the struggles against the Rana family's stranglehold on the country, while the short stories concentrate more on the post-Rana period. Highly recommended for world literature collections. -Donald Clay Johnson, Univ. of Minnesota Lib., Minneapolis Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Book Description While the natural splendor of Nepal has been celebrated in many books, very little of the substantial body of Nepali literature has appeared in English translation. Himalayan Voices provides admirers of Nepal and lovers of literature with their first glimpse of the vibrant literary scene in Nepal today. An introduction to the two most developed genres of modern Nepali literaturepoetry and the short storythis work profiles eleven of Nepal's most distinguished poets and offers translations of more than eighty poems written from 1916 to 1986. Twenty of the most interesting and best-known examples of the Nepali short story are translated into English for the first time by Michael Hutt. All provide vivid descriptions of life in twentieth-century Nepal. Although the days when Nepali poets were regularly jailed for their writings have passed, until 1990 the strictures of various laws governing public security and partisan political activity still required writers and publishers to exercise a certain caution. In spite of these conditions, poetry in Nepal remained the most vital and innovative genre, in which sentiments and opinions on contemporary social and political issues were frequently expressed. While the Nepali short story adapted its present form only during the early 1930s, it has rapidly developed a surprisingly high degree of sophistication. These stories offer insights into the workings of Nepali society: into caste, agrarian relations, social change, the status of women, and so on. Such insights are more immediate than those offered by scholarly works and are conveyed by implication and assumption rather than analysis and exposition. This book should appeal not only to admirers of Nepal, but to all readers with an interest in non-Western literatures. Himalayan Voices establishes for the first time the existence of a sophisticated literary tradition in Nepal and the eastern Himalaya.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 350 | |||||||||
| NX456.H89 | Huyssen, Andreas | After the Great Divide: Modernism, Mass Culture, Postmodernism (Theories of Representation and Difference) | 0-253-20399-6 | Paperback | N | N | Indiana University Press | December, 1986 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : General | Bloomington | N | $15.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK After the Great Divide: Modernism, Mass Culture, Postmodernism ANNOTATION Huyssen argues that postmodernism is not a radical break with the past, as it is deeply indebted to that other trend within the culture of modernity--the historical avant-garde. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 700/.9/04 19 | 1986 | 2005-10-15 | Theories of Representation and Difference Series | 256 | Arts, Modern -- 20th century, Modernism (Art), Postmodernism, Popular culture | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches | |||
| PG3273 | IAkushin, N. I. | Serdtsa chutkogo prozren'em...: povesti i rasskazy russkikh pisatel'nits XIX v. | 5268010166 | Hardcover | N | N | "Sov. Rossiia" | 1991 | 1 | Moscow | N | $10.00 | 2006-01-16 | 0 | Russian fiction -- Women authors. Russian fiction -- 19th century. | ||||||||||||
| Z2503.5.W6 N45 | Ignashev, Diane M. Nemec | Women and Writing in Russia and the USSR: A Bibliography of English-Language Sources (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities) | 0-8240-3647-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Taylor & Francis | July, 1992 | 1 | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | New York | N | N/A | ABOUT THE BOOK Women and Writing in Russia and the U. S. S. R.: A Bibliography of English-Language Sources FROM THE CRITICS Booknews A comprehensive compilation of primary and secondary sources from the (former) USSR as well as US academic and popular publications, arranged by generally recognized periods within Russian/Soviet literature. For non-Russian speaking students of Russian and Soviet literature. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 016.891709/9287 20 | 1970-01-14 | Garland Reference Library of the Humanities Series | 328 | Russian literature -- Women authors --, Bibliography, Russian literature -- Translations into English, -- Bibliography, Women -- Soviet Union -- Bibliography, Women -- Soviet Union -- Intellectual life --, Bibliography | 0.8 x 5.8 x 9.0 inches | |||||
| B2430.R554 | Ihde, Don | Hermeneutic Phenomenology: The Philosophy of Paul Ricoeur (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (Hardcover)) | 0-8101-0347-8 | Hardcover | N | N | Northwestern University Press | December, 1971 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Evanston | N | $12.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Hermeneutic Phenomenology: The Philosophy of Paul Ricoeur | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 194 | 2005-11-20 | Studies in Phenomenology and Existential | 192 | Ric?ur, Paul, Hermeneutics, Phenomenology | xx, 192 p. 24 cm. | ||||
| DS435.8.147 | Inden, Ronald | Imagining India | 1-55786-339-3 | Paperback | N | N | Blackwell Publishers | April, 1992 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : India | N | $15.94 | ABOUT THE BOOK Imagining India FROM THE PUBLISHER In this controversial and widely praised book, Inden argues that the West's major depictions of India as the civilization of caste, villages, spiritualism, and divine kings--and as a land dominated by imagination rather than reason--have had the effect of depriving Indians of their capacity to rule their world, which has consequently been appropriated by those in the West who wish to dominate it. First published in 1990, this edition of Imagining India contains a new introduction. FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Inden (South Asian history, U. of Chicago) traces the origins of European representation of India and their fundamental contribution to modern concepts of The West and The East. He posits that the vision of an ancient, decaying empire was (and is) applied to India to avoid its more obvious application to Western society. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 2005-10-04 | 320 | 1.0 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | ||||||||
| P99.S3873 | Innis, Robert E. (Editor) | Semiotics an Introductory Anthology (Advances in Semiotics) | 0-253-20344-9 | Paperback | N | N | Indiana University Press | June, 1985 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Reference : Education : Questions & Answers | Bloomington | N | $39.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Semiotics: An Introductory Anthology ANNOTATION This volume presents the classic statements in semiotics and touches on a vast set of problems and themes--philosophical, aesthetic, literary, cultural, biological, and anthropological. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 001.51 19 | 1985 | 1969-12-31 | Advances in Semiotics Series | 352 | Semiotics | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | |||
| HQ1206.I7130 | Irigaray, Luce | This Sex Which Is Not One | 0-8014-9331-5 | Paperback | N | N | Cornell University Press | May, 1985 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : Child Psychology | Ithaca, N.Y. | N | $18.95 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 155.3/33 21 | 2005-10-08 | 223 | Women -- Psychology, Women and psychoanalysis, Femininity (Philosophy), Sex (Psychology) | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches | |||||
| PS3559.R8 | irving, John | The World According to Garp | 0-671-82220-9 | Paperback | N | N | March 1, 1979 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | N | $0.01 | Amazon.com "Garp was a natural storyteller," says the narrator of John Irving's incandescent novel, referring to the book's hero, the novelist Garp, who has much in common with Irving himself. "He could make things up one right after the other, and they seemed to fit." Irving packs wild characters and weird events into his classic--officially recognized as such in a Modern Library edition with a new introduction by the author--while amazingly maintaining the rough feel of realism in every scene and the pulse of life in every heart. Many novelists of his time might have populated a novel with a novelist protagonist whose life and books comment on each other and the novel we're reading. Transsexual football players, ball turret gunners lobotomized in battle, multiple adultery, unicycling bears, mad feminists who amputate their tongues in sympathy with the celebrated victim of a horrifying rape--Irving made them all people. Even the bear is a fitting character. In a crucial episode, Garp's wife's seduction of a young man coincidentally occurs at the moment when Garp is delighting their young sons with a reckless car trick (one of the few scenes beautifully, eerily, heartbreakingly captured in the film version as well). Many authors would have been content with the harsh comedy of the scene, but Irving respects its integrity, and he builds the rest of the book on the consequences of the event. How does he get away with his killer cocktail of slapstick and horror? Because it's simply what we all face daily, rearranged into soul-satisfying art. "Life is an X-rated soap opera," according to Garp, and who can contradict him? Rereading Garp 20 years later, one is struck by how elegantly Irving structures his bizarre and complex story. Take the two most celebrated bits in the book, the Under Toad and Garp's story "The Pension Grillparzer," which shimmers like an exquisite Kafkaesque insect in the amber of the novel. When Garp warns his son about the "undertow" at the beach, the boy imagines a monster out of Beowulf who lurks beneath the waves to suck you under: the "Under Toad." It's funny at first, but we soon find that the Under Toad is a metaphor with teeth--he connects with a prophetic dream of death in "The Pension Grillparzer," set in Vienna. Garp's son's last words are, "It's like a dream!" And as Irving--who studied at the University of Vienna--can certainly tell you, the German word for "death" sounds precisely like the English word "toad." All that death, and yet Garp is mainly exuberant. This story is, as Garp's stuttering writing teacher puts it, "rich with lu-lu-lunacy and sorrow." It enriches literature, and our lives. --Tim Appelo--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Library Journal "In the world according to Garp, we're all terminal cases." This sentence ends both Irving's comic and tragic novel and its wonderful audio adaptation, read disarmingly by Michael Prichard. We hear the familiar story of T.S. Garp; his mother, Jenny Fields; and Garp's wife, family, friends, and lovers. We also see Garp's efforts to establish himself as a serious author and his involvement in sexual politics. In contrast, Jenny's memoirs establish her as a feminist leader. This work is funny, sexual, serious, and sad. Prichard's narration adds a wonderful dimension to the story. Plus, Irving opens with a terrific introduction to mark the novel's 20th anniversary. This wise and unique tale is as fresh today as it was when first published in 1978. Obviously, a required purchase for all audio collections and required listening for all Irving fans. Irving's (A Son of the Circus, Audio Reviews, LJ 12/94) new novel echoes Garp through tracing the complicated life of novelist Ruth Cole. Divided into three parts, the book views Ruth's life and relationships at age four in 1958, age 36 in 1990, and age 41 in 1995. In the first part, Ruth's mother, devastated by the loss of two sons, leaves her daughter and womanizing husband after a brief love affair with a teenage boy. Part 2 focuses on Ruth's book tour in Europe while coming | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 0 | |||||||||||
| HD1379.I67 | Irwin, Robert | Tips and Traps When Buying a Home | 0-07-032140-X | Paperback | N | N | Mcgraw-Hill | January, 1990 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Business & Investing : Economics | New York | N | $0.01 | Bruss, Robert J., Detroit Free Press, 2/23/97 "Here's a book that's so packed with sound, practical advice for home owners, I kept saying to myself "I wish I had written that!" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Book Description Robert Irwin is America's #1 real estate expert. But don't take our word for it--the sales figures speak for themselves. To date, his real estate titles have sold more than one and a half million copies. Of all of his books, those in the bestselling "Tips and Traps" series continue to be the most popular(more than 500,000 sold), and two of those--Tips and Traps When Buying a Home and Tips and Traps When Selling a Home--have gone on to become the #1 guides in their respective subjects. In the seven years since those two classics were last revised the real estate market has undergone many dramatic changes. Irwin has updated these bestsellers to reflect these changes so readers can be successful in their real estate endeavors. Featuring fully revised facts and figures that reflect the most recent changes in the real estate market,Tips and Traps When Buying a Home, Third Editionprovides first-time and experienced home buyers alike with practical, step-by-step information on a broad range of proven home buying strategies, along with indispensable advice and guidance on: Buying in an "Up" market "Flipping," buying with "options," bidding wars, and other new facts of life The latest new financing options The new rules of closing costs --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 643/.12 20 | 1990 | 2005-11-20 | 190 | House buying, Real estate business | 0.8 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | ||||
| PN1997.M395 | Irwin, William (Editor) | The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real | 0-8126-9501-1 | Paperback | N | N | Open Court Publishing Company | September 1, 2002 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Entertainment : Movies : General | N | $15.72 | From Publishers Weekly The many faces of Keanu Reeves as hero Neo-Christ, Buddha, Socrates-are explored in these essays on the philosophical implications of the sci-fi martial arts blockbuster The Matrix, collected by the editor of Seinfeld and Philosophy and The Simpsons and Philosophy. According to the academics assembled here, when messianic hacker Neo kick-boxes the Matrix's virtual-reality dream-prison, he is really struggling with some of mankind's biggest conundrums: the nature of truth and reality, the possibility of free will, the mind-body problem and the alienation of labor in late-capitalist society. The tacit goal here is to make philosophy fun for the general reader by orienting it to pop-culture reference points, so while some articles contain rather dense philosophical jargon, most are pitched at the level of a freshman intro course. But only a few chapters delve into the movie's aesthetics; the rest seem to use The Matrix as a peg on which to hang a canned philosophy lecture. The results are occasionally engaging, as with David Mitsuo Nixon's nifty refutation of the "reality is just an illusion" conceit, but they're too often dryly academic and liable to elicit no more than a drowsy "whoa" from the movie's legions of fans. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. Utopian Studies Book Review, September, 2004 "This collection of essays has something for nearly everyone interested in the intersection between philosophy and pop culture." | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 320 | 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| B68.S55 | Irwin, William (Editor) | The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer | 0-8126-9433-3 | Paperback | N | N | Open Court Publishing Company | April 9, 2001 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Entertainment : Television : History & Criticism | N | $12.21 | Amazon.com No doubt Aristotle just rolled over in his grave. An essay called "Homer and Aristotle" would appear to be a treatise on two ancient Greek thinkers; in this case, it's a depiction of Homer Simpson's Aristotelian virtues. Raja Halwani's "Homeric" essay is amusing, though, and moreover, it actually ends up being enlightening, especially for those just learning Aristotle's ethics. Bart may be a Nietzschean without knowing it; Mr. Burns is a cipher for unhappiness (except when he eats "so-called iced-cream"); and Ned Flanders raises questions about neighborly love. The Simpsons and Philosophy has a lot to say about The Simpsons, and even more to say about philosophy. The book collects 18 essays into an unpretentious, tongue-in-cheek, and surprisingly intelligent look at philosophy through the lens of Matt Groening's vaunted animated series. The editors are quick to point out that they don't think The Simpsons "is the equivalent of history's best works of literature ... but it nevertheless is just deep enough, and certainly funny enough, to warrant serious attention." The writers of the book are mostly professional philosophers, and they are appropriately erudite. But what is truly astonishing, even for a confessed Simpsons addict, is their breadth of Simpsons knowledge, spanning all 12 seasons of the show's history. The Simpsons and Philosophy is obviously not intended to be a turning point in modern thought, but it is an excellent introduction to some core elements of philosophy. --Eric de Place From Publishers Weekly In Irwin's earlier anthology, Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book About Everything and Nothing (1999), a team of philosophy professors offered an introduction to Plato, Kierkegaard and other major thinkers via the characters and plots of the TV sitcom. Now Irwin and company have regrouped to focus on Matt Groening's popular, long-running animated series, The Simpsons. Noting that Groening studied philosophy in college, they hasten to add that this is not an attempt to explore meanings intended by Groening and the show's artists and writers. "Rather, we're highlighting the philosophical significance of The Simpsons as we see it," declares the editorial trio. Each essay provides a hilarious but incisive springboard to some aspect of philosophy. Can we learn something about the nature of happiness from the unhappy, miserly Mr. Burns? What are Springfield's sexual politics? What makes Bart Simpson a Heideggerian thinker? Could Bart be the Nietzschean ideal? These are the kind of "meaty philosophical issues" TV viewers can expect to find covered by the 21 contributors to this entertaining book, with interpretations drawn from the works of Sartre, Kant, Karl Marx, Virginia Woolf, Roland Barthes and others. Appendixes include a time line of the major philosophers referred to and a chronological guide of the episode titles and original air dates spanning 11 seasons of The Simpsons. (Apr.)Forecast: Seinfeld and Philosophy prompted Entertainment Weekly's review comment, "Wish we'd had this in college." Fans of The Simpsons are certain to find this book to be the perfect rebuttal for those who dismiss the show as a no-brainer. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 303 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| PG3476.M355 I74 | Isenberg, Charles | Substantial Proofs of Being: Osip Mandelstams Literary Prose | 0-89357-169-5 | Paperback | N | N | Slavica Publishers | September, 1987 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Classics | Columbus, Ohio | N | $19.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Substantial Proofs of Being: Osip Mandelstam's Literary Prose | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 891.78/308 19 | 1986 | 1970-01-07 | 179 | Mandel§shtam, Osip, 1891-1938 -- Criticism and, interpretation | 0.5 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | ||||
| PN83.184 | Iser, Wolfgang | Prospecting : From Reader Response to Literary Anthropology | 0-8018-4593-9 | Paperback | N | N | The Johns Hopkins University Press | February 1, 1993 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $20.95 | Review "An important transitional book, usefully summarizing the past and thoughtfully mapping out the future of a significant critic's theoretical project."-- Modern Philology Review " Prospecting contains fine examples of Iser's ability to relate theoretical issues to analyses of individual works. It will deservedly enhance his reputation as a critic and theorist who writes with equal skill and learning about Renaissance, Neoclassic, and modernist texts."--Ralph Cohen, University of Virginia | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 328 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| PN83.1813 | Iser, Wolfgang | The Act of Reading : A Theory of Aesthetic Response | 0-8018-2371-4 | Paperback | N | N | The Johns Hopkins University Press | February 1, 1980 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $25.00 | Review "A splendid theoretical companion to Iser's The Implied Reader. The earlier book drew much attention for its reader-centered practical criticism of narrative fiction from Bunyan on. The new volume explains Iser's phenomenological technique... This book belongs in every serious, up-to-date literature collection."-- Library Journal. Book Description Iser examines what happens during the reading process, and how it is basic to the development of a theory of aesthetic response, setting in motion a chain of events that depends both on the text and the exercise of certain human faculties. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | c197 | 2005-10-15 | 256 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | |||||||
| PN3491 | Iser, Wolfgang | The Implied Reader : Patterns of Communication in Prose Fiction from Bunyan to Beckett | 0-8018-2150-9 | Paperback | N | N | The Johns Hopkins University Press | September 1, 1978 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $25.00 | Review "Well-written, scholarly, perceptive... A basic framework for a rational theory of literary effects and responses based on the novel."-- Library Journal Book Description Like no other art form, the novel confronts its readers with circumstances arising from their own environment of social and historical norms and stimulates them to assess and criticize their surroundings. By analyzing major works of English fiction ranging from Bunyan, Fielding, Scott, and Thackeray to Joyce and Beckett, renowned critic Wolfgang Iser here provides a framework for a theory of such literary effects and aesthetic responses. Iser's focus is on the theme of discovery, whereby the reader is given the chance to recognize the deficiencies of his own existence and the suggested solutions to counterbalance them. The content and form of this discovery is the calculated response of the reader -- the implied reader. In discovering the expectations and presuppositions that underlie all his perceptions, the reader learns to "read" himself as he does the text. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | c197 | 2005-10-15 | 318 | 9.1 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | |||||||
| PR6059.S5N48 | Ishiguro, Kazuo | Never Let Me Go (Vintage International) | 1-4000-7877-6 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | March 14, 2006 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( I ) : Ishiguro, Kazuo | N | $10.78 | Review "A page turner and a heartbreaker, a tour de force of knotted tension and buried anguish."-Time "A Gothic tour de force. . . . A tight, deftly controlled story . . . . Just as accomplished [as The Remains of the Day] and, in a very different way, just as melancholy and alarming."-The New York Times "Elegaic, deceptively lovely. . . . As always, Ishiguro pulls you under." -Newsweek "Superbly unsettling, impeccably controlled . . . . The book's irresistible power comes from Ishiguro's matchless ability to expose its dark heart in careful increments." -Entertainment Weekly Book Description From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day comes a devastating new novel of innocence, knowledge, and loss. As children Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy were students at Hailsham, an exclusive boarding school secluded in the English countryside. It was a place of mercurial cliques and mysterious rules where teachers were constantly reminding their charges of how special they were. Now, years later, Kathy is a young woman. Ruth and Tommy have reentered her life. And for the first time she is beginning to look back at their shared past and understand just what it is that makes them special-and how that gift will shape the rest of their time together. Suspenseful, moving, beautifully atmospheric, Never Let Me Go is another classic by the author of The Remains of the Day | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 2006 | 1970-04-16 | Vintage International Series | 304 | 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches | ||||||
| GR203.R88 I93 | Ivanits, Linda J. | Russian Folk Belief | 0-87332-889-2 | Paperback | N | N | M.E. Sharpe | November 1992 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Mythology : Folklore | N | $27.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Russian Folk Belief FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Ivanits (Russian and comparative literature, Penn. State U.) includes chapters on paganism, biblical personages and saints, the devil, spirits, witches and sorcerers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1970-04-15 | 276 | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| GN33.T55 1996 | Jackson, Michael (Editor) | Things As They Are: New Directions in Phenomenological Anthropology | 0-253-21050-X | Paperback | N | N | Indiana University Press | June, 1996 | 1 | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : General | Bloomington | N | $19.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Things as They Are: New Directions in Phenomenological Anthropology | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 301/.01 20 | 1996 | 1970-01-21 | 288 | Phenomenological anthropology | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | |||||
| HT321.J19 | Jacobs, Jane | The Economy of Cities (Vintage) | 0-394-70584-X | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | February 12, 1970 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Economics : Economic History | N | $11.20 | Review "The Economy of Cities is an astonishing book. It blows cobwebs from the mind, and challenges assumptions one hadn't even realized one had made. It should prove of major importance." -- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times "This book is radiant with ideas about what makes cities rich or poor, how cities grow, and how city growth affects national economies." -- The New Yorker "What Mrs. Jacobs has done ... is to begin to formulate a badly needed urban myth for our now almost urbanized society...." -- Herbert J. Gans, New Republic "The book is... timely, and if it will irritate some of the experts it will also help bring some neglected issues and theories into public focus. This ... has always been Mrs. Jacobs' most notable taient and her most constructive contribution." -- Charles Abrams, The New York Times Book Review Review "The Economy of Cities is an astonishing book. It blows cobwebs from the mind, and challenges assumptions one hadn't even realized one had made. It should prove of major importance." -- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times "This book is radiant with ideas about what makes cities rich or poor, how cities grow, and how city growth affects national economies." -- The New Yorker "What Mrs. Jacobs has done ... is to begin to formulate a badly needed urban myth for our now almost urbanized society...." -- Herbert J. Gans, New Republic "The book is... timely, and if it will irritate some of the experts it will also help bring some neglected issues and theories into public focus. This ... has always been Mrs. Jacobs' most notable taient and her most constructive contribution." -- Charles Abrams, The New York Times Book Review | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | c196 | 2005-10-08 | 288 | 7.3 x 4.4 x 0.8 inches | |||||||
| HT167.J33 | Jacobs, Jane (Foreword) | The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Modern Library Series) | 0-679-60047-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Modern Library | February 9, 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | New York | N | $13.57 | Review "The liveliness of her mind is a joy to behold, as is her common sense and a prose style uncluttered with the litter of empty jargon...her book is well and timely met." - The Globe and Mail "This is vintage Jane Jacobs: quietly authoritative, profoundly accessible, and disdainful of the blinkered viewpoints of academic theorists." - The Calgary Herald "Witty, beautifully written--the culmination of Jacobs' previous thinking, and a step forward that deftly invokes a broader philosophical, even metaphysical, context." - Publishers Weekly "Jane Jacobs has become more than a person. She is an adjective." - Toronto Life From the Trade Paperback edition.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Book Description Thirty years after its publication, The Death and Life of Great American Cities was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning....[It] can also be seen in a much larger context. It is first of all a work of literature; the descriptions of street life as a kind of ballet and the bitingly satiric account of traditional planning theory can still be read for pleasure even by those who long ago absorbed and appropriated the book's arguments." Jane Jacobs, an editor and writer on architecture in New York City in the early sixties, argued that urban diversity and vitality were being destroyed by powerful architects and city planners. Rigorous, sane, and delightfully epigrammatic, Jacobs's small masterpiece is a blueprint for the humanistic management of cities. It is sensible, knowledgeable, readable, indispensable. The author has written a new foreword for this Modern Library edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 307.76/0973 20 | 2005-10-08 | Modern Library Series | 624 | City planning -- United States, Urban renewal -- United States, Urban policy -- United States | 7.5 x 5.0 x 1.5 inches | ||||
| DS480.45.J29813 | Jaffrelot, Christophe | The Hindu Nationalist Movement in India | 0-231-10335-2 | Paperback | N | N | Columbia University Press | October 15, 1998 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | History : Asia : India | N | $24.00 | Review "The most exhaustive book on Hindu nationalism.... A scholarly tour de force." -- New York Review of Books Review "This is the most systematic study I have seen on the topic of Hindu nationalism, a movement that has grown rapidly over the past decade and now poses a challenge to India's secular government.... For the expert on South Asia, this book is an absolute must." -- Walter Andersen, author of The Brotherhood in Saffron: A Study of Hindu Revivalism | 2005-05-02 | Amazon | 2005-05-02 | 536 | 8.2 x 5.1 x 1.3 inches | ||||||||
| BL1225.G34 S49 | Jagannathan, Shakunthala | Ganesha: The Auspicious... The Beginning | 8187111224 | Paperback | N | N | Vakils Feffer & Simons Ltd | November 1992 | 1 | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism | N | $30.00 | Book Description Ganesha is today the most popular and loved of the gods of the Hindu pantheon.Nothing auspicious takes place without invoking his name. Was this always so?If not how did he rise into prominence?These and so many more questions about this god with the elephant's head and unusual form have exercised the minds of those interested in hindu releigion and philosophy. In this book the authors have brought out the relevance and importance of Ganehsa from ancient times to the present day. They have covered historical and archeological evidence,legends and parables,and Ganesha imagery in India and abroad to make a multi dimensionsal study of the deity through the ages.The chapters on symbolism ansd worship of Ganesha explain his symbolic importance and modes of worship. Copiously illustrated with a number of colour and black-and-white photographs (several of rare antiques) and with attractive line-drawings,the comprehensive book covers all aspects of this greatly adored deity.The book would be of equal interest to the layman,the scholar and the devotee,and a valuable addition to every home and library. The popularioty of the book is proved by the fact that it has run into sixth printing within eleven years. | 1970-05-16 | Amazon | 1970-05-16 | 114 | 0.2 x 8.5 x 11.0 inches | |||||||||
| PG3365.S63D4 | Jahn, Gary R. | Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilich": A Critical Companion (AATSEEL) | 0-8101-1406-2 | Paperback | N | N | Northwestern University Press | March 3, 1999 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Evanston, Ill. | N | $25.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Tolstoy's the Death of Ivan Il'ich: A Critical Companion, Vol. 9 FROM THE PUBLISHER This latest volume in the acclaimed series assembles an impressive compendium of fact and informed opinion concerning the most celebrated fictional work of Leo Tolstoy's later period. Published here for the first time are a new stylistic analysis of the novel by Christopher Turner and a psychological commentary by Daniel Rancour-Laferriere. Reprinted in this volume are landmark papers on the symbolism of the novel by Rimgaila Salys and on it central thematic concerns by George Gutsche. Philip Rogers' exemplary discussion of the novel from the point of view of the comparatist completes the volume. Besides a detailed factual introduction, Gary Jahn also supplies a set of annotations to the text, both factual and interpretive in nature, which are intended to guide the reader through the unfamiliar times, settings, and customs in the novel, and to offer indications of the artistic devices and organizational schemes through which the substance of the novel is conveyed to the reader. The volume concludes with an annotated bibliography of scholarship pertaining to Tolstoy and to The Death of Ivan IIych. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 891.73/3 21 | 1999 | 1970-04-16 | Aatseel Critical Companions to Russian Literature Series | 216 | Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910, Il§icha | 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches | |||
| PK1933.J34 | Jain, Usha R. | Introduction to Hindi Grammar | 0-944613-25-X | Paperback | N | N | IAS Publishing | July, 1995 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : Foreign Language : Hindi | Berkeley, CA | N | $35.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Introduction to Hindi Grammar | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 491/.4382421 20 | 2005-11-20 | 342 | Hindi language -- Grammar | 1.0 x 7.2 x 10.2 inches | |||||
| PN54.J35 | Jakobson, Roman | Language in Literature (Belknap Press) | 0-674-51028-3 | Paperback | N | N | Belknap Press | March 1, 1990 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $31.50 | Review Roman Jakobson has made a dramatic and enduring contribution to twentieth-century poetics and semiotics. This collection is as strategic as it is comprehensive. To my knowledge, not a single essential item has been omitted. In deference to the richness and scope of Jakobson's achievement, a wide net has been cast. Book Description "Roman Jakobson was one of the great minds of the modern world," Edward J. Brown has written, "and the effects of his genius have been felt in many fields: linguistics, semiotics, art, structural anthropology, and, of course, literature." At every stage in his odyssey from Moscow to Prague to Denmark and then to the United States, he formed collaborative efforts that changed the very nature of each discipline he touched. This book is the first comprehensive presentation in English of Jakobson's major essays on the intertwining of language and literature: here the reader will learn how it was that Jakobson became legendary. Jakobson reveals himself as one of the great explorers of literary art in our day--a critic who revealed the avant-garde thrust of even the most worked-over poets, such as Shakespeare and Pushkin, and enabled the reader to see them as the innovators they were. Jakobsontakes the reader from literature to grammar and then back again, letting points of structural detail throw a sharp light on the underlying form and linking thereby the most disparate realms into a coherent whole. In his essays we can also learn to appreciate his search for a fully systematic, nonmetaphysical understanding of the workings of literature: Jakobson made possible a deep structural analysis that did not exist before. Among the essential items in this collection are such classics as "Linguistics and Poetics" and "On a Generation That Squandered Its Poets" and illuminations of Baudelaire, Yeats, Turgenev, Pasternak, and Blake, as well as the famous pieces on Shakespeare and Pushkin. The essays include fundamental theoretical statements, structural analyses of individual poems, explorations of the connections between poetry and experience, and semiotic perspectives on the structure of verbal and nonverbal art. This will become a basic book for contemplating the function of language in literature--a project that will continue to engross the keenest readers. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | Belknap Press Series | 560 | 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches | |||||||
| BS2330.2.P7 1971 | James Price | Interpreting The New Testament | N | N | 1 | N | 2006-01-18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| HC59.72.E5 S87 | James, Valentine Udoh (Editor) | Sustainable Development in Third World Countries: Applied and Theoretical Perspectives | 0-275-95307-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Praeger Publishers | February 1996 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Biographies & Primers : Policy & Current Events | Westport, Conn. | N | $109.95 | Book Description Sustainable development has been approached from many viewpoints over the past 15 years without a concise or precise definition of what sustainable development really stands for. James has solicited contributions from an international group of experts who write about aspects of sustainable development from many different disciplines. Their consensus is that sustainability depends upon concerted development across the spectrum of socioeconomic factors that affect the environment, natural resources, health, education, and welfare of the populations in the emerging nations. The necessity of incorporating indigenous knowledge with technological and international expertise has become crucial. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 337.7/09172/4 20 | 2005-10-08 | 264 | Sustainable development -- Developing countries | 9.6 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches | |||||
| B832.J2 | James, William | Pragmatism (Dover Thrift Editions) | 0-486-28270-8 | Paperback | N | N | Dover Publications | June 2, 1995 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | New York | N | $4.95 | Book Description "Radical empiricism" vs the transcendental and rationalist tradition. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 144/.3 20 | 1970-01-14 | Dover thrift editions | 128 | Pragmatism | 8.3 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches | ||||
| BL53.J36 | James, William | The Varieties of Religious Experience : A Study in Human Nature (Penguin American Library) | 0-14-039034-0 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | December 16, 1982 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling | Harmondsworth | N | $10.40 | Amazon.com "I am neither a theologian, nor a scholar learned in the history of religions, nor an anthropologist. Psychology is the only branch of learning in which I am particularly versed. To the psychologist the religious propensities of man must be at least as interesting as any other of the facts pertaining to his mental constitution. It would seem, therefore, as a psychologist, the natural thing for me would be to invite you to a descriptive survey of those religious propensities." When William James went to the University of Edinburgh in 1901 to deliver a series of lectures on "natural religion," he defined religion as "the feelings, acts, and experiences of individual men in their solitude, so far as they apprehend themselves to stand in relation to whatever they may consider the divine." Considering religion, then, not as it is defined by--or takes place in--the churches, but as it is felt in everyday life, he undertook a project that, upon completion, stands not only as one of the most important texts on psychology ever written, not only as a vitally serious contemplation of spirituality, but for many critics one of the best works of nonfiction written in the 20th century. Reading The Varieties of Religious Experience, it is easy to see why. Applying his analytic clarity to religious accounts from a variety of sources, James elaborates a pluralistic framework in which "the divine can mean no single quality, it must mean a group of qualities, by being champions of which in alternation, different men may all find worthy missions." It's an intellectual call for serious religious tolerance--indeed, respect--the vitality of which has not diminished through the subsequent decades. From AudioFile A peaceful soul in concert with a healthy body advances joy, which is the purpose of life. That is William James's message, highly synthesized, of course. Sound like new age spiritualism? Lectures the psychologist delivered in 1901 and 1902 are the basis for this program; however, there are no titles or introductory remarks. While Eric Bauersfeld's articulate delivery conveys wisdom and scholarship, the highly abridged presentation simply does not do justice to the author's work. James's philosophical and psychological ideas are too complex to present on two cassettes. D.W.K. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 291.4/2 20 | 2005-10-08 | Penguin Classics Series | 576 | Experience (Religion), Psychology, Religious, Religion, Conversion, Philosophy and religion | 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches | ||||
| PN98.P67 J30 | Jameson, Fredric | Postmodernism, Or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (Post-Contemporary Interventions Series) | 0-8223-1090-2 | Paperback | N | N | Duke University Press | February, 1992 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : Schools, Periods & Styles : Modern | N | $12.21 | ABOUT THE BOOK Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Proceedings of a symposium, held as a satellite meeting of the Second World Congress of Neuroscience, at the University of Bremen in August 1987. An overview of lesion-induced neural plasticity in such areas as the spinal cord; vertibular, oculomotor, visual, and olfactory systems; the cerebellum; and the cerebral cortex. Many diagrams, charts, and illustrations. Some implications for the general understanding of neural plasticity are discussed. The title essay was published in 1984 in New Left Review, and a number of the other essays presented here also appeared in previous publications, sometimes in an earlier form. Jameson (comparative literature, Duke. ) evaluates the concept of postmodernism and surveys developments in a wide range of fields--market ideology, architecture, painting, installment art, film, video art, literature. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | Post-Contemporary Interventions Series | 472 | 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches | |||||||
| RC516.J363 | Jamison, Kay Redfield | An Unquiet Mind : A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Vintage) | 0-679-76330-9 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | January 14, 1997 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $11.16 | Amazon.com In Touched with Fire, Kay Redfield Jamison, a psychiatrist, turned a mirror on the creativity so often associated with mental illness. In this book she turns that mirror on herself. With breathtaking honesty she tells of her own manic depression, the bitter costs of her illness, and its paradoxical benefits: "There is a particular kind of pain, elation, loneliness and terror involved in this kind of madness.... It will never end, for madness carves its own reality." This is one of the best scientific autobiographies ever written, a combination of clarity, truth, and insight into human character. "We are all, as Byron put it, differently organized," Jamison writes. "We each move within the restraints of our temperament and live up only partially to its possibilities." Jamison's ability to live fully within her limitations is an inspiration to her fellow mortals, whatever our particular burdens may be. --Mary Ellen Curtin From Publishers Weekly Jamison's memoir springs from her dual perspective as both a psychiatric expert in manic depression and a sufferer of the disease. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | c199 | 1970-01-14 | 240 | 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches | |||||||
| RC516.J36 | Jamison, Kay redfield | TOUCHED WITH FIRE | 0-02-916003-0 | Paperback | N | N | Free Press | June 6, 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Mental Health : Depression | N | $1.69 | Amazon.com The march of science in explaining human nature continues. In Touched With Fire, Jamison marshals a tremendous amount of evidence for the proposition that most artistic geniuses were (and are) manic depressives. This is a book of interest to scientists, psychologists, and artists struggling with the age-old question of whether psychological suffering is an essential component of artistic creativity. Anyone reading this book closely will be forced to conclude that it is. Very Highly Recommended. From Publishers Weekly Drawing from the lives of artists such as Van Gogh, Byron and Virginia Woolf, Jamison examines the links between manic-depression and creativity. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1993 | 1970-01-07 | 370 | 1.0 x 6.0 x 9.2 inches | |||||||
| PG3020.5.V58 J36 | Janecek, Gerald | The Look of Russian Literature: Avant-Garde Visual Experiments, 1900-1930 | 0-691-01457-4 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton Univ Pr | January 1989 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Graphic Design : Commercial : Illustration | N | $8.75 | ABOUT THE BOOK Look of Russian Literature: Avant-Garde Visual Experiments, 1900-1930 FROM THE PUBLISHER 'Professor Janecek has provided us with a most interesting study of the Russian avant garde literature in the first three decades of the twentieth century. He focuses on the technique the avant garde used to create interesting visual effects. The book is also lavishly illustrated, which allows the reader to follow the text easily....' Serge Gleboff, American Book Collector | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1970-04-15 | 335 | 0.8 x 7.8 x 10.0 inches | ||||||||
| PN98.P67P693 | Jasper, David (Editor) | Postmodernism, Literature and the Future of Theology | 0-312-08669-5 | Hardcover | N | N | Palgrave Macmillan | June 1, 1993 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | New York, N.Y. | N | $188.16 | ABOUT THE BOOK Postmodernism, Literature and the Future of Theology FROM THE PUBLISHER These essays set out to consider the possible future of theology in the light of the so-called postmodern condition. They are necessarily deeply interdisciplinary, since it is a characteristic of post-Enlightenment thought to disintegrate the lines of definition which separate areas of reflection in the human sciences. Theology, we believe, must be exposed to the consequences of what has happened in literature and critical theory if it is to have any future outside the protected and isolated environment of ecclesia and the communities of the faithful. The authors represent a great diversity of opinion and discipline. Not all of us would agree with one another, and certainly there is no agreement as to what constitutes postmodernity. Yet this very diversity forms the strength and importance of the book. For there are no simple answers or straightforward definitions. Theology must recognise the pluralism within which it now must carry out its task and which alone defines its future. The keynote of the discussion is the tragic. Tragedy takes us back to the Greeks, and to Nietzsche. Both feature centrally in this presentation. It also suggests a future, a return, perhaps, through literature to theology, and not merely an end of the story as it has been traditionally told. | 2006-01-18 | Amazon | 261.5/8 20 | 2006-01-18 | 194 | Postmodernism (Literature), Christianity and literature, Christianity in literature, Theology | 1.0 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | |||||
| PN98.R38 J38 | Jauss, Hans Robert | Toward an Aesthetic of Reception (Theory & History of Literature) | 0-8166-1037-1 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | September, 1982 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Minneapolis | N | $17.95 | Language Notes Text: English, German (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 801/.95 19 | 1982 | 1969-12-31 | Theory and History of Literature Series | 231 | Reader-response criticism -- Addresses, essays,, lectures | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches | |||
| B2424.P45 J39 | Jay, Martin | Downcast Eyes: The Denigration of Vision in Twentieth-Century French Thought | 0-520-08885-9 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | September, 1994 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | History : Europe : France : General | N | $27.50 | W. J. T. Mitchell, Artforum "Martin Jay's Downcast Eyes is surely destined to be one of the basic books in the new history of visuality. Offering a 'synoptic survey' of what he calls 'ocularcentric discourse' from the Greeks to the present day, and focusing with special care on the intricate elaboration of visual problematics in modern French philosophy, Downcast Eyes is the most comprehensive treatment of Western visuality now available. . . . An indispensable tool for students of the history or theory of visual culture." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Rosalind Krauss, Founding Editor, October "The scholarship displayed in this book is dazzling. . . . [Its publication] is an extremely important intellectual event." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1994 | 1970-01-07 | 644 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.4 inches | |||||||
| BL2500.J46 | Jenkins, Philip | Dream Catchers: How Mainstream America Discovered Native Spirituality | 0-19-518910-8 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press, USA | December 1, 2005 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Americas : Native American : General | N | $11.53 | From Publishers Weekly Jenkins (The Next Christendom; Mystics and Messiahs), a professor of history and religious studies at Penn State, here trains his keen eye on the appropriation of Native American spirituality by those in the white mainstream. What do liberal white Protestants gain from sitting in sweat lodges, visiting shamans and taking pilgrimages to New Age "hot spots" like Sedona, Ariz.? Plenty, says Jenkins, who posits that interest in Native spirituality peaks when white Americans are dissatisfied with one or more elements of mainstream society. Refreshingly, he doesn't just trace this disenchantment to the 1960s--that easy target of a decade isn't even addressed until 150 pages into the book--but offers a sweeping overview of American religious history to prove his point. In particular, Jenkins sees the early 20th century as a crucial period of transformation; whereas Victorians were likely to dismiss Native American belief and ritual as godless superstition, the interwar years saw more Americans turning toward indigenous practices and products, with the rise of "native tourism" and the proliferation of crafts (such as the jewelry worn by Grace Coolidge at her husband's 1925 presidential inauguration). Although Jenkins is critical of whites' appropriations of Native American culture and belief, and particularly of their tendency to repackage New Age ideas with a veneer of indigenous authority, his tone is never unfair; he does a masterful job of setting such uses-cum-exploitations in historical context. Anyone wishing to understand the ongoing romanticization of Native American spirituality should read this book. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Booklist *Starred Review* The prolific Jenkins follows the attention-grabbing, cogent prognostication of The Next Christendom (2001) and the careful though controversial analysis of The New Anti-Catholicism [BKL Ap 1 03] with a third magnetically absorbing book, a historical overview of white American attitudes toward Native American religions. Early white conceptions of Native religion generally ranged from devil worship to mere paganism, from which Indians had to be won to Christ, but by the time white military victory was nearly complete, new respect for Native religion had arisen among white intellectuals, especially those also attracted to Buddhism and Hinduism. The sacred dances and ancient structures of the tribes of the Southwest inspired the first great wave of white enthusiasm for native religion, to be largely supplanted by the practices of Plains Indians during later, twentieth-century surges of interest. Since the 1980s, those Indians newly empowered by legal changes in status and by wealth from the development of Indian-owned gambling businesses have reacted against white entrepreneurial expropriation of Indian religions. Jenkins fills in the major details of the last two centuries of deep white interest in Native religion with his customary thoroughness, and he scrupulously avoids judgments about the validity as well as the theological truth of the many practices and cults he sketches. He relays fascinating history with scholarly care and in prose as clear as it is precise. Ray Olson Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-05-16 | Amazon | 1970-05-16 | 320 | 8.8 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| HM22.F8 J46 2002 | Jenkins, Richard | Pierre Bourdieu (Key Sociologists) | 0-415-05798-1 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | January, 1993 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | London ; New York | N | $4.99 | Book Description As Richard Jenkins points out, Pierre Bourdieu's sociological writings are complex enough to render their insights almost inaccessible. Yet Jenkins compels readers to look beyond Bourdieu's unnecessarily opaque language games, to recognize his significant contributions to sociology and social anthropology. Personifying the continued value and rigor of the French intellectual tradition within the social sciences, Bourdieu occupies a political and theoretical space constructed out of the divergent currents of Marx, Weber and Durkheim; structuralism and interactionism; pessimistic determination, but also out of a celebratory belief in the creative potential of human practice. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 301/.01 20 | 1970-01-21 | Key Sociologists Series | 190 | Bourdieu, Pierre, Sociology -- France, Sociology -- Methodology | 0.8 x 5.2 x 8.0 inches | ||||
| BL60.S425 | Jensen, Tim (Editor) | Secular Theories on Religion: Current Perspectives | 87-7289-572-1 | Hardcover | N | N | Museum Tusculanum | April, 2000 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Theology : General | Copenhagen, Denmark | N | $46.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Secular Theories on Religion: Current Perspectives FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Scholars of religious studies from Europe and North America explore what a secular, or scientific, study of religion should be like, what methods it should apply, what aims, and what kind of scientific thinking should be pursued. They also consider scholars as public intellectuals operating within and influenced by general societal developments. The 18 essays provide a survey of current thinking in the field. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 200/.71 21 | 2005-10-08 | 279 | Religion -- Study and teaching | 1.2 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | |||||
| F1435.M45 | Jesse Jennings | The Maya and Their Neibhbors | N | N | 1 | N | 2006-01-18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| B132.Y6 W6 | John Woodroffe | The Serpent Power | N | N | 1 | N | 2006-01-18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| JC571.F6453 | Johnson, Barbara (Editor) | Freedom and Interpretation: The Oxford Amnesty Lectures (The Oxford Amnesty Lectures, 1992) | 0-465-02538-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Basic Books | April, 1993 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : Deconstructionism | New York | N | $1.99 | From Publishers Weekly Inaugurating an annual lecture series at Oxford that will raise funds for Amnesty International, Johnson, professor of English and chair of women's studies at Harvard, invited seven theorists to speak on the theme: "Does the self as construed by the liberal tradition still exist? If not, whose human rights are we defending?" This volume collects their illuminating talks, which will interest intellectuals concerned with human rights issues. French feminist Helene Cixous opens with a personal meditation on the meaning of freedom and selfhood. More linearly organized contributions from Frank Kermode and Wayne Booth draw on their respective specialties of biblical hermeneutics and literary ethics. Controversies over the anti-humanism of deconstruction, referred to in Johnson's engaging introduction, are cogently addressed by the Marxist literary critic Terry Eagleton. Edward Said discusses freedom and interpretation in relation to his studies on colonialism and Palestinian issues. Well-considered, if dense, analyses from Paul Ricoeur and Julia Kristeva round out the book. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 323 20 | 1969-12-31 | The Oxford Amnesty Lectures | 226 | Human rights, Self, Deconstruction | 1.0 x 5.8 x 8.5 inches | ||||
| DS407.J63 | Johnson, Donald | Forging a nation, edited by Donald Johnson and Jean Johnson | 0-275-88750-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Praeger c1974. | Praeger c1974 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | India -- Juvenile literature | New York | N | Includes bibliographical references. A survey of recent Indian history emphasizing the problems of unifying such a diverse subcontinent. | 1970-01-07 | Library of Congress [1] | 915.4/03 s 954.04 | 1970-01-07 | Their Through Indian eyes, v. 2 | 136 | India -- Juvenile literature, India | ; 24 cm. | |||||
| PN2071.I5 | Johnstone, Keith | Impro for Storytellers (Theatre Arts (Routledge Paperback)) | 0-87830-105-4 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | June, 1999 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Performing Arts : Theater : Acting & Auditioning | New York | N | $23.00 | Book Description Impro for Storytellers is the follow-up to Keith Johnstone's classic Impro, one of the best-selling books ever published on improvisation. In this book, Johnstone takes a further decade of experience as a teacher and coach and explores how an individual's potential can be released in group settings. "Be more boring!" he might yell to a student striving to be original. "Be more obvious!" he could advise a clever performer. These are unorthodox techniques, but ones that are part of the games that have made Johnstone's work uniquely effective in the theatre community. Beyond its strictly theatrical applications, Impro for Storytellers aims to take jealous and self-obsessed beginners and teach them to play games with good nature and to fail gracefully. If you've ever been clumsy and awkward, this book will improve your interpersonal skills and encourage a life-long study of human interaction. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 792/.028 21 | 1970-01-07 | Theatre Arts Series | 375 | Improvisation (Acting) | 8.5 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches | ||||
| PN2071.I5 | Johnstone, Keith | Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre | 0-87830-117-8 | Paperback | N | N | Theatre Arts Books | June, 1979 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Performing Arts : Theater : Acting & Auditioning | N | $16.47 | Book Description Impro ought to be required reading not only for theatre people generally but also for teachers, educators, and students of all kinds and persuasions. Readers of this book are not going to agree with everything in it; but if they are not challenged by it, if they do not ultimately succumb to its wisdom and whimsicality, they are in a very sad state indeed . . . .Johnstone seeks to liberate the imagination, to cultivate in the adult the creative power of the child . . . .Deserves to be widely read and tested in the classroom and rehearsal hall . . .Full of excellent good sense, actual observations and inspired assertions |o CHOICE: Books for College Libraries. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 208 | 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| N6494.B63 J66 | Jones, Amelia | Body Art/Performing the Subject | 0-8166-2773-8 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | March, 1998 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : Schools, Periods & Styles : Modern | Minneapolis | N | $15.35 | ABOUT THE BOOK Body Art FROM THE PUBLISHER "With great originality and scholarship, Amelia Jones maps out an extraordinary history of body art over the last three decades and embeds it in the theoretical terrain of postmoderism. The result is a wonderful and permissive space in which the viewer...can wander"...-Moira Roth, Trefethen professor of art history, Mills College. FROM THE CRITICS Henry Sayre - Art Journal ...[F]or her, the single most powerful effect of performance art [is] the interaction of spectator and spectacle, reception and production, to the point of the dissolution of any meaningful distinction between them....If art history traditionally has been a male-dominated enterprise...Jones [renegotiates] its gender. Henry Sayre - Art Journal ...[F]or her, the single most powerful effect of performance art [is] the interaction of spectator and spectacle, reception and production, to the point of the dissolution of any meaningful distinction between them....If art history traditionally has been a male-dominated enterprise...Jones [renegotiates] its gender. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 700/.9/045 21 | 1998 | 2005-11-20 | 349 | Body art, Performance art | 10.1 x 7.0 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| Jones, John | Speak Welsh: An Introduction to the Welsh Language Combining a Simple Grammar, Phrase Book and Dictionary | 1-871083-00-1 | Paperback | N | N | John Jones Publishing, Ltd. | January, 2000 | 2 | 3.0 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : Foreign Language : Celtic | N | $21.49 | ABOUT THE BOOK Speak Welsh: An Introduction to the Welsh Language Combining a Simple Grammar,Phrase Book and Dictionary | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 50 | 0.2 x 5.8 x 8.0 inches | |||||||||
| BX8611.S67 | Josehph Fielding Smith | Essentials in Church History | N | N | Deseret Book Company | 1959 | 1 | Salt Lake CIty | N | 25.00 | 2005-04-15 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| BL51.J86 | Jung, C. G. | Answer to Job : (From Vol. 11, Collected Works) (Jung Extracts) | 0-691-01785-9 | Paperback | N | N | Bollingen | May 1, 1973 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | Princeton | N | $10.17 | Review Jung. . . .points out that the psychology of religion has two aspects, the psychology of religious persons and the psychology of religious 'contents.' He has himself, in this book, made a rare and original contribution to the latter. Review Dr. Jung speaks with the authority and conviction of his professional insight into the mind of an age whose great longing is for some new heavenly marriage that shall produce a new divine child to save us from impending apocalypse. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 223/.1/06 | c196 | 2005-11-20 | Bollingen Series | 137 | Religion -- Philosophy, Bible. O.T, etc | 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches | |||
| BF173 .J6623 | Jung, C. G. | Psychology and the East : (From Vols. 10, 11, 13, 18 Collected Works) | 0-691-01806-5 | Paperback | N | N | Bollingen | June 1, 1978 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | N | $19.95 | Book Description Extracted from Volumes 10, 11, 13, and 18. Includes Commentary on The Secret of the Golden Flower, Psychological Commentary on The Tibetan Book of the Dead and The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation, Foreword to Suzuki's Introduction to Zen Buddhism, and Foreword to the I Ching. | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 232 | 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| BF458.J852 | Jung, Carl Gustav, | Mandala Symbolism. (Princeton/Bollingen paperbacks, 266) | 0-691-01781-6 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton Univ Pr | April 1, 1972 | 1 | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | N | $5.97 | Language Notes Text: English, German (translation) | 2005-04-03 | Amazon | 2005-04-03 | 121 | 0.8 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | |||||||||
| PT2621.A26 Z4841 | Kafka, Franz | LETTERS TO FELICE (Schocken Classics) | 0-8052-0851-8 | Paperback | N | N | Schocken | March 12, 1988 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | New York | N | $5.00 | Language Notes Text: English, German (translation) | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 833/.912 B 19 | 1988 | 1969-12-31 | Schocken Classics | 592 | Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 -- Correspondence, Bauer, Felice, 1887-1960, Authors, Austrian -- 20th century --, Correspondence | 24 cm. | |||
| PT2621.A6 P7613 | Kafka, Franz | The Trial | 0-8052-0999-9 | Paperback | N | N | Schocken | May 25, 1999 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( K ) : Kafka, Franz | N | $10.40 | Amazon.com The story of The Trial's publication is almost as fascinating as the novel itself. Kafka intended his parable of alienation in a mysterious bureaucracy to be burned, along with the rest of his diaries and manuscripts, after his death in 1924. Yet his friend Max Brod pressed forward to prepare The Trial and the rest of his papers for publication. When the Nazis came to power, publication of Jewish writers such as Kafka was forbidden; Kafka's writings, many of which have distinctively Jewish themes, did not find a broad audience until after World War II. (Hannah Arendt once observed that although "during his lifetime he could not make a decent living, [Kafka] will now keep generations of intellectuals both gainfully employed and well-fed.") Among the current crop of Kafka heirs is Breon Mitchell, the translator of this edition of The Trial. Rather than tidying up Kafka's unconventional grammar and punctuation (as previous translators have done), Mitchell captures the loose, uneasy, even uncomfortable constructions of Kafka's original story. His translation technique is the only way to convey the comedy and confusion of this narrative, in which Josef K., "without having done anything truly wrong," is arrested, tried, convicted and executed--on a charge that is never disclosed to him. --Michael Joseph Gross --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Library Journal Kafka's final work was left unfinished at the time of his 1924 death, and the original 1925 and subsequent editions were edited according to the standards of the day. This edition endeavors to restore the text as closely as possible to the original manuscript. According to the publisher, "This translation makes slight changes in the chapter divisions and sequence of chapter fragments." In addition to the text, this volume includes a bibliography and a chronology of the author's life. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 304 | 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| DK266.4.K34 1998 | Kagarlitsky, Boris | The thinking reed :intellectuals and the Soviet state, 1917 to the present | 0-86091-198-5 | Hardcover | N | N | Verso | 1988 | 3 | Soviet Union Politics and government. : Soviet Union | N | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 1988 | 1970-01-14 | 0 | |||||||||||
| RC451.I6 K35 | Kakar, Sudhir | Shamans, Mystics and Doctors : A Psychological Inquiry into India and its Healing Traditions | 0-226-42279-8 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | April 9, 1991 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | Chicago, Ill. | N | $26.00 | Book Description Sudhir Kakar, a psychoanalyst and scholar, brilliantly illuminates the ancient healing traditions of India embodied in the rituals of shamans, the teachings of gurus, and the precepts of the school of medicine known as Ayurveda. "With extraordinary sympathy, open-mindedness, and insight Sudhir Kakar has drawn from both his Eastern and Western backgrounds to show how the gulf that divides native healer from Western psychiatrist can be spanned."--Rosemary Dinnage, New York Review of Books "Each chapter describes the geographical and cultural context within which the healers work, their unique approach to healing mental illness, and . . . the philosophical and religious underpinnings of their theories compared with psychoanalytical theory."--Choice | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 616.89/00954 20 | 1991 | 2005-11-20 | 316 | Mental illness -- Treatment -- India, Shamanism -- India, Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric -- India | 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| PK3796 .M5 1964 | Kalidasa | The cloud messenger | N | N | University of Michigan Press | 1964 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Ann Arbor | N | Romanized Sanskrit and English. Other authors: Edgerton, Franklin, 1885-1963, tr. Edgerton, Eleanor, tr. | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 891.21 | 1970-04-16 | Ann Arbor paperbacks, AA87 | 87 | 21 cm. | |||||||||
| BL1202.K36 | Kanitakara, Hermanta | Teach Yourself Hinduism | 0-8442-3682-9 | Paperback | N | N | McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books | January 11, 1996 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Self-Help : General | Lincolnwood, Ill. | N | $0.37 | Book Description The ideal book for students of philosophy or comparative religion--or anyone interested in becoming a more knowledgeable "global" citizen. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 294.5 20 | 1995 | 1970-01-07 | Teach Yourself Series | 224 | Hinduism | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches | |||
| B2783.E53 | Kant, Immanuel | Critique of Judgement | 0-19-824589-0 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | May, 1978 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Epistemology | Oxford | N | $35.00 | Thomas Willette, University of Michigan Unquestionably the best translation in English and the best overall edition in nonGerman. --This text refers to the Library Binding edition. Book Description Were judgements of taste (like cognitive judgements) in possession of a definite objective principle, then one who in his judgement followed such a principle would claim unconditioned necessity for it. Again, were they devoid of any principle, as are those of the mere taste of sense, then no thought of any necessity on their part would enter one's head.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 121 21 | 1970-01-21 | 434 | Judgment (Logic) -- Early works to 1800, Judgment (Aesthetics) -- Early works to 1800, Aesthetics -- Early works to 1800, Teleology -- Early works to 1800 | 7.3 x 4.7 x 0.7 inches | |||||
| B2783.E5 P58 | Kant, Immanuel | Critique of Judgment (Hackett Publishing) | 0-87220-025-6 | Paperback | N | N | Hackett Publishing Company | April, 1987 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Epistemology | Indianapolis, Ind. | N | $18.95 | Thomas Willette, University of Michigan Unquestionably the best translation in English and the best overall edition in nonGerman. --This text refers to the Library Binding edition. Book Description In THE CRITIQUE OF JUDGMENT (1790), Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) seeks to establish the a priori principles underlying the faculty of judgment, just as he did in his previous critiques of pure and practical reason. The first part deals with the subject of our aesthetic sensibility; we respond to certain natural phenomena as beautiful, says Kant, when we recognize in nature a harmonious order that satisfies the mind's own need for order. The second half of the critique concentrates on the apparent teleology in nature's design of organisms. Kant argues that our minds are inclined to see purpose and order in nature and this is the main principle underlying all of our judgments. Although this might imply a supersensible Designer, Kant insists that we cannot prove a supernatural dimension or the existence of God. Such considerations are beyond reason and are solely the province of faith. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 121 19 | 1986 | 2005-10-04 | Hpc Classics Series | 576 | Judgment (Logic) -- Early works to 1800, Judgment (Aesthetics) -- Early works to 1800, Aesthetics -- Early works to 1800, Teleology -- Early works to 1800 | 1.2 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | |||
| B2778.E3 | Kant, Immanuel | Critique of Pure Reason (Great Books in Philosophy) | 0-87975-596-2 | Paperback | N | N | Prometheus Books | September, 1990 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Epistemology | N | $9.60 | Kenneth R. Winkler, Wellesley College "Eric Watkins has done a fine job of abridging the Critique to a manageable size while preserving those sections most often assigned in a survey course, including enough of the Analytic to provide a continuous argument. Students will get a good sense of the whole from the parts he includes. I recommend it enthusiastically." --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Kenneth R. Winkler, Wellesley College Eric Watkins has done a fine job of abridging the Critique to a manageable size while preserving those sections most often assigned in a survey course, including enough of the Analytic to provide a continuous argument. Students will get a good sense of the whole from the parts he includes. I recommend it enthusiastically. --This text refers to the Library Binding edition. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | Great Books in Philosophy | 489 | 8.5 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches | |||||||
| B2766.E6 | Kant, Immanuel | Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals | 0-06-131159-6 | Paperback | N | N | Harper Perennial | January 30, 1965 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Ethics & Morality | N | $13.00 | --Philosophical Review "Clearly the finest single-volume introduction to Kant's ethics available in English." Book Description A new edition of one of the most influential works in moral philosophy ever written.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | Harper Perennial | 160 | 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches | |||||||
| B2789.E5 G7 | Kant, Immanuel | Religion Within Limi | 0-06-130067-5 | Paperback | N | N | Harper Perennial | June 25, 1960 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Ethics & Morality | N | $15.50 | ABOUT THE BOOK Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone FROM THE PUBLISHER 'Of the many attempts to interpret Christianity solely in ethical terms, Kant's effort seems to me to be the most profound and illuminating. His Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone illuminates primarily the great philosopher's understanding of man's moral life, but also casts light, indirectly and directly, on some of the fundamental beliefs of Christian religion. The book is indispensable to students of ethics, important for theologians, and significant for all who are concerned about the human condition.' | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 1960 | 2005-11-20 | Harper Perennial | 352 | 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches | ||||||
| TX907.3.I32 C47 | Kaplan, Sherman | Chicago's Best Restaurants (Chicago's Best Restaurants) | 1-56625-077-3 | Paperback | N | N | Bonus Books | May, 1997 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Cooking, Food & Wine : General | Chicago | N | $12.95 | Book Description In 1977, WBBM Newsradio 780 restaurant critic Sherman Kaplan brought his restaurant reviews together in book form for the first time. The tradition he began 23 years ago continues today with the 9th edition of Chicago's Best Restaurants. Kaplan's latest revision focuses not only on restaurants which are of interest to tourists, but also those which Chicago area residents will want to explore.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 647.95773/11 21 | 1997 | 1970-01-07 | 330 | Restaurants -- Illinois -- Chicago --, Guidebooks, Restaurants -- Illinois -- Chicago Metropolitan, Area -- Guidebooks | 0.8 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | ||||
| Kasper, M. | Reading & Speaking About Russian Newspapers (Focus Texts Series) | 0-941051-11-0 | Paperback | N | N | Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company | September 1995 | 1 | History : Russia | N | $22.02 | ABOUT THE BOOK Reading and Speaking about Russian Newspapers | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | Texts Series | 238 | 10.9 x 8.6 x 0.5 inches | |||||||||
| PG3237.E5 I5 | Kates, J. (Editor) | In The Grip of Strange Thoughts: Russian Poetry in a New Era | 0-939010-56-9 | Paperback | N | N | Zephyr Press | March 1, 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Foreign Language Books : Russian : All Russian Books | Brookline, Mass. | N | $19.95 | Book Description In the Grip of Strange Thoughts: Russian Poetry in a New Era is a Russian and English bilingual edition of thirty-two contemporary poets writing amidst the upheaval of the Russian 1990s. The collection conveys a sense of the profound freedom and energy of a unique moment in Russian history, as well as the diversity of experience in the years before and since. Edited by poet and translator J. Kates and with a foreword by poet Mikhail Aizenberg, the collection includes poems written long before 1990 but which could not be published, and those of more recent vintage. These thirty-two poets represent a phenomenal range of styles and perspectives. Beginning with the poet and popular songwriter Bulat Okudzhava, who started accompanying his poems on his guitar in the 1950s, the anthology includes poets whose work is deeply rooted in established conventions, avant gardists experimenting with new forms, and adherents of Russian free verse. Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation) Original Language: Russian --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 891.7/14408 21 | 1970-04-15 | 444 | Russian poetry -- 20th century -- Translations, into English | 8.9 x 6.0 x 1.2 inches | |||||
| PG3476.A324 K38 | Kats, B | Anna Akhmatova i muzyka: Issledovatel§skie ocherki | 5852850942 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Vses. izd-vo "Sov. kompozitor", Leningradskoe otd-nie | 1989 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- Criticism | Leiningrad | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 334 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- Criticism, and interpretation, Music -- Poetry | 21 cm. | |||||||
| BF531.K38 | Katz, Jack | How Emotions Work | 0-226-42599-1 | Hardcover | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | November 15, 1999 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : General | Chicago | N | $27.50 | From Library Journal Why do we cry at the best and worst moments of our lives? How can rational adults suddenly find themselves having an emotional outburst? How do we unconsciously create our emotional responses, and then consciously bring these emotions under control? How do we manage, manipulate, and control emotions in social situations? These are some of the questions that Katz (sociology, UCLA; Seductions of Crime) seeks to answer in this social and psychological examination of emotions provoked by everyday situations. Using a variety of methods, including participant observation, ethnological studies, and the analysis of videotaped situations, Katz unravels complex behavioral, interactive, situational, and somatic elements involved in the expression of anger, shame, laughter, and crying. His intriguing subjects include drivers on L.A. freeways, families at a fun house, a whining toddler in preschool, and a prisoner under police interrogation. While enhancing our understanding of emotional behavior, this academic study is filled with technical jargon that will discourage all but the most persistent general reader. Recommended for academic and large public libraries.ALucille M. Boone, San Jose P.L., CA Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Kirkus Reviews A sociologist analyzes emotions by taking a close look at how anger, laughter, shame, and crying emerge and decline in everyday situations. Katz (sociology, UCLA) has selected what would seem to be fruitful situations for his exploration of emotions. His study of anger is based on some 150 detailed reports of adult drivers who were asked to recount their enraging experiences while driving in Los Angeles. To examine laughter, he uses an equally dramatic technique, videotaping 187 episodes of individuals and families in a fun house equipped with distorting mirrors. His work on shame draws largely on statements and videotapes of eight-year-old boys striking out in Little League baseball games and persons involved in white collar crime investigations, as well as on the extensive literature on shame. Crying is studied through two disparate situations, the persistent whining of a preschool child and the breakdown of a criminal being questioned by the police. However, the prose in which the research and analysis is couched is unfortunately clotted with the professional jargon of social psychology. Learning that emotions are ``dialectical tensions between doing and being done by interactions with others,'' that ``the socioaesthetic properties of laughter appear to be a universal feature of socialized competence throughout Western civilization,'' or that someone's crying is a response to a crisis in ``the corporeal authentication of his narration'' is unlikely to enthrall the general reader curious about the phenomenon of road rage or wondering why tears may signal both great joy and great sadnesseven when illustrative liine drawings and stills from the videotapes supplement the text, and excerpts of annotated tape transcriptions offer a glimpse of a sociological researcher's extraordinarily detailed observations of subjects. While the title is appealing in its simplicity and directness, inside the cover this clarity quickly gives way to a dismaying density that will burden and frustrate readers outside the circle of social-psychological research. -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 152.4 21 | 1970-01-14 | 407 | Emotions -- Social aspects | 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches | |||||
| Katzner, Kenneth (Editor) | English-Russian, Russian-English Dictionary | 0-471-86763-2 | Hardcover | N | N | John Wiley & Sons Inc | February 1984 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : English (All) | New York | N | $79.92 | Book Description Based on American rather than British English, this is among the first Russian dictionaries revised for the post-Soviet era. Includes new political terminology, new Russian institutions, new countries and republics and new city names. Contains 26,000 entries in the English-Russian section and 40,000 words in the Russian-English section. Irregularities in Russian declensions and conjugations appear at the beginning of each entry. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Language Notes Text: English, Russian | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 491.73/21 19 | 1984 | 1970-04-16 | 920 | English language -- Dictionaries -- Russian, Russian language -- Dictionaries -- English | 24 cm. | |||||
| B819.E80 | Kaufmann, Walter Arnold | Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre, edited, with an introd., prefaces, and new translations | N | N | Meridian Books | 1956 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Existentialism | New York | N | 2005-10-04 | Library of Congress [1] | 111.1 | 2005-10-04 | Meridian books, M39 | 319 | Existentialism, Existentialism in literature | 319 p. 19 cm. | ||||||||
| B4870.Z594 K39 | Kay, Sarah | Zizek: A Critical Introduction | 0-7456-2208-9 | Paperback | N | N | Polity Press | April 1, 2003 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : Psychoanalysis | N | $22.95 | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 195 | 9.2 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | |||||||||
| PZ3.K1884 | Kazantzakis, Nikos | The Last Temptation of Christ | 0-671-21170-6 | Paperback | N | N | Touchstone | 1960 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | N | $0.33 | ABOUT THE BOOK Last Temptation of Christ ANNOTATION A passionate fictional re-creation of the life of Christ by the author of Zorba the Greek---one of the most highly acclaimed and important writers of our time. FROM THE PUBLISHER Now a major motion picture, The Last Temptation of Christ is a monumental fictional reinterpretation of the Gospels by one of the giants of modern literature. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1966 | 1970-01-07 | 1 | 1.14 in. | |||||||
| HM22.F8 B385 | Kellner, Douglas | Jean Baudrillard: From Marxism to Postmodernism and Beyond (Key Contemporary Thinkers) | 0-8047-1757-5 | Paperback | N | N | Stanford University Press | January, 1990 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | Stanford, Calif. | N | $7.50 | ABOUT THE BOOK Jean Baudrillard: From Marxism to Postmodernism and Beyond (Key Contemporary Thinkers Series) | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 301/.0944 20 | 1989 | 2005-10-08 | Key Contemporary Thinkers Series | 246 | Baudrillard, Jean, Sociology -- France -- History, Marxian school of sociology, Postmodernism | 9.1 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | |||
| PG2950 | Kelly, Catriona | Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) | 0-19-280144-9 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | October, 2001 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Oxford ; New York | N | $11.60 | ABOUT THE BOOK Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction FROM THE PUBLISHER Rather than presenting a conventional chronology of Russian literature, Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction explores the place and importance in Russian culture of all types of literature. How and when did a Russian national literature come into being? What shaped its creation? How have the Russians regarded their literary language? The book uses the figure of Pushkin--'the Russian Shakespeare'--as a recurring example, as his work influenced every Russian writer who came after him, whether they wrote prose or verse. It furthermore examines why Russian writers are venerated, how they've been interpreted inside Russia and beyond, and the influences of the folk tale tradition, orthodox religion, and the West. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 891.709 21 | 2001 | 2005-10-15 | Very Short Introductions Series | 164 | Russian literature -- History and criticism, Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837 --, Influence | 7.0 x 4.5 x 0.4 inches | |||
| DK189.2.C66 1998 | Kelly, Catriona (Editor) | Constructing Russian Culture in the Age of Revolution: 1881-1940 | 0-19-874235-5 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press, USA | September 3, 1998 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : Japan | Oxford [England] ; New York | N | $74.50 | Book Description This collection offers a pioneering new account of the relationship between literature and other cultural forms in Late Imperial Russia and Revolutionary Russia. The contributors here recontextualize Russian literature, and rethink the relations between literature and other cultural forms. The book examines a number of, in Bourdieu's term, "cultural fields" in late Imperial Russia: science and objectivity, national and personal identity, and consumerism and commercial culture. Including contributions from leading specialists in Russian literature, cultural history, and cultural theory, this stimulating, original, and controversial book will be a vital resource for all those interested in Russian culture during "the age of Revolution." | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 947.08 21 | 1998 | 1970-04-14 | 376 | Russia -- Civilization -- 1801-1917, Soviet Union -- Civilization, Literature and society -- Russia, Literature and society -- Soviet Union | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| DK276.R87 1998 | Kelly, Catriona (Editor) | Russian Cultural Studies: An Introduction | 0-19-871511-0 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press, USA | October 1, 1998 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : Japan | Oxford ; New York | N | $45.00 | Book Description In a wide-ranging account of a variety of cultural forms and sites of cultural production--such as literature, cinema, radio, TV, the visual arts, journalism, advertising and consumerism, music, theatre, the Church--this groundbreaking book gives unprecedented prominence to the processes of cultural reception in the USSR and post-communist Russia. Including essays by an international roster of specialists, the volume spotlights the role that images of national identity, gender politics, and youth culture have played in the formation of cultural forms. In this regard, the interaction of Russia's public and private consciousness is also explored. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 306/.0947 21 | 1998 | 1970-04-14 | 448 | Soviet Union -- Civilization, Literature and society -- Soviet Union | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| F548.18 | Kelly, Michelle Roy | Mr. Cheap's Chicago, 2nd Edition | 1-58062-374-3 | Paperback | N | N | Adams Media Corporation | September, 2000 | 1 | History | Holbrook, Mass. | N | $3.98 | ABOUT THE BOOK Mr. Cheap's Chicago: Shopping Bargains, Factory Outlets, off-Price Stores, Discount Stores, Cheap Eats, Cheap Places to Stay and Affordable Fun Things to Do FROM THE PUBLISHER The Mr. Cheap's series profiles the absolute best bargains of major cities in the United States. Each book covers a major metropolitan area with listings of factory outlets, off-price stores, deep discount stores, cheap eats, cheap places to stay, and cheap fun things to do. Whether a life-long native or on your first visit, the Mr. Cheap's books are for you! | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 917.73/110443 21 | 2000 | 1970-01-14 | Mister Cheap's Series | 316 | Chicago (Ill.) -- Guidebooks, Restaurants -- Illinois -- Chicago --, Guidebooks, Bed and breakfast accommodations -- Illinois --, Chicago -- Guidebooks, Hotels -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Guidebooks, Outlet stores -- Illinois -- Chicago --, Guidebooks | 7.2 x 4.4 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| BX4656.5.K45 | Kelly, Sean | Saints Preserve Us!: Everything You Need to Know About Every Saint You'll Ever Need | 0-679-75038-X | Paperback | N | N | Random House | October 19, 1993 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : Leaders & Notable People : Religious | New York | N | $10.46 | From Library Journal Who is the patron saint of arms dealers? Of oversleeping? If you were throwing a party, who would you invoke for new wine and the hangover the next morning? The answers are found in this lighthearted look at the saints written by former National Lampoon editor Kelly and New York humor writer Rogers. Approximately 585 saints are listed alphabetically and cross-referenced by birthdays, ethnicity, disease, and occupation (sailors seem to implore the saints most often). Most entries list some cruel and unusual torture leading to martyrdom, including hot nails driven through flesh, skinning alive, and the old standby, crucifixion. This guide won't replace Butler's Lives of the Saints , but it gives a fresh take on saint biographies. - L. Kriz, Sioux City P.L., Ia. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Booklist In this entertaining record of saints from A (Abdon--patron saint of barrel makers) to Z (Zoe--martyred in 135), Kelly and Rogers supply snatches of religious, family, and period history for hundreds of saints. They tell bizarre, moving, and incredible stories with a droll, occasionally derisive, wit; Kelly's background as a writer for National Lampoon and "Saturday Night Live" is in evidence. Extremely useful are the appendixes, which contain an annual calendar (with suggestions to look up today's saint or find a patron saint based on one's birthday) and a lengthy list of the saints to pray to for various issues, causes, careers, problems, recreational activities, and miscellaneous needs. The authors state that "they haven't made anything up" while admitting that their sources range from pious tomes to parochial school recollections. As if to compensate, many reputable books can be spotted in the bibliography. Denise Perry Donavin | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 282/.092/2 B 20 | 1993 | 1970-04-14 | 352 | Christian patron saints -- Biography --, Dictionaries | 8.1 x 5.4 x 1.0 inches | ||||
| HX654.Z45 | Kephart, William M. | Extraordinary Groups : An Examination of Unconventional Groups | 1-57259-953-7 | Paperback | N | N | Worth Publishers | September 15, 2000 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | N | $26.95 | 2005-04-15 | Amazon | 2005-04-15 | 378 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.1 inches | |||||||||
| PN45.K35 | Kermode, Frank | The sense of an ending; studies in the theory of fiction [by] Frank Kermode | N | N | Oxford University Press | 1967 | 1 | Literature -- Philosophy | New York | N | Lectures delivered at Bryn Mawr College under the title The long perspectives. Bibliographical references includes in "Notes" (p. 181-187) | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 801 | 1970-04-16 | Mary Flexner lectures, 1965 | 187 | Literature -- Philosophy | xi, 187 p. 21 cm. | ||||||||
| Kershman, Andrew | Bargain Hunters' London | 0-9522914-2-8 | Paperback | N | N | Metro Books | May 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Industries & Professions : Retailing | N | $7.87 | Book Description Both informative and fun to browse, Bargain Hunters? London is a unique guide to London?s best thrift shops, auctions, designer sales, second-hand bookshops, factory outlets, and more. Complete with maps, travel details, and ratings. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1970-04-15 | 138 | 0.2 x 6.0 x 8.0 inches | |||||||||
| PG3476.A324 | Ketchian, Sonia I. (Editor) | Anna Akhmatova 1889-1989: Papers from the Akhmatova Centennial Conference, Bellagio Study and Conference Center, June 1989 (Modern Russian Literature and Culture, Studies and Texts) | 0-933884-82-6 | Paperback | N | N | Berkeley Slavic Specialties | March 1993 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Eastern European | Oakland, Calif. | N | $300.00 | Language Notes Text: English, Russian | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 891.71/42 20 | 1993 | 1970-01-28 | Modern Russian Literature and Culture, S | 281 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- Criticism, and interpretation -- Congresses | 0.8 x 6.0 x 8.5 inches | |||
| BL2015.K3 K36 | Keyes, Charles F. | Karma: An Anthropological Inquiry | 0-520-04429-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Univ of California Pr | April 1, 1983 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Religious | Berkeley | N | $95.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Karma: An Anthropological Inquiry | 2006-01-15 | Amazon | 291.2/2 19 | 1983 | 2006-01-15 | 313 | Karma, South Asia -- Religious life and customs, Southeast Asia -- Religious life and customs | 24 cm. | ||||
| BL1215.Y36 | Khanna, Madhu | Yantra: The Tantric Symbol of Cosmic Unity | 0-500-27234-4 | Paperback | N | N | Thames & Hudson | October, 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism | N | $11.11 | Arts Review A worthy introduction to a noble subject. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Book Description The yantra is the Tantric tool of ritual and meditation, the power diagram that allows man to make the spiritual journey of return to the primordial center, and ultimately to perceive the unity of self and cosmos. This pioneering study illuminates the correspondence between geometrical forms and concepts, and explores every aspect of the yantra: its associated mantras, rituals, and meditation techniques; its application to temple architecture and sculpture; its traditional use in magic and as a talisman. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 176 | 0.5 x 9.5 x 10.2 inches | ||||||||
| PG3476.K488 | Khodasevich, V. F | Sobranie stikhov (Serebrianyi vek) | 5708500581 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Interpraks | 1992 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Moskva | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | Serebrëiìanyæi vek | 444 | 21 cm. | ||||||||
| PG3476.A324 K57 | Khrenkov, Dmitrii Terent§evich | Anna Akhmatova v Peterburge-Petrograde-Leningrade (Vydaiushchiesia deiateli nauki i kul§tury v Peterburge--Petrograde--Leningrade) | 5289003967 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Lenizdat | 1989 | 1 | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| PG3337.K42 P3613 | Khvoshchinskaya, Nadezhda | The Boarding-School Girl | 0-8101-1744-4 | Paperback | N | N | Northwestern University Press | January 25, 2000 | 1 | 2.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | Evanston, Ill. | N | $12.92 | From Publishers Weekly This slender, realistic and powerfully dramatic tale was first published in Russia in 1861 by a writer well known in her day who has since fallen into obscurity. The title character is Lolenka, a dutiful 15-year-old schoolgirl living in the provincial city of N, who is dangerously swayed by the bitterly irreverent speeches of her neighbor, a handsome, exiled poet consigned to a numbing job as a copyist. Veretitsyn, who has been censored by the authorities as an example of a "harmful trend" in society, is throwing his life away in self-pity and derision. He is in love with a paragon of kindness and beauty, Sofya Khmelevskaya, but she won't have him. When he sees Lolenka across the fence, reciting her lessons, Veretitsyn decides to make her as miserable as he is. He cynically interrogates her about her schoolwork, pointing out how mechanically she is being taught. Susceptible Lolenka experiences doubt for the first time in her life, and, taken with Veretitsyn, she intentionally flunks her exams and refuses to marry the odious suitor chosen for her. A break in the narration brings the reader to St. Petersburg eight years later, where Lolenka, now a painter and feminist espousing the modern ways, reencounters her nemesis, whose unrequited love for Sofya has tempered his driving anger. Clearly grappling with social and cultural currents such as the supplanting of traditional values and the quality of education for women, Khvoshchinskaya (1824-1889), who published under the masculine pseudonym V. Kretovsky, fits squarely among her contemporaries Turgenev and Dostoyevski. Despite the sometimes stilted language, her characters are fallible and thus completely believable: Veretitsyn leaps off the page and his passion for Sofya is palpable. Khvoshchinskaya's brief and vivid story is like a sharply composed snapshot. Here is a writer to learn more about. (Jan.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Booklist The first English translation of this little-known novella, originally published in 1861, tells the tale of Lolenka, a provincial schoolgirl, and her interactions with exiled poet Veretitsyn in the Russian countryside. Moreover, the story chronicles the education of young women in Russia during that period, and Khvoshchinskaya indicts those methods for being reactionary and insipid. The more that Lolenka is exposed to Veretitsyn, the more she begins to despise the petty bourgeois lifestyle she has known throughout her life. Veretitsyn offers reading suggestions, beginning with Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Lolenka is moved, not with the love story, but with the freedom and willful abandon of the characters. Lolenka becomes engrossed in her extracurricular books and begins to fail at school, "forgetting all she has known." Her exasperated parents are concerned only with keeping up appearances and have her betrothed to a young man with a prosperous future. We meet both Veretitsyn and Lolenka for the last time eight years later; nothing has turned out as expected, but all has ended well. Michael Spinella | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 891.73/3 21 | 1970-01-21 | 154 | 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches | ||||||
| PT8142.Z5 v.1 | Kierkegaard, Soren | Either or | 0-691-01976-2 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | July, 1979 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $0.75 | ABOUT THE BOOK Either/ Or: A Fragment of Life FROM THE PUBLISHER This volume contains the writings of a young man (I) and of Judge William (II). The ironical young man's papers include a collection of sardonic aphorisms; essays on Mozart, modern dram, and boredom; and 'the Seducer's Diary.' | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 1959 | 2005-11-20 | 400 | ||||||||
| PT8142.Z5 v.2 | Kierkegaard, Soren | Either or | 0-691-01977-0 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | July, 1979 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $0.75 | ABOUT THE BOOK Either/ Or: A Fragment of Life, Vol. 2 FROM THE PUBLISHER This volume contains the writings of a young man (I) and of Judge William (II). The ironical young man's papers include a collection of sardonic aphorisms; essays on Mozart, modern dram, and boredom; and 'the Seducer's Diary.' | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 1 | |||||||||
| HB465 | Kierkegaard, Soren | Fear and Trembling/Repetition : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol. 6 | 0-691-02026-4 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | June 1, 1983 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $15.72 | Language Notes Text: English, Danish (translation)--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | Kierkegaard's Writings | 464 | 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches | |||||||
| RA781.7.K52 1994 | Kilham, Christopher S. | The Five Tibetans: Five Dynamic Exercises for Health, Energy and Personal Power | 0-89281-450-0 | Paperback | N | N | Healing Arts Press | April 1, 1994 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Alternative Medicine : General | Rochester, Vt. | N | $9.95 | Hinduism Today Kilham brings to The Five Tibetans nicely written chapters about kundalini, the chakras and an especially insightful instruction on the role of breathing while doing each rite. Excellent and recommended. Hinduism Today Kilham brings to The Five Tibetans nicely written chapters about kundalini, the chakras and an especially insightful instruction on the role of breathing while doing each rite. Excellent and recommended. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 613.7/046 20 | 1994 | 1970-01-21 | 96 | Yoga | 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches | ||||
| BL2203.K56 | King, Richard | Orientalism and Religion: Postcolonial Theory, India and "the Mystic East" | 0-415-20258-2 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | September 1, 1999 | 2 | 4.0 Stars | History : Asia : India | N | $32.95 | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 283 | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches | |||||||||
| PS3561.I496 P65 | Kingsolver, Barbara | The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel | 0-06-093053-5 | Paperback | N | N | Harper Perennial | October 1, 1999 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( K ) : Kingsolver, Barbara : General | N | $0.09 | Amazon.com Oprah Book ClubÆ Selection, June 2000: As any reader of The Mosquito Coast knows, men who drag their families to far-off climes in pursuit of an Idea seldom come to any good, while those familiar with At Play in the Fields of the Lord or Kalimantaan understand that the minute a missionary sets foot on the fictional stage, all hell is about to break loose. So when Barbara Kingsolver sends missionary Nathan Price along with his wife and four daughters off to Africa in The Poisonwood Bible, you can be sure that salvation is the one thing they're not likely to find. The year is 1959 and the place is the Belgian Congo. Nathan, a Baptist preacher, has come to spread the Word in a remote village reachable only by airplane. To say that he and his family are woefully unprepared would be an understatement: "We came from Bethlehem, Georgia, bearing Betty Crocker cake mixes into the jungle," says Leah, one of Nathan's daughters. But of course it isn't long before they discover that the tremendous humidity has rendered the mixes unusable, their clothes are unsuitable, and they've arrived in the middle of political upheaval as the Congolese seek to wrest independence from Belgium. In addition to poisonous snakes, dangerous animals, and the hostility of the villagers to Nathan's fiery take-no-prisoners brand of Christianity, there are also rebels in the jungle and the threat of war in the air. Could things get any worse? In fact they can and they do. The first part of The Poisonwood Bible revolves around Nathan's intransigent, bullying personality and his effect on both his family and the village they have come to. As political instability grows in the Congo, so does the local witch doctor's animus toward the Prices, and both seem to converge with tragic consequences about halfway through the novel. From that point on, the family is dispersed and the novel follows each member's fortune across a span of more than 30 years. The Poisonwood Bible is arguably Barbara Kingsolver's most ambitious work, and it reveals both her great strengths and her weaknesses. As Nathan Price's wife and daughters tell their stories in alternating chapters, Kingsolver does a good job of differentiating the voices. But at times they can grate--teenage Rachel's tendency towards precious malapropisms is particularly annoying (students practice their "French congregations"; Nathan's refusal to take his family home is a "tapestry of justice"). More problematic is Kingsolver's tendency to wear her politics on her sleeve; this is particularly evident in the second half of the novel, in which she uses her characters as mouthpieces to explicate the complicated and tragic history of the Belgian Congo. Despite these weaknesses, Kingsolver's fully realized, three-dimensional characters make The Poisonwood Bible compelling, especially in the first half, when Nathan Price is still at the center of the action. And in her treatment of Africa and the Africans she is at her best, exhibiting the acute perception, moral engagement, and lyrical prose that have made her previous novels so successful. --Alix Wilber--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Publishers Weekly In this risky but resoundingly successful novel, Kingsolver leaves the Southwest, the setting of most of her work (The Bean Trees; Animal Dreams) and follows an evangelical Baptist minister's family to the Congo in the late 1950s, entwining their fate with that of the country during three turbulent decades. Nathan Price's determination to convert the natives of the Congo to Christianity is, we gradually discover, both foolhardy and dangerous, unsanctioned by the church administration and doomed from the start by Nathan's self-righteousness. Fanatic and sanctimonious, Nathan is a domestic monster, too, a physically and emotionally abusive, misogynistic husband and father. He refuses to understand how his obsession with river baptism affronts the traditions of the villagers of Kalinga, and his stubborn concept of religious rectitude brings misery and destruction to all. Cleverly, Kings | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1998 | 1970-01-07 | Harper Perennial | 560 | 8.1 x 5.4 x 1.3 inches | ||||||
| PE1408 | Kiniry | Critical Strategies | 0-312-06642-2 | Paperback | N | N | St. Martin's Press | January, 1993 | 1 | Nonfiction : Education : Education Theory : Administration | N | $0.01 | ABOUT THE BOOK Critical Strategies | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 0 | ||||||||||
| BL1216.2.K567 | Kinsley, David | Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine: The Ten Mahavidyas | 0-520-20499-9 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | June, 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Women's Studies : General | Berkeley | N | $21.95 | Book Description The Hindu pantheon is rich in images of the divine femininedeities representing a wide range of symbolic, social, and meditative meanings. David Kinsley's new book documents a highly unusual group of ten Hindu tantric goddesses, the Mahavidyas, many of whom are strongly associated with sexuality and violence. What is one to make of a goddess who cuts her own head off, or one who prefers sex with a corpse? The Mahavidyas embody habits, attributes, or identities usually considered repulsive or socially subversive and can be viewed as "antimodels" for women. Yet it is within the context of tantric worship that devotees seek to identify themselves with these forbidding goddesses. The Mahavidyas seem to function as "awakeners"symbols which help to project one's consciousness beyond the socially acceptable or predictable. Drawing on a broad range of Sanskrit and vernacular texts as well as extensive research in India, including written and oral interpretations of contemporary Hindu practitioners, Kinsley describes the unusual qualities of each of the Mahavidyas and traces the parallels between their underlying themes. Especially valuable are the many rare and fascinating images he presentseach important to grasping the significance of the goddesses. Written in an accessible, engaging style, Kinsley's book provides a comprehensive understanding of the Mahavidyas and is also an overview of Hindu tantric practice.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From the Back Cover "A far-ranging and impressively comprehensive book with exemplary iconographic analyses. Kinsley has drawn together a group of rare, stunning, and fascinating images." (Miranda Shaw, author of Passionate Enlightenment)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 294.5/2114 20 | 1997 | 1970-01-21 | 289 | Goddesses, Hindu, Tantrism | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| BL1216.2.K56 | Kinsley, David R. | Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition | 0-520-06339-2 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | June, 1988 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | N | $19.95 | Vasudha Narayan, Journal of Asian Studies "Kinsley has done a remarkable job in assembling an entire pantheon of Hindu goddesses in one delightful volume . . . . Mandatory reading for all scholars and students interested in South Asian religion, comparative mythology, or models of the feminine in sacred literature." Glenn Yocum, Religious Studies Review "A compendious survey of major Hindu goddesses . . . The kind of book that one can readily recommend to students for clear, reliable information and reasonable commentary on the goddesses it examines." | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | Hermeneutics, Studies in the History Of | 281 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | |||||||
| BL1202.k48 | Kinsley, David R. | Hinduism: A Cultural Perspective | 0-13-395732-2 | Paperback | N | N | Prentice Hall | February 17, 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | N | $43.33 | Book Description The reference provides an overview of the Hindu religious tradition and describes the essence of the Hindu vision of reality. Provides a historical and analytical discussion of Hindu mythology, art, rituals, and social structure; gives extended portraits of important Hindu thinkers and saints; offers a fuller picture of the role of women in the Hindu religious tradition; shows how the concepts of Dharama and Moksha conflict with one another and how the Hindu tradition insists upon both concepts as essential in fulfilling human destiny. A valuable reference for courses in Asian Religion, Theology, and Asian Philosophy. The publisher, Prentice-Hall Humanities/Social Science An overview of the Hindu religious tradition and a description of the essence of the Hindu vision of reality. | 2005-04-27 | Amazon | 2005-04-27 | 208 | 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| GR307.N4 | Kipp, Eva | The Water Angel's Love | 8173031630 | Paperback | N | N | Pilgrims Publishing | June, 2002 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Children's Books : Literature : Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths : General | N | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 12 | |||||||||||
| PE1405.U6 K57 | Kirsch, Gesa E. | Women Writing the Academy: Audience, Authority, and Transformation (Studies in Writing and Rhetoric) | 0-8093-1870-9 | Paperback | N | N | Southern Illinois University Press | October, 1993 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Education : College & University : General | Carbondale | N | $28.50 | ABOUT THE BOOK Women Writing the Academy: Audience, Authority, and Transformation FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Through extensive interviews, investigates how women in different academic disciplines perceive and describe their experiences as writers in the university. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 808/.042/07073 20 | 1993 | 2005-11-20 | Studies in Writing and Rhetoric | 151 | English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and, teaching -- United States, Academic writing -- Sex differences, Women -- Education (Higher) -- United States, Women -- United States -- Intellectual life, Authors and readers -- United States, Report writing -- Se | 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches | |||
| BL50.K55 | Kitagawa, Joseph Mitsuo | History of Religions: Understanding Human Experience (Studies in Religion) | 1-55540-128-7 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | January, 1988 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Religious Studies : Comparative Religion | Atlanta, Ga. | N | $39.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK History of Religions: Understanding Human Experience | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 291 19 | 1987 | 2005-10-08 | Studies in Religion | 394 | Religion, Religion -- Study and teaching | 9.0 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches | |||
| P90.K49 1986 | Kittler, Friedrich A. | Gramophone, Film, Typewriter (Writing Science) | 0-8047-3233-7 | Paperback | N | N | Stanford University Press | May 1, 1999 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Americas : United States : 19th Century : General | N | $15.72 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: German--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 315 | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| Klauser, Henriette Anne | Write It Down Make It Happen: Knowing What You Want And Getting It | 0-684-85001-X | Hardcover | N | N | Scribner | January 4, 2000 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Careers | New York | N | $2.99 | From Library Journal Here, Klauser (Writing on Both Sides of the Brain; Put Your Heart on Paper) instructs her readers to write down their most extravagant wishes and, merely by the act of recording them, make them come true. She claims that the writings themselves are so powerful that they will influence external circumstances. Eventually, however, she reveals that this wish-writing is neither magical nor miraculous. It requires practitioners not only to write their wishes but also to participate actively in achieving them. Her technique is intended to clarify goals, increase self-confidence, and dispel self-doubt, and she describes how it has dramatically improved her life and the lives of her friends and acquaintances. Her faith in the power of writing is evident in her work; readers who share her faith may benefit from her prescribed course of wish fulfillment. Recommended for all public libraries. -Yan Toma & Jessica Wolff, Queens Borough P.L., Flushing, NY Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review Verna Noel Jones Rocky Mountain News Klauser's advice is eye-opening and contagious enough to make you pull out a notebook and pen, even as you read. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 158.1 21 | 2000 | 1970-04-16 | 256 | Goal (Psychology), Planning | 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches | |||||
| BL1202.K56 | Klostermaier, Klaus K. | A Survey of Hinduism | 0-7914-2109-0 | Hardcover | N | N | State University of New York Press | August 1, 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | N | $87.82 | From Book News, Inc. A comprehensive survey of the Hindu tradition, dealing with the history of Hinduism, the sacred writings of the Hindus, the Hindu worldview, and the specifics of the major branches of Hinduism<-;- >Vaisnavism, Saivism, and Saktism. It also focuses on the geographical ties of Hinduism with the land of India, the social order created by Hinduism, and the various systems of Hindu thought. This revision (1st ed., 1988) reflects recent developments and events in India. In particular, a new part has been added entitled "The Meeting of East and West in India" which contains a new chapter on Mahatma Gandhi. There is also a new chapter on the position of women in Hinduism. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 715 | 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.5 inches | ||||||||
| BL1202.K58 2000 | Klostermaier, Klaus K. | Hinduism | 1-85168-213-9 | Paperback | N | N | Oneworld Publications | February 1, 2000 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : General | N | $16.29 | Amazon.com History has always been a problematic issue in India, where the dating of many a figure is accurate to only within centuries. So to attempt a definitive history of Hinduism would seem foolhardy. Klaus Klostermaier approximated the impossible in his 715-page Survey of Hinduism, and now he has boiled it all down to about half that size. Hinduism is defined as that family of religions that accept the Vedas as authoritative, but despite the single moniker the differences can be vast. From fertility cults to precise rituals that date back thousands of years, Klostermaier cuts across time to illustrate the major strains of Hindu tradition--Vaisnavism, Saivism, and Saktism, along with the nonsectarian smarta. He includes a short history of Hindu philosophy, which in India is inseparable from religion. Klostermaier is a first-rate scholar who expects a lot from his readers, sometimes too much. Anyone who isn't somewhat versed in Hinduism already would do well to pick up his Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism for handy reference. --Brian Bruya From Library Journal Oneworld has become one of the most successful publishers of books on world religions, fostering works that are remarkably thought-provoking without being pedantic or inaccessible. Their well-integrated series of single-volume works introduces the major religions (subtitled A Short Introduction), outlines their history (subtitled A Short History), provides biographies of their founders (subtitled A Short Biography), or gives access to topics in dictionary form (titled A Concise Encyclopedia of...). While the volumes vary somewhat in quality and length, they are all interesting and frequently offer new perspectives, at least for the lay reader. They also indirectly underscore the overlapping of the spiritual paths of the great religions. These two volumes are no exception. Klostermaier (A Survey of Hinduism) addresses "Hinduism" as a collection of indigenous Indian religions, myths, and modes of worship that have mutually influenced one another for millennia. He traces not so much the facts of Indian religious history as the development of the story and tradition of Indian spirituality through the development and transformation of myths about Indra in the Vedic period, through worship of Vishnu, Shiva, and other deities, to the complex responses of modern India to the inroads of Islam, Christianity, and colonialism. Klostermaier deals with controversial interpretations of history in a frank and careful manner. The works in this series of short histories include helpful chronologies, glossaries, and bibliographies. Ward's introduction to Christianity is surprisingly interesting, considering the array of literature about the faith. Ward (Regius Professor of Divinity, Oxford) enlightens through a short and chaste presentation of the major elements of Christian belief. Each motif is examined from three differing perspectives, treating each viewpoint fairly, with an apparent sympathy for the feelings of those who hold to each perspective. The result is an articulate presentation of diverse approaches to Christianity's central concerns. Ward's personal commitment to Christian faith is unfettered by any doctrinaire or close-minded approach. These works, and others in the Oneworld series, are highly recommended for college, public, theological, and personal libraries.DWilliam P. Collins, Library of Congress Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2006-01-15 | Amazon | 2006-01-15 | From Buddhism to Sufism Ser. | 352 | 8.8 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches | |||||||
| PG3325.I3 1998 | Knapp, Liza | Dostoevsky's "The Idiot": A Critical Companion (AATSEEL) | 0-8101-1533-6 | Paperback | N | N | Northwestern University Press | September 16, 1998 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Evanston, Ill. | N | $25.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Dostoevsky's the Idiot: A Critical Companion FROM THE PUBLISHER This book is designed to guide readers through Dostoevsky's The Idiot, first published in 1869 and generally considered to be his most mysterious and confusing work. The volume begins with an introductory section comprising two essays: the first looks at where, when, and how The Idiot was written; the second introduces the major characters. The essays in the second section guide the reader through the plans and notebooks out of which the novel evolved; use contemporary feminist criticism to shed light on how this novel explores alternatives to traditional roles; examine the ways in which the novel reflects Dostoevsky's concern with apocalypse, modernity, and time; and address the ways in which the novel's hero, Prince Myshkin, can be compared to Christ. The final section offers an exceptionally rich collection of primary sources, including letters by Dostoevsky concerning The Idiot, and an annotated bibliography. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 891.73/3 21 | 1970-04-15 | Northwestern/Aatseel Critical Companions Series | 275 | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. Idiot | 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches | ||||
| BL1150.K64 1991 | Knipe, David M. | Hinduism : Experiments in the Sacred, Religious Traditions of the World Series (Religious Traditions of the World) | 0-06-064780-9 | Paperback | N | N | HarperSanFrancisco | May 24, 1991 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | San Francisco, Calif. | N | $2.95 | Book Description Succinct and authoritative, this detailed introduction to Hinduism brings into grand focus the history, peoples, traditions, and geography of South Asia. David Knipe integrates his own intensive study of the basic Hindu texts with his years of primary research and fieldwork in South Asia. Knipe creates a five-fold model for presenting the rich complexities of the Hindu world, offering an absorbing survey of the central Hindu deities, myths, doctrines, rituals, sects, and personalities. One chapter brings to vivid life the essential features of this fascinating tradition by narrating a single day in the life of a Hindu woman and the life history of a forty-year-old man. Hinduism also features a glossary of Hindu terms and a list of Hindu deities, powers, and deified heroes, providing the reader with a precise and colorful understanding of the Hindu pantheon and world view. From the Publisher A survey of the central Hindu deities, doctrines, rituals, sects, and personalities. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 294.5 20 | 1970-01-21 | Religious Traditions of the World Series | 192 | Hinduism | 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches | ||||
| NA1502 | Koch, Ebba | Mughal Architecture: An Outline of Its History and Development 1526-1858 | 3-7913-1070-4 | Paperback | N | N | Prestel | June, 1991 | 1 | Professional & Technical : Architecture : General | München, Federal Republic of Germany | N | $85.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Mughal Architecture: An Outline of Its History and Development (1526-1858) FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Koch offers a visual testament to the palaces, tombs, and other buildings produced under the six Mughal leaders who ruled in succession from 1526-1858 in an area that included parts of present- day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Afghanistan, and Soviet Central Asia. Includes 180 photographs (30 in color) and 45 plans. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 720/.954 20 | 1991 | 1970-01-14 | 160 | Architecture, Mogul, Architecture, Islamic -- India | 9.3 x 6.7 x 0.5 inches | |||||
| BL51.K64 2000 | Kolakowski, Leszek | Religion: If There Is No God-- : On God, the Devil, Sin, and Other Worries of the So-Called Philosophy of Religion | 1-890318-87-6 | Paperback | N | N | St. Augustine's Press | June, 2001 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : History & Surveys | South Bend, Ind. | N | $12.24 | Book Description Leszek Kolakowski discusses, in a highly original way, the arguments for and against the existence of God as they have been conducted through the ages. He examines the critiques of religious belief, from the Epicureans through Nietzsche to contemporary anthropological inquiry, the assumptions that underlie them, and the counter-arguments of such apologists as Descartes, Leibniz, and Pascal. His exploration of the philosophy of religion covers the historical discussions of the nature and existence of evil, the importance of the concepts of failure and eternity to the religious impulse, the relationship between skepticism and mysticism, and the place of reason, understanding, and in models of religious thought. He examines why people, throughout known history, have cherished the idea of eternity and existence after death, and why this hope has been dependent on the worship of an eternal reality. He confronts the problems of meaning in religious language. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 210 21 | 1970-01-21 | 221 | Religion -- Philosophy | 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches | |||||
| BF411.K64 1990 | Kolbe, Kathy | The Conative Connection : Acting on Instinct | 0-201-57095-5 | Paperback | N | N | Addison-Wesley | July 1, 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Business Life : Organizational Behavior | N | $15.00 | From Library Journal Kolbe, a management consultant, has developed a method by which she is able to identify and categorize the conative (action) elements of individuals. Called the Kolbe Conative Index, it provides " . . . a new way of focusing creative energy, of dealing with change, and of predicting performance--of actually quantifying the probability of achievement in any particular endeavor." Her book discusses the index, the four basic action modes and their characteristics, and her theories regarding conation. Numerous examples of application in both individual and organizational settings are provided. Well written, this is broad enough in appeal to satisfy patrons interested in psychology and/or management books. Recommended for large libraries. - Robert Logsdon, Indiana State Lib., Indianapolis. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Book Description This book offers the first real insight into why we do things the way we do, enabling us to harness, rather than work against the tremendous power of our striving instincts. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | 218 | 0.8 x 5.2 x 8.2 inches | ||||||||
| GV1449.5 | Kopec, D. | Mastering Chess | 1-85744-062-5 | Paperback | N | N | MacMillan Publishing Company. | April, 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Entertainment : Puzzles & Games : Board Games : Chess | N | $17.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Mastering Chess: A Course in 21 Lessons | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 148 | 9.9 x 6.8 x 0.3 inches | ||||||||
| HF5718.22 | Kops, George | 10 Minute Guide to Business Presentations | 0-02-863965-0 | Paperback | N | N | Alpha Books | September 15, 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Business Life : Communication : Meetings & Presentations | Indianapolis, Ind. | N | $0.78 | From the Back Cover This guide gives you the tools you need to get your point across and keep the attention of your listeners when making a business presentation. It gives tips on producing well-targeted presentations, establishing your objectives, designing effective story boards and grids, using color graphics to help illustrate your points, and arranging the sequence of your presentation so that you don't lose the interest of your audience. It also suggests techniques for overcoming fear of public speaking and for handling unusual circumstances, like presenting via teleconferencing or conference calls. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 658.4/52 21 | 2000 | 1970-01-14 | Ten Minute Guide Series | 192 | Business presentations | 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches | |||
| BQ4302.B84 | Kornfield, Jack (Editor) | Buddhism in the West: Spiritual Wisdom for the 21st Century | 1-56170-505-5 | Paperback | N | N | Hay House | March 1, 1998 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Eastern : General | N | $12.95 | Book Description Uniting people of all nationalities, races, and religions for world peace is the theme of this inspiring work. The authors teach us that compassion toward others is not a feeling of sympathy and pity, but a desire to do something to make the world a better place. | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 163 | 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| NA6002.K72 V.1+2 | Kramrisch, Stella | Hindu Temple | 8120802241 | Hardcover | N | N | South Asia Books | December, 1995 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | N | $88.00 | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 0 | |||||||||||
| BL1280292.R36 K7 | Kripal, Jeffrey J. | Kali's Child : The Mystical and the Erotic in the Life and Teachings of Ramakrishna | 0-226-45376-6 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | September 15, 1995 | 1 | 2.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : General | Chicago | N | $9.94 | Book Description The nineteenth-century Bengali mystic Ramakrishna played a major role in the development of Hinduism and is regarded as a modern saint. Yet he remains an enigma to followers unable to reconcile his saintly status with his eroticized language and actions. In this work, Jeffrey J. Kripal attempts to untangle the paradox. He demonstrates that Ramakrishna's famous mystical experiences were driven by erotic energies that he neither fully accepted nor understood; the key to understanding this extraordinary figure, Kripal argues, lies in Tantra and its ritual, symbolic, and doctrinal equation of the mystical and the erotic. Moving through Ramakrishna's world both chronologically and conceptually, Kali's Child employs two complementary interpretive strategies, a nuanced phenomenological reinterpretation of original Bengali texts and a nonreductive psychoanalytic reading of Ramakrishna's mystical eroticism. Kripal shows how the heterosexual structure of Tantric symbolism, the abusive way its rituals were often forced upon the saint, and Ramakrishna's own homosexual desires all came together to produce in him profound feelings of shame, disgust, and fear. Kripal establishes that the homosexuality of this great, if unwilling, Tantric mystic is linked inextricably to virtually every aspect of his life and teachings. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 294.5/55/092 20 | 2005-10-08 | 408 | Ramakrishna, 1836-1886, Ramakrishna Mission -- Biography, Hindus -- India -- Biography | 1.0 x 6.5 x 9.2 inches | |||||
| PN56.A45 K7513 | Kristeva, Julia | Strangers to Ourselves | 0-231-07157-4 | Paperback | N | N | Columbia University Press | August 15, 1994 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Gay & Lesbian : History | N | $22.00 | From Library Journal Kristeva, who teaches linguistics at the University of Paris and is also a practicing psychoanalyst, traces the concept of the "stranger" or "foreigner" in various cultures and periods from the Greeks to the present. This--albeit highly selective--excursion through intellectual/political history is influenced by Freud's notion of the alienation, or "splitting off," of the self that comes about as the result of the repression of feelings and the ideational content attached to them. It is the sense, Kristeva argues, that we are also "strangers to ourselves." This book is primarily for academic audiences and, though not an essential purchase, will delight advanced students and faculty in intellectual history, linguistics, philosophy, and psychology. -Leon M. Brody, U.S. Office of Personnel , Management Lib., Washington , D.C. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Review "[The book] demonstrates her amazing command of history, politics, literature, linguistics, and psychology [and] argues powerfully for a radical examination of self, beginning with the realization that what is most fearful to us in the stranger may be the very quality we do not want to recognize in ourselves." -- San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1994 | 1969-12-31 | European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism | 230 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches | ||||||
| PG3482.8.R584 | Krivulin, Viktor | Kontsert po zaiavkam: Tri knigi stikhov trekh poslednikh let, 1990-1992 (Peterburgskoe solo) | 5728200370 | Unknown Binding | N | N | V. Krivulin | 1993 | 1 | Sankt-Peterburg | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | Peterburgskoe solo ; vyp. 8 | 96 | 20 cm. | |||||||||
| P119.3.R44 | Kroskrity, Paul V. (Editor) | Regimes of Language: Ideologies, Polities, and Identities (Advanced Seminar Series) | 0-933452-62-4 | Paperback | N | N | School of American Research Press | February, 2000 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Reference : General | Santa Fe, NM | N | $24.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Regimes of Language: Ideologies, Politics, Identities SYNOPSIS Ten linguistic anthropologists deconstruct how language philosophies pose as language ideologies, e.g. in regard to Western philosophical thought, US presidential politics, introducing literacy, and the identity of indigenous peoples such as the Arizona Tewa. Based on a 1994 seminar. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 306.44/089 21 | 2000 | 1970-01-14 | Advanced Seminar Series | 411 | Language and languages -- Political aspects, Language and culture, Ideology, Ethnicity | 9.0 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches | |||
| PG3476.T75 K83 | Kudrova, I. V | Posle Rossii | 5780400059 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Rost | 1997 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | ëTìSvetaeva, Marina, 1892-1941 -- Exile | Moskva | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 0 | ëTìSvetaeva, Marina, 1892-1941 -- Exile, ëTìSvetaeva, Marina, 1892-1941 -- Criticism and, interpretation | 18 cm. | |||||||
| BL2015.M3 K1 | Kulananda | The Wheel of Life | 1-899579-30-3 | Paperback | N | N | Windhorse Publications | December 1, 2001 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism : General | N | $8.96 | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 84 | 7.4 x 7.3 x 0.2 inches | |||||||||
| PS3521.U638 A6 | Kumin, Maxine | Our ground time here will be brief (The Penguin poets) | 0-14-042298-6 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Books | 1982 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : United States | Harmondsworth | N | $0.97 | ABOUT THE BOOK Our Ground Time Here Will Be Brief | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 811/.54 19 | 1970-04-15 | The Penguin poets | 224 | 23 cm. | |||||
| PG3476.A324 A17 | Kunitz, Stanley | Poems of Akhmatova | 0-316-50699-0 | Paperback | N | N | Little Brown & Co | June 1973 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | Boston | N | $2.18 | Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation) Original Language: Russian --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 891.7/1/42 | 1970-01-28 | 173 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 --, Translations into English | 0.5 x 5.5 x 8.0 inches | |||||
| BF173.L14213 | Lacan, Jacques | Ecrits | 0-393-30047-1 | Paperback | N | N | W. W. Norton & Company | October 1, 1982 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : Psychoanalysis | N | $4.50 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-04-27 | Amazon | 2005-04-27 | 0 | 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| BF173.L14613 | Lacan, Jacques | The Ethics of Psychoanalysis 1959-1960 (Seminar of Jacques Lacan) | 0-393-31613-0 | Paperback | N | N | W. W. Norton & Company | July, 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | N | $14.93 | Book Description One of the most influential French intellectuals of this century, Lacan is seen here at the height of his powers. Lacan dedicates this seventh year of his famous seminar to the problematic role of ethics in psychoanalysis. Delving into the psychoanalyst's inevitable involvement with ethical questions and "the attraction of transgression," Lacan illuminates Freud's psychoanalytic work and its continued influence. Lacan explores the problem of sublimation, the paradox of jouissance, the essence of tragedy (a reading of Sophocle's Antigone), and the tragic dimension of analytic experience. His exploration leads us to startling insights on "the consequence of man's relationship to desire" and the conflicting judgments of ethics and analysis. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | Seminar of Jacques Lacan Series | 342 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | |||||||
| DS33.1.L17 | Lach, Donald F. | Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume II : A Century of Wonder. Book 1: The Visual Arts (Century of Wonder Bk. 1) | 0-226-46750-3 | Hardcover | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | September 1, 1970 | 1 | History : Europe : General | N | $45.00 | Book Description This is the second volume in a series that traces, century by century, the role of Asia in the making of Europe. The rise to world dominance of the Western nations in modern times and the rapid industrial growth of the West, which outpaced the East in technical and military achievements, have led to a historical eclipse of the ancient and brilliant cultures of Asia. Historican Donald F. Lach, in his influential scholarly work, Asia in the Making of Europe, points out that an eclipse is never permanent, that this one was never total, and that there was a period in early modern times when Asia and Europe were close rivals in brilliance and mutual influence. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | Century of Wonder Series | 276 | 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches | ||||||||
| DS33.1.L17 | Lach, Donald F. | Asia in the Making of Europe: Century of Discovery, Books 1 and 2 (Century of Discovery) | 0-226-46744-9 | Hardcover | N | N | University of Chicago Press | February, 1965 | 1 | History : Asia : General | N | $75.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Century of Discovery, Vol. 1 | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 0 | ||||||||||
| PT363.P6 L3 | Lacoue-Labarthe, Phillippe | The Literary Absolute: The Theory of Literature in German Romanticism (Suny Series : Intersections : Philosophy and Critical Theory) | 0-88706-661-5 | Paperback | N | N | State University of New York Press | May, 1988 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Movements & Periods : Romanticism | Albany | N | $21.95 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 830/.9/145 19 | 1988 | 2005-10-15 | Suny Series, Intersections | 169 | Romanticism -- Germany, German literature -- 18th century -- History and, criticism, German literature -- 19th century -- History and, criticism, German literature -- History and criticism --, Theory, etc, Criticism -- Germany -- History, Philosophy, Germa | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.4 inches | |||
| DC801.R75 L4713 | Ladurie, Leroy | Carnival in Romans | 0-8076-0991-9 | Paperback | N | N | George Braziller | October, 1980 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Photography : General | N | $3.55 | ABOUT THE BOOK Carnival in Romans ANNOTATION A stirring account of life in 16th century France, and of the Mardi Gras that ended in massacre. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 426 | 1.2 x 5.8 x 8.5 inches | ||||||||
| Z3008 | Lal, Vinay | South Asian Cultural Studies: A Bibliography | 8173041342 | Hardcover | N | N | South Asia Books | December 1, 1996 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | New Delhi | N | $29.95 | Book Description This book is a bibliographic guide to some of the literature in South Asian cultural studies, and the accompanying essay, besides highlighting some of the more prominent aspects of this literature, asks whether the contours of South Asian cultural studies must necessarily be those of cultural studies as it is known in the West. | 1970-01-08 | Amazon | 016.954 21 | 1970-01-08 | 234 | Asia, South -- Civilization -- Bibliography | 0.8 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | |||||
| BQ7935.B774 SS | Lama, Dalai | Healing Anger : The Power of Patience from a Buddhist Perspective | 1-55939-073-5 | Paperback | N | N | Snow Lion Publications | March 25, 1997 | 4 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Eastern : General | N | $10.36 | From Library Journal Winner of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize, the Dalai Lama discusses the subject of patience, drawing on a chapter from an important Buddhist classic, Shantideva's "Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life." He helps readers examine how anger arises to destroy much that is positive and good, proposing that gentleness is fundamental to human nature. Through active self-discipline, and not meekness as is commonly misunderstood, we can transform anger through compassion and to be reconciled with ourselves and others. Recommended for public libraries. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 156 | 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| BQ7935.B774 SS | Lama, The Dalai | An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life | 0-316-98979-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Little, Brown | September 25, 2001 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Eastern : General | N | $15.61 | Amazon.com's Best of 2001 In the summer of 1999, the Dalai Lama addressed an audience of over 40,000 in Central Park on how to live a better life. Open Heart is derived from this and other popular lectures given in New York. Here, the Dalai Lama progresses beyond his bestsellers The Art of Happiness and Ethics for the New Millennium by introducing specific practices that can engender happiness. Spiritual practice, according to the Dalai Lama, is a matter of taming unwanted emotions, which means becoming aware of how the mind works. Through the methods of analytical and settled meditation, the Dalai Lama shows how we can cultivate helpful states of mind and eliminate harmful states, leading us to develop compassion for others and happiness for ourselves. But there is no preaching of a single, right method. This revered but humble monk merely invites the reader to understand the causes of one's suffering and consider how best to alleviate it. Open Heart should draw crowds to the bookstores and lead us all to more satisfactory living. --Brian Bruya From Publishers Weekly "Just as musicians train their hands, athletes their reflexes and techniques, linguists their ears, scholars their perceptions, so we direct our minds and hearts." And so with his characteristic deftness, His Holiness the Dalai Lama here builds bridges from the realities of everyday life to sublimely spiritual pursuits. This compilation, based on teachings delivered by His Holiness in New York in 2001, is founded upon a weaving of two ancient Buddhist texts. These are made accessible here in part by Vreeland's skillful editing and in part by the unflagging style of the Dalai Lama, who continues to spread his message of loving compassion beyond the borders of Buddhism. Readers who savored his The Art of Happiness and Ethics for the New Millennium will likely be ready to take these next steps into practical approaches for everyday living that are supremely grounded in Buddhist philosophy, but extend an open heart to all types of believers and nonbelievers as well. While not a manual in the traditional Western sense of highly sequenced steps, this book is a treasury of teachings that point clearly to a better way to live. Exquisite, perfectly matched photographs round out such chapters as "The Desire for Happiness," "Karma," "Compassion," "Calm Abiding" and "Wisdom." Many books today receive the Dalai Lama's blessing, but this one issues a special invitation to receive ancient wisdom through the mind and heart of a modern spiritual master. (Sept. 25)Forecast: Although it's unlikely to achieve the million-plus copy status of The Art of Happiness, this book (based on lectures that were directed to an American audience) is poised for bestsellerdom. National advertising and extensive media appearances by Vreeland will help with promotion, as will a fall excerpt in Spirituality & Health magazine. This is a main selection of the One Spirit Book Club. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 208 | 8.6 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| HV6248.M8 L37 | Larson, Erik | The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (Vintage) | 0-375-72560-1 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | February 10, 2004 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Book Clubs : Biographies & Memoirs | N | $8.97 | Amazon.com Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such drama that readers may find themselves checking the book's categorization to be sure that The Devil in the White City is not, in fact, a highly imaginative novel. Larson tells the stories of two men: Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction, and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor. Burnham's challenge was immense. In a short period of time, he was forced to overcome the death of his partner and numerous other obstacles to construct the famous "White City" around which the fair was built. His efforts to complete the project, and the fair's incredible success, are skillfully related along with entertaining appearances by such notables as Buffalo Bill Cody, Susan B. Anthony, and Thomas Edison. The activities of the sinister Dr. Holmes, who is believed to be responsible for scores of murders around the time of the fair, are equally remarkable. He devised and erected the World's Fair Hotel, complete with crematorium and gas chamber, near the fairgrounds and used the event as well as his own charismatic personality to lure victims. Combining the stories of an architect and a killer in one book, mostly in alternating chapters, seems like an odd choice but it works. The magical appeal and horrifying dark side of 19th-century Chicago are both revealed through Larson's skillful writing. --John Moe --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Publishers Weekly Not long after Jack the Ripper haunted the ill-lit streets of 1888 London, H.H. Holmes (born Herman Webster Mudgett) dispatched somewhere between 27 and 200 people, mostly single young women, in the churning new metropolis of Chicago; many of the murders occurred during (and exploited) the city's finest moment, the World's Fair of 1893. Larson's breathtaking new history is a novelistic yet wholly factual account of the fair and the mass murderer who lurked within it. Bestselling author Larson (Isaac's Storm) strikes a fine balance between the planning and execution of the vast fair and Holmes's relentless, ghastly activities. The passages about Holmes are compelling and aptly claustrophobic; readers will be glad for the frequent escapes to the relative sanity of Holmes's co-star, architect and fair overseer Daniel Hudson Burnham, who managed the thousands of workers and engineers who pulled the sprawling fair together 0n an astonishingly tight two-year schedule. A natural charlatan, Holmes exploited the inability of authorities to coordinate, creating a small commercial empire entirely on unpaid debts and constructing a personal cadaver-disposal system. This is, in effect, the nonfiction Alienist, or a sort of companion, which might be called Homicide, to Emile Durkheim's Suicide. However, rather than anomie, Larson is most interested in industriousness and the new opportunities for mayhem afforded by the advent of widespread public anonymity. This book is everything popular history should be, meticulously recreating a rich, pre-automobile America on the cusp of modernity, in which the sale of "articulated" corpses was a semi-respectable trade and serial killers could go well-nigh unnoticed. 6 b&w photos, 1 map. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-05-16 | Amazon | 2004 | 1970-05-16 | 447 | 8.0 x 5.3 x 1.0 inches | |||||||
| B132.S3 L280 | Larson, Gerald James | Classical Samkhya: An interpretation of its History and Meaning | 8120805038 | Paperback | N | N | Motilal Banarsidass | January 1, 2001 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Eastern | N | $18.66 | Book Description This study traces the history of the Samkhya in the Indian intellectual tradition as well as in the traditions of historical criticism. The book also offers a new interpretation of the philosophical significance of the Samkhya. In the Epilogue the author examines Sankaras' critique of the Samkhya and reconstructs what the Samkhya rejoinder could have been. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 315 | |||||||||
| PG3476.L37 | Laskin | Spasibo Za Vnimanie (Easy Readers) | 0-88436-052-0 | Paperback | N | N | Emc Pub | June 1972 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | N | $9.93 | ABOUT THE BOOK Spasibo Za Vnimanie | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | 0 | ||||||||||
| HQ1154.F4473 | Lauretis, Teresa De | Feminist Studies/Critical Studies (Theories in Contemporary Culture, Vol 8) | 0-253-20386-4 | Paperback | N | N | Indiana University Press | December, 1986 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | Bloomington | N | $26.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Feminist Studies-Critical Studies ANNOTATION The very recent developments in feminist research and writing in the areas of history, scientific discourse, literary criticism, and cultural history. FROM THE PUBLISHER The essays in this collection represent developments in feminist research and writing in the areas of history, scientific disclosure, literary criticism, and cultural theory. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 305.4/2 19 | 1986 | 1969-12-31 | Theories of Contemporary Culture Series | 244 | Feminism -- Congresses, Criticism (Philosophy) -- Congresses, Feminism -- United States -- Congresses | 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches | |||
| B24030.R554:39 | Lawlor, Leonard | Imagination and Chance: The Difference Between the Thought of Ricoeur and Derrida (Suny Series in Intersections : Philosophy and Critical Theory) | 0-7914-1218-0 | Paperback | N | N | State University of New York Press | December 1, 1992 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $22.95 | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 203 | 0.5 x 6.0 x 9.2 inches | |||||||||
| BL238.L38 | Lawrence, Bruce B | Defenders of God: The fundamentalist revolt against the modern age | 0-06-250539-4 | Paperback | N | N | HarperSanFrancisco | 1992 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Religious Studies : Comparative Religion | N | $10.90 | From Publishers Weekly In Lawrence's assessment, fundamentalists are "the righteous remnant turned vanguard," last-ditch defenders of God, fighting what they perceive to be dangerous modernist values of personal autonomy and relativism. Fundamentalism, asserts this Duke University historian, is a form of ideology rather than a theology, and as such, it is a multicultural and "cross-creedal" outlook common to certain American Protestants, Muslims and right-wing, "quasi-Hasidic" Israeli parties such as Gush Emunim. In the first half of this bold, original study, Lawrence lays the philosophical and historical groundwork for his analysis by discussing Eurocentrism, nationalism and the marginalization of religion. The second half consists of case studies drawn from the three major monotheistic religions. He predicts that, in the long run, fundamentalism will not be able to control public discourse or activity in any major nation-state. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | Studies in Comparative Religion | 352 | 0.9 x 5.7 x 9.0 inches | |||||||
| PG3328.Z6 C27 | Leatherbarrow, W. J. (Editor) | The Cambridge Companion to Dostoevskii (Cambridge Companions to Literature) | 0-521-65473-4 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | July 18, 2002 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Books & Reading : Reference | Cambridge | N | $25.99 | Review
'This collection fully equals the earlier publications in this widely respected series.' Contemporary Review 'Indispensable for all those teaching or studying Dostoevskii.' Rusistika 'Professor Leatherbarrow deserves congratulation as well as the thanks of students and scholars for producing such a useful and stimulating volume. It will doubtless join his other works on many a reading list.' Arnold McMillin, Slavonic & East European Review Book Description Key dimensions of Dostoevskii's writing and life are explored in this collection of specially commissioned essays. Contributors examine topics such as Dostoevskii's relationship to folk literature, money, religion, the family and science. The essays are enhanced by supplementary material, including a chronology of the period and detailed guides to further reading. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 891.73/3 21 | 2002 | 1970-01-28 | Cambridge Companions to Literature Series | 260 | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 -- Criticism and, interpretation | 9.0 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches | |||
| B804.L37 | Lechte, John | Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers: From Structuralism to Postmodernity | 0-415-07408-8 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | November, 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | London ; New York | N | $16.47 | Book Description John Lechte surveys the major thinkers of the post-war era and illuminates the complex thought of each with remarkable clarity. The list of thinkers includes Chomsky, Foucault, Irigaray, Derrida, Bataille,Baudrillard, Adorno and Habermas | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 190/.9/04 20 | 2005-10-08 | Fifty Key Thinkers Ser. | 251 | Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century, Structuralism, Semiotics, Feminist theory, Philosophy, Marxist | 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.0 inches | ||||
| P53.L437 | Lee, James F. | Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen | 0-07-037693-X | Paperback | N | N | McGraw-Hill Companies | January 26, 1995 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Reference : Foreign Languages : General | New York | N | $71.75 | Book Description Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen is the first title in a professional series of Foreign Language Teaching Methods texts. Written by well-known and respected teachers and researchers in the field of Second Language Acquisition, Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen addresses important questions such as what it means to teach communicatively, what are proper roles of input and output in the classroom, how do learners read and write in a second language, and what approaches to testing and evaluation are appropriate for the communicative classroom. Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen begins by defining communicative language teaching and proceeds to explore its underlying assumptions, to examine the roles of teachers and learners, to discuss theoretical and research issues relating to it, and to offer practical suggestions. A Student Manual accompanies the text. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 418/.007 20 | 1995 | 2005-11-20 | McGraw-Hill Foreign Language Professional Series | 250 | Language and languages -- Study and teaching, Communicative competence | 0.5 x 7.5 x 9.2 inches | |||
| N72 .L413 | Leeuw, G. van der (Gerardus) | Sacred and profane beauty; the holy in art. Pref. by Mircea Eliade | N | N | Holt | 1963 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Art and religion | New York | N | "Published in Germany under the title, Vom Heiligen in der Kunst." Includes bibliography. | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 701 | 1970-04-16 | 357 | Art and religion, Religion and literature | 357 p. 24 cm. | ||||||||
| BD621L4813 | Lefebvre, H. | The Production of Space | 0-631-18177-6 | Paperback | N | N | Blackwell Publishers | August 1, 1991 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Consciousness & Thought | N | $32.90 | Book Description Henri Lefebvre has considerable claims to be the greatest living philosopher. His work spans some sixty years and includes original work on a diverse range of subjects, from dialectical materialism to architecture, urbanism and the experience of everyday life. The Production of Space is his major philosophical work and its translation has been long awaited by scholars in many different fields. The book is a search for reconciliation between mental space (the space of the philosophers) and real space (the physical and social spheres in which we all live). In the course of his exploration, Henri Lefebvre moves from metaphysical and ideological considerations of the meaning of space to its experience in the everyday life of home and city. He seeks, in other words, to bridge the gap between the realms of theory and practice, between the mental and the social, and between philosophy and reality. In doing so, he ranges through art, literature, architecture and economics, and further provides a powerful antidote to the sterile and obfuscatory methods and theories characteristic of much recent continental philosophy. This is a work of great vision and incisiveness. It is also characterized by its author's wit and by anecdote, as well as by a deftness of style that Donald Nicholson-Smith's sensitive translation precisely captures. Language Notes Text: French Original Language: English--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-03 | Amazon | 1970-01-03 | 0 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.1 inches | ||||||||
| HT153.L345 | Lefebvre, Henri | Writing on Cities | 0-631-19188-7 | Paperback | N | N | Blackwell Publishers | December, 1995 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | Cambridge, Mass, USA | N | $36.95 | Book Description The work of Henri Lefebvre - the only major French intellectual of the post-war period to give extensive consideration to the city and urban life - received considerable attention among both academics and practitioners of the built environment following the publication in English of The Production of Space. This new collection brings together, for the first time in English, Lefebvre's reflections on the city and urban life written over a span of some twenty years. The selection of writings is contextualized by an introduction - itself a significant contribution to the interpretation of Henri Lefebvre's work - which places the material within the context of Lefebvre's intellectual and political life and times and raises pertinent issues as to their relevance for contemporary debates over such questions as the nature of urban reality, the production of space and modernity. Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 307.76 20 | 2005-10-08 | 264 | Cities and towns | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | |||||
| PN1995.9.E96 L44 | LeGrice, Malcolm | Abstract Film and Beyond | 0-262-62038-3 | Paperback | N | N | The MIT Press | March 30, 1982 | 1 | Performing Arts : Film - Direction & Production | N | $29.00 | Book Description "Malcolm Le Grice, an important experimental filmmaker from England, film journalist for Studio International, and teacher ... gives us a lucid account, both historical and theoretical, of the main preoccupations of abstract filmmakers.... "Le Grice begins with a painter, Cezanne, to show how his preoccupation with pictorial space is a key to any understanding of the notion of abstraction. He goes on to discuss the Futurists' cinema, the early abstract film experiments by Eggeling, Duchamp and others in Germany and France of the '20s, the West Coast filmmakers of the '40s, and a stimulating view of the experimental film movement after WW II, including the works of Brakhage, Snow, Gidal and Sharits." - Art Direction "Whether or not one agrees with Le Grice's valuation of an alternate cinema, Abstract Film and Beyond clearly demonstrates that the cinema, that great twentieth-century art, is no mere entertainment, but an event of tremendous importance and implication." - The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 160 | ||||||||||
| PN241.L37 1991 | Leighton, Lauren G. | Two Worlds, One Art: Literary Translation in Russia and America | 0-87580-160-9 | Hardcover | N | N | Northern Illinois Univ Pr | July 1991 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Classics | Dekalb | N | $35.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Two Worlds, One Art: Literary Translation in Russia and America | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 418/.02/0947 20 | 1970-04-15 | 272 | Translating and interpreting -- History, Literature, Comparative -- Russian and American, Literature, Comparative -- American and Russian, Russian language -- Translating into English, English language -- Translating into Russian | 1.0 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | |||||
| PN1993.5.G3 L381 | Leiser, Erwin | Nazi cinema | 0-02-012400-7 | Paperback | N | N | Macmillan | 1974 | 1 | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | New York | N | $4.70 | Language Notes Text: English, German (translation) | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 301.15/4 | 1974 | 1970-01-21 | 179 | Motion pictures -- Germany -- History, Motion pictures in propaganda -- Germany | 21 cm. | |||||
| PN81.C84 1995 | Lentricchia, Frank (Editor) | Critical Terms for Literary Study | 0-226-47203-5 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | June 15, 1995 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Books & Reading : Reference | Chicago | N | $25.00 | From Library Journal Neither a dictionary of critical terms nor a handbook for literary studies, this original work contains "substantial investigations" of 22 significant words used in modern literary criticism, words that "are used widely, often loosely, and with little agreement on their meaning." Each chapter explains a term's history and its contemporary social and political connotations. The emphasis is on " doing criticism," on putting theory into practice. Thus, many essays focus on the amplification of a term to a particular literary work, well exemplified in Myra Jehlen's thoughtful discussion of Huckleberry Finn in the chapter on the term gender. The essays are thorough, succinct, balanced, and illuminating (John Guillory on canon is a model of these qualities). The issues raised by the terms are often applied to nonliterary subjects, ranging from the Constitution to McDonald's hamburgers. Recommended. - Jeffrey R. Luttrell, Youngstown State Univ., Ohio Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 801/.95/014 20 | 1995 | 1970-01-21 | Literary Studies | 496 | Criticism -- Terminology, Literature -- Terminology, English language -- Terms and phrases, Literary form -- Terminology | 9.2 x 6.8 x 1.3 inches | |||
| GN33.G46 | Leonardo, Micaela Di (Editor) | Gender at the Crossroads of Knowledge: Feminist Anthropology in the Postmodern Era | 0-520-07093-3 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | October, 1991 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Berkeley | N | $27.50 | From Library Journal The introduction (as well as Irene Silverblatt's article and, to a lesser extent, all of the contributors' work) outlines salient research and theories and cites seminal works in Western anthropology and parallel disciplines, highlighting their relevance or connection to feminist thought and the issues of gender. Contributions by 12 feminist anthropologists, male and female, cover a wide range of subjects and approaches and point to the political influences on the construction of reality and of scholarly work in general. The essays' sophisticated approach will appeal to social scientists generally and particularly to those concerned with gender. An excellent addition to the two previous compilations of feminist anthropology: Michelle Rosaldo and Louise Lamphere's Woman, Culture, and Society ( LJ 4/15/74) and Rayna R. Reiter's Towards an Anthropology of Women ( LJ 9/15/75). For academic collections. - Winnie Lambrecht, Brown Univ., Providence, R.I. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Book Description Gender at the Crossroads of Knowledge brings feminist anthropology up to date, highlighting the theoretical sophistication that characterizes recent research. Twelve essays by outstanding scholars, written with the volume's concerns specifically in mind, range across the broadest anthropological terrain, assessing and contributing to feminist work on biological anthropology, primate studies, global economy, new reproductive technologies, ethno-linguistics, race and gender, and more. The editor's introduction not only sets two decades of feminist anthropological work in the multiple contexts of changes in anthropological theory and practice, political and economic developments, and larger intellectual shifts, but also lays out the central insights feminist anthropology has to offer us in the postmodern era. The profound issues raised by the authors resonate with the basic interests of any discipline concerned with gender, that is, all of the social sciences and humanities.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 305.42 20 | 1991 | 2005-10-08 | 423 | Anthropology -- Philosophy, Feminism, Women, Sex role, Feminist anthropology | 9.0 x 6.1 x 1.0 inches | ||||
| PG3337.L4 | Lermontov, Mikhail | A Hero of Our Time (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-044176-X | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | August 30, 1966 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( L ) : Lermontov, Mikhail | N | $0.95 | Book Description Introduction by Timothy Binyon Translated by Vladimir and Dmitri Nabokov--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Russian--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | Penguin Classics Series | 192 | 0.8 x 5.2 x 8.0 inches | |||||||
| GN29.C4602 | Levi-Strauss, Claude | Conversations with Claude Levi-Strauss | 0-224-61666-8 | Paperback | N | N | Cape | 1970 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | N | $2.30 | From Publishers Weekly In these kinetic, irreverent, engaging, unpredictable interviews with French journalist Eribon, eminent cultural anthropologist Levi-Strauss speaks with a rare degree of candor about his life and work. He confesses that his ethnological vocation is partly a flight from a century in which he does not feel at home. Mellowing at age 80, the structuralist recalls his childhood participation in rites conducted by his grandfather, a rabbi, and then confesses, "I get along better with believers than with out-and-out rationalists." Levi-Strauss reviews his research on marriage and kinship patterns, argues that the incest prohibition is culturally imposed, and mourns the fate of so-called primitive tribes under callous Third World regimes as he discusses racism, politics, musical creativity, literature and painting. An intellectual event, this memoir-in-conversation records his encounters with a host of figures--Sartre ("a being unto himself"), De Beauvoir, Foucault, Max Ernst, Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Library Journal The 1988 conversations between Levi-Strauss and Eribon (now translated into English) reveal the personal and historical currents that marked the life and work of one of the 20th century's most influential French intellectuals. Levi-Strauss's early attractions to the surrealists (Max Ernst and Andre Breton), encounters with existentialists (and his polemics with Jean-Paul Sartre), his friendship with Roman Jakobson, the influences of Anglo-American fieldwork methods, his travel to Brazil, and his years in New York are all recounted in candid, sometimes acerbic remarks. These conversations complement Levi-Strauss's voluminous contributions and shed light on his evaluation of his own work and the uses of his methods by others. They also cover his regrets, his perceived failures, and his caustic opinions on contemporary events and personalities. Recommended for larger public and academic library collections. - Winnie Lambrecht, Brown Univ., Provi dence, R.I. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 0 | ||||||||||
| GN362.L47 | Levi-Strauss, Claude | MYTH & MEANING | 0-8052-0622-1 | Paperback | N | N | Schocken | September 13, 1987 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Mythology : General | N | $0.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Myth and Meaning ANNOTATION This book explores the major themes of the preeminent structuralist and social anthropologist. FROM THE PUBLISHER 'There is no easier or quicker way than through this book into that heart of darkness Levi-Strauss calls 'totalitarian ambition of the savage mind' as it throbs beneath the surface of the 'civilized' mind.'--Philip Rieff, Professor of Psychiatry, Medical College of Pennsylvania | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 54 | 0.2 x 5.2 x 8.0 inches | ||||||||
| F2519.3.R3 L4813 | Levi-Strauss, Claude | The Raw and the Cooked : Mythologiques, Volume 1 (Raw & the Cooked) | 0-226-47487-9 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | March 15, 1983 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History | Chicago | N | $27.50 | Book Description "Lévi-Strauss is a French savant par excellence, a man of extraordinary sensitivity and human wisdom . . . a deliberate stylist with profound convictions and convincing arguments. . . . [The Raw and the Cooked] adds yet another chapter to the tireless quest for a scientifically accurate, esthetically viable, and philosophically relevant cultural anthropology. . . . [It is] indispensable reading."--Natural History | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 299/.8 19 | 2005-10-08 | Mythologiques Series | 402 | Indians of South America -- Brazil -- Religion, Structural anthropology -- Brazil, Indian mythology -- Brazil | 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| BL51.F426 | Levi-Strauss, Claude | Totemism | 0-8070-4671-X | Paperback | N | N | Beacon Press | June 1, 1971 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Boston | N | $18.00 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-09-25 | Amazon | 1963 | 2005-09-25 | 128 | 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches | ||||||
| B29.L48513 | Levinas, Emmanuel | Ethics and Infinity: Conversations With Philippe Nemo | 0-8207-0178-5 | Paperback | N | N | Duquesne University Press | March 1, 1985 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Ethics & Morality | N | $16.95 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 126 | 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches | ||||||||
| BM504.2.L4413 | Levinas, Emmanuel | Nine Talmudic Readings | 0-253-33379-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Indiana University Press | October, 1990 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Bloomington | N | $28.77 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 296.1/206 20 | 1990 | 2005-10-08 | 197 | Talmud -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | 0.8 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | ||||
| BD352.L62 | Levinas, Emmanuel | Totality and Infinity | 0-391-01004-2 | Paperback | N | N | Duquesne Univ Pr | June, 1969 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | N | $18.98 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2004117500 | Levine, Peter A. | Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body | 1-59179-247-9 | Hardcover | N | N | Sounds True | March, 2005 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Alternative Medicine : Healing | Boulder, CO | N | $13.57 | Book Description Researchers have shown that survivors of accidents, disaster, and childhood trauma often endure life-long symptoms ranging from anxiety and depression to unexplained physical pain, fatigue, illness, and harmful "acting out" behaviors reflecting these painful events. Today, millions in both the bodywork and the psychotherapeutic fields are turning to Peter A. Levine's breakthrough Somatic Experiencing? methods to effectively overcome these challenges. In Healing Trauma, Dr. Levine gives readers the personal how-to-guide for using the theory he first introduced in his highly acclaimed work, Waking the Tiger. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 91 | 7.8 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches | |||||||
| PG3352 | Levitt, Marcus C. | Russian Literary Politics and the Pushkin Celebration of 1880 (Studies of the Harriman Institute) | 0-8014-2250-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Cornell University Press | August, 1989 | 1 | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Ithaca | N | $55.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Russian Literary Politics and the Pushkin Celebration of 1880 | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 891.71/3 19 | 1970-01-07 | Studies of the Harriman Institute | 233 | Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837 --, Anniversaries, etc, Russian literature -- 19th century -- Political, aspects, Russia -- Intellectual life -- 1801-1917, Politics and literature -- Russia -- History --, 19th century, Authors, Russian -- 19th cen | 0.8 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | |||||
| BL1215.S64L48 | Levy, Robert I. | Mesocosm: Hinduism and the Organization of a Traditional Newar City in Nepal | 0-520-06911-0 | Hardcover | N | N | University of California Press | May 1, 1991 | 2 | Religion & Spirituality : Religious Studies : Sociology | N | $64.56 | Book Description Mesocosm is a study of Hinduism in its most fully realized form as a symbolic system for organizing the life of a particular kind of citywhat the author terms an "archaic" city. The work is a detailed description and analysis of the symbolic world of Bhaktapur, a unicultural city in the Kathmandu Valley, a city which is perhaps the last surviving example of a type of organization once widespread in the ancient world. Robert Levy views Bhaktapur as a structured "mesocosm," mediating between the microcosm of individual self-conception and the macrocosm of the culturally conceived larger universe. The city is a bounded entity, grounded on a minutely divided and interrelated sacrilized space. It uses that space, roles assigned by an elaborate caste system, a semantically differentiated pantheon, and the tempos and forms of the festival year and rites of passage to construct a "civic dance," a web of communication and instruction which deeply affects the experience of Bhaktapur's citizens. Levy investigates the meaning of the community to the people who live there and suggests how the religious forms that have challenged Hinduism in South AsiaChristianity and, above all, Islamare profoundly antithetical to Hinduism as the organizing principle for cities such as Bhaktapur. Mesocosm is a groundbreaking contribution to anthropology, social and religious history, and Indian and Nepalese studies. From the Back Cover "A first-rate anthropological study of Hinduism. . . . The scholarship is clearly of superior quality. There is no study with the [same] kind of comprehensive breadth and treatment.Robert Levy and Kedar Rajopadhyaya show us how to do anthropology at this time in our history." (Triloki N. Pandey, University of California, Santa Cruz) | 2005-04-30 | Amazon | 2005-04-30 | 800 | 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.8 inches | |||||||||
| BT77.L348 | Lewis, C. S | Mere Christianity | 0-02-086830-8 | Paperback | N | N | Macmillan Pub. Co | 1984 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Theology : Apologetics | New York | N | $0.01 | From Library Journal The late Lewis, Oxford professor, scholar, author, and Christian apologist, presents the listener with a case for orthodox Christianity. This is definitely not the shouting, stomping, sweating, spitting televangelist fare so often parodied; Lewis employs logical arguments that are eloquently expressed. He describes those doctrines that the four major denominations in Britain (Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic) would have in common, e.g., original sin, the transcendent Creator God, and the divinity of Jesus as well as his atonement and bodily resurrection. Geoffrey Howard reads both works, and his performance is superb; he is clear and unhurried, giving just the right emphasis and/or inflection. The volume on the Blackstone edition is recorded at a higher level than HarperAudio's. Otherwise there were no perceived differences in the recordings. If your institution can afford it, the Blackstone production would be preferred because of its sturdy case and the announcement of side changes. Whether or not one agrees with Lewis's arguments, it is a pleasure to hear such a skillful reading of an eloquent work. Public libraries as well as institutions that teach religion/theology or speech should consider. Michael T. Fein, Central Virginia Community Coll., Lynchburg Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. From AudioFile Considered a significant twentieth-century book by Christians of various traditions of faith, MERE CHRISTIANITY is well-suited to being read because the book is a revised version of some addresses given by Lewis, an Oxford literature professor, on the BBC in the early 1940s. Thus, the text, which makes an argument for Christianity, was written in an informal, conversational style. With his tenor voice, Howard sounds like a friendly academic and reads with appropriate pauses and emphasis. His subdued Oxbridge (the English accent of Oxford and Cambridge) accent is inviting and pleasant, showing none of the pretention one might expect from an Oxford don. M.L.C. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine--This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 230 19 | 1952 | 1969-12-31 | 190 | Theology, Doctrinal -- Popular works, Apologetics, Christian ethics -- Anglican authors | 0.3 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | ||||
| BV4515 | Lewis, C. S. | Pilgrim's Regress | 0-8028-6018-4 | Paperback | N | N | Eerdmans Pub Co | September, 1981 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Bibles : Theology | N | $0.95 | From Library Journal In 1933, not long after he became a Christian, Lewis published this third work and his first novel, a portrayal of this spiritual journey. Begun as a poem, Pilgrim's Regress thankfully ended up as an allegory that obviously takes its cue from John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Every bit as effective as its predecessor, Lewis's book describes the quest of John to reach the enchanted island and describes and satirizes many of the popular philosophies of the author's time, many of which also have more than a little influence in our day. Eloquent, erudite, and often witty, this tale is superbly narrated by Robert Whitfield. No stranger to the writings of Lewis, Whitfield has a well-modulated voice that easily portrays the numerous characters and gives the narrative sections a steady and consistent tempo. There are a number of Latin epigraphs, which are not translated. Public, religious/theological, and academic libraries should at least consider this audio. Michael T. Fein, Central Virginia Community Coll., Lynchburg Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 1 | |||||||||
| BV4935.L43 | Lewis, C.S. | Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life | 0-15-687011-8 | Paperback | N | N | Harvest Books | March 23, 1966 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : Arts & Literature : Authors | N | $10.01 | Book Description In this book Lewis tells of his search for joy, a spiritual journey that led him from the Christianity of his early youth into atheism and then back to Christianity. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 1984 | 1970-01-28 | 252 | 8.0 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches | |||||||
| E59.C25 C37 | Lewis, G. Malcolm (Editor) | Cartographic Encounters : Perspectives on Native American Mapmaking and Map Use (The Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., Lectures in the History of Cartography) | 0-226-47694-4 | Hardcover | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | September 15, 1998 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Americas : Native American : General | Chicago | N | $51.89 | Book Description Ever since a Native American prepared a paper "charte" of the lower Colorado River for the Spaniard Hernando de Alarcón in 1540, Native Americans have been making maps in the course of encounters with whites. This book charts the history of these cartographic encounters, examining native maps and mapmaking from the pre- and post-contact periods. G. Malcolm Lewis provides accessible and detailed overviews of the history of native North American maps, mapmaking, and scholarly interest in these topics. Other contributions include a study of colonial Aztec cartography that highlights the connections among maps, space, and history; an account of the importance of native maps as archaeological evidence; and an interpretation of an early-contact-period hide painting of an actual encounter involving whites and two groups of warring natives. Although few original native maps have survived, contemporary copies and accounts of mapmaking form a rich resource for anyone interested in the history of Native American encounters or the history of cartography and geography. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 912.7/08997 21 | 2005-10-08 | Kenneth Nebenzahl, JR., Lectures in The | 338 | Indian cartography -- North America, Indians of North America -- Maps, Inuit -- Maps, Indians of North America -- First contact with, Europeans, America -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps | 9.6 x 8.7 x 1.1 inches | ||||
| BQ1029.N352 M36 | Lewis, Todd T. | Popular Buddhist Texts from Nepal: Narratives and Rituals of Newar Buddhism | 0-7914-4612-3 | Paperback | N | N | State University of New York Press | October, 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism : General | Albany | N | $21.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Popular Buddhist Texts from Nepal: Narratives and Rituals of Newar Buddhism FROM THE PUBLISHER This book demonstrates how popular ritual texts and story narratives have shaped the religious life and culture of the only surviving South Asian Mahayana Buddhist society, the Newars of Kathmandu. It begins with an account of the Newar Buddhist community's history and its place within the religious environment of Nepal and proceeds to build around five popular translations, several of which were known across Asia: the Srngabheri Avadana, the Simhalasarthabahu Avadana, the Tara, the Mahakala Vratas, and the Pancaraksa. Lewis documents how the respective texts have been domesticated in Nepal's art and architecture, healing traditions, and rituals. FROM THE CRITICS Booknews In order to correct the ahistorical and idealized portrayals of Buddhism conveyed by academics and modern exponents, Lewis (religious studies, College of Holy Cross) examines the texts of five important vernacular texts that have been incorporated into the Newar community in Kathmandu, the only surviving community of Indian Mahayana Buddhism. The study is based on his ethnographic fieldwork in Nepal in 1979-82 and subsequent research. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 294.3/85 21 | 2000 | 2005-10-08 | Suny Series in Buddhist Studies | 236 | Buddhist literature -- Nepal -- History and, criticism, Buddhist literature, Sanskrit -- History and, criticism, Mahayana Buddhism -- Nepal | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches | |||
| NC257.M6 | Lianda, Natal§ia | Angel s pechal§nym litsom: Obraz Anny Akhamtovoi v tvorchestve Modil§iani | 5857890233 | Unknown Binding | N | N | AO "Arsis" | 1996 | 2 | 4.5 Stars | Modigliani, Amedeo, 1884-1920 -- Exhibitions | Sankt-Peterburg | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | 107 | Modigliani, Amedeo, 1884-1920 -- Exhibitions, Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- Portraits, -- Exhibitions | 21 cm. | |||||||
| HN670.9.k37 | Liechty, Mark | Suitably Modern : Making Middle-Class Culture in a New Consumer Society | 0-691-09593-0 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | December 1, 2002 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | N | $19.95 | Laura Kunreuther, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences Liechty offers an inspiring cultural analysis of modern life in Nepal that is deeply rooted in history. Product Description: Suitably Modern traces the growth of a new middle class in Kathmandu as urban Nepalis harness the modern cultural resources of mass media and consumer goods to build modern identities and pioneer a new sociocultural space in one of the world's "least developed countries." Since Nepal's "opening" in the 1950s, a new urban population of bureaucrats, service personnel, small business owners, and others have worked to make a space between Kathmandu's old (and still privileged) elites and its large (and growing) urban poor. Mark Liechty looks at the cultural practices of this new middle class, examining such phenomena as cinema and video viewing, popular music, film magazines, local fashion systems, and advertising. He explores three interactive and mutually constitutive ethnographic terrains: a burgeoning local consumer culture, a growing mass-mediated popular imagination, and a recently emerging youth culture. He shows how an array of local cultural narratives--stories of honor, value, prestige, and piety--flow in and around global narratives of "progress," modernity, and consumer fulfillment. Urban Nepalis simultaneously adopt and critique these narrative strands, braiding them into local middle-class cultural life. Building on both Marxian and Weberian understandings of class, this study moves beyond them to describe the lived experience of "middle classness"--how class is actually produced and reproduced in everyday practice. It considers how people speak and act themselves into cultural existence, carving out real and conceptual spaces in which to produce class culture. | 2005-03-21 | Amazon | 2005-03-21 | 304 | nepal | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches | |||||||
| DS3.A2 A82 | Lienhard, Siegfried | Songs of Nepal: An Anthology of Nevar Folk-Songs and Hymns (Asian studies at Hawaii) | 0-8248-0680-8 | Paperback | N | N | Univ of Hawaii Pr | April, 1984 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Entertainment : Music : Musical Genres : Folk & Traditional | Honolulu | N | $22.70 | Language Notes Text: English | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 895/.49 19 | 1984 | 2005-11-20 | Asian Studies at Hawaii | 221 | Songs, Newari -- Texts | 23 cm. | |||
| PN1969.C65 | Limon, John | Stand-Up Comedy in Theory, Or, Abjection in America (New Americanists) | 0-8223-2546-2 | Paperback | N | N | Duke University Press | November, 2000 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Arts & Photography : Performing Arts : Theater : General | Durham, NC | N | $19.95 | D. Murdoch, Choice "[T]hese insightful essays will interest students and scholars of comic theory. . . ."--This text refers to the Library Binding edition. Book Description Stand-Up Comedy in Theory, or, Abjection in America is the first study of stand-up comedy as a form of art. John Limon appreciates and analyzes the specific practice of stand-up itself, moving beyond theories of the joke, of the comic, and of comedy in general to read stand-up through the lens of literary and cultural theory. Limon argues that stand-up is an artform best defined by its fascination with the abject, Julia Kristeva's term for those aspects of oneself that are obnoxious to one's sense of identity but that are nevertheless-like blood, feces, or urine-impossible to jettison once and for all. All of a comedian's life, Limon asserts, is abject in this sense. Limon begins with stand-up comics in the 1950s and 1960s-Lenny Bruce, Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Mike Nichols, Elaine May-when the norm of the profession was the Jewish, male, heterosexual comedian. He then moves toward the present with analyses of David Letterman, Richard Pryor, Ellen DeGeneres, and Paula Poundstone. Limon incorporates feminist, race, and queer theories to argue that the "comedification" of America-stand-up comedy's escape from its narrow origins-involves the repossession by black, female, queer, and Protestant comedians of what was black, female, queer, yet suburbanizing in Jewish, male, heterosexual comedy. Limon's formal definition of stand-up as abject art thus hinges on his claim that the great American comedians of the 1950s and 1960s located their comedy at the place (which would have been conceived in 1960 as a location between New York City or Chicago and their suburbs) where body is thrown off for the mind and materiality is thrown off for abstractio! n-at the place, that is, where American abjection has always found its home. As the first study of its kind, Stand-Up Comedy in Theory, or, Abjection in America will appeal to a wide audience including those interested in cultural studies, Jewish studies, gender and queer theory.--This text refers to the Library Binding edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 792/.7 21 | 2000 | 1970-01-07 | New Americanists Series | 152 | Stand-up comedy | 9.2 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches | |||
| HM271.L53 | Lincoln, Bruce | Authority : Construction and Corrosion | 0-226-48197-2 | Hardcover | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | January 1, 1995 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : World | Chicago | N | $30.00 | Book Description What is authority? How is it constituted? How ought one understand the subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) relations between authority and coercion? Between authorized and subversive speech? In this fascinating and intricate analysis, Bruce Lincoln argues that authority is not an entity but an effect. More precisely, it is an effect that depends for its power on the combination of the right speaker, the right speech, the right staging and props, the right time and place, and an audience historically and culturally conditioned to judge what is right in all these instances and to respond with trust, respect, and even reverence. Employing a vast array of examples drawn from classical antiquity, Scandinavian law, Cold War scholarship, and American presidential politics, Lincoln offers a telling analysis of the performance of authority, and subversions of it, from ancient times to the present. Using a small set of case studies that highlight critical moments in the construction of authority, he goes on to offer a general examination of "corrosive" discourses such as gossip, rumor, and curses; the problematic situation of women, who often are barred from the authorizing sphere; the role of religion in the construction of authority; the question of whether authority in the modern and postmodern world differs from its premodern counterpart; and a critique of Hannah Arendt's claims that authority has disappeared from political life in the modern world. He does not find a diminution of authority or a fundamental change in the conditions that produce it. Rather, Lincoln finds modern authority splintered, expanded, and, in fact multiplied as the mechanisms for its construction become more complex--and more expensive. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 303.3/6 20 | 2005-10-08 | 235 | Authority -- History, Political oratory -- History, Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- History | 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches | |||||
| BL660.L44 | Lincoln, Bruce | Death, War, and Sacrifice : Studies in Ideology & Practice | 0-226-48200-6 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | August 27, 1991 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Mythology : General | Chicago | N | $34.00 | From Library Journal This is a fascinating collection of scholarly essays on Indo-European religions and mythologies by a leading specialist in the field. While focusing on beliefs about death and dying, and on practices of legitimized killing (as in war and sacrifice), Lincoln (religious studies, Univ. of Minnesota) expresses his doubts against the existence of a prototypical Indo-European religion. Extensive examples are given and comparisons are drawn among Greek, Roman, Nordic, Celtic, British, Indian, and Iranian beliefs and practices. This excellent source for students of mythology and religion is highly recommended for religion and mythology collections of academic and large public libraries. It will appeal to readers of popular mythologist and storyteller Joseph Campbell as well as to scholars. - Marilyn E. Schafer, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic Coll., Toronto Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 291.1/3 20 | 2005-10-08 | 312 | Mythology, Indo-European, War -- Religious aspects, Death -- Religious aspects, Sacrifice | 9.1 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | |||||
| BF173.Z52413 | Lincoln, Bruce | Discourse and the Construction of Society: Comparative Studies of Myth, Ritual, and Classification | 0-19-507909-4 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | September, 1992 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology | N | $25.00 | Book Description In this bold theoretical work, Bruce Lincoln explores the ways in which myth, ritual, and classification hold human societies together--and how, in times of crisis, they can be used to take a society apart and reconstruct it. Without overlooking the role of coercive force in the maintenance (or overthrow) of social structures, Lincoln argues his thesis with compelling illustrations drawn from such diverse areas as Platonic philosophy, the Upanishads of India, ancient Celtic banquets, professional wrestling, and the Spanish Civil War. This wide-ranging interdisciplinary study--which draws on works in history, semiotics, anthropology, sociology, classics, and indology--offers challenging new insights into the complex dynamics of social cohesion and change. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 2005-10-04 | 256 | 9.2 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| DS422.C3 F9 | Lincoln, Bruce | Emerging from the Chrysalis: Rituals of Women's Initiation | 0-19-506910-2 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | September, 1991 | 1 | 1.0 Stars | Business & Investing : General | New York | N | $26.00 | Book Description Now reissued in an expanded edition, this unique book offers the first full-length treatment of women's initiation rites in five cultures. Asserting the critical importance of such rites in a world dominated by men, Lincoln shows that in these societies women's initiation involves not only a transformation of the self but also of the cosmos. Considering initiation rites among the Tiyyar of South India, the Navajo, the Tiv of West Africa, and the Tukuna of the Northwest Amazon, Lincoln argues that unlike men's rites, women's rites do not impart a change in hierarchical status, but rather a "cosmic" change which offers religious compensation for women's generally low socio-political status. Lincoln concludes with a brilliant reconstruction of ancient Greek initiation rites based on his original interpretation of the Demeter and Persephone myth. With a new chapter and bibliography, Emerging from the Chrysalis will be stimulating reading for those interested in ritual and its cultural impact. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 392/.14 20 | 1991 | 2005-10-08 | 184 | Initiation rites -- Cross-cultural studies, Women -- Religious life -- Cross-cultural, studies, Puberty rites -- Cross-cultural studies | 0.5 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | ||||
| BL65,T47 L56 | Lincoln, Bruce | Holy Terrors : Thinking about Religion after September 11 | 0-226-48195-6 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | October 1, 2003 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Current Events : Terrorism | N | $10.40 | Book Description It is tempting to view the perpetrators of the September 11 terrorist attacks as evil incarnate. But their motives, as Bruce Lincoln reveals in this insightful offering, were profoundly and intensely religious. What we need now, he argues, is greater clarity about what we take religion to be. With great rigor and incisiveness, Holy Terrors sorts through the details and the religious rhetoric of September 11--in the highjackers' instructions, George W. Bush's national address, Osama bin Laden's videotaped reply, and Pat Robertson's notorious interview with Jerry Falwell-and examines their implications for our understanding of religion and its interrelationships with politics and culture. | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 185 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| BL320.L56 1999 | Lincoln, Bruce | Theorizing Myth : Narrative, Ideology, and Scholarship | 0-226-48202-2 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | April 3, 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Genre Fiction : Fairy Tales | Chicago | N | $25.00 | Book Description In Theorizing Myth, Bruce Lincoln traces the way scholars and others have used the category of "myth" to fetishize or deride certain kinds of stories, usually those told by others. He begins by showing that mythos yielded to logos not as part of a (mythic) "Greek miracle," but as part of struggles over political, linguistic, and epistemological authority occasioned by expanded use of writing and the practice of Athenian democracy. Lincoln then turns his attention to the period when myth was recuperated as a privileged type of narrative, a process he locates in the political and cultural ferment of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Here, he connects renewed enthusiasm for myth to the nexus of Romanticism, nationalism, and Aryan triumphalism, particularly the quest for a language and set of stories on which nation-states could be founded. In the final section of this wide-ranging book, Lincoln advocates a fresh approach to the study of myth, providing varied case studies to support his view of myth--and scholarship on myth--as ideology in narrative form. | 2006-01-15 | Amazon | 291.1/3/072 21 | 2000 | 2006-01-15 | 313 | Myth -- Study and teaching -- History | 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| PG2112.L57 v. 1 | Lipson, Alexander | Russian Course: Part One (Russian Course) | 0-89357-080-X | Paperback | N | N | Slavica Publishers | June, 1981 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : Foreign Language : Russian | N | $16.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Russian Course, Vol. 1 | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 338 | 1.0 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | ||||||||
| PG2112.L57 v. 2 | Lipson, Alexander | Russian Course: Part Two (Russian Course) | 0-89357-081-8 | Paperback | N | N | Slavica Publishers | June, 1981 | 1 | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : Foreign Language : Russian | N | $16.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Russian Course, Vol. 2 | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 343 | 1.0 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | |||||||||
| PG3476.A324 L57 | Lisnianskaia, Inna | Muzyka "Poemy bez geroia" Anny Akhmatovoi (Massovaia istoriko-literaturnaia biblioteka) | 5280023590 | Unknown Binding | N | N | "Khudozh. lit-ra" | 1991 | 1 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 | Moskva | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | Massovaëiìa istoriko-literaturnaëiìa biblioteka | 155 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966, geroëiìa | 20 cm. | |||||||
| BL1210 .H23 | Llewellyn, J. E | Defining Hinduism A Reader | 0-415-97449-6 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | January 24, 2006 | 1 | Religion & Spirituality : General | N | $29.95 | Book Description Defining Hinduism is concerned not only with what Hinduism is, but also with what it has been, and with the history of the term "Hinduism." Defining Hinduism brings together essays by some of the most influential and interesting scholars working on the religions of South Asia today. The volume also offers a comprehensive general introduction to the subject as well as individual introductions to each of the three parts of the book. This reader will be a valuable tool for the study of the world's third largest religion. | 1970-05-12 | Amazon | 1970-05-12 | Critical Categories in the Study of Reli | 227 | 0.5 x 6.8 x 9.5 inches | ||||||||
| B1290 | Locke, John | An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Clarendon Edition of the Works of John Locke) | 0-19-824595-5 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | June, 1979 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Epistemology | Oxford | N | $26.43 | Vere Chappell, University of Massachusetts, Amherst This abridgement by Kenneth Winkler is the best that has been ever done. Winkler's judgement as to what must be kept and what may be dropped is unerring, and his literary skill has enabled him to fashion a text that reads smoothly. An illuminating introduction and comprehensive glossary enhance the value of this volume for students. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Book Description Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690) withstood an onslaught by traditional theologians, for rejecting orthodox theology and the concept of innate ideas: as he suggested that God could make matter think. The Essay quickly became one of the most influential books of the eighteenth century, and its contributions to the philosophy of space and time, matter and power were quickly hailed as formative contributions to the philosophy.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 121 | 1970-01-21 | Clarendon Edition of the Works of John Locke Series | 776 | Knowledge, Theory of | 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.6 inches | ||||
| HV8599.R8 | Lohman, Diederik | Confessions At Any Cost : Police Torture in Russia | 1-56432-244-0 | Mass Market Paperback | N | N | Human Rights Watch | November, 1999 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Crime & Criminals : Criminology | New York, N.Y. | N | $15.00 | "Written by Diederik Lohman"--Acknowledgments. Includes bibliographical references. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1999 | 1970-01-07 | 196 | Torture -- Russia (Federation), Police brutality -- Russia (Federation), Confession (Law) -- Russia (Federation), Police -- Russia (Federation) -- Complaints, against, Police misconduct -- Russia (Federation) | 23 cm. | |||||
| PB36 | Lonergan, Jack | Video in Language Teaching (Cambridge Language Teaching Library) | 0-521-27263-7 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | October 4, 1984 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Reference : Foreign Languages : Instruction : English as a Foreign Language : English Language Teaching : Linguistics | Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York | N | $17.50 | ABOUT THE BOOK Video in Language Teaching | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 418/.007 19 | 2005-11-20 | New Directions in Language Teaching Ser. | 136 | Language and languages -- Study and teaching --, Audio-visual aids | 0.2 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | ||||
| BL325.C76 | Long, Charles B. | Alpha: The Myths of Creation (Classics in Religious Studies / Scholars Press and the Ameri) | 0-89130-604-8 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | January, 1983 | 1 | 2.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Mythology : General | Chico, Calif. | N | $25.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Alpha: The Myths of Creation | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 291.2/4 19 | 1963 | 2005-10-08 | Aar Classics in Religious Studies | 324 | Creation -- Comparative studies | 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches | |||
| BL48.L58 | Long, Charles H. | Significations: Signs, Symbols, and Images in the Interpretation of Religion | 0-8006-1892-0 | Paperback | N | N | Fortress Press | November, 1986 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Religious Studies : Comparative Religion | Philadelphia | N | $3.73 | David Chidester, Professor of Comparative Religion, University of Capetown "In exploring the meaning of religious meanings, Charles Long has put us in touch with the religious significance of our world by mapping its vast and unfathomable oceans, by charting the relations of human contact and exchange, conquest and colonization, materiality and opacity, representation and interpretation, identity and difference, and many other features of modernity that have all been mediated by vast bodies of water...has directed our attention to global oceanic relations that have produced profound local effects, especially in the formation of America. Significations is a book for thinking with, thinking through, and thinking about thinking in the study of religion." --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Jacob Olupona, Professor, African American and African Studies; Chair, Religious Studies Program, University of California, Davis "Significations, a landmark in the History of Religions, will remain a durable classic in the discipline for a long time to come. The beauty of the book, in part, lies in Charles Long's ability to draw immensely from African American and Indigenous traditions and his personal experiences, to provide theoretical insights into issues of meanings and significance of religion in our contemporary world. This book is certainly one of the most original and provocative texts in Religious Studies available to us today." --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-09-25 | Amazon | 291 19 | 1986 | 2005-09-25 | 216 | Religion, African Americans -- Religion | 0.5 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | ||||
| BQ9286.2.L66 | Loori, John Daido | The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life | 0-345-46201-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Random House | June 2004 | 3 | General : Buddhism - General | N | Publisher Comments: For many of us, the return of Zen conjures up images of rock gardens and gently flowing waterfalls. We think of mindfulness and meditation, immersion in a state of being where meaning is found through simplicity. Zen lore has been absorbed by Western practitioners and pop culture alike, yet there is a specific area of this ancient tradition that hasn't been fully explored in the West. Now, in The Zen of Creativity American Zen master John Daido Loori presents a book that taps the principles of the Zen arts and aesthetic as a means to unlock creativity and find freedom in the various dimensions of our existence. Loori dissolves the barriers between art and spirituality, opening up the possibility of meeting life with spontaneity, grace, and peace. Zen Buddhism is steeped in the arts. In spiritual ways, calligraphy, poetry, painting, the tea ceremony, and flower arranging can point us toward our essential, boundless nature. Brilliantly interpreting the teachings of the artless arts, Loori illuminates various elements that awaken our creativity, among them still point, the center of each moment that focuses on the tranquility within; simplicity, in which the creative process is uncluttered and unlimited, like a cloudless sky; spontaneity, a way to navigate through life without preconceptions, with a freshness in which everything becomes new; mystery, a sense of trust in the unknown; creative feedback, the systematic use of an audience to receive noncritical input about our art; art koans, exercises based on paradoxical questions that can be resolved only through artistic expression. Loori shows how these elements interpenetrate and function not only in art, but in all our endeavors. Beautifully illustrated and punctuated with poems and reflections from Loori's own spiritual journey, The Zen of Creativity presents a multilayered, bottomless source of insight into our creativity. Appealing equally to spiritual seekers, artists, and veteran Buddhist practitioners, this book is perfect for those wishing to discover new means of self-awareness and expression-and to restore equanimity and freedom amid the vicissitudes of our lives. | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 1970-01-14 | 272 | 9.26x7.70x1.00 in. 1.36 lbs. | ||||||||||
| BQ1967.L66 1996 | Lopez Jr., Donald S. | Elaborations on Emptiness | 0-691-00188-X | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | October 19, 1998 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism : General | N | $24.95 | Review [This] is a superb achievement: It is by far the best and most complete treatment of the Heart Sutra in any Western language. Book Description The Heart Sutra is perhaps the most famous Buddhist text, traditionally regarded as a potent expression of emptiness and of the Buddha's perfect wisdom. This brief, seemingly simple work was the subject of more commentaries in Asia than any other sutra. In Elaborations on Emptiness, Donald Lopez explores for the first time the elaborate philosophical and ritual uses of the Heart Sutra in India, Tibet, and the West. Included here are full translations of the eight extant Indian commentaries. Interspersed with the translations are six essays that examine the unusual roles the Heart Sutra has played: it has been used as a mantra, an exorcism text, a tantric meditation guide, and as the material for comparative philosophy. Taken together, the translations and essays that form Elaborations on Emptiness demonstrate why commentary is as central to modern scholarship on Buddhism as it was for ancient Buddhists. Lopez reveals unexpected points of instability and contradiction in the Heart Sutra, which, in the end, turns out to be the most malleable of texts, where the logic of commentary serves as a tool of both tradition and transgression. | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 280 | 9.1 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| BQ7604.L66 1998 | Lopez Jr., Donald S. | Prisoners of Shangri-La : Tibetan Buddhism and the West | 0-226-49310-5 | Hardcover | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | May 28, 1998 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Historical Study : History of Ideas | Chicago | N | $25.00 | The Boston Globe, Michael Kenney ...Lopez explores with skill, and a barely concealed delight in the debunkings... From Kirkus Reviews In this fine scholarly work, Lopez (Asian Languages and Cultures/Univ. of Michigan) warns his readers away from romanticized visions of Tibet, which ultimately harm that beleaguered nation's prospects for independence. Buddhism, the religion of enlightenment, takes as its task the dispersal of human misconceptions of reality. It is only fitting that, in the wake of heightened popular interest in Tibet, Lopez should write a corrective to both positive and negative misconceptions of Tibetan Buddhism. Among the sources of misinterpretation he notes are: psychological interpretations of the Tibetan Book of the Dead; The Third Eye, by Englishman Cyril Hoskin, a fantastic (and popular) tale of Tibetan spirit possession published in 1956; mistranslations of the famous mantra, Om Mani Padme Hum; exhibitions of Tibetan art in Western museums; the institutionalization of the academic discipline of Tibetology; increasingly airy spiritualizations of Tibetan culture. What all these acts of interpreting Tibetan Buddhism share, says Lopez, is a whole or partial disregard for the concrete, living contexts of Tibetan religion. Elements of Tibetan Buddhism become abstract symbols onto which Western writers project their own spiritual, psychological, or professional needs. For example, the chant Om Mani Padme Hum, mistranslated as ``the jewel is in the lotus,'' is allegorized into an edifying symbol of conjoined opposites when, in fact, it is simply a prayerful invocation of the Buddhist god Avalokiteshvara. The irony is that Tibetans affirm these Western misreadings in hopes of winning more sympathy for their struggle for independence. The danger, according to Lopez, is that the full particularity of Tibet will be lost in ineffectual platitudes. He is angry about many of the more outrageous manglings of Tibetan belief and culture; he can also be quite witty over the more ridiculous applications by New Agers of ostensibly Tibetan beliefs. As an interpreter of interpreters, Lopez functions here twice removed from the actual religion of Tibet; readers should approach with some prior knowledge of Buddhism. -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. | 2006-01-22 | Amazon | 294.3/923 21 | 2006-01-22 | 294 | Buddhism -- China -- Tibet | 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches | |||||
| BQ1012.B83 | Lopez Jr., Donald S. (Editor) | Buddhism in Practice | 0-691-04441-4 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | July 24, 1995 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : United States : Asian American : General | Princeton, N.J. | N | $19.77 | Review These selections consistently reveal new vistas on the Buddhist landscape or illuminate old views from new angles. Review Buddhism in Practice . . . constitute[s] a benchmark of where Buddhist studies has been, and where it is going. By endeavoring to break the circularity of the knowledge process, by which we recognize as 'Buddhist' only what we already think of as Buddhist, Lopez has opened a new course for a self-reflexive Buddhology. | 2006-01-15 | Amazon | 294.3 20 | 1995 | 2006-01-15 | Princeton Readings in Religions Series | 640 | Buddhist literature -- Translations into, English | 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches | |||
| BQ4040.C75 2005 | Lopez Jr., Donald S. (Editor) | Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism (Buddhism and Modernity Series) | 0-226-49315-6 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | May 1, 2005 | 4 | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism : General | Chicago | N | $19.00 | Book Description Over the past century, Buddhism has come to be seen as a world religion, exceeding Christianity in longevity and, according to many, philosophical wisdom. Buddhism has also increasingly been described as strongly ethical, devoted to nonviolence, and dedicated to bringing an end to human suffering. And because it places such a strong emphasis on rational analysis, Buddhism is considered more compatible with science than the other great religions. As such, Buddhism has been embraced in the West, both as an alternative religion and as an alternative to religion. This volume provides a unique introduction to Buddhism by examining categories essential for a nuanced understanding of its traditions. Each of the fifteen essays here shows students how a fundamental term--from art to word--illuminates the practice of Buddhism, both in traditional Buddhist societies and in the realms of modernity. Apart from Buddha, the list of terms in this collection deliberately includes none that are intrinsic to the religion. Instead, the contributors explore terms that are important for many fields and that invite interdisciplinary reflection. Through incisive discussions of topics ranging from practice, power, and pedagogy to ritual, history, sex, and death, the authors offer new directions for the understanding of Buddhism, taking constructive and sometimes polemical positions in an effort both to demonstrate the shortcomings of assumptions about the religion and the potential power of revisionary approaches. Following the tradition of Critical Terms for Religious Studies, this volume is not only an invaluable resource for the classroom but one that belongs on the short list of essential books for anyone seriously interested in Buddhism and Asian religions. | 2006-01-22 | Amazon | 294.3/07 22 | 2005 | 2006-01-22 | Buddhism and Modernity Ser. | 344 | Buddhism -- Philosophy, Buddhism -- Study and teaching | 9.2 x 6.7 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| BL2001.2.R384 | Lopez Jr., Donald S. (Editor) | Religions of India in Practice | 0-691-04324-8 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | April 3, 1995 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | Princeton, N.J. | N | $19.77 | From Library Journal This volume, which inaugurates a series of anthologies on religion, is unique in its focus on vernacular sources rather than classical Vedic lineage texts. Representing Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, Muslim, Sufi, and Sikh religious expressions, the categories include household rites, folklore, omens, alchemical and oracular practices, temple dedications, hagiographical odes, mantras, and pujas. Editor Davis (religion, Yale) provides the historical introduction to Indian religion, while each of the 30 contributors gives a preamble to his or her chosen text. Suggestions for further reading follow each selection. The volume is arranged thematically, not by religion, and most of the works have never before been translated. Overarching themes suggest a unity that the editor leaves readers to syncretize. Many of the selections convey the rapture of devotion, celebrating sacred love toward guru, saint, or God. The complex array of doctrines and contesting ideologies is like the murmur of a mighty river providing fascinating reading for both scholar and general reader. Dara Eklund, Los Angeles P.L. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review A volume in the valuable series of Princeton Readings in Religion.... [A] most useful set of penetrating studies ... their writers are among the most prominent scholars in the field. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 294 20 | 1995 | 2005-10-04 | Princeton Readings in Religions Series | 648 | India -- Religion | 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.5 inches | |||
| BQ7620.R45 | Lopez Jr., Donald S. (Editor) | Religions of Tibet in Practice | 0-691-01183-4 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | March 3, 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : United States : Asian American : General | Princeton, N.J. | N | $29.95 | Amazon.com Tibetan Buddhism is most well known for its Book of the Dead and its tantric practices. In Religions of Tibet in Practice, an anthology of religious texts from Tibet, both of these elements are well represented, along with many more selections of prayers, sermons, biographies, and epics. Translated by the top scholars in the field, these pieces provide an excellent introduction to the varied and wide-ranging aspects of Tibetan Buddhism, such as the epic of King Gesar (the "Iliad of Tibet"), the meditative states of the boddhisattvas, the horseback consecration ritual, and the life story of tantric master Lorepa. Not only do the selections allow direct contact with the Tibetan religious tradition, but the introductions to each selection together provide a history of Tibetan religion that exceeds in scope and quality anything in print today. Roger Jackson, Carleton College This book will be a worthy companion to the earlier volumes in the series, and will stand on its own as the single most comprehensive sourcebook on Tibetan religions. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 294.3/923 20 | 1997 | 2005-10-08 | Princeton Readings in Religions Series | 560 | Buddhism -- China -- Tibet, Tibet (China) -- Religion, Buddhist literature, Tibetan -- Translations into, English | 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches | |||
| BQ1967.L67 | Lopez, Donald | The Heart Sutra Explained | 0-88706-590-2 | Paperback | N | N | State University of New York Press | November 1, 1987 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism : General | N | $29.95 | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 240 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches | |||||||||
| PN1303 | Lord, Albert Bates | Singer of Tales (Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature, 24) | 0-674-80881-9 | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | March, 1981 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | N | $0.58 | ABOUT THE BOOK Singer of Tales | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 1960 | 2005-11-20 | Studies in Comparative Literature | 307 | 1.0 x 6.0 x 9.2 inches | ||||||
| P99.L68 1990 | Lotman, Yuri M. | Universe of the Mind: A Semiotic Theory of Culture (Second World) | 0-253-33608-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Indiana University Press | November 1990 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : Semiotics | Bloomington | N | $18.00 | Book Description "Soviet semiotics offers a distinctive, richly productive approach to literary and cultural studies and Universe of the Mind represents a summation of the intellectual career of the man who has done most to guarantee this." -Slavic and East European Journal "The Universe of the Mind is an ambitious, complex, and wide-ranging book that semioticians, textual critics, and those interested in cultural studies will find stimulating and immensely suggestive. . . . will have enormous influence on semiotic discourse." -Journal of Communication This seminal text in cultural semiotics represents a summation of Soviet semiotician Yuri Lotman's distinguished intellectual career. Addressing three main areas-meaning and the text; the concept of the semiosphere; and semiotics from the point of view of history-Lotman presents here the most complete and broadly ambitious theory of culture and language yet to emerge from the field of semiotics. Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Russian | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 302.2 20 | 1990 | 1970-04-14 | Second World Ser. | 300 | Semiotics, Culture | 1.0 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | |||
| MT893.L68 1999 | Love, Roger | Set Your Voice Free : Foreword by Dr. Laura Schlesinger | 0-316-44179-1 | Hardcover | N | N | Little, Brown | October 5, 1999 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Business & Investing : Careers : Guides | Boston | N | $17.13 | Joe Elliott, lead singer, Def Leppard "I study with Roger and you should too." Anthony Robbins, author, Awaken the Giant Within and Unlimited Power "Over the years, I have worked with more vocal coaches-and tried more vocal techniques-than I care to remember. It wasn't until I met Roger Love that I gained 100 percent certainty that my voice would perform the way I expect and need it to. With Roger Love's new book, you too have the opportunity to learn from a truly amazing vocal master." | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 783/.04 21 | 1999 | 1970-01-21 | 240 | Singing -- Instruction and study, Voice | 9.6 x 6.2 x 1.0 inches | ||||
| PS3519.A86 Z77 | Lowell, Robert | Life Studies & For the Union Dead | 0-374-50628-0 | Paperback | N | N | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | January 1, 1967 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Entertainment : Humor : General | N | $10.66 | Review "[Life Studies] gives us the naked psyche of a suffering man in a hostile world, and Lowell's way to manage this material, to keep it, is by his insistent emphasis on form. The natural heir to Eliot and Pound as well as to Crane, he extends their methods."-M. L. Rosenthal, Salmagundi "No other English or American poet of his generation has, in his handling of language, the sheer brute strength [that Lowell has in For the Union Dead]; no other poet is so deeply moved not only by moral but by physical horror and disgust (which can include self-disgust), and by a kind of blind Samson-like ferocity. And yet, insensibly, in Lowell's hands, the tale of the world's horrors becomes a tale of the world's wonders, the catalogue of obscure absurdities, a song of praise."-G. S. Fraser, The New York Times Book Review "Lowell is, by something like a critical consensus, the greatest Amnrican poet of the mid-century . . . More than any contemporary writer, poet or novelist, Lowell has created the language, cool and violent all at once, of contemporary introspection. He is our truest historian."-Richard Poirier, Book Week | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | c196 | 1970-04-16 | 72 | 8.0 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches | |||||||
| PG2068.E5 T43 | Lubensky, Sophia (Editor) | Teaching, Learning, Acquiring Russian | 0-89357-134-2 | Paperback | N | N | Slavica Pub | August 1984 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Reference : Foreign Languages : Instruction : Celtic Languages | Columbus, Ohio | N | $36.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Teaching, Learning, Acquiring Russian | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 491.782/421/07 19 | 1970-04-16 | 415 | Russian language -- Study and teaching -- English, speakers | 23 cm. | |||||
| P99.S6 | Lucid, Daniel (Editor) | Soviet Semiotics: An Anthology | 0-8018-3656-5 | Paperback | N | N | The Johns Hopkins University Press | April 1, 1988 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Americas : United States : General | N | $3.75 | Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | 272 | |||||||||
| DS341 .L83 | Ludden, David | India South Asia: Short Hist | 1-85168-237-6 | Paperback | N | N | Oneworld Publications | July, 2002 | 1 | History : Asia : India | N | $8.38 | Book Description Ideal for students of regional studies as well as for travelers and historians, this book offers much insight into the key economic, social, and political developments that have shaped both the individual countries of South Asia and the region as a whole. | 2005-04-30 | Amazon | 2005-04-30 | 224 | 8.5 x 5.3 x 1.0 inches | |||||||||
| DS422.C64 C66 | Ludden, David (Editor) | Contesting the Nation: Religion, Community, and the Politics of Democracy in India (South Asia Regional Studies Seminar Series) | 0-8122-1585-0 | Paperback | N | N | University of Pennsylvania Press | June, 1996 | 1 | History : Asia : India | Philadelphia | N | $19.95 | Book Description Today, powerful political forces seek to make the Indian state Hindu. Their rising influence since 1980 has occurred during a period of radical change in Indian society and politics, and has been accomplished by electoral means as well as by organized violence. The 1996 elections will be a major test of their power and of the influence of Hindu majoritarianism among the Indian electorate. Animated by a sense of urgency that was heightened by the massive violence following the destruction of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, Contesting the Nation explores Hindu majoritarian politics over the last century and its dramatic reformulation during the decline of the Congress Party in the 1980s. Twelve prominent scholars from India, Europe, and the United States provide perspectives from the fields of political science, religious studies, ethnomusicology, history, art history, and anthropology, comparing trends in India with ethnic, religious, and cultural movements in other parts of the world. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 320.954 20 | 1996 | 2005-10-08 | South Asia Seminar Series | 364 | Communalism -- India, Hinduism and politics -- India, Nationalism -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| DS493.3 .T83 197 | Ludmilla Tuting | Bikas-Bina | N | N | 1 | N | 1970-05-12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| HM22.F8 D8450 | Lukes, Steven | Emile Durkheim: His Life and Work, a Historical and Critical Study | 0-8047-1283-2 | Paperback | N | N | Stanford University Press | October, 1985 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | Stanford, Calif. | N | $31.25 | ABOUT THE BOOK Emile Durkheim, His Life and Work: A Historical and Critical Study | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 301/.092/4 B 19 | 2005-10-08 | 700 | Durkheim, Emile, 1858-1917, Sociologists -- France -- Biography, Durkheimian school of sociology | 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.7 inches | |||||
| PG3488.04 Z7513 | Lukács, Georg | Solzhenitsyn ([MIT paperback series] MIT 175) | 0-262-62021-9 | Paperback | N | N | The MIT Press | June 15, 1971 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Eastern European | Cambridge, Mass. | N | $17.00 | Book Description Georg Lukac's most recent work of literary criticism, on the Nobel Prize winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn, hails the Russian author as a major force in redirecting socialist realism toward the level it once occupied in the 1920s when Soviet writers portrayed the turbulent transition to socialist society. In the first essay Lukacs compares the novella One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich to short pieces by "bourgeois" writers Conrad and Hemingway and explains the nature of Solzhenitsyn's criticism of the Stalinist period implied in the situation, characters, and their interaction. He also briefly describes Matriona's House, An Incident at the Kretchetovka Station, and For the Good of the Cause -- stories that depict various aspects of life in Stalinist Russia. In the second, longer section, Lukacs greets Solzhenitsyn's novels The First Circle and Cancer Ward, which were published outside Russia, as representing "a new high point in contemporary world literature." These books mark Solzhenitsyn as heir to the best tendencies in postrevolutionary socialist realism and to the literary tradition of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. Moreover, from the point of view of the development of the novel, Lukacs finds the Russian author to be a successful exponent of innovative methods originating in Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain. The central problem of contemporary socialist realism is a predominant theme in the book: how to come to critical terms with the legacy of Stalin. The enthusiasm with which Lukacs acclaims Solzhenitsyn will not surprise those who have followed his persistent refusal to endorse the so-called socialist realist writers of the Stalinist era. He outlines the aspects of Solzhenitsyn's creative method that allows him to cross the ideological boudaries of the Stalinist tradition, yet he finds a basic pessimism in Solzhenitsyn's work that makes him a "plebeian" rather than a socialist writer. Of Ivan Denisovich and the future of socialist realist literature, Lukacs urges: "If socialist writers were to reflect upon their task, if they were again to feel an artistic responsibiliity towards the great problems of the present, powerful forces could be unleashed leading in the direction of relevant socialist literature. In this process of transformation and renewal, which signifies an abrupt departure from the socialist realism of the Stalin era, the role of landmark on the road to the future falls to Solzhenitsyn's story." | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 891.7/3/44 | 1970 | 1970-04-15 | [mit Paperback Series] Mit 175 | 88 | Solzheniëtìsyn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918- | 88 p. 21 cm. | |||
| BL2428 | Lurker, Manfred | The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Dictionary | 0-500-27253-0 | Paperback | N | N | Thames & Hudson | October, 1984 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | History : Africa : Egypt : General | N | $18.95 | Language Notes Text: English, German (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 142 | 9.5 x 6.3 x 0.4 inches | ||||||||
| GN671.C3 L87 | Lutz, Catherine A. | Unnatural Emotions : Everyday Sentiments on a Micronesian Atoll and Their Challenge to Western Theory | 0-226-49722-4 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | October 15, 1988 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | Chicago | N | $20.00 | Book Description "An outstanding contribution to psychological anthropology. Its excellent ethnography and its provocative theory make it essential reading for all those concerned with the understanding of human emotions."--Karl G. Heider, American Anthropologist | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 155.8/0996/5 19 | 1988 | 2005-10-08 | 281 | Ethnopsychology -- Micronesia (Federated States), -- Ifalik Atoll, Emotions, Micronesians -- Psychology | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| P40.L284 | Lutz, Catherine A. (Editor) | Language and the Politics of Emotion (Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction) | 0-521-38868-6 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | June 29, 1990 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | Cambridge [England] ; New York | N | $49.99 | ABOUT THE BOOK Language and the Politics of Emotion | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 306.4/4 20 | 1990 | 2005-10-15 | Studies in Emotion and Social Interactio | 225 | Sociolinguistics, Emotions, Discourse analysis | 0.5 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | |||
| BF575.C88 | Lutz, Tom | Crying: A Natural and Cultural History of Tears | 0-393-32103-7 | Paperback | N | N | W. W. Norton & Company | January 2001 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Mental Health : Emotions | N | $9.72 | Amazon.com Behind the human eye lies a complex system of dozens of secretory and excretory glands bearing such names as "crypts of Henle" and "Wolfring's glands." These glands combine to produce basal tears that flow into the nasolacrimal duct, which in turn empties into the nose. Under the right conditions of irritation, emotion, or illness, the glands yield more liquid than the nasolacrimal duct can handle, causing tears to spill out and drain over the eyelids. Thus crying, a rare human universal that we share with no other creature, for which reason Charles Darwin called it "a special expression of man." There you have the basic science behind crying, a branch of inquiry that in literary scholar Tom Lutz's view ought to but does not bear the name "lacrimology" or even "lamentology." Lutz considers the natural history of weeping, writing vigorously and accessibly about the mysterious workings of the human body. But more, he looks into the cultural rules that surround crying, especially those in Western societies that only in the last few decades have established norms whereby women are supposed to cry freely in times of stress and trouble, whereas men are not. Illustrating his cultural history with examples from literature and art, Lutz delivers a fine, eminently readable exercise in popular anthropology, one that will be of wide interest. --Gregory McNamee --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Publishers Weekly Observing that the act of weeping is exclusively human, though its interpretation is by no means universal, Lutz (American Nervousness, 1903) offers a fascinating, multi-disciplinary study of tears. With a fluid style and an astonishingly vast reachAencompassing history, literature, the arts and the social sciencesALutz explores how crying has been portrayed and perceived throughout history. In a dense but essential section, he examines the physiology of tears and cites theorists, Darwin among them, who considered crying a physical, muscular act. Of course, tears are more commonly viewed as expressing "a surplus of feeling over thinking," whether of sorrow, happiness, pain, relief, pride, empathy, catharsis, deception (as in crocodile tears) or any combination of these emotions. Lutz asks not only why we cry, but why we stop crying and how we react to another person's tears. His examination of gender stereotypes and the traditional division of emotional "labor" in our society, according to which women cry and men restrain themselves, is especially provocative. Turning to pop culture, Lutz comments on how contemporary American gender-typing has shifted in books, movies and real life, noting two iconic images: Jacqueline Kennedy's stoic reserve at her husband's funeral and Michael Jordan's open sobbing at a championship victory. This accomplished work is a rich treat for anyone intrigued by emotional displays. (Aug.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 1970-01-28 | 352 | 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| P106 | Lyons, John | Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics | 0-521-09510-7 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | June 1, 1968 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Reference : General | N | $39.49 | Book Description This is a comprehensive introduction to theoretical linguistics. It presupposes no previous knowledge and terms are defined as they are introduced; but it gives a rigorous and technical treatment of a wide range of topics, and brings the reader to an advanced level of understanding. Since its first publication in 1968 Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics has been one of the classic introductions to the discipline. In a field which is often seen as rapidly moving, it will continue to be used by students seeking an overview of the central areas of linguistics - phonetics and phonology, grammar and semantics - and to be of great value to anyone interested in the ways in which theory can help to explain the key problems of human language. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 520 | 8.3 x 5.6 x 1.4 inches | ||||||||
| B3279.H49 L9613 | Lyotard, Jean-Francois | Heidegger and "the Jews" | 0-8166-1857-7 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | October 1, 1990 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : Deconstructionism | N | $18.95 | From Library Journal This work is the author's response to "the ongoing debates in France regarding the resurgence of anti-Semitism" and to Victor Farias's recent revelations in Heidegger and Nazism ( LJ 12/89). It consists of two essays, "the jews" and "Heidegger." In the former, "the jews" includes all those who are dispossessed, all who are reviled and outcast. His analysis uses insights of Kant, Freud, Lacan, Deleuze, Adorno, and Wiesel. Lyotard's "de fense" of Heidegger in the second essay is based on the argument that "thought exceeds its contexts": Heidegger was inexcusably politically culpable, but his philosophical thought is still "equal to the greatest." Lyotard's analysis is multifaceted and profound, defying easy synopsis. The book will be of interest to a wide audience. - Leon H. Brody, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Lib., Washington, D.C. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 106 | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches | ||||||||
| B829.5.L92 | Lyotard, Jean-Francois | Phenomenology (Contemporary Continental Philosophy) | 0-7914-0806-X | Paperback | N | N | State University of New York Press | September, 1991 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Albany | N | $21.95 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 142/.7 20 | 1991 | 2005-10-15 | SUNY Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy | 147 | Phenomenology | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.4 inches | |||
| PN51.L94 | Lyotard, Jean-Francois | Political Writings | 0-8166-2045-8 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | June, 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Essays : General | Minneapolis | N | $19.95 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 844/.914 20 | 1993 | 2005-10-15 | 352 | Politics and literature | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| B29.L913 1988 | Lyotard, Jean-Francois | The Differend: Phrases in Dispute (Theory and History of Literature, Vol 46) | 0-8166-1611-6 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | December, 1988 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Minneapolis | N | $17.95 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 190 19 | 1988 | 1970-01-21 | Theory and History of Literature Series | 208 | Philosophy | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches | |||
| BD162.L913 | Lyotard, Jean-Francois | The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (Theory and History of Literature) | 0-8166-1173-4 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | March, 1984 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Movements & Periods : Postmodernism | Minneapolis | N | --> | $16.95 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 001 19 | 1979 | 2005-10-08 | Theory and History of Literature Series | 110 | Knowledge, Theory of, Civilization, Modern -- 20th century, Postmodernism | 9.1 x 6.0 x 0.4 inches | ||
| B831.21.9513 | Lyotard, Jean-Francois | The Postmodern Explained: Correspondence, 1982-1985 | 0-8166-2211-6 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | September 1, 1992 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $16.95 | From Library Journal These edited letters, addressed to children by Lyotard from 1982 to 1985, discuss postmodernism from various points of view. The nature of postmodern art, derived from Kant's category of the sublime and embodied in the avant-garde, is an important aspect of Lyotard's ideas. The political side of postmodern thinking as a retreat from unifying thought, an escape from totalitarianism, is also explained. Lyotard uses the concept of the narrative to evaluate discourse, action, psychology, and language. Wlad Godzich's afterword is especially helpful in placing Lyotard in a philosophic tradition and showing the development of his ideas. Recommended for large philosophy collections. - Gene Shaw, Elmwood Park Lib., N.J. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-03 | Amazon | 1970-01-03 | 141 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.4 inches | ||||||||
| GN451 .L3813 | Lévi-Strauss, Claude | The Savage Mind | 0-226-47484-4 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | September 15, 1968 | 2 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | N | $12.24 | Book Description "Every word, like a sacred object, has its place. No pr�9cis is possible. This extraordinary book must be read."--Edmund Carpenter, New York Times Book Review "No outline is possible; I can only say that reading this book is a most exciting intellectual exercise in which dialectic, wit, and imagination combine to stimulate and provoke at every page."--Edmund Leach, Man "L�9vi-Strauss's books are tough: very scholarly, very dense, very rapid in argument. But once you have mastered him, human history can never be the same, nor indeed can one's view of contemporary society. And his latest book, The Savage Mind, is his most comprehensive and certainly his most profound. Everyone interested in the history of ideas must read it; everyone interested in human institutions should read it."--J. H. Plumb, Saturday Review "A constantly stimulating, informative and suggestive intellectual challenge."--Geoffrey Gorer, The Observer, London | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 310 | 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| N7310.8.N4 M32 | Macdonald, Alexander W | Newar art: Nepalese art during the Malla period | 0-85668-056-7 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Aris & Phillips | 1979 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | N | $29.98 | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 154 | |||||||||||
| PR4967 | MacDonald, George | Phantastes | 0-8028-6060-5 | Paperback | N | N | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | August, 1981 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : British : 19th Century | N | $9.60 | Amazon.com "I was dead, and right content," the narrator says in the penultimate chapter of Phantastes. C.S. Lewis said that upon reading this astonishing 19th-century fairy tale he "had crossed a great frontier," and numerous others both before and since have felt similarly. In MacDonald's fairy tales, both those for children and (like this one) those for adults, the "fairy land" clearly represents the spiritual world, or our own world revealed in all of its depth and meaning. At times almost forthrightly allegorical, at other times richly dreamlike (and indeed having a close connection to the symbolic world of dreams), this story of a young man who finds himself on a long journey through a land of fantasy is more truly the story of the spiritual quest that is at the core of his life's work, a quest that must end with the ultimate surrender of the self. The glory of MacDonald's work is that this surrender is both hard won (or lost!) and yet rippling with joy when at last experienced. As the narrator says of a heavenly woman in this tale, "She knew something too good to be told." One senses the same of the author himself. --Doug Thorpe | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 1858 | 2005-11-20 | George MacDonald Original Works Series | 197 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches | ||||||
| PZ3.M144 Gi6 | MacDonald, George | The Gifts of the Child Christ; Fairy Tales and Stories for All Ages.: Fairytales and Stories for the Childlike | 0-8028-1518-9 | Paperback | N | N | Eerdmans Pub Co | June, 1972 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Authors, A-Z : ( M ) : Macdonald, George | Grand Rapids, Mich. | N | $0.50 | ABOUT THE BOOK Gifts of the Child Christ: Fairytales and Stories for the Childlike FROM THE PUBLISHER "This one-volume edition gathers all the best shorter fairy tales and stories that George MacDonald wrote. The original two-volume edition of this work was published by Eerdmans in 1973. In the present volume all twenty of MacDonald's stories have been retained and the short story "Stephen Archer" has been added. Also included are the illustrations of MacDonald's stories by Arthur Hughes and others." | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 823/.8 | 1970-01-14 | 1 | Fantasy fiction, Scottish, Fairy tales -- Scotland | 24 cm. | |||||
| PN44.5 | Macey, David | The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory (Penguin Reference Books) | 0-14-051369-8 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin | July 30, 2002 | 1 | 2.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | London ; New York | N | $12.24 | Book Description The most up-to-date and authoritative introduction to critical theory available, this acclaimed dictionary provides an ideal overview of the full range of theories, schools of thought, and theorists. Whether it's Arendt or Woolf, object relations or orientalism, postcolonial theory or postmodernism, readers will find incisive entries on the work of key figures, powerful summaries of the crucial debates, and clear explanations of both the links and differences between the various thinkers and schools. "Remarkable for its comprehensiveness. . . . It is certainly a reference work I will want to have on my own shelves." (David Lodge) | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 496 | Literature -- Dictionaries, Criticism -- Dictionaries | 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.0 inches | ||||||
| JC143.M2 | Machiavelli, Niccolo | The Prince | 0-553-21278-8 | Mass Market Paperback | N | N | Bantam Classics | September 1, 1984 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Classics | N | $4.50 | Amazon.com When Lorenzo de' Medici seized control of the Florentine Republic in 1512, he summarily fired the Secretary to the Second Chancery of the Signoria and set in motion a fundamental change in the way we think about politics. The person who held the aforementioned office with the tongue-twisting title was none other than Niccolò Machiavelli, who, suddenly finding himself out of a job after 14 years of patriotic service, followed the career trajectory of many modern politicians into punditry. Unable to become an on-air political analyst for a television network, he only wrote a book. But what a book The Prince is. Its essential contribution to modern political thought lies in Machiavelli's assertion of the then revolutionary idea that theological and moral imperatives have no place in the political arena. "It must be understood," Machiavelli avers, "that a prince ... cannot observe all of those virtues for which men are reputed good, because it is often necessary to act against mercy, against faith, against humanity, against frankness, against religion, in order to preserve the state." With just a little imagination, readers can discern parallels between a 16th-century principality and a 20th-century presidency. --Tim Hogan J. H. Hexter, Washington University A readable text in vigorous prose. I have not read a translation of The Prince into English that is more lively. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | Bantam Classics Series | 176 | 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches | |||||||
| B2784.M27 1990 | Makkreel, Rudolf A. | Imagination and Interpretation in Kant : The Hermeneutical Import of the Critique of Judgment | 0-226-50277-5 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | March 1, 1995 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $18.00 | Book Description In this illuminating study of Kant's theory of imagination and its role in interpretation, Rudolf A. Makkreel argues against the commonly held notion that Kant's transcendental philosophy is incompatible with hermeneutics. The charge that Kant's foundational philosophy is inadequate to the task of interpretation can be rebutted, explains Makkreel, if we fully understand the role of imagination in his work. In identifying this role, Makkreel also reevaluates the relationship among Kant's discussions of the feeling of life, common sense, and the purposiveness of history. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 195 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| GN671.N5 M3430 | Malinowski, Bronislaw | Diary in the Strict Sense of the Term | 0-485-11354-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Continuum International Publishing Group | Athlone Press | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Social Sciences : Anthropology | N | $95.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Diary in the Strict Sense of the Term FROM THE PUBLISHER When it was first published (in 1967, posthumously), Bronislaw Malinowski's diary, covering the period of his fieldwork in 1914-15 and 1917-18 in New Guinea and the Trobriand Islands, set off a storm of controversy. Many anthropologists felt that the publication of the diary -- which Raymond Firth describes as "this revealing, egocentric, obsessional document" -- was a profound disservice to the memory of one of the giant figures in the history of anthropology. Almost certainly never intended to be published, Malinowski's diary was intensely personal and brutally honest. He kept it, he said, "as a means of self-analysis." Reviews ranged from "it is to the discredit of all concerned that the diary has now been committed to print" to "fascinating reading." Twenty years have passed, and Raymond Firth suggests that the book has moved over to a more central place in the literature of anthropological reflection. In 1967, Clifford Geertz felt that the "gross, tiresome" diary revealed Malinowski as "a crabbed, self-preoccupied, hypochondriacal narcissist, whose fellow-feeling for the people he lived with was limited in the extreme." But in 1988, Geertz referred to the diary as a "backstage masterpiece of anthropology, our The Double Helix." Similarly, in 1987, James Clifford called it "a crucial document for the history of anthropology." It is clearly time for a reissue of this controversial work, which has long been out of print. For this reissue, Raymond Firth, who wrote the original Introduction, has prepared a new Introduction that reviews the reception the diary originally received and describes how judgments about it have changed over the past twenty years. | 2005-10-08 | Barnes & Noble | 2005-10-08 | 315 | |||||||||
| GN.451 | Malinowski, Bronislaw | Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays | 0-88133-657-2 | Paperback | N | N | Waveland Press | March, 1992 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : General | N | $15.95 | Book Description Three famous Malinowski essays! Malinowski, one of the all-time great anthropologists of the world, had a talent for bringing together in single comprehension the warm reality of human living with the cool abstractions of science. His pages have become an almost indispensable link between the knowing of exotic and remote people with theoretical knowledge about humankind. An important collection of three of his most famous essays, Magic, Science and Religion offers readers a set of concepts about religion, magic, science, rite and myth in the course of forming vivid impressions and understandings of the Trobrianders of New Guinea. From the Publisher Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Angrosino, The Culture of the Sacred: Exploring the Anthropology of Religion (ISBN 1577662938); Malefijt, Religion and Culture: An Introduction to Anthropology of Religion (ISBN 0881334839); Malinowski, Argonauts of the Western Pacific: An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea (ISBN 0881330841); Norbeck, Religion in Human Life: Anthropological Views (ISBN 0881333549); and Thoden van Velzen-van Wetering, In the Shadow of the Oracle: Religion as Politics in the Suriname Maroon Society (ISBN 1577663233). | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 274 | 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches | ||||||||
| PN81.D378 | Man, Paul De | Aesthetic Ideology | 0-8166-2204-3 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | September 1, 1996 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $18.51 | Amazon.com Paul De Man's reputation was irreparably damaged by the revelation after his death of his wartime anti-Semitism, obscuring some valid intellectual contributions to the field of aesthetics. This collection of philosophical essays, compiled by Andrzej Warminski of the University of California, argues for the close connections between art and politics and art and science. He discusses Kant and Hegel, whose major contributions to aesthetics are less known than their work on rationality and morality. And in an essay on Schiller he deplores, rather naively, the poet/playwright's lack of philosophical concern for the basis of his art. From Publishers Weekly While the imitators of great literary theorists may have produced the least lucid, most jargon-laden and most parodied literary and cultural criticism since the 18th century, editors Wlad Godzich and Jochen Schulte-Sasse of the University of Minnesota's Theory and History of Literature series cannot be blamed for such excesses. Their 88-volume series, which contains some of the most cogent though still challenging criticism of the last 15 years, terminates with a volume from the controversial late Yale deconstructionist Paul de Man (Aesthetic Ideology) and a retranslated edition of mid-century Frankfurt School leader Theodore Adorno's Aesthetic Theory. This dignified leave-taking preempts the empty millennial speculation currently dominating postmodern studies, and leaves in its wake a generation of scholars reared on the series. (De Man: $49.95, 224p ISBN 0-8166-2203-5, $19.95 paper -2204-3; Adorno: $39.95, 448p ISBN 0-8166-1799-6, cloth only) Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 196 | 9.1 x 6.0 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| PG3476.M355 | Mandel'shtam, Nadezhda | Vtoraia kniga | 5239006350 | Hardcover | N | N | Moskovskii rabochii | 1990 | 1 | Moscow | N | $10.00 | 2006-01-16 | 891.7 | 0 | Poets, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography. Political prisoners -- Soviet Union -- Biography. Dissenters -- Soviet Union -- Biography. | |||||||||||
| PG3476.M355 A6 | Mandelshtam, Osip | Selected Poems | 0-86316-053-0 | Paperback | N | N | Writers & Readers Publishing Co-op | March 1, 1983 | 1 | N | $7.20 | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| PG3476.M355 Z781 | Mandelstam, Nadezhda | Mozart & Salieri: An Essay on Osip Mandelstam & the Poetic Process | 0-679-75619-1 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage Books | October, 1994 | 1 | Biographies & Memoirs : Arts & Literature : Composers & Musicians : General | N | $7.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Mozart and Salieri | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 128 | 0.5 x 5.2 x 8.0 inches | |||||||||
| PG3476.M355 M36 | Mandel§shtam, Osip | The noise of time: The prose of Osip Mandelstam | 0-86547-238-6 | Unknown Binding | N | N | North Point Press | 1986 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Mandel§shtam, Osip, 1891-1938 -- Translations | San Francisco | N | $5.15 | Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation) | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 891.78/308 20 | 1970-01-07 | 249 | Mandel§shtam, Osip, 1891-1938 -- Translations, into English, Mandel§shtam, Osip, 1891-1938 -- Criticism and, interpretation | 23 cm. | |||||
| Mann, IU | Dinamika russkogo romantizma: V. Zhukovskii, K. Batiushkov, A. Pushkin, K. Ryleev, I. Kozlov, A. Vel§tman, N. IAzykov, A. Bestuzhev-Marlinskii, N. Polevoi, ... i prepodavatelei gumanitarnykh vuzov | 5756700250 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Aspekt Press | 1995 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Foreign Language Books : Russian : All Russian Books | Moskva | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | 380 | Russian literature -- 19th century -- History and, criticism, Romanticism -- Russia | 21 cm. | ||||||||
| E302.5.M26 | Mapp Jr., Alf | The Faiths of Our Fathers: What America's Founders Really Believed | 0-7425-3114-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. | November, 2003 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : Historical : United States : General | Lanham, Md. | N | $16.97 | Book Description In The Faiths of Our Fathers, widely acclaimed historian Alf Mapp, Jr. cuts through the historical uncertainty to accurately portray the religious beliefs of 11 of America's founding fathers, including John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. Visit our website for sample chapters! | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 270.7/092/273 21 | 2003 | 1970-01-07 | 183 | Statesmen -- United States -- Biography, Statesmen -- Religious life -- United States --, History -- 18th century, Presidents -- United States -- Biography, Presidents -- Religious life -- United States --, History -- 18th century, United States -- Politic | 9.3 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| B2430 | Marion, Jean-Luc | The Idol and Distance: Five Studies (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy, No 17) | 0-8232-2077-X | Hardcover | N | N | Fordham University Press | February 1, 2001 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $40.00 | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 257 | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches | |||||||||
| BX8611.L46 | Mark P. Leone | Roots fo Modern Mormonism | N | N | Harvard University Press | 1 | Cambridge | N | Mormonism | 2005-04-15 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| DS423.I54 | Marriott, McKim (Editor) | India Through Hindu Categories (Contributions to Indian Sociology) | 0-8039-9636-5 | Hardcover | N | N | SAGE Publications | April 1, 1990 | 1 | Business & Investing : Biographies & Primers : Policy & Current Events | N | $53.95 | Book Description An AltaMira Press Book India Through Hindu Categories explores social science ideas which can be developed from the realities know to Indian people. These ideas are drawn from Hindu cultural categories, not merely because they offer coherent and comprehensive systems of thought, but especially because they illuminate variations which escape the notice of conventional social science. The contributors of this volume are bound by a common purpose: to explore the connections between cultural knowledge and life as it is lived. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 226 | 0.8 x 6.8 x 10.0 inches | |||||||||
| PZ8.3.M4113 Po | Martin Jr., Bill | Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? | 0-8050-5388-3 | Board book | N | N | Henry Holt and Co. | September 15, 1997 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Children's Books : Animals : General : Fiction | N | $7.95 | From Publishers Weekly It's been 25 years since these two talented men put their heads together, but the fruit of their latest collaboration is well worth the wait. Continuing in the spirit of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? , their new book incorporates the same clean design and crisp text, but this time the action takes place at the zoo, where elephants, hippos, lions and such are asked what they hear--each answer leads to the animal on the next page, and culminates with a zookeeper who "hears" a pageful of multiracial children disguised as their favorite animals. Carle's characteristically inventive, jewel-toned artwork forms a seamless succession of images that fairly leap off the pages, and educator Martin, ever tuned in to what children like best, has assembled a thoroughly rowdy menagerie--including a fluting flamingo, bellowing walrus and hissing boa constrictor, to name a few--imitations of whose sounds will doubtless soon be echoing in many homes and classrooms. A visually and aurally splashy work, this is a splendid successor to Brown Bear , one that no fan of that popular bruin will want to be without. Ages 2-4. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From School Library Journal PreSchool-Grade 1-- In a logical sensory follow-up to Martin's and Carle's wildly successful Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Holt, 1983), this dynamic duo now offers sounds. The polar bear hears a lion roaring, who hears a hippopotamus snorting, who hears a flamingo fluting (!), who hears a zebra braying, and so on through a varied list of animals. At last the zookeeper announces that he hears children roaring, snorting, fluting, etc. While the format is very similar to the previous book, Carle's trademark collages have never been more beautiful. Huge animals fill the double-page spreads, glowing with light-filled colors, sans superflouous background. Teachers will smile with delight when they see this wonderful book, and students are sure to utter the familiar request, "Have you got another one like this one?" --Ruth Semrau, Lovejoy School, Allen, TX Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 32 | 6.8 x 5.0 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| HB501.M360 | Marx, Karl | Capital and Other Writings by Karl Marx | N | N | 1 | N | 1970-05-12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 64021251 | Marx, Karl | Early writings | N | N | McGraw-Hill | 1964 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | New York | N | Introduction.--Translations: On the Jewish question. Contribution to the critique of Hegel's Philosophy of right. Economic and philosophical manuscripts. Authors and works cited by Marx (p. 221-223) Other authors: Bottomore, T. B., ed. and tr. | 1970-04-14 | Library of Congress [1] | 335.41 | 1970-04-14 | 227 | xix, 227 p. 21 cm. | ||||||||||
| HX39.5 .A213 | Marx, Karl | Karl Marx Selected Writings In Sociology and Social Philosophy | 0-07-040672-3 | Paperback | N | N | McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages | June 1, 1964 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Business & Investing : Economics : Economic Policy & Development | N | $5.56 | Book Description Translated and edited by T. B. Bottomore. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | 267 | 8.0 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| B3305.M72 E5 | Marx, Karl | Marx Selections (The Great Philosophers Series) | 0-02-429521-3 | Paperback | N | N | Prentice Hall College Div | December, 1987 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | New York | N | $0.52 | ABOUT THE BOOK Marx Selections | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 335.4 19 | 1988 | 2005-11-20 | Great Philosophers Ser. | 287 | Philosophy | 0.8 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | |||
| HX39.5.A523 | Marx, Karl | The Communist manifesto [by] Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. With selections from The eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte and Capital, by Karl Marx. Edited by Samuel H. Beer | N | N | Appleton-Century-Crofts | 1955 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Socialism | New York | N | 1970-04-14 | Library of Congress [1] | 335.4 | 1970-04-14 | Crofts classics | 96 | Socialism | 96 p. 18 cm. | ||||||||
| HX39.5 .M374 197 | Marx, Karl | The Marx-Engles Reader | N | N | 1 | N | 1970-05-12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| HX39.M374 1978 | Marx, Karl (Editor) | The Marx-Engels Reader | 0-393-09040-X | Paperback | N | N | W. W. Norton & Company | February 1, 1978 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Business & Investing : General | New York | N | $28.80 | ABOUT THE BOOK Marx-Engels Reader | 2006-01-16 | Amazon | 335.4 | 1978 | 2006-01-16 | 788 | Communism, Socialism | 8.4 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches | ||||
| BL2775 | Marx, Karl, | On Religion | 0-8052-0067-3 | Paperback | N | N | Schocken Books | June, 1964 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | N | $3.15 | Language Notes Text: English, German (translation)--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 0 | ||||||||||
| DS493.7.S590 v.2 | Mary Shepherd Slusser | Nepal Mandala: A Cultural Study of the Kathmandu Valley | N | N | 1 | N | 2006-01-17 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| PS3525.A83 | Master | SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY | 0-02-070010-5 | Paperback | N | N | Touchstone | August 1, 1962 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | N | $0.01 | From School Library Journal YA-- A richly annotated edition resuscitates a fading American classic. Because Hallivas's pithy introduction adds both perspective and gossipy detail, YAs will enjoy learning about the individual struggles of the 244 characters who speak from the cemetery on "the hill." Secondary teachers will find this a useful tool for preparing character sketches, thanks to the lively, specific annotations naming names: who rejected whom; who challenged whom, both physically and politically--and it is all expertly researched. The microcosm of Spoon River comes alive with its central conflicts of agrarian traditionist v. temperance and abolitionist activism. From the grave, the hard-drinking, roughly hewn frontiersmen challenge the do-good social reformers, reenacting the struggle the 19th-century midwestern push kindled: would any government law prohibiting drinking or slavery impress these strong individual-rights townspeople? They offer their own answers as Masters intended, but they offer the responses against a tapestry of detail the editor provides. Hallivas's cogent essay traces the philosophical influences that marked Masters's works: Spinoza, Goethe, and especially Whitman. The inclusion of several photographs of the characters who speak adds important visual detail. - Margaret Nolan, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From AudioFile Tombstones, as the man who carved them says he learned over the years, are a form of false history. In this 1915 collection, Edgar Lee Masters tells the stories of the dead--through their own posthumous words--in the fictional town of Spoon River. The stories are well told and often harsh, as the dead of Spoon River carry their anger and grievances to their graves. Masters portrays a town filled with injustice, corruption, and cruelty, an inverse to the idyllic community of Thornton Wilder's Our Town. The cast of 50, headed by Patrick Fraley and Edward Asner, is well matched to the many characters in this excellent production. J.A.S. 2003 Audie Award Finalist © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine--This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 320 | 0.8 x 4.2 x 7.0 inches | ||||||||
| PS8576.A8286052 | Mathur, Ashok | Once upon an Elephant: A Down to Earth Tale of Ganesh and What Happens When Worlds Collide | 1-55152-058-3 | Paperback | N | N | Arsenal Pulp Press | February 1, 1999 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Gay & Lesbian : Mystery & Thrillers : Gay | N | $13.95 | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 220 | 8.9 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches | |||||||||
| BC39.5.I4 | Matilal, Bimal Krishna | The Character of Logic in India (Suny Series in Indian Thought, Texts and Studies) | 0-7914-3740-X | Paperback | N | N | State University of New York Press | May, 1998 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Asia : India | Albany | N | $20.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK The Character of Logic in India FROM THE PUBLISHER The Character of Logic in India is the last work of the eminent philosopher Bimal Krishna Matilal. It traces the origins of logical theory in India, with chapters on the general characteristics of Indian logic, the analysis of debate, Dinnaga and the triple-conditioned sign, Dharmakirti and the problem of induction, the Jaina contribution to logic, and later developments in Navya-Nyaya. FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Comprising the final work of philosopher Bimal Krishna Matilal, professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, this volume focuses on the origins, development, and nature of logical theory in India, with chapters on the general characteristics of Indian logic, the analysis of debate, Dinnaga and the triple-conditioned sign, Dharmakirti and the problem of induction, the Jaina contribution to logic, and later developments in Navya-Nyaya. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 160/.954 21 | 1998 | 1970-01-21 | Suny Series in Indian Thought | 180 | Logic -- India -- History | 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches | |||
| PG3011.M33 1976 | Matlaw, Ralph E | Belinsky, Chernyshevsky, and Dobrolyubov: Selected criticism | 0-253-20200-0 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Indiana University Press | 1976 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Eastern European | Bloomington | N | $0.88 | ABOUT THE BOOK Belinsky, Chernyshevsky, and Dobrolyubov: Selected Criticism | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 891.7/09/003 | 1962 | 1970-04-15 | Midland Bks. | 226 | Russian literature -- 19th century -- History and, criticism | 21 cm. | |||
| PK2596.M38 | Matthews, D.J. | A Course in Nepali | 0-7286-0190-7 | Paperback | N | N | Curzon Press | January, 1992 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Reference : Foreign Languages : Instruction : Miscellaneous | N | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 348 | |||||||||||
| PQ4315.2.P47 | Mazur, Michael (Illustrator) | The Inferno of Dante : A New Verse Translation, Bilingual Edition | 0-374-52531-5 | Paperback | N | N | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | September 1, 1997 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( P ) : Pinsky, Robert | N | $13.60 | Amazon.com The one quality that all classic works of literature share is their timelessness. Shakespeare still plays in Peoria 400 years after his death because the stories he dramatized resonate in modern readers' hearts and minds; methods of warfare have changed quite a bit since the Trojan War described by Homer in his Iliad, but the passions and conflicts that shaped such warriors as Achilles, Agamemnon, Patroclus, and Odysseus still find their counterparts today on battlefields from Bosnia to Afghanistan. Likewise, a little travel guide to hell written by the Florentine poet Dante Alighieri in the 13th century remains in print at the end of the 20th century, and it continues to speak to new generations of readers. There have been countless translations of the Inferno, but this one by poet Robert Pinsky is both eloquent and tailored to our times. Yes, this is an epic poem, but don't let that put you off. An excellent introduction provides context for the work, while detailed notes on each canto are a virtual who's who of 13th-century Italian politics, culture, and literature. Best of all, Pinsky's brilliant translation communicates the horror, despair, and terror of hell with such immediacy, you can almost smell the sulfur and feel the heat from the rain of fire as Dante--led by his faithful guide Virgil--descends lower and lower into the pit. Dante's journey through Satan's kingdom must rate as one of the great fictional travel tales of all time, and Pinsky does it great justice.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. From Publishers Weekly Though transforming Dante's terza rima into readable English has bogged down many a distinguished translator, Pinsky (The Want Bone) more than meets the challenge. His rendering has an efficient feel; the lines seem slimmer and less unwieldy than most contemporary verse translations. Each one of the cantos features a good number of stanzas dominated by monosyllables-his answer, along with intriguing patterns of assonance, to approximating the splendor of Dante's profusion of rhymes, which are impossible to replicate in English. The coherent narration of the translation is also welcome, as it keeps a harness on the sometimes meandering diction of the original. Pinsky's voice is nearly irresistible when rounding out the grotesqueries of Dante's Hell: his versions of the ninth and final circle bring the bizarre terror of the fiery pit to life. Plainspoken yet elegant, this Inferno sustains a tactile succession of images over 34 cantos, and lends itself to being read aloud. Illustrations not seen by PW. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 464 | 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches | ||||||||
| 2001099696 | McArthur, Meher | Reading Buddhist Art: An Illustrated Guide to Buddhist Signs and Symbols | 0-500-51089-X | Hardcover | N | N | Thames & Hudson | October, 2002 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : Criticism | New York, NY | N | $70.34 | From Publishers Weekly McArthur, curator of East Asian Art at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, has set for herself no small task: to create a concise, accessible primer to the intricate world of Buddhist art. She succeeds, although she eschews most chronological and geographical developments in Buddhist painting, sculpture, architecture and other arts in favor of a simplified, broad overview. After an excellent distillation of Buddhism's 2,500-year history, she focuses on the key figures in the bewilderingly complex Buddhist pantheon, succinctly discussing each one's identity, principal areas of worship, and specific attributes. Next, she identifies the symbolism and function of Buddhism's major ritual objects, symbols and signs, such as the meaning of the various mudras (hand gestures) of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas. Finally, she briefly discusses 14 major Buddhist sites in Asia, including the unfortunate destruction of the two colossal standing Buddhas in Afghanistan at the hands of the Taliban in 2001. She observes the statues' impressive international appeal, even in antiquity: "In the seventh century [CE], the Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang" took note of the two large Buddhas "with their golden hues and dazzling ornamentation." The book itself is generously embellished with 304 black-and-white illustrations, including dozens of original line drawings washed with olive-colored highlights. McArthur avoids issues of Buddhist doctrine to a fault; integrating into her discussion the distinguishing characteristics of the various schools of Buddhism (mainly Mahayana, Vajrayana and Theravada) would clarify elements of each tradition's unique art forms and would add texture to her otherwise superb introduction. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. Publishers Weekly A concise, accessible primer to the intricate world of Buddhist art.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 704.9/48943 21 | 1970-01-14 | 216 | Buddhist art and symbolism | 9.9 x 7.0 x 0.9 inches | |||||
| B2799.A4 M33 | McCloskey, Mary A. | Kants Aesthetic | 0-88706-424-8 | Hardcover | N | N | State Univ of New York Pr | July 1, 1987 | 1 | 2.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Aesthetics | Albany | N | $22.99 | ABOUT THE BOOK Kant's Aesthetic | 2006-01-18 | Amazon | 111/.85 19 | 1987 | 2006-01-18 | 184 | Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804, ästhetischen Urteilskraft, Aesthetics | 23 cm. | ||||
| BL41.M348 | McCutcheon, Russell T. | Critics Not Caretakers: Redescribing the Public Study of Religion | 0-7914-4944-0 | Paperback | N | N | State University of New York Press | May 1, 2001 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Education : Education Theory : Philosophy & Social Aspects | N | $23.95 | Book Description A lively critique of the study of religion in the modern academy, one that makes the scholar of religion a cultural critic rather than a caretaker of a religious tradition or a guru dispensing timeless wisdom. From the Back Cover Argues that the study of religion must be rethought as an ordinary aspect of social, historical existence, a stance that makes the scholar of religion a critic of cultural practices rather than a caretaker of religious tradition or a font of timeless wisdom. From a general introduction written for a wide audience and a theoretical essay that outlines the basis of an alternative, socio-rhetorical approach to studying religion, the book moves on to a series of dispatches from the theory wars, each of which uses the work of such writers as Karen Armstrong, Walter Burkert, and Benson Saler as a point of entry into wider theoretical issues of importance to the field's future. The author then examines the socio-political role of this brand of critical scholarship--a role that differs dramatically from the type of sympathetic caretaking generally associated with scholars of religion who feel compelled to "go public." Concluding the work is a consideration of how scholars as teachers can address issues of theory and critical thinking in the undergraduate classroom. Written with verve, Critics Not Caretakers provides a viable alternative for all those dissatisfied with the covertly political, liberal humanist approach that currently dominates the study of religion. | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 121 | 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| BL41.M35 1997 | McCutcheon, Russell T. | Manufacturing Religion: The Discourse on Sui Generis Religion and the Politics of Nostalgia | 0-19-510503-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Oxford University Press | May 1, 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Theology : General | N | $50.00 | Book Description This provocative book offers a powerful critique of traditional religion scholarship, and particularly the oft-repeated bromide that "religion" is a sui generis phenomenon. McCutcheon skillfully analyzes the ideological basis for and service of this claim, demonstrating that it has been used to render the field's object of study ahistorical, apolitical, fetishized, and sacrosanct. He considers a range of sites in the modern study of religion--from the work of Mircea Eliade, to the interpretive controversy over his life, the poverty of theory in comparative religion textbooks, and representations of Vietnamese Buddhist suicides in the 1960s--and uncovers at each point sui generis religion serving as a protective strategy that ultimately authorizes and normativizes a socio-political program. And on a larger geo-political scale, he contends, the study of religion as an ahistorical category participates in a larger system of political domination and economic and cultural imperialism. | 2005-04-27 | Amazon | 2005-04-27 | 249 | 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| BR515.M35 1995 | McDannell, Colleen | Material Christianity : Religion and Popular Culture in America | 0-300-06440-3 | Hardcover | N | N | Yale University Press | January 24, 1996 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology | New Haven | N | $45.00 | Amazon.com It's tough to be devout and kitschy at the same time, but Colleen McDannell strikes that delicate balance with admirable poise in Material Christianity: Religion and Popular Culture in America. Her book is an argument that "American Christians ... want to see, hear, and touch God. It is not enough for Christians to go to church, lead a righteous life, and hope for an eventual place in heaven." This argument is amply defended by smart essays about family Bibles, gravestone design, and Lourdes Water, as well as hundreds of illustrations of vestments, churches, portraits of Jesus, rapture T-shirts, and backyard statues of Our Lady. Where Material Christianity gets really interesting, however, is in its assertion that "Christian material culture does not simply reflect an existing reality. Experiencing the physical dimension of religion helps bring about religious values, norms, behaviors, and attitudes." For example, the warmth and intimacy of Warner Sallman's painting "Head of Christ," which hung in almost every Protestant Sunday School classroom in America until the 1960s, was probably every bit as influential as any given phrase from the Sermon on the Mount in determining the personal nature of Protestants' relationships with Jesus. Material Christianity covers a lot of ground--from Mormonism to fundamentalism--and every chapter is as theologically wise as it as aesthetically astute. --Michael Joseph Gross--This text refers to the Paperback edition. From Booklist McDannell is concerned with physical and material expressions of religion often overlooked in discussion of American Christianity. She is critical of approaches to secularization and religion that shift attention from material dimensions of religion to "religious" dimensions of secular material culture. These approaches, which she associates with distrust of the material and the masses, are evident in Protestant emphasis on the written word at the expense of unwritten practice and in critical traditions associated with the Frankfurt school that understand mass culture as manipulation made possible by the "weak egos and submissive psyches" of the masses. The Frankfurt school's Marxist roots incline toward appreciation of the material, but they are "protestant" enough to associate criticism with the words of a revolutionary elite that rises above the material practice of the masses. To her credit, McDannell is interested not in "rising above" that practice but in examining it as an expression of culture. She does this in a series of carefully documented and clearly written case studies ranging from Roman Catholic sacramentals through the rural cemetery movement to Mormon garments and Christian retailing. The careful intertwining of theory and practice in historically informed case studies is exemplary for readers with a specific interest in material Christianity as well as those with a more general interest in material culture and the making of meaning. Steve Schroeder | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 246/.0973 20 | 1970-01-21 | 328 | Religious articles -- United States, Christianity -- United States, United States -- Religious life and customs | 10.4 x 7.9 x 1.1 inches | |||||
| PR6063.C4 S27 | McEwan, Ian | Saturday | 0-385-51180-9 | Hardcover | N | N | Nan A. Talese | March 22, 2005 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( M ) : McEwan, Ian | New York | N | $17.16 | From Publishers Weekly In the predawn sky on a Saturday morning, London neurosurgeon Henry Perowne sees a plane with a wing afire streaking toward Heathrow. His first thought is terrorism--especially since this is the day of a public demonstration against the pending Iraq war. Eventually, danger to Perowne and his family will come from another source, but the plane, like the balloon in the first scene of Enduring Love, turns out to be a harbinger of a world forever changed. Meanwhile, the reader follows Perowne through his day, mainly via an interior monologue. His cerebral peregrination records, in turn, the meticulous details of brain surgery, a car accident followed by a confrontation with a hoodlum, a far-from-routine squash game, a visit to Perowne's mother in a nursing home and a family reunion. It is during the latter event, at the end of the day, that the ominous pall that has hovered over the narrative explodes into violence, and Perowne's sense that the world has become "a commuity of anxiety" plays out in suspense, delusion, heroism and reconciliation. The tension throughout the novel between science (Perowne's surgery) and art (his daughter is a poet; his son a musician) culminates in a synthesis of the two, and a grave, hopeful, meaningful, transcendent ending. If this novel is not as complex a work as McEwan's bestselling Atonement, it is nonetheless a wise and poignant portrait of the way we live now. (Mar. 22) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Bookmarks Magazine As McEwan writers, “When anything can happen, everything matters.” Saturday magnifies a pivotal moment in history and a day in a man’s life as secure foundations crack and uncertainty rushes in. While critics cited different overriding themes, Saturday explores ideas of fate and purpose, life’s fragility, revelation, and terror at all levels of society. McEwan, an enduring talent in Britain combines “literary seriousness” with a “momentum more commonly associated with genre fiction.” The result is an intricate, captivating novel defined by a “serene tension” that erupts into a dark reality despite its hero’s optimism (New York Times Book Review). McEwan brilliantly builds many layers of reality from small details. Henry-a sympathetic, if conflicted, character-knows he can examine people’s brains, but not understand their minds. His ruminations on surgery, lovemaking, music, war (he’s pro-war), and literature (he’s clueless) rise to a crescendo as he slowly questions his own motives and actions. In dazzling, authoritative prose, McEwan depicts this growing anxiety with a calmness that is soon violated. Despite its appeal on both sides of the Atlantic, a few reviewers thought McEwan’s intricate plotting and slow, dark suspense was too structured. The novel’s explicit messages deprive the reader of “feeling, rather than coolly registering, the author’s intention” (New York Times Book Review). Yet, in the end, most critics agree that Saturday is both a substantial work of literature by one of Britain’s greatest minds and a powerful piece of post-9/11 fiction. Copyright © 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 823/.914 22 | 1970-01-28 | 304 | Neurosurgeons -- Fiction, Iraq War, 2003- -- Protest movements -- Fiction, Traffic accidents -- Fiction, London (England) -- Fiction, Middle-aged men -- Fiction, Family reunions -- Fiction, World politics -- Fiction, Criminals -- Fiction, Road rage -- Fict | 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.1 inches | |||||
| PR6063.C4 C44 | Mcewan, Ian | The Cement Garden (Vintage International) | 0-679-75018-5 | Paperback | N | N | Anchor | January 13, 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( M ) : McEwan, Ian | New York | N | $9.56 | From Publishers Weekly A novel and a collection of short stories by English writer McEwan offer chilling portraits of sexual obsession. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review "Darkly impressive." -- The Times "A superb achievement: his prose has instant, lucid beauty and his narrative voice has a perfect poise and certainty. His account of deprivation and survival is marvellously sure, and the imaginative alignment of his story is exactly right." -- Tom Paulin "Marvellously creates the atmosphere of youngsters given that instant adulthood they all crave, where the ordinary takes on a mysterious glow and the extraordinary seems rather commonplace. It is difficult to fault the writing or the construction of this eerie fable." -- Sunday Times "A shocking book, morbid, full of repellant imagery - and irresistibly readable...The effect achieved by McEwan's quiet, precise and sensuous touch is that of magic realism -- a transfiguration of the ordinary that has far stronger retinal and visceral impact than the flabby surrealism of so many experimental novels." -- New York Review of Books "His writing is exact, tender, funny, voluptuous, disturbing." -- The Times "The Maestro." -- New Statesman "McEwan has--a style and a vision of life of his own...No one interested in the state and mood of contemporary Britain can afford not to read him." -- John Fowles "A sparkling and adventurous writer." -- Dennis Potter | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 823/.914 20 | 1994 | 2005-11-20 | 160 | Orphans -- Fiction, England -- Fiction, Domestic fiction, Psychological fiction | 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches | ||||
| BV5077.E85 M34 | McGinn, Bernard | The foundations of mysticism (The presence of God : a history of Western Christian mysticism) | 0-8245-1121-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Crossroad | January 1, 1991 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Christian Living : General | New York | N | $16.72 | From Library Journal McGinn (historical theology, Univ. of Chicago Divinity Sch.) offers the beginning of an ambitious four-volume project. He stresses that mysticism must be understood in historical context, and insists that the subject of such study is not the experience, but the "mystical text and its place in the tradition." In Part 1, he considers early Jewish apocalyptic writings. He then surveys pre- Christian Greek contemplative thought; the New Testament witnesses; early Greek Patristic thought (the book's only excursion into Eastern Orthodoxy); and the contribution of early monastic practice. In Part 2, McGinn narrows the focus to Western Christian mysticism proper, considering early Latin texts and devoting a special chapter to the towering figure of St. Augus tine of Hippo. A useful appendix syn thesizes and critiques recent theoretical studies, grouped under theological, philosophical, and comparative/psy chological approaches. An erudite, sober-minded, balanced work sure to become a standard resource for scholars and students. Essential for seminary, academic, and large public libraries. -Anneliese Schwarzer, New York Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. The Thomist "Bernard McGinn has enriched the knowledge of our spiritual tradition as no other work in recent memory has done." --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2006-01-22 | Amazon | 248.2/209 22 | 2006-01-22 | Presence of God: A History of Christian | 494 | Mysticism -- History | 1.7 x 6.4 x 9.6 inches | ||||
| BL1215.P65M35 | McKean, Lise | Divine Enterprise : Gurus and the Hindu Nationalist Movement | 0-226-56010-4 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | May 15, 1996 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : General | N | $23.00 | Book Description Through shrewd marketing and publicity, Hindu spiritual leaders can play powerful roles in contemporary India as businessmen and government officials. Focusing on the organizations and activities of Hindu ascetics and gurus, Lise McKean explores the complex interrelations among religion, the political economy of India, and global capitalism. In this close look at the business of religion, McKean traces the ideological and organizational antecedents to the Hindu nationalist movement. The Indian state's increasing patronage of Hindu institutions makes competition for its support greater than ever. Using materials from guru's publications, the press, and extensive field research, McKean examines how participation by upper-caste ruling class groups in the Divine Life Society and other Hindu organizations further legitimates their own authority. With a remarkable selection of photographs and advertisements showing icons of spirituality used to sell commodities from textiles to cement to comic books, McKean illustrates the pervasive presence of Hindu imagery in India's burgeoning market economy. She shows how gurus popularize Hindu nationalism through imagery such as the goddess, Mother India, and her martyred sons and daughters. | 2005-04-27 | Amazon | 2005-04-27 | 380 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| PG3476.E8 | McVay, Gordon | Esenin: A life | 0-88233-182-5 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Ardis | 1976 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Esenin, Sergeæi Aleksandrovich, 1895-1925 | Ann Arbor, Mich. | N | $3.25 | ABOUT THE BOOK Esenin: A Life | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 891.7/1/42 B | 1976 | 1969-12-31 | 352 | Esenin, Sergeæi Aleksandrovich, 1895-1925, Poets, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography | 24 cm. | ||||
| DS414.M378 | Mehta, Gita | Karma Cola : Marketing the Mystic East (Vintage International) | 0-679-75433-4 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | June 28, 1994 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Cooking, Food & Wine : General | New York | N | $10.36 | >> The Los Angeles Times "It is a sad, hilarious, rueful tale and Mehta tells it with a rich fund of irony, satire, acerbic wit and insight." Review "A witty documentary satire.... Mehta embraces an enormous variety of life and death. Her style is light without being flip; her skepticism never descends to cynicism. [Karma Cola is] a miracle of rationalism and taste." -- Time Sometime in the 1960s, the West adopted India as its newest spiritual resort. The next anyone knew, the Beatles were squatting at the feet of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Expatriate hippies were turning on entire villages to the pleasures of group sex and I.V. drug use. And Indians who were accustomed to earning enlightenment the old-fashioned way were finding that the visitors wanted their Nirvana now -- and that plenty of native gurus were willing to deliver it. No one has observed the West's invasion of India more astutely than Gita Mehta. In Karma Cola the acclaimed novelist trains an unblinking journalistic eye on jaded sadhus and beatific acid burnouts, the Bhagwan and Allen Ginsberg, guilt-tripping English girls and a guru who teaches gullible tourists how to view their previous incarnations. Brilliantly irreverent, hilarious, sobering, and wise, Mehta's book is the definitive epitaph for the era of spiritual tourism and all its casualties -- both Eastern and Western. "Evelyn Waugh would have rejoiced." -- The New York Times Book Review | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 954.04 20 | 1979 | 1970-01-14 | Travel Cultural Studies | 208 | India -- Description and travel, Visitors, Foreign -- India, Gurus -- India | 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches | |||
| PS3563.E344R58 | MEHTA, GITA | RIVER SUTRA, A | 0-385-47007-X | Hardcover | N | N | Nan A. Talese | May 1, 1993 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $0.96 | From Publishers Weekly This novel of India beautifully embodies the art and craft of storytelling as Mehta ( Karma Cola ; Raj ) portrays diverse lives touched by the river Narmada, a holy pilgrimage site "worshipped as the daughter of the god Shiva." At the heart of the work is an unnamed retired civil servant, the narrator, who desires only the peace and quiet of a contemplative life on the river. His neighbor, a religious teacher, comments: "Don't you realize you were brought here to gain the world, not forsake it?" That world shows up in the form of various seekers--among them, a monk, an executive, a courtesan--whose stories occupy separate chapters but are seamlessly woven into the main narrative for our delight and edification (as the "sutra" of the title implies). Perhaps the most beautiful vignette is "The Musician's Story," in which an 18-year-old sitar player, daughter of a famous musician and teacher, comes to the river seeking relief from the ache of unrequited love. The music of India, the raga, figures prominently in other chapters too. As characters reveal the pleasure and pain that have shaped their lives, Mehta discloses the wonders of this country--the Jain religion; savory samosas and pickled mangoes; bazaars where one can choose from "glass bangles," "clouds of spun sugar" or "a bar of soap with a film star's face on the wrapping." Mehta does not avoid the controversies of life in her homeland, including the caste system and political/religious rivalries; rather, she willingly exposes its complexities. A charming and useful glossary of foreign terms makes a second journey through the fascinating text irresistible. Major ad/promo; author tour. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal A sequence of delicate, tragic stories by the author of Raj (S. & S., 1989) evokes the profound presence of tradition and desire along the banks of the holy river Narmada. A retired bureaucrat, initially ignorant of the river's bright and dark powers, hears these stories as he encounters their protagonists: a privileged young executive bewitched by a mysterious lover; a neophyte Jain monk moving from opulence to poverty; and an intense ascetic who resurfaces in a surprising reincarnation. For all the horror and passion of the tales, the bureaucrat remains little moved until book's end. Readers too may be more intrigued and edified than moved. As in folktale, the stories' dynamics dominate their characters, who serve primarily to illustrate cultural and religious forces. For public libraries, particularly where an interest in things Indian is strong. - Janet Ingraham, Wor thington P.L., Ohio Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 291 | 1.0 x 5.0 x 7.8 inches | ||||||||
| B2430.M373 S43 | Merleau-Ponty, Maurice | Sense and Nonsense (Studies Pheno & Existential Philosophy) | 0-8101-0166-1 | Paperback | N | N | Northwestern University Press | August 17, 1992 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $29.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Sense and Non-Sense FROM THE PUBLISHER Written when Merleau-Ponty's interest had just broadened from epistemology and the behavioral sciences to include aesthetics, ethics, political theory, and politics, Sense and Nonsense is the best introduction to Merleau-Ponty's thought, for it both summarizes his previous insights and gives them their widest range of application. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1970-04-15 | Studies in Phenomenology and Existential | 193 | 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches | |||||||
| B29.M575 | Merleau-Ponty, Maurice | Signs | 0-8101-0253-6 | Paperback | N | N | Northwestern University Press | June 1, 1964 | 1 | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $31.00 | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 355 | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||||
| B2430.M378 | Merleau-Ponty, Maurice | The Primacy of Perception : And Other Essays on Phenomenological Psychology, the Philosophy of Art, History and Politics (Studies Pheno & Existential Philosophy) | 0-8101-0164-5 | Paperback | N | N | Northwestern University Press | June 1, 1964 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $24.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK The Primacy of Perception FROM THE PUBLISHER This book consists of Northwestern University Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | Studies in Phenomenology and Existential | 228 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | |||||||
| B2430.M379 | Merleau-Ponty, Maurice | The Visible and the Invisible (SPEP) | 0-8101-0457-1 | Paperback | N | N | Northwestern University Press | January 1, 1969 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $17.01 | ABOUT THE BOOK Visible and the Invisible FROM THE PUBLISHER This book contains the unfinished manuscript and working notes of the book Merleau-Ponty was writing when he died. The text is devoted to a critical examination of Kantian, Husserlian, Bergsonian, and Sartrean method, followed by one extraordinary chapter, 'The Intertwining - The Chiasm, ' that reveals the central pattern of Merleau-Ponty's own thought. The working notes for the book provide the reader with a truly exciting insight into the mind of the philosopher at work as he refines and develops new pivotal concepts. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 1969 | 2005-11-20 | Studies in Phenomenology and Existential | 282 | 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches | ||||||
| GT3256.2.A2 | Merridale, Catherine | Night of Stone : Death and Memory in Twentieth-Century Russia | 0-14-200063-9 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin | March 26, 2002 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Asia : Japan | N | $16.00 | From Publishers Weekly "Russia's story of death has been obscured so often," explains Merridale (Perestroika: The Historical Perspective; Moscow Politics and the Rise of Stalin). The extraordinary scale of the violence and loss in modern Russian history has been shrouded in secrecy; indeed, the government has only recently acknowledged the hundreds of thousands killed under Stalin. "For 50 years," Merridale writes, "until the fall of Communism, families had kept bereavement of this kind to themselves.... It was dangerous, after all, to mourn the passing of an enemy of the people." Paying particular attention to the ways that Orthodox religion and Soviet atheism have affected Russian bereavement, Merridale explores Russian perceptions of death and afterlife from before the Bolshevik Revolution, through both world wars and the great famines of the 1930s and into the present. Her fascinating study is based on intimate conversations with bereaved Russians, as well as interviews with gravediggers, funeral directors, social workers, doctors and priests, and meticulous readings of imperial archives, Soviet propaganda, letters, memoirs, literature and government documents. (As Merridale points out, much of this research would have been impossible 20 years ago.) Merridale scrupulously avoids imposing her own ideological or cultural prejudices on her subject. By turns solemn and grisly, empathetic and scholarly, this inspired work provides a unique window on Soviet history through the brutality, ceremony and silences of death. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Library Journal Merridale (history, Univ. of Bristol), the author of Moscow Politics and the Rise of Stalin: The Communist Party in the Capital, 1925-32 (1990) and Perestroika: The Historical Perspective (1991), offers a history of the Soviet Union from the perspective of the Russian view of death. The plodding beginning (a 30-page foreword) gives way to insightful historical perspective. This work is in line with recent histories by Gregory Freeze (Russia: A History, LJ 5/1/98), Martin Malia (Russia Under Western Eyes, LJ 2/1/99), and Robert Service (A History of Twentieth-Century Russia, LJ 3/1/98)) but adds new information about the purges of the Thirties and Forties, the liquidation of the Kulaks, and more contemporary pogroms and ethnic cleansings of Chechnia. Chapter 4, "Transforming Fire," begins to set this book apart from earlier works of Sovietologists; its treatment of the USSR funeral industry during the Twenties and Thirties is, in my reading, unique. Merridale's reason for writing is to help comprehend the feelings and actions of the present day. "Confusions about loyalty help to explain why it is that some people still remain within the grip of memories that torment them. They were not happy in the past, but they cannot approve of the present either." Recommended for academic libraries. Harry Willems, Southeast Kansas Lib. Syst., Iola Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 1970-01-28 | 432 | 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| BX2215 .M4 | Merton, Thomas | The Living Bread | N | N | 1 | N | 1970-05-12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| BQ4260.M47 | Merzel, Dennis Genpo | 24/7 Dharma: Impermanence, No-Self, Nirvana | 1-58290-047-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Journey Editions | May 1, 2001 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism : Dharma | Boston | N | $17.95 | - Bernie Glassman, author of Bearing Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace " Pithy and precious observations on practice, mind, fear, and liberation." Book Description There are three fundamental questions to Buddhist practice: ?Why do we suffer? ?How can we free ourselves from fear and sorrow? ?What does it take to live in harmony with others? Dennis Genpo Merzel, among the highest ranking American Buddhists practicing today, addresses these fundamental questions in this dynamic, easily-accessible book, consisting of selected excerpts from Genpo Roshi's teachings over the past two decades. 24/7 Dharma brings to life the universal truths Buddha taught 25 centuries ago, evoking the immediate experience of Zen for the reader of today. 24/7 Dharma centers around the Three Dharma Seals, which are the principles of direct experience. These three truths, essential to Buddhism are: Impermanence, No-Self, and Nirvana. Genpo Roshi presents them in an accessible manner that translates to everyday stresses and modern life experiences. 24/7 Dharma is unlike any other "Zen" book available. Each page is a self-contained passage that can be approached at random for inspiration; find something that appeals directly to your spiritual quest, or read from beginning to end as a lucid evocation of Buddhist truths. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 294.3/4 21 | 2005-10-15 | 170 | Buddhism -- Doctrines, Spiritual life -- Buddhism | 6.8 x 6.7 x 0.7 inches | |||||
| BQ9449.D657M47 | Merzel, Dennis Genpo | Beyond Sanity and Madness: The Way of Zen Master Dogen (Tuttle Library of Enlightenment) | 0-8048-3035-5 | Paperback | N | N | Tuttle Publishing | October 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Boston, Mass. | N | $28.49 | ABOUT THE BOOK Beyond Sanity and Madness: The Way of Zen Master Dogen | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 294.3/927/092 20 | 1970-04-14 | Tuttle Library of Enlightenment Series | 276 | D¯ogen, 1200-1253 | 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| DS461.M47 | Metcalf, Barbara D. | A Concise History of India | 0-521-63974-3 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | October 1, 2001 | 1 | 2.5 Stars | History : Asia : India | N | $15.39 | Review "With an informative,scholarly text enhanced with illustrations and quotations....[this book] is recommended for academic reading lists and reference collections as well as the non-specialist general reader with an interest in understanding India's contemporary political and economic relationships with the community of nations..." Library Bookwatch "Lucid comprehensive and up-to-date, this book will surely establish itself as essential reading for all undergraduate and graduate courses on South Asian history..." C.A. Bayly, Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History, University of Cambridge | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 344 | 8.6 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| N8193.A4 | Meulenbeld, Ben | BUDDHIST SYMBOLISM IN TIBETAN THANGKAS | 9074597440 | Paperback | N | N | Binkey Kok, Holland | February, 2001 | 2 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism : General | N | $15.61 | Book Description The thangka as a way for Tibetan Buddhist monks to bring the life and teachings of the Buddha to the people through the visual medium of paint. These paintings were rolled up and taken on journeys, used as traveling altars, or hung when certain deities were honored. In this sumptuously illustrated book, Ben Meulenbeld takes us through 37 thangkas that present a pictorial journey of the life of Buddha, Siddhartha Guatama, and the evolution of Tibetan Buddhism. In addition to attracting people who are curious about Buddhist imagery, this introductory book will help new collectors make informed purchases by providing an awareness of the quality of the symbolism appearing in contemporary thangkas. Meulenbeld points out the primary Buddhist symbols and explains the ritual and the religious concepts they represent. He provides a thoroughly enjoyable way to absorb some of the more complicated concepts of Tibetan Buddhism. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. 37 color plates. | 2006-01-05 | Amazon | 2006-01-05 | 112 | 11.0 x 8.1 x 0.3 inches | ||||||||
| PS3527.A15 P336 | Meyer, Priscilla | Find What the Sailor Has Hidden: Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire | 0-8195-5206-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Wesleyan Univ Pr | February 1989 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Middletown, Conn. | N | $24.97 | ABOUT THE BOOK Find What the Sailor Has Hidden: Vladmir Nabokov's "Pale Fire" | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 813/.54 19 | 1988 | 1970-04-15 | 244 | Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977, fire | 1.0 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | ||||
| BL1202.M53 | Michaels, Axel | Hinduism : Past and Present | 0-691-08953-1 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | December 8, 2003 | 1 | 1.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | N | $19.95 | Choice [An] encyclopedic survey of Hinduism that is amazing in its comprehensive charts, theoretical sophistication, and illustrative detail. | 2005-05-02 | Amazon | 2005-05-02 | 456 | 9.2 x 6.5 x 1.1 inches | ||||||||
| NA6002.M52 | Michell, George | The Hindu Temple : An Introduction to Its Meaning and Forms | 0-226-53230-5 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | September 15, 1988 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Professional & Technical : Architecture : Building Types & Styles : Religious Buildings | Chicago | N | $13.60 | Book Description For more than 1500 years, from the Indian subcontinent to the islands of the Indonesian archipelago, the temple has embodied and symbolized the Hindu worldview at its deepest level and inspired the greatest architectural and artistic achievements in Hindu Asia. In The Hindu Temple, considered the standard introduction to the subject, George Michell explains the cultural, religious, and architectural significance of the temple. He illustrates his points with a profusion of photographs, building plans, and drawings of architectural details, making the book a useful guide for travelers to Asia as well as an illuminating text for students of architecture, religion, and Asian civilizations. Michell's discussion of the meaning and forms of the temple in Hindu society encompasses the awe-inspiring rock-cut temples at Ellora and Elephanta, the soaring superstructures and extraordinary sexual exhibitionism of the sculptures at Khajuraho, and the colossal mortuary temple of Angkor Vat, as well as the tiny iconic shrines that many Hindus wear around their necks and the simple shrines found under trees or near ponds. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 726/.145 19 | 1988 | 2005-10-15 | 192 | Temples, Hindu, Symbolism in architecture -- India, Hinduism | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| PE1449 | Millard, Anne | My First Word Touch and Feel | 0-7894-7931-1 | Board book | N | N | DK CHILDREN | October 1, 2001 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Children's Books : Baby-3 : Basic Concepts : General | New York | N | $9.99 | Amazon.com Every parent who grew up with Pat the Bunny knows the appeal of an interactive reading experience. With their Touch and Feel books, DK Publishing takes a cue from Pat the Bunny to offer pleasing textures in a simple, educational format. My First Word Touch and Feel is a big board book with DK's signature crisp photographs of lots of everyday objects with textured surfaces: "Feel the squishy bath sponge.... Touch my velvety dress.... Does this sandcastle feel rough?" The items that are not textured (lamp, sheepdog, sun hat, sandwiches, etc.) are captioned in easy-to-read text. Five double-page spreads are sorted under the following headings: "Around the house," "At the beach," "Things to eat," "On the farm," and "What do you wear?" Toddlers will love developing their vocabularies as they learn to identify pictures (visually and through touch) and match the corresponding words. Be sure to explore DK's many other titles in their well-loved preschool learning series, from My First Body Board Book to My First Number Board Book to My First Farm Book. (Baby to preschool) --Emilie Coulter From Publishers Weekly DK's My First Word Touch and Feel oversize board book links words to pictures and, in each full-color spread, two textures. A spread for "Around the House," for instance, shows a "blanket" and a "telephone" and invites youngsters to "Stroke the furry teddy bear" and "Feel the squishy bath sponge" Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 428.1 21 | 1970-01-21 | My First Word Books | 12 | Vocabulary -- Juvenile literature, Textured books -- Specimens, Vocabulary, Textured books, Toy and movable books | 11.2 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| PK3633.B5 | MILLER, BARBARA | The Bhagavad-Gita : Krishna's Counsel in Time of War | 0-553-21365-2 | Paperback | N | N | Bantam Classics | July 1, 1986 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Classics | N | $5.36 | Language Notes Text: English (translation)--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Product Description: The dramatic moral crisis that is central to the Bhagavad-Gita has inspired centuries of Indian philosophers as well as Western thinkers. Renown translator Barbara Stoler Miller presents here a new English-language version of this exemplary text of Hindu culture. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-03-23 | Amazon | 2005-03-23 | 176 | 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.4 inches | ||||||||
| 92900590 | Miller, Barbara Stoler (Editor) | The Powers of Art: Patronage in Indian Culture | 0-19-562842-X | Hardcover | N | N | Oxford Univ Pr | July, 1992 | 2 | 4.0 Stars | Art : Asian | Delhi ; New York | N | N/A | ABOUT THE BOOK Powers of Art: Patronage in Indian Culture FROM THE PUBLISHER This volume is a collection of papers on patronage in Indian culture based on an international symposium that was part of the 'Festival of India in America' in 1985. The papers collectively engage in an examination of the categories through which we view the social dimensions of art, literature, and performance in the Indian context. They explore the interaction between the symbolic and material dimensions of Indian culture through a series of case studies on patronage at different periods of Indian history. Authors draw on sources that vary according to time, place, and medium. Inquiry into the aesthetic, ideological, and political constraints affecting cultural production throughout Indian civilization is based on a broad range of innovative thinking about the social contexts of art. Material is culled from the social histories, literature, and art historical studies of towering figures like Asoka, Kanishka, or the Mughal emperors Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan, as well as less prominent figures like the princes of the Punjab Hills and the Andhra region. Attention is paid to studies of folk art, literature, and social organization that challenge traditional Indian views of the artist-patron relationship. Patronage networks in India, as elsewhere, lie embedded in particular socio-political systems which in turn rest in deeply pervasive and culturally patterned conceptions of power and authority. Where this power emanates from and how it gains authority and legitimacy are central concerns of the papers. The essays in the volume are grouped into four broad divisions, corresponding to dominant ideologies of patronage that have appeared in Indian history: Buddhist and Brahmanic modes of patronage in ancient India; South Indian elaborations of Brahmanic patronage; imperial and regional patronage under Mughal rule; and modern transformations of patronage under the influence of British rule. Though the studies reveal no distinctively Indian style of patronage, they o | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 700/.79/54 20 | 1970-01-07 | 338 | Art patronage -- India, Arts, Indic | 1.0 x 6.8 x 10.0 inches | |||||
| Miller, Frank J. | Reading & Speaking About Russian Newspapers (Focus Texts Series) | 0-941051-12-9 | Paperback | N | N | Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company | November 1995 | 1 | History : Russia | N | $9.97 | ABOUT THE BOOK Reading and Speaking about Russian Newspapers: Workbook | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | Texts | 98 | 9.9 x 7.8 x 0.2 inches | |||||||||
| B367.A5 | Miller, Mitchell H. | Plato's Parmenides: The Conversion of the Soul | 0-271-00803-2 | Paperback | N | N | Pennsylvania State University Press | September, 1991 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | University Park, Pa. | N | $26.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Plato's Parmenides: The Conversion of the Soul | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 184 20 | 2005-10-04 | 299 | Plato. Parmenides, Socrates, Zeno, of Elea, Reasoning | 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches | |||||
| PS3563.I421444 | Miller, Sue | While I Was Gone (Ballantine Reader's Circle) | 0-345-44328-4 | Paperback | N | N | Ballantine Books | February, 1999 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | N | $11.20 | Amazon.com Oprah Book ClubÆ Selection, May 2000: In her still startling debut, The Good Mother, Sue Miller explored the premium we put on passion--and the terrible burden it places on a mother and child. Her fourth novel, While I Was Gone, is another study in familial crime and punishment. But this time, her wife and good mother is accessory to more than emotional malfeasance. Jo Becker has everything a woman could desire: a loving spouse, contented children, and a nice dog or two. When her New England veterinary practice takes on a new client, however, her past comes back to haunt her. Long ago, it seems, Jo had escaped her family and identity for a commune in Cambridge. Her Aquarian illusions came to an abrupt, bloody end when one of her housemates was brutally murdered. Now this unhappy era returns in the person of Eli Mayhew, who had been the odd man out in Jo's boho household. His appearance is both tantalizing and upsetting: "Inside, I slowed down. I felt numbed. I had two last patients, and then I told Beattie to go home, that I'd close up.... I refiled the last charts, sprayed and wiped the examining table. I reviewed my list of routine surgeries for Wednesday. All the while I was thinking of Eli Mayhew, and of Dana and Larry and Duncan and me, and our lives in the house. Of the horrible way it had all ended." Sue Miller's fine novel is a penetrating--and sensuous--portrait of a woman besieged by her conscience. While I Was Gone also demonstrates that in the face of distance and betrayal, a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing indeed. --Winnie Wheaton--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. The New York Times Book Review, Jay Parini ...a beautiful and frightening book, one that many readers will find difficult to forget. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1999 | 1970-01-07 | 304 | 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches | |||||||
| PN9499.3.B264 | Mishra, Vijay | Bollywood Cinema: Temples of Desire | 0-415-93015-4 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | December 1, 2001 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Entertainment : Movies : Direction & Production | N | $28.95 | From Publishers Weekly Drawing on postcolonial and film theory, Vijay Mishra (The Gothic Sublime), a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Australia's Murdoch University, sees Indian cinema as an effort to cut across the country's numerous communities and achieve a pan-Indian culture. In Bollywood Cinema: Temples of Desire, Mishra explores film from Bombay in light of national and international cultural and aesthetic proclivities, including the prevalence of epics, the relegation of female actors to supporting roles, film representations of the Indian diaspora and sexual subtexts in the Indian gothic. Always sticking close to the countless films themselves (e.g. Mother India, Kismet, Zanjeer) and other texts (fanzines, a Salman Rushdie novel, film reviews), Mishra offers an erudite, scholarly and hip tribute to Indian cinema in all its glory, folly and abundance. 38 b&w photos. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Library Binding edition. Book Description India is home to Bollywood--and to the largest film industry in the world. Movie theaters are said to be the "temples of modern India," with Bombay/Mumbai, the center of Bollywood, producing some 200 of the 800 films per year that are viewed by roughly 11 million people per day. In Bollywood Cinema, Vijay Mishra argues that Indian film production and reception is shaped by the desire for national community and a pan-Indian popular culture. Seeking to understand Bollywood according to its own narrative and aesthetic principles and in relation to a global film industry, he views Indian cinema through the dual methodologies of postcolonial studies and film theory. Mishra discusses classics such as Mother India (1957) and Devdsa (1935) and recent films including Ram Lakhan (1989) and Khalnayak (1993), linking their form and content to broader issues of national identity, epic tradition, popular culture, history, and the implications of diaspora. Persuasively arguing for the centrality of movie-going in the construction of self and community, Bollywood Cinema is an indispensable guide to Indian cinema for both scholars and fans alike. | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 296 | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| PT2603.E455 Z761 | Missac, Pierre | Walter Benjamin's Passages (Studies in Contemporary German Social | 0-262-13305-9 | Hardcover | N | N | The MIT Press | February 24, 1995 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Europe : France : General | Cambridge, Mass. | N | $45.00 | Book Description translated by Shierry Weber Nicholsen It was in Paris in 1937 that Georges Bataille introduced Pierre Missac to Walter Benjamin. This meeting launched the young French scholar on a half-century of engagement with Benjamin's work that culminated in the writing of Walter Benjamin's Passages. Taking a cue from his subject, Missac adopts a form of indirect critique in which independent details examined seemingly in passing emerge over the course of the book as parts of larger patterns of understanding. The interlocked essays move among such topics as reading and writing, collecting, the dialectic, and time and history. Many of the subjects are standard in Benjamin studies, but the freshness and directness of Missac's response to them makes this book compelling. After the war, Missac took it on himself to make Benjamin's work more widely known in France. He published a series of translations and critical essays and this one book, which appeared just a few months after his death in 1986. Benjamin, who committed suicide at age forty-eight, has no marked grave, and in one sense Walter Benjamin's Passages is a tombeau, a poem honoring a writer's achievement that in calmer times was written for the dedication of a physical monument but now must stand in place of the absent monument. It is a work of sophisticated and imaginative criticism that shows how Benjamin's work anticipated the future and how--as Missac's excursus on the glass atrium in the architecture of the 1980s shows--it can be fruitfully extended. Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 944/.361081 21 | 1995 | 2005-10-15 | Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought Series | 256 | Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 -- Criticism and, interpretation, Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940. Passagen-Werk | 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches | |||
| BF378.S65 M570 | Misztal, Barbara | Theories of Social Remembering (Theorizing Society) | 0-335-20831-2 | Paperback | N | N | Open University Press | July 1, 2003 | 1 | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | N | $28.95 | Book Description *Why does collective memory matter? *How is social memory generated, maintained and reproduced? *How do we explain changes in the content and role of collective memory? Through a synthesis of old and new theories of social remembering, this book provides the first comprehensive overview of the sociology of memory. This rapidly expanding field explores how representations of the past are generated, maintained and reproduced through texts, images, sites, rituals and experiences. The main aim of the book is to show to what extent the investigation of memory challenges sociological understandings of the formation of social identities and conflicts. It illustrates the new status of memory in contemporary societies by examining the complex relationships between memory and commemoration, memory and identity, memory and trauma, and memory and justice. The book consists of six chapters, with the first three devoted to conceptualising the process of remembering by analyzing memory's function, status and history, as well as by locating the study of memory in a broader field of social science. The second part of the book directly explores and discusses theories and studies of social remembering. After a short conclusion, which argues that study of collective memory is an important part of any examination of contemporary society, the glossary offers a concise and up to date overview of the development of relevant theoretical concepts. The result is an essential text for undergraduate courses in social theory, the sociology of memory and a wider audience in cultural studies, history and politics. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 2003 | 1970-04-14 | Theorizing Society Ser. | 192 | 0.5 x 6.0 x 8.8 inches | |||||||
| N8551.E85M58 | Mitchell, Paul | A History of European Picture Frames | 1-85894-036-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Merrell | January 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : General | London | N | $18.87 | ABOUT THE BOOK History of European Picture Frames FROM THE PUBLISHER This book is the culmination of over twenty years' work by Mitchell and Roberts, widely known frame historians and consultants. They have undertaken photographic surveys of frames in most major museums in Europe and North America, as well as in many historic houses and exhibitions. This analysis of frame styles and their inter-relationships over eight centuries is organised by nationality and period with fifty-six carefully constructed diagrams in the form of framemakers' pattern books, interspersed with thirty-eight plates of framed paintings. Components are drawn directly from photographs of 268 frames original or contemporary to their pictures. FROM THE CRITICS Booknews A scholarly survey documenting frame styles and their originalcontext over the past eight centuries. Material is organized bynationality and period, with 56 diagrams in the form of framemakers'pattern books interspersed with 38 plates of framed paintings.Components are drawn directly from photographs of 268 frames originalor contemporary to their pictures. All illustrations are b&w.Distributed by University of Washington Press. No index.Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. | 1970-04-30 | Amazon | 1970-04-30 | 136 | Picture frames and framing -- Europe -- History | 11.1 x 9.1 x 0.8 inches | ||||||
| DP302.A467 M58 | Mitchell, Timothy | Passional Culture: Emotion, Religion, and Society in Southern Spain | 0-8122-8202-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Univ of Pennsylvania Pr | March 1, 1990 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | History : Europe : Spain | Philadelphia | N | $14.49 | ABOUT THE BOOK Passional Culture: Emotion, Religion, and Society in Southern Spain | 2006-01-22 | Amazon | 946/.8 20 | 1990 | 2006-01-22 | 196 | Andalusia (Spain) -- Social life and customs, Andalusia (Spain) -- Religious life and customs, Holy Week -- Spain -- Andalusia, Emotions -- Religious aspects -- Catholic, Church | 0.8 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | ||||
| N7565.M5 1986 | Mitchell, W. J. T. | Iconology : Image, Text, Ideology | 0-226-53229-1 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | July 15, 1987 | 2 | 3.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Religious | N | $14.00 | Book Description "[Mitchell] undertakes to explore the nature of images by comparing them with words, or, more precisely, by looking at them from the viewpoint of verbal language. . . . The most lucid exposition of the subject I have ever read."--Rudolf Arnheim, Times Literary Supplement | 2005-12-20 | Amazon | 2005-12-20 | 236 | 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| P302.O6 | Mitchell, W. J. T. | On Narrative | 0-226-53217-8 | Paperback | N | N | University of Chicago Press Journals | November 15, 1981 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Chicago | N | $21.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK On Narrative | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 808.3/0141 19 | 1970-01-21 | 280 | Discourse analysis, Narrative, Narration (Rhetoric) | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches | |||||
| NX170.M58 | Mitchell, W. J. T. | Picture Theory : Essays on Verbal and Visual Representation | 0-226-53231-3 | Hardcover | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | June 30, 1994 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : Schools, Periods & Styles : Modern | Chicago | N | $34.10 | From Library Journal Mitchell (English and art, Univ. of Chicago), who is editor of Critical Inquiry, addresses a variety of concerns about the nexus of word and depiction. In cogent, jargon-free prose, Mitchell by turn takes up the reason behind a cartoon's apparent humor; the flow between narrative and memory, which can and has been ruptured by slavery; painterly theories; and much more. Incorporating theories propounded by Barthes, Wittgenstein, Magritte, and others, this volume is a veritable chocolate box of well-developed ideas for aesthetics students and scholars. It is also accessible to the lay reader, engaging for the researcher, and an emblematic resource for classroom discussion for the teacher of art history or philosophy. Recommended for most collections. Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley P.L., Cal. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 700/.1 20 | 1970-01-14 | 462 | Ut pictura poesis (Aesthetics), Arts, Modern, Postmodernism | 1.2 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | |||||
| N8205.L36 | Mitchell, W. J. T. (Editor) | Landscape and Power | 0-226-53206-2 | Hardcover | N | N | University of Chicago Press | May 16, 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Graphic Design : Graphic Arts : General | Chicago | N | $63.11 | Book Description Landscapes, whether in pictures or the world, have been viewed as a genre, treated as texts, interpreted as allegory. Landscape and Power goes beyond these approaches to ask not just what landscape "is" or "means" but what it does, how it works as a cultural practice. The original essays in this volume consider landscapes not merely as visual or textual symbols but as sources of social and personal identities. In the opening essay, W. J. T. Mitchell examines the ways in which the concept of landscape functions in the discourse of imperialism, from Chinese imperial landscape to views of contested territory in New Zealand and Israel. The following essays--by Ann Jensen Adams, Ann Bermingham, Elizabeth Helsinger, David Bunn, Joel Snyder, and Charles Harrison--range from Dutch landscape and the formation of national identity to picturesque landscape and the process of political silencing and legitimation. Other topics include Turner's "tourist landscapes" as reflections on the conditions of political representation, American landscape photography and the "professionalizing" of the frontier, "domestic" British landscapes transferred to South Africa in the nineteenth century, and forms of resistance to ideology in modernist landscape painting. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 760/.04436 20 | 1970-01-14 | 248 | Landscape in art, Pastoral art, Art -- Political aspects | 1.0 x 6.8 x 9.8 inches | |||||
| BL1105.W34 RR | Mittal, Sushil (Editor) | The Hindu World (Routledge Worlds) | 0-415-21527-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Routledge | September 4, 2004 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | N | $210.00 | 2005-03-23 | Amazon | 2005-03-23 | 657 | 10.0 x 7.0 x 1.6 inches | |||||||||
| PG3328.M613 | Mochulsky, Konstantin | Dostoevsky | 0-691-01299-7 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | November 1, 1971 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : Arts & Literature : Authors | N | $36.30 | ABOUT THE BOOK Dostoevsky: His Life and Work ANNOTATION This is a biography of Dostoevsky which looks at the tragic and spiritual side to the writer's character. FROM THE PUBLISHER This is the best single work in any language about Dostoevsky's work as a whole. Joseph Frank has called it one of the indispensible studies by Russian critics. An established classic, it is here available for the first time in paperback in English translation. FROM THE CRITICS Ernest J. Simmons This work is an extensive study of the development of Dostoevsky's creative art and intellectual thought by an analysis in depth of the total purpose of his writings. All the facts of his life and literary activity related to this purpose are skillfully employed. In order to establish a unified and comprehensible pattern of artistic and intellectual development, Mochulsky constantly elucidates in his study the psychological and the existential meaning of Dostoevsky's religious ideology. &#!51; The New York Times WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING Mochulsky's approaches the work of Dostoevsky from every possible angle; he gives us much of Dostoevksy's biography; something of literary process and the conditions in which he worked; something of literary history, influences, and critical comments and reactions. - Edward Wasiolek | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1967 | 1970-04-14 | 712 | 8.4 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches | |||||||
| PN98.W64 | Moi, Toril | Sexual/Textual Politics : Feminist Literary Theory (New Accents (Routledge (Firm)).) | 0-415-02974-0 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | June, 1988 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : Feminist | London ; New York | N | $4.50 | Book Description 'Moi's detailed and critical discussion of the two main strands in feminist criticism [Anglo-American and French] provides us with a basis for advancing the political and theoretical orientation of feminst theory.' - Mahnaz Koosha Mohseni | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 801/.95/088042 19 | c198 | 2005-10-15 | New Accents Series | 224 | Feminist literary criticism, Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory,, etc, Feminism and literature, Women and literature | 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches | |||
| PK2418.M6Z47513 | Mokashi, Digambar Balkrishna | Palkhi: An Indian Pilgrimage | 0-88706-461-2 | Hardcover | N | N | State Univ of New York Pr | July 1, 1987 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | N | $9.99 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 291 | 1.0 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | |||||||||
| G108.7.M66 | Monmonier, Mark | How to Lie With Maps | 0-226-53415-4 | Paperback | N | N | Univ of Chicago Pr | April, 1991 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Politics : General | Chicago | N | $1.03 | From Library Journal Monmonier (geography, Syracuse Univ.) reveals how and why maps "lie." He explains the methods cartographers must use to distort reality in representing a complex, three-dimensional world on a flat sheet or screen, and how they exclude information and geographic features in order to create a readable and understandable map. In addition to explaining the "white lies" told by every competent mapmaker and the errors caused by "cartographic carelessness," Monmonier explores the use of maps for advertising and propaganda, and the deliberate errors employed to confuse potential enemies or to trap copiers. Valuable for both students of cartography or geography and interested laypersons, this is recommended for academic and larger public libraries. - Peter B. Kutner, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 910/.0148 20 | 2005-10-08 | 176 | Cartography, Deception | 0.5 x 5.5 x 8.2 inches | |||||
| BR515.M58 | Moore, R. Laurence | Religious Outsiders and the Making of Americans | 0-19-503663-8 | Hardcover | N | N | Oxford University Press | January 1, 1986 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | N | $23.00 | Product Description: In light of the curious compulsion to stress Protestant dominance in America's past, this book takes an unorthodox look at religious history in America. Rather than focusing on the usual mainstream Protestant churches--Episcopal, Congregationalist, Methodist, Baptist, and Lutheran--Moore instead turns his attention to the equally important "outsiders" in the American religious experience and tests the realities of American religious pluralism against their history in America. Through separate but interrelated chapters on seven influential groups of "outsiders"--the Mormons, Catholics, Jews, Christian Scientists, Millennialists, 20th-century Protestant Fundamentalists, and the African-American churches--Moore shows that what was going on in mainstream churches may not have been the "normal" religious experience at all, and that many of these "outside" groups embodied values that were, in fact, quintessentially American. | 2005-03-30 | Amazon | 2005-03-30 | 272 | ||||||||||
| BR517.M67 1998 | Morgan, David | Visual Piety: A History and Theory of Popular Religious Images | 0-520-21932-5 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | October 1, 1999 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : Criticism | N | $19.95 | Washington Post Book World "Morgan has had the good idea of studying the (usually kitschy) popular images of Jesus that once graced many lower- and middle-class homes. . . . Morgan discusses the social and religious meaning of these pictures . . . while also providing a general history and analysis of popular religious iconography." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 265 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| HD69.T54 M66 | Morgenstern, Julie | Time Management from the Inside Out: The Foolproof System for Taking Control of Your Schedule and Your Life | 0-8050-6469-9 | Paperback | N | N | Owl Books | September 19, 2000 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Business Life : Health & Stress | New York | N | $0.73 | Amazon.com In Organizing from the Inside Out, author Julie Morgenstern used three main strategies to whip a living space or office into shape: "analyze, strategize, attack." Using the same system, Morgenstern now shows readers how to get rid of chaotic schedules in order to live more comfortable and productive lives. Morgenstern likens a cluttered schedule to a cluttered closet. For example, a closet is typically "crammed with more stuff than storage," and a schedule is typically "crammed with more tasks than time." Those who fear "time management" because they worry about living uncreative or overly scheduled lives will find themselves reassured by Morgenstern's ability to customize her system. The most important thing readers must do, she emphasizes, is to create a time management system that fits one's personal style--whether it be spontaneous and easily distracted or highly regimented and efficient. "Just as everyone's living room looks different, reflecting the individual's or family's values and priorities, everyone's time management system will look different, reflecting what's important to him or her," she explains. Fortunately, readers can easily customize her excellent advice while learning how to create a personal time map, streamline routine tasks, conquer procrastination and chronic lateness, and manage all the inevitable crises and distractions of daily life. Speaking of procrastination, what better time than now to try this book out--ridding yourself of all that draining clutter so you can get on with living the life you want? --Gail Hudson From Publishers Weekly Best-selling author of Organizing from the Inside Out, Morgenstern takes a similarly practical approach to time. If one thinks of time has having "edges" (rather than being amorphous), she explains, then it becomes as finite as spaceDand, consequently, just as manageable. Morgenstern believes that there are three primary reasons why people have difficulty managing time: "technical errors" (miscalculating the length of a task); "external realities" (new baby, new job) and "psychological obstacles" (perfectionism). What makes her program work, she attests, is that instead of trying to change people's natural behaviors and preferences, she encourages them to expand upon whatever is working already, no matter how overwhelmed they may feel. It all starts with knowing what one's big picture values and goals are (e.g., maintaining a happy marriage, excelling at one's career) and prioritizing those with the help of an ingenious device she's created called a "Time Map." Then, Morgenstern helps the reader apply her "SPACE" system ("sort, purge, assign a 'home,' containerize and equalize")Dthe nitty-gritty of time managementDto align one's to-do list with the Time Map. Everything one does (from important phone calls to major projects) must have its time and placeDeven relaxation and fun ("There is no such thing as spare time"). Morgenstern's simple book presents a superb, sound program for "creating a life that nurtures you and makes you feel good." (Sept.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 650.1 21 | 2005-11-20 | 288 | Time management | 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches | |||||
| PG3483.3.O685 | Morits, IUnna | Takim obrazom: Stikhotvoreniia | 5881553950 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Zolotoi vek | 2000 | 1 | Sankt-Peterburg | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 246 | 22 cm. | ||||||||||
| JC51.F95 | Mornigliano, Arnaldo (Foreword) | The Ancient City : A Study on the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome | 0-8018-2304-8 | Paperback | N | N | The Johns Hopkins University Press | May 1, 1980 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Ancient : General | Baltimore | N | $25.00 | Review ""Ancient or modern, the city is among man's most complex creations and probably the most illustrative of both his best and worst qualities. The Ancient City, originally published in the 1870s, provides a 19th-century French view of Greek and Roman metropolises."-- Washington Post | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 938 | 1980 | 2005-10-15 | 416 | Cities and towns, Ancient, Rome -- Politics and government, Greece -- Politics and government | 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| BL41.M63 1987 | Morris, Brian | Anthropological Studies of Religion : An Introductory Text | 0-521-33991-X | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | February 27, 1987 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : General | N | $28.99 | Review "Written with urbanity and wit, this book reviews the intellectual and historical contexts in which anthropology became a discipline concerned with the explanation of religion as a human behavior." Religious Studies Review "Written in an easy and approachable style, Morris's book is a first-rate survey of the social scientific study of religion and is highly recommended." Robert Segal, The Journal of Religion | 2005-04-27 | Amazon | 2005-04-27 | 384 | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| RB127.M67 | Morris, David B. | The Culture of Pain | 0-520-08276-1 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | March, 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Medicine : Reference : General | N | $24.95 | From Kirkus Reviews Drawing on history, art, literature, psychology, and medicine, Morris (Alexander Pope: The Genius of Sense, 1984) offers an extended commentary, profusely documented and illustrated, on the nature, function, and various meanings of pain in Western culture. Considering pain as both a ``biological fact'' and ``an experience in search of an interpretation,'' Morris interprets the psychic, spiritual, and physical experiences of pain and the symbolic, metaphoric, and symptomatic expressions of it from Plato to Joyce Carol Oates, Freud to Norman Cousins, Job to de Sade. The invention of ether in 1846 altered the meaning of pain but did not eradicate it, and to medical science most pain remains a mystery: chronic pain, hysteria, numbness (which is more dangerous than pain), redemptive or religious pain, visionary or revolutionary pain, edifying pain, tragic pain (``we no longer recognize'' it), and comic pain (the best discussion in the book, though its relation to pain is tenuous). Morris surveys the creative uses of pain by artists, the instructive uses of pain by satirists, the erotic uses of pain by sadomasochists, the political uses of pain as torture, and the aesthetic uses of pain in the sentimental, melancholy, and sublime styles of Romantic writers who associated beauty with loss, suffering, and death. He concludes with a lyrical celebration of ``The Future of Pain'': ``We must begin to proliferate its meanings.'' Such a statement reflects the major problems of the book: the exhortative tone, the use of the implicative ``we'' in place of sound argument, and the very proliferation of meanings so that pain becomes an abstraction, resembling pleasure, detached from the causes--anguish, deprivation, discomfort--however spiritual or mental in origin, that healthy people instinctively avoid and that most philosophers, long before Bentham, believed to be a threat to organized society and civilization. Without ideology, it is still an interesting but poorly organized book and no substitute for Elaine Scarry's The Body in Pain (1986). (Thirty b&w illustrations.) -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 354 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| PG2947.B3 | Morson, Gary Saul | Mikhail Bakhtin: Creation of a Prosaics | 0-8047-1822-9 | Paperback | N | N | Stanford University Press | January, 1991 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Stanford, Calif. | N | $17.61 | ABOUT THE BOOK Mikhail Bakhtin: Creation of a Prosaics | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 801/.95/092 20 | 1970-01-07 | 530 | Bakhtin, M. M, 1895-1975, Prose literature -- History and criticism --, Theory, etc, Criticism -- History -- 20th century | 9.0 x 5.4 x 1.3 inches | |||||
| PG2947.B3 R48 | Morson, Gary Saul | Rethinking Bakhtin: Extensions and Challenges (Series in Russian literature and theory) | 0-8101-0809-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Northwestern Univ Pr | March, 1989 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Evanston, Ill. | N | $10.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Rethinking Bakhtin: Extensions and Challenges FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Employer-sponsored deferred compensation and welfare benefit plans play major roles today in employee compensation packages. As the popularity of these plans has increased, so has the complexity of the law in this area. This volume is designed to help employee benefits professionals fit deferred compensation arrangements and welfare benefits into employee compensation packages so as to maximize the ultimate financial benefits and minimize the related costs. Special attention is devoted to the tax aspects of such arrangements due to the complexity and potential impact of the Internal Revenue Code. These essays extend Bakhtin's concepts in important new directions and challenge Bakhtin's own use of his most cherished ideas. Four sets of paired essays explore the theory of parody, the relation of de Man's poetics to Bakhtin's dialogics, Bakhtin's approach to Tolstoy and ideological literature generally, and the dangers of dialogue, not only in practice but also as an ideal. Cloth edition ($36.95) not seen by UPBN. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 801/.95/0924 19 | 1989 | 1969-12-31 | Studies in Russian Literature and Theory | 330 | Bakhtin, M. M, 1895-1975, Criticism | 24 cm. | |||
| P85.B22 B35 | Morson, Gary Saul (Editor) | Bakhtin : Essays and Dialogues on His Work | 0-226-54133-9 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | March 5, 1990 | 1 | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Chicago | N | $6.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Bakhtin: Essays and Dialogues on His Work | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 801/.95/0924 19 | 1969-12-31 | 206 | Bakhtin, M. M, 1895-1975, Philology | 0.5 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | ||||||
| PG3022.L57 | Morson, Gary Saul (Editor) | Literature and History: Theoretical Problems and Russian Case Studies (Sp203) | 0-8047-1470-3 | Paperback | N | N | Stanford Univ Pr | August 1986 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Russian | N | $15.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Literature and History: Theoretical Problems and Russian Case Studies | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1970-04-15 | 352 | 1.0 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | ||||||||
| PG2947.B3 R48 | Morson, Gary Saul (Editor) | Rethinking Bakhtin : Extensions and Challenges (SRLT) | 0-8101-0810-0 | Paperback | N | N | Northwestern University Press | March 1, 1989 | 1 | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Evanston, Ill. | N | $24.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Rethinking Bakhtin: Extensions and Challenges FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Employer-sponsored deferred compensation and welfare benefit plans play major roles today in employee compensation packages. As the popularity of these plans has increased, so has the complexity of the law in this area. This volume is designed to help employee benefits professionals fit deferred compensation arrangements and welfare benefits into employee compensation packages so as to maximize the ultimate financial benefits and minimize the related costs. Special attention is devoted to the tax aspects of such arrangements due to the complexity and potential impact of the Internal Revenue Code. These essays extend Bakhtin's concepts in important new directions and challenge Bakhtin's own use of his most cherished ideas. Four sets of paired essays explore the theory of parody, the relation of de Man's poetics to Bakhtin's dialogics, Bakhtin's approach to Tolstoy and ideological literature generally, and the dangers of dialogue, not only in practice but also as an ideal. Cloth edition ($36.95) not seen by UPBN. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 801/.95/0924 19 | 1989 | 1969-12-31 | Series in Russian Literature and Theory | 330 | Bakhtin, M. M, 1895-1975, Criticism | 9.0 x 6.2 x 1.0 inches | ||||
| PG2951.C36 1992 | Moser, Charles A. | The Cambridge History of Russian Literature | 0-521-42567-0 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | May 1992 | 3 | Russian literature : Reference | N | Synopsis: An updated edition of this comprehensive narrative history, containing a new chapter on Russian literature of the 1980s and additional bibliographical information. | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 1970-01-14 | 720 | 9.08x6.04x1.68 in. 2.32 lbs. | ||||||||||
| Moxley, Joseph M. | Writing and Publishing for Academic Authors, Second Edition | 0-8476-8258-7 | Paperback | N | N | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. | November 1, 1996 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Self-Help : General | Lanham, Md. | N | $29.95 | Book Description This book offers an inside look at how to publish scholarly articles, book reviews, magazine articles, and commercial and scholarly books. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 808/.02 20 | 1997 | 1970-04-16 | 300 | Authorship, Academic writing, Scholarly publishing | 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches | |||||
| F128.9.E2 M85 | Mukhi, Sunita S. | Doing the Desi Thing : Performing Indianness in New York City | 0-8153-3372-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Garland Publishing | May, 2000 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | N | $65.95 | Book Description This book is a vivacious inquiry into how Asian Indians in New York, or Desis, as they describe themselves, perform Indianness, or Desiness, in several cultural variety shows that are mounted in New York City: The Indian Independence Day Parade and Cultural Program, the South Street Seaport Deepavali Festival, the Sindhi Divali Show in Queens, and the variety shows of the South Asian college students of New York University. Along with the fact that these community cultural productions underscore Desiness (i.e., that these are songs, dances, foods, and crafts for the non-Indian to see, learn from and consume and for the Desi to reminisce, enjoy, and be validated by) these productions reveal a tense negotiation between the preservation of Indianness and the assimilation to US American life. Indeed, though the traditional, touristic kind of Indianness may be touted by certain elite groups, this type of Indianness is simultaneously being deconstructed and subverted by other Indians who assert their own, sometimes opposing views of what it means to be Desi. This work utimately demonstrates that Desi identity is ephemeral-it constantly needs to be manufactured and begs to be performed. | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 247 | 8.8 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| BX8611.M79 | Mulder, W | Among the Mormons Historic Accounts by Contemporary | 0-8032-5778-3 | Paperback | N | N | Univ of Nebraska Pr | June 1, 1973 | 1 | N | $3.95 | 2005-03-30 | Amazon | 2005-03-30 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| N8193.3.T3M848FF | Mullin, Glenn H. | Female Buddhas: Women of Enlightenment in Tibetan Mystical Art | 1-57416-068-0 | Paperback | N | N | Clear Light Books | September 1, 2002 | 2 | 3.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : Leaders & Notable People : Religious | N | $27.95 | From Publishers Weekly Whereas the art of most Buddhist countries features a preponderance of male images, the art of Tibet has traditionally emphasized what the authors call "the strong role of the feminine." This book, one of the first Western titles ever to analyze this unique artistic tradition, is the companion volume to a touring art exhibit about female buddhas. Mullin, a Tibetologist and Buddhist scholar, writes that feminine imagery in Tibetan frescoes and tangka paintings reinforces the notion of the personification of wisdom and meditative consciousness. In Part I, Mullin explores the historical importance and symbolic significance of female buddhas, while the accompanying full-color photographs and illustrations demonstrate their role in daily devotion and meditation. Part II is devoted to the art and its interpretation, with dozens of reproductions of Tibetan masterpieces, drawn from the collection of the Rubin Art Museum that is slated to open in 2004 in New York. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 176 | 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| HT111.M92 | Mumford, Lewis | The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects | 0-15-618035-9 | Paperback | N | N | Harvest Books | October 23, 1968 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : World : General | N | $18.27 | Amazon.com Lewis Mumford's massive historical study brings together a wide array of evidence--from the earliest group habitats to medieval towns to the modern centers of commerce (as well as dozens of black-and-white illustrations)--to show how the urban form has changed throughout human civilization. His tone is ultimately somewhat pessimistic: Mumford was deeply concerned with what he viewed as the dehumanizing aspects of the metropolitan trend, which he deemed "a world of professional illusionists and their credulous victims." (In another typically unrestrained criticism, he dubbed the Pentagon a Bronze Age monument to humanity's basest impulses, as well as an "effete and worthless baroque conceit.") Mumford hoped for a rediscovery of urban principles that emphasized humanity's organic relationship to its environment. The City in History remains a powerfully influential work, one that has shaped the agendas of urban planners, sociologists, and social critics since its publication in the 1960s. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 657 | 8.0 x 5.2 x 2.1 inches | ||||||||
| HT255.M9 | Mumford, Lewis | The Culture of Cities | 0-15-623301-0 | Paperback | N | N | Harvest Books | October 21, 1970 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | San Diego, Calif. | N | $4.49 | Book Description This offers the first broad treatment of the city in both its historic and its contemporary aspects. "For distinction, entertainment, information, scholarship, and general human interest [this] is one of the most distinguished books" (Forum). Index; photographs. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 307.76 20 | 1970 | 2005-10-08 | Harvest book | 640 | Cities and towns, City planning, Regional planning | 8.0 x 5.3 x 1.6 inches | |||
| DU740.42.M860 | Munn, Nancy D. | The Fame of Gawa: A Symbolic Study of Value Transformation in a Massim (Papua New Guinea Society) | 0-8223-1270-0 | Paperback | N | N | Duke University Press | December, 1992 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | History : Australia & Oceania | Durham | N | $24.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Fame of Gawa: A Symbolic Study of Value Transformation in a Massim (Papua New Guinea) Society FROM THE PUBLISHER 'The Fame Of Gawa' is concerned with fundamental practices of value creation on Gawa, a small island off the southeast coast of mainland Papua New Guinea, the inhabitants of which participate in the long-distance kula shell exchange ring. FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Reprint of the Cambridge U. Press edition of 1986. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 306/.089995 20 | 1992 | 2005-10-08 | Henry Louis Morgan Lecture Series | 352 | Massim (Papua New Guinea people), Ceremonial exchange -- Papua New Guinea, Values -- Case studies, Social change -- Case studies | 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.0 inches | |||
| HQ769.5 | Murkoff, Heidi | What to Expect Baby-Sitter's Handbook | 0-7611-2845-X | Spiral-bound | N | N | Workman Publishing Company | November 29, 2003 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Parenting & Families : Parenting : Babies & Toddlers : General | New York | N | $10.36 | Book Description When you put your baby in the hands of a sitter, you want to put your sitter in the hands of an expert. Certainly no hands are better qualified than those of Heidi Murkoff, co-author of What to Expect When You're Expecting and other bestselling childcare guides with over 22 million copies in print. Marrying the reassuring authority and trust of all the What to Expect books with a lively, accessible voice, this guide contains everything a caregiver needs to know when minding a child, from newborn to preschooler. A mix of text, boxes, Q&As, and lists-plus plenty of blank space for parents to write in emergency numbers, specific instructions, and personal information about a child's likes and dislikes--it's the instruction manual that should be given to every caregiver, whether full-time nanny or weekend baby-sitter. It covers advice on feeding and diet, first aid, bathing an infant, potty-training, time-outs, rainy-day activities,sibling disputes, discipline problems, comforting a child, making play dates, evenhow to build a happy and healthy relationship with the child's family. Plus, it includes 61 of the most common questions sitters ask, from how to make mealtimes fun to what to do if you can't bond with the baby. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 649/.1/0248 22 | 2003 | 2005-11-20 | What to Expect Ser. | 256 | Babysitting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | 7.4 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | |||
| BQ6343.B73 M95 | Mus, Paul | Barabudur (Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts S.) | 8120717848 | Hardcover | N | N | Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd ,India | October, 2002 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism | New Delhi | N | $62.01 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 294.3/435/095982 21 | 1970-01-14 | 383 | Borobudur (Temple : Magelang, Indonesia), Buddhist antiquities--Indonesia, Buddhist art and symbolism--Indonesia | 29 cm. | |||||
| BL2055.M92 | Mus, Paul | India seen from the East: Indian and indigenous cults in Champa (Monash papers on Southeast Asia) | 0-909835-17-9 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash University | 1975 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality | [Clayton, Vic.] | N | $138.07 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 294.5/09597 | 2005-10-08 | Monash papers on Southeast Asia ; no. 3 | 63 | Vietnam -- Religion, Vietnam -- Civilization -- Indic influences, Hinduism -- Vietnam, Buddhism -- Vietnam | 28 cm. | ||||
| BQ5125.M3 N46 | Musashi Tackikawa | The Ngor Mandalas of Tibet: Listings of the Mandala Deities | N | N | 1 | N | 2006-01-18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| BQ5125.M3 N46 | Musashi Tackikawa | The Ngor Mandalas of Tibet: Listings of the Mandala Deities | N | N | 1 | N | 2006-01-18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| BQ1372.E54 | Müller, F. Max (Editor) | Wisdom of the Buddha : The Unabridged Dhammapada (Dover Thrift Editions) | 0-486-41120-6 | Paperback | N | N | Dover Publications | March 24, 2000 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Eastern : General | Mineola, N.Y. | N | $1.50 | Book Description Few sacred texts present their wisdom with the clarity of the Buddhist Dhammapada, or Path to Virtue. These ancient verses offer a compelling introduction to Buddhist thought, revealing the Four Truths-concerning the nature of the world and our lot in it-and the Eightfold Path to enlightenment, the means by which to overcome the essential suffering revealed by the Four Truths as the essence of life. Expressed with great beauty and translated with painstaking scholarship, this volume offers stimulating, challenging, and inspiring reading. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 294.3/82322 21 | 2005-10-08 | Dover thrift editions | 64 | 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches | |||||
| BL1245.T3 D34713 | N. N. Sharma | Kalpacintamanih of Damodara Bhatta | N | N | 1 | N | 2006-01-18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| PG3551.O3Z8N2 | Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich | Nikolai Gogol | 0-8112-0120-1 | Paperback | N | N | New Directions Publishing Corporation | June 1961 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : Arts & Literature : Authors | N | $8.43 | ABOUT THE BOOK Nikolai Gogol | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | c194 | 1970-04-14 | 172 | 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches | |||||||
| PS3527.A15 P3 | Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich | Pale Fire | 0-399-50458-3 | Paperback | N | N | Perigee | June 1980 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Classics | New York | N | $0.01 | Amazon.com Like Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire is a masterpiece that imprisons us inside the mazelike head of a mad émigré. Yet Pale Fire is more outrageously hilarious, and its narrative convolutions make the earlier book seem as straightforward as a fairy tale. Here's the plot--listen carefully! John Shade is a homebody poet in New Wye, U.S.A. He writes a 999-line poem about his life, and what may lie beyond death. This novel (and seldom has the word seemed so woefully inadequate) consists of both that poem and an extensive commentary on it by the poet's crazy neighbor, Charles Kinbote. According to this deranged annotator, he had urged Shade to write about his own homeland--the northern kingdom of Zembla. It soon becomes clear that this fabulous locale may well be a figment of Kinbote's colorfully cracked, prismatic imagination. Meanwhile, he manages to twist the poem into an account of Zembla's King Charles--whom he believes himself to be--and the monarch's eventual assassination by the revolutionary Jakob Gradus. In the course of this dizzying narrative, shots are indeed fired. But it's Shade who takes the hit, enabling Kinbote to steal the dead poet's manuscript and set about annotating it. Is that perfectly clear? By now it should be obvious that Pale Fire is not only a whodunit but a who-wrote-it. There isn't, of course, a single solution. But Nabokov's best biographer, Brian Boyd, has come up with an ingenious suggestion: he argues that Shade is actually guiding Kinbote's mad hand from beyond the grave, nudging him into completing what he'd intended to be a 1,000-line poem. Read this magical, melancholic mystery and see if you agree. --Tim Appelo --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Review "This centaur work, half-poem, half-prose . . . is a creation of perfect beauty, symmetry, strangeness, originality and moral truth. Pretending to be a curio, it cannot disguise the fact that it is one of the great works of art of this century." --Mary McCarthy --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 813/.54 | 1962 | 1970-04-15 | 315 | Experimental fiction | 21 cm. | ||||
| BH301.C84 N33 | Nachmanovitch, Stephen | Free Play | 0-87477-631-7 | Paperback | N | N | Tarcher | May 1, 1991 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | N | $10.36 | Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance This is an unusually intense, packed, thought-through book on the most difficult subject in the world: mystic creativity. Yehudi Menuhin, violinist Would that Free Play found its way into every school, office, hospital, and factory. It is a most exciting book and a most important one. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 224 | 8.0 x 5.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| PT2674.A313 | Nadolny, Sten | Die Entdeckung Der Langsamkeit | 3-492-10700-1 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Serie Piper | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | N | $3.95 | Language Notes Text: German--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Naiman, Anatolii | Rasskazy o Anne Akhmatovoi: Iz knigi "Konets pervoi poloviny XX veka" | 5280008788 | Unknown Binding | N | N | "Khudozh. lit-ra" | 1989 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Foreign Language Books : Russian : All Russian Books | Moskva | N | $27.99 | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | 300 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- Criticism, and interpretation | 21 cm. | |||||||
| PR9272.9.N3 B4 | Naipaul, Shiva | Beyond the Dragon's Mouth | 0-349-12493-0 | Paperback | N | N | Abacus Books | September 19, 1985 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | N | $4.99 | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 432 | |||||||||||
| PG2445 | Nakhimovsky, Alexander D. | Advanced Russian | 0-89357-178-4 | Paperback | N | N | Slavica Pub | November, 1987 | 1 | Nonfiction : Education : General | Columbus, Ohio | N | $22.95 | Language Notes Text: English, Russian | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 491.782/421 19 | 1970-01-14 | 262 | Russian language -- Usage, Russian language -- Composition and exercises, Russian language -- Conversation and phrase, books | 0.8 x 8.8 x 11.2 inches | ||||||
| HQ449.N36 | Nanda, Serena | Neither Man Nor Woman: The Hijras of India (Wadsworth Modern Anthropology Library) | 0-534-12204-3 | Paperback | N | N | Wadsworth Publishing Company | January, 1990 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Asia : India | Belmont, Calif. | N | $8.00 | Book Description This ethnography is a cultural study of the Hijras of India, a religious community of men who dress and act like women. It focuses on how Hijras can be used in the study of gender categories and human sexual variation. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 305.3 20 | 1990 | 2005-10-08 | Wadsworth Modern Anthropology Library | 170 | Eunuchs -- India, Transsexuals -- India, Sex role -- India | 9.2 x 6.5 x 0.5 inches | |||
| PN2071.G4 | Nandikesvara | Nandikesvara's Abhinayadarpanam: a manual of gesture and posture used in ancient Indian dance and drama | Hardcover | N | N | Manisha | 1975 | 1 | Calcutta | N | 2006-01-22 | 793.31954 | 0 | Gesture -- India; Dance -- India | |||||||||||||
| GR305.5.K25N37 | Narayan, Kirin | Mondays on the Dark Night of the Moon: Himalayan Foothill Folktales | 0-19-510348-3 | Hardcover | N | N | Oxford University Press | January 1, 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Short Stories : Anthologies | N | $60.00 | From Library Journal Narayan (anthropology and South Asian studies, Univ. of Wisconsin; Love, Stars and All That, LJ 9/15/93) has produced a unique volume of folktales from a village in the foothills of the Himalayas. The collection functions on several levels. First, the 21 stories told by Sood ("Urmilaji") are divided into women's ritual tales and winter tales, including narratives of a dog-girl and a princess who marries a lion. Second, within and around each tale are comments from Urmilaji and her family as well as explanations of local customs and mores. Third, the author's scholarly and personal journey during her work with Urmilaji informs the whole. It tells of the growing affection between the two women and establishes Narayan's theme that "stories arise out of relationships, they are about relationships, and they forge relationships." An excellent work; recommended for all folktale collections.?Katherine K. Koenig, Ellis Sch., Greensburg, Pa. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 262 | 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| PR9499.3.N3D37 | Narayan, R. K | The dark room | 0-226-56836-9 | Hardcover | N | N | Heinemann | 1981 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | N | $25.00 | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 209 | |||||||||||
| PG3476.A324 A11 | Nayman, Anatoly | Remembering Anna Akhmatova | 0-8050-2667-3 | Paperback | N | N | Henry Holt & Co | April 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $1.58 | From Library Journal These memoirs of Akhmatova (1889-1966), notes Joseph Brodsky in the introduction, depict "not so much the poet herself as her perspective on what she has been at for more than half a century and what it cost her." Akhmatova, the oldest member of the great quartet of Russian poets of the 20th century, endured considerable hardship: her works were banned, her first husband shot for participating in an anti-Bolshevik coup, and her only son and her third husband imprisoned for many years. Here she is recalled by her literary secretary and fellow poet Nayman, who befriended her in later years when he was only 23. He uses her letters and poems, his obscure textual analyses, and short bits of personal conversation to attempt to bring out her inner self. Unfortunately, Nayman's methodology lacks any organization, and the volume cries out for editing. Librarians should instead consider Conversations with Akhmatova , Vol. 1: 1938-1941 (Farrar, 1990), the memoirs of the poet's lifelong friend Lydia Chukovskaya. -Amy Lewontin, Bent ley Coll. Lib., Waltham, Mass. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Kirkus Reviews Moving, poetry-soaked memoirs by poet Nayman of his time with Russian poet Anna Akhmatova (A.A.), whom he met in 1959 when he was 23. He later became her secretary. In 1911, A.A. was a founding member of the Poets Guild, from which grew the Acmeists. Until 1922, as we discover, she managed to publish five books, but in 1921 ex-husband N.S. Gumilyov was executed and a year later A.A. was banned from publishing. Her son was arrested three times, sentenced to death (commuted), then exiled, all to keep her silent. A.A. turned to translation, stopped publishing poetry until her ban was lifted in 1940. Later, she was expelled from the Soviet Writers' Union for writing ``ideologically harmful'' private emotions ``totally alien to Soviet literature,'' and her latest book of poetry was destroyed in the presses. To help save her son's life, she unwillingly wrote a cycle of banal poems in praise of Stalin. When Nayman went to A.A.'s house in Leningrad, he met a quiet woman whose ``appearance, words, and gestures all expressed the fact that she was doomed, utterly...I left, stunned by the fact that I had spent an hour in the presence of a person with whom I had no ideas in common...but with whom no one on earth could have anything in common.'' Nayman captures A.A.'s great but reserved spirit largely by repeating her answers to literary questions and responses to poems sent or read to her. By this time, she had a ``phonograph record'' of about three stock replies that sounded thoughtful but said nothing--in her day poets were killed for their poetry. A.A.'s terse poetry is poorly served by Walter Arndt's flowing translations herein, but A.A. comes off majestically anyway. (Eight pages of b&w illustrations--not seen.) -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 1970-01-28 | 256 | 0.8 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | ||||||||
| BL1945.T5 | Nebesky-Wojkowitz, Rene De | Oracles and Demons of Tibet- the cult and iconography of the tibetan protective | 8173030391 | Hardcover | N | N | Book Faith India | May 1, 1996 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism : Tibetan | N | $29.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Oracles and Demons of Tibet: The Cult and Iconography of the Tibetan Protective Deities | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 666 | |||||||||
| PG3366.A15 N45 | Neider, Charles | Tolstoy: Tales of Courage and Conflict | 0-88184-165-X | Paperback | N | N | Carroll & Graf Publishers | October 1985 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Fiction & Literature : Short Stories (single author) | N | $2.81 | From Library Journal The publisher is billing this 1985 title as the "largest one-volume collection" of Tolstoy's shorts. The 36 stories contain obscure pieces as well as universally read novellas like The Death of Ivan Ilyitch. All that good stuff at an equally good price makes this essential for all libraries. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Book Description 36 stories by one of the worlds literature masters, Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1985 | 1970-04-16 | 578 | ||||||||
| BJ1401.N45 | Neiman, Susan | Evil in Modern Thought : An Alternative History of Philosophy | 0-691-09608-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Princeton University Press | July 1, 2002 | 4 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Ethics & Morality | Princeton, N.J. | N | $37.80 | From Publishers Weekly The word "evil" gets thrown around pretty frequently, especially in connection with certain Axes, but Einstein Forum director and former philosophy professor Susan Neiman reminds us that the existence of evil is a theological and intellectual dilemma through modern Western intellectual history in fact, she argues in her erudite and accessible Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy, the question of evil is at the heart of modern philosophy. Neiman looks at how philosophers and writers Leibniz and Arendt, Pope and Sade have sought to explain evil, and traces two divergent strains of thought: one that insists we must try to understand moral evil, and another that maintains we must not. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal The current director of the Einstein Forum in Potsdam, Neiman (The Unity of Reason: Rereading Kant) examines the problem of evil, which she posits as central to philosophy since the 17th century. Philosophy is driven by the need to make sense of a world riddled with natural and moral evil and by our failures to do so. Leibniz (who thought this must be the best of all possible worlds) and Hegel (who thought reality must ultimately prove to be rational) are keys to her story, but Kant's effort to show that our best insights into reality stem from moral sensibilities, and Nietzsche, on the other side, who regarded most attempts to find a meaningful transcendent as moral cowardice, play large roles. Neiman begins with the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, perceived at the time as a manifestation of evil, but science and technology are (slowly) teaching us how to deal with such natural calamities. Moral evil, on the other hand, has not elicited as effective a response. Neiman is sympathetic to Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer and attentive to Emmanuel LÇvinas, who insisted that we must recover the transcendent or lose our rationality. Oddly, she ignores 20th-century attempts (by Samuel Alexander, Alfred North Whitehead, Teilhard de Chardin, etc.) to bring logic to bear on the subject. Still, this is a deeply moving and scholarly book that will interest many general readers. Leslie Armour, Univ. of Ottawa Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. | 2006-01-22 | Amazon | 170 21 | 2002 | 2006-01-22 | 376 | Good and evil -- History, Philosophy, Modern | 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches | ||||
| PS3527.E5 A17 | Nemerov, Howard | New & selected poems | N | N | 1960. | 1960 | 1 | [Chicago] University of Chicago Press | N | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 811.54 | 1970-04-16 | 115 | 115 p. 22 cm. | ||||||||||||
| LB1778.2 | Newhouse, Margaret | Cracking the Academia Nut: A Guide to Preparing for Your Academic Career | 0-943747-18-X | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | August, 1997 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Education : College & University : General | Cambridge, MA | N | $13.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Cracking the Academia Nut: A Guide to Preparing for Your Academic Career | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1997 | 1970-01-21 | 173 | College teaching -- Vocational guidance -- United, States, College teachers -- Employment -- United States, Graduate students -- Employment -- United, States, Doctor of philosophy degree -- United States | 22 cm. | |||||
| 78300925 | Nietzsche, Friedrich | A Nietzsche Reader (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-044329-0 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | October 26, 1978 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Harmondsworth ; New York [etc.] | N | $11.20 | Language Notes Text: English, German (translation) | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 193 | 2005-10-15 | Penguin Classics Series | 288 | Philosophy | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| B3313.J43 E5 | Nietzsche, Friedrich | Beyond Good & Evil : Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (Vintage) | 0-679-72465-6 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | December 17, 1989 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | New York | N | $9.60 | Book Description Represents Nietzsche's attempt to sum up his philosophy. In nine parts the book is designed to give the reader a comprehensive idea of Nietzche's thought and style. With an inclusive index of subjects and persons. Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: German | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 193 20 | c196 | 2005-10-04 | 288 | Ethics | 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| B3313.M82 H74 | Nietzsche, Friedrich | Daybreak : Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality (Texts in German Philosophy) | 0-521-28662-X | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | July 15, 1982 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Europe : Germany : General | N | $4.45 | Book Description An entirely new translation of Nietzsche's fourth book, which falls in what is regarded as his middle 'positivist' period. Especially notable for the advance it represents in his understanding of psychology. | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 250 | |||||||||
| B3316.N54 | Nietzsche, Friedrich | Ecce Homo (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-044393-2 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Books Ltd | April 26, 1979 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Harmondsworth, Eng. ; New York | N | $1.13 | Book Description Ecce Homo is an autobiography like no other. Deliberately provocative, Nietzsche subverts the conventions of the genre and pushes his philosophical positions to combative extremes, constructing a genius-hero whose life is a chronicle of the incessant struggle to overcome himself. Written in 1888, a few weeks before his descent into madness, the book sub-titled ""How One Becomes What One Is"" reviews all of Nietzsche's previous works so that we, his ""posthumous"" readers, can finally understand him on his own terms. He reaches final criticism of his many enemies--Richard Wagner, German nationalism, ""modern men"" in general--and above all Christianity, proclaiming himself the Antichrist. Ecce Homo is the summation of an extraordinary philosophical career, a last great testament to Nietzsche's will.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 193 | 2005-10-15 | Penguin Classics Series | 144 | Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900, Philosophers -- Germany -- Biography | 18 cm. | ||||
| B3313.G42 | Nietzsche, Friedrich | The Birth of Tragedy and The Case of Wagner (Vintage) | 0-394-70369-3 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | April 12, 1967 | 2 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Aesthetics | N | $7.50 | Book Description The Birth of Tragedy (1872) was Nietzsche's first book. Its youthful faults were exposed by Nietzsche in the brilliant "Attempt at a Self-Criticism" which he added to the new edition of 1886. But the book, whatever its excesses, remains one of the most relevant statements on tragedy ever penned. It exploded the conception of Greek culture that was prevalent down through the Victorian era, and it sounded themes developed in the twentieth century by classicists, existentialists, psychoanalysts, and others. The Case of Wagner (1888) was one Nietzsche's last books, and his wittiest. In attitude and style it is diametrically opposed to The Birth of Tragedy. Both works transcend their ostensible subjects and deal with art and culture, as well as the problems of the modern age generally. Each book in itself gives us an inadequate idea of its author; together, they furnish a striking image of Nietzsche's thought. The distinguished new translations by Walter Kaufmann superbly reflect in English Nietzsche's idiom and the vitality of his style. Professor Kaufmann has also furnished running footnote commentaries, relevant passages from Nietzsche's correspondence, a bibliography, and, for the first time in any edition, an extensive index to each book. Download Description Whatever might have been be the basis for this dubious book, it must have been a question of the utmost importance and charm, as well as a deeply personal one. Testimony to that effect is the time in which it arose (in spite of which it arose), that disturbing era of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71. While the thunderclap of the Battle of Worth was reverberating across Europe, the meditative lover of enigmas whose lot it was to father this book sat somewhere in a corner of the Alps, extremely reflective and perplexed (thus simultaneously very distressed and carefree) and wrote down his thoughts concerning the Greeks, the kernel of that odd and difficult book to which this later preface (or postscript) should be dedicated. Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.--This text refers to the Digital edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 240 | 7.3 x 4.5 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| B3313.F72 E5 | Nietzsche, Friedrich | The Gay Science : With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs (Vintage) | 0-394-71985-9 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | January 12, 1974 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | New York | N | $9.60 | Review "[This book] mirrors all of Nietzsche's thought and could be related in hundreds of ways to his other books, his notes, and his letters. And yet it is complete in itself. For it is a work of art." -- Walter Kaufmann in the Introduction Review "[This book] mirrors all of Nietzsche's thought and could be related in hundreds of ways to his other books, his notes, and his letters. And yet it is complete in itself. For it is a work of art." -- Walter Kaufmann in the Introduction | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 193 | 1970-01-21 | 416 | Philosophy, Human beings, Religion -- Philosophy, Power (Philosophy), Ethics | 7.3 x 4.4 x 0.9 inches | |||||
| B3313.G62 H74 | Nietzsche, Friedrich | The Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ : or How to Philosophize with a Hammer (Classics S.) | 0-14-044207-3 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | February 28, 1969 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $0.01 | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 208 | ||||||||||
| B3312.E52 K3 | Nietzsche, Friedrich (Editor) | The Portable Nietzsche (Viking Portable Library) | 0-14-015062-5 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin | January 27, 1977 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | New York | N | $11.56 | ABOUT THE BOOK Portable Nietzsche | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 193 | 1977 | 1970-01-21 | Portable Library Series | 704 | Philosophy | 7.8 x 5.1 x 1.3 inches | |||
| B3313.Z7 K23 | Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm | On the genealogy of morals | N | N | Vintage Books | 1967 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Ethics | New York | N | Translation of Zur Genealogie der Moral. Bibliographical footnotes. | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 170/.8 | 1970-04-16 | 367 | Ethics, Asceticism | viii, 367 p. 19 cm. | ||||||||
| PN241.N48 | Niranjana, Tejaswini | Siting Translation: History, Post-Structuralism, and the Colonial Context | 0-520-07451-3 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | February 1, 1992 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : Deconstructionism | N | $19.95 | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 203 | 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches | |||||||||
| PG3476.A324 | No Author | Anna Akhmatova v zapisiakh Duvakina | 5806200086 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Izd-vo "Natalis" | 1999 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 | Moskva | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 366 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966, Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- Friends, and associates -- Interviews, Poets, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography, Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- Poetry | 22 cm. | |||||||
| PG3476.A324 P76 | No Author | Anna Akhmatova--pro et contra: Antologiia (Seriia "Russkii put§") | 5888120812 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Izd-vo Russkogo khristianskogo gumanitarnogo in-ta | 2001 | 2 | 4.0 Stars | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 | Sankt-Peterburg | N | Language Notes Text: Russian Table of Contents: English | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | Seriëiìa "Russkiæi put§" | 0 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 | 22 cm. | ||||||
| B2785.E5 | No Author | Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals and What Is Enlightenment? | 0-02-363100-7 | Paperback | N | N | MacMillan Pub Co | January, 1990 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | N | $1.95 | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 0 | |||||||||||
| DS450.N3 | No Author | Indo-Nepal relations (South Asia studies series) | 8170031524 | Unknown Binding | N | N | International Book Co | 1992 | 1 | History : Asia | New Delhi | N | $104.62 | Card catalog description Seminar papers. | 1970-01-08 | Amazon | 1992 | 1970-01-08 | South Asia studies series ; 25 | 367 | India -- Relations -- Nepal, Nepal -- Relations -- India | 22 cm. | |||||
| PG3453.A6 | No Author | Innokentii Annenskii i russkaia kul§tura XX veka: Sbornik nauchnykh trudov | 5857890152 | Unknown Binding | N | N | AO Arsis | 1996 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Annenskiæi, Innokentiæi Fedorovich, 1855-1909 -- | Sankt-Peterburg | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | 151 | Annenskiæi, Innokentiæi Fedorovich, 1855-1909 --, Criticism and interpretation -- Congresses | 22 cm. | |||||||
| P302.R5 | No Author | Interpretation Theory | 0-912646-25-X | Paperback | N | N | Texas Christian Univ Pr | July, 1976 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | N | $10.00 | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | 0 | |||||||||||
| PN1993.5.R9 | No Author | Kino-vremia-zritel§: Kniga dlia chteniia s kommentariem i russko-angliiskim slovarem (Klub diskussii) | 5200004829 | Unknown Binding | N | N | "Russkii iazyk" | 1989 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Motion pictures -- Soviet Union -- History | Moskva | N | Language Notes Text: Russian, English | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | Klub diskussiæi | 269 | Motion pictures -- Soviet Union -- History | 20 cm. | ||||||
| PG3476.A324 O2 | No Author | Ob Anne Akhmatovoi: Stikhi, esse, vospominaniia, pis§ma | 5289006184 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Lenizdat | 1990 | 1 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 | Leningrad | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 574 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966, Poets, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography | 21 cm. | ||||||||
| PG3233.P55 | No Author | Poetry from the Russian underground;: A bilingual anthology | 0-06-012501-2 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Harper & Row | 1973 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : Russian | New York | N | $7.94 | Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation) | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 891.7/1/4408 | 1973 | 1970-01-28 | 249 | Russian poetry -- 20th century, Underground literature -- Soviet Union, Russian poetry -- 20th century -- Translations, into English | xi, 249 p. 25 cm. | ||||
| PG1198.E3 R4 | No Author | Reading the ashes: An anthology of the poetry of modern Macedonia (Pitt poetry series) | 0-8229-3337-3 | Unknown Binding | N | N | University of Pittsburgh Press | 1977 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Macedonian poetry -- Translations into English | Pittsburgh | N | $15.75 | ABOUT THE BOOK Reading the Ashes: An Anthology of the Poetry of Modern Macedonia | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 891.8/19/1 | 1977 | 1970-01-07 | Pitt Poetry Ser. | 176 | Macedonian poetry -- Translations into English | 21 cm. | |||
| DK209.3 | No Author | Russkoe obshchestvo 30-kh godov XIX v: Liudi i idei : memuary sovremennikov (Universitetskaia biblioteka) | 5211002903 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Izd-vo Moskovskogo universiteta | 1989 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | History : Europe | Moskva | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | Universitetskaëiìa biblioteka | 445 | Russia -- Politics and government -- 1825-1855, Russia -- Social life and customs -- 1533-1917, Russia -- Biography | 23 cm. | ||||||
| HM15.B382130 | No Author | Seduced and abandoned: The Baudrillard scene | 0-9591043-0-5 | Paperback | N | N | Stonemoss Services | 1984 | 1 | Baudrillard, Jean | Glebe, NSW, Australia | N | $11.55 | Includes bibliographies. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 1984 | 2005-10-08 | 117 | Baudrillard, Jean, Nihilism (Philosophy) | 21 cm. | ||||||
| B841.4 | No Author | Superstructuralism | 0-416-03242-7 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge Kegan & Paul | May, 1987 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Structuralism -- History | London ; New York | N | $2.25 | ABOUT THE BOOK Superstructuralism: The Philosophy of Structuralism and Post-Structuralism | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 149/.96 19 | 2005-11-20 | New Accents | 213 | Structuralism -- History, Poststructuralism | 21 cm. | ||||
| BQ1138.T56213 | No Author | Teaching of Buddha | 4892370118 | Hardcover | N | N | Japan Publications Trading Co | January 1, 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism : Buddha | N | $0.01 | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 1970-01-28 | 0 | ||||||||||
| N7302 | No Author | The Advaita of Art | 8120813898 | Paperback | N | N | South Asia Books | March, 1996 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Art, Indic -- Philosophy | Delhi | N | $17.00 | Book Description This inquiry is an undertaking to demonstrate that aesthetic experience in the classical Indian tradition, on its own merit, without being subordinated to rituals and practices commonly held under the rubric of religion, is capable of providing a transcendent experience to a prepared aesthete. The Advaita of Art, Dr. Dehejia argues, is a joyous celebration of affirmation and assertion and not negation.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 111/.85/0954 20 | 1970-01-21 | 194 | Art, Indic -- Philosophy, Art and religion, Aesthetics, Indic | 22 cm. | |||||
| DS495.G670 | No Author | The Gopalarajavamsavali (Nepal Research Centre publications) | 3-515-04349-7 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Franz Steiner Verlag | 1985 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia | Wiesbaden, GmbH | N | Language Notes Text: English | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 954.9/6 19 | 2005-10-08 | Nepal Research Centre publications ; 9 | 238 | Nepal -- History -- To 1768 -- Chronology, Nepal -- Kings and rulers -- Genealogy | 26 cm. | |||||
| BQ5125.M3 N4 | No Author | The Ngor Mandalas of Tibet: Plates (Bibliotheca codicum Asiaticorum) | 4896566017 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Centre for East Asian Cultural Studies | January 1, 1989 | 1 | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism | Tokyo, Japan | N | 2006-01-18 | Amazon | 294.3/437 20 | 2006-01-18 | Bibliotheca codicum Asiaticorum ; 2 | 149 | Mandala (Buddhism) | 26 cm. | |||||||
| BQ4350.T47 | No Author | The Threefold refuge in the Theravada Buddhist tradition | 0-89012-030-7 | Paperback | N | N | Anima Books | 1982 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism | Chambersburg, Pa. | N | $1.99 | ABOUT THE BOOK Threefold Refuge in the Theravada Buddhist Tradition | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 294.3/42 19 | 1969-12-31 | 89 | Threefold refuge, Therav¯ada Buddhism | 22 cm. | |||||
| DS407.J63 T57 | No Author | Through Indian Eyes | 0-275-88740-2 | Binding Unknown | N | N | Praeger | Jan 1974 | 1 | India -- Civilization -- Juvenile literature | New York | N | $2.50 | A cultural and sociological survey of India emphasizing the thought and way of life of her peoples. | 2006-01-22 | Half.com | 954 s 954 19 | 2006-01-22 | Their Through Indian eyes, v. 1 | 156 | India -- Civilization -- Juvenile literature, India | 25 cm. | |||||
| KPM516.A67 | No Author | Women and the law: Proceedings of the Regional Seminar on Women and the Law, June 1980, Tagaytay City | 9711501619 | Paperback | N | N | Asia Foundation | 1983 | 1 | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc | MIA, Philippines | N | Includes bibliographies. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 346.501/34 345.06134 19 | 1970-01-07 | 244 | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc, -- Congresses, Women -- Legal status, laws, etc, Congresses | 23 cm. | |||||||
| B2430.D484 N66 | Norris, Christopher | Derrida | 0-674-19824-7 | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $14.95 | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 272 | |||||||||||
| PG3476.A324 N67 | Nosik, Boris | Anna i Amedeo: Istoriia tainoi liubvi Akhmatovoi i Modil§iani, ili, Risunok v inter§ere : dokumental§naia povest§ | 5050045177 | Unknown Binding | N | N | OAO Izd-vo "Raduga" | 1997 | 1 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- Relations | Moskva | N | $19.99 | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 237 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- Relations, with men, Modigliani, Amedeo, 1884-1920 -- Relations with, women, Poets, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography, Painters -- Italy -- Biography | 19 cm. | |||||||
| BL2001.2.466 | O'Flaherty, Wendy | Hindu Myths: A Sourcebook Translated from the Sanskrit (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-044306-1 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Books | September, 1975 | 1 | 2.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Mythology : Indian | Harmondsworth ; Baltimore | N | $2.75 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 294.5/1/308 | 1975 | 2005-10-08 | Penguin Classics Series | 368 | Mythology, Hindu | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches | |||
| BF1078.O' | O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger | Dreams, Illusion, and Other Realities | 0-226-61855-2 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | February 15, 1986 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | N | $32.50 | 1970-01-03 | Amazon | 1970-01-03 | 382 | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches | |||||||||
| BJ1401 | O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger | Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology | 0-520-04098-8 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | October, 1980 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Genre Fiction : Fairy Tales | N | $29.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | Hermeneutics, Studies in the History Of | 424 | 9.2 x 6.0 x 1.0 inches | |||||||
| BL304.D55 | O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger | Other Peoples' Myths : The Cave of Echoes | 0-226-61857-9 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | November 1, 1995 | 2 | 3.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Mythology : General | N | $11.56 | Book Description Other People's Myths celebrates the universal art of storytelling, and the rich diversity of stories that people live by. Drawing on Biblical parables, Greek myths, Hindu epics, and the modern mythologies of Woody Allen and soap operas, Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty encourages us to feel anew the force of myth and tradition in our lives, and in the lives of other cultures. She shows how the stories of mythology--whether of Greek gods, Chinese sages, or Polish rabbis--enable all cultures to define themselves. She raises critical questions about the way we interpret mythical stories, especially the way different cultures make use of central texts and traditions. And she offers a sophisticated way of looking at the roles myths play in all cultures. | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 240 | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| BL1218.034 | O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger | Siva, the Erotic Ascetic (Galaxy Books) | 0-19-520250-3 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | June, 1981 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Mythology : General | New York | N | $22.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Siva: The Erotic Ascetic FROM THE PUBLISHER Highly acclaimed upon its original publication in 1973 under the title Asceticism and Eroticism in the Mythology of Siva, this book applies a structuralist method to a corpus of mythology never before analyzed, or for the most part, translated from the Sanskrit. The author traces the development of an Indian approach to an enduring human dilemma: the conflict between spiritual aspirations and human desires. The work treats hundreds of related myths and examines a wide range of Indian texts (Vedic, Puranic, classical, modern, and tribal), centering upon the stories of the great ascetic, Siva, and his erotic alter ego, Kama. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 294.5/211 19 | c197 | 2005-10-04 | 218 | Siva (Hindu deity), Mythology, Hindu | 8.7 x 5.8 x 1.0 inches | ||||
| PS3529.H28 A6 | O'Hara, Frank | Selected Poems | 0-394-71973-5 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | February 12, 1974 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : Anthologies | New York | N | $2.88 | Book Description The overall arrangement of the poems is chronological. There is a brief chronology of O'Hara's short life and an index of titles. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 811/.5/4 | 1970-01-07 | 233 | 1.0 x 7.2 x 8.2 inches | ||||||
| BX1406.3.H33 | O'Toole, James M. (Editor) | Habits of Devotion: Catholic Religious Practice in Twentieth-Century America | 0-8014-4256-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Cornell University Press | August 15, 2004 | 1 | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | N | $34.96 | Book Description "For generations, American Catholics . . . lived out their faith through countless unremarkable routines. Deep questions of theology usually meant little to them, but parishioners clung to deeply ingrained habits of devotion, both public and private. Particular devotions changed over time, waxing or waning in popularity, but the habits endured: going to mass on Sunday, saying prayers privately and teaching their children to do the same, filling their homes with crucifixes and other religious images, participating in special services, blending the church's calendar of feast and fast days with the secular cycles of work and citizenship, negotiating their conformity (or not) to the church's demands regarding sexual behavior and even diet . . . . It was religious practice, carried out in daily and weekly observance, that embodied their faith, more than any abstract set of dogmas."-from the Introduction In Habits of Devotion, four senior scholars take the measure of the central religious practices and devotions that by the middle of the twentieth century defined the "ordinary, week-to-week religion" of the majority of American Catholics. Their essays investigate prayer, devotion to Mary, confession, and the Eucharist as practiced by Catholics in the United States before and shortly after the Second Vatican Council. | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 289 | 9.6 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches | |||||||||
| BQ4485.024 | Obeyesekere, Gananath | Imagining Karma: Ethical Transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek Rebirth | 0-520-23243-7 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | October 7, 2002 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Religious Studies : Comparative Religion | N | $24.95 | 2005-05-02 | Amazon | 2005-05-02 | 520 | 9.4 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches | |||||||||
| BL600.023 | Obeyesekere, Gananath | Medusa's Hair : An Essay on Personal Symbols and Religious Experience | 0-226-61601-0 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | September 15, 1984 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology | N | $13.00 | Book Description The great pilgrimage center of southeastern Sri Lanka, Kataragama, has become in recent years the spiritual home of a new class of Hindu-Buddhist religious devotees. These ecstatic priests and priestesses invariably display long locks of matted hair, and they express their devotion to the gods through fire walking, tongue-piercing, hanging on hooks, and trance-induced prophesying. The increasing popularity of these ecstatics poses a challenge not only to orthodox Sinhala Buddhism (the official religion of Sri Lanka) but also, as Gananath Obeyesekere shows, to the traditional anthropological and psychoanalytic theories of symbolism. Focusing initially on one symbol, matted hair, Obeyesekere demonstrates that the conventional distinction between personal and cultural symbols is inadequate and naive. His detailed case studies of ecstatics show that there is always a reciprocity between the personal-psychological dimension of the symbol and its public, culturally sanctioned role. Medusa's Hair thus makes an important theoretical contribution both to the anthropology of individual experience and to the psychoanalytic understanding of culture. In its analyses of the symbolism of guilt, the adaptational and integrative significance of belief in spirits, and a host of related issues concerning possession states and religiosity, this book marks a provocative advance in psychological anthropology. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 1984 | 2005-10-08 | 232 | 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches | |||||||
| BL600.O23 | Obeyesekere, Gananath | Medusa's hair: An essay on personal symbols and religious experience | 0-226-61600-2 | Unknown Binding | N | N | University of Chicago Press | 1981 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality | Chicago | N | $9.45 | ABOUT THE BOOK Medusa's Hair: An Essay on Personal Symbols and Religious Experiences | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 306/.6 19 | 1981 | 1970-01-07 | 217 | Symbolism, Hair -- Religious aspects, Kataragama (Sri Lanka) -- Religious life and, customs | 23 cm. | ||||
| PG3237.E502 | Obolensky, Dimitri (Editor) | The Heritage of Russian Verse | 0-253-32736-9 | Paperback | N | N | Indiana University Press | June, 1976 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Bloomington | N | $24.95 | Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 891.7/1/008 | 1970-01-07 | 544 | Russian poetry -- Translations into English, Russian poetry | 8.2 x 5.3 x 1.4 inches | |||||
| PL858.E14 | Oe, Kenzaburo | The Silent Cry: A Novel (Japanese for Busy People) | 4770019653 | Paperback | N | N | Kodansha International | November, 1994 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | N | $11.20 | The Times "A major feat of the imagination." The Boston Globe "A formidable scholar and intellectual whose novels express the moral soul-searching of postwar Japan." | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1981 | 1970-01-21 | 288 | 8.4 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches | |||||||
| PG2361.O37 1996 | Offord, Derek | Using Russian : a guide to contemporary usage | 0-521-45130-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Cambridge | Cambridge | 1 | Russian language -- Usage | Cambridge [England] ; New York | N | Includes bibliographic references (p. xv-xvii) and index. | 1970-01-14 | Library of Congress [1] | 1970-01-14 | 407 | Russian language -- Usage, Russian language -- Grammar, Russian language -- Synonyms and antonyms, Russian language -- Textbooks for foreign, speakers -- English | 25 cm. | ||||||||
| BT80.O4 | Ogden, Schubert M. | The Reality of God and Other Essays | 0-87074-318-X | Paperback | N | N | Southern Methodist University Press | April, 1992 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Theology : General | Dallas | N | $12.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Reality of God and Other Essays | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 231 20 | 2005-11-20 | 237 | Theology, Doctrinal | 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches | |||||
| PS3565.L34 W44 | Olds, Sharon | The Wellspring : Poems | 0-679-76560-3 | Paperback | N | N | Knopf | January 30, 1996 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( O ) : Olds, Sharon | New York | N | $10.20 | Amazon.com The theme of Sharon Olds' fifth volume of poetry, The Wellspring is family and the sexual and sensual nature of the creation and sustenance of life--most often her own. From a time in her mother's life that preceded her own birth ("half of me/was deep in her body, dyed egg") to her father's testicles ("my brothers/and sisters are there, swimming by the cinerous/millions") to her son (who "waited inside me so many years/egg in my side before I was born"), her place in the reproductive life of her family is paramount. Even when the ostensible subject of a poem is as public as a campus antiwar demonstration, as in "May 1968," the real topic is creation and procreation: "The mounted police moved, near us/while we sang ... /if my period did not come tonight/I was pregnant."--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Publishers Weekly The subjects covered in Olds's (The Father) new collection will be familiar to readers, as will be her uncompromising insights and the beauty of her verse. The poems of Part I address the poet's childhood and her uneasy relationship with her parents, subjects about which she continues to display the bittersweet lyricism at which she excels: "...sometimes I thought she could/ sense bits of herself in my body/ like dots of undissolved sugar/ in a recipe that did not quite work out." Part II, concerned primarily with adolescence and awakening sexuality, offers perhaps the strongest grouping as Olds explores sexuality in an "endless... apprenticeship to the mortal." Least effective are the poems that follow, mainly about her children and her motherhood, where even Olds's powers of microscopic observation-of both self and other-do not always lift this material out of the mundane. The last poems celebrate love in marriage, portraying the maturing of erotic and emotional bonds over time ("love is simply our element,/ it is the summer night, we are in it.") While one might wish to see Olds taking more chances and expanding her subject matter, she does not fail to awaken us to the depth and beauty of familiar concerns. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 811/.54 20 | 1996 | 1969-12-31 | 112 | 8.5 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches | |||||
| BL1124.52.E5 | Olivelle, Patrick (Translator) | Upanisads (World's Classics) | 0-19-282292-6 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | May 1, 1996 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | N | $3.54 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) | 2005-03-23 | Amazon | 2005-03-23 | 446 | 0.8 x 4.8 x 7.5 inches | ||||||||
| HC683.5.O49 | Omvedt, Gail | Reinventing Revolution: New Social Movements and the Socialist Tradition in India (Socialism and Social Movements) | 0-87332-784-5 | Hardcover | N | N | M E Sharpe Inc | April, 1997 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Economics : Economic History | Armonk, N.Y. | N | $91.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Reinventing Revolution: New Social Movements and the Socialist Tradition in India | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 303.48/4/0954 20 | 1993 | 2005-11-20 | Socialism and Social Movements Series | 353 | Social movements -- India, Socialism -- India, India -- Social conditions -- 1947-, Feminism -- India, Caste -- India, Green movement -- India, Peasant uprisings -- India | 1.2 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | |||
| P106.O5 | Ong, Walter J. | The Presence of the Word: Some Prolegomena for Cultural and Religious History | 0-8166-1043-6 | Paperback | N | N | Univ of Minnesota Pr | June, 1981 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Minneapolis | N | $16.50 | Book Description Terry Lectures. A religious philosopher's exploration of the nature and history of the word argues that the word is initially and always sound, that it cannot be reduced to any other category, and that sound is essentially an event manifesting power and personal presence. His analysis of the development of verbal expression, from oral sources through the transfer to the visual world and to contemporary means of electronic communication, shows that the predicament of the human word is the predicament of man himself.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 401 19 | 2005-11-20 | 360 | Language and languages -- Philosophy, Logos (Philosophy) | 1.0 x 5.8 x 8.8 inches | |||||
| BR65 | Origen | Origen: An Exortation to Martyrdom, Prayer, and Selected Works | 0-8091-2198-0 | Paperback | N | N | Paulist Press | June, 1979 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Authors, A-Z : ( O ) : Origen | New York | N | $13.57 | Language Notes Text: English, Greek (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 230/.1/3 | 1979 | 1970-01-21 | Classics of Western Spirituality Series | 293 | Theology -- Early works to 1800 | 9.2 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | |||
| HG179.O76 | Orman, Suze | The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom | 0-517-70791-8 | Hardcover | N | N | Crown | March 25, 1997 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Industries & Professions : Accounting : General | New York | N | $0.01 | Amazon.com When Suze Orman was 13 she watched her father dive into the flames of his burning take-out chicken shack in order to rescue his cash register. In that moment Orman learned that money was more important than life itself. And so it became her quest to be rich. But years later, when Orman became a wealthy broker with a huge investment firm, she was profoundly unhappy. What went wrong? She had not yet achieved financial freedom. In her nine-step program, Orman covers the ingredients to financial success--confronting our beliefs and fears, learning the nuts and bolts (and insiders secrets!) of savvy management, and finding the spiritual trust that leads to abundance. Amazon.com Audio Review Suze Orman's reading of the audio version of her bestselling book The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom is nothing if not intense. Coming at you with the force of a summer hurricane heading for Cape Fear, Orman recounts one horror story after another to help us avoid financial disaster. But, if her insistent, somewhat graceless voice takes some getting used to, it's well worth the adjustment. After awhile, you'll be glad she's doing the talking, blending years of experience as a certified financial planner with credible authority and, more important, a passionate belief in our individual abilities to handle our own finances. There's no question that Suze Orman cares about how we manage our money. To show her commitment to our financial well-being, Orman packs this abridgment with an unusual combination of practical advice and psychological exercises. During our three hours with her, we receive arguably the best education available on mutual funds, estate planning, income taxes--even life insurance. But we also learn how to "face our fear" of money by exploring our past for the source of the fear. Later, she tells us that giving money to charity actually helps us release this fear. And, in perhaps her most startling step ("trust yourselves more than others"), Orman suggests we follow our inner voice while making investment decisions, a voice she believes comes from God. Whatever you may thing of that revelation, it's impossible to be put off by Orman's candid, idiosyncratic approach to money management. This is one self-help tape that lives up to the genre. Listeners who stick with Orman till the end will be truly inspired to take money matters into their own hands--and they'll likely get started immediately. (Running time: 10 hours and 43 minutes, two cassettes) --Ann Senechal--This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 332.024 21 | 1997 | 1970-01-14 | 288 | Finance, Personal | 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches | ||||
| BT660.N44077 | Orsi, Robert | The Madonna of 115th Street : Faith and Community in Italian Harlem | 0-300-04264-7 | Paperback | N | N | Yale University Press | March 23, 1988 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | N | $4.83 | 2005-05-02 | Amazon | 2005-05-02 | 289 | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches | |||||||||
| GN479.65.O77 | Ortner, Sherry B. | Making Gender : The Politics and Erotics of Culture | 0-8070-4633-7 | Paperback | N | N | Beacon Press | October 31, 1997 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | N | $12.92 | Amazon.com Anthropology began as the study of how diverse cultures shape differently the human condition. Culture, it was understood, makes the man or woman. More recently, this has been seen as too conservative a credo and some anthropologists have shifted to a study of how people overcome culture. This shift in emphasis from acculturation to empowerment is reflected in this collection of essays on feminism written over a 20-year time span. The earliest essay details the cultural subordination of women. The later essays are accounts of women bucking male domination, including a fascinating account of liberated Western women climbing in the Himalayas. Its complex portrait of sexual liaisons with local porters, of demands for female porters, and the effect on the local culture, creates an apt symbol of women seeking power and climbing a mountain.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Publishers Weekly Ortner, a feminist anthropologist and winner of a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award, mixes her pathbreaking papers and specialized academic pieces in this collection of eight essays spanning the last 25 years. In one influential 1972 article she argues that in every society women are viewed as closer to nature, whereas men are identified with culture, a prejudice that she blames for the universal second-class status of women. Another major essay looks at men's obsession with female chastity, and their systematic control of women's social and sexual behavior in traditional societies. This ideology, she contends, was bound up with the emergence of patriarchal extended families, social hierarchies and the state. Drawing on her fieldwork in Nepal, Ortner, a professor at UC-Berkeley, offers some unusual perspectives on the roles of women, such as the entry of European, American and Tibetan women since the 1970s into Himalayan mountaineering and their interactions with Sherpa guides. Another provocative essay contrasts the popular image of Polynesia as a haven of sexual liberation with less familiar realities: low status of women, a high incidence of rape and sexual violence, an elaborate prestige system regulating personal status. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 288 | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| BL2032.S45077 | Ortner, Sherry B. | Sherpas through their Rituals (Cambridge Studies in Cultural Systems) | 0-521-29216-6 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | April 14, 1978 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | Cambridge ; New York | N | $26.99 | Book Description The Sherpas of the Himalayas practice Tibetan Buddhism, a variety of Mahayana Buddhism that has never before been studied in its social setting by an anthropologist. This book is at once a general interpretation of Sherpa culture, an examination of the relationship between the Sherpas' Buddhism and other aspects of their society, and a theoretical contribution to the study of ritual and religious symbolism. In analyzing the symbols of Sherpa rituals, professor Ortner leads us toward the discovery of conflict, contradiction, and stress in the wider social and cultural world. Following a general ethnographic sketch, each chapter opens with a brief description of a ritual. The ritual is then dissected, and its symbolic elements are used as guides in the exploration of problematic structures, relationships, and ideas of the culture. The author uses these rituals to illuminate the interconnections between religious ideology on the one hand, and social structure and experience on the other. A key factor is the dimension of Buddhism that emphasizes the ideal of individual autonomy and social withdrawal. This is reinforced by the Sherpa society's tendency toward individualism, an inclination rooted partly in the private property structure. Professor Ortner's analysis of the rituals reveals both the Buddhist pull toward exaggerating the isolation of individuals, and the secular pull that attempts to overcome isolation and to reproduce the conditions for social community. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 294.3/4/3 | 1970-01-21 | Cambridge Studies in Cultural Systems Series | 208 | Sherpa (Nepalese people) -- Religion, Buddhism -- Himalaya Mountains Region, Doctrines | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| PG3410 | Orwin, Donna Tussing (Editor) | The Cambridge Companion to Tolstoy (Cambridge Companions to Literature) | 0-521-52000-2 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | September 19, 2002 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Cambridge, UK ; New York | N | $23.99 | Review 'Indispensable for all who teach of study Tolstoy.' Rusistika '... it must be said that these are, without exception, very good essays ... For Tolstoi specialists this book, like all good books, provides fertile ground for future research ... for the more general reader this collection of clearly written essays, based on recent research, and including some useful websites, will be welcome. if it helps to bolster the study of Tolstoi in UK Russian departments it will be doubly welcome.' Slavonic & East European Review '... superb ... Every essay in this collection exhibits a high quality of arguement, knowledge, insight and clarity of exposition. Specialists and general readers alike will want to read them all, and in so doing will find their understanding of Tolstoi, as man, artist and public figures, greatly enriched.' Journal of European Studies Book Description Key dimensions of Tolstoy's writing and life are explored in this collection of specially commissioned essays. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 891.73/3 21 | 2005-11-20 | Cambridge Companions to Literature Series | 288 | Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 -- Criticism and, interpretation, Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 -- Handbooks,, manuals, etc | 9.6 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| BQ1937.O79 1998 | Orzech, Charles D. | Politics and Transcendent Wisdom: The Scripture for Humane Kings in the Creation of Chinese Buddhism (Hermeneutics, Studies in the History of Religions) | 0-271-01715-5 | Hardcover | N | N | Pennsylvania State University Press | August, 1998 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : China : General | University Park, Pa. | N | $74.00 | Book Description Winner, Best First Book in the History of Religions (American Academy of Religion) The first examination of the relationship between Buddhist notions of transcendence and political authority in East Asia. "A significant work that belongs in any serious collection on Buddhist studies."-Choice "Orzech's project forces a rethinking of the relationship between religion and politics that scholars in all fields of religion will find intriguing. His focus is a Buddhist text authored in China but made to look like a translation from Sanskrit. His study excavates what the winds of history and the biases of history-writers have covered up: the fact that Tantric Buddhism occupied a crucial position in medieval Chinese civilization."-Stephen F. Teiser, Princeton University Politics and Transcendent Wisdom presents a systematic theoretical framework for understanding the relationship between politics and religion in a variety of contexts. This book examines the formation of "national protection" Buddhism in China and translates the key text of this important movement. Showing that Buddhist notions of sovereignty were meant and were taken as more than mere metaphor, Orzech examines the profound link between Buddhist notions of transcendence and the deployment of political authority in East Asia. To this integration of philosophical tradition and political history is brought a new understanding of Buddhist cosmology. The contexts of Buddhism as state religion in fifth- and eighth-century China are examined in detail, through extended consideration of the Transcendent Wisdom Scripture for Humane Kings Who Wish to Protect Their States, the text that was the charter for Buddhist state cults in China, Korea, and Japan into the twentieth century. The text first appeared during the fifth century as Buddhists were struggling to understand how their "foreign" religion and the "foreign" rulers of north China might be adapted to Chinese religious and political culture. The Scripture for Humane Kings and the rites enjoined by it were one answer to these questions. Three centuries later, in the context of a fully sinified Buddhism, the T'ang dynasty Tantric master Pu-k'ung produced a new version of the text with new rites that served as the centerpiece of his vision of a Chinese Buddhist state modeled on esoteric lines. The final section of this volume presents for the first time a full, annotated translation of this important East Asian Buddhist text. Language Notes Text: English Original Language: Chinese | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 294.3/377 21 | 1998 | 1970-01-21 | Hermeneutics, Studies in the History Of | 351 | Jen wang po je ching -- Criticism,, interpretation, etc | 8.8 x 6.8 x 1.0 inches | |||
| B3147.S2413 1990 | Osers, Ewald | Schopenhauer and the Wild Years of Philosophy | 0-674-79276-9 | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | September 1, 1991 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $22.95 | From Library Journal Schopenhauer (1788-1860) was a contemporary of the great German philosophers Kant, Fichte, and Hegel, who broke from the ideological traditions of his day to espouse a unique doctrine of pessimism and individualism. His writings represent an almost Romantic counterpoint to the abstract system-building that culminated in the work of Hegel. Safranski's comprehensive biography of this complex and fascinating man unfolds within a richly detailed portrayal of German literary and intellectual life in the 19th century. This lively blend of biography and historical narrative makes it an excellent choice for interesed general readers as well as serious students of philosophy. This book is sure to become a standard work on Schopenhauer and is highly recommended. -Raymond Frey, Bergen Community Coll., Paramus, N.J. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review This biography succeeds admirably in placing Schopenhauer and his work in the varied milieux appropriate to them. The intellectual scene in Europe changed greatly during Schopenhauer's working lifetime, and Safranski is excellent at conveying the atmosphere of the different places and periods...The considerable learning which enables Safranski to put all this together is quite unobtrusive. The style throughout is brisk and keeps the reader's attention...It is a book the literate public will read with enjoyment. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1991 | 1970-01-21 | 404 | 9.1 x 6.0 x 1.0 inches | |||||||
| BX8635.2.088 | Ostling, Richard | Mormon America: The Power and the Promise | 0-06-066372-3 | Paperback | N | N | HarperSanFrancisco | October 1, 2000 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Americas : United States : General | N | $12.21 | Amazon.com Mormon America: The Power and The Promise by Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling, grew out of a 1997 Time magazine cover story called "Mormon's Inc." One of the reporters on that story, Richard Ostling, became so fascinated by Mormonism that he set out to write "a candid but non-polemical" overview of the Church, beginning with its founding by Joseph Smith Jr. in 1830 and continuing to the present day. The resulting book is a marvel of clarity, organization, and analysis. For statistical reasons alone, the Mormon Church demands a reader's attention: in just 170 years, the Church has grown from six members to more than 10 million; if current rates of growth continue, membership could hit 265 million by 2080, which would make it the most important world religion to emerge since the rise of Islam. Mormon America clarifies the reasons for the religion's rapid growth: "It was from the beginning optimistic and upbeat, a reaction against the establishment New England Calvinism.... It was a religious version of the American dream: Everyman presented with unlimited potential." The book also investigates the Mormons' immense wealth (relative to size, this is "America's richest church, with an estimated $30 billion in assets and something like $6 billion in annual income, mostly from members' tithes.") It anatomizes the minutiae of Church governance (Mormonism is ruled by a self-perpetuating, all-male hierarchy, headed by a "President, Prophet, Seer, and Revelator"), details the many rules that govern the Mormon lifestyle (famously, they avoid caffeine and alcohol; the Church's mandates extend even to the proper technique for "dispos[ing] of worn-out holy underwear"), and summarizes the Mormon scriptures. Mormon America is a compulsively readable book, not only for its insightful analysis and wealth of factual information, but also, and most importantly, because it respects its subject rigorously. "This is a real faith," the Ostlings write, "and must be understood in those terms, without caricature." --Michael Joseph Gross--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Product Description: In this candid examination of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one of America's leading religion journalists covers everyaspect of this little-understood community of faith whose family values, business success, and evangelistic missions have helped it become one of the world's fastest growing religions. Esteemed Time and Associated Press reporter Richard N. Ostling and fellow journalist Joan K. Ostling navigate the Mormon Church's complex origins and inner workings. They explore the dramatic changes in its policies on polygamy, its conviction in its manifest destiny as the true religion of America, its vocal dissenters, and the ways in which the church handles its vast financial, media, and educational resources. Richard and Joan Ostling give readers a comprehensive and insightful look into this intriguing religion, complete with the church's history, beliefs, culture, and plans for the future. They shed light on the church's phenomenal success and the strong appeal of its teachings, and provide previously unreported details about its financial investments, worldwide missions, and internal politics. In Mormon America, Richard Ostling picks up where his widely read 1997 Time magazine cover story, "Mormons, Inc.," left off, by illuminating the church's continuing surge in power and popularity. The Ostlings assemble through their reportage the complete story behind the most prosperous religious group in contemporary America. | 2005-04-15 | Amazon | 2005-04-15 | 480 | 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches | ||||||||
| PG1376.084 1989 | Ostojic, Branko | English-Serbocroatian Serbocroatian-English Pocket Dictionary | 0-87052-806-8 | Hardcover | N | N | Hippocrene Books | November 1989 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : English (All) | N | $5.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Serbo-Croatian-English - English-Serbo Croatian Dictionary | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1970-04-15 | 406 | |||||||||
| DF552.5.08153 | Ostrogorsky, George | History of the Byzantine State (Rutgers Byzantine series) | 0-8135-0599-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Marboro Books | October 1, 1990 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Europe : General | New Brunswick, N.J. | N | $5.98 | (Choice) "History of the Byzantine State constitutes the canonical version of Byzantine history, superior of anything else in English."- Choice. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2006-01-18 | Amazon | 949.5 | 2006-01-18 | Byzantine Ser. | 624 | Byzantine Empire -- History | , col. maps. 25 cm. | ||||
| BL53.O91 | Otto, Rudolf | The Idea of the Holy | 0-19-500210-5 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | June, 1958 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Metaphysics | New York | N | $14.95 | Book Description Now in new covers! | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 201 | 2005-10-08 | A Galaxy book, GB14 | 254 | Religion | 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches | ||||
| PA6522.M2 | Ovid | Metamorphoses (Penguin Classics ed.) | 0-14-044058-5 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | October 30, 1955 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( O ) : Ovid | N | $0.16 | Book Description This volume presents the Latin text, with an Introduction and full commentary, of Book XIII of the Roman poet Ovid's long work Metamorphoses. It discusses in detail Ovid's treatment of his sources and sets out the ways in which he adapted earlier literature as material for his novel enterprise. Guidance is offered on points of language and style, and the Introduction treats in general terms the themes of metamorphosis and the structure of the poem as a whole.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | Penguin Classics Series | 368 | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches | |||||||
| PA6522 | Ovid | The Poems of Exile (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-044407-6 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | August 2, 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( O ) : Ovid | London ; New York | N | $4.00 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Latin | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 871/.01 20 | 1970-01-07 | Penguin Classics Series | 528 | Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D, English, Poets, Latin -- Homes and haunts -- Romania --, Constan÷ta, Epistolary poetry, Latin -- Translations into, English, Complaint poetry, Latin -- Translations into, English, Poets, Latin -- Correspondence, Constan÷ta (Roma | 1.0 x 5.2 x 8.0 inches | ||||
| DC159.09613 | Ozouf, Mona | Festivals and the French Revolution | 0-674-29884-5 | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | October, 1991 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Europe : France : General | N | $36.39 | From Library Journal This insightful study of the French Revolutionary festival is certainly one of the most important works on the Revolution to appear in English in the last 25 years. In this novel approach, Ozouf concentrates on the symbolism, psychology, and significance of the festival, showing the importance of the festival in creating a new world view. The festival is regarded as a medium for national civic education and a manifestation of a new world order basic to modern civilization. Aided by an excellent translation, this thoughtful work will interest serious lay readers and scholars. Highly recommended. William C. McCully, Park Ridge P.L., Ill. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 400 | 9.2 x 6.0 x 1.2 inches | ||||||||
| BL1236.36.M387 | Padoux, a. | Mantras et diagrammes rituels dans l'hindouisme | 2-271-06050-8 | Paperback | N | N | Ed. du CNRS | April 5, 2002 | 1 | 2.0 Stars | N | $61.16 | 2006-01-18 | Amazon | 2006-01-18 | 0 | |||||||||||
| PC2111.P24 | Palmeri, Joseph | FR for Reading Knowledge | 0-442-24121-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Heinle | January 1969 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | N | $5.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK FR for Reading Knowledge | 2005-11-20 | Barnes & Noble | 2005-11-20 | 0 | 8.5 in x 5.5 in x 0.8 in | |||||||||
| BL41.P36 | Pals, Daniel L. | Seven Theories of Religion | 0-19-508725-9 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | June 1, 1996 | 1 | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Theology : Philosophy | N | $34.95 | Book Description Seven Theories of Religion introduces a sequence of "classic" attempts to explain religion scientifically, presenting each in brief outline and in non-technical language. It considers first the views of E.B. Tylor and James Frazer, two Victorian pioneers in anthropology and the comparative study of religion. It explores the controversial "reductionist" approaches of Freud, Marx, and Emile Durkheim, then explains the program of their most outspoken opponent, the Romanian-American scholar Mircea Eliade. Further on, it examines certain newer methods and ideas advanced by the English ethnographer E.E. Evans-Pritchard and by the American Clifford Geertz, two of the present century's most celebrated names in fieldwork anthropology. Each chapter offers biographical background, exposition of the theory, comparative analysis, and critical assessment. Easily accessible to students in introductory religion courses, Seven Theories of Religion is an enlightening treatment of this controversial and fascinating subject. | 2005-04-30 | Amazon | 2005-04-30 | 294 | 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches | |||||||||
| PK2598.P265 | Pandey, Rudra Raj | Rupamati | 8173031029 | Paperback | N | N | Book Faith India | January 1, 1999 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | Delhi | N | $16.95 | Balkrishna Sama "Nourishment that is both tasty and healthy - that is the kind of novel I consider Rupamati to be..." Lakshmi Prasad Devkota "...it should be considered as a new light and as a new milestone within the history of Nepali prose." | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 891.4/953 21 | 1970-01-21 | 139 | 22 cm. | ||||||
| DS481.G3 | Parel, Anthony (Editor) | Gandhi, Freedom, and Self-Rule | 0-7391-0137-4 | Textbook Binding | N | N | Lexington Books | June 28, 2000 | 1 | History : Asia : India | Lanham, MD | N | $27.00 | Book Description This volume presents an original account of Mahatma Gandhi's four meanings of freedom: as sovereign national independence, as the political freedom of the individual, as freedom from poverty, and as the capacity for self-rule or spiritual freedom. Gandhi taught that human well-being, both for the individual and for the collective, requires the simultaneous enjoyment of all four of these aspects. Gandhi drew his ideas on the subject from both Eastern and Western sources. Thus they make an important contribution to the ongoing debate in both the East and the West on the scope and nature of freedom. They provide a vantage point from which to assess the adequacy of the reigning theories of liberalism in the West--such as the Western divisions of rights from duties and individual political freedom from spiritual freedom. Likewise, they throw useful light on the dangers inherent in the ascendant Indian ideology of "hindutva" (Hindu-ness), which concentrates on national independence and economic freedom and subordinates the freedom of the individual. In this volume, seven leading Gandhi scholars write on the four meanings of Gandhian freedom, engaging the reader in the ongoing debates in the East and the West and contributing to a new comparative political theory. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 954.03/5/092 21 | 2000 | 2005-10-08 | Global Encounters Series | 164 | Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Political and, social views | 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches | ||||
| DS493.9.N4 P36 | Parish, Steven M | Hierarchy and its discontents: Culture and the politics of consciousness in caste society | 0-19-564248-1 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Oxford University Press | 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | N | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 270 | ||||||||||||
| DS493.9.N4937 | Parish, Steven M. | Moral Knowing in a Hindu Sacred City | 0-231-08439-0 | Paperback | N | N | Columbia University Press | April 15, 1994 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | N | $28.50 | From Book News, Inc. Argues that moral consciousness is constructed through engagement with cultural meanings and practices rather than solely by internal psychological development, and applies the approach to people in Bhaktapur, the most traditionally Hindu city in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. A contribution to cultural psychology, an emerging discipline that explores how culture interacts with mind, self, and emotion. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Owen M. Lynch New York University Parish makes palpable an individuals experience of living in a different moral worldone filled with the dilemmas of choice, the joys and tensions of family life, and the conflicting tugs of social obligation and personal desire. | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 342 | 0.8 x 6.2 x 9.0 inches | ||||||||
| PG3476.A324Z459 | Patera, Tatiana | A Concordance to the Poetry of Anna Akhmatova | 0-87501-111-X | Library Binding | N | N | Ardis Publishers | December 1995 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : Anthologies | Dana Point, CA | N | $75.00 | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 891.71/42 20 | 1995 | 1970-04-16 | 339 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 --, Concordances | 11.3 x 8.7 x 1.1 inches | ||||
| BL80.2.M278 | Patton, Kimberley C. (Editor) | A Magic Still Dwells: Comparative Religion in the Postmodern Age | 0-520-22105-2 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | January 1, 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Religious Studies : Comparative Religion | N | $18.95 | Book Description The first thorough assessment of the field of comparative religion in forty years, this groundbreaking volume surmounts the seemingly intractable division between postmodern scholars who reject the comparative endeavor and those who affirm it. The contributors demonstrate that a broader vision of religion, involving different scales of comparison for different purposes, is both justifiable and necessary. A Magic Still Dwells brings together leading historians of religions from a wide range of backgrounds and vantage points, and draws from traditions as diverse as Indo-European mythology, ancient Greek religion, Judaism, Buddhism, Ndembu ritual, and the spectrum of religions practiced in America. The contributors take seriously the postmodern critique, explain its impact on their work, uphold or reject various premises, and in several cases demonstrate new comparative approaches. Together, the essays represent a state-of-the-art assessment of current issues in the comparative study of religion. From the Back Cover "The need for a fresh look at the area of comparative religions should be apparent to anyone with any connection to the field. In the time that post modernism has become the fin de siecle intellectual establishment, challenge to its orthodoxy has become unthinkable. However it is now obvious that a radical change of intellectual style is much overdue. We cannot of course simply return to the older approaches associated with the work of Wach, Eliade, and Smith, but rather must critique post modernism from within the mind set of the period. This book does just that, filling a yawning gap in the literature of the field."--Ralph Slotten, Dickinson College | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 245 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| HQ1742.P39 | Patton, Laurie (Editor) | Jewels of Authority: Women and Textual Tradition in Hindu India | 0-19-513478-8 | Hardcover | N | N | Oxford University Press | January 1, 2002 | 1 | History : Asia : India | N | $55.00 | 2005-04-30 | Amazon | 2005-04-30 | 228 | 9.5 x 6.6 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||||
| PG337.P35 | Pavlova, Karolina | A Double Life | 0-936041-01-3 | Paperback | N | N | Barbary Coast Books | August 1986 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Russian | N | $0.36 | Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | 111 | 0.5 x 5.8 x 8.5 inches | ||||||||
| DK511.B3853 P39 | Paxson, Margaret | Solovyovo: The Story of Memory in a Russian Village | 0-253-21801-2 | Paperback | N | N | Indiana University Press | November 2005 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : Japan | Washington, D.C. | N | $24.95 | Book Description In a small village beside a reed-lined lake in the Russian north, a cluster of farmers has lived for centuries-in the time of tsars and feudal landlords; Bolsheviks and civil wars; collectivization and socialism; perestroika and open markets. Solovyovo is about the place and power of social memory. Based on extensive anthropological fieldwork in that single village, it shows how villagers configure, transmit, and enact social memory through narrative genres, religious practice, social organization, commemoration, and the symbolism of space. Margaret Paxson relates present-day beliefs, rituals, and practices to the remembered traditions articulated by her informants. She brings to life the everyday social and agricultural routines of the villagers as well as holiday observances, religious practices, cosmology, beliefs and practices surrounding health and illness, the melding of Orthodox and communist traditions and their post-Soviet evolution, and the role of the! yearly calendar in regulating village lives. The result is a compelling ethnography of a Russian village, the first of its kind in modern, North American anthropology. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-05-16 | Amazon | 947/.19 22 | 2005 | 1970-05-16 | 388 | Ethnology -- Russia (Federation) -- Belozerskiæi, raæion (Vologodskaëiìa oblast§), Belozerskiæi raæion (Vologodskaëiìa oblast§,, Russia) -- Social life and customs, Memory -- Social aspects -- Russia (Federation), -- Belozerskiæi raæion (Vologodskaëiìa obl | 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.2 inches | ||||
| JQ620.R28 P32 | Peabody, Norbert | Hindu Kingship and Polity in Precolonial India | 0-521-46548-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Cambridge University Press | November 6, 2002 | 1 | History : Asia : India | N | $60.00 | Review "A finely tuned study...[it] will be of great importance to all scholars of South Asia." Religious Studies Review | 2005-04-30 | Amazon | 2005-04-30 | 206 | 1.0 x 6.2 x 9.0 inches | |||||||||
| B945.P36 A3 | Peirce, C. S. | Philosophical Writings of Peirce | 0-486-20217-8 | Paperback | N | N | Dover Publications | August, 1986 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $10.36 | ABOUT THE BOOK Philosophical Writings of Peirce FROM THE PUBLISHER Arranged and integrated to reveal epistemology, phenomenology, theory of signs, other major topics. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 386 | 8.0 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| B945.P4125 | Peirce, Charles S. | Essential Pierce: Selected Philosophical Writings 1893-1913 | 0-253-33397-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Indiana Univ Pr | May, 1998 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Bloomington | N | $313.66 | ABOUT THE BOOK The Essential Peirce: Selected Philosophical Writings 1893-1913, Vol. 2 | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 191 20 | 2005-10-08 | 584 | Philosophy | 1.8 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | |||||
| B945.P44 A874 | Peirce, Charles S. | Strands of System: The Philosophy of Charles Peirce (History of Philosophy) | 1-55753-059-9 | Paperback | N | N | Purdue University Press | January, 1995 | 1 | 1.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | West Lafayette, Ind. | N | $24.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Strands of System: The Philosophy of Charles Peirce | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 191 20 | 1995 | 2005-10-08 | Series in the History of Philosophy | 204 | Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches | |||
| B945.P4125 | Peirce, Charles S. | The Essential Peirce: Selected Philosophical Writings : (1867-1893) | 0-253-32849-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Indiana Univ Pr | November 1, 1992 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $44.95 | From Library Journal Often considered the greatest American philosopher, Peirce produced no comprehensive treatise; until now, students and scholars had to read through widely scattered papers to gain an overall view of his thought. This anthology remedies that situation by offering a full representation of his work, including several hard-to-obtain items. The editors have arranged the material chronologically, so that the development of Peirce's ideas can be traced. Essays discuss such topics as the philosopher's new system of categories, pragmatism, signs, scientific progress, and evolutionary cosmology. The excellent introduction stresses Peirce's growing adherence to realism and his doctrine of signs. This volume ends in 1893; a second will cover the period from 1894 to his death in 1914. It is highly recommended for scholarly collections. - David Gordon, Bowling Green State Univ., Ohio Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-03 | Amazon | 1970-01-03 | 0 | 1.2 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | ||||||||
| B945.P4373 | Peirce, Charles Sanders | Pragmatism As a Principle and Method of Right Thinking: The 1903 Harvard Lectures on Pragmatism | 0-7914-3265-3 | Hardcover | N | N | State University of New York Press | April 1, 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $25.50 | Book Description This is a study edition of Charles Sanders Peirce's manuscripts for lectures on pragmatism given in spring 1903 at Harvard University. Excerpts from these writings have been published elsewhere but in abbreviated form. Turrisi has edited the manuscripts for publication and has written a series of notes that illuminate the historical, scientific, and philosophical contexts of Peirce's references in the lectures. She has also written a Preface that describes the manner in which the lectures came to be given, including an account of Peirce's life and career pertinent to understanding the philosopher himself. Turrisi's introduction interprets Peirce's brand of pragmatism within his system of logic and philosophy of science as well as within general philosophical principles. | 1970-01-03 | Amazon | 1970-01-03 | 305 | 1.0 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | ||||||||
| PG3485.E38 | Pelevin, Victor | Omon Ra | 0-8112-1364-1 | Paperback | N | N | New Directions Publishing Corporation | February 1998 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Eastern European | New York | N | $9.80 | Amazon.com Named by his father after the Soviet OMON, the Interior Ministry riot police, Omon, a Soviet astronaut, renames himself Ra after the Egyptian sun god. As he approaches his final crisis, Omon reflects on the lies he's told and on the one that has just been revealed to him--that the Soviet space program (that he's based his entire life upon) is entirely other than what it purports to be. As Omon tries to reconcile the events of his life, he remembers what a Colonel of the KGB once told him, " ... the more consciously you perform your feat of heroism, the greater will be the degree of truth." The ensuing truths he uncovers are astonishing. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Publishers Weekly A rising star in the Russian literary firmament (see The Yellow Arrow, below), Pelevin, winner of the 1993 Russian Booker Prize for short stories, has written a parody of life under Communism refracted through the prism of the Soviet space program. This clever parable about a young cosmonaut ordered to make the ultimate sacrifice?killing himself after secretly piloting a supposedly unmanned lunar expedition?is sprinkled with throwaway gags, absurdist humor and wickedly ironic touches, as well as with the eerie beauty of space exploration. Obsessed with space travel since early childhood, Omon Krivomazov identifies with Ra, the ancient Egyptian falcon-headed sun god, a fixation that reflects his desire to escape the gray conformity of Soviet life and his yearning for a soul. Omon learns that more than 100 of his fellow cosmonauts have already been sacrificed as guinea pigs after taking part in supposedly automated, manless launches. Pelevin portrays the Russian space program as a vast propaganda enterprise, a distraction to paper over the tawdriness and fear of everyday life. Many allusions will be lost on American readers. And, in light of the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction state of contemporary Russian society, some of the Soviet-era satire seems oddly tame. Nevertheless, as captured in Bromfield's superb translation, Pelevin is blessed with a distinctive mix of eloquence and nervous energy, inventive storytelling and subversive wit. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 891.73/44 21 | 1970-04-14 | 153 | Astronauts -- Fiction, Soviet Union -- Fiction | 7.9 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches | |||||
| DK510.34 .P47 | Pesmen, Dale | Russia and Soul: An Exploration | 0-8014-8709-9 | Paperback | N | N | Cornell University Press | December 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : Japan | Ithaca | N | $21.95 | From Library Journal Based on interviews with inhabitants of the industrial Russian city of Omsk during the historically charged 1990s, virtual artist Pesmen's fascinating book is unique in its exploration of the Russian national character, the dusha, or "soul." Other books addressing this topic, such as Jerrold and Leona Schecter's Back in the USSR: An American Family Returns to Moscow (LJ 2/1/89. o.p.), have concentrated on Moscow or St. Petersburg, or, like Mikhail Bakhtin's Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics, focused on literary texts. Pesmen contrasts dusha with byt, the boring and unimaginative routine of everyday life, and shows how her subjects stress the unpredictability of dusha, whose protean qualities make it difficult to define. These qualities, Pesmen states, are best explained by Bakhtin, who regards dusha as speaking not with one voice but as a dialog between differing voices. A brilliant book that is highly recommended. Bert Beynen, Des Moines Area Community Coll., Ankeny, IA Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 947 21 | 1970-04-14 | 364 | National characteristics, Russian, Russia (Federation) -- Civilization, Social psychology -- Russia (Federation), Interpersonal relations -- Russia (Federation) | 9.1 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | |||||
| PG3012 | Peterson, Dale | Up from Bondage: The Literatures of Russian and African American Soul | 0-8223-2560-8 | Paperback | N | N | Duke University Press | September, 2000 | 1 | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Russian | Durham | N | $22.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Up from Bondage: The Literatures of Russian and African American "Soul" | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 891.7/09358 21 | 1970-01-14 | 264 | Russian literature -- 19th century -- History and, criticism, Russian literature -- 20th century -- History and, criticism, Nationalism -- Russia, Russia -- Intellectual life -- 1801-1917, American literature -- African American authors, -- History and cri | 9.3 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | ||||||
| PG3485.E724 N35 | Petrushevskaia, Liudmila | Naidi menia, son: Rasskazy | 526400465X | Unknown Binding | N | N | Vagrius | 2000 | 1 | Moskva | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 316 | 22 cm. | ||||||||||
| PG3485.E724 N37 | Petrushevskaia, Liudmila | Nastoiashchie skazki | 5264000522 | Hardcover | N | N | Vagrius | 1999 | 1 | Moscow | N | $10.00 | 2006-01-16 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| PG3485.E724 T56 | Petrushevskaya, Ludmilla | The Time: Night | 0-8101-1800-9 | Paperback | N | N | Northwestern University Press | October 11, 2000 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Comic | N | $10.17 | From Publishers Weekly Since she appeared on the Russian literary scene in the 1970s, Petrushevskaya has produced a steady outpouring of short stories and plays; today, she is generally considered to be one of the finest living Russian writers. This novel, the first of her works to appear in America, portrays the gritty, day-to-day life of ordinary Russians. The loosely structured narrative consists of a manuscript written by the now deceased Anna Andrianovna, a minor poet, interspersed with diary entries by Anna's feckless daughter, Alyona. Anna is desperately trying to hold on to her small apartment in Moscow while fending off the relentless demands of her two grown children and their families. Andrei, her son, is a petty crook recently released from prison; out of work and unable to free himself from a bad crowd, he constantly hits up his mother for money and threatens to move back home. Meanwhile, Alyona, who has a knack for involving herself with unsuitable men and getting pregnant, alternates between living at home and, after dumping her children with Anna, simply disappearing. And then there's Anna's senile mother, who clearly belongs in an institution. Petrushevskaya focuses on Anna's increasingly desperate situation and her conflicted feelings about her role as a mother, a daughter, a woman and a poet. While the facts of the story are relentlessly depressing, the author's signature black humor and matter-of-fact prose result in an insightful and sympathetic portrait of a family in crisis. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Library Journal Awakened in the middle of the night, Soviet poet Anna Andrianovna pours out her grief in scribbled notes at the kitchen table. Anna is a women on the edge, a mother and grandmother scraping out a miserable existence in Moscow as she struggles to provide food and shelter for her extended family, most of whom abuse her kindness, ignore her advice, and shrink from her gestures of love. Anna's story moves at a breathless pace, becoming nearly incoherent as dawn approaches. The book's strength lies in Anna's character and the terrible irony with which she describes her daily life and frustrating attempts to understand the people she loves, with so little hope of reciprocation. This wry American debut, shortlisted for the Russian Booker Prize, is highly recommended for all fiction collections. Sister M. Anna Falbo, Villa Maria Coll. Lib., Buffalo, Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | Fiction/Women's Studies Series | 155 | 7.4 x 4.6 x 0.5 inches | |||||||
| PQ298.P5 1981 | Pierrot, Jean | The Decadent Imagination, 1880-1900 | 0-226-66823-1 | Paperback | N | N | University of Chicago Press | January, 1984 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $24.00 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 310 | |||||||||
| BQ1962,E5 P56 | Pine, Red (Translator) | The Heart Sutra | 1-59376-082-5 | Paperback | N | N | Shoemaker & Hoard | September 9, 2005 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Eastern : General | N | $10.78 | From Booklist The Heart Sutra, a mere 35 lines, is one of Buddhism's best-known teachings, "Buddhism in a nutshell," according to Red Pine, an award-winning translator of Chinese poetry and religious writings. But when he was asked to prepare a fresh translation, he found himself reconsidering its origins, reexamining every word, and reassessing every nuance. The result is a meticulous line-by-line interpretation that will radically deepen readers' understanding of not only the sutra but also Buddhism's underlying structure, Abhidharma, or the Matrix of Reality. Red Pine begins by noting that while no one knows where the Heart Sutra came from or who composed it, he has come to believe that its roots are in Northern India, and that "the noble Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva" named in the first line is none other than an incarnation of Maya, the Buddha's mother. Red Pine then proceeds to explicate the Heart Sutra in its concentrated entirety, including its most cited pronouncement, "form is emptiness, emptiness is form," a feat that will engage and enlighten every serious student of the Dharma. Donna Seaman Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-05-12 | Amazon | 1970-05-12 | 208 | 7.1 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| GN635.I4 P49 | Pinney, Christopher | Camera Indica : The Social Life of Indian Photographs (Envisioning Asia) | 0-226-66866-5 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | April 11, 1998 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Photography : Criticism & Essays | Chicago | N | $30.00 | Book Description A wedding couple gazes resolutely at viewers from the wings of a butterfly; a portrait surrounded by rose petals commemorates a recently deceased boy. These quiet but moving images represent the changing role of photographic portraiture in India, a topic anthropologist Christopher Pinney explores in Camera Indica. Studying photographic practice in India, Pinney traces photography's various purposes and goals from colonial through postcolonial times. He identifies three key periods in Indian portraiture: the use of photography under British rule as a quantifiable instrument of measurement, the later role of portraiture in moral instruction, and the current visual popular culture and its effects on modes of picturing. Photographic culture thus becomes a mutable realm in which capturing likeness is only part of the project. Lavishly illustrated, Pinney's account of the change from depiction to invention uncovers fascinating links between these evocative images and the society and history from which they emerge. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 770/.954 21 | 2005-10-08 | Envisioning Asia Series | 240 | Photography in ethnology -- India -- History, Photography in ethnology -- Great Britain --, History -- 19th century, Photography -- India -- Psychological aspects, Portrait photography -- India -- History -- 20th, century | 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| PN1992.77.S58 P5 | Pinsky, Mark I. | The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World's Most Animated Family | 0-664-22419-9 | Paperback | N | N | Westminster John Knox Press | August 20, 2001 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Entertainment : Humor | Louisville | N | $10.17 | From Publishers Weekly Religion journalist Pinsky offers a thoughtful and genuinely entertaining review of faith and morality as reflected through the irreverently sweet comedy of The Simpsons, drawing on a wide if not encyclopedic knowledge of key episodes and interviews with the series' creators. The animated series is unique in many ways, including its longevity and creative freshness, but no less remarkable is the show's attention to religious themes especially considering the prevalent invisibility or irrelevance of religion on TV. A recent convert to the show who only started watching in 2001, Pinsky had been repelled by controversy surrounding the series' edgier early seasons. But as the program and its characters have matured, many viewers have seen a fundamental affirmation of spirituality, family and community life that emerges in spite of the sarcasm and exaggerated situations. Chapters are devoted to important characters Homer, Lisa, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Krusty and Apu and the faiths they represent, as well as to issues such as images of God, the Bible, prayer and ethics. Pinsky reminds readers that ultimately The Simpsons is played for laughs, not deep spiritual or sociological insight. Yet the abiding charm of the show is how often its caricatures are devastatingly on-target and point to a deeper truth, as Tony Campolo points out in an excellent foreword: "Do not go too hard on Homer Simpson because more people in our churches are where he is than any of us in the mainline denominations want to acknowledge." (Sept.)Forecast: One of WJKP's longest-selling titles has been The Gospel According to Peanuts, which clearly provided a model for this new rumination on faith and popular culture. Here's hoping that Pinsky's book achieves similar success; given the publisher's recent economic troubles (see PW's "Religion BookLine" newsletter, July 9), the small Presbyterian press could really use a hit. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. From Booklist On the heels of The Simpsons and Philosophy [BKL Ap 15 01] comes a seriously funny examination of the spirituality of the popular TV show. The Simpsons, after all, spend more time in church than any other TV family, though Homer can still only describe his religion as, "you know, the one with all the well-meaning rules that don't work in real life. Uh, Christianity." Pinsky makes a compelling argument that the show's writers' view of religious expression is complicated and sympathetic, despite the lampooning of fundamentalist Ned Flanders and Springfield's apathy toward Lisa's Jesus-like social activism. Pinsky, who is Jewish, may be a bit more immune to the Simpsonian critiques of Christian excesses than some fundamentalists, and excessive quotation from the show sometimes makes the book confusing and out of focus. As in The Simpsons and Philosophy, however, those quotations are invariably laugh-out-loud funny, and in the end, no one--not even Baptist activist Tony Campolo, who contributed the foreword to this book--can keep from laughing at and with TV's most religious family. John Green Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 791.45/72 21 | 2001 | 2005-10-15 | 164 | Simpsons (Television program), Television broadcasting -- Religious aspects | 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| BL1216.2.P56 | Pintchman, Tracy | The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition | 0-7914-2112-0 | Paperback | N | N | State University of New York Press | September, 1994 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Albany, N.Y. | N | $29.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK The Rise of the Goddess in the Hindu Tradition FROM THE PUBLISHER This book explores the rise of the Great Goddess by focusing on the development of sakti (creative energy), maya (objective illusion), and prakrti (materiality) from Vedic times to the late Puranic period, clarifying how these principles became central to her theology. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 294.5/2114 20 | 1994 | 2005-10-04 | 288 | Goddesses, Hindu, God (Hinduism) | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| NA2750.D485 | Piotrowski, Andrzej (Editor) | The Discipline of Architecture | 0-8166-3665-6 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | December 26, 2000 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Professional & Technical : Architecture : Building Types & Styles : General | Minneapolis | N | $22.95 | Book Description Architecture A polemical look at how architectural knowledge is produced, disseminated, and received. In the vast literature on architectural theory and practice, the ways in which architectural knowledge is actually taught, debated, and understood are too often ignored. The essays collected in this groundbreaking volume address the current state of architecture as an academic and professional discipline. The issues considered range from the form and content of architectural education to the architect's social and environmental obligations and the emergence of a new generation of architects. Often critical of the current paradigm, these essays offer a provocative challenge to accepted assumptions about the production, dissemination, and reception of architectural knowledge. Contributors: Sherry Ahrentzen, U of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Stanford Anderson, MIT; Carol Burns, Harvard U; Russell Ellis, UC Berkeley; Thomas Fisher, U of Minnesota; Linda Groat, U of Michigan; Kay Bea Jones, Ohio State U; David Leatherbarrow, U of Pennsylvania; A. G. Krishna Menon, TVB School of Habitat Studies, India; Garth Rockcastle, U of Minnesota; Michael Stanton, American U, Beirut; Sharon E. Sutton, U of Washington; David J. T. Vanderburgh, Universit Catholique de Louvain, Belgium; and Donald Watson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Andrzej Piotrowski is associate professor of architecture and Julia Williams Robinson is professor of architecture, both at the University of Minnesota. Translation Inquiries: University of Minnesota Press--This text refers to the Library Binding edition. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 721/.01 21 | 2001 | 2005-10-15 | 344 | Architectural design -- Philosophy, Architecture -- Study and teaching | 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| N72.R | Plate, S. Brent (Editor) | Material Religion: Volume 1 Issue 1 : The Journal of Objects, Art and Belief (Material Religion) | 1-84520-208-2 | Paperback | N | N | Berg Publishers | June 4, 2005 | 1 | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Philosophy of Religion : General | N | $24.95 | Book Description From Shinto temples to rosary beads, thangka paintings to missionary tracts, religion is a material process. Charged with culturally-specific sacred meanings, religious objects have been used for purposes of worship, commemoration, art, and even subversion, and have been at the root of some of the world's most hotly contested struggles. Material Religion seeks to explore how religion happens in material culture--images, devotional and liturgical objects, architecture and sacred space, works of art and mass-produced artifacts. No less important than these material forms are the many different practices that put them to work. Ritual, communication, ceremony, instruction, meditation, propaganda, pilgrimage, display, magic, liturgy and interpretation constitute many of the practices whereby religious material culture constructs the worlds of belief. | 2005-11-27 | Amazon | 2005 | 2005-11-27 | 128 | 9.6 x 6.8 x 0.3 inches | ||||||||
| B371.A5 | Plato | Gorgias (The Penguin Classics, L94) | 0-14-044094-1 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Books | June, 1971 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Ethics & Morality | Harmondsworth | N | $0.01 | Book Description One of Plato's most widely read dialogues, Gorgias treats the temptations of worldly success and the rewards of the genuinely moral life. Appealing to philosophers as a classic text of moral philosophy--and to everyone for its vividness, clarity, and occassional bitter humor--this new translation is accompanied by explanatory notes and an illuminating and accessible introduction.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 170 | 1970-01-21 | Penguin Classics Series | 154 | Ethics -- Early works to 1800, Political science -- Early works to 1800 | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches | ||||
| B371.A5W37 | Plato | Gorgias (The World's Classics) | 0-19-283165-8 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press, USA | December 1, 1994 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Classics : Medieval | Oxford ; New York | N | $1.19 | Book Description One of Plato's most widely read dialogues, Gorgias treats the temptations of worldly success and the rewards of the genuinely moral life. Appealing to philosophers as a classic text of moral philosophy--and to everyone for its vividness, clarity, and occassional bitter humor--this new translation is accompanied by explanatory notes and an illuminating and accessible introduction. | 1970-05-16 | Amazon | 170 20 | 1970-05-16 | Oxford World's classics | 216 | Ethics -- Early works to 1800, Political science -- Early works to 1800 | 0.5 x 4.5 x 7.5 inches | ||||
| B378.M550 | Plato | Plato : Cratylus, Parmenides, Greater Hippias, Lesser Hippias (Loeb Classical Library, No 167) | 0-674-99185-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Harvard University Press | June, 1977 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Greek & Roman | N | $21.50 | ABOUT THE BOOK Plato: Volume 4 (Cratylus, Parmenides, Greater Hippias, Lesser Hippias) (Loeb Classical Library) ANNOTATION The most important of the Socratic dialogues, the Republic is concerned with the construction of an ideal commonwealth and thus is the earliest of utopias. FROM THE PUBLISHER Plato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BC. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain; that he left Athens for a time after Socrates' execution is probable; that later he went to Cyrene, Egypt, and Sicily is possible; that he was wealthy is likely; that he was critical of 'advanced' democracy is obvious. He lived to be 80 years old. Linguistic tests including those of computer science still try to establish the order of his extant philosophical dialogues, written in splendid prose and revealing Socrates' mind fused with Plato's thought. In Laches, Charmides, and Lysis, Socrates and others discuss separate ethical conceptions. Protagoras, Ion, and Meno discuss whether righteousness can be taught. In Gorgias, Socrates is estranged from his city's thought, and his fate is impending. The Apology (not a dialogue), Crito, Euthyphro, and the unforgettable Phaedo relate the trial and death of Socrates and propound the immortality of the soul. In the famous Symposium and Phaedrus, written when Socrates was still alive, we find the origin and meaning of love. Cratylus discusses the nature of language. The great masterpiece in ten books, the Republic, concerns righteousness (and involves education, equality of the sexes, the structure of society, and abolition of slavery). Of the six so-called dialectical dialogues Euthydemus deals with philosophy; metaphysical Parmenides is about general concepts and absolute being; Theaetetus reasons about the theory ofknowledge. Of its sequels, Sophist deals with not-being; Politicus with good and bad statesmanship and governments; Philebus with what is good. The Timaeus seeks the origin of the visible universe out of abstract geometrical elements. The unfinished Critias treats of lost Atlantis. Unfinished also is Plato's last work of the twelve books of Laws (Socrates is absent from it), a critical discussion of principles of law which Plato thought the Greeks might accept. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Plato is in twelve volumes. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 2005-10-04 | Cratylus, Parmenides, Greater Hippias, L | 488 | 6.7 x 4.6 x 0.9 inches | |||||||
| PA4279 | Plato | Plato: Theaetetus Sophist (Lcl, No. 123 23) | 0-674-99137-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Harvard University Press | January, 1988 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $21.50 | ABOUT THE BOOK Plato: Theaetetus & Sophist, Volume 7 (Loeb Classical Library) ANNOTATION The most important of the Socratic dialogues, the Republic is concerned with the construction of an ideal commonwealth and thus is the earliest of utopias. FROM THE PUBLISHER Plato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BC. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain; that he left Athens for a time after Socrates' execution is probable; that later he went to Cyrene, Egypt, and Sicily is possible; that he was wealthy is likely; that he was critical of 'advanced' democracy is obvious. He lived to be 80 years old. Linguistic tests including those of computer science still try to establish the order of his extant philosophical dialogues, written in splendid prose and revealing Socrates' mind fused with Plato's thought. In Laches, Charmides, and Lysis, Socrates and others discuss separate ethical conceptions. Protagoras, Ion, and Meno discuss whether righteousness can be taught. In Gorgias, Socrates is estranged from his city's thought, and his fate is impending. The Apology (not a dialogue), Crito, Euthyphro, and the unforgettable Phaedo relate the trial and death of Socrates and propound the immortality of the soul. In the famous Symposium and Phaedrus, written when Socrates was still alive, we find the origin and meaning of love. Cratylus discusses the nature of language. The great masterpiece in ten books, the Republic, concerns righteousness (and involves education, equality of the sexes, the structure of society, and abolition of slavery). Of the six so-called dialectical dialogues Euthydemus deals with philosophy; metaphysical Parmenides is about general concepts and absolute being; Theaetetus reasons about the theory ofknowledge. Of its sequels, Sophist deals with not-being; Politicus with good and bad statesmanship and governments; Philebus with what is good. The Timaeus seeks the origin of the visible universe out of abstract geometrical elements. The unfinished Critias treats of lost Atlantis. Unfinished also is Plato's last work of the twelve books of Laws (Socrates is absent from it), a critical discussion of principles of law which Plato thought the Greeks might accept. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Plato is in twelve volumes. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | Theaetetus and Sophist Series | 480 | 6.7 x 4.5 x 0.9 inches | |||||||
| JC71.P35 1991 | Plato | The Republic : The Complete and Unabridged Jowett Translation (Vintage Classics) | 0-679-73387-6 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | March 6, 1991 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Europe : Greece : General | New York | N | $8.00 | Review "Must we not acknowledge...that in each of us there are the same principles and habits which there are in the State; and that from the individual they pass into the State?" What does it mean to be good? What enables us to distinguish right from wrong? And how should human virtues be translated into a just society? These are the questions that Plato sought to answer in this monumental work of moral and political philosophy, a book surpassed only by the Bible in its formative influence on two thousand years of Western thought. In the course of its tautly reasoned Socratic dialogues, The Republic accomplishes nothing less than an anatomy of the soul and an exhaustive description of a State that both mirrors and enforces the soul's ideal harmony. The resulting text is at once mystical and elegantly logical and may be read as a template for the societies in which most of us live today. Vintage Classics are quality paperback editions of the world's greatest written works. They are durably bound and are printed exclusively on acid-free paper. Review "Must we not acknowledge...that in each of us there are the same principles and habits which there are in the State; and that from the individual they pass into the State?" What does it mean to be good? What enables us to distinguish right from wrong? And how should human virtues be translated into a just society? These are the questions that Plato sought to answer in this monumental work of moral and political philosophy, a book surpassed only by the Bible in its formative influence on two thousand years of Western thought. In the course of its tautly reasoned Socratic dialogues, The Republic accomplishes nothing less than an anatomy of the soul and an exhaustive description of a State that both mirrors and enforces the soul's ideal harmony. The resulting text is at once mystical and elegantly logical and may be read as a template for the societies in which most of us live today. Vintage Classics are quality paperback editions of the world's greatest written works. They are durably bound and are printed exclusively on acid-free paper. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 321/.07 20 | 1970-01-21 | Vintage classics | 416 | Political science -- Early works to 1800, Utopias -- Early works to 1800 | 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| PG3476.P543 K613 | Platonov, Andrey | The Foundation Pit (European Classics) | 0-8101-1145-4 | Paperback | N | N | Northwestern University Press | June 8, 1994 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Classics : Russian | Evanston, Ill. | N | $16.00 | Amazon.com A grim and jagged dystopian novel of the early Soviet Union, The Foundation Pit is a scathing indictment of the brutal and anti-intellectual soviet apparatchiki, their policy of forced collectivization, and the mindlessness of "New Soviet Man" rhetoric.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Publishers Weekly Completed in 1930 but unpublished during his lifetime, Platonov's masterpiece, a scathing satire of the Soviet attempt to build a workers' utopia, gauges the vast human tragedy of Stalinism, portraying a society organized and regimented around a monstrous lie, and thus bereft of meaning, hope, integrity, humanity. The novel's central image is the digging of an immense foundation pit for a communal high-rise project to house the local proletariat, a project that remains a big hole. The story is also eerily prescient: as Chandler notes in his valuable introduction, it foreshadows the doomed Palace of Soviets, which was begun in Moscow in 1932 but never built after years of excavation. Loaded with irony and images of the walking dead, and spiked with mordant digs at Soviet conformity and bureaucracy, Platonov's somnambulistic nightmare is filled with characters cut off from normal human feelings and reality as they convince themselves that party slogans, precepts and careerist hustling are meaningful keys to the future. Platonov (1899-1951), himself a disillusioned revolutionary who fought in the Red Army during Russia's civil war, was also a deep lyric prose-poet of everyday life and nature, as revealed in this beautiful translation. His dark parable is a great dirge for Mother Russia as well as a savage analysis of the split consciousness fostered by an oppressive system. Platonov's books are still being unearthed in Russia decades after his death. The first English translations of The Foundation Pit came out in the 1980s, but has since been found to be incomplete. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 891.73/42 20 | 1994 | 1970-01-07 | European Classics Series | 141 | 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches | ||||
| DF122.P6513 | Polignac, Francois de | Cults, Territory, and the Origins of the Greek City-State | 0-226-67334-0 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | August 15, 1995 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | History : Europe : Greece : General | Chicago | N | $20.00 | Book Description How did the classical Greek city come into being? What role did religion play in its formation? Athens, with its ancient citadel and central religious cult, has traditionally been the model for the emergence of the Greek city-state. But in this original and controversial investigation, Francois de Polignac suggests that the Athenian model was probably the exception, not the rule, in the development of the polis in ancient Greece. Combining archaeological and textual evidence, de Polignac argues that the eighth-century settlements that would become the city-states of classical Greece were defined as much by the boundaries of "civilized" space as by its urban centers. The city took shape through what de Polignac calls a "religious bipolarity," the cults operating both to organize social space and to articulate social relationships being not only at the heart of the inhabited area, but on the edges of the territory. Together with the urban cults, these sanctuaries "in the wild" identified the polis and its sphere of influence, giving rise to the concept of the state as a territorial unit distinct from its neighbors. Frontier sanctuaries were therefore often the focus of disputes between emerging communities. But in other instances, in particular in Greece's colonizing expeditions, these outer sanctuaries may have facilitated the relations between the indigenous populations and the settlers of the newly founded cities. Featuring extensive revisions from the original French publication and an updated bibliography, this book is essential for anyone interested in the history and culture of ancient Greece. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 307.76/0938 20 | 2005-10-08 | 204 | Cults -- Greece -- History, Cities and towns, Ancient -- Greece -- History, Greece -- Antiquities | 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches | |||||
| PG3476.A324 Z538 | Polivanov, Konstantin (Editor) | Anna Akhmatova and Her Circle | 1-55728-309-5 | Paperback | N | N | University of Arkansas Press | January, 1994 | 1 | Biographies & Memoirs : Arts & Literature : Authors | Fayetteville, Ark. | N | $24.95 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Russian--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 891.71/42 B 20 | 1970-01-07 | 281 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966, Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 --, Contemporaries, Poets, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography | 9.0 x 6.3 x 1.0 inches | ||||||
| PG3286.F5 | Pomorska, Krystyna (Editor) | Fifty Years of Russian Prose - Vol. 1: From Pasternak to Solzhenitsyn | 0-262-66019-9 | Paperback | N | N | The MIT Press | November 15, 1973 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | N | $0.01 | ABOUT THE BOOK Fifty Years of Russian Prose - Vol. 1: From Pasternak to Solzhenitsyn | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1971 | 1970-04-15 | 294 | |||||||||
| PG3266 | Pomorska, Krystyna (Editor) | Fifty Years of Russian Prose - Vol. 2 : From Pasternak to Solzhenitsyn | 0-262-66020-2 | Paperback | N | N | The MIT Press | November 15, 1973 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | English prose literature -- Translations from Russian. : English prose literature | N | $0.01 | ABOUT THE BOOK Fifty Years of Russian Prose - Vol. 2: From Pasternak to Solzhenitsyn | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1973 | 1969-12-31 | 354 | ||||||||
| PG3476.A324 P67 | Popova, Nina Ivanovna | Anna Akhmatova i Fontannyi dom | 5794000473 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Nevskii dialekt | 2000 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- Museums | Sankt-Peterburg | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 157 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- Museums, -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg, Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- Homes and, haunts -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- Intellectual life --, 20th centu | 19 x 23 cm. | |||||||
| BH39.P6692 | Postrel, Virginia | The Substance of Style : How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness (P.S.) | 0-06-093385-2 | Paperback | N | N | Harper Perennial | September 1, 2004 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Aesthetics | N | $11.16 | From Publishers Weekly At the Great Indoors, a hugely successful department store chain, customers can choose from among 250 lavatory faucets. If that represents too little variety, there are more than 1,500 distinct models of drawer pulls. Like it or not, we live in an age where we can minutely dictate every aesthetic choice, to an extent our ancestors would certainly have found disturbingly wasteful and superficial. It is this censure that New York Times economics columnist Postrel is dead-set on dismantling. Aligning herself against "pleasure-hating" modernists like Walter Gropius and Adolf Loos, Postrel adopts the position that fashion has meaning. One of her argument's charms is that she allows Joe Q. Ray-Ban his own justification for his purchase ("I like it") against the interpretations of theorists who insist an interest in surfaces is linked with deception, status or falsehood. Postrel's apt example of the proliferation in toilet-brush design is an effective rebuttal against such theorists-after all, nobody buys a sleek toilet brush to impress neighbors who will never see it, so aesthetics must constitute much of the rationale. Increasingly, form is simply part of the function. Postrel begins by explaining that appearance has a meaning commensurate to loftier values, then examines the many manifestations of this truth. While her argument is intellectually sophisticated, Postrel's journalistic training ensures the examples she cites are well-chosen and the prose remains crisp and readable. Gracefully representing one endpoint of a certain debate, this ambitious book may someday become a classic of the genre. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Booklist It's enough to make your head hurt, this very conscious, contemporary, intellectual interpretation of Keats' "Beauty is life, life, Beauty." On the other hand, social scientist and author (The Future and Its Enemies, 1998) Postrel brings together some very compelling arguments, insights, and examples about the value of aesthetics today. Nothing is quantified; instead, she points to qualitative examples like the GE Design Center in Selkirk, New York, devoted exclusively to the creation of new plastic forms. To Starbucks and the iMac, each a symbol of looks that sell--at a higher price. And to the 1,500-odd different drawer pulls available at the Great Indoors. Aesthetics is how we make the world around us special, a feature recognized as early as 1927, when adman Ernest Elmo Calkins opined about "Beauty the New Business Tool" in the Atlantic. It enhances communications (cf. PowerPoint) and identities (Hillary Clinton's hair). Ask any Afghan woman who risked prison to style her hair and paint her face; aesthetics is at one with life. Barbara Jacobs Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 1970-01-28 | P. S. Ser. | 272 | 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches | |||||||
| BL1135.P7A22 | Prabhupada, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami | Srimad Bhagavatam: First Canto, 3 | 0-912776-34-X | Hardcover | N | N | Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. | December 1972 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Bibles : Hinduism | N | $0.01 | ABOUT THE BOOK Srimad Bhagavatam: First Canto, Vol. 3 | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | 471 | |||||||||
| JV105.A35 | Prakash, Gyan (Editor) | After Colonialism | 0-691-03742-6 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | November 29, 1994 | 1 | 2.0 Stars | History : Asia : India | Princeton, N.J. | N | $27.95 | Review The contributors are drawn from literary and cultural studies, anthropology, and history, and their work represents the latest in subaltern studies and theorizing about postcolonialism. . . . The contributors challenge disciplinary categories, conventional notions of cultural difference, and offer alternative 'displacements.' Book Description After Colonialism offers a fresh look at the history of colonialism and the changes in knowledge, disciplines, and identities produced by the imperial experience. Ranging across disciplines--from history to anthropology to literary studies--and across regions--from India to Palestine to Latin America to Europe--the essays in this volume reexamine colonialism and its aftermath. Leading literary scholars, historians, and anthropologists engage with recent theories and perspectives in their specific studies, showing the centrality of colonialism in the making of the modern world and offering postcolonial reflections on the effects and experience of empire. The contributions cross historical analysis of texts with textual examination of historical records and situate metropolitan cultural practices in engagements with non-metropolitan locations. Interdisciplinarity here means exploring and realigning disciplinary boundaries. Contributors to After Colonialism include Edward Said, Steven Feierman, Joan Dayan, Ruth Phillips, Anthony Pagden, Leonard Blussé, Gauri Viswanathan, Zachary Lockman, Jorge Klor de Alva, Irene Silverblatt, Emily Apter, and Homi Bhabha. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 325/.32 20 | 1995 | 2005-10-15 | Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, and History Series | 336 | Colonies -- History, Imperialism -- History | 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.0 inches | |||
| DS436.N47 | Prakash, Om | European Commercial Enterprise in Pre-colonial India (The New Cambridge History of India) | 0-521-25758-1 | Hardcover | N | N | Cambridge University Press | June 28, 1998 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Economics : Economic Conditions | Cambridge [England] ; New York | N | $75.00 | Review "Analyzes European trading operations in precolonial India." Journal of Economic Literature "...a very valuable work." Douglas E. Haynes, Pacific Affairs "...a scholarly and informative survey....a clear picture of the Indian economic structure in the pre-colonial period..." The International History Review "...this is an amazingly erudite and encompassing book, which ably serves its primary function of offering a survey of the first three centuries of Indo-European commerce..." John Adams, Eh.Net | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 954 s 382/.094054 21 | 1970-01-07 | New Cambridge History of India Series | 396 | India -- Commerce -- Europe -- History, Europe -- Commerce -- India -- History, India -- Economic conditions | 1.2 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | ||||
| E184.S69 P73 | Prashad, Vijay | The Karma of Brown Folk | 0-8166-3438-6 | Hardcover | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | February 10, 2000 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | History : Americas : United States : General | Minneapolis | N | $53.95 | From Publishers Weekly Taking a cue from W.E.B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black FolkAwhich poses the question, "How does it feel to be a problem?"APrashad's book on race relations asks Asians, "How does it feel to be a solution?" An assistant professor of international relations, he shows how neoconservatives have used the success of South Asian immigrants (though most of the book deals with Indians) to argue that America now offers a level playing field and that if other minorities, particularly African-Americans, have not achieved as much success, it is due to their own lack of initiative. Yet Prashad demonstrates how the U.S.'s extremely selective immigration policy (from 1966 to 1977, for example, 83% of Indian immigrants to the U.S. were professionals) has led to the myth of the "successful race." In the same vein, Prashad also argues that "sly Babas" (or "Godmen"), like Deepak Chopra, perpetuate the idea that Asians are a pliant, spiritual group and do a disservice by peddling "opiates that comfort" rather than challenging people to alter the causes of their distress. Throughout his book, Prashad repeatedly reproaches society for forgetting the poorAchastising Bobby McFerrin, for example, for releasing his song Don't Worry Be Happy at a time of great economic insecurity, and castigating the medical community for not doing enough to control preventable diseases common among the poor. Though Prashad includes many revealing insights about South Asians in America, at times his book seems more like a scattered collection of anecdotal lectures than a cogent analysis of race relations among minority groups in our nation. (Mar.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. A. Magazine: Inside Asian America "Fascinating reading . . . a keen eye-witness . . . Prashad has a genius for selecting the precise detail that makes observations spring to life." | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 305.891/4073 21 | 2000 | 2005-10-08 | 248 | South Asian Americans -- Race identity, South Asian Americans -- Social conditions, East Indian Americans -- Race identity, East Indian Americans -- Social conditions, United States -- Race relations, Racism -- United States | 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| PN1021 | Preminger, Alex (Editor) | Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics | 0-691-01317-9 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | January 1, 1974 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | Princeton, N.J. | N | $3.99 | ABOUT THE BOOK Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics ANNOTATION This is an "A to Z" encyclopedic reference book which is a wealth of information about the world of poetry. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 808.1/03 | 1969-12-31 | 992 | Poetry -- Dictionaries, Poetics -- Dictionaries, Poetry -- History and criticism | 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.7 inches | |||||
| BL1227.C87 C436 | Preston, James J. | Cult of the Goddess: Social and Religious Change in a Hindu Temple | 0-88133-135-X | Paperback | N | N | Waveland Press | January 1, 1985 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : General | N | $11.01 | Book Description Bringing alive the practice of Hinduism in the fabric of Indian life! This compact volume provides an opportunity for readers to have a glimpse into the inner workings of one of the great world religions, to explore the meaning of religion in the lives of the people of India, and to discover how goddess worship continues to thrive in the modern world. It reveals also the value of the anthropological approach for the comparative study of religion. | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 109 | 0.2 x 5.8 x 8.8 inches | ||||||||
| P3286.P7 F76 | Proffer, Carl R. (Compiler) | From Karamzin to Bunin: An Anthology of Russian Short Stories | 0-253-32506-4 | Paperback | N | N | Indiana University Press | June 1969 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Classics : Russian | N | $21.95 | Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1969 | 1970-04-14 | 480 | 8.5 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches | |||||||
| PG3276.R88 1987 | Proffer, Carl R. (Editor) | Russian Literature of the Twenties: An Anthology | 0-88233-821-8 | Paperback | N | N | Ardis Publishers | March 1987 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Classics : Russian | Ann Arbor, MI | N | $22.95 | Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 891.7/08/0042 19 | 1987 | 1970-04-15 | 566 | Russian fiction -- 20th century -- Translations, into English, Russian poetry -- 20th century -- Translations, into English, Soviet Union -- Literary collections | 8.9 x 6.0 x 1.2 inches | ||||
| PG3476.A324 P764 | Proffer, Ellendea C. | Anna Akhmatova: Stikhi, Perepiska, Vospominaniia, Ikonografiia | 0-88233-243-0 | Paperback | N | N | Ardis Publishers | May 1977 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- | Ann Arbor | N | ABOUT THE BOOK Anna Akhmatova: Stikhi, Perepiska, Vospominaniia, Ikonografiia | 1970-01-07 | Barnes & Noble | 1977 | 1970-01-07 | 127 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 --, Correspondence, Poets, Russian -- 20th century --, Correspondence, Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 --, Portraits, Poets, Russian -- 20th century -- Portraits | 23 cm. | ||||||
| GR550.P7613 | Propp, V. | Morphology of the Folktale (American Folklore Society Publications) | 0-292-78376-0 | Paperback | N | N | University of Texas Press | June 1968 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Genre Fiction : Fairy Tales | Austin | N | $16.95 | Book Description "Morphology will in all probability be regarded by future generations as one of the major theoretical breakthroughs in the field of folklore in the twentieth century." --Alan Dundes "Propp's work is seminal...[and], now that it is available in a new edition, should be even more valuable to folklorists who are directing their attention to the form of the folktale, especially to those structural characteristics which are common to many entries coming from even different cultures." --Choice | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 398.21/0947 | 1970-04-15 | American Folklore Society Bibliographica Series | 158 | Fairy tales -- Classification, Afanas§ev, A. N, 1826-1871. Narodnye russkie skazki, Fairy tales -- Russia (Federation) --, Classification, Tales -- Structural analysis, Tales -- Russia (Federation) -- Structural, analysis | 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches | ||||
| BL53.P819 | Proudfoot, Wayne | Religious Experience | 0-520-06128-4 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | September, 1987 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Church History : General | Berkeley | N | $21.95 | About the Author Wayne Proudfoot is Professor of Religion at Columbia University. | 2005-09-25 | Amazon | 291.4/2 | 1985 | 2005-09-25 | 290 | 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches | |||||
| BQ7662.2.F66 | Publishing, Dharma (Editor) | Footsteps on the Diamond Path (Crystal Mirror) | 0-89800-243-5 | Paperback | N | N | Dharma Publishing | July, 1992 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : English (British) | Berkeley, CA | N | $19.95 | From Library Journal This collection of out-of-print articles from Crystal Mirror and Gesar Magazine introduces Vajrayana ("Diamond Vehicle" or Tibetan) Buddhism, especially from the earliest (Nyingma) lineage. The book includes translated portions of some ancient texts concerning accessible practices and a series of articles written by Tulku for his Western students. These articles illustrate the relevance of ancient teaching to contemporary life and articulate Buddhist doctrine, especially regarding "no-self," in terms Westerners can understand. Recommended primarily for academic libraries and large public libraries. Since some of the articles are revised, libraries possessing the originals may still want this collection. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 294.3/923 20 | 1992 | 1970-01-21 | Crystal Mirror Series | 277 | Rñiçn-ma-pa (Sect) | 10.0 x 7.1 x 0.7 inches | |||
| NA1196 | Punin, A. L | Arkhitektura Peterburga serediny XIX veka | 5289006028 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Lenizdat | 1990 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Eclecticism in architecture -- Russia | Leningrad | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 349 | Eclecticism in architecture -- Russia, (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg, Architecture -- Russia (Federation) -- Saint, Petersburg -- 19th century, Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- Buildings,, structures, etc | 21 cm. | |||||||
| Punin, N. N. (Nikolaæi Nikolaevich) | Mir svetel lëiìubov§ëiì : dnevniki, pis§ma | 5873340390 | Hardcover | N | N | Artist. Rezhisser. Teatr | 2000 | 1 | Punin, N. N. (Nikolaæi Nikolaevich) -- Diaries | Moskva | N | Includes index. | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 2000 | 1970-04-16 | 525 | Punin, N. N. (Nikolaæi Nikolaevich) -- Diaries, Art critics -- Russia (Federation) -- Diaries, Punin, N. N, Correspondence, Art critics -- Russia (Federation) --, Correspondence | 24 cm. | ||||||||
| Z7964.R8 | Pushkareva, N. L | Russkaia zhenshchina--istoriia i sovremennost§: Dva veka izucheniia "zhenskoi temy" russkoi i zarubezhnoi naukoi, 1800-2000 : materialy k bibliografii | 5862183973 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Ladomir | 2002 | 1 | Women -- Russia -- Bibliography | Moskva | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 2002 | 1970-01-07 | 522 | Women -- Russia -- Bibliography, Women -- Russia (Federation) -- Bibliography, Women -- Soviet Union -- Bibliography, Women's studies -- Russia -- Bibliography, Women's studies -- Russia (Federation) --, Bibliography, Women's studies -- Soviet Union -- Bib | 23 cm. | |||||||
| PG3347.E8 N3 | Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich | Eugene Onegin | 0-691-01905-3 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | January 1, 1991 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( N ) : Nabokov, Vladimir | N | $13.57 | Review Perhaps [Nabokov's] ultimate masterpiece. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | Bollingen Series | 362 | 8.0 x 4.9 x 0.9 inches | |||||||
| PG3347.E8 J6 | Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich | Eugene Onegin (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-044394-0 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Books | December 1979 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Classics | Harmondsworth ; New York [etc.] | N | $0.01 | Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation) | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 891.71/3 19 | 1970-04-15 | Penguin Classics Series | 238 | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches | |||||
| PG3347.E8 N3 | Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich | Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse, Vol. 2 | 0-691-01904-5 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | January 1, 1991 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( N ) : Nabokov, Vladimir | N | $45.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Eugene Onegin: Commentary and Index, a Novel in Verse (Nabokov Translation), Vol. 2 FROM THE PUBLISHER This is the widely acclaimed translation of Russian literature's most seminal work. Pushkin's "novel in verse" has influenced Russian prose as well as poetry for more than a century. By turns brilliant, entertaining, romantic and serious, it traces the development of a young Petersburg dandy as he deals with life and love. Influeneced by Byron, Pushkin reveals the nature of his heroes through the emotional colorations found in their witty remarks, nature descriptions, and unexpected actions, all conveyed in stanzas of sonnet length (a form which became known as the Onegin Stanza), faithfully reproduced by Walter Arndt inthis Bollingen Prize translation. FROM THE CRITICS Ernest J. Simmons - The New York Times Book Review, 1964 For this reader the pure gold of Nabokov's Commentary consists in his many observations on the language of Pushkin and on poetic language in general. . Hidden refinements of Pushkin's art are revealed with enthusiasm. If one has the patience to absorb the contents of the stupendous Commentary, no matter how well he may know the poem, he will reread Eugene Onegin with a new wonder and surprise, and with a greatly increased appreciation of its manifold poetic beauties. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1990 | 1970-04-15 | Bollingen Series | 383 | 8.0 x 5.1 x 2.3 inches | ||||||
| PG3347 | Pushkin, Alexander | Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse | 0-525-48232-6 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Group (USA) | March 1981 | 1 | N | ABOUT THE BOOK Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse FROM THE PUBLISHER The Russians, revering Alexander Pushkin as a national hero, see his novel in verse, Eugene Onegin, as the pinnacle not only of his oeuvre, but of their entire literature. Its brilliant sonnets are traditionally memorized by youngsters, and even today nearly any Russian adult can quote many passages with fervor. No literary work plays a comparable role in the English-speaking world. The plot swirls around Onegin - a disillusioned roue who mourns youth's passing, his poet-friend Vladimir Lensky and two neighbor-girls - perky Olga and pensive Tanya. Infatuation leads to disappointment, jealousy to duelling, and in the end, obsession to rejection, in a twist that leaves readers hanging. But the novel's charm resides as much in its digressions as in its plot, for Pushkin exploits the "Onegin stanza" as a device for musing on wine, women's legs, poetry, hypocrisy - whatever strikes his fancy. In 1999 - Alexander Pushkin's bicentennial year - here is his poetic masterpiece in a new American translation by Douglas Hofstadter, author of Godel, Escher, Bach and Le Ton beau de Marot. FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Hofstadter, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of del, Escher, Bach/>, provides an extensive preface to his translation of the classic Russian novel in verse. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Kirkus Reviews The alarmingly learned mathematician and author of such interdisciplinary marvels as his seminal Gødel, Escher, Bach moves into new territory with a lively English version of Pushkin's 1831 verse novel: the mock-heroic tale of how its bored Byronic "hero" (the eponymous Eugene) enchants, then callously rejects the loving Tatyana, and lives to suffer for his caddish behavior. Hofstadter employs the demanding original rhyme scheme (ABABCCDDEFFEGG: a hybrid of the sonnet and the couplet), devising dozens of ingenious rhymes-and recounts his delighted immersion in Pushkin and the Russian language, in a beguiling Preface that's almost as much fun as the immortal Eugene Onegin itself. A masterly performance, and a thoroughly charming book. . | 1970-01-07 | Barnes & Noble | 1970-01-07 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| PG3347.E8 F35 | Pushkin, Alexander | Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse (Oxford World's Classics) | 0-19-283899-7 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press, USA | October 22, 1998 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Classics : Russian | N | $8.95 | Book Description Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s Russia, Pushkin's verse novel follows the fates of three men and three women. Engaging, full of suspense, and varied in tone, it also portrays a large cast of other characters and offers the reader many literary, philosophical, and autobiographical digressions, often in a highly satirical vein. Eugene Onegin was Pushkin's own favourite work, and this new translation conveys the literal sense and the poetic music of the original. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | Oxford World's Classics Series | 288 | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches | |||||||
| PS3566.Y55 | Pynchon, Thomas | Vineland | 0-316-72444-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Little, Brown | 1990 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | California, Northern -- Fiction | Boston | N | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 813/.54 20 | 1970-04-16 | 385 | California, Northern -- Fiction | 24 cm. | |||||||
| PG3485.E726 | P§etsukh, Viacheslav | Gosudarstvennoe Ditia: Povesti i rasskazy | 5702704037 | Unknown Binding | N | N | "Vagrius" | 1997 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Moskva | N | $9.99 | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1997 | 1970-01-07 | 446 | 23 cm. | |||||||
| BX8643.025055 | Quinn, D. Michael | Early Mormonism and the Magic World View | 1-56085-089-2 | Paperback | N | N | Signature Books | December 1, 1998 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Mormonism : General | N | $13.57 | From the Publisher D. Michael Quinn was born in 1944 in Pasadena, California. He studied English and philosophy at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah-interrupted by a two-year LDS proselytizing mission to England (1963-65)-and graduated in 1968. Then followed three years of military service in Germany as a counter-intelligence agent. When he returned from Europe in 1971, Quinn began a master's program in history at the University of Utah and half-time employment at the LDS Church Historian's Office. He received his M.A. in 1973, then moved to New Haven, Connecticut, to continue his studies in history at Yale University. While a graduate student Quinn published in Brigham Young University Studies, the Journal of Mormon History, New York History, the Pacific Historical Review, and Utah Historical Quarterly. When he received his Ph.D. from Yale in 1976, his dissertation on the Mormon hierarchy as an elite power structure won the Frederick W. Beinecke and George W. Egleston awards. That same year Quinn began twelve years of employment as a member of BYU's history faculty. He received post-doctoral training in quantitative history at the Newbery Library in Chicago in 1982, and the next year served as associate director of BYU's Vienna study-abroad program. In 1984 he received full professorship; two years later he became director of the graduate program in history. In 1986 Quinn received his most cherished award: Outstanding Teacher by vote of BYU's graduating history majors. While at BYU Quinn served on the board of editors for three scholarly journals and on the program committee for the Western History Association. He gave formal papers at annual meetings of the American Historical Association (AHA), the Mormon History Association (MHA), the Organization of American Historians, Sunstone Theological Symposium, Western History Association, the World Conference on Records, and by invitation to a conference jointly sponsored by the Fondation de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme and the Laboratoire de Recherche sur L'Imaginaire Americain (University of Paris). He received best article awards from the Dialogue Foundation, the John Whitmer Historical Association (JWHA), and MHA. His last article as a BYU faculty member appeared in New Views of Mormon History: A Collection of Essays in Honor of Leonard J. Arrington (University of Utah Press, 1987). His first book, J. Reuben Clark: The Church Years (Brigham Young University Press, 1983), received the best book award from MHA. Early Mormonism and the Magic World View (Signature Books, 1987) received best book awards from MHA and JWHA, as well as the Grace Arrington Award for Historical Excellence. However, due to disputes with BYU administrators over academic freedom, Quinn resigned his tenured position at BYU in 1988. Since then he has worked as an independent scholar. After resigning from BYU he received long-term fellowships from the Huntington Library in southern California (twice), the National Endowment for the Humanities (twice), and Indiana University-Purdue University, as well as a major honorarium from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has edited The New Mormon History: Revisionist Essays on the Past (Signature Books, 1992) and published essays in Under an Open Sky: Rethinking America's Western Past (Norton, 1992), Faithful History: Essays on Writing Mormon History (Signature Books, 1992), Women and Authority: Re-emerging Mormon Feminism (Signature Books, 1992), Fundamentalisms and Society: Reclaiming the Sciences, the Family, and Education (University of Chicago Press, 1993), the New Encyclopedia of the American West (Yale University Press, 1998), and American National Biography (Oxford University Press, forthcoming). In May 1994 he received the T. Edgar Lyon Award for Excellence from MHA. He has subsequently completed four books: The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power (Signature Books, 1994); Same-Sex Dynamics among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example (University of Illinois Press, 1996), which received the 1997 AHA award for | 2005-03-30 | Amazon | 2005-03-30 | 646 | 9.1 x 6.0 x 1.8 inches | ||||||||
| L1202.N3 | R. K. Narayan | Gods Demons and Others | N | N | 1 | N | 2006-01-18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| PN710.R327 1978 | Rahv, Philip | Essays on literature and politics, 1932-1972 | 0-395-27270-X | Hardcover | N | N | Houghton Mifflin | 1978 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literary Criticism & Essays : General | Boston | N | $1.74 | ABOUT THE BOOK Essays on Literature and Politics 1932-1972 | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 809 | 1970-04-15 | 366 | Literature, Modern -- History and criticism, Politics and literature | 24 cm. | |||||
| DS418 | Rajan, K. | Invitation to Indian Archaeology | 0-391-03407-3 | Hardcover | N | N | Humanities Pr | April, 1986 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Archaeology : General | N | $7.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Invitation to Indian Archaeology | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 96 | |||||||||
| PL4663.E3 R32 | Ramanujan, A. K. (Compiler) | Speaking of Siva (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-044270-7 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Books | June 1, 1973 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | N | $10.50 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) | 2005-03-23 | Amazon | 2005-03-23 | 208 | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| GR305.F64 | Ramanujan, A.K. | Folktales from India (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library (Paperback)) | 0-679-74832-6 | Paperback | N | N | Pantheon | January 13, 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Genre Fiction : Fairy Tales | N | $12.24 | From Publishers Weekly The 111 tales chosen by translator and poet Ramanujan illustrate the heterogeneity of Indian society and its oral folktale tradition. Ranging in length from a few paragraphs to 10 pages, the short narratives fall into seven basic categories: male-, female- or family-centered; concerning either fate or the supernatural; humorous; animal tales; and metafiction. The stories are arranged in "cycles or sessions"--11 groupings containing at least one example of each of the seven themes. Additionally, the associative nature of the tales within each cycle further reinforces the storyteller illusion. Unlike myths, folktales are profane rather than sacred. Thus there are tales wherein humans outwit either gods or fate itself, and where the poor mock the rich (and the caste system). Two recurring characters are the jesters Tenali Rama and Ghopal Bhar, tricksters akin to the Western harlequin. According to Ramanujan, entertainment rather than education is the primary purpose of the folktale, a goal achieved by these stories even when they are also didactic. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From School Library Journal YA-- This selection of oral tales from 21 Indian languages captures the rich variety of human emotions as revealed in the lives of people in that subcontinent. The charm of these tales is increased by Ramanujan's insightful introduction that enhances readers' understanding of the talking beasts, demons, heroes, strong-minded women, rogues, and gurus who populate these pages. Excellent for storytelling collections. Copyright 1992 Cahners Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | Fairy Tale and Folklore Library | 384 | 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.0 inches | |||||||
| PK1718.R2514 A26 | Ramaprasada, Sena | Grace and Mercy in Her Wild Hair: Selected Poems to the Mother Goddess | 0-87773-761-4 | Paperback | N | N | Great Eastern Book Co | December, 1982 | 1 | âSakti (Hindu deity) -- Poetry. : âSakti | Boulder | N | $2.99 | Language Notes Text: English, Bengali (translation) | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 891/.4413 19 | 1970-01-14 | 73 | âSakti (Hindu deity) -- Poetry | 22 cm. | ||||||
| PR508.E5 R36 | Ramazani, Jahan | Poetry of Mourning : The Modern Elegy from Hardy to Heaney | 0-226-70340-1 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | May 28, 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | Chicago | N | $22.00 | Book Description Called the "mother of beauty" by Wallace Stevens, death has been perhaps the favorite muse of modern poets. From Langston Hughes's lynch poems to Sylvia Plath's father elegies, modern poetry has tried to find a language of mourning in an age of mass death, religious doubt, and forgotten ritual. For this reason, Jahan Ramazani argues, the elegy, one of the most ancient of poetic genres, has remained one of the most vital to modern poets. Through subtle readings of elegies, self-elegies, war poems, and the blues, Ramazani greatly enriches our critical understanding of a wide range of poets, including Thomas Hardy, Wilfred Owen, Wallace Stevens, Langston Hughes, W. H. Auden, Sylvia Plath, and Seamus Heaney. He also interprets the signal contributions to the American family elegy of Robert Lowell, Allen Ginsberg, Anne Sexton, John Berryman, Adrienne Rich, Michael Harper, and Amy Clampitt. Finally, he suggests analogies between the elegy and other kinds of contemporary mourning art--in particular, the AIDS Memorial Quilt and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Grounded in genre theory and in the psychoanalysis of mourning, Ramazani's readings also draw on various historical, formal, and feminist critical approaches. This book will be of interest to anyone concerned with the psychology of mourning or the history of modern poetry. "Consists of full, intelligent and lucid exposition and close reading. . . . Poetry of Mourning is itself a welcome contribution to modern poetry's search for a 'resonant yet credible vocabulary of grief in our time."--Times Literary Supplement | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 821/.9109354 20 | 1970-01-07 | 436 | Elegiac poetry, English -- History and, criticism, Elegiac poetry, American -- History and, criticism, English poetry -- 20th century -- History and, criticism, American poetry -- 20th century -- History and, criticism, English-speaking countries -- Intell | 9.0 x 6.1 x 1.0 inches | |||||
| HN79.M32 S67 | Ramsay, Meredith | Community, Culture, and Economic Development: The Social Roots of Local Action (Suny Series, Democracy in American Politics) | 0-7914-2750-1 | Paperback | N | N | State University of New York Press | January, 1996 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Business & Investing : Biographies & Primers : Policy & Current Events | Albany | N | $21.95 | Book Description A comparative study of economic development policy, and its relationship with local power structures and cultural and social relations, in two Maryland towns that have rejected development. This book questions the conventional wisdom in studies of local economic development that communities will invariably pursue outside investment as a way of increasing land values and creating jobs and opportunities. Meredith Ramsay demonstrates how two towns in Maryland's poorest county have routinely rejected economic development, and in a further challenge to the dominant paradigm, she shows that these rejections were "rational": Opposition to economic development was a reasonable means of protecting and achieving community values. Contrary to the market paradigm, Ramsay shows how the goals of economic policy are ultimately derived from cultural values and ways of life. By showing how the insights of cultural studies can be integrated with political economy, this book reveals the contextual character of economic rationality and, at the same time, illustrates how nonmaterial values can guide economic policymaking.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 338.9752/23 20 | 1996 | 2005-10-08 | Suny Series, Democracy in American Polit | 163 | Community development -- Maryland -- Somerset, County, Economic development -- Social aspects --, Maryland -- Somerset County, Social action -- Maryland -- Somerset County | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches | |||
| DK510.34.R36 | Rancour-Laferriere, Daniel | The Slave Soul of Russia: Moral Masochism and the Cult of Suffering | 0-8147-7482-2 | Paperback | N | N | New York University Press | November, 1996 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | History : Europe | N | $23.00 | From Library Journal Rancour-Laferriere (Russian, Univ. of California, Davis) was inspired by the late Soviet writer V.S. Grossman's belief in Russia's slave soul to investigate the propensity of his countrymen to wallow in self-defeating servility. "Nearly one thousand footnotes later" in his words, he feels that Grossman was correct. In several spheres of Russian culture, Rancour-Laferrieere documents "the widespread occurrence of moral masochism" among Russians. Some familiar agents pass his analysis: infant swaddling, the (holy) fool, the communal bathhouse, Russian collectivism, and strong, long-suffering women. By the book's end, he has come to see in Russian masochism one of the attractions and beauties of Russian culture. This work is sure to raise eyebrows, if not hackles. For Russian studies collections. Robert Johnston, McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ontario Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 336 | 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| PN56.P92 | Rapaport, Herman | Between the Sign & the Gaze | 0-8014-8133-3 | Paperback | N | N | Cornell University Press | May, 1994 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Ithaca | N | $23.50 | Book Description A woman turns into a piece of furniture (Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest); a writer of children's books takes photos of naked little girls (Lewis Carroll); Mont Blanc becomes the maternal breast (Shelley); Hamlet mistakes Ophelia for a phallus (Lacan's Hamlet seminar); and mom turns out to have thermonuclear arms (Laurie Anderson's United States). Reviewing the ways in which women have been fantasized in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Western culture, Herman Rapaport offers a series of brilliant insights into the concept of the fantasm in modern art. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 801/.92 20 | 1994 | 2005-11-20 | 296 | Psychoanalysis and literature, Fantasy | 0.8 x 6.2 x 9.0 inches | ||||
| B3279.H49 R34 | Rapaport, Herman | Heidegger and Derrida: Reflections on Time and Language | 0-8032-8927-8 | Paperback | N | N | University of Nebraska Press | March, 1991 | 1 | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $15.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Heidegger and Derrida: Reflections on Time and Language FROM THE PUBLISHER "This book is a major contribution towards the fundamental renewal of our thinking about time, and convincingly shows just how central that project continued to be for Heidegger and just how far it informs deconstruction" -Radical Philosophy FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Rappaport (comparative literature and English, U. of Iowa) focuses on the convergence of literature and ontology and their divergence. He discusses Derrida's adoption of certain Heideggerean themes (especially concerning the relation of forms of consciousness to time), and his extension or overturning of them. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 304 | 8.9 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches | |||||||||
| HQ470.S3 | Rau, Santha Rama (Foreword) | Kama Sutra of Vatsayana | 0-14-019360-X | Paperback | N | N | Penguin | April, 1993 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | N | $10.36 | From the Publisher The classic Indian guide to the art and skills of sex and love in the best English translation available.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 252 | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| 72093940 | Rawson, Philip S | The art of Tantra | 0-8212-0523-4 | Paperback | N | N | New York Graphic Society | 1973 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Arts & Photography | Greenwich, Conn. | N | $1.09 | Bibliography: p. 209-211. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 704.948/9/455 | 1973 | 1970-01-14 | 216 | Art, Tantric-Buddhist | (part col.) 26 cm. | ||||
| N8193.3.T3 R38FF | Rawson, Philip S | The art of Tantra | 0-8212-0518-8 | Unknown Binding | N | N | New York Graphic Society | 1973 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | N | $10.95 | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 216 | |||||||||||
| LB2322.2.R42 | Readings, Bill | The University in Ruins | 0-674-92953-5 | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | July 1, 1997 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Education : College & University : General | N | $11.48 | From Publishers Weekly Books on the future of higher education are a booming business these days. Readings situates his discussion of the modern university in the context of decades of debate over the role of education in the 20th century. He draws on Kantian ideals of the university as a unit dedicated to a single agenda to demonstrate how the modern university's pursuit of "excellence" is a meaningless search. In fact, the very idea of "excellence" is devoid of meaning, he argues, merely a rallying cry to unite the academic troops as bureaucratic administrations attempt to keep their universities financially sound. Once the university was the repository and defender of national culture, but now it is an institution whose decline coincides with the rise of postmodernism. How can universities teach truth and objectivity when the relation between subject and object is in doubt? Unfortunately, there are no new answers here. For decades, academicians have sounded the death knell for culture; Marxist critics long ago decried the corporatization of the university; and discussions of the aim of pedagogy, even those like Readings's that stress the importance of community and obligation, are easy to come by. Readings's proposal, which does not make its full appearance until the final 10 pages of the book, is that the university adopt a course of study that emphasizes how we think and how such thinking intersects with and affects the outside world, but it is incomplete and too optimistic and makes for a disappointing ending to a largely disappointing work. Copyright 1996 Cahners Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-04-27 | Amazon | 2005-04-27 | 250 | 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| LB1575.8.R39 | Ready, Tom | Grammar Wars: 179 Games and Improvs for Learning Language Arts | 1-56608-063-0 | Paperback | N | N | Meriwether Publishing, Ltd. | June 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Performing Arts : Theater : Acting & Auditioning | Colorado Springs, Colo. | N | $11.02 | ABOUT THE BOOK Grammar Wars: 179 Games and Improvs for Learning Language Arts | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 808/.042/071 21 | 1970-04-16 | Ser. | 175 | English language -- Grammar -- Study and, teaching, Language arts, Drama in education, Educational games | 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches | ||||
| B2430.R55 R43 | Reagan, Charles E. | Paul Ricoeur : His Life and His Work | 0-226-70603-6 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | June 22, 1998 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $13.00 | From Publishers Weekly One of France's most distinguished philosophers, the 83-year-old Ricoeur is the author of such respected books as Fallible Man, The Symbolism of Evil and Time and Narrative, in which he devotes himself to phenomenology, hermeneutics and such basic questions as what we mean when we say, "I will." Reagan's brief book is in four parts: a biographical essay; a memoir of the author's graduate study under Ricoeur in Paris; an essay on his teacher's philosophy that is only for specialists; and interviews with Ricoeur. A philosophy professor at Kansas State University and co-editor of The Philosophy of Paul Ricoeur, Reagan has tried to pack too much into this slim book; the result is that neither Ricoeur's life nor his work come across with real clarity. Reagan reveals that Ricoeur's son Olivier, a homosexual, alcoholic ether-sniffer, killed himself by jumping off a roof, but does little to examine his motivations. Nor does he even mention that the usually mild-mannered Ricoeur sued a French author, Christophe Donner, who dared mention the facts about his son in a recent memoir published in France. Ricoeur is a cagey interview subject?he even apologizes for being "obscure and cryptic" ?so finally the most useful parts of this book may prove to be the highly technical and compressed philosophy material, laden with professional jargon. Despite Ricoeur's coy claim that his life has no interest, an in-depth biography would seem called for, to deal with Ricoeur's years as a prisoner of war from 1940-45; his position as a Protestant and eminent Christian philosopher in a Catholic country; and his brave stands during the French Algerian crisis and the student rebellions of the 1960s. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Library Journal Reagan, a longtime student and admirer of Ricoeur, begins with an engaging biographical sketch. Ricoeur's life has not been one of dull academic routine. He spent time in a prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, was a target of student demonstrators at Nanterre in 1968, and lost a son to suicide. Reagan next offers a memoir to his friendship with Ricoeur, making clear his mentor's kindness and high scholarly standards. The book proceeds to a synopsis of Ricoeur's thought, including an especially valuable accounts of Oneself as Another. The final section consists of four interviews of Ricoeur by Reagan. A valuable introduction to Ricoeur; highly recommended.?David Gordon, Bowling Green State Univ. Ohio Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 162 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| PG3476.V6 Z85 | Reck, Vera T | Boris Pil§niak: A Soviet writer in conflict with the state | 0-7735-0248-3 | Unknown Binding | N | N | McGill, Queen's University Press | 1975 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Eastern European | Montreal | N | $12.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Boris Pil'niak: A Soviet Writer in Conflict with the State | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 891.7/3/42 | 1970-04-14 | 243 | Pil§nëiìak, Boris, 1894-1937, Literature and state -- Soviet Union | 24 cm. | |||||
| Reeder, Roberta | Anna Akhmatova: Poet and Prophet | 0-312-13429-0 | Paperback | N | N | Picador USA | November 1995 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : Arts & Literature : Authors | New York | N | $7.76 | From Publishers Weekly In this monumental biography of one of Russia's-and the 20th century's-greatest poets, Reeder, editor of the poet's complete works, deftly combines incisive literary analysis with a complex portrait of Akhmatova (1889-1966) and her turbulent times. Initially influenced by the Symbolists and Imagists, the poet became more oracular, moving from the "chamber intimacy" of her earlier work to poetry that increasingly addressed the oppressiveness of the Russian people: "I-am your voice," one poem proclaims. So fervently did Akhmatova embrace this role that Stalin's regime suppressed her poetry for 20 years. Drawing upon interviews with the poet's friends and colleagues, some interviewed for the first time for publication, Reeder humanizes a woman lionized by the Russian people. Oppressed by governmental scrutiny, she was sometimes afraid to commit poetry to paper, relying instead on her memory and on those of her friends. Her romantic entanglements with Modigliani and Pasternak (whose persistent advances she rebuffed), as well as a sense of self-mockery about her exalted status, give further depth to Reeder's absorbing study. Photos not seen by PW. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal "The chamber intimacy of Akhmatova... what meaning [does it] have for our harsh, iron age?" asked the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky in the early days of the revolution. That intimacy has in fact proved remarkably enduring, but for decades Akhmatova faced censure, deprivation, and the imprisonment and death of loved ones before her genius-recognized in the early 1900s-was again acknowledged by the regime. Reeder, editor of The Complete Works of Anna Akhamatova (LJ 4/1/90), does not emulate her subject's spare, lucid verse, offering instead a richly detailed, exhaustively-indeed, exhaustingly-researched work. She brings in other writers with whom Akhmatova was linked, analyzing and quoting from their works as well as Akhmatova's, and while the result is a nice overview of the era, the poet does get lost in the process. Reeder seems to have hunted down every last reminiscence, however peripheral, and some filtering might have resulted in a stronger portrait. Still, this major study of a major poet usefully assembles a breadth of material. Recommended for academic and larger public libraries. --Barbara Hoffert, "Library Journal" Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 891.71/42 B 20 | 1970-04-16 | 619 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966, Poets, Russian -- 20th century -- Biography | 1.8 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | ||||||
| BF1623.R7R33 | Regardie, Israel | Golden Dawn (Llewellyn's Golden Dawn Series) | 0-87542-663-8 | Paperback | N | N | Llewellyn Publications | September 1, 2002 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling | St. Paul, Minn. | N | $19.77 | ABOUT THE BOOK Golden Dawn: The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites and Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order FROM THE PUBLISHER The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites and Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn as revealed by Israel Regardie, with further revision, expansion, and additional notes by Israel Regardie, Cris Monnastre, and others. A comprehensive index has been supplied by noted occultist David Godwin for this new edition. Originally published in four volumes of some 1200 pages, this 6th Revised and Enlarged Edition has been reset in half the pages (retaining the original pagination in marginal notation for reference) for greater ease and use. Corrections of errors in the original editions have been made, with further revision and additional text and notes by actual practitioners of the Golden Dawn system of magick, with an introduction by the only student ever accepted for personal training by Regardie. The Golden Dawn, once a secret order, was one of the most prestigious groups flourishing at the turn of the century. Membership included such notables as W. B. Yeats, Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen, Lady Frieda Harris, Brodie Innes, S.L. MacGregor Mathers, A.E. Waite, Evelyn Underhill and W. Wynn Westcott. Its influence on 20th century spiritual science has been enormous! Today there are independent lodges practicing the Golden Dawn system of Magick all over the world, and the Knowledge Lectures included in this book are fundamental to nearly all aspects of Western Esotericism. Also included are Initiation Ceremonies, important rituals for consecration and invocation, methods of meditation and magical working based on the Enochian Tablets, studies in the Tarot, and the system of Qabalistic Correspondences that unite the world's religions and magical traditions into a comprehensive and practical whole. This volume is designed as a study and practice curriculum suited to both group and private practice. Meditation upon, and following with the Active Imagination, the Initiation Ceremonies are fully experiential without need of participation in group or lodge. The Golden Dawn, a system for perfecting the raw material that is humanity; a system for discovering the Divine Source within, and for seeing it in all things; a system for awakening the consciousness within and uniting with that of the universe itself. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 135/.43 19 | 1993 | 2005-10-04 | Golden Dawn Studies Series | 807 | Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn | 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.6 inches | |||
| GV1445.R26 1992 | Reinfeld, Fred | Complete Chess Player | 0-671-76895-6 | Paperback | N | N | Fireside | April 9, 1992 | 3 | 5.0 Stars | Entertainment : Puzzles & Games : Board Games : Chess | N | $9.60 | ABOUT THE BOOK Complete Chess Player FROM THE PUBLISHER In The Complete Chessplayer you will find everything you need to play-and enjoy-a good game of chess. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1953 | 1970-01-07 | 300 | 8.0 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches | |||||||
| BL43.E4R45 1996 | Rennie, Bryan S. | Reconstructing Eliade: Making Sense of Religion | 0-7914-2764-1 | Paperback | N | N | State University of New York Press | January 1, 1996 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : Leaders & Notable People : Religious | N | $29.95 | 2005-05-04 | Amazon | 2005-05-04 | 293 | 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches | |||||||||
| RB127.R4913 | Rey, Roselyne | The History of Pain | 0-674-39967-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Harvard Univ Pr | August, 1995 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Medical : History | Cambridge, Mass. | N | $7.67 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 616/.0472/09 20 | 1970-01-14 | 394 | Pain -- History, Pain -- history, History of Medicine | 1.2 x 6.8 x 9.5 inches | |||||
| BL51.D54 | Reynolds, Frank | Discourse and Practice (Suny Series, Toward a Comparative Philosophy of Religion) | 0-7914-1024-2 | Paperback | N | N | State University of New York Press | July, 1992 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Religious Studies : Comparative Religion | Albany | N | $24.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Discourse and Practice FROM THE PUBLISHER Discourse and Practice strives to stretch the boundaries of commonly accepted notions of philosophical discourse in order to introduce comparative considerations. FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Ten contributions address creative alternatives to reigning assumptions regarding polarity between discourse (which includes myth and philosophy in their various modalities and combinations), on the one hand, and practice, on the other. Organization is in four sections on philosophy in narrative and practice; myth and practice in philosophy; metapractical discourse--comparative studies; and concluding comparative reflections. Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 291/.01 20 | 1992 | 2005-10-08 | Suny Series, toward a Comparative Philos | 316 | Religion -- Philosophy, Philosophy and religion, Myth | 9.1 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | |||
| BL304.B856 1990 | Reynolds, Frank | Myth and Philosophy (Suny Series, Toward a Comparative Philosophy of Religions) | 0-7914-0418-8 | Paperback | N | N | State University of New York Press | October, 1990 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Albany | N | $26.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Myth and Philosophy FROM THE CRITICS Booknews The first volume in a new series generated by a multiyear project at the U. of Chicago Divinity School. Twelve essays (all but two are edited versions of papers presented at one of six semi-annual conferences) address the nature of religion, the nature of philosophy, and their relationships. Several argue that the philosophy of religions should be global in its orientation, comparative in its approach, and grounded in the empirical study of religious traditions. Others deal with historical data, shifting from the discussion of theoretical and methodological issues. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 200/.1 20 | 1990 | 1970-01-21 | Suny Series, toward a Comparative Philos | 382 | Myth, Religion -- Philosophy -- Methodology | 0.8 x 6.0 x 9.2 inches | |||
| BQ4012.L54 | Reynolds, Frank E. (Editor) | The Life of Buddhism (The Life of Religion) | 0-520-22337-3 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | December 4, 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Special Groups : General | Berkeley | N | $18.95 | Book Description Bringing together fifteen essays by outstanding Buddhist scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America, this book offers a distinctive portrayal of the "life of Buddhism." The contributors focus on a number of religious practices across the Buddhist world, from Sri Lanka to New York, Japan to Tibet. The essays highlight not so much Buddhist doctrine or sacred texts, but rather the actual behavior and lived experience of Buddhist adherents. A general introduction by Frank E. Reynolds and Jason A. Carbine provides a historical overview and briefly characterizes the three major variants of Buddhist tradition--the Hinayana/Theravada branch practiced in Sri Lanka and much of Southeast Asia; the Mahayana branch located most notably in East Asia; and the Vajrayana/Esoteric branch established in Tibet and Japan. It also takes note of a distinctive form of Buddhism that is now emerging among non-Asian practitioners in the West. The editors introduce each essay with a brief commentary that situates its contents within the Buddhist tradition as a whole. The pieces offer concise depictions and analyses of particular aspects of Buddhist life, including temple architecture and iconography, the consecration of sacred objects, meditative practices, devotional expressions, exorcisms, and pilgrimage journeys. Topics discussed also include the construction of religio-political and religio-social hierarchies, gender roles, the management of asocial behavior, and confrontations with dying and death. From the Inside Flap "At last an anthology that fills the need for a set of informed, authoritative descriptions of Buddhism as it is lived and practiced in the world today! Textbooks focussing on Buddhist ritual are few; this is easily the best and most usable of them. Carbine and Reynolds have done us all a great service. Their selection of significant excerpts from the writings of a variety of anthropologists and historians of religion covers the gamut of Buddhist practice. The examples come from a diversity of Buddhist traditions. While each piece is grounded in a concrete and culturally specific situation, taken together they act as effective springboards to a more general consideration of the reality of Buddhist ritual life. I look forward to using this reader in the classroom." --John Strong, author of The Experience of Buddhism "Spanning many Buddhist cultures, the reader gets an exciting tour of Buddhist practices, rituals, and life experiences, focusing on both the monastic and lay traditions. This book will prove to be valuable reading for the classroom and beyond."--Charles S. Prebish, author of Luminous Passage "Whereas traditional scholarship has focused on voices of elite groups, philosophies of different sects, and textual ideals, The Life of Buddhism presents a wide range of Buddhist practice in relatively contemporary contexts. The book represents a step forward by emphasizing the iconography, individualized and communal rituals, in addition to diverse practices and devotional expressions of both monastic and lay communities, and will make a significant contribution to the field of both religious studies and Buddhist studies. "--Bernard Faure, author of The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality, The Rhetoric of Immediacy: A Cultural Critique of Chan/Zen Buddhism, and Visions of Power: Imagining Medieval Japanese Buddhism. "This volume is a treasure-trove of issues currently being debated in Buddhist studies. Carbine and Reynolds's compilation breaks through the belief-centered, artificially purified world apparent in other anthologies. The Life of Buddhism will help redirect pedagogical attention to the many ways in which the historical and cultural setting help to make sense of Buddhist beliefs."--Stephen F. Teiser, D.T. Suzuki Professor in Buddhist Studies, Princeton University | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 294.3 21 | 2000 | 1970-04-16 | Life of Religion Series | 247 | Buddhism, Religious life -- Buddhism, Buddhism -- Customs and practices | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | |||
| N6981.R52 1963 | Rice, Tamara Talbot | A concise history of Russian art | N | N | Praeger | 1963 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Art, Russian -- History | New York | N | Bibliography: p. 272-273. | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 709.47 | 1970-04-16 | 288 | Art, Russian -- History | (part col.) ports., map, plans. | ||||||||
| RZA 2177 | Rico, Gabriele Lusser | Writing the Natural Way | 0-87477-236-2 | Paperback | N | N | Tarcher | January 1, 1983 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Self-Help : General | Los Angeles, Calif. | N | $0.01 | ABOUT THE BOOK Writing the Natural Way: Using Right Brain Techniques to Release Your Expressive Powers ANNOTATION Shows all writers how effective writing can be as natural as telling a story to a friend, and as easy as daydreaming. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 808/.042 19 | 1983 | 1970-04-16 | 287 | English language -- Rhetoric, Left and right (Psychology), Creative writing, Expression | 1.0 x 7.5 x 9.2 inches | ||||
| BR2430.R553 D813 | Ricoeur, Paul | From Text to Action (Studies Pheno & Existential Philosophy) | 0-8101-0992-1 | Paperback | N | N | Northwestern University Press | September 1, 1991 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : Hermeneutics | Evanston, Ill. | N | $22.05 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 194 20 | 2005-10-08 | Essays in Hermeneutics Series | 368 | Hermeneutics, Criticism, Ideology | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| BT715 | Ricoeur, Paul | The Symbolism of Evil | 0-8070-1567-9 | Paperback | N | N | Beacon Press | November 12, 1986 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : Psychoanalysis | N | $24.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK The Symbolism of Evil | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | c196 | 2005-11-20 | 362 | 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches | |||||||
| P35.5.S65 R54 | Ries, Nancy | Russian Talk: Culture and Conversation During Perestroika | 0-8014-8416-2 | Paperback | N | N | Cornell University Press | May 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : Social Psychology & Interactions | Ithaca, N.Y. | N | $19.95 | From Library Journal In 1989-90, anthropologist Ries (Colgate Univ.) studied the conversations of educated urban Russians and identified recurrent forms of speech, including the litany, the lament, the first-person trickster narrative, and "tales of heroic shopping." Ries skillfully draws connections among these speech forms and the construction of personal and national identity, traditional Russian folklore genres, and contemporary political and media discourse. She argues that while these enduring narrative forms enabled Russians to adapt psychologically to hardship and oppression, they may have prevented people from taking effective action during the relatively liberated era of perestroika. Unfortunately, this interesting interdisciplinary study is often rambling and poorly organized; for example, the author's synopsis of recent Russian history and her presentation of perestroika as a "macro-scale rite of passage" belong in the introduction rather than the conclusion. For specialists in Russian studies, folklore, and linguistic anthropology.?Judy Sierra, Eugene, Ore. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. Book Description Soulful, theatrical, intense: Russian talk is notably full of existential musing and dark passion. However, despite the widespread appreciation of Russian talk, no one has analyzed it as a form of cultural performance. As one of the first Western ethnographers to undertake fieldwork in Moscow, Nancy Ries did just that. In this pioneering study, she shows how everyday conversation shapes Russian identity and culture. Dire stories about poverty, hardship, and social decay recited constantly during perestroika served to fabricate a common worldview--conveying a sense of shared experience and destiny, and casting Russian society as an inescapable realm of absurdity and suffering. Ries agues that while these narratives aptly depicted the chaotic events of the time, they also comprised a kind of contemporary folklore, generic in their lamenting, portentous tones and their culturally poignant details. The story of a grandmother who stands in line all day in order to bring home a precious kilo of sugar becomes a parable of feminine self-sacrifice and endurance. Sardonic narratives about frustrated communal apartment dwellers pouring hot pepper in their neighbor's soup pot challenge the myth of camaraderie and express the proverbial notion that revenge is sweeter for Russians than reconciliation. This insightful ethnography suggests the enormous power that ordinary talk has, in any society, to shape social and political attitudes, and to produce distinctive cultural patterns. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 306.44/0947 21 | 1970-04-16 | 256 | Language and culture -- Soviet Union, Oral communication -- Social aspects -- Soviet, Union, Perestroæika | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches | |||||
| PG2129.E5R545S97 | Rifikn, Benjamina | Grammatika V Kontekste: Systematizing Russian in Literary and Nonl Texts | 0-07-052834-9 | Paperback | N | N | McGraw-Hill Companies | June 24, 1996 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Classics | N | $41.90 | ABOUT THE BOOK Grammatika B Kohtekte: Russian Grammar in Literary Contexts FROM THE PUBLISHER Grammatika v Kontekste (Grammar in Context) is an instructional program designed to help students review,systematize,and add to the knowledge of Russian that they acquired in previous courses. Appropriate for use in intermediate or advanced Russian courses,the text covers the essential topics and functions of Russian. Grammatical points are illustrated in reading texts that include non-literary,as well as literary selections. The complete package includes a text,workbook/laboratory manual,audiocassette program,and an instructor's manual. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 287 | 0.8 x 8.5 x 10.8 inches | ||||||||
| Rifkin | Instructor's Guide: Ig Grammatika V Kontekste | 0-07-052832-2 | Unknown Binding | N | N | McGraw-Hill Education - Europe | August 1, 1996 | 1 | N | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| PG2129.E5R545R87 | Rifkin, Benjamin | Grammatika v kontekste: Russian Grammar in Literary Contexts | 0-07-052831-4 | Paperback | N | N | McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages | December 1, 1995 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : Foreign Language : Russian | New York | N | $47.50 | Book Description Grammatika v kontekste: (Grammar in Context) is an instructional program designed to help students review, systematize, and add to the knowledge of Russian that they acquired in previous courses. Appropriate for use in intermediate or advanced Russian courses, the text covers the essential topics and functions of Russian. Grammatical points are illustrated in reading texts that include non-literary, as well as literary selections. The complete package includes a text, workbook/laboratory manual, audiocassette program, and an instructor's manual. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 491.78/2421 20 | 1996 | 1970-01-21 | 398 | Russian language -- Textbooks for foreign, speakers -- English, Russian language -- Grammar | 0.5 x 7.8 x 9.5 inches | ||||
| PT263.5.I65 A252 | Rilke, Rainer Maria | The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke (Vintage) | 0-679-72201-7 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | March 13, 1989 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( H ) : Hass, Robert | N | $10.17 | Amazon.com Stephen Mitchell offers what are perhaps the most masterful and intimate translations of Rainer Maria Rilke's poetry to date, infusing it with all the power, eloquence, rhythm and lightness of its original voice. Includes the Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus. W.S. Merwin ...translations [that] bring the qualities that I most cherish in the originals into English with new intimacy and authority. Rilke's voice, with it's extraordinary combination of formality, power, speed, and lightness, can be heard in Mr. Mitchell's versions more clearly than in any others. His work is masterful. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | International Series | 400 | 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches | |||||||
| BQ4336.S66 | Rinchen, Geshe Sonam | The Six Perfections | 1-55939-089-1 | Paperback | N | N | Snow Lion Publications | May 25, 1998 | 3 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism : General | N | $10.17 | Book Description The Six Perfection (generosity, ethical discipline, patience, enthusiastic effort, concentration, and wisdom) are practiced by Bodhisattvas who have the supreme intention of attaining enlightenment for the sake of all living beings. | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 185 | 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| DS485.N4 R29 | RISHIKESH, SHAHA | Ancient and Medieval | 8185425698 | Hardcover | N | N | South Asia Books | 1 | N | ABOUT THE BOOK Ancient and Medieval | 2005-10-08 | Barnes & Noble | 2005-10-08 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| HN981.C6 F76 | Roberts, J. (Editor) | From Modernization to Globalization: Perspectives on Development and Social Change (Blackwell Readers in Sociology) | 0-631-21097-0 | Paperback | N | N | Blackwell Publishers | March, 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Biographies & Primers : Policy & Current Events | Oxford ; Malden, MA | N | $45.95 | Book Description Why are some countries poor? What can they do to turn their situations around? What happens to countries and individuals when they move towards being "modern"? What does it mean to "develop" and be "modern" anyway? What are the social effects of the processes of worldwide economic, cultural, and political integration called globalization? From Modernization to Globalization is a reference for scholars, students and development practitioners on the issues of processes of social change and development in the 'Third World'. It provides carefully excerpted samples from both classic and up-to-date writings in the development literature, as well as, a general introduction. Part One reviews formative ideas on the transition to modern society with brief readings from classical theorists. The second part addresses the modernizationists' discussion of how development changes people. The response from dependency and world-system theorists is reviewed in Part Three. The final section includes eight of the most influential writings on the social effects of globalization. Together, this represents an unprecedented compilation important of writings on international development. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 307.1/4/091724 21 | 2000 | 2005-10-08 | Readers in Sociology Series | 388 | Community development -- Developing countries, Economic development -- Social aspects --, Developing countries, Social change -- Developing countries, International economic integration -- Social, aspects -- Developing countries, Developing countries -- So | 9.6 x 6.7 x 1.2 inches | |||
| Robin, Joanna | Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian Lab Manual/Workbook, Book 1 | 0-13-895053-9 | Paperback | N | N | Prentice Hall College Div | February, 1998 | 2 | Reference : Foreign Languages : Instruction : Miscellaneous | N | $19.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian Lab Manual/Workbook, Book 1 | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 0 | 0.5 x 8.5 x 11.0 inches | ||||||||||
| PG2129.E5 R63 | ROBIN, R. | Golosa: Basic Course in Russian, Book 2 - Lab Manual | 0-13-183380-4 | Paperback | N | N | Prentice Hall | June 2003 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | N | $41.80 | ABOUT THE BOOK Golosa: Basic Course in Russian, Book 2 - Lab Manual | 2005-11-20 | Barnes & Noble | 2005-11-20 | 0 | ||||||||||
| PG2129.E5 R63 | Robin, Richard | Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian, Book 2, Third Edition | 0-13-183379-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Prentice Hall | June 20, 2003 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : English (All) | Upper Saddle River, N.J. | N | $83.20 | Book Description Golosa is a two-volume, introductory Russian-language program that strikes a balance between communication and structure. It takes a contemporary approach to language learning by focusing on the development of competence in the four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), as well as the expansion of cultural knowledge. Each section in the text revolves around a topic and follows the same format: introduction of basic vocabulary, listening to introductory conversations, short dialogues with exercises and role play practice, practice in strategies for listening and reading, and grammar study with practice in both oral and written form. With its robust audio and video program on the World Wide Web, Golosa provides comprehensive explanations of Russian grammar along with the practice users need to build accuracy. This program is useful for those employees in fields where a working knowledge of Russian is necessary. The publisher, Prentice-Hall Humanities/Social Science Book 2 of 2 volume beginning-level Russian language program addresses the four skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing), as well as culture. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 491.782/421 21 | 2005-11-20 | 480 | Russian language -- Textbooks for foreign, speakers -- English | 10.3 x 8.2 x 0.9 inches | |||||
| PG2129.E5 R63 | Robin, Richard | Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian, Book I (2nd Edition) | 0-13-895038-5 | Hardcover | N | N | Prentice Hall | November 25, 1997 | 3 | 4.0 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : Foreign Language : Russian | Upper Saddle River, N.J. | N | $80.67 | Book Description This is a 2-volume, communicative approach to Russian that is designed to help students reach the ACTFL Intermediate range in speaking and Intermediate High in reading and listening. This market leader is a 5 skills, mainstream book with a clear chapter structure, with more emphasis on reading documents using authentic materials. The book includes a manageable vocabulary load, extensive and accessible listening comprehension exercises, and expanded and updated cultural information. For anyone interested in learning basic Russian. Language Notes Text: English, Russian | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 491.782/421 21 | 1997 | 1970-01-14 | Golosa Series | 384 | Russian language -- Textbooks for foreign, speakers -- English | 10.4 x 8.1 x 0.9 inches | |||
| PS3568.315G55 | Robinson, Marilynne | Gilead: A Novel | 0-312-42440-X | Paperback | N | N | Picador | January 10, 2006 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Fiction : General | N | $10.78 | Amazon.com In 1981, Marilynne Robinson wrote Housekeeping, which won the PEN/Hemingway Award and became a modern classic. Since then, she has written two pieces of nonfiction: Mother Country and The Death of Adam. With Gilead, we have, at last, another work of fiction. As with The Great Fire, Shirley Hazzards's return, 22 years after The Transit of Venus, it was worth the long wait. Books such as these take time, and thought, and a certain kind of genius. There are no invidious comparisons to be made. Robinson's books are unalike in every way but one: the same incisive thought and careful prose illuminate both. The narrator, John Ames, is 76, a preacher who has lived almost all of his life in Gilead, Iowa. He is writing a letter to his almost seven-year-old son, the blessing of his second marriage. It is a summing-up, an apologia, a consideration of his life. Robinson takes the story away from being simply the reminiscences of one man and moves it into the realm of a meditation on fathers and children, particularly sons, on faith, and on the imperfectability of man. The reason for the letter is Ames's failing health. He wants to leave an account of himself for this son who will never really know him. His greatest regret is that he hasn't much to leave them, in worldly terms. "Your mother told you I'm writing your begats, and you seemed very pleased with the idea. Well, then. What should I record for you?" In the course of the narrative, John Ames records himself, inside and out, in a meditative style. Robinson's prose asks the reader to slow down to the pace of an old man in Gilead, Iowa, in 1956. Ames writes of his father and grandfather, estranged over his grandfather's departure for Kansas to march for abolition and his father's lifelong pacifism. The tension between them, their love for each other and their inability to bridge the chasm of their beliefs is a constant source of rumination for John Ames. Fathers and sons. The other constant in the book is Ames's friendship since childhood with "old Boughton," a Presbyterian minister. Boughton, father of many children, favors his son, named John Ames Boughton, above all others. Ames must constantly monitor his tendency to be envious of Boughton's bounteous family; his first wife died in childbirth and the baby died almost immediately after her. Jack Boughton is a ne'er-do-well, Ames knows it and strives to love him as he knows he should. Jack arrives in Gilead after a long absence, full of charm and mischief, causing Ames to wonder what influence he might have on Ames's young wife and son when Ames dies. These are the things that Ames tells his son about: his ancestors, the nature of love and friendship, the part that faith and prayer play in every life and an awareness of one's own culpability. There is also reconciliation without resignation, self-awareness without deprecation, abundant good humor, philosophical queries--Jack asks, "'Do you ever wonder why American Christianity seems to wait for the real thinking to be done elsewhere?'"--and an ongoing sense of childlike wonder at the beauty and variety of God's world. In Marilynne Robinson's hands, there is a balm in Gilead, as the old spiritual tells us. --Valerie Ryan --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Publishers Weekly Fans of Robinson's acclaimed debut Housekeeping (1981) will find that the long wait has been worth it. From the first page of her second novel, the voice of Rev. John Ames mesmerizes with his account of his life--and that of his father and grandfather. Ames is 77 years old in 1956, in failing health, with a much younger wife and six-year-old son; as a preacher in the small Iowa town where he spent his entire life, he has produced volumes and volumes of sermons and prayers, "[t]rying to say what was true." But it is in this mesmerizing account--in the form of a letter to his young son, who he imagines reading it when he is grown--that his meditations on creation and existence are fully illumined. Ames details the often harsh conditions of perishing Midwestern prairie | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | 256 | 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| B131.R63 | Rocher, Ludo (Editor) | Studies in Indian Literature and Philosophy: Collected Articles of J.A.B Van Buitenen | 8120804589 | Hardcover | N | N | Motilal Banarsidass Pub | April, 1988 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Delhi | N | $26.00 | Language Notes Text: English | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 181/.4 20 | 1970-01-21 | 339 | Philosophy, Indic, Indic literature -- History and criticism | 23 cm. | |||||
| B3209.B58 W45 | Rochlitz, Rainer | The Disenchantment of Art: The Philosophy of Walter Benjamin | 0-89862-407-X | Paperback | N | N | Guilford Publications | February 15, 1998 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : Professionals & Academics : Philosophers | N | $18.95 | From Library Journal In his own lifetime, Benjamin (1892-1940) was recognized by his European colleagues primarily as a respected writer whose subject matter addressed critical literary and aesthetic issues. Although half a dozen of his works are currently in print in English, Rochlitz's study is unique in taking Benjamin's oeuvre as its critical subject. Rochlitz does not combine biography with his gloss on the development of Benjamin's thought and work, and because Benjamin himself was such a clear and engaging writer, all but scholars will want to turn to the primary source here first. Rochlitz's schema of presenting Benjamin's thought within its milieu is useful for those concerned about studying the time as well as the man. Recommended for academic collections.?Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley P.L., Cal. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 298 | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| PR6029.R8 Z776 | Rodden, John | The Politics of Literary Reputation: The Making and Claiming of 'St. George' Orwell | 0-19-506711-8 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press, USA | January 1, 1991 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $7.74 | From Publishers Weekly George Orwell (Eric Blair, 1903-1950) didn't care "tuppence for the opinion of posterity." Yet his early death soon after the appearance of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four made him especially inviting for canonization as an intellectual hero. In this impressive, wide-ranging cultural investigation, Univ. of Virginia professor Rodden brilliantly examines Orwell's reputation as a rebel, common man, prophet and saint from a variety of critical standpoints: political, national, professional, cultural, religious, gender and generational. Truth-teller, plain man, vehement devil's advocate and pragmatist, socialist and anti-communist, Orwell, shows Rodden, was "the Zelig of modern intellectuals"--a human kaleidoscope whose variegated imagery has represented nearly all things to all people. Particularly interesting here are the detailed analyses of the "impassioned responses" to Orwell of literary critics Lionel Trilling, V. S. Pritchett and Irving Howe, British Marxist Raymond Williams, neoconservative Norman Podhoretz, English Catholics Christopher Hollis and Brian Wicker. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1970-04-15 | 496 | 1.5 x 9.0 x 6.2 inches | ||||||||
| PN1995 .R6194 | Rodowick, David Norman | Gilles Deleuze's Time Machine (Post-Contemporary Interventions) | 0-8223-1970-5 | Paperback | N | N | Duke University Press | August 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Entertainment : Movies : Direction & Production | Durham, NC | N | $22.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Gilles Deleuze's Time-Machine FROM THE PUBLISHER Placing Deleuze's two books on cinema - The Movement-Image and The Time-Image - in the context of French cultural theory of the 1960s and 1970s, Rodowick examines the logic of Deleuze's theories and their relationship to his influential philosophy of difference. Rodowick illuminates the connections between Deleuze's writings on visual and scientific texts and describes the formal logic of his theory of images and signs. Revealing how Deleuzian views on film speak to the broader network of philosophical problems addressed in Deleuze's other books - including his influential work with Felix Guattari - Rodowick shows not only how Deleuze modifies the dominant traditions of film theory, but also how the study of cinema is central to the project of modern philosophy. FROM THE CRITICS David Sterritt - Christian Science Monitor ...[R]eaders with a philosophical bent should find it greatly stimulating... David Sterritt - The Christian Science Monitor ...[R]eaders with a philosophical bent should find it greatly stimulating... | 1970-04-30 | Amazon | 791.43/01 21 | 1970-04-30 | Post-Contemporary Interventions Series | 280 | Motion pictures -- Philosophy, Deleuze, Gilles. Cinéma, Deleuze, Gilles -- Criticism and interpretation | 9.3 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| B4376.K5 | Rohde, Peter | The Diary of Soren Kierkegaard | 0-8065-0251-7 | Paperback | N | N | Citadel Press | September, 1990 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : Ethnic & National : Scandinavian | N | $17.95 | Book Description Soren Kierkegaard, who was born in Denmark and died there at the age of forty-two, is regarded by many as the father of existentialist thinking. During his lifetime the Hegelian theologian he reacted against the Hegelian theologists in Denmark, denounced organized religion and held that the act of choice by an individual was all-important. The Diary covers the important elements in Kierkegaard's life, including his childhood, his relations with his father, the influence of other writers on him, his broken engagement (which had a far-reaching effect on the rest of his life), and his celebrated quarrel with the Church. Kierkegaard's writings are important because he is almost the first European writer to take a modern, analytical, psychological approach to religion. Proust, Joyce, and Aldous Huxley were only a few of the modern writers influenced by the Dane; and Jean-Paul Sartre's philosophy of existentialism is based on his thinking. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 256 | 9.1 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| NA6010.8.N4B40 | Ronald Bernier | The Temples of Nepa | N | N | 1 | N | 1970-05-16 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| P95.R65 | Ronell, Avital | Telephone Book: Technology, Schizophrenia, Electric Speech | 0-8032-3876-2 | Hardcover | N | N | University of Nebraska Press | December, 1989 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : By Topic : Communication | Lincoln | N | $60.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Telephone Book: Technology, Schizophrenia, Electric Speech FROM THE PUBLISHER "Avital Ronell installs the telephone in the space of thinking Heidegger reserves for poetry and art, producing a series of reflections on philosophy, psychoanalysis and biography that may come to represent one of the most decisive readings of the technological since Heidegger." -Substance | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 191 19 | 1989 | 2005-10-15 | 465 | Oral communication -- Philosophy, Oral communication -- Psychological aspects, Technology -- Psychological aspects, Telephone | 10.3 x 5.9 x 1.4 inches | ||||
| GN347.R55 | Rony, Fatimah Tobing | The Third Eye: Race, Cinema, and Ethnographic Spectacle | 0-8223-1840-7 | Paperback | N | N | Duke University Press | September, 1996 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Entertainment : Movies : General | Durham, NC | N | $22.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Third Eye: Race, Cinema, and Ethnographic Spectacle FROM THE PUBLISHER This book explores early-twentieth-century representations of non-Western indigenous people in films ranging from the documentary to the spectacular to the scientific. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 305.8 20 | 2005-10-08 | 300 | Motion pictures in ethnology, Indigenous peoples in motion pictures, Visual anthropology | 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches | |||||
| BL2525.R654 | Roof, Wade Clark | Spiritual Marketplace: Baby Boomers and the Remaking of American Religion. | 0-691-01659-3 | Hardcover | N | N | Princeton University Press | September 22, 1999 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | New & Used Textbooks : Humanities : Religious Studies : General | Princeton | N | $1.74 | From Publishers Weekly This sociological study tackles the same subject matter (baby boomers and their self-styled spiritual quests) as Roof's 1993 book, A Generation of Seekers. Roof organizes the book almost identically, using the same methodology (a mix of comprehensive surveys and in-depth personal interviews), and even interviewing the same research subjects about their developing spirituality. Yet the second time proves to be the charm, because this book does nearly everything better than its predecessor. Where Generation recognized boomers' predilection for "spirituality" over organized religion, here Roof acknowledges the proliferation of multiple, complex spiritualities (feminist, Latino, ecological, etc.) that often overlap with various established religious traditions and therapeutic movements. Roof's contextualization of boomer spirituality is more historically nuanced. He notes that it is ironic that many boomers are now turning aside from individualistic self-fulfillment strategies, since the boomer generation first empowered the self, not the community, to direct spiritual life. This book shows not only how the 76 million boomers have been shaped by such seeking but how they have remapped the spiritual landscape for all Americans; boomers have shifted attention from the institution to the individual, emphasized "lived religion" (religion in practice) and created a "quest culture." Scholars may quibble with Roof's free use of the marketplace metaphor, with its oversimplified emphasis on supply and demand and the "range of goods and services" now available from an ever-increasing parade of vendors. But even so, Roof's work thoughtfully articulates the introspective fluidity of the baby-boom generation he studies. (Nov.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Kirkus Reviews Another dose of Baby Boomer religion from Roof (Dept. of Religious Studies/UC-Santa Barbara), once again arguing that boomers are, as the title of one of his earlier books puts it, A Generation of Seekers. The arguments in Roofs latest installment are predictable. Aging American boomers are taking spirituality fairly seriously. Roof has identified several themes in the spiritual lives of boomers: They are more interested in spirituality than religion; they are concerned with the extent to which faith is beneficial or instrumental to them, noting with satisfaction that it helps you or it works; they are relativistic in their religious identity, with the vast majority unable to assert that one religion is any better or more true than another; and many are skeptical of institutional religion. But if boomers feel that churches fail to facilitate their own spiritual development, Roof maintains, they have not gone to the extreme of sitting under a tree navel-gazing alone: Community is very important to boomers, but they find it in small groups rather than synagogues. Boomers see themselves on a spiritual journey; Roof takes issue with the claim that talk about spiritual quest [is] New Age psychobabble, not because he fails to recognize [much of it] as babble, but because . . . that which lies behind it . . . signal[s] something profoundly important about our times. Religions, he claims, will have to adjust to meet the new consumer demands. For Roof, all this is largely to the good. With the new spirituality has come non-hierarchical love for fellow human beings and a more egalitarian and personal God, as well as concern for the environment, with theologians of all stripes working creatively to develop an ecological ethic. Himself a boomer, Roof sometimes embodies, rather than explains, the most flaky and superficial impulses of boomer faith. -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. | 1970-05-16 | Amazon | 200/.973/09045 21 | 1999 | 1970-05-16 | 367 | United States -- Religion -- 1960-, Baby boom generation -- Religious life | 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches | ||||
| BR65.D6 E5 | Rorem, Paul (Foreword) | Pseudo Dionysius: The Complete Works (Classics of Western Spirituality) | 0-8091-2838-1 | Paperback | N | N | Paulist Press | August, 1987 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Church History : General | New York | N | $16.47 | Book Description There are few figures in the history of Western Spirituality who are more enigmatic than the fifth or sixth-century writer known as the Pseudo-Dionysius. The real identity of the person who chose to write under the pseudonym of Dionysius the Areopagite is unknown. Even the exact dates of his writings have never been determined. Moreover the texts themselves, though relatively short, are at points seemingly impenetrable and have mystified readers over the centuries. Yet the influence of this shadowy figure on broad range of mystical writers from the early middle ages on is readily discernible. His formulation of a method of negative theology that stresses the impotence of humans' attempt to penetrate the "cloud of unknowing" is famous as is his meditation on the divine names. Despite his influence, relatively few attempts have been made to translate the entire corpus of his written into English. Here in one volume are collected all of the Pseudo-Dionysius' works. Each has been translated from the Migne edition, with reference to the forthcoming Göttingen critical edition of A.M. Ritter, G. Heil, and B. Suchla. To present these works to the English-speaking public, an outstanding team of six research scholars has been assembled. The lucid translation of Colm Luibheid has been augmented by Paul Rorem's notes and textual collaboration. The reader is presented a rich and varied examination of the main themes of Dionysian spirituality by René Roques, an incisive discussion of the original questions of the authenticity and alleged heresies in the Dionysian corpus by Jaroslav Pelikan, a comprehensive tracing Dionysius' influence on medieval authors by Jean Leclercq, and a survey by Karlfried Froehlich of the reception given the corpus by Humanists and sixteenth-century Reformers. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 230/.14 19 | 1987 | 2005-10-08 | Classics of Western Spirituality Series | 336 | God -- Knowableness, Spiritual life -- Christianity, Mysticism, Sacraments | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | |||
| DS666.I4 R67 | Rosaldo, Michelle Zimbalist | Knowledge and Passion: Ilongot Notions of Self & Social Life | 0-521-29562-9 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | March 31, 1980 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York | N | $26.99 | Book Description Michelle Rosaldo presents an ethnographic interpretation of the life of the Ilongots, a group of some 3,500 hunters and horticulturists in Northern Luzon, Philippines. Her study focuces on headhunting, a practice that remained active among the Ilongots until at least 1972. Indigenous notions of 'knowledge' and 'passion' are crucial to the Ilongots' perceptions of their own social practices of headhunting, oratory, marriage, and the organization of subsistence labour. In explaining the significance of these key ideas, Professor Rosaldo examines what she considers to be the most important dimensions of Ilongot social relationships: the contrasts between men and women and between accomplished married men and bachelor youths. By defining 'knowledge' and 'passion' in the context of their social and affective significance, the author demonstrates the place of headhunting in historical and political processes, and shows the relation between headhunting and indigenous concepts of curing, reproduction, and health. Theoretically oriented toward interpretive of symbolic ethnography, this book clarifies some of the ways in which the study of a language - both vocabulary and patterns of usage - is a study of a culture; the process of translation is presented as a method of cultural interpretation. Professor Rosaldo argues that an appreciation of the Ilongots' specific notions of 'the self' and the emotional concepts associated with headhunting can illuminate central aspects of the group's social life. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 301.29/599 | 2005-10-08 | Cambridge Studies in Cultural Systems Series | 272 | Ilongot (Philippine people) -- Psychology, Ilongot (Philippine people) -- Social life and, customs | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| PR6103.L375J65 | Rosenberg, Portia | Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell | 1-58234-603-8 | Paperback | N | N | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | August 2005 | 3 | General Fiction : General | N | Publisher Comments: English magicians were once the wonder of the known world, with fairy servants at their beck and call; they could command winds, mountains, and woods. But by the early 1800s they have long since lost the ability to perform magic. They can only write long, dull papers about it, while fairy servants are nothing but a fading memory. But at Hurtfew Abbey in Yorkshire, the rich, reclusive Mr Norrell has assembled a wonderful library of lost and forgotten books from England's magical past and regained some of the powers of England's magicians. He goes to London and raises a beautiful young woman from the dead. Soon he is lending his help to the government in the war against Napoleon Bonaparte, creating ghostly fleets of rain-ships to confuse and alarm the French. All goes well until a rival magician appears. Jonathan Strange is handsome, charming, and talkative - the very opposite of Mr Norrell. Strange thinks nothing of enduring the rigors of campaigning with Wellington's army and doing magic on battlefields. Astonished to find another practicing magician, Mr Norrell accepts Strange as a pupil. But it soon becomes clear that their ideas of what English magic ought to be are very different. For Mr Norrell, their power is something to be cautiously controlled, while Jonathan Strange will always be attracted to the wildest, most perilous forms of magic. He becomes fascinated by the ancient, shadowy figure of the Raven King, a child taken by fairies who became king of both England and Faerie, and the most legendary magician of all. Eventually Strange's heedless pursuit of long-forgotten magic threatens to destroy not only his partnership with Norrell, but everything that he holds dear. Sophisticated, witty, and ingeniously convincing, Susanna Clarke's magisterial novel weaves magic into a flawlessly detailed vision of historical England. She has created a world so thoroughly enchanting that eight hundred pages leave readers longing for more. Synopsis: Sold in 27 countries and with a major motion picture from New Line on the way, this epic tells the tale of two very different magicians who change 19th century England. | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 1970-01-14 | 846 | 8.34x5.54x1.90 in. 1.75 lbs. | ||||||||||
| PE1408.R725 | Ross-Larson, Bruce | Edit Yourself: A Manual for Everyone Who Works With Words | 0-393-31326-3 | Paperback | N | N | W. W. Norton & Company | October, 1995 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : English (All) | New York | N | $10.36 | Book Description In the first part of this useful book, the author shows how to solve common problems of writing. The reader will learn how to recognize common problems of writing. The reader will learn how to recognize words and phrases that should be cut; how to shorten cumbersome sentences; how to arrange the elements of pairs, series, and compound subjects and predicates; how to recognize and rectify mismanaged participles; and how to be on the lookout for the better word. The second part of the book consists of more than 1500 recommendations for cuts, changes, and comparisons that editors make to produce writing that is concise and effective. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 808/.042 20 | 1996 | 1970-01-28 | 109 | English language -- Usage -- Dictionaries | 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches | ||||
| RC537.K7513 | Roudiez, Leon S. | Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia | 0-231-06707-0 | Paperback | N | N | Columbia University Press | May 1992 | 3 | Medical sciences : Depression, mental | N | Publisher Comments: In Black Sun, Julia Kristeva addresses the subject of melancholia, examining this phenomenon in the context of art, literature, philosophy, the history of religion and culture, as well as psychoanalysis. In her discussion she analyzes Holbein's controversial 1522 painting The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb, and has revealing comments on the works of Marguerite Duras, Dostoyevsky and Nerval. Black Sun takes the view that depression is a discourse with a language to be learned, rather than strictly a pathology to be treated. Synopsis: This study addresses melancholia, examining the phenomenon in the context of art, literature, philosophy and the history of religion and culture, as well as psychoanalysis. It describes the depressive as one who perceives the sense of self as a crucial pursuit which is almost unobtainable. | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 1992 | 1970-01-14 | 300 | 8.22x5.39x.79 in. .77 lbs. | |||||||||
| PN54.K75 | Roudiez, Leon S. (Foreword) | Revolution in Poetic Language (European Perspectives Series) | 0-231-05643-5 | Paperback | N | N | Columbia University Press | April 15, 1984 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : Semiotics | New York | N | $25.50 | Review "A lucid and creative consideration of the status and stakes of contemporary cultural criticism, it is essential reading for students of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries--and a monumental challenge to all of us." -- Alice Jardine, Harvard University Alice Jardine Harvard University A lucid and creative consideration of the status and stakes of contemporary cultural criticism, it is essential reading for students of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries--and a monumental challenge to all of us. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 808/.00141 19 | 1969-12-31 | European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism | 271 | Semiotics and literature, Poetics | 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| N6490 .R77 | Rubin, William Stanley | Dada, Surrealism, and their heritage, by William S. Rubin | N | N | Museum of Modern Art; distributed by | Museum of Modern Art; distribute | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Dadaism | New York | N | Exhibition shown Mar. 27-June 9, 1968, at the Museum of Modern Art; July 16-Sept. 8, 1968, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and Oct. 19-Dec. 8, 1968, at the Art Institute of Chicago. Bibliography: p. 217-227. | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 709.04 | 1970-04-16 | 251 | Dadaism, Surrealism, Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions | (part col.), ports. 24 cm. | ||||||||
| PK6480.E5.B37 | Rumi, Jalalu'l-din | The Essential Rumi | 0-06-250959-4 | Paperback | N | N | HarperSanFrancisco | February 1997 | 3 | Poetry : Sufi poetry | N | Publisher Comments: Jelaluddin Rumi was born in the year 1207 and until the age of thirty-seven was a brilliant scholar and popular teacher. But his life changed forever when he met the powerful wandering dervish, Shams of Tabriz, of whom Rumi said, "What I had thought of before as God, I met today in a human being." From this mysterious and esoteric friendship came a new height of spiritual enlightenment. When Shams disappeared, Rumi began his transformation from scholar to artist, and his poetry began to fly. Today, the ecstatic poetry of Jelaluddin Rumi is more popular than ever, and Coleman Barks, through his musical and magical translations, has been instrumental in bringing this exquisite literature to devoted followers. Now, for the first time, Barks has gathered the essential poems of Rumi and put them together in this wonderful comprehensive collection that delights with playful energy and unequaled passion. The Essential Rumi offers the most beautiful rendering of the primary poetry of Rumi to both devoted enthusiasts and novice readers. Poems about everything from bewilderment, emptiness, and silence to flirtation, elegance, and majesty are presented with love, humor, warmth, and tenderness. Take in the words of Jelaluddin Rumi and feel yourself transported to the magical, mystical, places of a whirling, ecstatic poet. Synopsis: Though he wrote his extraordinary poems over seven hundred years ago in culture far removed from our own, Persian Sufi Jelaluddin Rumi is today the most widely read poet in America. This is, of course, largely due to the fact that his poems and stories are simple and direct enough for their startling and passionate imagery to travel across such distances of culture and time, but it is also true that Rumi never would have reached such a wide American audience if his work hadn't found the perfect translator in Coleman Barks. With over ten books of Rumi translations, Barks has established himself as the foremost translator of Rumi into English. With the best of these translations beautifully collected in The Essential Rumi, in poems which are alternately ecstatic, wise, and hilarious, the prolific poet comes alive in the 20th century. | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | c199 | 1970-01-14 | 336 | 8.14x6.02x1.07 in. .94 lbs. | |||||||||
| BP161.2.R87 | Ruthven, Malise | Islam in the World | 0-19-520454-9 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | January, 1985 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Islam : General | New York | N | $0.59 | Book Description This valuable introductory guide provides a complete and lively summary of Islam, one of the most worldly of the great religions, in which the quest for spiritual fulfilment is inevitably bound up with political aspirations. Malise Ruthven presents a full overview of the religion in its historical, geographic, and social settings. For this revised and long-awaited second edition, Ruthven divides his original chapters into more accessible sub-sections and provides new headings. Also included is a new concluding chapter that focuses on women in Islam, the challenges Islam faces in today's climate of globalization, and the key developments in Islamic political history since 1984--an especially fertile period that has seen, among other things, the Taliban movement in Afghanistan and the controversial publication of Rushdie's Satanic Verses. Islam and the World, Second Edition likewise features a new preface, redrawn maps, updated data on population and dispersal, and a new chronology of events with genealogical charts.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 297 19 | 2005-10-08 | 400 | Islam | 1.0 x 5.5 x 8.2 inches | |||||
| DA16.R93 | Ryan, James R. | Picturing Empire : Photography and the Visualization of the British Empire | 0-226-73233-9 | Hardcover | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | April 11, 1998 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Arts & Photography : Photography : Collections, Catalogues & Exhibitions | Chicago | N | $23.94 | Book Description Coinciding with the extraordinary expansion of Britain's overseas empire under Queen Victoria, the invention of photography allowed millions to see what they thought were realistic and unbiased pictures of distant peoples and places. This supposed accuracy also helped to legitimate Victorian geography's illuminations of the "darkest" recesses of the globe with the "light" of scientific mapping techniques. But as James R. Ryan argues in Picturing Empire, Victorian photographs reveal as much about the imaginative landscapes of imperial culture as they do about the "real" subjects captured within their frames. Ryan considers the role of photography in the exploration and domestication of foreign landscapes, in imperial warfare, in the survey and classification of "racial types," in "hunting with the camera," and in teaching imperial geography to British schoolchildren. Ryan's careful exposure of the reciprocal relation between photographic image and imperial imagination will interest all those concerned with the cultural history of the British Empire. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 941.08 21 | 2005-10-08 | 272 | Great Britain -- Colonies -- Historiography, Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- Pictorial, works, Photography -- Great Britain -- Colonies --, History, Imperialism -- Historiography | 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches | |||||
| DK40 | Ryan, Joseph F. (Editor) | The Russian Chronicles: A Thousand Years That Changed the World | 1-85833-397-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Quadrillion Publishing | October, 1998 | 3 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : Japan | N | $5.41 | Book Description The story of Russia--a vast empire straddling Europe and Asia across a never-ending plain--is dark, enigmatic and tangled, and rife with paradox and mystery. In The Russian Chronicles the people themselves speak out and tell the story of this troubled land from its beginning to the 1917 Revolution, which marked the beginning of the Soviet state. Their voices are recorded in chronicles etched on parchment in distant monasteries, and in the hidden wisdom of folk song; in private letters from refugees and immigrants as well as official reports from far-flung governors seeking to bring Russian ways to Eastern provinces; and in letters and notes from writers who brought their culture from the past into the 19th and 20th centuries. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 397 | 1.2 x 9.0 x 12.0 inches | ||||||||
| PN45.R93 | Ryan, Michael | Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction | 0-631-17276-9 | Paperback | N | N | Blackwell Publishers | February 1, 1999 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Malden, Mass. | N | $26.95 | About the Author Michael Ryan received his Masters of Engineering Science and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of New South Wales. Mr. Ryan is a senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales in Australia. | 2006-01-17 | Amazon | 801 21 | 1999 | 2006-01-17 | 160 | Literature -- Philosophy, Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory,, etc | 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches | ||||
| PK3741.P3 | Ryder, Arthur W. | Panchatantra | 0-226-73249-5 | Paperback | N | N | Univ of Chicago Pr | June, 1964 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | N | $5.44 | Book Description 1925. The Panchatantra is a collection of Indian animal fables, known in Europe as the Fables of Bidpai. The original work was in Sanskrit, and could have been written anytime between 100 BC and 500 AD though some of the tales contained in it can be traced as far back as 1500 BC to the Rig-Veda. The original text is a mixture of prose and verse, with the stories contained in one of five frame stories. The introduction, which acts as an enclosing frame for the entire work, attributes the tales to a learned Brahmin called Vishnusharma, who used these stories to teach worldly wisdom to the three dull-witted sons of a king.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 1 | ||||||||||
| PZ7.R982 Re | Rylant, Cynthia | The Relatives Came [ILLUSTRATED] | 0-689-87443-X | Paperback | N | N | 1 | N | $15.64 | Book Description A delightful story about relatives visiting. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DK32.C33 | Rzhevsky, Nicholas (Editor) | The Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture (Cambridge Companions to Culture) | 0-521-47799-9 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | February 25, 1999 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : Japan | Cambridge ; New York | N | $24.99 | Book Description An introduction to modern Russian culture, from language and religion to literature and the arts. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 947.08 21 | 2005-11-20 | Cambridge Companions to Culture Series | 400 | Russia -- Civilization, Russia (Federation) -- Civilization, Arts, Russian | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| PG2128 | S., Khavronina | Chitaem i govorim po-russki. Posobie dlia kursov. Srednii etap. [STUDENT EDITION] | 5876640190 | Paperback | N | N | Paims, Moscow | 1993 | 1 | N | $15.00 | Book Description Fine textbook of Russian language. Middle level. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 1970-01-28 | 0 | |||||||||||
| PR509.E4 S23 | Sacks, Peter M. | The English Elegy : Studies in the Genre from Spenser to Yeats | 0-8018-3471-6 | Paperback | N | N | The Johns Hopkins University Press | February 1, 1987 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $25.00 | Review "Sacks's careful readings, full of suggestive and learned observations ranging from the lexical to the mythic, give this booka cumulative effect that is almost as moving as the elegies themselves."-- Journal of Modern Literature. Review "A grand achievement."--Harold Bloom. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 392 | 9.3 x 6.0 x 1.0 inches | ||||||||
| GN345.S24 | Sahlins, Marshall | Culture and Practical Reason | 0-226-73361-0 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | February 15, 1978 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology | N | $16.00 | Book Description "The main thrust of this book is to deliver a major critique of materialist and rationalist explanations of social and cultural forms, but the in the process Sahlins has given us a much stronger statement of the centrality of symbols in human affairs than have many of our 'practicing' symbolic anthropologists. He demonstrates that symbols enter all phases of social life: those which we tend to regard as strictly pragmatic, or based on concerns with material need or advantage, as well as those which we tend to view as purely symbolic, such as ideology, ritual, myth, moral codes, and the like. . . ."--Robert McKinley, Reviews in Anthropology | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1976 | 1969-12-31 | 259 | 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches | |||||||
| DU626.0283S35 | Sahlins, Marshall | How "Natives" Think : About Captain Cook, For Example | 0-226-73369-6 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | October 1, 1996 | 1 | 1.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : General | N | $17.00 | From Library Journal On its face, this appears to be a rebuttal of Gananath Obeyesekere's The Apotheosis of Captain Cook (Princeton Univ. Pr., 1992), which was in turn an attempt at refuting Sahlins's earlier explorations of the manner in which the native Hawaiians deified Capt. James Cook in 1779. In actuality, however, it is far more than that. This book is something of an apotheosis in its own right: a peroration on anthropology's responsibility to commit fully to appreciating other cultures' fundamentally different ways of organizing human experience. It provides a sustained theoretical exegesis that will be admired, if not necessarily subscribed to, by all who are engaged in the comparative study of societies, and it may in time prove to be the crowning achievement of one of contemporary anthropology's greatest thinkers and most perspicacious scholars. For academic collections.?Glenn Petersen, Baruch Coll. & Graduate Ctr., CUNY Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 328 | 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| DU28.3.S24 | Sahlins, Marshall | Islands of History | 0-226-73358-0 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | April 15, 1987 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : General | Chicago | N | $15.00 | Book Description Marshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands--Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand--whose histories have intersected with European history. But he is also concerned with the insular thinking in Western scholarship that creates false dichotomies between past and present, between structure and event, between the individual and society. Sahlins's provocative reflections form a powerful critique of Western history and anthropology. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 990 19 | 1987 | 2005-11-20 | 200 | Oceania -- History, Oceania -- Civilization | 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| PN761.S280 | Said, Edward W. | Culture and Imperialism | 0-394-58738-3 | Hardcover | N | N | Knopf | February 23, 1993 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : History & Surveys | New York | N | $9.25 | Amazon.com Edward Said makes one of the strongest cases ever for the aphorism, "the pen is mightier than the sword." This is a brilliant work of literary criticism that essentially becomes political science. Culture and Imperialism demonstrates that Western imperialism's most effective tools for dominating other cultures have been literary in nature as much as political and economic. He traces the themes of 19th- and 20th-century Western fiction and contemporary mass media as weapons of conquest and also brilliantly analyzes the rise of oppositional indigenous voices in the literatures of the "colonies." Said would argue that it's no mere coincidence that it was a Victorian Englishman, Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton, who coined the phrase "the pen is mightier . . ." Very highly recommended for anyone who wants to understand how cultures are dominated by words, as well as how cultures can be liberated by resuscitating old voices or creating new voices for new times.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. From Publishers Weekly Said's ( Orientalism ) main theme in this dense, academic study is how literature has reflected and bolstered British, French and U.S. imperialisms, which use self-justifying rhetoric to condone the West's dominance and exploitation of non-Western people. Said, University Professor at Columbia University where he teaches English and comparative literature, teases what he regards as imperialist assumptions out of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, Rudyard Kipling's Kim , Verdi's Aida and Andre Gide's The Immoralist. In his view, Joseph Conrad was both an anti-imperialist and a deeply reactionary precursor of Western blindness to Third World cultures and aspirations. He tweaks Albert Camus's "colonial sensibility," interprets Melville's Moby-Dick as a parable of U.S. expansionism and reads W. B. Yeats as an Irish national poet voicing resistance to British rule. He also looks at writers such as Salman Rushdie and Chinua Achebe who have asserted the right of Third World citizens to self-determination. Finally, Said castigates the media for its role in justifying U.S. intervention abroad, whether in Panama or during the Gulf war. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 809/.93358 20 | 2005-10-15 | 380 | European literature -- History and criticism --, Theory, etc, Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory,, etc, Imperialism in literature, Colonies in literature, Politics and culture | 1.2 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | |||||
| DS143 .S353 | Said, Edward W. | Freud and the Non-European | 1-84467-511-4 | Paperback | N | N | Verso | September 30, 2004 | 2 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | N | $10.40 | From Publishers Weekly This little book is really an essay that Said (Culture and Imperialism; etc.) delivered under the auspices of the Freud Museum in London, stretched out with Christopher Bollas's unrevised introduction ("...I am pleased to welcome all of you to this important occasion") and critic Jacqueline Rose's response-and with double spacing. Nevertheless, it's worthwhile. In excavating Freud's historical musings on the common origins of Jews and Palestinians, Said makes a case for a common culture of the Levant, one that could serve, in a very direct way, as part of finding a path to peace. Ammiel Alcalay's After Jews and Arabs: Remaking Levantine Culture makes a fuller case, but Freud has historical cache. Highlighting what Said calls Freud's "equivocation" on Zionism is an obviously loaded move, but Said handles it with intellectual care and equanimity, and with the sort of dry humor that he repeatedly finds in Freud himself. If readers can ignore the aggressive flap copy ("Israel's relentless march to an exclusively Jewish state denies any sense of a more complex, inclusive past"), they will find Said's Freud complex and inclusive. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Tom Paulin, Guardian, Books of the Year 2003 It stands in grief and memory of that dear, good and great man as my pre-eminent book of the year. | 2005-05-02 | Amazon | 2005-05-02 | 96 | 7.5 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches | ||||||||
| DS12.S24 | SAID, EDWARD W. | Orientalism | 0-394-74067-X | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | October 12, 1979 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Asia : General | N | $10.20 | Book Description The noted critic and a Palestinian now teaching at Columbia University,examines the way in which the West observes the Arabs. | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 432 | 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| BQ9399.I567S26 | Sanford, James H. | Zen-Man Ikkyu | 0-89130-499-1 | Hardcover | N | N | Scholars Pr | December 1, 1981 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : Japanese & Haiku | N | $545.13 | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 321 | ||||||||||
| RA784 | Santillo, Humbart | Intuitive Eating/Everybody's Natural Guide to Total Health and Lifegiving Vitality Through Food | 0-934252-27-0 | Paperback | N | N | Hohm Press | June, 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Diets & Weight Loss : Diets : Healthy | Prescott, Ariz. | N | $16.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Intuitive Eating: Everybody's Natural Guide to Total Health and Lifegiving Vitality through Food | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 613.2 20 | 2005-11-20 | 450 | Nutrition | 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.2 inches | |||||
| PN1993.5.G3 | Santner, Eric L. | Stranded Objects: Mourning, Memory, and Film in Postwar Germany | 0-8014-8162-7 | Paperback | N | N | Cornell Univ Pr | December, 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Germany | N | $20.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Stranded Objects: Mourning, Memory, and Film in Postwar Germany | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 216 | 0.8 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | ||||||||
| P105 | Sapir, Edward | Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech | 0-15-648233-9 | Paperback | N | N | Harvest Books | August 4, 1955 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Reference : General | N | $9.60 | Book Description Originally published in 1921, this classic is still regarded as one of the clearest, most comprehensive descriptions of language for the general reader. Index. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 252 | 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| P27.S27 | Sapir, Edward | Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture, and Personality | 0-520-05594-2 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | November, 1986 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : General | N | $32.50 | ABOUT THE BOOK Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture, and Personality FROM THE PUBLISHER Sapir was skillfull at analyzing unwritten languages on the basis of his own fieldwork. He contributed significantly to the mapping of languages and cultures of native America. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | c194 | 1969-12-31 | 640 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.5 inches | |||||||
| BL2003 | Sarkar, Benoy Kumar | The Folk-Element in Hindu Culture: A Contribution to Socio-Religious Studies in Hindu Folk-Institutions | Hardcover | N | N | Oriental Books Reprint Corp. | 1972 | 1 | New Delhi | N | 2006-01-22 | 0 | Folklore -- India; Hinduism -- Rituals | ||||||||||||||
| BL238.S27 2002 | Sarkar, Sumit | Beyond Nationalist Frames: Relocating Postmodernism, Hindutva, History | 8178240262 | Hardcover | N | N | Dayal, Ravi Publisher | January 2002 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | History : India | N | N/A | ABOUT THE BOOK Beyond Nationalist Frames: Relocating Postmodernism, Hindutva, History FROM THE PUBLISHER The theme which unites these essays is Sumit Sarkars consistent critique of the limits of nationalist frames. He shows that despite their divergent forms - chauvinistic or benign, political-statist or culturalist - nationalist frameworks have limited modern South Asia history. Sarkar srgues for moving towards a flexibly Marxian social history and politics imbued with democratic, socialist-feminist, and internationalist values | 2006-01-18 | Barnes & Noble | 2006-01-18 | 265 | |||||||||
| PQ2637.A82 | Sartre, Jean Paul | La Nausee | 2-07-036805-X | Paperback | N | N | Gallimard Jeunesse | June, 2002 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | N | $10.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK La Nausée (Nausea) | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | c193 | 1970-01-07 | 249 | 7.0 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches | |||||||
| B2430.S33 E813 | Sartre, Jean-Paul | Being and nothingness; an essay in phenomenological ontology | N | N | Citadel Press [1964 | 1956 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Existentialism | New York | N | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 111.1 | 1970-04-16 | 553 | Existentialism, Existential psychology | lxvii, 553 p. 21 cm. | |||||||||
| B819.E95 | Sartre, Jean-Paul | Existentialism and Human Emotions | 0-8065-0244-4 | Paperback | N | N | Carol Publishing Group | September 1983 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | N | ABOUT THE BOOK Existentialism and Human Emotions ANNOTATION That man is personally responsible for what he is and what he does; that there is no given human nature which he is obliged to fulfill--this is the heart of Sartre's philosophy as explained here. FROM THE PUBLISHER The chief effort of this work is to face the implications for personal action of a universe without purpose. That man is personally responsible for what he is and what he does; that there are no values external to man and no given human nature which he is obliged to fulfill; that man chooses his values and makes himself, and may therefore choose to be a different person - this is the heart of Jean-Paul Sartre's philosophy. | 1970-01-21 | Barnes & Noble | 1970-01-21 | 0 | |||||||||||
| B819.S43 | Sartre, Jean-Paul | Search for a Method (Vintage) | 0-394-70464-9 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | August 12, 1968 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Modern | N | $12.45 | ABOUT THE BOOK Search For A Method FROM THE PUBLISHER 'Search for a Method' is a separate and introductory essay published together with 'Critique of Dialectical Reason'. It is the search for a method by which the existentialist Marxist may hope to understand both individual persons and history. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 1963 | 2005-11-20 | 224 | 7.3 x 4.3 x 0.6 inches | |||||||
| B504 .S2 | Saunders, Jason Lewis | Greek and Roman philosophy after Aristotle [edited by] Jason L. Saunders | N | N | Free Press | 1966 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Philosophy, Ancient | New York | N | Bibliography: p. 359-363. | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 182.08 | 1970-04-16 | Readings in the history of philosophy | 371 | Philosophy, Ancient | x, 371 p. 21 cm. | |||||||
| BL1225.N34U7777 | Sax, William S. | Mountain Goddess: Gender and Politics in a Himalayan Pilgrimage | 0-19-506432-1 | Hardcover | N | N | Oxford University Press | September, 1991 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | New York | N | $21.18 | Book Description Every few decades, thousands of Hindu villagers in the Central Himalayas of North India carry their regional goddess Nandadevi in a bridal palanquin to her husband Shiva's home, walking barefoot over icebound mountain passes to a lake surrounded by human bones. This Royal Pilgrimage of Nandadevi is a ritual dramatization of the post-marital journeys of married women from their natal homes to their husbands' homes. _Mountain Goddess_ is an anthropological study of this pilgrimage and the cult of Nandadevi, especially as they relate to local women's lives. The author shows how Nandadevi's appeal stems from the fact that her mythology parallels the life-courses of the local peasant women, and that her ritual procession imitates their annual journey to the village of their birth. Drawing on formal Indian theories, verbal commentaries, songs, interviews, articles, propaganda, legends, pan-Indian Sanskrit liturgies, historical documents, and the author's remarkable personal account of the pilgrimage, this gripping narrative is a unique resource for courses in the anthropology of religion, Hinduism, and folklore, ritual, and gender studies.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 294.5/2114 20 | 2005-10-04 | 235 | Nandadevi (Hindu deity) -- Cult -- India --, Uttaranchal, Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India --, Uttaranchal, Hindu women -- India -- Uttaranchal, Uttaranchal (India) -- Religious life and, customs | 0.8 x 6.0 x 8.8 inches | |||||
| N7832.S26 | Schapiro, Meyer | Late Antique, Early Christian and Mediaeval Art: Selected Papers (Schapiro, Meyer, Selections. 3.) | 0-8076-0927-7 | Hardcover | N | N | George Braziller | December 1979 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : General | New York | N | $4.40 | ABOUT THE BOOK Late Antique Early Christian Art | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 709/.02 | 1979 | 1970-04-14 | Selected Papers | 414 | Art, Early Christian, Art, Medieval | 24 cm. | |||
| DS785.S295 | Schell, Orville | Virtual Tibet: Searching for Shangri-LA from the Himalayas to Hollywood | 0-8050-4381-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Metropolitan Books | May 1, 2000 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | History : Asia : China : General | N | $1.75 | From Publishers Weekly The Dalai Lama! The Beastie Boys! Prayer wheels! Lost Horizon! Brad Pitt! Schell (Mandate of Heaven), a prolific China expert and the dean of UC-Berkeley's journalism school, has produced a fluent, enlightening, well-researched and often disillusioning chronicle of Tibet and "Tibet"--the first a real place of high mountains and Buddhist tradition, the second a Western image of the place, presented in memoirs, films, T-shirts and benefit concerts from Marco Polo to Kundun and beyond. Schell begins with his first visit to the real Tibet in 1981, fills in his readers with relevant history and belief, then moves to Hollywood, where the Dalai Lama has become "a warmhearted, even cuddly religious icon." Schell meets and evaluates "self-styled Tibetan Buddhist[s] in the Hollywood pantheon," from Richard Gere, who appears impressively dedicated, to Steven Seagal, who comes off here as secretive and egomaniacal and who claims to be a reincarnated lama. The author travels to Austria to interview former SS member Heinrich Harrer, who wrote the book Seven Years in Tibet. And--after much effort--he reaches the Argentinean location where the Brad Pitt vehicle based on Harrer's book is being shot: there he finds a dedicated director, fake lamas, real llamas and quite real, somewhat disoriented, Tibetans. After neat historical digressions, Schell returns to the present-day triangle of Hollywood-China-Tibet: noting that neither Tibet movie made much money, Schell concludes that both China and Hollywood "had occupied Tibet [and] found it disappointingly indigestible. Unfortunately, only Hollywood showed signs of... retreat." (May.-- found it disappointingly indigestible. Unfortunately, only Hollywood showed signs of... retreat." (May) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Tibet has a mysterious aura, as remote to Western thought and culture as its location. Schell, dean of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of 14 previous books and numerous magazine articles, writes about the mystery of Tibet, interweaving an account of the filming of Seven Years in Tibet (which starred Brad Pitt and was based on Heinrich Harrer's book of the same title). Consequently, Schell's focus is dual: he simultaneously discusses Tibetan culture, religion, history, and geography and the filming of the movie, including casting and the building of the set for the holy city of Lhasa. (Ironically, the movie was filmed in the Argentine Andes and Hollywood, not Tibet.) Schell's account is, much like his previous books and articles, well written, well researched, and engaging. He has visited Tibet on many occasions and has served as an adviser on Asian affairs to President Clinton. A thorough bibliography accompanies the text. Highly recommended. -Thomas K. Fry, Univ. of Denver Penrose Lib. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 340 | 9.6 x 6.5 x 1.3 inches | ||||||||
| PG2511.S33 1986 | Scherr, Barry P. | Russian Poetry : Meter, Rhythm, and Rhyme | 0-520-05299-4 | Hardcover | N | N | University of California Press | June 16, 1986 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Europe : Former Soviet Republics & Siberia | Berkeley | N | $129.95 | Book Description Russian Poetry offers the most complete description of Russian verse to date and provides a full introduction to Russian poetry based on current research. The work is geared toward both the lay reader and the specialist. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 891.71/009 19 | 1986 | 1970-01-28 | 475 | Russian language -- Versification | 1.2 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | ||||
| NC760 | Schider, Fritz | An Atlas of Anatomy for Artists | 0-486-20241-0 | Paperback | N | N | Dover Publications | May, 1981 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : General | N | $10.36 | ABOUT THE BOOK An Atlas of Anatomy for Artists FROM THE PUBLISHER Full text, plus anatomical illustrations; plates by great artists showing anatomy. 593 illus. SYNOPSIS Full text, plus anatomical illustrations; plates by great artists showing anatomy. 593 illus. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1957 | 1970-01-07 | 192 | 10.2 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches | |||||||
| HE1021.S3413 | Schivelbusch, Wolfgang | The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the 19th Century | 0-520-05929-8 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | April, 1987 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | N | $21.95 | Amazon.com Because it made possible rapid movement and shipping across large distances, joining far-off towns to economic and cultural capitals, many people who lived in the early 19th century regarded the railroad as an instrument of progress. Because anyone with the price of a ticket could board a train, regardless of social class, the railroad was also seen as a democratizing technology. But, Wolfgang Schivelbusch notes in this vivid history of early rail travel, the promise of progress and democracy was swiftly compromised. The railroads became an agency for the concentration of wealth in a few hands, and they created a class of passive consumers who simply got aboard and waited to arrive at their destinations. The railroads, Schivelbusch writes, changed the 19th-century world for good and ill. They helped rewrite the industrializing world's sense of time, for now precise schedules had to be kept; they reinforced a sense of forward-plunging movement into the future; they even introduced the reality of mass disaster, for railroads were always crashing, sometimes taking hundreds of riders to their deaths. Delving into urban planning, psychology, architecture, and economics, as well as the history of technology, Schivelbusch paints a revealing portrait of the role of the railroad in shaping the 19th-century mind. --Gregory McNamee The Village Voice This delightful, probing, and very quirky book is, surprisingly, a pioneering work in the sociology and psychopathology of the railway revolution. . . Whats more, its a gas. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 1 | 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| BL48.S33 1988 | Schleiermacher, Friedrich | On Religion : Speeches to its Cultured Despisers (Texts in German Philosophy) | 0-521-35789-6 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | November 25, 1988 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Cambridge [England] ; New York | N | $1.80 | Book Description This edition of On Religion presents an acclaimed translation of a classic of religious thought.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 200 19 | 1970-01-21 | Texts in German Philosophy Ser. | 248 | Religion -- Early works to 1800 | 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| PR502.S35 | Schmidt, Michael | Lives of the Poets | 0-375-70604-6 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | October 1, 2000 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : Arts & Literature : Authors | New York | N | $20.00 | Amazon.com Michael Schmidt's Lives of the Poets should engender endless debates. Anytime anyone attempts a project this monumental--nothing less than the entire history of poetry in English, after all!--plenty of people will disagree with how he or she goes about it. Take, for example, the fact that Schmidt crams 500 years of poetry (Richard Rolle of Hampole through Walt Whitman) into the first half of his massive tome, then spreads a mere century and a half (Emily Dickinson to the present) across the rest. And even 900-plus pages isn't enough space to treat every poet equally--indeed, it may be that Schmidt's choices will spark the liveliest disagreements. Then there are his various pronunciamentos on poetry itself--everything from its form to its influences. But no matter what you may think of Schmidt's methods or conclusions, his credentials are above reproach. Editor of PN Review and founder and editorial director of Carcanet Press, he is a man both passionate and knowledgeable about poetry--and poets. While Schmidt does, indeed, provide biographical information about his subjects, it is with their inner lives, their imaginative landscapes, that he is chiefly concerned. Open the book to almost any page or any era, and you'll find detailed analyses of not only the poems themselves but also the times, the culture, and the literary antecedents that affected them. Of T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound he writes: "Eliot and Pound rebelled together against what they saw as the misuse of free or unmetered verse." And in discussing Eliot's The Waste Land, he remarks: In The Waste Land he demanded to be read differently from other poets. He alters our way of reading for good, if we read him properly. The poem does not respond to analysis of its meanings--meanings cannot be detached from the texture of the poetry itself. In addition to giving the analytical part of the reader's brain a good workout, as he parses everyone from Spenser to Ashbery to Walcott, Schmidt offers up plenty of idiosyncratic opinion that will alternately raise hackles or set heads nodding in vigorous agreement. This may not be the most objective treatment of poetry to come down the pike, but it is an invaluable--and deeply entertaining--reference. --Margaret Prior--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Publishers Weekly Using Samuel Johnson's 18th-century Lives of the Poets as a blueprint, this exhaustive survey treks through 600 years of mostly British poetry in English, from Wycliffe and Wyatt to Andrew Motion and Les Murray. In each of 64 chapters crammed with juicy anecdotes ("The kiss of Walt Whitman is still on my lips," reported an enraptured Oscar Wilde upon meeting his idol), Schmidt moves from biography to formal techniques to cultural reception. He focuses, for example, on what Donald Davie liked about Robert Burns, or Pound admired in Chaucer; on how "a living poem can engage another poem at five hundred years' distance, or across the other side of the world." While some would argue that a couple of pages summarizing The Canterbury Tales or The Prelude is insufficient, the book is more of a gathering of friends and rivals than a comprehensive companion. Schmidt, the founder of London's influential Carcanet Press (distributed here by Paul and Co.), has an intuitive sense of organizationAone sequence from Wallace Stevens to Marianne Moore to Elizabeth Bishop is smoothly connected and riveting. Throughout his tour, he lingers at major moments in political, religious and social history to show how poets have used the resources of language to respond to their respective pressures. Recently rediscovered women poets such as Emilia Lanyer, Charlotte Smith and Mina Loy receive ample attention, and 20th-century trends and movements (imagism, vorticism, confessionalism, language poetry, etc.) are forcefully elucidated. Schmidt's interest in the history of publishing shadows the main narrative, allowing the reader to emerge with greater appreciation for those publishers who gambled on their taste to disseminate the work of history's most scandalo | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 821.009 21 | 1969-12-31 | 992 | English poetry -- History and criticism, American poetry -- History and criticism, English-speaking countries -- Intellectual life, Poets, American -- Biography, Poets, English -- Biography | 7.9 x 5.3 x 1.7 inches | |||||
| BS1140.2.S2913 | Schmidt, Werner H. | Old Testament Introduction | 0-8245-1051-8 | Paperback | N | N | Herder & Herder | December 25, 1990 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Bible & Other Sacred Texts : Bible : Old Testament | N | $4.51 | Book Description The best available introduction to the Hebrew Scripture. Language Notes Text: English, German (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 1970-01-28 | 384 | 1.2 x 6.0 x 9.2 inches | ||||||||
| P306.2.S36 | Schogt, Henry G. | Linguistics, Literary Analysis, and Literary Translation | 0-8020-2649-4 | Hardcover | N | N | University of Toronto Press | March, 1988 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Toronto ; Buffalo | N | $12.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Linguistics, Literary Analysis, and Literary Translation | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 448/.02 19 | 1988 | 1969-12-31 | 177 | Philology, Translating and interpreting | 0.5 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | ||||
| PR468.M63 S36 | Schor, Esther H. | Bearing the Dead | 0-691-03396-X | Hardcover | N | N | Princeton Univ Pr | November 14, 1994 | 1 | History : Europe : England : 18th Century | Princeton, N.J. | N | $33.75 | Book Description Esther Schor tells us about the persistence of the dead, about why they still matter long after we emerge from grief and accept our loss. Mourning as a cultural phenomenon has become opaque to us in the twentieth century, Schor argues. This book is an effort to recover the culture of mourning that thrived in English society from the Enlightenment through the Romantic Age, and to recapture its meaning. Mourning appears here as the social diffusion of grief through sympathy, as a force that constitutes communities and helps us to conceptualize history. In the textual and social practices of the British Enlightenment and its early nineteenth-century heirs, Schor uncovers the ways in which mourning mediated between received ideas of virtue, both classical and Christian, and a burgeoning, property-based commercial society. The circulation of sympathies maps the means by which both valued things and values themselves are distributed within a culture. Delving into philosophy, politics, economics, and social history as well as literary texts, Schor traces a shift in the British discourse of mourning in the wake of the French Revolution: What begins as a way to effect a moral consensus in society turns into a means of conceiving and bringing forth history. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 821/.009/354 20 | 1994 | 1970-01-07 | Literature in History Series | 256 | English literature -- 19th century -- History and, criticism, Mourning customs -- Great Britain -- History --, 19th century, English literature -- 18th century -- History and, criticism, Mourning customs -- Great Britain -- History --, 18th century, Litera | 1.2 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | ||||
| G2261.S1 H5 | Schwartzberg, Joseph E. | A Historical Atlas of South Asia (Reference series - the Association for Asian Studies ; no. 2) | 0-226-74221-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Univ of Chicago Pr | December, 1978 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Reference : Atlases & Maps : Historical | Chicago | N | $467.04 | ABOUT THE BOOK Historical Atlas of South | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 911/.54 | 1970-01-14 | Reference Series - the Association for Asian Studies ; No. 2 | 352 | South Asia -- Historical geography -- Maps, South Asia -- History | 42 cm. | ||||
| BR535.R42 | Schweiger, Beth Barton (Editor) | Religion in the American South: Protestants and Others in History and Culture | 0-8078-5570-7 | Paperback | N | N | University of North Carolina Press | November 1, 2004 | 1 | History : Americas : United States : General | N | $19.95 | From Publishers Weekly Mathews's 1977 book Religion in the Old South stands as one of the seminal studies of antebellum Southern Christianity. Now Mathews (UNC–Chapel Hill) and co-editor Schweiger (University of Arkansas) offer a state-of-the-field anthology showcasing work by young, cutting-edge scholars of Southern religion. Emily Bingham's essay on the "apostasy" of antebellum Jewish North Carolinian Rachel Mordecai Lazarus sheds new light not only on the Southern Jewish experience but also on the nature of evangelicalism and religious revivals. Kurt Berends examines the oddly understudied question of how "the Civil War shape[d] Christianity in the Confederacy," arguing that in the 1860s, Southern doctrines of salvation changed. No longer was Jesus' blood the only path to heaven; a hero's death on the battlefield also provided entry through the pearly gates. The gem here is Mathews's own essay on lynching, which examines a central image of the postbellum South--that of Christ-like black men hanging on trees. Caveat emptor: this is a decidedly academic anthology. The primary audience is scholars, and armchair historians who pick up this volume may wish to skip those essays (like Schweiger's) that are primarily concerned with historiography, not history. For professional historians, though, this is an excellent introduction to new fields of inquiry in Southern religion. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 340 | 8.5 x 13.9 x 0.9 inches | |||||||||
| PG3476.T75 S39 | Schweitzer, Viktoria | Tsvetaeva | 0-374-52402-5 | Paperback | N | N | Noonday Pr | August, 1995 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : Arts & Literature : Authors | N | $0.01 | From Library Journal Of the four great Russian poets of the 20th century--Osip Mandelstam, Anna Akhmatova, Boris Pasternak, and Marina Tsvetaeva--the work of Tsvetaeva is the least well known in the West. This bold new biography by Schweitzer, a Russian expatriate now teaching at Mount Holyoke and Amherst colleges, redresses the balance. In a fervent, forthright style completely in keeping with her subject, whose poems can be almost naively direct, Schweitzer details the tragic arc of Tsvetaeva's life: exclusive childhood spent largely in Europe, where her mother died of tuberculosis; startling early celebrity as a poet; the trauma of the Revolution, when one of her children died of starvation while her White Guard husband was at war; years of exile, which ended when it was revealed that her husband was a Soviet agent; and return to the Soviet Union, where she committed suicide in 1941. Schweitzer's personal, speculative style may put off some readers, but it effectively brings to life the proud, passionate Tsvetaeva. Biographical notes and a bibliography of works in English and Russian attest to Schweitzer's scholarship. Highly recommended for most libraries. - Barbara Hoffert, "Library Journal" Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Kirkus Reviews Marina Tsvetaeva (1882-1941) is the least read of the four great modern Russian poets (Pasternak, Akhmatova, Mandelstam), her poems (translated here by Peter Norman) and fine theoretical prose as subject to drowning in the tempestuous waves of her life-history as anything else she held closest to her. Tsvetaeva knew everyone, loved everyone, idealized everyone (though married to poet Sergei Efron, her affairs were bisexual, transcontinental, discretionless)--and suffered poverty and scorn in the service of her genius. Lacking the outward gravitas of her peer poets, she was scandal incarnate--she makes George Sand seem like Emily Dickinson- -but with that quality came a gift for essentialism that in this poetic century perhaps is matched only by Rilke's; her love affairs were more acts of insanely pure idealization than genuine passions for an other. She lived out of Russia during much of the Twenties and Thirties; and then, against her better sense, went back--only to have her long-suffering, saintly husband and daughter promptly arrested and sent to perish in the gulag. Somehow, though, Tsvetaeva managed to continue with her art until her saddest of ends: a penniless suicide as the German Army approached. Schweitzer, a Mayakovsky archivist in Moscow before emigrating in 1978, has not a little of her subject's verve, valor, and hardheadedness: She scoffs, dismisses, clucks, repeats, wearies, worries, and wears down: that a nobody's-fool Russian woman of impossible stamina wrote this book would be guessable blind. But the book is chiefly indispensable for the whole picture of modern Russian literature it encompasses--analytical, social, and sexual. Sometimes a slog, but worth it. (Illustrations) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 413 | 1.5 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches | ||||||||
| PN56.S742 S38 | Schweizer, Harold | Suffering and the Remedy of Art | 0-7914-3264-5 | Paperback | N | N | State University of New York Press | April 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : General | Albany | N | $19.95 | Book Description This book suggests that a listening to suffering may profit from a literary hearing, and vice-versa. It is not only that literature tells of suffering but that suffering may tell us something about the nature of literature. The author examines works and texts that range from medicine to literature, philosophy to photography, prose to poetry, and from Antigone to W.H. Auden. The book presents individual instances, real and literary, of physical and mental wounds and diseases, of pain and death, endured by a little girl in a burn ward, a boy wounded in the war in Bosnia, a nameless Vietnamese woman, Job, Antigone, as well as a number of mostly lyrical elegists: a survivor of the holocaust, a wife bereft of her husband, a daughter bereft of her father. The autonomy of each chapter suggests that experiences of suffering are always incomparable. One must in every instance begin again and enter the scene of suffering on its own terms: the radically individual nature of suffering is prior or past to any theory or set of generalizations. Card catalog description This book suggests that a listening to suffering may profit from a literary hearing, and vice versa. It is not only that literature tells of suffering but that suffering may tell us something about the nature of literature. The author examines works and texts that range from medicine to literature, philosophy to photography, prose to poetry, and from Antigone to W. H. Auden. The book presents individual instances, real and literary, of physical and mental wounds and diseases, of pain and death, endured by a little girl in a burn ward, a boy wounded in the war in Bosnia, a nameless Vietnamese woman, Job, Antigone; as well as a number of mostly lyrical elegists: a survivor of the Holocaust, a wife bereft of her husband, a daughter bereft of her father. The autonomy of each chapter suggests that experiences of suffering are always incomparable. One must in every instance begin again and enter the scene of suffering on its own terms: the radically individual nature of suffering is prior or past to any theory or set of generalizations. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 809/.93353 20 | 1997 | 1970-04-16 | 215 | Suffering in literature, Suffering in art | 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches | ||||
| HD1537.M27 S380 | Scott, James | Weapons of the Weak : Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance | 0-300-03641-8 | Paperback | N | N | Yale University Press | September 10, 1987 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Politics : General | N | $20.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Weapons of the Weak FROM THE PUBLISHER This sensitive picture of the constant and circumspect struggle waged by peasants materially and ideologically against their oppressors show that techniques of evasion and resistance may represent the most significant and effective means of class struggle in the long run. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 1985 | 2005-10-08 | 392 | 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches | |||||||
| BF1600.H474 1985 | Scott, Walter Sir | HERMETICA - VOL 2 | 0-394-74227-3 | Paperback | N | N | Shambhala | September 12, 1985 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Ancient | N | $22.00 | Book Description Notes on the Latin Asclepius and the Hermetic Excerpts of Stobaeus. Volume 1 ISBN 1564594815, Volume 2 ISBN 1564594823, Volume 4 ISBN 156459484X.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. Language Notes Text: Greek, Latin (translation)--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 1 | |||||||||
| PC2129.E5 V3 II | Scullen, Mary Ellen | Workbook/Lab Manual to Accompany Chez Nous | 0-13-091908-X | Paperback | N | N | Prentice Hall | 2002 | 2 | N | $9.50 | Book Description Companion for Chez Nous -- Branche Sur Le Monde Francophone by Albert Valdman, Cathy Pons, Mary Ellen Scullen & Sarah Jourdain | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 0 | |||||||||||
| BQ732.S43 | Seager, Richard Hughes | Buddhism in America | 0-231-10869-9 | Paperback | N | N | Columbia University Press | November 15, 2000 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Current Events : General | N | $25.00 | Paul David Numrich director of the Buddhist Chicago Project; author of Old Wisdom in the New World: Americanization in Two Immigrant Thervada Buddhist Temples Richard Seager marks out a magnificent road map, directing us to important people, places, and issues in multifaceted Buddhist America at the turn of the millennium. . . . Under Seagers guidance we discover a great deal about the Buddhists of America, but also a great deal about the Americanization of Buddhism. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Review "This book cries out for use as a textbook for classes on Buddhism in America." -- Franz Aubrey Metcalf, The Journal of Religion "This well-informed book provides a comprehensive survey of a variety of Buddhist traditions in the contemporary U.S.... [its] strength, apart from being a mine of information, is Seager's insistence on taking a historically informed and comparative perspective." -- Martin Baumann, Religious Studies Review "Unbiased and insightful, Buddhism in America offers a view of how far the Buddhist movement has come in little more than a century and a peek at where it is going at the dawn of a new millennium." -- Don Morreale, Tricycle "[Columbia University] Press continues to bring excellent scholarship to the general reader with this outstanding study of American Buddhism." -- Jana Reiss, Publishers Weekly | 2006-01-17 | Amazon | 2000 | 2006-01-17 | Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series | 336 | 9.1 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | ||||||
| DS774.S393 1986 | Seagrave, Sterling | Soong Dynasty | 0-06-091318-5 | Paperback | N | N | Harper Perennial | April 19, 1986 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Ancient : China | N | $12.24 | -- New York Times Book Review "Fast-paced and jammed with racy details." | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | c198 | 1970-01-21 | Harper Perennial | 560 | 8.0 x 5.3 x 1.4 inches | ||||||
| PN1997.M395 | Seay, Chris | The Gospel Reloaded: Exploring Spirituality and Faith in The Matrix | 1-57683-478-6 | Paperback | N | N | Pinon Press | June 1, 2003 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Entertainment : Movies : General | N | $11.19 | From Publishers Weekly Pop a red pill and journey with the authors down the rabbit hole to the burgeoning world of Matrix spirituality. Ever since Neo first discovered his true identity in the now-famous 1999 sleeper hit, fans, critics and philosophers have gone over every celluloid inch of "The Matrix" to pick out its intellectual themes. And, like any pop culture phenomenon worth its salt, the film managed to be all things to all people, claimed by Christians as an allegory of resurrection and by Buddhists as a metaphor of awakening. Seay and Garrett are primarily concerned with the movie's Christian themes-Neo as the Christ; Morpheus as the John the Baptist figure who prepares the way; and Trinity as "the female face of God." (That's not the only thing that may cause more conservative Christians to put on Agent Smith faces; elsewhere, the authors very thoughtfully entertain the idea that the Matrix that is oppressing people in our own society may well be organized religion.) The authors are clearly diehard fans (Seay even named one of his children Trinity!), but the book is far more than an extended fan fawn; it is quite intelligent and substantive, as well as engagingly written. The final two chapters (not seen by PW) will discuss developments in the second installment in the Matrix trilogy. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. Book Description The millions of people who saw and loved The Matrix understood that it was much more than just an action adventure movie with state-of-the-art special effects. Audiences gravitated toward the film because it made a statement about life. Its plot and themes resonated with a postmodern worldview and caused people to think carefully about their spirituality. In The Gospel Reloaded, authors Chris Seay and Greg Garrett explore the Matrix films, studying the characters and metaphors for their hidden meaning. They show how these movies--with their themes of rebirth and awakening, fate and free will--are guaranteed to generate thoughtful discussion about culture and spirituality. | 2005-04-27 | Amazon | 2005-04-27 | 176 | 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| PS3569.E314 R47 | Sedaris, David | Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim | 0-316-01079-0 | Paperback | N | N | Back Bay Books | May 31, 2005 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Entertainment : Humor : Essays | N | $10.17 | Amazon.com Audio Review It just isn't fair: most of us would be lucky to be able to express ourselves in writing half as well as David Sedaris does in his new book, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. But on top of his skills with the written word, the author also has substantial gifts as a performer, and he proves this on the audio version of the book. In his essay The Change in Me,Sedaris remembers that his mother was good at imitating people, and it's clear that he takes after her. Whether he's doing impressions of high-voiced brother Paul, or recalling times when he and his sisters tried to win good karma by speaking and acting like well-behaved, fairytale children, Sedaris's nuanced performance hits the right note on both the opening, comedic stories, and the more poignant essays that tend to come later in the reading. In fact, for those who have already read some of the best stories in other publications including The New Yorker, the CD or cassette version of this collection is probably the best bet for furthering your appreciation of the material. Sedaris's career is closely linked with two things: audio (he was discovered by NPR's Ira Glass), and the personal lives of himself and his family. In Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, he describes fights with his boyfriend, and his sister-in-law's difficult pregnancy. When sister Lisa complains about the stories involving the family, he writes about that, too. Sedaris's latest provides more evidence that he is a great humorist, memoirist and raconteur, and readers are lucky to have the opportunity to know him so well. Perhaps they are luckier still not to know him personally. --Leah Weathersby--This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. From Publishers Weekly In his latest collection, Sedaris has found his heart. This is not to suggest that the author of Me Talk Pretty One Day and other bestselling books has lost his edge. The 27 essays here (many previously published in Esquire, G.Q. or the New Yorker, or broadcast on PRI's This American Life) include his best and funniest writing yet. Here is Sedaris's family in all its odd glory. Here is his father dragging his mortified son over to the home of one of the most popular boys in school, a boy possessed of "an uncanny ability to please people," demanding that the boy's parents pay for the root canal that Sedaris underwent after the boy hit him in the mouth with a rock. Here is his oldest sister, Lisa, imploring him to keep her beloved Amazon parrot out of a proposed movie based on his writing. ("'Will I have to be fat in the movie?' she asked.") Here is his mother, his muse, locking the kids out of the house after one snow day too many, playing the wry, brilliant commentator on his life until her untimely death from cancer. His mother emerges as one of the most poignant and original female characters in contemporary literature. She balances bitter and sweet, tart and rich--and so does Sedaris, because this is what life is like. "You should look at yourself," his mother says in one piece, as young Sedaris crams Halloween candy into his mouth rather than share it. He does what she says and then some, and what emerges is the deepest kind of humor, the human comedy. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-11-27 | Amazon | 2005-11-27 | 272 | 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| DC29.3 | Selby, Bettina | Pilgrim's Road: A Journey to Santiago De Compostela | 0-316-78032-4 | Paperback | N | N | Little Brown & Co | April, 1995 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Europe | Boston | N | $4.61 | ABOUT THE BOOK Pilgrim's Road, Vol. 1 | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1994 | 1970-01-21 | 212 | France -- Description and travel, Spain, Northern -- Description and travel, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Spain --, Santiago de Compostela, Selby, Bettina -- Travel -- Spain -- Santiago de, Compostela, Santiago de Compostela (Spain) | 0.8 x 5.0 x 7.8 inches | |||||
| HM22.G3 S493 | Sellerberg, Ann-Mari | A Blend of Contradictions: Georg Simmel in Theory and Practice | 1-56000-120-8 | Hardcover | N | N | Transaction Pub | January, 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | New Brunswick, N.J., U.S.A. | N | $39.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Blend of Contradictions: Georg Simmel in Theory and Practice FROM THE PUBLISHER Contradiction forms the basis of all social phenomena. Anyone who has read Georg Simmel will perceive his fascination with the essential complexity that characterizes human interaction. Look for contradiction, he seems to say, and you will find something of vital importance. Ann-Mari Sellerberg applies central themes from Simmel - trust, subordination under principle, adventure, and the position of the poor - and applies them to contemporary phenomena. In so doing, she both illuminates Simmel and reveals how empirical analysis can be extended with insights from his work. Written in nontechnical language, this book will be of interest to scholars and professionals in a broad range of behavioral sciences. The examples that illustrate it will make the book of particular interest to those concerned with health care, marketing, and consumer behavior, as well as those working in the caring professions. FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Examines how German sociologist Simmel (1858-1918) broke down social phenomena into categories in which are opposites that sometimes work together and sometimes against each other. The topics include motherhood, consumption, fashion, vacations, and interaction in geriatric hospitals. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 301/.092 20 | 1994 | 2005-11-20 | 128 | Simmel, Georg, 1858-1918, Sociology -- Germany -- History | 0.8 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | ||||
| BQ9286 | Sengcan | The Book Of Nothing: A Song Of Enlightenment | 0-7407-2725-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Andrews McMeel Publishing | November 2, 2002 | 1 | Arts & Photography : Art : General | Kansas City, Mo. | N | $9.95 | Book Description These two exquisitely designed volumes draw on the writings of two ancient masters of spiritual and meditative thought to provide a guide for affirmation and contemplation.[Body copy]The Book of Nothing, or Hsin Hsin Ming, was written in the sixth century by Sosan, the third Zen patriarch. Long cherished by seekers on the path as a study in spiritual perfection, it is brought to you here in a new translation that is both beautifully illustrated and highly readable. The Book of Nothing is remarkable for its brevity and for the simplicity in which it describes the silence experienced by the empty mind of Zen. Each line reads as a simple meditation that enlightens the heart and mind into silence and relaxation.The Book of Everything is a lavishly illustrated book that offers a fresh translation of The Walled Garden of Truth by the 12th century poet Hakim Sanai. This inspiring and enlightening Sufi sutra is composed of short passages on each page, updated with the modern reader in mind. Hakim Sanai's original text of The Walled Garden of Truth inspired Jallaludin Rumi to write his famous work The Mathnawi. | 2005-11-27 | Amazon | 294.3/444 22 | 2002 | 2005-11-27 | 80 | Religious life -- Zen Buddhism, Zen Buddhism -- Doctrines, Spiritual life | 5.5 x 5.0 x 0.5 inches | |||||
| GT3251.A3 M367 | Seremetakis, C. Nadia | The Last Word : Women, Death, and Divination in Inner Mani | 0-226-74876-6 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | October 8, 1991 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Politics : General | Chicago | N | $35.00 | Book Description Based on years of fieldwork in both rural and urban Greece, The Last Word explores women's cultural resistance as they weave together diverse social practices: improvised antiphonic laments, divinatory dreaming, the care and tending of olive trees and the dead, and the inscription of emotions and the senses on a landscape of persons, things, and places. These practices compose the empowering poetics of the cultural periphery. C. Nadia Seremetakis liberates the analysis of gender from reductive binary models and pioneers the alternative perspective of self-reflexive "native anthropology" in European ethnography. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 393/.9 20 | 2005-10-08 | 290 | Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Greece -- Mani, Women -- Greece -- Mani -- Social conditions, Social structure -- Greece -- Mani, Mani (Greece) -- Religious life and customs, Philosophy, Greek (Modern) | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches | |||||
| DS495.3.S46 | Sever, Adrian | Aspects of Modern Nepals History | 8125900802 | Hardcover | N | N | Vikas Pub. House | November 1, 1996 | 1 | 2.5 Stars | History : Asia | New Delhi | N | $28.50 | Book Description USED TO EXAMINE AND ANALYSE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF GOVERNMENT IN MODERN NEPAL. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 954.96 21 | 2005-10-08 | 230 | Nepal -- History -- 1768-1951 | 23 cm. | |||||
| PS3537.E915 A17 | Sexton, Anne | The Complete Poems | 0-395-32935-3 | Paperback | N | N | Houghton Mifflin | September, 1982 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( S ) : Sexton, Anne | N | $0.95 | Amazon.com She drew her poems from a great depth in herself, and they continue to stir us...Her voice remains a distinctive one in American poetry of the past half century. -- J.D. McClatchy Book Description From the joy and anguish of her own experience, Sexton fashioned poems that told truths about the inner lives of men and women. This book comprises Sexton's ten volumes of verse, including the Pulitzer Prize-winner Live or Die, as well as seven poems form her last years.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 622 | 1.2 x 5.8 x 8.2 inches | ||||||||
| DS495.3.S540 | Shaha, Rishikesh | Modern Nepal | 8173041512 | Paperback | N | N | Manohar Publishers and Distributors | January 30, 2003 | 1 | 2.5 Stars | History : Asia : India | N | Book Description Combines two classic histories, originally published 1990. Thorough discussion of the royal families, revolutions, politics. By a scholar and activist. A basic history of modern Nepal.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 318 | ||||||||||
| DS495.3.S540 | Shaha, Rishikesh | Modern Nepal | 8173041520 | Paperback | N | N | Manohar Publishers and Distributors | January 30, 2003 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : India | N | Book Description Combines two classic histories, originally published 1990. Thorough discussion of the royal families, revolutions, politics. By a scholar and activist. A basic history of modern Nepal.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 374 | ||||||||||
| PG7028.M24 2002 | Shallcross, Bozena | Through the Poet's Eye: The Travels of Zagajewski, Herbert, and Brodsky | 0-8101-1837-8 | Hardcover | N | N | Northwestern University Press | June 25, 2002 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Essays : General | Evanston, Ill. | N | $27.95 | Book Description An exploration of the sensory experience of travel and the corresponding revelatory perception of the visual arts in the essays of three major East European poets. About the Author Bozena Shallcross is associate professor in the department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and at the Polish Studies Center at Indiana University. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 891.8/547309355 21 | 2002 | 1970-04-15 | 200 | Zagajewski, Adam, 1945- -- Travel, Herbert, Zbigniew -- Travel, Brodsky, Joseph, 1940-1996 -- Travel, Civilization, Western, Art | 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| PG2689 | Shanskii, N. M | Frazeologicheskie oboroty russkogo iazyka | 5200003830 | Unknown Binding | N | N | "Russkii iazyk" | 1988 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Russian language -- Terms and phrases | Moskva | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 389 | Russian language -- Terms and phrases, Russian language -- Idioms -- Dictionaries | 17 cm. | |||||||
| BL60.S529 | Sharot, Stephen | A Comparative Sociology of World Religions: Virtuosi, Priests, and Popular Religion | 0-8147-9805-5 | Paperback | N | N | New York University Press | August, 2001 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Religious Studies : Comparative Religion | New York | N | $21.00 | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, September 2002 "A paradigm of analytical comprehension that should set a standard for the field."--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Book Description "Sharot makes a substantial contribution to the maturation of the comparative sociology of religion. A distinctive feature of the book is its accent on popular religion, a much studied phenomenon these days ." -Martin Marty The many books on the world's religions typically emphasize doctrine ( religion "in the air"), while sociology of religion books typically emphasize behavior (religion "on the ground"). Stephen Sharot does both in this masterful study, the product of many years of research. His book should have great classroom potential as well as a prominent place on religion scholars' bookshelves. -Phillip Hammond, D. Mackenzie Brown Professor of Religious Studies A Sociology of World Religions presents a comparative analysis of the world's religions, focusing on the differences and interrelationships between religious elites and lay masses. In each case the volume contextualizes how the relationships between these two religious forms fit within, and are influenced by, the wider socio-political environment. After introducing the book's major themes, the volume introduces and builds upon an analysis of Weber's model of religious action, drawing on Durkheim, Marxist scholars, and the work of contemporary sociologists and anthropolgists. The following chapters each focus on major religious cultures, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, Judaism, and the religions of China and Japan. This ambitious project is the first to offer a comparison of the popular, or folk, forms of religion around the world. Sharot's accessible introductions to each of the world religions, synthesizing a vast literature on popular religion from sociology, anthropology, and historians of religion, make the project ideal for course use. His comparative approach and original analyses will prove rewarding even for experts on each of the world religions. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 306.6 21 | 2001 | 1969-12-31 | 344 | Religion and sociology, Religions | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| DD203.S48 | Sheehan, James J. | German History 1770-1866 (Oxford History of Modern Europe) | 0-19-820432-9 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | August, 1993 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Europe : Germany : General | N | $45.00 | Book Description This volume in the Oxford History of Modern Europe is a comprehensive study of German history from 1770 to 1866. It examines the manner in which the development of bureaucratic and participatory institutions changed the character and capacities of governments throughout German Europe; the economic expansion in which the productivity of both agriculture and manufacturing increased, commercial activity intensified, and urban growth was encouraged; and the rising culture of print, which sustained new developments in literature, philosophy, and scholarship, and helped transform the rules and procedures of everyday life. These developments, it is argued, led to an erosion of the traditional values and institutions, and played an important part in the transformation of German politics, society, and culture. Rather than viewing the development of a Prussian-led Nation State as "natural" or inevitable, the book emphasizes alternative forces of unity and division which existed up until the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 1993 | 2005-10-08 | History of Modern Europe Series | 969 | 8.5 x 5.4 x 2.3 inches | ||||||
| BS531 .D47 2004 | Sherwood, Yvonne (Editor) | Derrida's Bible : (Reading a Page of Scripture with a Little Help from Derrida) | 1-4039-6663-X | Paperback | N | N | Palgrave Macmillan | November 27, 2004 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Movements : Phenomenology | N | $24.95 | Review "This valuable volume represents a helpful shift of focus of current discussions of 'Derrida and religion' to 'Derrida and the Bible,' to the way in which this scrupulously close micro-reader of texts reads and helps us read Biblical texts, the assembled conglomerate of which is what is meant by 'Derrida's Bible.' The collection shows superbly how 'the Bible' (like 'Plato'), as a single overarching theological unity or an enabling ecclesiastical authorization, is exploded by a close-even 'literalist'-reading which releases an avalanche of metaphors, puns, competing theologies, heterogeneities, multiple layers of cut and paste authorship, good news and bad, awash in problems of interpretation and translation-in short, everything that Derrida predicts a 'text' (a 'scripture') would be. Yvonne Sherwood has produced an important collection for which everyone, readers of Derrida and readers of the Bible, will be grateful."--John D. Caputo, Watson Professor of Religion, Syracuse University "Readers who imagine they already know what 'Derrida's Bible' amounts to-a transcendental signified cast down to earth, Lucifer-like, here; gleeful greasing of the higher rungs of a Jacob's ladder there-will be pleasantly surprised by this collection. The Derrida of the title is, for the most part, 'later' Derrida, increasingly irreducible to deconstruction, and certainly to deconstruction-by-numbers; and the readings of biblical texts showcased within are, at their best, correspondingly nuanced, surprising, and consequential."--Stephen D. Moore, author of Mark and Luke in Poststructuralist Perspectives: Jesus Begins to Write and Poststructuralism and the New Testament: Derrida and Foucault at the Foot of the Cross | 2005-05-02 | Amazon | 2005-05-02 | 336 | 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| PG3476.S47415 | Shileiko, V. K | Cherez vremia: Stikhi, perevody, misteriia | 5857680158 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Izd-vo mezhdunar. Akademii informatizatsii sovmestno s AO "Soiuzreklama" | 1994 | 1 | Moskva | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 134 | 20 cm. | ||||||||||
| BX86D11.S49 | Shipps, Jan | Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition | 0-252-01417-0 | Paperback | N | N | University of Illinois Press | February 1, 1987 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Clergy : Church Institutions & Organizations | N | $10.85 | 2005-04-15 | Amazon | 2005-04-15 | 0 | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches | |||||||||
| HC425.Z9 P677 | Shrestha, Nanda R. | In the Name of Development | 0-7618-0759-4 | Paperback | N | N | University Press of America | June 12, 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Economics : Economic Conditions | Lanham, Md. | N | $33.00 | Book Description This book focuses on how development victimizes people from different walks of life. Unlike many other books on third world development, this book serves as a voice to the voiceless, the silent victims of development. It highlights real life stories rather than lifeless data as indices of development. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 330.95496 21 | 1997 | 2005-10-08 | 250 | Poor -- Nepal, Income distribution -- Nepal, Nepal -- Economic policy, Nepal -- Rural conditions, Social justice | 0.5 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches | ||||
| DS494.5 .S73 | Shresthacharya, Anoop Mani | State of Nepal | 999331322X | Hardcover | N | N | Himal Books | January, 2002 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | N | $12.00 | Card catalog description Contributed articles on various topics of Nepal. | 2005-05-02 | Amazon | 2005-05-02 | 312 | ||||||||||
| PG3487.V33 | Shvarts, Elena | Stikhi | 5850800018 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Assotsiatsiia "Novaia lit-ra" | 1990 | 1 | Leningrad | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 118 | 17 cm. | ||||||||||
| GN357.C85 | Shweder, Richard A. (Editor) | Culture Theory : Essays on Mind, Self and Emotion | 0-521-31831-9 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | December 28, 1984 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York | N | $29.99 | Book Description The relationship between everyday experience and culture - seen as a set of ideas, values, or symbolic codes - has challenged social scientists, especially anthropologists, for more than a century. In this volume, leading social scientists present and discuss recent conceptions of culture and explore their implications for understanding different aspects of subjective experience, social practice, and individual behavior. The focus of the volume is on the role of symbols and meaning in the development of mind, self, and emotion. The contributors examine such questions as what is the content of culture and how does it interact with cognitive, social, and emotional growth; how are ideas related to attitudes, feelings, and behavior; how are concepts and meanings historically transmitted. They also explore methodological and conceptual problems involved in the definition and study of meaning, and revisit the perennial problem of 'relativism' in light of recent advances in semantic analysis and in culture theory. As a comprehensive and critical account of current knowledge and research in the field of culture theory, this book will appeal to an interdisciplinary audience of anthropologists, psychologists, philosophers, historians, and linguists, as well as those interested in hermeneutics and a science of subjectivity. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 306 19 | 2005-11-20 | 376 | Culture -- Congresses, Ethnopsychology -- Congresses | 8.9 x 6.0 x 1.0 inches | |||||
| FN8222.M375 S54 | Silberman, Robert Bruce | World Views: Maps and Art | 0-8166-3686-9 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | January 15, 2000 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Museums & Collections : General | N | $24.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK World Views: Maps and Art | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | 80 | 11.0 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches | ||||||||
| B29.Q475 | Silverman, Hugh J. (Editor) | Questioning Foundations: Truth/Subjectivity/Culture (Continental Philosophy) | 0-415-90624-5 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | September, 1993 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Epistemology | New York | N | $29.95 | Book Description The continental tradition in philosophy has long focused its energies on the question of foundations. These ssays reopen conventional understandings of the classical themes on which philosophy has been based since its inception. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 190/.9/04 20 | 2005-10-15 | Continental Philosophy Series | 305 | Philosophy, Truth, Subjectivity, Culture -- Philosophy | 0.8 x 5.8 x 8.8 inches | ||||
| PN239.P64 | Silverstein, Michael | Talking Politics : The Substance of Style from Abe to "W" (Paradigm (Chicago, Ill.), 6.) | 0-9717575-5-0 | Paperback | N | N | Prickly Paradigm Press | March 1, 2003 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Politics : General | Chicago | N | $8.00 | Book Description If politics as practiced is talk, then how does a political figure--especially an American President--talk politics? If someone can be all style and no substance, is there any actual political substance to style? Talking Politics looks at the alpha and omega of presidential image, its highs--Lincoln at Gettysburg--and lows--"W" at any microphone--demystifying the spun mists of political "message" on which an institution like the American presidency has always depended. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 808/.008/352230973 22 | 2003 | 2005-11-20 | Paradigm ; 6 | 85 | Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States, Presidents -- United States -- Language, Communication in politics -- United States, English language -- United States -- Style, English language -- United States -- Rhetoric, Political oratory -- United Stat | 7.0 x 6.4 x 0.3 inches | |||
| P35.N38 1996 | Silverstein, Michael (Editor) | Natural Histories of Discourse | 0-226-75770-6 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | July 15, 1996 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : Semiotics | Chicago | N | $26.00 | Book Description Is culture simply a more or less set text we can learn to read? Since the early 1970s, the notion of culture-as-text has animated anthropologists and other analysts of culture. Michael Silverstein and Greg Urban present this stunning collection of cutting-edge ethnographies arguing that the divide between fleeting discursive practice and formed text is a constructed one, and that the constructional process reveals "culture" to those who can interpret it. Eleven original essays of "natural history" range in focus from nuptial poetry of insult among Wolof griots to case-based teaching methods in first-year law-school classrooms. Stage by stage, they give an idea of the cultural processes of "entextualization" and "contextualization" of discourse that they so richly illustrate. The contributors' varied backgrounds include anthropology, psychiatry, education, literary criticism, and law, making this collection invaluable not only to anthropologists and linguists, but to all analysts of culture. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 401/.41 20 | 1996 | 1970-01-21 | 362 | Language and culture, Discourse analysis, Metalanguage | 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| HM51 | Simmel, Georg | Georg Simmel on Individuality and Social Forms (Heritage of Sociology Series) | 0-226-75776-5 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | February 15, 1972 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | Chicago | N | $21.00 | Book Description "Of those who created the intellectual capital used to launch the enterprise of professional sociology, Georg Simmel was perhaps the most original and fecund. In search of a subject matter for sociology that would distinguish it from all other social sciences and humanistic disciplines, he charted a new field for discovery and proceeded to explore a world of novel topics in works that have guided and anticipated the thinking of generations of sociologists. Such distinctive concepts of contemporary sociology as social distance, marginality, urbanism as a way of life, role-playing, social behavior as exchange, conflict as an integrating process, dyadic encounter, circular interaction, reference groups as perspectives, and sociological ambivalence embody ideas which Simmel adumbrated more than six decades ago."--Donald N. Levine Half of the material included in this edition of Simmel's writings represents new translations. This includes Simmel's important, lengthy, and previously untranslated "Group Expansion and Development of Individuality," as well as three selections from his most neglected work, Philosophy of Money; in addition, the introduction to Probleme der Geschichtsphilosophie, chapter one of the Lebensanschauung, and three essays are translated for the first time. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 301.1/08 | 1969-12-31 | Heritage of Sociology Series | 412 | Sociology, Social psychology -- Addresses, essays,, lectures | 8.0 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches | ||||
| BF1779.F4 | Simons, T. Raphael | Feng Shui Step by Step : Arranging Your Home for Health and Happiness--with Personalized Astrological Charts | 0-517-88794-0 | Paperback | N | N | Three Rivers Press | November 12, 1996 | 4 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Personal Health : Stress : Feng Shui | New York | N | $13.60 | Book Description Simons, a feng shui master and astrologer, teaches readers how to feng shui their homes in a clear, step-by-step fashion and gives personalized advice based on readers' dates of birth. Simons presents not only the popular eight-point method but also divining techniques and other authentic Chinese methods that make analysis more complete. Illustrations. From the Author DEAR READERS In reading over some of the reader's reviews, two points appear very much in need of clarification, namely, the nature of the Chinese calendar (upon which the Chinese astrological and compass methods in my books are based) and whether or not my books are just for beginners. There are two Chinese calendars. One is Solar and one is Lunar. Both are combined in the "Li Shu," or astrological ephemeris. The Solar calendar, upon which 9-Star astrology is based, begins every year on about February 4th, i.e. 15 degrees Aquarius (the mid-point between Winter Solstice and Vernal Equinox). The Lunar calendar, upon which the Ba Tzu astrology is based, always begins on the 2nd New Moon after the Winter Solstice. Both systems are clearly described in my books, 9 Star in my first two books, Ba Tzu in my third. My astrological, and therefore calendrical, calculations are absolutely correct. As to whether my books are for beginners or not, they are, indeed, for beginners, but they are for advanced students as well. They go as far as any book in a non-Chinese language can possibly go without going into nonsense. There are, of course, more advanced techniques, but the interested student must undergo personal training in order to learn them. I privately teach the most advanced classical fengshui techniques, which include the complete Ba Tzu astrological system with its Lo Pan compass methods. To learn these, the student has to first to learn a basic set of no fewer than about 50 Chinese characters in order to read, and make calculations with, the Li Shu, and so forth. Notwithstanding, what is in my books works very well. My books are 100% traditional, straight forward and designed as step-by-step manuals. If you use them, you will get very positive results. | 2006-01-22 | Amazon | 133.3/337 21 | 1996 | 2006-01-22 | 256 | Feng shui | 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| BT1391.S55 | Singer, June | Gnostic Book of Hours: Keys to Inner Wisdom | 0-06-250796-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Harpercollins | December, 1992 | 1 | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | [San Francisco, CA] | N | $5.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Gnostic Book of Hours: Keys to Inner Wisdom FROM THE PUBLISHER As global communication becomes easier and our world subsequently seems to get smaller, we seek common ground on which to stand with each other. We lament that life is moving too quickly and want to hold on to something that endures. In this book, June Singer is a modern scribe of ancient wisdom, helping us discover that common ground and eternal anchor within each of us -- the divine spark that the early Gnostics taught is within every being. "Gnosis does not negate conventional wisdom," writes Singer, "Rather, it holds up to it a reflective glass that reveals the side that was hidden before. Thus, gnosis enables us to shift our perspective at will, allowing us to understand that an individual life is brief; we fall like leaves from a tree, but the tree endures, and the forest even longer. This is part of a natural process. Time and eternity exist side by side; without one, the other would be meaningless." Singer aligns her deep insights into selections of Gnostic writings from the Nag Hammadi Library with the different times of day and days of the week. She reveals for us the macrocosm of human experience in the microcosm of the passing hours and days. Reverent introspection in the moment yields recognition of the sacredness and eternity of who we are and what our lives mean. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 299/.932 20 | 1992 | 1970-01-07 | 164 | Gnosticism, Nag Hammadi codices, Prayers, Early Christian | 0.5 x 6.5 x 8.2 inches | |||||
| BL1220 | Singer, Milton (Editor) | Krishna: Myths, Rites, and Attitudes | 0-226-76101-0 | Paperback | N | N | Univ of Chicago Pr | June, 1968 | 1 | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology | N | $1.82 | ABOUT THE BOOK Krishna: Myths, Rites, and Attitudes | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 1 | 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.0 inches | |||||||||
| DS428.2.S554 | Singer, Milton B. | When a Great Tradition Modernizes: An Anthropological Approach to Indian Civilization (Midway Reprints) | 0-226-76102-9 | Paperback | N | N | Univ of Chicago Pr | February, 1980 | 1 | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | N | $5.90 | ABOUT THE BOOK When a Great Tradition Modernizes: An Anthropological Approach to Indian Civilization | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | Midway Reprint Ser. | 1 | 1.0 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | ||||||||
| PN1995.9.E96 S53 | Sitney, P. Adams | The Visionary Film: The American Avant-Garde, 1943-1978 (Galaxy Books) | 0-19-502486-9 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | March, 1979 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Entertainment : Movies : General | N | $27.00 | Book Description The author evaluates important films in the context of the changes and problems facing independent American filmmakers in the seventies, and discusses the later works of many producers surveyed in the earlier book. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 480 | 8.5 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches | ||||||||
| HT147.I5 B7 1984 | Sivaramakrishnan, K. C | Urbanisation in India: Basic services and people's participation (Urban studies series) | 8170224802 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Institute of Social Sciences and Concept Pub. Co | 1993 | 2 | Urbanization -- India | New Delhi | N | $69.98 | Card catalog description Addresses delivered at three seminars organized by the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi in cooperation with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | Urban studies series ; no. 2 | 45 | Urbanization -- India, Urban policy -- India | 22 cm. | ||||||
| BF199.S54 1976 | Skinner, B.F. | About Behaviorism (Vintage) | 0-394-71618-3 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | February 12, 1976 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | New York | N | $9.60 | Review "A much more effective work than Beyond Freedom and Dignity precisely because it takes more seriously the tradition (or the historical prejudices) of its opposition." -- Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times "About Behaviorism is an opportunity to match wits with one of the great men of psychology and to participate in some of its great debates." -- James B. Rule, Newsday "The battle over Skinner's ideas is just beginning. It promises to be one of the most interesting contests of our generation." -- Gail Boyer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Review "A much more effective work than Beyond Freedom and Dignity precisely because it takes more seriously the tradition (or the historical prejudices) of its opposition." -- Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times "About Behaviorism is an opportunity to match wits with one of the great men of psychology and to participate in some of its great debates." -- James B. Rule, Newsday "The battle over Skinner's ideas is just beginning. It promises to be one of the most interesting contests of our generation." -- Gail Boyer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 150/.19/434 | c197 | 1970-01-21 | 304 | Behaviorism (Psychology) | 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| B809.5.S5813 | Sloterdijk, Peter | Critique of Cynical Reason (Theory and History of Literature, Vol 40) | 0-8166-1586-1 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | January, 1988 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Minneapolis | N | $29.95 | From Library Journal Sloterdijk's critique belongs as much to the genre of Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy as it does to that of Kant's critiques, for his objective is to see human society through his chosen concept rather than simply to explicate the concept in itself. He defines two aspects of cynicism; one, an "enlightened false consciousness," akin to Marx's alienation, which pervades modern society; the other, a species of critical reason first exemplified by Diogenes. Sloterdijk is clearly indebted to Hegel, Nietzsche, and Horkheimer, but his discursive method will appeal to scholars of literary criticism rather than social science. Brent A. Nelson, Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock Lib. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 149 19 | 1988 | 1969-12-31 | Theory and History of Literature Series | 558 | Cynicism, Civilization, Modern -- 20th century | 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches | |||
| HT111 .S5 | Smailes, Arthur E. | The geography of towns [by] Arthur E. Smailes | N | N | Aldine Pub. Co. [1968 | 1966 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Cities and towns -- History | Chicago | N | Bibliography: p. [151]-154. | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 301.3/6 | 1970-04-16 | University library of geography | 160 | Cities and towns -- History, Cities and towns -- Great Britain | , maps. 21 cm. | |||||||
| AC7.S59 | Smith, Adam | The Theory of Moral Sentiments (The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith, 1) | 0-86597-012-2 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | February 1, 1984 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Ethics & Morality | N | $12.00 | Book Description Adam Smith's major work of 1759 develops the foundation for a general system of morals, and is a text of central importance in the history of moral and political thought. Through the idea of sympathy and the mental construct of an impartial spectator, Smith formulated highly original theories of conscience, moral judgment and the virtues. This volume offers a new edition of the text with helpful notes for the student reader, and a substantial introduction that establishes the work in its philosophical and historical context.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 412 | 1.0 x 6.2 x 9.0 inches | ||||||||
| PN45.S4794 1988 | Smith, Barbara H. | Contingencies of Value : Alternative Perspectives for Critical Theory | 0-674-16786-4 | Paperback | N | N | Harvard University Press | April 1, 1991 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $29.95 | From Library Journal Smith is here concerned with the basis for aesthetic value and evaluation. Surveying both traditional and contemporary treatments, she concludes that aesthetic values are radically contingent; all attempts to establish an objective ground for evaluative hierarchies beg the question. (In reaching this conclusion, she fails to place the aesthetic works of figures such as Hume and Kant into their larger ethical contexts.) In place of objective values, Smith posits an "economic" model of verbal and aesthetic transactions, grounding evaluations in the contingent needs and interests of the recipient. In this, she is closer to Aristotelian axiology than she realizes. Nevertheless, her book is one of the few to address the problem of value and evaluation directly. T.L. Cooksey, Armstrong State Coll., Savannah, Ga. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Review Smith's book argues, very lucidly and persuasively, for a Deweyan conception of value. The idea is that value is neither an 'intrinsic' property of a thing nor 'in the eye of the beholder,' but a function of an infinitely large set of contingent, constantly changing, relations between things. Contingencies of Value is a very useful contribution to the philosophical literature on the topic. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 242 | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| DS422.C3 S64 | Smith, Brian K. | Classifying the Universe: The Ancient Indian Varna System and the Origins of Caste | 0-19-508498-5 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | January, 1994 | 1 | 1.0 Stars | History : Asia : India | New York | N | $8.79 | Book Description The first book to analyze why India's caste system has authoritatively endured for so long, this path-breaking text provides, for the first time anywhere, an exhaustive analysis of the historical predecessor to caste: the ancient Indian varna system as it was laid out in the Vedic literature. Presenting a revisionist overview of the way the religion of the Veda is to be understood, Classifying the Universe demonstrates that social classes were systematically reduplicated in taxonomies that organized the universe as a whole. The classification of society, in which some groups were accorded rights and privileges withheld from others, could thus be represented as part of a primordial and universally applicable order of things. Social hierarchy, argues the author, was in this way subtly but powerfully justified by recourse to other realms of the cosmos that were similarly ordered, and this essentially religious understanding of varna is the key to comprehending the Vedic world-view in all its complexity, and the persistence of its power in the social realm. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 305.5/122/0954 20 | 2005-10-08 | 424 | Caste -- India -- History | 0.8 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches | |||||
| BL1202.S63 2003 | Smith, David | Hinduism and Modernity (Religion and Modernity) | 0-631-20862-3 | Paperback | N | N | Blackwell Publishers | May 1, 2003 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | History : Asia : India | Malden, MA | N | $29.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Hinduism and Modernity (Religion in the Modern World) FROM THE PUBLISHER This innovative book offers a dynamic analysis of Hinduism in the perspective of Western notions of modernity. After reviewing definitions of modernity and Hinduism and looking at modernity in India, the author considers Hinduism in relation to Islam and the West. The second half of the book presents key aspects of Hinduism, ancient and modern, in the light of their contrast with modernity. The scope of the book is extremely broad, covering topics such as Orientalism, women, goddesses, gods, and the central problem of contemporary Hinduism - the rise of Hindu nationalism. The book will be of interest not only to students of Hinduism but also to all those interested in the sociology of religion more broadly, and indeed everyone interested in the conjunction of modernity and tradition. | 2006-01-18 | Amazon | 294.5 21 | 2003 | 2006-01-18 | Religion and Modernity Series | 256 | Hinduism, Hinduism and culture, India -- Religion -- 20th century | 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches | |||
| B3209.B584 B46 | Smith, Gary (Editor) | Benjamin : Philosophy, Aesthetics, History | 0-226-76514-8 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | September 15, 1989 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $23.00 | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 306 | 9.0 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches | |||||||||
| PG3237.E5 C55 | Smith, Gerald S. | Contemporary Russian Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology | 0-253-20769-X | Paperback | N | N | Indiana University Press | June, 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Poetry : General | Bloomington | N | $18.95 | From Publishers Weekly Smith's ( Songs to Seven Strings ) collection of contemporary Russian poetry should be useful to anyone with a serious interest in work produced during recent years both by poets living in the U.S.S.R. and by prominent Third Wave emigres. He has selected the work of 23 poets loosely linked through their use of technical formalism (which is the norm among Russian poets) and through the moral questioning that has long dominated Russian poetry. The volume begins appropriately with the cautionary words of Boris Slutsky (1919-1986): "Any beginning is the beginning of the end. / That's why we begin with an egg, / but end up with a smashed shell. . . ." The youngest poet in the anthology, Aleksei Parshchikov (b. 1954), lives today in Palo Alto, Calif., and his work pitches an interesting echo: "After all, our names are not multipliable, but divisible / by the ploughed-up earth. . . ." The collection also includes a small selection by poets who are better known to an American audience, such as Bella Akhmadulina and the Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky. The introductory and biographical materials are excellent. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Russian poets have been publicly idolized as voices of the metaphysical concerns of their society; in exchange, they have suffered penalties ranging from silencing to imprisonment or an exile that deprives them of contact with their culture. To these insults has been added the laziness of Western scholars content to study and teach only known writers. Smith is the doughty exception: professor of Russian at Oxford, he has long tracked poetry in the USSR and the diaspora, and this anthology represents his selection of poems written since the mid-1970s by 23 major poets from three generations. Even readers who know no Russian can trace themes and imagery from Smith's impeccable literal translations. The book is a credit to the press, a boon to everyone interested in Russian culture, and an important resource for teachers and students of Russian literature. Recommended. - Mary F. Zirin, Altadena, Cal. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 891.71/4408 20 | 1993 | 1970-01-07 | 390 | Russian poetry -- 20th century -- Translations, into English | 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.0 inches | ||||
| BL80.S65 | Smith, Homer William | Man and his gods. Foreword by Albert Einstein | N | N | Little, Brown | 1952 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion -- History | Boston | N | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 290 | 1970-04-16 | 501 | Religion -- History | 501 p. 22 cm. | |||||||||
| BL50.S578 | Smith, Jonathan Z. | Imagining Religion : From Babylon to Jonestown (Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism) | 0-226-76360-9 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | May 15, 1988 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Church History : General | N | $22.00 | Book Description With this influential book of essays, Jonathan Z. Smith has pointed the academic study of religion in a new theoretical direction, one neither theological nor willfully ideological. Making use of examples as apparently diverse and exotic as the Maori cults in nineteenth-century New Zealand and the events of Jonestown, Smith shows that religion must be construed as conventional, anthropological, historical, and as an exercise of imagination. In his analyses, religion emerges as the product of historically and geographically situated human ingenuity, cognition, and curiosity--simply put, as the result of human labor, one of the decisive but wholly ordinary ways human beings create the worlds in which they live and make sense of them. "These seven essays . . . display the critical intelligence, creativity, and sheer common sense that make Smith one of the most methodologically sophisticated and suggestive historians of religion writing today. . . . Smith scrutinizes the fundamental problems of taxonomy and comparison in religious studies, suggestively redescribes such basic categories as canon and ritual, and shows how frequently studied myths may more likely reflect situational incongruities than vaunted mimetic congruities. His final essay, on Jonestown, demonstrates the interpretive power of the historian of religion to render intelligible that in our own day which seems most bizarre."--Richard S. Sarason, Religious Studies Review | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 1988 | 2005-10-08 | Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism Series | 180 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches | ||||||
| BL48.S595 | Smith, Jonathan Z. | Map is not Territory : Studies in the History of Religions | 0-226-76357-9 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | March 1, 1993 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Religious Studies : Comparative Religion | Chicago | N | $28.50 | Book Description In Map Is Not Territory, Jonathan Z. Smith engages previous interpretations of religious texts from late antiquity, critically evaluates the notion of sacred space and time as it is represented in the works of Mircea Eliade, and tackles important problems of methodology. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 291 20 | 2005-10-04 | 352 | Religion, Religion -- Study and teaching | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches | |||||
| BL41.S65 | Smith, Jonathan Z. | Relating Religion : Essays in the Study of Religion | 0-226-76387-0 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | November 10, 2004 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Theology : Philosophy | N | $24.00 | Book Description One of the most influential theorists of religion, Jonathan Z. Smith is best known for his analyses of religious studies as a discipline and for his advocacy and refinement of comparison as the basis for the history of religions. Relating Religion gathers seventeen essays--four of them never before published--that together provide the first broad overview of Smith's thinking since his seminal 1982 book, Imagining Religion. Smith first explains how he was drawn to the study of religion, outlines his own theoretical commitments, and draws the connections between his thinking and his concerns for general education. He then engages several figures and traditions that serve to define his interests within the larger setting of the discipline. The essays that follow consider the role of taxonomy and classification in the study of religion, the construction of difference, and the procedures of generalization and redescription that Smith takes to be key to the comparative enterprise. The final essays deploy features of Smith's most recent work, especially the notion of translation. Heady, original, and provocative, Relating Religion is certain to be hailed as a landmark in the academic study and critical theory of religion. | 2005-05-02 | Amazon | 2005-05-02 | 424 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 1.0 inches | ||||||||
| BL580.S64 | Smith, Jonathan Z. | To Take Place : Toward Theory in Ritual (Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism) | 0-226-76361-7 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | November 15, 1992 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Religious Studies : Comparative Religion | N | $23.00 | Book Description In this broad-ranging inquiry into ritual and its relation to place, Jonathan Z. Smith prepares the way for a new approach to the comparative study of religion. Smith stresses the importance of place--in particular, constructed ritual environments--to a proper understanding of the ways in which "empty" actions become rituals. He structures his argument around the territories of the Tjilpa aborigines in Australia and two sites in Jerusalem--the temple envisioned by Ezekiel and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The first of these locales--the focus of one of the more important contemporary theories of religious ritual--allows Smith to raise questions concerning the enterprise of comparison. His close examination of Eliade's influential interpretation of the Tjilpa tradition leads to a powerful critique of the approach to religion, myth, and ritual that begins with cosmology and the category of "The Sacred." In substance and in method, To Take Place represents a significant advance toward a theory of ritual. It is of great value not only to historians of religion and students of ritual, but to all, whether social scientists or humanists, who are concerned with the nature of place. "This book is extraordinarily stimulating in prompting one to think about the ways in which space, or place, is perceived, marked, and utilized religiously. . . . A provocative example of the application of humanistic geography to our understanding of what takes place in religion."--Dale Goldsmith, Interpretation | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | c198 | 2005-10-08 | Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism Series | 202 | 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches | ||||||
| DS436 | Smith, Vincent A. | The Oxford History of India | Hardcover | N | N | Clarendon Press | 1958 | 1 | Oxford | N | 2006-01-22 | 954 | 1958 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| PR6069.M59 W47 | Smith, Zadie | White Teeth: A Novel | 0-375-70386-1 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | June 12, 2001 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Literary | N | $9.86 | Amazon.com Epic in scale and intimate in approach, White Teeth is a formidably ambitious debut. First novelist Zadie Smith takes on race, sex, class, history, and the minefield of gender politics, and such is her wit and inventiveness that these weighty subjects seem effortlessly light. She also has an impressive geographical range, guiding the reader from Jamaica to Turkey to Bangladesh and back again. Still, the book's home base is a scrubby North London borough, where we encounter Smith's unlikely heroes: prevaricating Archie Jones and intemperate Samad Iqbal, who served together in the so-called Buggered Battalion during World War II. In the ensuing decades, both have gone forth and multiplied: Archie marries beautiful, bucktoothed Clara--who's on the run from her Jehovah's Witness mother--and fathers a daughter. Samad marries stroppy Alsana, who gives birth to twin sons. Here is multiculturalism in its most elemental form: "Children with first and last names on a direct collision course. Names that secrete within them mass exodus, cramped boats and planes, cold arrivals, medical checks." Big questions demand boldly drawn characters. Zadie Smith's aren't heroic, just real: warm, funny, misguided, and entirely familiar. Reading their conversations is like eavesdropping. Even a simple exchange between Alsana and Clara about their pregnancies has a comical ring of truth: "A woman has to have the private things--a husband needn't be involved in body business, in a lady's... parts." And the men, of course, have their own involvement in bodily functions: The deal was this: on January 1, 1980, like a New Year dieter who gives up cheese on the condition that he can have chocolate, Samad gave up masturbation so that he might drink. It was a deal, a business proposition, that he had made with God: Samad being the party of the first part, God being the sleeping partner. And since that day Samad had enjoyed relative spiritual peace and many a frothy Guinness with Archibald Jones; he had even developed the habit of taking his last gulp looking up at the sky like a Christian, thinking: I'm basically a good man. Not all of White Teeth is so amusingly carnal. The mixed blessings of assimilation, for example, are an ongoing torture for Samad as he watches his sons grow up. "They have both lost their way," he grumbles. "Strayed so far from what I had intended for them. No doubt they will both marry white women called Sheila and put me in an early grave." These classic immigrant fears--of dilution and disappearance--are no laughing matter. But in the end, they're exactly what gives White Teeth its lasting power and undeniable bite. --Eithne Farry--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Publishers Weekly The scrambled, heterogeneous sprawl of mixed-race and immigrant family life in gritty London nearly overflows the bounds of this stunning, polymathic debut novel by 23-year-old British writer Smith. Traversing a broad swath of cultural territory with a perfect ear for the nuances of identity and social class, Smith harnesses provocative themes of science, technology, history and religion to her narrative. Hapless Archibald Jones fights alongside Bengali Muslim Samad Iqbal in the English army during WWII, and the two develop an unlikely bond that intensifies when Samad relocates to Archie's native London. Smith traces the trajectory of their friendship through marriage, parenthood and the shared disappointments of poverty and deflated dreams, widening the scope of her novel to include a cast of vibrant characters: Archie's beautiful Jamaican bride, Clara; Archie and Clara's introspective daughter, Irie; Samad's embittered wife, Alsana; and Alsana and Samad's twin sons, Millat and Magid. Torn between the pressures of his new country and the old religious traditions of his homeland, Samad sends Magid back to Bangladesh while keeping Millat in England. But Millat falls into delinquency and then religious extremism, as earnest Magid becomes an Anglophile with an interest in genetic engineering, a science that Samad and Mill | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | International Series | 464 | 8.0 x 5.3 x 1.0 inches | |||||||
| zz.1 RR | Snell, Rupert | Hindi | 0-8442-3795-7 | Paperback | N | N | Ntc Pub Group | August 1, 1992 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : English (All) | N | $5.99 | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 309 | 0.8 x 5.2 x 7.8 inches | |||||||||
| PS3569.N88 M9 | Snyder, Gary | Myths and Texts Paradise Lost | 0-8112-0686-6 | Paperback | N | N | New Directions Publishing Corporation | April, 1978 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( S ) : Snyder, Gary | New York | N | $7.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Myths and Texts | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 811/.5/4 | 1978 | 1970-01-07 | 54 | 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches | |||||
| PS3569.N88 | Snyder, Gary | The Back Country | 0-8112-0194-5 | Paperback | N | N | New Directions Publishing Corporation | June, 1971 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( S ) : Snyder, Gary | N | $8.76 | Amazon.com The Back Country is one of Gary Snyder's most serious engagements with Eastern culture and thought. Much of the book works to achieve a perspective by means of contrast, as in "Hitch Haiku," a series of haiku (a Japanese form of imagistic, syllabic verse) mostly set in the American West. Perhaps the strongest poem is "Oil," in which Snyder envisions a tanker as a needle bringing our addicted nation "long injections of pure oil." | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 150 | 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.4 inches | ||||||||
| RA18.3.S65 S63 | Solomon, Susan Gross | Health and Society in Revolutionary Russia (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies) | 0-253-35332-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Indiana Univ Pr | May, 1990 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Russia | Bloomington | N | $15.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Health and Society in Revolutionary Russia | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 362.1/0947/09041 20 | 1990 | 1970-01-14 | Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and E | 256 | Social medicine -- Soviet Union -- History, Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution,, 1917-1921 | 1.0 x 6.8 x 9.8 inches | |||
| HV9713.S6413 | Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isaevich | The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956 | 0-06-080345-2 | Paperback | N | N | HarperCollins Publishers | November 1975 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Crime & Criminals : Penology | N | $0.01 | Book Description Drawing on his own incarceration and exile, as well as on evidence from more than 200 fellow prisoners and Soviet archives, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn reveals the entire apparatus of Soviet repression -- the state within the state that ruled all-powerfully. Through truly Shakespearean portraits of its victims -- men, women, and children -- we encounter secret police operations, labor camps and prisons; the uprooting or extermination of whole populations, the "welcome" that awaited Russian soldiers who had been German prisoners of war. Yet we also witness the astounding moral courage of the incorruptible, who, defenseless, endured great brutality and degradation. The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 -- a grisly indictment of a regime, fashioned here into a veritable literary miracle -- has now been updated with a new introduction that includes the fall of the Soviet Union and Solzhenitsyn's move back to Russia. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | 1 | |||||||||
| H51 | Somerville, John | Social and Political Philosophy : Readings From Plato to Gandhi | 0-385-01238-1 | Paperback | N | N | Anchor | September 6, 1963 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Ethics & Morality | N | $10.85 | Book Description An anthology of basic statements by the most influential social and political philosophers of Western civilization. Includes Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseau, Mill, Marx and Engels, Hitler, Gandhi, and others. From the Publisher An anthology of basic statements by the most influential social and political philosophers of Western civilization. Includes Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseau, Mill, Marx and Engels, Hitler, Gandhi, and others. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1963 | 1970-01-07 | 560 | 8.0 x 5.3 x 1.3 inches | |||||||
| RA644.A25 S662 | Sontag, Susan | ILLNESS AS METAPHOR | 0-385-26705-3 | Paperback | N | N | Anchor | December 1, 1989 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Disorders & Diseases : AIDS | New York | N | $0.31 | From Publishers Weekly "In Illness as Metaphor , Sontag argues that the myths and metaphors surrounding disease can kill by instilling shame and guilt in the sick, thus delaying them from seeking treatment," wrote PW. She sees, and discusses provocatively, a similar process at work in the case of AIDS. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review "Susan Sontag's Illness as Metaphor was the first to point out the accusatory side of the metaphors of empowerment that seek to enlist the patient's will to resist disease. It is largely as a result of her work that the how-to health books avoid the blame-ridden term 'cancer personality' and speak more soothingly of 'disease-producing lifestyles' . . . AIDS and Its Metaphors extends her critique of cancer metaphors to the metaphors of dread surrounding the AIDS virus. Taken together, the two essays are an exemplary demonstration of the power of the intellect in the face of the lethal metaphors of fear."--Michael Ignatieff, The New Republic --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 306.4/61 20 | 1989 | 1970-01-07 | 192 | AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects, Metaphor, Tuberculosis in literature, Cancer in literature | 0.5 x 5.2 x 8.0 inches | ||||
| HM554.S65 | Sontag, Susan | Regarding the Pain of Others | 0-374-24858-3 | Hardcover | N | N | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | February 19, 2002 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Essays : General | New York | N | $14.00 | From Publishers Weekly Twenty-six years after the publication of her influential collection of essays On Photography (1977), Sontag (In America) reconsiders ideas that are "now fast approaching the status of platitudes," especially the view that our capacity to respond to images of war and atrocity is being dulled by "the relentless diffusion of vulgar and appalling images" in our rapaciously media-driven culture. Sontag opens by describing Virginia Woolf's essay on the roots of war, "Three Guineas," in which Woolf described a set of gruesome photographs of mutilated bodies and buildings destroyed during the Spanish Civil War. Woolf wondered if there truly can be a "we" between man and woman in matters of war. Sontag sets out to reopen and enlarge the question. "No `we' should be taken for granted when the subject is looking at other people's pain," she writes. The "we" that Sontag has come to be much more aware of in the decades since On Photography is the world of the rich. She has come to doubt her youthful contention that repeated exposure to images of suffering necessarily shrivels sympathy, and she doubts even more the radical yet influential spin that others put on this critique-that reality itself has become a spectacle. "To speak of reality becoming a spectacle... universalizes the viewing habits of a small, educated population living in the rich part of the world...." Sontag reminds us that sincerity can turn a mere spectator into a witness, and that it is the heart rather than fancy rhetoric that can lead the mind to understanding. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal The impact of violent images: Sontag's first full-length work on imagery since her acclaimed On Photography 25 years ago. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 303.6 21 | 1970-01-14 | 144 | War and society, War photography -- Social aspects, War in art -- Social aspects, Photojournalism -- Social aspects, Atrocities, Violence | 8.6 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches | |||||
| PR408.B67 S67 | Spacks, Patricia Meyer | Boredom : The Literary History of a State of Mind | 0-226-76854-6 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | June 1, 1996 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Books & Reading : Reference | N | $22.00 | From Library Journal In this fascinating study of the trope of boredom in fiction and the reality of boredom in life, Spakes, a scholar of 18th-century literature, shows how writers use boredom as a metonym for an ethical stance. Thus, Samuel Johnson regards boredom as a personal flaw to be resisted by the individual sufferer. Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads equates the reader's interest with the moral imagination. Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte depict the boring female life of the 19th century to argue against the restrictions society placed on women. Thackeray's Vanity Fair finds boredom preferable to Becky Sharp's evil. Baudelaire maintains that the sensitive soul is bored by society's corruption, and Anita Brookner extends the modernist view to depict life as inherently boring. Spacks offers fine close readings and trenchant social commentary. She presents material that will interest social historians as well as students of literature from the 18th to the 20th century. Joseph Rosenblum, Guilford Technical Community Coll., Jamestown, N.C. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Booklist The author of Gossip (1986) tackles the subject of boredom in this lively and unusual treatise. Spacks analyzes the evolution of boredom as both a cultural and literary phenomenon during the course of the last three centuries. Fascinating examinations of boredom as a moral proposition, an ethical dilemma, a catalyst for the imagination, and a precursor to literary innovation are provided. According to the author, the psychic, social, and literary merits and implications of boredom are manifest in daily life and have helped determine the shape and the direction of modern society. Anything but dull, this engaging narrative offers an original and enlightening perspective on a much maligned and misunderstood state of mind. Margaret Flanagan--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 304 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| BL41.P468 2002 | Spickard, James V. (Editor) | Personal Knowledge and Beyond: Reshaping Hte Ethnography of Religion | 0-8147-9803-9 | Paperback | N | N | New York University Press | February, 2002 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : General | New York | N | $21.00 | Book Description Over the last decade the sociology of religion and religious studies have experienced a surge of ethnographic research. Scholars now use ethnography, as anthropologists have long done, as a valued source of knowledge from which they draw their pictures of the religious world. Yet, many researchers of religion have yet to grapple with the issues that are changing anthropologists' use of the method. Personal Knowledge and Beyond seeks to foster a cross-disciplinary rethinking of ethnography's possibilities and limits for the study of religions. It provides an overview of recent debates while also pushing them in new directions. In addition, it offers critiques of some of anthropology's reigning conceptualizations. The volume brings together many of the best-known ethnographic researchers of religion, including Karen McCarthy Brown, Lynn Davidman, Armin Geertz, Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Mary Jo Neitz, and Thomas Tweed. Together, they share substantively from their fieldwork and consider the consequences for the study of religion of rejecting old ethnographic myths, as well as the risks of replacing them with new ones. The volume will be of interest to students as well as to experienced scholars in the field. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 306.6/07/2 21 | 2002 | 1970-01-21 | 360 | Religion -- Methodology, Ethnology -- Methodology, Ethnology -- Religious aspects | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| PN2071.I5 S6 | Spolin, Viola | Improvisation for the Theater 3E : A Handbook of Teaching and Directing Techniques (Drama and Performance Studies) | 0-8101-4008-X | Paperback | N | N | Northwestern University Press | July 28, 1999 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Arts & Photography : Performing Arts : Theater : Acting & Auditioning | Evanston, Ill. | N | $10.85 | From Library Journal This new edition of a highly acclaimed handbook, last published in 1983 and widely used by theater teachers and directors, is sure to be welcomed by members of the theater profession. Spolin, who died in 1994, developed her improvisational techniques of using "game" exercises while teaching with the WPA Recreational Project in Chicago. Editor Sills, her son and founder of the Second City Theater, here updates over 200 classic exercises and adds 30 new ones. The creative group work and games, which can be used with all levels and ages of performers, and workshop techniques that enhance performers' natural abilities and intuition are all clearly explained. Also included are useful definitions of theater terms and a glossary of side-coaching phrases. Libraries with older editions will want this excellent update. Highly recommended for all theater arts collections.AHoward E. Miller, Rosary H.S. Lib., St. Louis Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 792/.028 21 | 1970-01-21 | 412 | Improvisation (Acting), Amateur theater | 9.1 x 6.0 x 1.0 inches | |||||
| BS511.2.S69 | Spong, John Shelby | Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism : A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture | 0-06-067518-7 | Paperback | N | N | HarperSanFrancisco | April 10, 1992 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Authors, A-Z : ( S ) : Spong, John Shelby | N | $10.17 | Mirabella "[Spong is] striving to revive the imaginative possibilities of ancient Scripture for the women and men of today." Book Description Is celibacy the only moral alternative to marriage? Should the widowed be allowed to form intimate relationships without remarrying? Should the church receive homosexuals into its community and support committed gay and lesbian relationships? Should congregations publicly and liturgically witness and affirm divorces? Should the church's moral standards continue to be set by patriarchal males? Should women be consecrated bishops? Bishop Spong proposes a pastoral response based on scripture and history to the changing realities of the modern world. He calls for a moral vision to empower the church with inclusive teaching about equal, loving, nonexploitative relationships. | 2005-05-03 | Amazon | 2005-05-03 | 288 | 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| BL48 .G45 RR | Squad, The God | Religion for Dummies | 0-7645-5264-3 | Paperback | N | N | For Dummies | August 5, 2002 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : General | N | $14.95 | Book Description
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This book is not a scholarly theological treatise; it's a lively, practical, hands-on resource that will help you better understand your own religion and others. You'll explore:
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| BL600.S720 | Staal, Frits | Ritual and Mantras | 8120814126 | Paperback | N | N | Motilal Banarsidass | December, 1996 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism | N | $66.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Ritual and Mantras: Rules without Meaning | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 512 | |||||||||
| PC2129.E5 | Stack, E. M. | Reading French in Arts and Science (4th ed) | 0-395-35968-6 | Paperback | N | N | Houghton Mifflin Company | December, 1986 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : English (All) | Boston | N | $56.58 | Book Description The Fourth Edition of Reading French in the Arts and Sciences offers a systematic approach to comprehending and translating texts in the humanities and technical disciplines, focusing on the grammar needed for this task. It begins with short passages on familiar themes and gradually increases the difficulty level to more technical and literary topics. The text includes: vocabulary in footnotes for convenience of students supplementary readings test for each chapter in unit an appendix with hints on simplifying translation, a list of suggested dictionaries, and a table of verbs, numbers, and false cognates updated reference information for 2001 | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 448.2/421 19 | 1987 | 2005-11-20 | 292 | French language -- Readers, French language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers, -- English, French language -- Grammar | 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches | ||||
| ND1488.D47 1984 | Staff, Chronicle Books LLC | Designer's Guide to Color: 1 | 0-87701-317-9 | Paperback | N | N | Chronicle Books LLC | December 1, 1984 | 1 | 2.5 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : General | N | $11.86 | Book Description With over 1000 color combinations, this remarkable book assists with color choice in several important ways: it takes the guesswork out of putting colors together by showing in advance what they will look like; innovative color schemes provide new ideas; tint percentages for every color insure correct reproduction. This book is meant primarily as a professional tool for anyone associated with design or the design process. Because of the inclusion of screen values of the four process colors, this book will make perhaps its greatest contribution to those who realize their design through some printed process -- graphic designers, certainly; also environmental designers, advertising and package designers and probably some members of architectural firms who become involved in printed media. In a much broader sense, the book has real value to anyone who needs to confirm color suggestions and examples presented in a straightforward, pure and neutral way. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | Designers Guide Series | 136 | 7.2 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches | |||||||
| Z253.U69 2003 RR | Staff, University of Chicago Press | The Chicago Manual of Style | 0-226-10403-6 | Hardcover | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | August 1, 2003 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : General | N | $34.65 | From Publishers Weekly Countless publishing professionals have learned the details of their business from this classic guide for publishers, editors and writers. It's updated every 10 years or so, and the 15th edition is the most extensive revision in decades. The Internet's influence is pervasive, with substantial sections on preparing manuscripts for electronic publishing, editing for online publications and citing electronic sources. The "Rights and Permissions" chapter is by attorney William S. Strong (The trace the publication process for books and journals, both print and electronic, from manuscript development to distribution and marketing. For the first time, the manual includes a chapter on grammar and usage, by Bryan A. Garner (A Dictionary of Modern Usage). Gone is the 13-page table showing when to hyphenate compound words of all sorts, but it's replaced by a six-plus-page list and a narrative overview, which will be simpler for the overworked manuscript editor ("copyeditor" has vanished, and the index relegates "copyediting" to a cross-reference to manuscript editing) to use. Traditionalists may be bothered by the new edition's preference for ZIP Code state abbreviations and dropping periods from such abbreviations as Ph.D. and even U.S. Some things do remain the same. The style guide still endorses the serial comma (which PW does not) and numerals are still spelled out from one through one hundred and at the beginning of a sentence. Those in the publishing industry will need this edition, both for what's new and for what they will want to argue about. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Booklist The Chicago Manual of Style maintains its vitality by adapting to its ever-changing environment. None of the changes from one edition to the next are capricious; that which remains vital carries over, and that which must change, changes. From the 1906 first edition's limited focus as "a compilation of typographical rules" for books, it has evolved to provide guidance to authors and editors working in other forms and media such as journals, newsletters, Web sites, and even, with the fifteenth edition, American Sign Language. The editors now "assume throughout that most writers and editors, whether preparing print or nonprint works, use computer software." That assumption is most visible in the chapter dealing with presentation in type of mathematical expressions and formulas. Software has collapsed the division of labor between author and typesetter, giving the author the power to fulfill both roles simultaneously. Mathematicians have faced that special challenge; all scholars have been vexed by uncertainty about citing electronic resources. Various specialized manuals from other publishers have attempted to codify practices for citing electronic publications, but none has enjoyed the authority Chicago has earned over nearly a century. The fifteenth offers deeper guidance for citing electronic books, articles in e-journals, electronic editions of older works, and online newspapers and magazines. The clear, practical, and easily applied rules for citing these sources recognize the problem an author must solve when a URL is subject to change; they also offer advice on matters such as when to provide the date a cited e-work was accessed. U.S. copyright law, driven by the same technologies the fifteenth edition addresses, has also experienced significant changes. An expanded section on copyright offers clear albeit not exhaustive coverage of the current complexities of copyright. All authors would do well to study this primer. Chicago's mantra throughout is consistency in support of clarity. Helping authors and editors achieve consistency in practice when creating or editing a manuscript and presenting it to readers is Chicago's raison d'etre. The prescriptive tone of some entries serves consistency, but usage is determined by users of the language. Chicago acknowledges variants in practice, often noting that an author may use a variant even though its entry first describes preferred practice. Bowing t | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 984 | 9.3 x 6.4 x 2.0 inches | ||||||||
| NC730 | Stanyer, Peter | A Foundation Course in Drawing | 0-8230-1867-9 | Hardcover | N | N | Watson-Guptill Publications | October 1, 1999 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Instruction & Reference : Drawing | New York | N | $2.49 | Book Description The projects in this superb teaching guide not only offer enjoyable drawing exercises, but are also designed to instill good working methods to benefit artists at all levels. Readers are shown different ways to look at a subject by studying shape, form, space, light, texture, and movement as applied to figure drawing, still life, landscape, and abstract subjects. Rather than prescribing a single, absolute technique, the book presents drawing as an act that reflects the complexity of human experience in numerous ways. Peter Stanyer and Terry Rosenberg, painters who have exhibited their own work in numerous shows, are both dedicated teachers who conduct highly regarded art courses in London for students at all levels. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 741.2 21 | 1970-01-07 | 408 | Drawing -- Technique | 9.4 x 7.0 x 1.4 inches | |||||
| BF1779.F4 S794 | Stasney, Sharon | Feng Shui Your Kitchen | 0-8069-7383-8 | Paperback | N | N | Sterling/Chapelle | September 28, 2002 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Personal Health : Stress : Feng Shui | New York | N | $13.57 | Book Description Use the principles of feng shui to create a kitchen that reflects your personality, patterns, and relationships. Charts and a questionnaire help you pinpoint your particular "type," and unique feng shui techniques offer area solutions, advice on where to put things, and suggestions for shifting just a few items for a more compatible design. With dozens of magnificent photos! | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 133.3/337 21 | 2002 | 1970-04-16 | 160 | Feng shui, Kitchens -- Design and construction --, Miscellanea | 10.0 x 8.0 x 0.4 inches | ||||
| JZ1318 .S74 2003 | Steger, Manfred B. | Globalization: A Very Short Introduction | 0-19-280359-X | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | May 1, 2003 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Economics : General | N | $9.95 | Book Description This book offers a stimulating introduction to globalization and its varying impacts across, between, and within societies. It is a highly readable text that contributes to a better understanding of the crucial aspects and dimensions of the developments and transformations that go by the name of globalization. | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 144 | 6.9 x 6.5 x 0.4 inches | ||||||||
| PT2603.E455 Z925 | Steinberg, Michael P. (Editor) | Walter Benjamin and the Demands of History | 0-8014-3135-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Cornell University Press | July, 1996 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Historical Study : Historiography | Ithaca | N | $52.50 | ABOUT THE BOOK Walter Benjamin and the Demands of History FROM THE PUBLISHER This book is the first to consider the presence of history and the question of historical practice in Walter Benjamin's work.Some of the essays analyze Benjamin's writings in cultural history and the philosophy of history. Others connect his historical and theoretical practices to issues in contemporary feminism and post-colonial studies, and to cultural contexts including the United States, Japan, and Hong Kong. In different ways, the authors all find in Benjamin's specific notion of historical materialism a dialectic between textual and cultural analysis which can reinvigorate the relation between literary and historical studies. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 838/.91209 20 | 2005-10-15 | 252 | Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 -- Knowledge --, History, Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 -- Philosophy, History in literature, History -- Philosophy | 0.8 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | |||||
| DS463.S73 | Stern, Robert W. | Changing India : Bourgeois Revolution on the Subcontinent | 0-521-42105-5 | Hardcover | N | N | Cambridge University Press | July 1, 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : General | Cambridge [England] ; New York | N | $30.00 | Book Description This book presents a comprehensive, provocative, and highly readable introduction to contemporary India's modern history and social institutions. Robert Stern discusses India's family households and villages, its long-lived and little understood caste systems and venerable faiths, its extraordinary ethnic diversity, and India's modern agricultural and industrial economies. He also traces the country's history as 'the jewel in the crown' of British imperialism, its evolving systems of classes, electoral politics, and parliamentary democracy, and contrasts India's 'third world' poverty and illiteracy with its technological sophistication and subcontinental predominance. Changing India's central argument is that change in India is now rapid and profound, yet adaptive to the remarkable continuity and vitality of India's social systems. The dominant pattern of change, argues Stern, derives from the simultaneous development of capitalism and parliamentary democracy. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 954.03/5 20 | 2005-11-20 | 267 | India -- History -- British occupation,, 1765-1947, India -- History -- 1947-, India -- Social conditions | 0.8 x 5.8 x 8.8 inches | |||||
| DK266.4.S76 1992 | Stites, Richard | Russian Popular Culture : Entertainment and Society since 1900 (Cambridge Russian Paperbacks) | 0-521-36986-X | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | August 20, 1992 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Asia : Japan | Cambridge [England] ; New York | N | $39.99 | Book Description This book presents a side of Russian life that is largely unknown to the West--the world of popular culture. By surveying detective and science fiction, popular songs, jokes, box office movie hits, the stage, radio and television, Richard Stites introduces the people and cultural products that are household words to the Soviet people. He demonstrates how popular culture has over the past century had more impact on the lives of Russian people and reveals more about their lives than the works of giants of high culture. Richard Stites, Professor of History at Georgetown University, is the author of several books, including Revolutionary Dreams: Utopian Vision and Experimental Life in the Russian Revolution. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 947.084 20 | 1992 | 1970-01-28 | Soviet Paperbacks Series | 287 | Popular culture -- Soviet Union, Soviet Union -- Civilization | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.5 inches | |||
| BP189 | Stoddart, William | Sufism: The Mystical Doctrines and Methods of Islam | 0-87728-357-5 | Hardcover | N | N | Red Wheel/Weiser | April 1976 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Bibles : Sufism | N | N/A | ABOUT THE BOOK Sufism: The Mystical Doctrines and Methods of Islam | 1970-01-21 | Barnes & Noble | 1970-01-21 | 91 | |||||||||
| HQ745.S797 | Stoner, Carroll | Weddings for Grownups: Everything You Need to Know to Plan Your Wedding Your Way | 0-8118-0229-9 | Paperback | N | N | Chronicle Books | April, 1993 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Home & Garden : Weddings : General | San Francisco | N | $0.01 | ABOUT THE BOOK Weddings for Grownups FROM OUR EDITORS A wonderfully realistic guide that assumes you don't have 40 hours a week to plan your wedding, nor an unlimited budget to spend fulfilling your wildest wedding fantasies. A great place to start for anyone who wants to have a great wedding but doesn't want the planning to take over life. ANNOTATION A refreshing departure from the conventional focus on etiquette and decorum, this practical and reassuring guide offers down-to-earth ideas and encouragement for real people--working women, couples who don't have a million dollars, or anyone marrying for a second time. FROM THE PUBLISHER This expanded edition of the popular planner (more than 20,000 copies of the original sold) features common sense advice and practical ideas for every type of wedding. A full range of checklists helps to speed engaged couples through every part of the planning process. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 395/.22 20 | 1993 | 1970-01-14 | 203 | Weddings -- United States -- Planning --, Handbooks, manuals, etc | 0.5 x 7.5 x 9.2 inches | ||||
| HG179.S76 | Stowers, James | Yes You Can Achieve Financial Independence | 0-9629788-0-9 | Hardcover | N | N | Deer Publishing Company | March, 1999 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Business & Investing : Economics : General | N | $0.01 | From Library Journal Written by the founder of the $25 billion Twentieth Century Mutual Fund family, this basic personal finance guide has the praiseworthy quality of simplicity. Stowers concentrates on concepts (the shrinking dollar, the power of compounding interest, and the hidden risks of conservative investments) rather than techniques (e.g., how to pick stocks, how to construct a budget). Numerous cartoons, charts, and tales of personal experience add life to the dry subject matter. Though Stowers's opinions about the superiority of earnings over dividends, the folly of market timing, and the small investor's need for actively managed stock mutual funds are debatable, the book is not merely an advertisement for Stowers's fund. It is odd, given the title, that almost no space is devoted to increasing one's earning power. Nothing is new or revolutionary here, but the attractive presentation of basic concepts makes this suitable for public libraries. Robert Kruthoffer, Lane P.L., Hamilton, Ohio Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 1992 | 2005-11-20 | 1 | 0.7 x 5.9 x 8.8 inches | |||||||
| HA29.S823 1998 | Strauss, Anselm | Basics of Qualitative Research : Techniques and Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory | 0-8039-5940-0 | Paperback | N | N | SAGE Publications | September 22, 1998 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Medicine : Research : General | Thousand Oaks | N | $51.95 | Book Description The second edition of this best-selling text continues to offer immensely practical advice and technical expertise to aid researchers in making sense of their collected data. Basics of Qualitative Research, Second Edition presents methods that enable researchers to analyze and interpret their data, and ultimately build theory from it. Highly accessible in their approach, authors Anselm Strauss (late of the University of San Francisco and co-creator of grounded theory) and Juliet Corbin provide a step-by-step guide to the research act-- from the formation of the research question through several approaches to coding and analysis, to reporting on the research. Full of definitions and illustrative examples, this highly accessible book concludes with chapters that present criteria for evaluating a study, as well as responses to common questions posed by students of qualitative research. Significantly revised, Basics of Qualitative Research remains a landmark volume in the study of qualitative methods. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 300/.7/2 21 | 1998 | 1970-01-21 | 336 | Social sciences -- Statistical methods, Grounded theory | 8.6 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| BQ295.S83 | Strong, John S. | Legend of King Asoka | 8120806166 | Hardcover | N | N | Motilal Banarsidass | January 1, 2002 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | History : Asia : India | N | $11.64 | Book Description This is the first English translation of the Asvokavadana text, the Sanskrit version of the legend of King Asoka, first written in the second century A.D., Emporer of India during the third century B.C. and one of the most important rulers in the history of Buddhism. The author contrasts the text with the Pali traditions about King Asoka and discusses the Buddhist view of kingship, the relationship of the state and the Buddhist community, the king's role in relating his kingdom to the person of the Buddha, and the connections between merit making, cosmology, and Buddhist doctrine. An appendix provides summaries of other stories about Asoka. This is a reprint of the 1989 original. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 336 | |||||||||
| BL1202.S78 | Stutley, Margaret | Hinduism: The Eternal Law | 1-85274-052-3 | Paperback | N | N | Harpercollins | August, 1989 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | Wellingborough, Northamptonshire | N | $1.60 | ABOUT THE BOOK Hinduism | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 294.5 19 | 1970-01-07 | 192 | Hinduism | 22 cm. | |||||
| F2230.1.R3 S85 | Sullivan, Lawrence E. | Icanchu's Drum: An Orientation to Meaning in South American Religions | 0-02-897406-9 | Paperback | N | N | MacMillan Publishing Company | September, 1990 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Home & Garden : Gardening & Horticulture : General | N | $4.90 | ABOUT THE BOOK Icanchu's Drum: An Orientation to the Meaning in South America Religions | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 1 | 1.2 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | ||||||||
| BQ9268.S563 SS | Suzuki, Shunryu | Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai | 0-520-23212-7 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | October 1, 2001 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Authors, A-Z : ( S ) : Suzuki, Shunryu | N | $10.85 | From Publishers Weekly This book is billed as a sequel to Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, Suzuki's classic collection of talks on Zen, but it stands on its own considerable merits as an eloquent, humorous series of lectures on the Sandokai, an eighth-century poem central to the Soto Zen tradition. These lectures show Suzuki, head priest of Tassajara monastery in California until his death in 1971, using his line-by-line exposition of the poem to illuminate what it means to practice Zen Buddhism. He stresses the simultaneity of the relative and the absolute, skillfully using words to direct his listeners toward understanding, all the while emphasizing that words are merely fingers pointing at the moon of enlightenment. Suzuki's devaluation of the verbal frees him to embrace humor and paradox as teaching methods; his examples range from ancient Chinese stories to anecdotes about weeding in the Tassajara garden and encountering an earwig. Readers of his previous book will be familiar with his earthy, clear, intense style. This book also conveys the texture of monastery life; it recounts 12 consecutive talks and includes the question-and-answer sessions at the end of each talk. These exchanges offer some of the most fascinating parts of an already excellent book, as they explicate some of the unclear points and illuminate the indirect yet confrontational quality of traditional Japanese Zen teaching. (Nov.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. New York Times special supplement "The Best of the Season," 11/28 "Read and relax with Branching Streams, which offers an enlightening look at your place in the universe." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 199 | 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| BQ410.S93 | Swearer, Donald K | Buddhism and society in southeast Asia (Focus on Hinduism and Buddhism) | 0-89012-023-4 | Paperback | N | N | Anima Books | 1981 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism | Chambersburg, Pa. | N | $3.99 | ABOUT THE BOOK Buddhism and Society in Southeast Asia | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 294.3/37/0959 20 | 1981 | 2005-11-20 | Focus on Hinduism and Buddhism | 82 | Buddhist sociology -- Asia, Southeastern, Buddhism -- Asia, Southeastern, Buddhism -- Asia, Southeastern -- Audio-visual, aids -- Catalogs | 22 cm. | |||
| BQ4990.T4S98 | Swearer, Donald K. | Becoming the Buddha : The Ritual of Image Consecration in Thailand | 0-691-11435-8 | Hardcover | N | N | Princeton University Press | January 26, 2004 | 1 | History : Asia : Thailand | N | $35.00 | Book Description Becoming the Buddha is the first book-length study of a key ritual of Buddhist practice in Asia: the consecration of a Buddha image or "new Buddha," a ceremony by which the Buddha becomes present or alive. Through a richly detailed, accessible exploration of this ritual in northern Thailand, an exploration that stands apart from standard text-based or anthropological approaches, Donald Swearer makes a major contribution to our understanding of the Buddha image, its role in Buddhist devotional life, and its relationship to the veneration of Buddha relics. Blending ethnography, analysis, and Buddhist texts related to this mimetic reenactment of the night of the Buddha's enlightenment, he demonstrates that the image becomes the Buddha's surrogate by being invested with the Buddha's story and charged with the extraordinary power of Buddhahood. The process by which this transformation occurs through chant, sermon, meditation, and the presence of charismatic monks is at the heart of this book. Known as "opening the eyes of the Buddha," image consecration traditions throughout Buddhist Asia share much in common. Within the cultural context of northern Thailand, Becoming the Buddha illuminates scriptural accounts of the making of the first Buddha image; looks at debates over the ritual's historical origin, at Buddhological insights achieved, and at the hermeneutics of absence and presence; and provides a thematic comparison of several Buddhist traditions. From the Inside Flap "In Becoming the Buddha Donald Swearer has provided a multifaceted historical, ethnographic, and comparative study of an image consecration ritual that lies close to the very heart of popular Buddhist piety. Drawing on more than four decades of textual research and field experience in northern Thailand, Swearer provides compelling descriptions and probing analyses that will command the attention of scholars in Buddhist studies and ritual studies for many years to come."--Frank Reynolds, co-translator of Three Worlds of King Ruang: A Thai Buddhist Cosmology "Reading Becoming the Buddha was an exciting, note-taking, eye-opening experience that stimulated my thinking about the field and about my own work. This book is the product of a mature scholar whose many years in the field and whose prolific writings have made him one of the world's top authorities on Thai religion and culture, and yet it retains a freshness in the approach it takes, the topic it tackles, and the conclusions it upholds. There is nothing like it in print that I know of. I have every confidence that it will become, in a few years' time, a much referred to, often quoted, classic."--John S. Strong, Bates College, author of The Legend and Cult of Upagupta "This is the first major book-length study of image consecration for Indian or Southeast Asian Buddhism that is accessible to a general readership. The scholarship behind it is enormous. Donald Swearer has collected a great range of texts and translated them adeptly while also incorporating ethnographic materials that are not only excellent but at times quite delightful."--Richard Davis, Bard College, author of Lives of Indian Images | 2005-05-02 | Amazon | 2005-05-02 | 336 | 9.4 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches | |||||||||
| PN2277.C42 S46 | Sweet, Jeffrey | Something Wonderful Right Away: An Oral History of the Second City and The Compass Players | 0-87910-073-7 | Paperback | N | N | Limelight Editions | August 1, 2004 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Performing Arts : Theater : History & Criticism | New York | N | $15.30 | Book Description Prominent alumni (Mike Nichols, Joan Rivers, Robert Klein, among others) bring theatrical improvisation to life, with all the vitality, the power and the exuberance - the satire and spontaneity - that they made famous and that launched their careers. "An important book about the most important American theatrical endeavor since the Group Theatre. Plus, it's fun to read." -David Mamet | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 792/.09773/11 19 | c197 | 1970-01-21 | 386 | Second City (Theater company), Compass Players, Entertainers -- United States -- Interviews, Improvisation (Acting) | 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches | ||||
| B132.Y6 H29 | Swenson, David | Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice Manual: An Illustrated Guide to Personal Practice | 1-891252-08-9 | Spiral-bound | N | N | Ashtanga Yoga Productions | September 1, 1999 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Exercise & Fitness : Yoga | Houston, TX | N | $15.72 | Book Description This is the most user-friendly yoga book available! It contins the entire Primary and Intermediate series of Ashtanga Yoga with three options for every asana. It is spiral bound to easily remain open while practicing. It contains over 650 photos with clear instructions and commentary. It is a great book for all levels of practitioners to enjoy and teachers will find it to be an invaluable tool for teaching their students. From the Publisher "The Most User-Friendly Yoga Book Ever Produced" | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1999 | 1970-04-16 | 263 | Aòsòt¯açnga yoga, Yoga, Exercise | 9.9 x 9.6 x 1.0 inches | |||||
| BL60.W43313 | Swidler, Ann (Foreword) | The Sociology of Religion | 0-8070-4205-6 | Paperback | N | N | Beacon Press | April 15, 1993 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : General | Boston | N | $22.50 | Book Description Translated by Ephraim Fischoff With a new Foreword by Ann Swidler | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 306.6 20 | 2005-10-08 | 304 | Religion and sociology | 8.0 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches | |||||
| GN345.T36 | Tambiah, Stanley J. | Magic, Science and Religion and the Scope of Rationality (Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures) | 0-521-37631-9 | Paperback | N | N | Cambridge University Press | March 22, 1990 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Modern | N | $27.99 | Review "...this book will be of immense benefit to all those involved in the study of the mental and cultural life of humankind." Journal of the American Academy of Religion "This enormously erudite but engaging study offers a tough, critical, and morally sensitive perspective on the history of central issues in anthropological theory. More than either a theoretical manifesto or a philosophical disquisition, it makes the anthropological project and the history of ideas mutually relevant to a degree rarely achieved before now." Choice | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 199 | |||||||||
| BR115.C8T36 | Tanner, Kathryn | Theories of Culture: A New Agenda for Theology (Guides to Theological Inquiry) | 0-8006-3097-1 | Paperback | N | N | Augsburg Fortress Publishers | September 1, 1997 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Theology : General | N | $12.24 | 1970-01-03 | Amazon | 1970-01-03 | 196 | 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches | |||||||||
| PL76.9.T37 | Tarazi, Akim | Golubaia Kolybel: [roman] | 5268005367 | Binding Unknown | N | N | Russkaia kniga | Jan 2003 | 1 | Moskva | N | 1970-01-14 | Half.com | 1970-01-14 | 2003-God Kazakhstana v Rossii | 254 | 21 cm. | ||||||||||
| PN1995 | Tarkovsky, Andrey | Sculpting in Time : Reflections on the Cinema | 0-292-77624-1 | Paperback | N | N | University of Texas Press | 1989 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Entertainment : Movies : General | N | $17.79 | From Library Journal Tarkovsky, who died in exile in 1986, was considered by some Western film critics to be one of Russia's foremost latter-day filmmakers. His image-rich nonlinear style was apparently little understood or appreciated in his own country and his films received poor distribution. Tarkovsky elaborates in much detail on his theory of filmmaking, including editing, music, film acting, and what he calls "rhythm," which he considers the dominant factor. The translation appears to be excellent, but the book would have benefited greatly from an introductory essay setting the director's aesthetics and career in perspective. An important addition for large cinema collections. Roy Liebman, California State Univ. Lib., Los Angeles Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Book Description Hailed by Ingmar Bergman as "the most important director of our time," Andrey Tarkovsky here reveals the original inspirations for his extraordinary films Andrey Tarkovsky, the genius of modern Russian cinema-hailed by Ingmar Bergman as "the most important director of our time"-died an exile in Paris in December 1986. In Sculpting in Time, he has left his artistic testament, a remarkable revelation of both his life and work. Since Ivan's Childhood won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1962, the visionary quality and totally original and haunting imagery of Tarkovsky's films have captivated serious movie audiences all over the world, who see in his work a continuation of the great literary traditions of nineteenth-century Russia. Many critics have tried to interpret his intensely personal vision, but he himself always remained inaccessible. In Sculpting in Time, Tarkovsky sets down his thoughts and his memories, revealing for the first time the original inspirations for his extraordinary films-Ivan's Childhood, Andrey Rublyov, Solaris, The Mirror, Stalker, Nostalgia, and The Sacrifice. He discusses their history and his methods of work, he explores the many problems of visual creativity, and he sets forth the deeply autobiographical content of part of his oeuvre-most fascinatingly in The Mirror and Nostalgia. The closing chapter on The Sacrifice, dictated in the last weeks of Tarkovsky's life, makes the book essential reading for those who already know or who are just discovering his magnificent work. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 256 | 8.5 x 7.5 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| GN345.T37 | Taussig, Michael | Mimesis and Alterity: A Particular History of the Senses | 0-415-90687-3 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | September, 1992 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | New York | N | $32.01 | George E. Marcus, Rice University "...shocks us...into reconsidering what we thought we had largely dismissed in our concerns with the politics of representation." Artforum "...his accounts have the tactility one gets from a good storyteller." | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 306 20 | 1992 | 1969-12-31 | 288 | Ethnology -- Philosophy, Imitation -- Cross-cultural studies, Difference (Philosophy) -- Cross-cultural, studies, Mimesis in art | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| GN345.T380 | Taussig, Michael | The Nervous System | 0-415-90445-5 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | November, 1991 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Medicine : Internal Medicine : Neurology | New York | N | $27.95 | American Anthropologist "Taussig's masterful essays should be read by any scholar and in any class concerned with an anthropology of the present.." Book Description In a series of intriguing essays ranging over terror, State fetishism, shamanic healing in Latin America, homesickness, and the place of the tactile eye in both magic and modernity, anthropologist Michael Taussig puts into representational practice a curious type of engaged writing. Based on a paranoiac vision of social control and its understanding as in a permanent state of emergency leaving no room for contemplation between signs and things, these essays hover between story-telling and high theory and thus create strange new modes of critical discourse. The Nervous System will appeal to writers, scholars, artists, film makers, and readers interested in critical theory, aesthetics, and politics. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 301/.01 20 | 2005-10-08 | 207 | Anthropology -- Philosophy | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.5 inches | |||||
| HD82.T34 | Taussig, Michael T. | Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America | 0-8078-4106-4 | Paperback | N | N | University of North Carolina Press | March 1, 1983 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Business & Investing : Economics : Economic Conditions | N | $17.95 | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 264 | 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches | |||||||||
| BF637.S4 | Taylor, Charles | The Ethics of Authenticity | 0-674-26863-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Harvard University Press | December 9, 2005 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling | Cambridge, Mass. | N | $24.95 | Book Description Everywhere we hear talk of decline, of a world that was better once, maybe fifty years ago, maybe centuries ago, but certainly before modernity drew us along its dubious path. While some lament the slide of Western culture into relativism and nihilism and others celebrate the trend as a liberating sort of progress, Charles Taylor calls on us to face the moral and political crises of our time, and to make the most of modernity's challenges. At the heart of the modern malaise, according to most accounts, is the notion of authenticity, of self-fulfillment, which seems to render ineffective the whole tradition of common values and social commitment. Though Taylor recognizes the dangers associated with modernity's drive toward self realization, he is not as quick as others to dismiss it. He calls for a freeze on cultural pessimism. In a discussion of ideas and ideologies from Friedrich Nietzsche to Gail Sheehy, from Allan Bloom to Michel Foucault, Taylor sorts out the good from the harmful in the modern cultivation of an authentic self. He sets forth the entire network of thought and morals that link our quest for self-creation with our impulse toward self-fashioning, and shows how such efforts must be conducted against an existing set of rules, or a gridwork of moral measurement. Seen against this network, our modern preoccupations with expression, rights, and the subjectivity of human thought reveal themselves as assets, not liabilities. By looking past simplistic, one-sided judgments of modern culture, by distinguishing the good and valuable from the socially and politically perilous, Taylor articulates the promise of our age. His bracing and provocative book gives voice to the challenge of modernity, and calls on all of us to answer it. | 2006-01-22 | Amazon | 320/.01 20 | 2006-01-22 | 160 | Self-realization -- Social aspects, Civilization, Modern -- Psychological aspects, Social values -- History | 8.6 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches | |||||
| BL51.T394 | Taylor, Mark C. | About Religion : Economies of Faith in Virtual Culture (Religion and Postmodernism Series) | 0-226-79162-9 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | July 1, 1999 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Modern | Chicago, Ill. | N | $23.00 | From Publishers Weekly What is religion about in the late 20th century? In a virtual world where surface images provide the depth of reality, what role does religion play? These are only two of the many questions that Taylor (Hiding) explores in his inimitably playful way. He begins by asking how can we engage in speculation about the existence of God after God's death and he argues that Melville's ("the most important writer America has yet produced") The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade provides the best portrait of the bankruptcy of faith. In other essays, Taylor investigates the relationship between psychosocial theory and religion as well as the relationship between evolutionary biology and religion. In addition, he explores the similarities between ancient alchemy and the virtual Postmodern culture. "Today's alchemists," he notes, "sublimate base matter into immaterialities on fiber-optic networks where everything is light." Where is religion in the late modern age? Taylor concludes: "The religion that today calls for reflection does not answer questions or provide meaning but abandons us....[It is] forever turning toward what is always slipping away; we can never be certain what religion is about." As comfortable talking about Karl Marx as about contemporary sculptors Fred Sandback and Richard Serra, Taylor courses through the history of ideas and the images of pop culture to demonstrate that religion, art and literature are cultural constructs inextricably bound together. No one who wants to understand religion and contemporary culture should avoid reading Taylor. (June) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 291.1/75 21 | 1999 | 2005-10-08 | Religion and Postmodernism Series | 304 | Religion -- Philosophy, Religion and culture -- United States | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | |||
| B29.D365 | Taylor, Mark C. (Editor) | Deconstruction in Context : Literature and Philosophy | 0-226-79140-8 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | October 15, 1986 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : Deconstructionism | N | $21.00 | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 454 | 9.0 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches | |||||||||
| BL65.P73 T38 | Taylor, Victor E. | Para/Inquiry: Postmodern Religion and Cultue | 0-415-18903-9 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | November, 1999 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | London ; New York | N | $33.95 | Book Description Para/Inquiry represents the next generation of postmodern studies. It is interdisciplinary in focus, with strong intellectual attachments to religion, cultural studies and literature. Taylor provides us with a fresh look at the history and main themes of postmodernism: both in style and content. Central to the book is the status of the sacred in postmodern times. Taylor explores the sacred images in art, culture and literature. We see that the concept of the sacred is uniquely singular and resistant to an easy assimilation into artistic, cultural or narrative forms. Anyone wishing to gain a new and exciting understanding of postmodernism, will read this book with great pleasure. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 149/.97 21 | 1970-01-14 | 145 | Postmodernism -- Religious aspects | 9.7 x 7.5 x 0.4 inches | |||||
| PG2950.T43 | Terras, Victor | A History of Russian Literature | 0-300-04971-4 | Hardcover | N | N | Yale University Press | January 29, 1992 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Europe | New Haven | N | $60.00 | From Publishers Weekly This encyclopedic, invaluable survey captures the full sweep of Russian literature, from sixth-century saints' lives to Mayakovsky's "cubo-futurist" theater and contemporary samizdat poetry. With capsule profiles of hundreds of writers and literary works, the book compresses an enormous wealth of information into 650 pages. The scope is vast: folk songs and tales, picaresque adventures, fables, drama, satire, novels, poetry, essays, criticism. Terras ( Handbook of Russian Literature ) plausibly argues that Russian literature has compulsively but not successfully sought political relevance, whether in medieval chronicles and war tales or in Tolstoy, Dostoyevski and Turgenev, all of whom used the novel as a forum for social and political debate. This ready reference both for scholars and for serious students sets Russian literature in a social and political context that makes it more accessible to Western readers. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 891.709 20 | 1991 | 1970-04-16 | 672 | Russian literature -- History and criticism | 1.5 x 7.5 x 10.2 inches | ||||
| PG2940.H29 1985 | Terras, Victor | Handbook of Russian Literature | 0-300-04868-8 | Paperback | N | N | Yale University Press | July 25, 1990 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Books & Reading : Reference | N | $40.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Handbook of Russian Literature FROM THE PUBLISHER This first encyclopedia of its kind in English covers ten centuries of Russian literature and includes nearly 1,000 entries by leading scholars. It will be an indispensable guide for students or the general reader. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1990 | 1970-04-15 | 578 | 11.2 x 8.4 x 1.1 inches | |||||||
| PG3476.T435 | Tertz, Abram | The Trial Begins and on Socialist Realism | 0-520-04677-3 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | March, 1982 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Politics : General | N | $19.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Trial Begins | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | c196 | 1969-12-31 | 220 | 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches | |||||||
| DS495.6 .U54 | Thapa, Deepak | Understanding the Maoist Movement of Nepal | 9993378275 | Binding Unknown | N | N | Centre for Social Research and Development | Jan 2003 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nepal -- History -- Civil War, 1996- | Kathmandu | N | Synopsis Contributed articles on the movement led by Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). | 1970-04-30 | Half.com | 1970-04-30 | Chautari books series ; 10 | 395 | Nepal -- History -- Civil War, 1996-, Nepal -- Politics and government -- 1990-, Communism -- Nepal, Nep¯ala Kamyunishòta P¯aròt¯i (M¯aov¯ad¯i) | 23 cm. | ||||||
| DS436.H67 | Thapar, Romila | A History of India : Volume 1 | 0-14-013835-8 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin | September 1, 1990 | 1 | 2.5 Stars | History : Asia : India | N | $10.88 | ABOUT THE BOOK History of India, Vol. 1 ANNOTATION A full account of Indian history from the establishment of Aryan culture in 1000 BC to the coming of the Mughals in AD 1526. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 384 | 7.8 x 5.2 x 1.0 inches | ||||||||
| Z39.48 | Thapar, Romila | Early India : From the Origins to AD 1300 | 0-520-24225-4 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | February 1, 2004 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | History : Asia : India | N | $18.95 | Book Description Early India represents a complete rewriting by Romila Thapar of her classic work, A History of India (the first volume in the Penguin History of India series), thirty-five years after it was first published. Thapar has incorporated the vast changes in scholarly understanding and interpretation of Indian history that have occurred during her lifetime to revise the book for a new generation of readers. This new work brings to life thousands of years of history, tracing India's evolution before contact with modern Europe was established: its prehistoric beginnings; the great cities of the Indus civilization; the emergence of mighty dynasties such as the Mauryas, Guptas, and Cholas; the teachings of the Buddha; the creation of heroic epics such as the Mahabharata and the Ramayana; and the creation of regional cultures. Thapar introduces figures from the remarkable visionary ruler Ashoka to other less exemplary figures. In exploring subjects as diverse as marriage, class, art, erotica, and astronomy, Thapar provides an incomparably vivid and nuanced picture of India. Above all, she shows the rich mosaic of diverse kingdoms, landscapes, languages, and beliefs. From the Back Cover "Romila Thapar is the most eminent Indian historian. This superb book is not only the basic history of how India came to be and an introduction to how the writing of history takes shape, but also, not the least, a deconstruction of the historical myth and inventions on which is based the present intolerant and exclusivist Hindu nationalism. It is essential reading today."--Eric Hobsbawm "One of the world's most eminent historians of India, Thapar gives us a thoroughly revised edition of her authoritative general history. This one contains the accumulated research of the last thirty years and includes richly textured accounts of life in ancient India. Like its predecessor, this is indispensable reading for anyone interested in India's long and complex history."--Thomas R. Metcalf, Professor of History and Sarah Kailath Professor of Indian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, and co-author of A Concise History of India "Incorporating newer findings, methods, and interpretations, this thorough and outstandingly written addition to the author's highly acclaimed History of India, Volume One manifests her long and distinguished service to the study of Indian history. Thapar's skillful analysis of how India's past has been interpreted not only brings greater clarity to the understanding of contemporary India, but also contributes usefully to a broader study of history and historiography."--Peter L. Schmitthenner, Associate Professor of History, Virginia Tech | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 586 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.3 inches | ||||||||
| P106.L9313 | Thebaud, Jean-Loup | Just Gaming (Theory and History of Literature, Vol 20) | 0-8166-1277-3 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | December, 1985 | 1 | Entertainment : Puzzles & Games : Puzzles | Minneapolis | N | $16.95 | Language Notes Text: English, French--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 793.73 19 | 1985 | 2005-10-15 | Theory and History of Literature Series | 128 | Philosophical recreations, Literary recreations | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.4 inches | ||||
| P99.4.S62 T4 | Thibault, Paul | Social Semiotics As Praxis: Text, Meaning, and Nabokov's Ada (Theory and History of Literature) | 0-8166-1866-6 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | March, 1991 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : Semiotics | Minneapolis | N | $19.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Social Semiotics as Praxis: Text, Social Meaning Making, and Nabokov's Ada (Theory and History of Literature Series) | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 302.2 20 | 1991 | 2005-10-15 | Theory and History of Literature Series | 320 | Semiotics -- Social aspects, Discourse analysis, Intertextuality, Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Ada | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches | |||
| BQ2171.T23 | Thirleby, Ashley | Tantra: The Key to Sexual Power and Pleasure | 8172240732 | Paperback | N | N | 1 | 3.5 Stars | N | $5.59 | 2006-01-18 | Amazon | 2006-01-18 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| BR377.T45 | Thomas, Keith | Religion and the Decline of Magic (Religion & Decline of Magic Ppr) | 0-684-14542-1 | Paperback | N | N | Macmillan Pub Co | April, 1986 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : New Age : General | N | $22.42 | Book Description Astrology, witchcraft, magical healing, divination, ancient prophecies, ghosts, and fairies were taken very seriously by people at all social and economic levels in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. Helplessness in the face of disease and human disaster helped to perpetuate this belief in magic and the supernatural. As Keith Thomas shows, England during these years resembled in many ways today's "underdeveloped areas." The English population was exceedingly liable to pain, sickness, and premature death; many were illiterate; epidemics such as the bubonic plague plowed through English towns, at times cutting the number of London's inhabitants by a sixth; fire was a constant threat; the food supply was precarious; and for most diseases there was no effective medical remedy. In this fascinating and detailed book, Keith Thomas shows how magic, like the medieval Church, offered an explanation for misfortune and a means of redress in times of adversity. The supernatural thus had its own practical utility in daily life. Some forms of magic were challenged by the Protestant Reformation, but only with the increased search for scientific explanation of the universe did the English people begin to abandon their recourse to the supernatural. Science and technology have made us less vulnerable to some of the hazards which confronted the people of the past. Yet Religion and the Decline of Magic concludes that "if magic is defined as the employment of ineffective techniques to allay anxiety when effective ones are not available, then we must recognize that no society will ever be free from it."--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 736 | 1.5 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | ||||||||
| HD8388.T461 | Thompson, E.P. | Making of the English Working Class (Vintage) | 0-394-70322-7 | Paperback | N | N | Vintage | February 12, 1966 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Business & Investing : Biographies & Primers : Labor Policy | N | $15.75 | Book Description "Thompson's book has been called controversial, but perhaps only because so many have forgotten how explosive England was during the Regency and the early reign of Victoria. Without any reservation, The Making of the English Working Class is the most important study of those days since the classic work of the Hammonds."--Commentary "Mr. Thompson's deeply human imagination and controlled passion help us to recapture the agonies, heroisms and illusions of the working class as it made itself. No one interested in the history of the English people should fail to read his book."--London Times Literary Supplement Inside Flap Copy "Thompson's book has been called controversial, but perhaps only because so many have forgotten how explosive England was during the Regency and the early reign of Victoria. Without any reservation, The Making of the English Working Class is the most important study of those days since the classic work of the Hammonds."--Commentary "Mr. Thompson's deeply human imagination and controlled passion help us to recapture the agonies, heroisms and illusions of the working class as it made itself. No one interested in the history of the English people should fail to read his book."--London Times Literary Supplement | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 864 | 8.0 x 5.2 x 1.5 inches | ||||||||
| N8193.A3 N32 FF | THURMAN, ROBERT | MANDALA | 1-57062-297-3 | Paperback | N | N | Shambhala | November 4, 1997 | 3 | Biographies & Memoirs : Ethnic & National : African-American & Black | N | $32.95 | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 144 | 0.8 x 10.0 x 10.2 inches | ||||||||||
| BQ7604.T496 c.1 | Thurman, Robert A. | Essential Tibetan Buddhism | 0-06-251051-7 | Paperback | N | N | HarperSanFrancisco | December 13, 1996 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Authors, A-Z : ( T ) : Thurman, Robert | N | $10.47 | Amazon.com In this highly readable collection, Robert Thurman brings together the jewels of Tibetan literature that have made their own distinctive contribution to "the great river of Buddhism." He introduces the selection with an overview of essential Buddhist thought, orienting the reader with a history of Buddhism's development, from its origins in India, expansion across Asia, and flowering on Tibetan soil. Explaining the distinctive attainment of Tibetan Buddhist civilization as "the vivid sense of Buddhas in ordinary, daily reality," Thurman guides readers through selections that speak to the possibility of liberation for all beings. Stressing also the importance of the teacher or mentor figure in Tibetan Buddhist practice, he presents key texts from teachers whose words serve as inspiration to those seeking the path toward enlightenment. Excerpts culled from the vastness of the Tibetan canon include the hymns to the liberator goddess Tara, pieces from The Tibetan Book of the Dead, writings on mentor worship from the first Panchen Lama, and selections from esoteric tantric practice texts. The volume ends with the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize lecture by Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, illustrating the enduring relevance of this ancient wisdom for modern life. --Uma Kukathas--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Library Journal Thurman, who holds the first endowed chair in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies in America (at Columbia Univ.) and cofounded Tibet House in New York City, presents an introductory text of sorts, with a useful selection from representative texts. (LJ 3/1/96) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 336 | 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| BQ2212.E5 T47 | Thurman, Robert A. (Translator) | Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti: A Mahayana Scripture | 8120808746 | Hardcover | N | N | South Asia Books | 1992 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Authors, A-Z : ( T ) : Thurman, Robert | N | $16.00 | Book Description The Tibetan version of this key Buddhist scripture rendered in English, previously known only from translations of Chinese texts. | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 166 | 1.0 x 6.0 x 8.8 inches | ||||||||
| BQ7604.T496 c.2 | Thurman, Robert A.F. | Essential Tibetan Buddhism | 0-06-251048-7 | Hardcover | N | N | Harpercollins | October 1, 1995 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Authors, A-Z : ( T ) : Thurman, Robert | N | $2.00 | Amazon.com In this highly readable collection, Robert Thurman brings together the jewels of Tibetan literature that have made their own distinctive contribution to "the great river of Buddhism." He introduces the selection with an overview of essential Buddhist thought, orienting the reader with a history of Buddhism's development, from its origins in India, expansion across Asia, and flowering on Tibetan soil. Explaining the distinctive attainment of Tibetan Buddhist civilization as "the vivid sense of Buddhas in ordinary, daily reality," Thurman guides readers through selections that speak to the possibility of liberation for all beings. Stressing also the importance of the teacher or mentor figure in Tibetan Buddhist practice, he presents key texts from teachers whose words serve as inspiration to those seeking the path toward enlightenment. Excerpts culled from the vastness of the Tibetan canon include the hymns to the liberator goddess Tara, pieces from The Tibetan Book of the Dead, writings on mentor worship from the first Panchen Lama, and selections from esoteric tantric practice texts. The volume ends with the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize lecture by Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, illustrating the enduring relevance of this ancient wisdom for modern life. --Uma Kukathas--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Library Journal Thurman, who holds the first endowed chair in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies in America (at Columbia Univ.) and cofounded Tibet House in New York City, presents an introductory text of sorts, with a useful selection from representative texts. (LJ 3/1/96) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 336 | 1.0 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches | ||||||||
| BQ7604.T498 | Thurman, Robert A.F. | Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness | 1-57322-090-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Riverhead Books | March 1, 1998 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Authors, A-Z : ( T ) : Thurman, Robert | N | $1.94 | Amazon.com Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman (yes, he is the father of Uma) was named one of Time magazine's 25 most influential people in 1997. Here's why: Thurman has a knack for helping laymen understand the teachings and history of Buddhism while also explaining why it has taken root in the West. Thurman was the first Westerner to be ordained as a monk in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition after studying under the Dalai Lama in 1964. In this highly polished memoir he tells the story of his pupilage under His Holiness, which was a frolic in Sunday school compared to the task of integrating Buddhism into cold war America. This is an optimistic and highly satisfying discussion of how Buddhism has shaped the life of one fascinating scholar as well as the course of Western spirituality. --Gail Hudson From Library Journal The first American Tibetan Buddhist monk, Thurman currently teaches at Columbia and was chosen by Time as one of the 25 most influential people of 1997. What's more, actress Uma Thurman is his daughter. Here, he argues that we can now complete the inner revolution begun in the East when the West was industrializing. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 2005-04-23 | Amazon | 2005-04-23 | 322 | 1.5 x 6.5 x 9.2 inches | ||||||||
| DK100 .T48 2001 | Thyret, Isolde | Between God and Tsar: Religious Symbolism and the Royal Women of Muscovite Russia | 0-87580-274-5 | Hardcover | N | N | Northern Illinois University Press | August 2001 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Europe : Eastern | DeKalb, Ill. | N | $40.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Between God and Tsar: Religious Symbolism and the Royal Women of Muscovite Russia FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Thyret (history, Kent State U.) examines the role of Russia's royal women in medieval Russian politics, society and culture, with an emphasis on their empowerment through religious symbolism. Major themes include the issue of royal motherhood and the myth of the blessed womb of the tsarista; the role of the tsarista as spiritual helpmates to their husbands and as intercessors for the autocracy before God; the role of religious symbolism in the concept of the tsarista as an independent ruler; the involvement of the female members of the Romanov tsars in affairs of the realm; and connections between the mythopoeic traditions of preceding generations and the reign of Sofiia Alekseevna. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 947 21 | 2001 | 1970-04-16 | 275 | Empresses -- Russia -- Religion, Empresses -- Russia -- Public opinion, Religion and politics -- Russia, Russia -- History -- To 1533, Russia -- History -- 1533-1613, Russia -- History -- 1613-1689 | 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches | ||||
| BT771 | Tillich, Paul | Dynamics of Faith (Harper Torchbooks, Tb42) | 0-06-130042-X | Paperback | N | N | Perennial | June, 1958 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $0.38 | Book Description
One of the greatest books ever written on the subject, Dynamics of Faithis a primer in the philosophy of religion. Paul Tillich, a leading theologian of the twentieth century, explores the idea of faith in all its dimensions, while defining the concept in the process. This graceful and accessible volume contains a new introduction by Marion Pauck, Tillich's biographer.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1957 | 1970-01-21 | 144 | 0.5 x 5.5 x 8.2 inches | |||||||
| BT15.T552 1988 | Tillich, Paul | The Essential Tillich: An Anthology of the Writings of Paul Tillich | 0-02-018920-6 | Paperback | N | N | Collier Books | September, 1988 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Authors, A-Z : ( T ) : Tillich, Paul | New York | N | $4.65 | From Library Journal Church has given both clergy and lay readers a good anthology of well-chosen, readable selections presenting most of Tillich's major ideas. He has arranged them to create a coherent whole and grouped them under eight sections: "Ultimate Concerns," "Symbols of Faith," "The Protestant Principle," "Addressing the Situation," "Love, Power, and Justice," "The Courage To Be," "The Future of Religions," "Living on the Boundary." This book summarizes in Tillich's own words much of the best of his thought, still highly relevant today. Recommended for public and academic libraries. Carolyn M. Craft, Longwood Coll., Farmville, Va. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 230 19 | 1987 | 1970-01-21 | 281 | Theology, Doctrinal | 1.0 x 5.5 x 8.2 inches | ||||
| DS335 .M4 | Tinker, Hugh | South Asia; a short history | N | N | Praeger | 1966 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | South Asia -- History | New York | N | Bibliography: p. 267-272. | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 950 | 1970-04-16 | 287 | South Asia -- History | , maps, ports. 21 cm. | ||||||||
| QA76.76.H94 | Tittel, Ed | Html 4 for Dummies | 0-7645-0331-6 | Paperback | N | N | John Wiley & Sons Inc | February 1998 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Computers & Internet : General | Foster City, CA | N | $0.09 | Amazon.com This guide walks you through the entire Web authoring process, teaching you how to use the nuts and bolts of HTML to build your Web page. You've got to feel good about a guide that tells you that "if you can dial a telephone or find your keys in the morning, you too can become an HTML author." The authors start with the premise that you're a true beginner. The first part of the book covers the history of the Web, what a browser is, how HTML is used, and what it takes to access the Web. The book then dives into HTML basics, page layout, and instructions on how to build your first basic Web page. Part 2 explains what a markup language is and how HTML works. This section provides an overview of each HTML tag, highlights special characters, and shows you how to add templates, lists, and links to your Web pages. Part 3 covers relatively advanced areas such as tables, attractive Web design, complex pages, forms, style sheets, image maps, navigation aids, and finally going live with your site. Part 4 contains the famous "Part of Tens" section that is in each Dummies book, plus HTML's Top Ten Do's and Don'ts, Ten Design Desiderata, and Nearly Ten Ways to Exterminate Web Bugs. Extras on the CD-ROM include overviews on testing your pages, working with Dynamic HTML, frames, Common Gateway Interface (CGI), and more. The CD-ROM also has shareware and examples of HTML that are used in the book. --Elizabeth Lewis Book Description With each new generation of HTML (HyperText Markup Language), the code that lurks behind all those cool World Wide Web pages, comes a new learning curve. Not so, say Ed Tittel and Stephen Nelson James, who insist that "if you can dial a telephone or find your keys in the morning, you too can become an HTML author. (No kidding!)" Put their promise to the test as you discover the plain-English fundamentals of writing your way onto that wild and worldwide Web. Why spend big bucks on the latest and greatest Web authoring software when all you need is a copy of HTML 4 For Dummies and a little inspiration (not included, although tons of great ideas appear on the book's bonus CD-ROM). Instead, take this timely and informative tour through the tags, tips, and proven techniques that make the best Web pages work, and follow the entire Web publishing process, from design to maintenance, free of all that confusing technobabble and propeller-head cyberspeak. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 005.7/2 21 | 1998 | 1970-04-14 | Dummies Series | 373 | Hypertext systems, HTML (Document markup language), World Wide Web | 1.0 x 7.5 x 9.2 inches | |||
| 58006467 | Tochigi, Japan (Prefecture) Chih¯o R¯od¯o Iinkai | Chir¯oi j¯unenshi | N | N | 32 | 1957 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arbitration, Industrial -- Tochigi, Japan | 32 [1957] | N | Romanized. | 1970-04-16 | Library of Congress [1] | 1970-04-16 | 537 | Arbitration, Industrial -- Tochigi, Japan, (Prefecture) [from old catalog] | 537 p. ports., tables. 21 cm. | |||||||||
| PG3015.5.S6 L5 | Todd, William Mills, III | Literature and Society in Imperial Russia, 1800-1914. | 0-8047-0961-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Stanford University Press | January 1978 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Movements & Periods | Stanford, Calif. | N | $6.07 | ABOUT THE BOOK Literature and Society in Imperial Russia, 1800-1914 | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 891.7/09/003 | 1978 | 1970-04-15 | 306 | Russian literature -- 19th century -- History and, criticism -- Congresses, Literature and society -- Congresses | 0.8 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | ||||
| P99.T613 | Todorov, Tzvetan | Theories of the Symbol | 0-8014-9288-2 | Paperback | N | N | Cornell University Press | September, 1984 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : Semiotics | N | $23.95 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 302 | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches | ||||||||
| PR6070.O455 | Toibin, Colm | Heather Blazing | 0-330-32125-0 | Paperback | N | N | Pan Books Ltd | August 31, 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | N | $2.90 | From Publishers Weekly Irish novelist Toibin here follows up his Irish Times /Aer Lingus Irish Literature Award-winning first book, The South , with another extended study in paralysis--not the physical kind, but rather the willed emotional stasis that James Joyce, in a famous formulation, contended gripped the Irish soul. The hero here is Eamon Redmond, a High Court judge in Dublin who is readying for retirement. He and his wife, Carmel, are thinking of moving permanently to the south coast, near Enniscorthy, a place filled with childhood memories for them both. As they contemplate the joys of their autumn years, strains in their relations emerge: their unwed daughter announces she is pregnant; Eamon writes an unpopular opinion in a civil rights case; and Carmine accuses Eamon of always having been distant ("You sound bored. It is one of the things that you have learned to do over the years"). Toibin's acclaimed prose style--measured and restrained as a Victorian memoir yet poetic in precision--makes a character of the brooding, enigmatic Irish weather and gives voice to the darker side of the Irish character. As in Joyce's stories in Dubliners , the proceedings lead to an epiphany of sorts, as Eamon finds himself doting on his grandson at the shore. A small advance in the moral education of Eamon Redmond, yes; but under Toibin's generous, forgiving gaze, the moment rings profound. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1993 | 1970-01-07 | 256 | 197 x 130 in. | |||||||
| PR8844 | Toibin, Colm (Editor) | New Writing from Ireland | 0-571-19842-2 | Paperback | N | N | Faber & Faber | March, 1994 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | N | $1.50 | ABOUT THE BOOK New Writing from Ireland | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 256 | 1.0 x 8.2 x 9.8 inches | ||||||||
| PG3489.O414 | Tokareva, Viktoriia | Loshadi s kryl'iami: povesti i rasskazy | 5320000596 | Hardcover | N | N | "LOKID" | 1996 | 1 | Moscow | N | $10.00 | 2006-01-16 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| PG3366.D4 1964 | Tolstoy, Leo | Childhood; Boyhood; Youth (Classics S.) | 0-14-044139-5 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | September 30, 1964 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $10.50 | Review ?No one has ever excelled Tolstoy in expressing the specific flavour, the exact quality of a feeling.? ?Isaiah Berlin --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Book Description The artistic work of Leo Tolstoy has been described as "nothing less than one tremendous diary kept for over fifty years." This particular "diary" begins with Tolstoy's first published work,CHILDHOOD, which was written when he was only 23. A semi-autobiographical work, it recounts two days in the childhood of 10-year-old Nikolai Irtenev, recreating vivid impressions of people, place and events with the exuberant perspective of a child enriched by the ironic retrospective understandng of an adult. BOYHOOD and YOUTH soon followed, and Tolstoy was launched on the literary career that would bring him immortality. This trilogy provides an indispensable introduction to Tolstoy's literary method and his major preoccupation--love, morality and the avoidance of violence. His mastery as a story-teller survives both translation and the passage of time to delight modern readers of every age. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | Penguin Classics Series | 320 | 7.7 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches | |||||||
| PG3366.K65 F6 | Tolstoy, Leo | Master and Man and Other Stories (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-044331-2 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | November 17, 1977 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( T ) : Tolstoy, Leo | Harmondsworth | N | $5.20 | Book Description The stories collected in this volume demonstrate Tolstoy's artistic prowess displayed over five decades-experimenting with prose styles and drawing on his own experiences with humor and compassion. "The Two Hussars," inspired by his time in the army, contrasts a dashing father and his mean-spirited son. Illustrating Tolstoy's belief that art must serve a moral purpose, "What Men Live By" portrays an angel sent to earth to learn three existential rules of life. And in the deeply moving "Master and Man," a mercenary merchant travels with his unprotesting servant through a blizzard to close a business deal-little realizing he may soon have to settle accounts with his maker. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation) | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 891.7/3/3 | 1970-04-14 | Penguin Classics Series | 272 | Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 -- Translations, into English | 7.8 x 5.0 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| PG3366.A13 G37 | Tolstoy, Leo | The Death of Ivan Ilych & Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics Trade Paper) | 1-59308-069-7 | Paperback | N | N | Barnes & Noble | December 15, 2003 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( T ) : Tolstoy, Leo | New York, NY | N | $7.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) FROM OUR EDITORS Barnes & Noble Classics offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences-biographical, historical, and literary-to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. FROM THE PUBLISHER Chief among Tolstoy’s shorter works is The Death of Ivan Ilych, a masterful meditation on the act of dying. The first major fictional work published by Tolstoy after a mid-life psychological crisis, this novella reflects the author’s struggle to find meaning in life, a challenge Tolstoy resolved by developing a religious philosophy based on brotherly love, mutual support, and charity. These guiding principles are the dominant moral themes in The Death of Ivan Ilych, an account of the spiritual conversion of a judge-an ordinary, unthinking, vulgar man-in the face of his terrible fear about death. Also included in this volume are Family Happiness, an early work that traces the arc of a marriage; The Kreutzer Sonata, a frank tale of sexual love that shocked readers when it first appeared; and Hadji Murád, Tolstoy’s final masterpiece about power politics, intrigue, and colonial conquest. David Goldfarb teaches Polish, Russian, and Comparative Literature at Barnard College and Columbia University. He has written about Witold Gombrowicz, Bruno Schulz, Zbigniew Herbert, Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Mikhail Lermontov, and Nikolai Gogol. Includes a map of the Caucasus region. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1970-04-15 | Barnes & Noble Classics | 400 | 8.0 x 5.2 x 1.1 inches | ||||||
| HQ1617.F75 | Toril, Moi (Editor) | French Feminist Thought: A Reader | 0-631-14973-2 | Paperback | N | N | Blackwell Pub | November, 1987 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | Oxford, UK ; New York, NY, USA | N | $5.49 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 305.4/2/0944 19 | 2005-10-08 | 260 | Feminism -- France, Feminism | 0.8 x 6.2 x 9.0 inches | |||||
| LB2332.3.T68 | Toth, Emily | Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia | 0-8122-1566-4 | Paperback | N | N | University of Pennsylvania Press | July 1997 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Careers : General | Philadelphia | N | $14.75 | ABOUT THE BOOK Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia FROM THE PUBLISHER In question-and-answer form, Ms. Mentor advises academic women about issues they daren't discuss openly, such as: How does one really clamber onto the tenure track when the job market is so nasty, brutish, and small? Is there such a thing as the perfectly marketable dissertation topic? How does a meek young woman become a tiger of an authority figure in the classroomand get stupendous teaching evaluations? How does one cope with sexual harassment, grandiosity, and bizarre behavior from entrenched colleagues? Ms. Mentor's readers will find answers to the secret queries they were afraid to ask anyone else. They'll discover what it really takes to get tenure; what to wear to academic occasions; when to snicker, when to hide, what to eat, and when to sue. They'll find out how to get firmly planted in the rich red earth of tenure. Ms. Mentor's wisdom grows out of many a real-life experience: she guarantees that some readers will squirm. She lavishly dispenses witty advice, and valuable information, while despising psychobabble, postcomprehensible jargon, and pontification by anyone other than herself. She also insists that sisterhood is, and must be, powerful. Readers of Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia are in for an unusual treat. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 378.1/2/082 21 | 1997 | 1970-04-16 | 222 | Women college teachers -- United States --, Miscellanea, Women graduate students -- United States --, Miscellanea, Women college teachers -- United States -- Social, conditions, Women graduate students -- United States --, Social conditions, Women college | 9.0 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| CB357.T64 | Toulmin, Stephen | Cosmopolis : The Hidden Agenda of Modernity | 0-226-80838-6 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | November 1, 1992 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : World : 20th Century | Chicago | N | $10.88 | Book Description In the seventeenth century, a vision arose which was to captivate the Western imagination for the next three hundred years: the vision of Cosmopolis, a society as rationally ordered as the Newtonian view of nature. While fueling extraordinary advances in all fields of human endeavor, this vision perpetuated a hidden yet persistent agenda: the delusion that human nature and society could be fitted into precise and manageable rational categories. Stephen Toulmin confronts that agenda--its illusions and its consequences for our present and future world. "By showing how different the last three centuries would have been if Montaigne, rather than Descartes, had been taken as a starting point, Toulmin helps destroy the illusion that the Cartesian quest for certainty is intrinsic to the nature of science or philosophy."--Richard M. Rorty, University of Virginia "[Toulmin] has now tackled perhaps his most ambitious theme of all. . . . His aim is nothing less than to lay before us an account of both the origins and the prospects of our distinctively modern world. By charting the evolution of modernity, he hopes to show us what intellectual posture we ought to adopt as we confront the coming millennium."--Quentin Skinner, New York Review of Books | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 909.82 20 | 2005-10-08 | 235 | Civilization, Modern -- History, Philosophy, Renaissance, Philosophy, Modern -- History, Europe -- Intellectual life, Rationalism | 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches | |||||
| PG2112.T69 | Townsend, Charles E. | Continuing With Russian | 0-89357-085-0 | Paperback | N | N | Slavica Publishers | June, 1981 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : Foreign Language : Russian | N | $24.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Continuing with Russian | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 426 | 1.2 x 6.2 x 9.0 inches | ||||||||
| DK150.8.D6 | Townsend, Charles E. | Memoirs of Princess Natal Ja Borisovna Dahgoru Kaya | 0-89357-044-3 | Paperback | N | N | Slavica Pub | August, 1977 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Europe | Columbus, Ohio | N | $209.95 | Language Notes Text: English, Russian (translation) | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 947/.06/0924 B | 1970-01-07 | 146 | Dolgorukaëiìa, Natal¯iëiìa Borisovna,, knëiìaginëiìa, 1714-1771, Nobility -- Russia -- Biography | 23 cm. | |||||
| BR127 | Tracy, David | Dialogue With the Other: The Inter-Religious Dialogue (Louvain Theological & Pastoral Monographs, No. 1) | 0-8028-0562-0 | Paperback | N | N | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | April, 1991 | 2 | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Theology : General | Louvain | N | $13.85 | ABOUT THE BOOK Dialogue with the Other: The Inter-Religious Dialogue FROM THE PUBLISHER This book expresses David Tracy's ongoing interest in the other and The Other. His reflections enter into dialogue with figures as diverse as Meister Eckhart and William James and traditions as different as those of Buddhism, Christianity, and Judaism. FROM THE CRITICS Theological Studies Tracy's interesting Dialogue with the Other is particularly instructive, in that each chapter of this small book begins from a different starting point: Mircea Eliade's understanding of the primitive; the Greek religions; Buddhism; the mystical prophetic strands of religion. We are thus vividly reminded of the flexibility that must always remain an attribute of comparative study, as it revises itself in the light of specific encounters and the issue they raise. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 261.2 20 | 2005-10-08 | Louvain Theological and Pastoral Monogra | 135 | Christianity and other religions | 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches | |||||
| BR118.T68 | Tracy, David | Plurality and Ambiguity : Hermeneutics, Religion, Hope | 0-226-81126-3 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | June 10, 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Church History : General | Chicago | N | $17.00 | Book Description In Plurality and Ambiguity, David Tracy lays the philosophical groundwork for a practical application of hermeneutics, while constructing an innovative model of theological interpretation developed out of the notions of conversation and argument. He concludes with an appraisal of the religious significance of hope in an age of radically different voices and constantly shifting meanings. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 230/.01 20 | 2005-10-08 | 155 | Theology, Hermeneutics -- Religious aspects --, Christianity | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.5 inches | |||||
| DS821.B3173 T75 | Trifonas, Peter | Barthes and the Empire of Signs | 1-84046-277-9 | Paperback | N | N | Totem Books | November 25, 2001 | 1 | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : Semiotics | N | $7.95 | Book Description Roland Barthes' imaginative or fictive exploration of Japan prompted him to examine the social and historical contingency of signs, how their meaning changes through time and in different contexts. | 2005-04-30 | Amazon | 2005-04-30 | 80 | 7.0 x 4.4 x 0.3 inches | |||||||||
| PN1167 | Trostnikov, M. V | Poetologiia | 5787300335 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Graal§ | 1997 | 1 | Poetry -- History and criticism | Moskva | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 189 | Poetry -- History and criticism, Russian poetry -- History and criticism | 21 cm. | ||||||||
| PG3385.T8713 | Troyat, Henri | Tolstoy P | 0-517-54092-4 | Hardcover | N | N | Harmony | March 19, 1980 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | N | $0.21 | Book Description Leo Tolstoy embodies the most extraordinary contradictions. He was a wealthy aristocrat who preached the virtues of poverty and the peasant life, a misogynist who wrote Anna Karenina, and a supreme writer who declared, "Literature is rubbish." From Tolstoy's famously bad marriage to his enormously successful career, Troyat presents a brilliant portrait that reads like an epic novel written by Tolstoy himself. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1980 | 1970-04-15 | 1 | ||||||||
| PN44.5.L45 1999 | Turco, Lewis | The Book of Literary Terms: The Genres of Fiction, Drama, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism, and Scholarship | 0-87451-955-1 | Paperback | N | N | University Press of New England | October 1999 | 1 | Literature & Fiction : Books & Reading : Reference | Hanover, NH | N | $19.95 | Book Description An expert's indispensable guide to English letters and the writing arts. From the Publisher 5 x 7 1/2 trim. Fig. LC 99-23472 | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 803 21 | 1999 | 1970-01-28 | 236 | Literature -- Terminology, English language -- Terms and phrases, Literary form -- Terminology, Criticism -- Terminology | 7.5 x 5.0 x 0.7 inches | |||||
| PG3421.Z3 1979 | Turgenev, I.S. | Sketches From a Hunters Album (Classics S.) | 0-14-044186-7 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Putnam~mass | February 24, 1972 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Classics | N | $0.01 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Russian --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | Penguin Classics Series | 272 | ||||||||
| PG2117 | Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich | Asya: Russian Reader | 5200001579 | Paperback | N | N | Victor Kamkin | Jun 1988 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | N | 1970-01-07 | Half.com | 1970-01-07 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| GN451 | Turner, Victor Witter | Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors: Symbolic Action in Human Society (Symbol, Myth, & Ritual) | 0-8014-9151-7 | Paperback | N | N | Cornell University Press | October, 1975 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology | Ithaca, N.Y. | N | $19.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors: Symbolic Action in Human Society | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 299/.6 | 1974 | 1969-12-31 | Symbol, Myth, and Ritual Series | 354 | Ndembu (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies, Ndembu (African people) -- Religion, Symbolism | 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches | |||
| GN345.A58 | Turner, Victor Witter | The Anthropology of Experience | 0-252-01249-6 | Paperback | N | N | University of Illinois Press | December 1986 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology : Cultural | Urbana | N | $23.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Anthropology of Experience | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 306/.01 19 | 1986 | 1970-04-16 | 406 | Ethnology -- Philosophy, Ethnology -- Methodology, Symbolic anthropology, Humanities -- Methodology, Experience | 9.0 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches | ||||
| GN473.T82 | Turner, Victor Witter | The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure (Cornell Paperbacks ; Cp-163) | 0-8014-9163-0 | Paperback | N | N | Cornell Univ Pr | April, 1977 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Anthropology | Ithaca, N.Y. | N | $1.59 | Book Description The Ritual Process has acquired the status of a small classic since these lectures were first published in 1969. Turner demonstrates in these pages how the analysis of ritual behavior and symbolism may be used as a key to understanding social structure and processes. He extends Van Gennep's notion of the "liminal phase" of rites of passage to a more general level, and applies it to gain understanding of a wide range of social phenomena. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 301.2/1 | 1969 | 2005-10-08 | Symbol, Myth and Ritual Ser. | 213 | Rites and ceremonies, Social structure, Symbolism, Ndembu (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies | 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.2 inches | |||
| G151 | Turpin, Joanne | Woman's Guide to Carefree Travel Abroad | 0-913215-48-1 | Paperback | N | N | Riverdale Company | September, 1990 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Travel : General : Reference | N | $2.92 | ABOUT THE BOOK Woman's Guide to Care-Free Travel Abroad | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 248 | 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches | ||||||||
| BL2525.T83 | Tweed, Thomas A. (Editor) | Asian Religions in America: A Documentary History | 0-19-511339-X | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press, USA | December 3, 1998 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Americas : United States : General | New York | N | $39.95 | Book Description Asian religions have a long and intriguing history in America. For over two centuries, Asian immigrants have been coming to America and bringing their religions with them. Some Americans have reacted with alarm to the arrival of heathen religions on American shores, while others have taken refuge in lamas from Tibet, yogis from India, and Zen masters from Japan. Asian Religions in America: A Documentary History is the first text to show the breadth and depth of the American encounter with Asian religions. Ranging from 1784 to the present, it features over one hundred excerpts and dozens of illustrations drawn from literature, art, music, sports, philosophy, theology, politics, and law. Selections discuss Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Shinto, Confucianism, and Taoism and their places in the American religious landscape. Martial artist Bruce Lee, Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist, Beatles star John Lennon, Chinese-American writer Amy Tan, African-American activist Frederick Douglass, Vietnamese Buddhist Thich Nhat Hanh, and dozens of lesser-known immigrants and Asian Americans are all represented. The editors have provided a general historical introduction, an overview of Asian religions, four section introductions, and concise explanatory headnotes for each entry. The volume is further enhanced by helpful reference materials including a detailed chronology, suggestions for further reading, and an index. Asian Religions in America: A Documentary History serves as an exceptional text for courses in Asian religions, world religions, and religion in America, and is also enlightening reading for academics and general readers. | 1970-05-16 | Amazon | 200/.973 21 | 1970-05-16 | 432 | United States -- Religion -- Sources, Asia -- Religion -- Sources | 9.2 x 6.5 x 0.8 inches | |||||
| HD69.B7T7596 | Twitchell, James B. | Branded Nation : The Marketing of Megachurch, College Inc., and Museumworld | 0-7432-4346-3 | Hardcover | N | N | Simon & Schuster | August 31, 2004 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Business & Investing : Marketing & Sales : Marketing : General | New York | N | $16.38 | From Publishers Weekly Twitchell (Lead Us into Temptation) has made a name for himself explaining how market forces of consumerism have shaped all of American culture, but here he focuses on three key locations: the church, the university and the museum. He begins by boiling down the mystique of brand identity to a sort of "commercialized gossip," a collection of stories that companies tell customers about their products in order to make them distinguishable from one another. Some brands do such a good job of holding our attention that they become cultural icons in their own right, so it should come as no surprise that our highest cultural institutions use the same techniques to assert themselves, especially when millions of dollars are at stake. Twitchell breezily guides readers through churches the size of community colleges and museums filled with Harley motorcycles and Armani wardrobes, showing how the gatekeepers are working the crowds like Barnum to draw in even greater audiences. Twitchell's prose never degenerates into mere crankiness, and he draws out even the most erudite points with casual ease and good humor. His own secure brand identity will ensure the support of regular readers, while his ease of entry can do much to increase his customer base. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Bookmarks Magazine Twitchell's basic premise-that organizations live and die based on brand recognition-isn't new. In recent years, publishers have churned out dozens of marketing books trumpeting the importance of brand recognition. What sets Branded Nation apart is Twitchell's richly detailed examination of how religious, educational, and cultural institutions are jumping on the branding bandwagon. Twitchell, a University of Florida professor and the author of previous books on advertising and culture, takes a couple of lumps from critics who found some parts of his newest work reductive or incomplete. But overall, Twitchell's persuasive arguments and enviable story-telling ability make Branded Nation an enjoyable-and enlightening-read. Copyright © 2004 Phillips & Nelson Media, Inc. | 2006-01-18 | Amazon | 658.8/27 22 | 2006-01-18 | 336 | Brand name products -- United States --, Marketing, Brand name products -- Social aspects -- United, States, Church marketing -- United States, Education -- Marketing, Museums -- Marketing | 9.5 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches | |||||
| P306.97.S63 T7 | Tymoczko, Maria (Editor) | Translation and Power | 1-55849-359-X | Paperback | N | N | University of Massachusetts Press | August 1, 2002 | 3 | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $20.95 | Product Description: The contributors to this volume see translation as an activity that takes place not in an ideal neutral site but in real social and political situations, with parties who have vested interests in the production and reception of texts across linguistic and cultural boundaries. Translation is not simply a process of faithful reproduction but invariably involves deliberate acts of selection, construction, and omission. It is inextricably linked to issues of cultural dominance, assertion, and resistance -- in short, to power. Although governments, churches, publishing firms, and other powerful institutions may influence the translation process, many translators have found ways to resist that influence and have used translation to introduce new ideas and modes of expression. Exploring the nexus of translation and power, the essays in this volume offer a wide variety of examples, across multiple languages and societies. They range from case studies of historical episodes in which translation has played a role in the assertion of political and military power, such as an 1840 treaty between the British and Maori that continues to be a source of conflict in present-day New Zealand, to analyses of the work of specific translators, such as Germaine de Staël and Gayatri Spivak. Along with examining how translation contributes to ideological negotiations and cultural struggles, the essays reveal the dimensions of power inherent in the translation process itself -- in the relationship of translator to auth! or, source text, and translated text. In addition to the editors, contributors include Rosemary Arrojo, Michael Cronin, Sabine Fenton, Camino Gutiérrez Lanza, Christopher Larkosh, Alexandra Lianeri, Lin Kenan, Carol Maier, Paul Moon, Adriana S. Pagano, and Sherry Simon. | 2005-03-24 | Amazon | 2005-03-24 | 244 | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches | |||||||||
| BL1900.L26 E5 | Tzu, Lao | Tao Teh Ching | 0-87773-542-5 | Paperback | N | N | Shambhala | September 26, 1990 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Eastern : General | N | $6.95 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Chinese --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 1970-04-15 | Pocket Classics Series | 116 | 4.5 x 3.0 x 0.5 inches | |||||||
| P106.U46 | Ulmer, Gregory L. | Applied Grammatology : Post(e)-Pedagogy from Jacques Derrida to Joseph Beuys (E-Pedagogy from Jacques Derrida to Joseph Beuys) | 0-8018-3257-8 | Paperback | N | N | The Johns Hopkins University Press | November 1, 1984 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : Semiotics | Baltimore | N | $27.53 | Review "It is an ambitious book, seeking nothing less than to take the first steps in a program of change so radical as to seem unreceivable as pedagogy. But Gregory Ulmer's knowledge of the field is unusually wide and convincing and his vision of this new science exceptionally exciting."--Louis A. Cellucci, American Society for Aesthetics Review " Applied Grammatology offers a full, rigorous, and perceptive reading of my published work, from the earliest to the most recent. Gregory Ulmer's interpretation is at once subtle, faithful, and educational, and would be of immense use for this alone. It is, moreover, an original and path-breaking book whether discussing new art forms or the transformation of the pedagogical scene... I read this book with recognition and admiration."--Jacques Derrida | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 401/.41 19 | 1985 | 2005-10-15 | 352 | Language and languages -- Philosophy, Writing -- Philosophy, Derrida, Jacques, Philosophy, Modern, Teaching | 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.0 inches | ||||
| BH301.C84U460 | Ulmer, Gregory L. | Heuretics : The Logic of Invention | 0-8018-4718-4 | Paperback | N | N | The Johns Hopkins University Press | March 1, 1994 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Baltimore | N | $19.95 | Review "Here is offered a scheme for creating multileveled texts that are both creative and critical and infinitely generative, and that invite readers to connect electronic media to the unconscious. Most readers will not fail to appreciate the wit of the exposition and the clarity of the creative method... [A] stunning performance."--Tom Conley, Philosophy and Literature | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 001 20 | 1994 | 2005-10-04 | 288 | Creation (Literary, artistic, etc, Creative ability, Aesthetics, Humanities -- Study and teaching, Interactive multimedia | 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| PG2111 | Unbegaun, Boris Ottokar | Russian Grammar | 0-19-815611-1 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | June, 1995 | 1 | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : Foreign Language : Russian | N | $7.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Russian Grammar | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 1 | ||||||||||
| PR9570.N43 U63 | Upadhyay, Samrat | Arresting God in Kathmandu | 0-618-04371-3 | Paperback | N | N | Mariner Books | August 2, 2001 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Short Stories : General | Boston | N | $9.60 | From Publishers Weekly Love and matrimony are as complicated in modern Nepal as anywhere else, as depicted in this debut collection of stories from one of the first Nepali authors writing in English to be published in the West. In only one of the nine stories does the focus waver from the tensions inherent in a class-conscious society where most marriages are still arranged, despite the fast-forward of globalization and a younger population used to traveling abroad or at least hearing about it. Parents such as the mother in "The Room Next Door" are angry and confused when their children are reluctant to conform. This mother is shamed when her college-age daughter becomes pregnant; the girl then marries the only man who might have her an unemployed simpleton who has appeared on their doorstep. Young couples at a loss to articulate submerged desires find it difficult to communicate in times of stress. In "The Good Shopkeeper," an accountant who loses his job drifts away from his wife and into an affair with a servant girl; the dissolution of another man's marriage to an American woman gives way to an unusual rebound relationship in "Deepak Misra's Secretary." While all of the stories are set in Nepal, one, "This World," also dips into New Jersey and explores the ambivalence of a young woman deciding her future and, by extension, her identity. Those seeking the exoticism so often found in contemporary Indian fiction won't find it here there are no lush descriptions or forays into spirituality. In an assured and subtle manner, Upadhyay anchors small yet potent epiphanies in a place called Kathmandu, and quietly calls it home. (Aug. 2)Forecast: This collection sports an enticing cover and will likely do better as an original paperback than it might have as a hardcover. A seven-city author tour will give Upadhyay some U.S. exposure. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Billed as the first Nepali author writing in English to be published in the West, Upadhyay brings to readers the flavor of Nepal and its culture in this impressive collection of nine short stories. Like Ha Jin's Bridegroom, Upadhyay's stories portray the lives of simple yet psychologically complex characters and reveal much about the universal human condition in us all. Many of the pieces contain themes centered around the cultural taboos relating to the roles of men and women, love, and fidelity and discuss other issues pertinent to Nepali life such as arranged marriages, the caste system, and the Hindu faith. "The Good Shopkeeper" and "Deepak Misra's Secretary" are examples of stories in which the characters, searching for acceptance and satisfaction in life, are found engaging in extramarital affairs. "This World" and "A Great Man's Homage" bring up issues dealing with the "freedoms" of expression allowed for women, both verbally and sexually. "Limping Bride" and "The Room Next Door" touch, respectively, upon cultural mores regarding matters such as alcoholism and children conceived out of wedlock. Upadhyay's stories leave the reader with much food for thought and will make a good choice for book discussion groups. Highly recommended for most public and academic libraries. Shirley N. Quan, Orange Cty. P.L., Santa Ana, CA Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 823/.92 21 | 1970-01-21 | 192 | Kathmandu (Nepal) -- Fiction | 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches | |||||
| G155.A1 U770 | Urry, John | The Tourist Gaze : Leisure and Travel in Contemporary Societies (Theory, Culture and Society Series) | 0-8039-8183-X | Paperback | N | N | SAGE Publications | October 1, 1990 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Business & Investing : Industries & Professions : General | London ; Newbury Park | N | $24.98 | Book Description Tourism is both an important component of modern life and a highly lucrative industry for many countries, yet its importance has been generally unrecognized in the academic arena. In The Tourist Gaze John Urry examines the concept of tourism from a sociological perspective, demonstrating that tourism is a unique and central element in contemporary society. With his primary focus on the changing nature of tourism, Urry reveals its connection to the broader cultural changes of postmodernism. The Tourist Gaze is essential reading not only for scholars and researchers in sociology, but to all those interested in the social, cultural, and geographical analysis of contemporary society. "It is a readable and stimulating account of many aspects of the sociology of contemporary tourism. . . .shows very wide reading and a good deal of critical reflection on personal experience. . . .covers a wide diversity of topics, with fascinating anecdotes and examples. . . .For anybody interested academically or professionally in tourism (and indeed in contemporary society), this book is well worth reading. It should give you lots of ideas, challenge several of your preconceptions and help keep you up to date with intellectual fashions." --Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design "Provocative . . . . Comprehensive . . . . Trendy . . . . In reading through the author's analysis of these tourisms and the industry that has emerged to serve them, one has the feeling of being brought up to date on all the latest developments. . . . Readers should find something of value in this forward-looking book." --Tourism Management "... a very sensible and down-to-earth analysis of social restructuring. . . .Most obviously it is a useful overview for students of tourism and recreation whether sociologists, geographers or on specialist courses." --Area "This broad-ranging and accessible book will be essential reading not only to scholars and researchers in the sociology of leisure and consumption but to all those interested in the social, cultural and geographical analysis of contemporary society." --Espaces & Societes "Applause is due to John Urry. He has taken tourism seriously. And he has written a book that will help guide a new generation of enquiry on the topic. The author presents what, for geographers unfamiliar with recent sociological writings, is an illuminating and stimulating amalgam of concepts drawn from the traditions of semiotics, political economy and analysis of deviance. . . .useful. . . .interesting commentaries. . . .important. . . .provocative. . . .exciting. . . .insightful." --Progress in Human Geography | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 338.4/791 20 | 2005-10-08 | Theory, Culture and Society Series | 200 | Tourism | 0.8 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | ||||
| PG2074.7.U86 | Uspenskii, Boris Andreevich | Kratkii ocherk istorii russkogo literaturnogo iazyka: XI-XIX vv (IAzyk, semiotika, kul§tura) | 573330426X | Unknown Binding | N | N | Gnozis | 1994 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Foreign Language Books : Russian : All Russian Books | Moskva | N | $40.00 | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | ëIìAzyk, semiotika, kul§tura | 239 | Russian language -- Standardization, Russian language -- Variation, Russian language -- History, Russian literature -- History and criticism | 22 cm. | |||||
| PC2129.ES V3 | Valdman, Albert | Chez nous: Branché sur le monde francophone with CD-ROM, Second Edition | 0-13-091894-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Prentice Hall | August 10, 2001 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Reference : Foreign Languages : Instruction : French | Upper Saddle River, N.J. | N | $105.80 | Language Notes Text: French, English--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. The publisher, Prentice-Hall Humanities/Social Science This complete program for beginning French offers a traditional emphasis on correct form combined with the best current innovations in language teaching -- a communicative approach, focus on the spoken language and on a functional view of language, stress on culture taken broadly to include francophone countries as well as France, and use of authentic material. Using a careful progression from skill-getting to skill-using activities and a mature treatment of francophone culture, the text and its full complement of supplementary materials -- including technology-based supplements -- help students develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills by exposing them to authentic, contemporary French and encouraging them to express themselves on a variety of topics.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 448.2/421 21 | 2002 | 2005-11-20 | 576 | French language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers, -- English | 11.1 x 7.8 x 1.0 inches | ||||
| PC2117 | Valette, Rebecca M. | Nouvelles Lectures Libres | 0-669-04753-8 | Paperback | N | N | Houghton Mifflin College Div | January, 1982 | 1 | Reference : Foreign Languages : Instruction : French | Lexington, Mass. | N | $1.45 | Language Notes Text: English, French | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 448.6/421 19 | 1982 | 1970-01-07 | 190 | French language -- Readers | 24 cm. | |||||
| BT1358.V3613 | Vaneigem, Raoul | The Movement of the Free Spirit | 0-942299-71-X | Paperback | N | N | Zone Books | February 6, 1998 | 1 | 1.0 Stars | History : World : Medieval | N | $14.28 | Book Description This book by the legendary Situationist activist is a fiercely partisan historical reflection on the ways religious and economic forces have shaped Western culture. Within this broad frame, Raoul Vaneigem examines the heretical and millennarian movements that challenged social and ecclesiastical authority in Europe from the 1200s into the 1500s. At the core of these heresies, Vaneigem sees not only resistance to the power of State and Church but also the immensely creative intention of new forms of love, sexuality, community and exchange. Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 264 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| PT1327 | Various | German Short Stories 2 (Parallel Text, Penguin) | 0-14-004119-2 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin | September 30, 1976 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | Harmondsworth, Eng. ; Baltimore | N | $10.36 | Language Notes Text: English, German | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 833/.01/08 19 | 2005-11-20 | Penguin Parallel Text Series | 288 | Short stories, German -- Translations into, English, Germany -- Social life and customs -- Fiction | 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| PQ1278 | Various | Short Stories in French : New Penguin Parallel Text (New Penguin Parallel Texts) | 0-14-026543-0 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin | January 1, 2001 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : General : Contemporary | London ; New York | N | $9.75 | Douglas Adams Wodehouse is the greatest comic writer ever. Evelyn Waugh Mr. Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 843/.0108 21 | 1970-01-21 | New Penguin Parallel Texts Series | 240 | Short stories, French -- Translations into, English, French fiction -- 20th century -- Translations, into English, Short stories, French, French fiction -- 20th century | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| PG3213.P67 1985 | Various | The Portable Twentieth-Century Russian Reader : Revised and Updated Edition (Viking Portable Library) | 0-14-015107-9 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin | August 1, 1993 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Classics : Russian | New York, N.Y., U.S.A. | N | $17.00 | Book Description Clarence Brown's marvelous collection introduces readers to the most resonant voices of twentieth-century Russia. It includes stories by Chekhov, Gorky, Bunin, Zamyatin, Babel, Nabokov, Solzhenitsyn, and Voinovich; excerpts from Andrei Bely's Petersburg, Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, Boris Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago, and Sasha Solokov's A School for Fools; the complete text of Yuri Olesha's 1927 masterpiece Envy; and poetry by Alexander Blok, Anna Akhmatova, and Osip Mandelstam. Edited by Clarence Brown.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Russian | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 891.7/08/003 20 | 1985 | 1970-01-21 | Viking Portable Library Series | 640 | Russian literature -- 19th century --, Translations into English | 7.8 x 5.0 x 1.2 inches | |||
| HQ470.S3 V30 | Vatsyayana | Kamasutra (Oxford World's Classics) | 0-19-280270-4 | Hardcover | N | N | Oxford University Press | April, 2002 | 1 | 2.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : Sexuality : Human | Oxford ; New York | N | $2.34 | Book Description The Kamasutra is the oldest extant textbook of erotic love. But it is more than a book about sex. It is about the art of living--about finding a partner, maintaining power in a marriage, committing adultery, living as or with a courtesan, using drugs--and also, of course, about the many and varied positions available to lovers in sexual intercourse and the pleasures to be derived from each. The Kamasutra was composed in Sanskrit, the literary language of ancient India, sometime in the third century, probably in North India. It combines an encyclopedic coverage of all imaginable aspects of sex with a closely observed sexual psychology and a dramatic, novelistic narrative of seduction, consummation, and disentanglement. Best known in English through the highly mannered, padded, and inaccurate nineteenth-century translation by Sir Richard Burton, the text is newly translated here into clear, vivid, sexually frank English. This edition also includes a section of vivid Indian color illustrations along with three uniquely important commentaries: translated excerpts from the earliest and most famous Sanskrit commentary (thirteenth century) and from a twentieth-century Hindi commentary, and explanatory notes by the two translators. The lively and entertaining introduction by translator Wendy Doniger, one of the world's foremost Sanskrit scholars, discusses the history of The Kamasutra and its reception in India and Europe, analyses its attitudes toward gender and sexual violence, and sets it in the context of ancient Indian social theory, scientific method, and sexual ethics. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 306.7 21 | 1970-01-14 | 231 | Sex, Love, Sexual intercourse, Erotic literature, Erotic art -- India, Sex customs -- India, Sex instruction -- India | 8.1 x 5.4 x 1.0 inches | |||||
| BL65.S8 | Veer, Peter van der | Imperial Encounters : Religion and Modernity in India and Britain | 0-691-07478-X | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | May 1, 2001 | 2 | History : Asia : India | Princeton, N.J. | N | $15.61 | Review Peter van der Veer has made extremely important contributions to the study of Indian history and society. In recent years, he has taken a particularly important approach, one the puts him at the cutting edge of historical work, in placing the European metropole and the Asian colonized into the same historical space. In this volume, he explores one aspect of the subject in depth and provides a coherent single-voice narrative. The scholarship is of the highest level, and van der Veer writes very well, often with a clever nuance or twist. Book Description Picking up on Edward Said's claim that the historical experience of empire is common to both the colonizer and the colonized, Peter van der Veer takes the case of religion to examine the mutual impact of Britain's colonization of India on Indian and British culture. He shows that national culture in both India and Britain developed in relation to their shared colonial experience and that notions of religion and secularity were crucial in imagining the modern nation in both countries. In the process, van der Veer chronicles how these notions developed in the second half of the nineteenth century in relation to gender, race, language, spirituality, and science. Avoiding the pitfalls of both world systems theory and national historiography, this book problematizes oppositions between modern and traditional, secular and religious, progressive and reactionary. It shows that what often are assumed to be opposites are, in fact, profoundly entangled. In doing so, it upsets the convenient fiction that India is the land of eternal religion, existing outside of history, while Britain is the epitome of modern secularity and an agent of history. Van der Veer also accounts for the continuing role of religion in British culture and the strong part religion has played in the development of Indian civil society. This masterly work of scholarship brings into view the effects of the very close encounter between India and Britain--an intimate encounter that defined the character of both nations. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 2001 | 1970-01-14 | 216 | Religion and state, Religion and state -- India, Religion and state -- Great Britain, Comparative civilization, Religions -- Relations, Civilization, Modern -- Religious aspects, Imperialism -- Religious aspects, India -- Religious life and customs, India | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches | ||||||
| GR931 .D52 1961 | Vega, Garcilaso de la | The Incas; the royal commentaries of the Inca, Garcilaso de la Vega, 1539-1616 | N | N | Orion Press | 1961 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Incas | New York | N | Bibliography: p. [423]-428. | 1970-04-14 | Library of Congress [1] | 985.01 | 1970-04-14 | 432 | Incas, Peru -- History -- To 1548 | (part col.) col. maps. 23 | ||||||||
| BL1140.4.B432 E5 | Venkatesananda, Swami | The Concise Srimad Bhagavatam | 0-7914-0149-9 | Paperback | N | N | State University of New York Press | September, 1989 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | N | $29.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Concise Srimad Bhagavatam | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 385 | 9.1 x 6.0 x 1.0 inches | ||||||||
| BL2034.5.N49 V47 | Vergati, Anne | Gods, Men and Territory: Society and Culture in Kathmandu Valley | 8173040788 | Hardcover | N | N | South Asia Books | January 1, 2002 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Asia : India | New Delhi | N | $28.95 | Book Description Newars who live in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal are well known for their urban civilisation as well as for the social orgainisation of their territory, which they have conserved for centuries. Shows that for the Newars there exists a complex relationship between gods and men and also that their notion of territory is inextricably linked with the sanctuaries and temples, where gods have precise sites. Reprint of 1995 edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 306/.089/95 21 | 2005-10-08 | 249 | Newar (Nepalese people) -- Religion, Kathmandu Valley (Nepal) -- Religious life and, customs | 1.0 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | |||||
| E65.V6 c.1 | Victor Wolfgang von Hagen | The Ancient Sun Kingdoms of the Americas | N | N | 1 | N | 2006-01-18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| PG3476.A324 V55 | Vilenkin, V. | Vospominaniia ob Anne Akhmatovoi | 5265012273 | Hardcover | N | N | Sovetskii pisatel | 1991 | 1 | Moscow | N | 2006-01-22 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| PA6807.A5 | Virgil | The Aeneid : A New Prose Translation (Penguin Classics) | 0-14-044457-2 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Classics | August 6, 1991 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : Classics : Greek | London, England ; New York, N.Y., USA | N | $1.95 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Latin | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 873/.01 20 | 1990 | 1970-01-21 | Penguin Classics Series | 368 | Epic poetry, Latin -- Translations into English, Aeneas (Legendary character), Legends -- Rome | 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches | |||
| DK557.V65 1995 | Volkov, Solomon | ST. PETERSBURG : A Cultural History | 0-02-874052-1 | Hardcover | N | N | Free Press | November 10, 1995 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : Japan | New York | N | $8.23 | From Publishers Weekly For the city Dostoyevski called "the most abstract and premeditated city in the whole world," artists were crucial to creating an identity and a mythos. In each of six impressive chapters, Volkov focuses on an era and on a typically Petersburgian art form of the time. From Peter the Great's imperial mandate impelling the city from the marshy Baltic coast in 1703, Volkov moves on to Gogol's and Dostoyevski's cynical anti-Petersburg writings; the passionate, European/Russian hybrid of Tchaikovsky and the Mighty Five (Musorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Balakirev, Cui); the waxing sense of doom and the concomitant nostalgia of Anna Akhmatova and Alexander Blok; the emigre Petersburg created abroad by Balanchine, Stravinksy and Nabokov; Shostakovitch's city, depleted by the Great Terror and pounded during the Siege of Leningrad; and finally, to the beleaguered postwar city of Joseph Brodsky. This is a complicated strategy involving a tacking back and forth to pick up numerous themes and biographies and there are, perhaps inevitably, redundancies. Also Volkov, a musicologist by training and a devotee of literature by inclination (his previous books include Joseph Brodsky in New York and the controversial Testimony: The Memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich) is sketchier in his treatment of the visual arts. But this well-researched and deeply personal book gives a complex, subtle view of the city's haughty and tortured history. Photos not seen by PW. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Volkov, a Russian emigre musicologist, offers an absorbing overview of the traditions and individuals responsible for the great cultural evolution of St. Petersburg (Leningrad) and its ever-shifting mythos?from Pushkin to Chagall, from Gogol to Stravinsky and on to the cultural diaspora of the late 20th century. Particularly noteworthy is Volkov's ability to place culture within a clear historical framework, since St. Petersburg's cultural impulse has been repeatedly assaulted by Russia's tormented history. The reader will be moved by the genius of Akhmatova and Brodsky, Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky, and the other St. Petersburg icons whose 150-year parade makes strikingly clear that despite floods, famine, wars, and purges, the contributions of one city represent the very core of Russian culture. In contrast to this readable work, Katerina Clark's scholarly Petersburg: Crucible of Cultural Revolution (LJ 8/95) covers a much narrower time period. Highly recommended for most academic and public collections.?Mark R. Yerburgh, Fern Ridge Community Lib., Veneta, Ore. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 947/.453 20 | 1995 | 1970-01-21 | 624 | Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- Civilization | 9.6 x 6.5 x 1.4 inches | ||||
| P94.R448 | Vries, Hent De (Editor) | Religion and Media (Cultural Memory in the Present) | 0-8047-3497-6 | Paperback | N | N | Stanford University Press | November 1, 2001 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Media Studies | N | $18.87 | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 672 | 9.0 x 6.2 x 1.4 inches | |||||||||
| PZ7.W1137 Far | Waddell, Martin | Farmer Duck | 1-56402-596-9 | Paperback | N | N | Candlewick | March 1, 1996 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Children's Books : Animals : Farm Animals : Fiction | N | $5.99 | From Publishers Weekly A poor duck is overworked by a lazy farmer?until the duck's farm friends mete out their own brand of barnyard justice. "Young readers will flap for joy right along with the endearing web-footed hero," said PW in a starred review. Ages 3-up. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. From School Library Journal PreSchool-Grade 2-- Waddell's waddler is a real winner. In all kinds of weather, this downtrodden duck hauls in the sheep, tends the hens, and does the housework as well. ```How goes the work?''' the farmer repeatedly asks. ```Quack,''' the duck constantly replies--until all the barnyard animals convene to help the exhausted servant exact revenge and oust the lazy lout. Hilarious art masterfully captures the expressions of the put-upon duck, the supportive cast, and the slovenly ergophobic who reads the newspaper and chomps on bonbons in bed. All the while, the use of subtle shading and light reflect the passing of time on the farm and the serenity of the English countryside. Bled double-page spreads burst with life and vitality in a tale that has undertones of Animal Farm and The Bremen Town Musicians . With its lilting, large-print text and satisying resolution, it's as perfect for beginning readers as it is for story hours. --Trev Jones, School Library Journal Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 40 | 9.9 x 9.0 x 0.2 inches | ||||||||
| ML338.W32 | Wade, Bonnie | Music in India: The Classical Traditions | 0-13-607028-0 | Paperback | N | N | Prentice Hall | February, 1979 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Music -- India -- History and criticism | Englewood Cliffs, N.J. | N | $6.00 | Book Description Book focuses on the two traditions of Indian Classical Music: North Indian, or Hindustani and South Indian, or Karnatak. It is an introduction to principles, ideas, and systems of the above two traditions and is geared to the listener as well as to the performer.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 781.7/54 | 1979 | 2005-11-20 | Prentice-Hall history of music series | 252 | Music -- India -- History and criticism | 23 cm. | |||
| PG2106.W33 1992 | Wade, Terence | A Comprehensive Russian Grammar | 0-631-17502-4 | Paperback | N | N | Blackwell Pub | February, 1992 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : Dictionaries & Thesauruses : Foreign Language : Russian | Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, USA | N | $7.99 | Book Description A Comprehensive Russian Grammar provides a definitive guide to current Russian usage, taking many of its examples from the press and contemporary literary sources. Since it was first published in 1992, the book has become the standard reference work for students and professionals alike and is used as the basis for Russian language teaching across the English-speaking world. The new edition draws on feedback from users of the first edition to build on its existing strengths. Sections dealing with all parts of speech have been modified or supplemented, with pronunciation, the noun, the adjective, the verb and the preposition most affected. There are entirely new substantial sections on word formation in the Russian noun. Elements of post-Soviet vocabulary have been introduced to reflect changes in usage. The Second Edition also contains an expanded bibliography and a glossary of linguistic terms.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Language Notes Text: English, Russian--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 491.782/421 20 | 1970-01-21 | Blackwell Reference Grammers | 582 | Russian language -- Grammar | 1.2 x 5.8 x 8.5 inches | ||||
| DS481.R27 | Waghorne, Joanne Punzo | Images of dharma: The epic world of C. Rajagopalachari | 8170010047 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Chanakya Publications | 1985 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Asia | Delhi | N | $45.15 | ABOUT THE BOOK Images of Dharma- Th | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 954.04/092/4 B 19 | 1970-01-07 | 176 | Rajagopalachari, C. (Chakravarti), 1878-1972, India -- Politics and government -- 20th, century, Statesmen -- India -- Biography | 23 cm. | |||||
| BL1215.K56W35 FF | Waghorne, Joanne Punzo | The Raja's Magic Clothes: Revisioning Kingship and Divinity in England's India (1980) | 0-271-01066-5 | Hardcover | N | N | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr | July, 1994 | 3 | Religion & Spirituality | University Park | N | $20.43 | ABOUT THE BOOK Raja's New Clothes: Toward a Recovery of Religious Things FROM THE PUBLISHER In The Raja's Magic Clothes, Joanne Punzo Waghorne places before our eyes British imperialism and a small South India kingdom in the actual settings in which they performed their interplay - not only in the Indian world but also in the world of English courtiers, diplomats, and scholars. The Raja's Magic Clothes explores the refashioning of the rituals of kingship in Pudukkottai during the crucial period from 1858 to 1947. Waghorne discusses these changes in the context of a profound but undeclared reciprocity that occurred between British overlord and Indian prince, between British bureaucrat and Hindu pandit, and between British scholar and British civil servant in creating the grand ceremonial system of the Raj, and with it the multifarious world of ornamental things that permeated Victorian life. Since Joanne Waghorne was permitted use of the Palace Records for the first time, The Raja's Magic Clothes includes significant new material for scholars. In addition, the book provides the first full photographic documentation of the old palace at Pudukkottai, the Dakshinamurti temple within that palace, and the interior of the state Tirugokarnam temple, giving readers the opportunity to see the palace and both temples not only for the beauty of their art and architecture but also in the context of the complex ritual system. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 294.5/3/095482 20 | 1994 | 2005-10-04 | Hermeneutics, Studies in the History Of | 285 | Pudukkottai (Princely State) -- Kings and rulers, -- Religious aspects, India -- Kings and rulers -- Religious aspects --, Case studies, Pudukkottai (Princely State) -- Politics and, government, India -- Politics and government -- 19th, century | 1.0 x 8.8 x 11.5 inches | ||||
| BL1213.32.G63 | Waghorne, Joanne Punzo (Editor) | Gods of Flesh/Gods of Stone: The Embodiment of Divinity in India | 0-89012-037-4 | Paperback | N | N | Anima Pubns | February, 1985 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality | Chambersburg, PA | N | $4.99 | ABOUT THE BOOK Gods of Flesh/Gods of Stone: The Embodiment of Divinity in India FROM THE PUBLISHER Drawing from topics of religion in India such as bhakti, puja rituals, and spirit posessions, these essays offer a close study of the physical representations of god as the central feature of Hinduism. A valuable tool for students of anthroplogy and the philosophy and history of religion. Helpful reviews of how Western scholarship has traditionally been troubled by religious images. The provocative suggestion is that the basic distinction in Indian religion is not the conventional one between personal and impersonal conceptions of deity, but between impersonal and embodied conceptions. Highly recommended. (Choice) SYNOPSIS Drawing from topics of religion in India such as bhakti, puja rituals, and spirit posessions, these essays offer a close study of the physical representations of god as the central feature of Hinduism. A valuable tool for students of anthroplogy and the philosophy and history of religion. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 294.5/211 19 | 1985 | 2005-10-08 | 208 | God (Hinduism), Gods, Hindu, Hinduism -- Customs and practices | 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.8 inches | ||||
| HN523 | Walicki, Andrzej | A History of Russian Thought: From the Enlightenment to Marxism | 0-8047-1132-1 | Paperback | N | N | Stanford University Press | February, 1982 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Russia | N | $18.87 | Language Notes Text: English, Polish (translation)--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 456 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.0 inches | ||||||||
| DK189.2 .W3513 | Walicki, Andrzej | The Slavophile Controversy: History of a Conservative Utopia in Nineteenth-Century Russian Thought | 0-268-01734-4 | Paperback | N | N | University of Notre Dame Press | November 1988 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Europe : Eastern Europe | Notre Dame, Ind. | N | $69.00 | Language Notes Text: English, Polish (translation) | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 947/.08 19 | 1975 | 1970-04-14 | 609 | Russia -- Intellectual life -- 1801-1917, Panslavism, Slavophilism, Conservatism -- Russia -- History | 8.6 x 5.6 x 1.6 inches | ||||
| PC4111 | Walsh, Donald Devenish | A Brief Introduction to Spanish | Hardcover | N | N | W. W. Norton & Co. | 1 | New York | N | 2006-01-22 | 1950 | 0 | Spanish language -- Grammar -- 1870- | ||||||||||||||
| P40.W27 | Wardhaugh, Ronald | An Introduction to Sociolinguistics | 0-631-14272-X | Paperback | N | N | Blackwell Publishers | March, 1986 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Reference : Words & Language : Linguistics | New York, NY, USA | N | $0.85 | Book Description Since it first appeared more than fifteen years ago, Ronald Wardhaugh's An Introduction to Sociolinguistics has been an immensely popular textbook for courses in sociolinguistics and the sociology of language. Organized in four parts - Languages and Communities, Inherent Variety, Words at Work, and Understanding and Intervening - the book offers an accessible, comprehensive introduction to sociolinguistics. Topics explored include language, dialects, pidgins and creoles, codes, bilingualism, speech communities, variation, and change. The book also covers words and culture, ethnographies, solidarity and politeness, talk and action, gender, disadvantage, and planning. In the fourth edition, the text, further reading sections, exercises, and references have been revised and updated to reflect new developments in the field. In particular, the coverage of gender, disadvantage, and planning has been considerably revised and extended.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 401/.9 19 | 1969-12-31 | 400 | Sociolinguistics | 0.9 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | |||||
| BD241.W36 | Warminski, Andrzej | Readings in Interpretation: Holderlin, Hegel, Heidegger (Theory and History of Literature, Vol 47) | 0-8166-1240-4 | Paperback | N | N | Univ of Minnesota Pr | July 1, 1987 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $12.50 | 1970-01-03 | Amazon | 1970-01-03 | 225 | 0.8 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | |||||||||
| PG3420.083 W37 | Wasiolek, Edward | Fathers and Sons: Russia at the Cross-Roads (Twayne's Masterwork Studies) | 0-8057-9445-X | Hardcover | N | N | Twayne Pub | December 1993 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | New York | N | $7.25 | ABOUT THE BOOK Fathers and Sons: Russia at the Crossroads, Vol. 10 FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Criticism and commentary on Turgenev's masterpiece. Paper edition (unseen), $7.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) | 1970-04-15 | Amazon | 891.73/3 20 | 1993 | 1970-04-15 | Twayne's Masterworks Ser. | 125 | Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883, deti | 0.5 x 6.0 x 8.8 inches | |||
| PG3410.W3 | Wasiolek, Edward | Tolstoy's Major Fiction | 0-226-87398-6 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | July 15, 1997 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $22.50 | Book Description "Edward Wasiolek, after much valuable work on Dostoevsky, has now written one of the best books on Tolstoy in recent decades. This may be in part because of his preoccupation with Tolstoy's most challenging contemporary, and the resulting sense of their unlikeness in a common pursuit. But there are other, unspeculative reasons. Few studies of Tolstoy have been so carefully pondered and so firmly organized to convince; and not so many show the flexibility and variety of its approach. Wasiolek proposes an essentially simple and consistent reading, but he advances it with subtlety and discretion."--Henry Gifford, Times Literary Supplement | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | 264 | 0.5 x 5.5 x 8.2 inches | ||||||||
| BL1215.S6 | Wasson, Robert Gordon | Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality, (Ethno-Mycological Studies) | 0-15-683800-1 | Paperback | N | N | Harcourt | April, 1972 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : World Literature : Mythology : General | N | $40.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality | 1970-01-08 | Amazon | 1970-01-08 | 0 | |||||||||
| DK511.C37 | Watch, Human Rights (Other Contributor) | Welcome to Hell: Arbitrary Detention, Torture, and Extortion in Chechnya | 1-56432-253-X | Hardcover | N | N | Human Rights Watch | January, 2000 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | History : Europe : Eastern | New York | N | $5.99 | ABOUT THE BOOK Welcome to Hell: Arbitrary Detention, Torture, and Extortion in Chechnya | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 947.5/2086 21 | 2000 | 1970-01-07 | 99 | Chechnëiìa (Russia) -- History -- Civil War,, 1994- -- Atrocities, Human rights -- Russia (Federation) --, Chechnëiìa | 23 cm. | ||||
| BL1900.C576 | Watson, Burton | Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings (Translations from the Asian Classics (Paperback)) | 0-231-08606-7 | Paperback | N | N | Columbia Univ Pr | December, 1974 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Eastern : Taoism | New York | N | $4.45 | Review Burton Watson...possesses all the qualities which distinguish a master translator.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. Book Description Chuang Tzu (369?-286? BC) was a leading Taoist philosopher. Using parable and anecdote, allegory and paradox, he set forth in this book the early ideas of what was to become the Taoist school. This collection includes the seven "inner chapters," three of the "outer chapters," and one of the "miscellaneous chapters."--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 299/.51482 20 | 1996 | 2005-10-08 | Oriental Classics Ser. | 159 | 0.5 x 5.2 x 8.0 inches | ||||
| BL1920.W37 | Watts, Alan | Tao : The Watercourse Way | 0-394-73311-8 | Paperback | N | N | Pantheon | January 12, 1977 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Eastern : General | N | $9.60 | Review "A gem to remember Watts by.... There is a flamboyant and fascinating display of learning and complex indications of a personality that seems to have resisted inner pacification." -- Kirkus Reviews "Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Alan Watts had the rare gift of 'writing beautifully the unwritable.' ... Watts begins with scholarship and intellect and proceeds with art and eloquence to the frontiers of the spirit.... This is a profound and worthy work, left by a teacher to echo and re-echo." -- Los Angeles Times "A remarkable book because of Alan Watts's talent for communicating Eastern ways of thought ... not only the last of his works, but the best.... This book is a 'must.'" -- Shambhala Review "Watts's last book is in the category of his finest work, a lucid discussion of Taoism and the Chinese language ... profound, reflective, and enlightening. Moreover, the text supplies a sense of his ebullient spirit behind the revelation of Tao." -- Boston Globe Review "A gem to remember Watts by.... There is a flamboyant and fascinating display of learning and complex indications of a personality that seems to have resisted inner pacification." -- Kirkus Reviews "Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Alan Watts had the rare gift of 'writing beautifully the unwritable.' ... Watts begins with scholarship and intellect and proceeds with art and eloquence to the frontiers of the spirit.... This is a profound and worthy work, left by a teacher to echo and re-echo." -- Los Angeles Times "A remarkable book because of Alan Watts's talent for communicating Eastern ways of thought ... not only the last of his works, but the best.... This book is a 'must.'" -- Shambhala Review "Watts's last book is in the category of his finest work, a lucid discussion of Taoism and the Chinese language ... profound, reflective, and enlightening. Moreover, the text supplies a sense of his ebullient spirit behind the revelation of Tao." -- Boston Globe | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1975 | 1970-01-14 | 160 | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.5 inches | |||||||
| Wayman, Alex | The Enlightenment of Vairocana: Book I, Study of the Vairocanabhisambodhitantra : Book Ii, Study of the Mahavairocana-Sutra (Buddhist Traditon, Vol) (Buddhist Traditon, Vol) | 8120806409 | Hardcover | N | N | Motilal Banarsidass Pub | January 1, 2005 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Philosophy of Religion : General | Delhi | N | $32.95 | Book Description Reprint of a classic work on Buddhism, just reprinted. excellent ed. | 1970-05-16 | Amazon | 294.3/823 20 | 1970-05-16 | Buddhist traditions series ; vol. 18 | 381 | Tripiòtaka. S¯utrapiòtaka, -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | 1.2 x 5.8 x 9.0 inches | |||||
| HB175 | Weber | THEORY OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION | 0-02-934930-3 | Paperback | N | N | Free Press | July 1, 1964 | 1 | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : General | N | $2.50 | ABOUT THE BOOK Theory of Social and Economic Organization FROM THE PUBLISHER The fullest general statement of Max Weber's sociological theory to appear in any of his writings, The Theory of Social and Economic Organization is an introduction to Weber's ambitious comparitive study of the sociological and institutional foundations of the modern economic and social order. In this work originally published in German in 1920, Weber discusses the analytical methods of sociology and, at the same time, presents a devastating critique of prevailing sociological theory and of its universalist, determinist underpinnings. None of Weber's other writings offers the reader such a grasp of his theories; none displays so clearly his erudition, the scope of his interests, and his analytical powers. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 2005-11-20 | 0 | 1.2 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches | |||||||||
| HM141 | Weber, Max | On Charisma and Institution Building (Heritage of Sociology Series) | 0-226-87724-8 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | December 15, 1968 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : General | N | $30.00 | Book Description This selection from Max Weber's writings presents his variegated work from one central focus, the relationship between charisma on the one hand, and the process of institution building in the major fields of the social order such as politics, law, economy, and culture and religion on the other. That the concept of charisma is crucially important for understanding the processes of institution building is implicit in Weber's own writings, and the explication of this relationship is perhaps the most important challenge which Weber's work poses for modern sociology. Max Weber on Charisma and Institution Building is a volume in "The Heritage of Sociology," a series edited by Morris Janowitz. Other volumes deal with the writings of George Herbert Mead, William F. Ogburn, Louis Wirth, W. I. Thomas, Robert E. Park, and the Scottish Moralists--Adam Smith, David Hume, Adam Ferguson, and others. | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 2005-10-15 | Heritage of Sociology Series | 370 | 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches | |||||||
| BR115.E3 W42 | Weber, Max | Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism | 0-02-424860-6 | Paperback | N | N | Prentice Hall | January 1, 1977 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $46.00 | Times Higher Education Supplement "Max Weber is the one undisputed canonical figure in contemporary sociology." --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Book Description First published in 1905 this is one of the most renowned and controversial works of modern social science.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 1958 | 2005-10-08 | Counterpoint Series | 292 | 8.0 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches | ||||||
| Weeks, Laura (Editor) | Master and Margarita: A Critical Companion (AATSEEL) | 0-8101-1212-4 | Paperback | N | N | Northwestern University Press | March 18, 1996 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | Evanston, Ill. | N | $17.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Master and Margarita: A Critical Companion FROM THE PUBLISHER Northwestern University Press and the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) are pleased to announce the establishment of a new series of critical companions to Russian literature. Under the direction of the AATSEEL Publications Committee, leading scholars will edit volumes intended to introduce classics of Russian literature to both teachers and students at the high school and undergraduate levels. Each volume will open with the volume editor's general introduction discussing the work in the context of the writer's oeuvre as well as its place within the literary tradition. The introductory section will also include considerations of existing translations and of textual problems in the original Russian. The following sections will contain several informative and wide-ranging articles by other scholars; primary sources and other background material - letters, memoirs, early reviews, maps; and annotated bibliographies. Combining the highest order of scholarship with accessibility, these critical companions will illuminate the great works of Russian literature and enhance their appreciation by both teachers and students. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 891.7342 20 | 1996 | 1970-04-16 | Northwestern/Aatseel Critical Companions Series | 252 | Bulgakov, Mikhail Afanas§evich, 1891-1940, i Margarita | 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| GV1449.5 W44 | Weeramantry, Sunil | Best Lessons of a Chess Coach (Chess) | 0-8129-2265-4 | Paperback | N | N | Random House Puzzles & Games | February 8, 1994 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Entertainment : Games : Board Games : Chess | New York | N | $11.53 | Review "Best Lessons of a Chess Coach welcomes you to the of the master. Sunil Weeramantry is a strong player, but more important, he's a gifted teacher -- one of the most successful the U.S. has ever had.... His inexorable logic should clear away misconceptions and start chess players looking at the game from a fresh perspective." -- from the introduction by Bruce Pandolfini This series of lessons by the master player and nationally recognized teacher Sunil Weeramantry brings the fundamentals of strategy and tactics to life and shows players at all levels how to think like a master. Review "Best Lessons of a Chess Coach welcomes you to the of the master. Sunil Weeramantry is a strong player, but more important, he's a gifted teacher -- one of the most successful the U.S. has ever had.... His inexorable logic should clear away misconceptions and start chess players looking at the game from a fresh perspective." -- from the introduction by Bruce Pandolfini This series of lessons by the master player and nationally recognized teacher Sunil Weeramantry brings the fundamentals of strategy and tactics to life and shows players at all levels how to think like a master. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 794/.12 20 | 1993 | 2005-10-08 | McKay Chess Library Series | 336 | Chess | 7.7 x 5.0 x 0.9 inches | |||
| B3209.B584 C38 | Weigel, Sigrid | Body-And Image-Space: Re-Reading Walter Benjamin (Warwick Studies in European Philosophy) | 0-415-10956-6 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | November 1, 1996 | 1 | Nonfiction : Philosophy : Modern | N | $38.95 | Book Description First book in English of leading German feminist scholar. It is a study of Walter Benjamin and in particular it investigates the feminist and body-theoretical aspects of his work. Some papers have appeared in big journals like October. Higher and enthusiastically recommended by advisor and series editor. A major addition to our Germanist list. Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: German--This text refers to the Library Binding edition. | 1970-01-02 | Amazon | 1970-01-02 | 204 | 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches | |||||||||
| RZ440 | Weil, Andrew Md | Spontaneous Healing : How to Discover and Enhance Your Body's Natural Ability to Maintain and Heal Itself | 0-449-91064-4 | Paperback | N | N | Ballantine Books | April 23, 1996 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Alternative Medicine : Healing | N | $11.16 | Amazon.com It is clear that all organisms have highly developed mechanisms for self-repair and healing -- but according to Dr. Weil, Western medicine often interferes instead of working with these systems. In the course of his argument, he describes several extraordinary case studies of drastic spontaneous healing. Perhaps the most valuable feature of the book is his more gradual eight-week program of strengthening the ability of your immune, endocrine, circulatory, and nervous systems to provide such spontaneous healing. From Publishers Weekly As others argue the politics of health care, Weil (Health and Healing) turns away from the usual practice of Western medicine, which is focused on alleviating symptoms rather than strengthening internal mechanisms of health, to closely consider the nature of the healing process. "At every level of biological organization, from DNA up," he writes, the "mechanics of self-diagnosis, self-repair and regeneration exist in us." To buttress his point, he cites such evidence as the placebo effect, inexplicable remissions and the commonplace repair of wounds, often marginalized by the medical community. In an effort to make the process of healing seem less obscure, Weil reports a wide range of dramatic case histories. Other sections detail various means, e.g., diet and breathing exercises, available for optimizing one's healing system, and suggestions for approaches to illnesses. Also included are an "Eight Week Program for Optimal Healing Power" and a guide to finding practitioners, supplies and information. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1996 | 1970-01-07 | 320 | 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches | |||||||
| RC591.W384 | Weisbord, Mimi | Asthma : Breathe Again Naturally and Reclaim Your Life | 0-312-14544-6 | Paperback | N | N | St. Martin's Press | June, 1997 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Disorders & Diseases : Asthma | New York | N | $14.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Asthma: Breathe Again Naturally and Reclaim Your Life ANNOTATION The founder of a national newsletter for asthmatics and of the Asthma Self-Help Workshop in New York City's Open Center--and who once suffered from debilitating asthma--shares her beneficial, successful treatment plan with other asthma sufferers. 320 pp. 25,000 print. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 616.2/38 21 | 1970-01-07 | 320 | Asthma -- Popular works | 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.0 inches | |||||
| 73081716 | Weisstein, Ulrich | Comparative literature and literary theory: survey and introduction, (A Midland book MB-) | 0-253-31388-0 | Unknown Binding | N | N | Indiana University Press | 1974 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literary Criticism & Essays : General | Bloomington | N | $9.44 | Language Notes Text: English, German (translation) | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 809 | 1973 | 1969-12-31 | Midland Bks. | 339 | Literature, Comparative, Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory,, etc | xii, 339 p. 20 cm. | |||
| PG3476.A324 W45 | Wells, David | Anna Akhmatova : Her Poetry | 1-85973-099-X | Paperback | N | N | Berg Publishers | November 1, 1996 | 1 | Literature & Fiction : Books & Reading : Women Writers & Feminist Theory | Oxford ; Washington, D.C. | N | $28.95 | Review "The book is aimed at the general reader as well as the student of Russian literature and achieves its goals with notable success." --Forum for Modern Language Studies, 2001 "This volume extends our understanding of Akhmatova in a useful manner. ...this book would be of undoubted value to students of 20th century Russian poetry." --British East-West Journal "David N Wells has the command not just of the facts; he has an acute ear for poetry and considerable gifts as a prose writer. This critical guide manages to be comprehensive without being unreadably dense." --The Slavonic Review | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 891.71/42 21 | 1970-01-07 | 224 | Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna, 1889-1966 -- Criticism, and interpretation | 7.9 x 4.8 x 0.8 inches | ||||||
| RG136.5.W47 | Weschler, Toni | Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control and Pregnancy Achievement | 0-06-095053-6 | Paperback | N | N | Perennial | July, 1995 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Personal Health : Women's Health : General | New York, NY | N | $3.55 | Amazon.com This comprehensive book explains in lucid, assured terms how to practice the fertility awareness method (FAM), a natural, scientifically proven but little-known form of birth control (which is not to be confused with the woefully ineffective "rhythm" method). Author Toni Weschler has been teaching fertility awareness for almost 20 years, and it's only just now gaining in popularity. As the book explains, by using simple fertility signs including peaks in morning body temperature and changes in cervical position and cervical mucus, it's possible to determine when ovulation is taking place. Fertility awareness is therefore useful for not only couples who are trying to conceive, but for those who are aiming to avoid pregnancy without the use of chemical contraceptives. It will be of special interest to those women who have suffered from infertility; many FAM practitioners have told the author that by filling in the detailed charts in the book, they've realized that they were chronically miscarrying, even when their doctors told them they weren't conceiving at all. As the book explains, by charting body temperature, it's simple to tell when pregnancy has occurred--and when there's danger of miscarriage. Taking Charge of Your Fertility also explains how to choose the sex of your baby by timing intercourse according to certain fertility signs. It also features thorough, easy-to-understand explanations of hormones, the menstrual cycle, and menopause, along with fertility tests and treatments and their long- and short-term side effects, plus a topnotch resource section. Recommended for any woman who wants to better understand her body. --Erica Jorgensen -Co-authors of The New Our Bodies, Ourselves This beautifully written guide to a woman's fertility signs....packed with knowledge, wisdom, humor -a must for the bookshelf. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 613.9/4 20 | 1995 | 1970-01-07 | 400 | Natural family planning | 1.2 x 7.2 x 9.2 inches | ||||
| HT151 | Westwood, Sallie (Editor) | Imagining Cities: Scripts, Signs, Memories | 0-415-14430-2 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | December 10, 1996 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Social Sciences : Sociology : Culture | London ; New York | N | $40.95 | Book Description The city has always been a locus of research and discussion within the debates of modernity and, more recently, postmodernity. This volume brings together some of the most recent and exciting work on the city from within sociology and cultural studies. Scripts, Sign's and Memories is organized around four major themes: urban theory; ethnic diversity and the politics of difference; memory and nostalgia; and the image of the city in film, literature and the media. In each section the contributors explore ideas of past and present within the imagined space of the city. The final section, on the virtual city, pushes this to its logical conclusion in a lively discussion of the city of the future as we begin to imagine it now through the dystopia of cyberpunk and the imagined utopia of the community of the internet. Book Info Gives students access to the most exciting recent work on the city from within sociology, cultural studies and cultural geography. Four major themes covered are: The theoretical imagination, Ethnic diversity and the politics of difference, Memory and nostalgia, and The city as narrative. --This text refers to the Library Binding edition. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 307.76 20 | 1997 | 1970-01-21 | 304 | Cities and towns, Sociology, Urban | 1.0 x 6.2 x 9.5 inches | ||||
| PA2087.5.W44 | Wheelock, Frederic M. | Wheelock's Latin Grammar (Harpercollins College Outline) | 0-06-467177-1 | Paperback | N | N | Harpercollins | April 1992 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : Education : General | New York, N.Y. | N | $1.13 | ABOUT THE BOOK Wheelock's Latin Grammar | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 488.2/421 20 | 1992 | 1970-04-14 | HarperCollins College Outline | 418 | Latin language -- Grammar, Rome -- Civilization -- Problems, exercises,, etc | 1.0 x 7.5 x 9.2 inches | |||
| BL1241.56.W47 | White, David Gordon | The Alchemical Body : Siddha Traditions in Medieval India | 0-226-89497-5 | Hardcover | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | February 15, 1997 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | History : Asia : India | Chicago | N | $44.00 | Book Description The Alchemical Body excavates and centers within its Indian context the lost tradition of the medieval Siddhas. Working from previously unexplored alchemical sources, David Gordon White demonstrates for the first time that the medieval disciplines of Hindu alchemy and hatha yoga were practiced by one and the same people, and that they can be understood only when viewed together. White opens the way to a new and more comprehensive understanding of medieval Indian mysticism, within the broader context of south Asian Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Islam. "White proves a skillful guide in disentangling historical and theoretical complexities that have thus far bedeviled the study of these influential aspects of medieval Indian culture."--Yoga World "Anyone seriously interested in finding out more about authentic tantra, original hatha yoga, embodied liberation . . . sacred sexuality, paranormal abilities, healing, and of course alchemy will find White's extraordinary book as fascinating as any Tom Clancy thriller."--Georg Feuerstein, Yoga Journal | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 294.5/514 20 | 2005-10-08 | 614 | Siddhas, Alchemy -- Religious aspects -- Tantrism, Alchemy -- History -- To 1500, Hatha yoga, Tantrism, N¯atha sect | 1.5 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches | |||||
| BL1283.84 | White, David Gordon (Editor) | Tantra in Practice | 0-691-05779-6 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | September 15, 2000 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Hinduism : General | Princeton, NJ | N | $19.77 | Kidder Smith, Religious Studies Review This [book]... is the first substantial anthology devoted to tantra. [It] allows... uninitiated access to... this profound world. Review This [book] . . . is the first substantial anthology devoted to tantra. [It] allows . . . uninitiated access to . . . this profound world. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 294.5/95 21 | 2000 | 2005-10-04 | Princeton Readings in Religions Series | 664 | Tantrism, Tantric Buddhism | 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.5 inches | |||
| D13.W564 | White, Hayden | The Content of the Form : Narrative Discourse and Historical Representation | 0-8018-4115-1 | Paperback | N | N | The Johns Hopkins University Press | August 1, 1990 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Historical Study : Historiography | N | $19.95 | From Library Journal Here, White continues and extends the influential analysis of historical writing he began in Metahistory (1974) . He rejects the idea that history reports the past as it actually happened; narrative proceeds according to its own rules, and to use it is to adopt a certain conception of how events are organized. This conception arises not from the "facts" of history but from the nature of narrative: the "content of the form." White sees history as akin to fiction in its methods and tasks, and though he does not adequately address the status of his own workis what he writes intended to be true in a stronger sense than he allows his subjects?this is a provocative work certain to be widely read by historians, philosophers, and literary theorists. David Gordon, Social Philosophy & Policy Ctr., Bowling Green State Univ., Ohio Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review "[White] has clearly made significant advances in laying a foundation for a better understanding of the intricate interaction between narrative representation and what it purports to represent in both history and literature."-- American Historical Review | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 1990 | 2005-10-08 | 264 | 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches | |||||||
| P27.W56 | Whorf, Benjamin Lee (Editor) | Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings | 0-262-73006-5 | Paperback | N | N | The MIT Press | March 15, 1964 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Reference : General | N | $28.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings FROM THE PUBLISHER An essay showing why Hopi is superior to English as a scientific language, a criticism of Basic English as Complex English, and an account of the semantics of fire prevention...are not only readable but delightful. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 290 | 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| P204.W54 | Wierzbicka, Anna | Semantics, Culture, and Cognition: Universal Human Concepts in Culture-Specific Configurations | 0-19-507326-6 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | April, 1992 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | New York | N | $40.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Semantics, Culture, and Cognition: Universal Human Concepts in Culture-Specific Configurations | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 401/.43 20 | 1970-01-07 | 496 | Universals (Linguistics), Semantics, Language and culture, Intercultural communication, Psycholinguistics | 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches | |||||
| PS3573.I385E94 | Wiggins, Marianne | Evidence of Things Unseen | 0-7432-5809-6 | Paperback | N | N | Simon & Schuster | June 2004 | 3 | General Fiction : Historical - General | N | Publisher Comments: This poetic novel, by the acclaimed author of John Dollar, describes America at the brink of the Atomic Age. In the years between the two world wars, the future held more promise than peril, but there was evidence of things unseen that would transfigure our unquestioned trust in a safe future. Fos has returned to Tennessee from the trenches of France. Intrigued with electricity, bioluminescence, and especially x-rays, he believes in science and the future of technology. On a trip to the Outer Banks to study the Perseid meteor shower, he falls in love with Opal, whose father is a glassblower who can spin color out of light. Fos brings his new wife back to Knoxville where he runs a photography studio with his former Army buddy Flash. A witty rogue and a staunch disbeliever in Prohibition, Flash brings tragedy to the couple when his appetite for pleasure runs up against both the law and the Ku Klux Klan. Fos and Opal are forced to move to Opal's mother's farm on the Clinch River, and soon they have a son, Lightfoot. But when the New Deal claims their farm for the TVA, Fos seeks work at the Oak Ridge Laboratory - Site X in the government's race to build the bomb. And it is there, when Opal falls ill with radiation poisoning, that Fos's great faith in science deserts him. Their lives have traveled with touching inevitability from their innocence and fascination with "things that glow" to the new world of manmade suns. Hypnotic and powerful, Evidence of Things Unseen constructs a heartbreaking arc through twentieth-century American life and belief. Synopsis: "Wiggins fits her lyrical prose to a distinctly rural, Southern cadence, easily blending the vernacular with luminous imagery, adding bits of poetry, passages explaining scientific phenomena, interpolations about the Scopes trial and even references to "Moby-Dick," which serves as a leitmotif."--"Publisher's Weekly." | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 1970-01-14 | 400 | 8.38x5.56x1.02 in. .80 lbs. | ||||||||||
| BX8645.2.H36 | Wiles, Timothy | Mormonism and the American Experience (Chicago History of American Religions Se) | 0-226-31553-3 | Paperback | N | N | Univ of Chicago Pr | January 1, 1984 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | N | $5.03 | 2005-03-30 | Amazon | 2005-03-30 | 0 | 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.2 inches | ||||||||||
| PG3465.A32 | Wilks, Ronald | My Childhood | 0-14-018285-3 | Paperback | N | N | Penguin Books | November 1991 | 3 | Gorky, maksim, 1868-1936 : General | N | 1970-01-14 | Powells Books | 1970-01-14 | 240 | 7.68x5.00x.56 in. .41 lbs. | |||||||||||
| B765.G96D52B5 | William | The Golden Epistle: A Letter to the Brethren at Mont Dieu (His the Works of William of St Thierry, V. 4) | 0-87907-712-3 | Paperback | N | N | Cistercian Publications | June, 1980 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity : Christian Living : General | Spencer, Mass. | N | $10.95 | Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Latin--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 2005-10-04 | Amazon | 201.1 s 248/.48/2 | 2005-10-04 | Cistercian Fathers Ser. | 117 | Spiritual life -- Catholic Church, Spiritual life -- Christianity -- History of, doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500, Cistercians | 0.5 x 5.8 x 8.8 inches | ||||
| PE1421,W546 | Williams, Joseph M. | Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) | 0-226-89915-2 | Paperback | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | June 15, 1995 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Reference : General | N | $10.01 | Amazon.com "Telling me to 'Be clear,' " writes Joseph M. Williams in Style: Toward Clarity and Grace, "is like telling me to 'Hit the ball squarely.' I know that. What I don't know is how to do it." If you are ever going to know how to write clearly, it will be after reading Williams' book, which is a rigorous examination of--and lesson in--the elements of fine writing. With any luck, your clear writing will turn graceful, as well. Though most of us, says Williams, would be happy just to write "clear, coherent, and appropriately emphatic prose," he is not content to teach us just that. He also attempts, by way of example, to determine what constitutes elegant writing. Despite the proliferation of books in this genre, rarely does one feel so confident in one's instructor. Williams is meticulous and exacting, yet never pedantic. Though he agrees with most of his grammarian colleagues that, generally speaking, the active voice is better than the passive or that the ordinary word is preferable to the fancy, Williams is also quick to assert that there's no sense learning a rule "if all we can do is obey it." And he is most emphatic about the absurdity of prescriptions concerning usage (such as, "Never begin a sentence with a coordinating conjunction"). Such rules, he says, "are 'violated' so consistently that, unless we are ready to indict for bad grammar just about every serious writer of modern English, we have to reject as misinformed anyone who would attempt to enforce them." --Jane Steinberg From Library Journal There is certainly no shortage of handbooks on writing, many of them packed with theory, description, rules, and perhaps some examples of good writing. What most lack is directions for improving bad writing--precisely what is offered by Williams ( Origins of the English Language , LJ 8/75). He first explains what constitutes poor writing and then presents and illustrates principles that will help writers produce sentences, paragraphs, and documents that clearly and directly communicate meaning to readers. Williams focuses on achieving gracefulness without sacrificing clarity. His delineation of the needs and problems of reader and writer is enlightening and helpful. Style is evidence that the author's approach works; it embodies the principles of clarity and grace it espouses. Highly recommended. - Craig W. Beard, Harding Univ. Lib., Searcy, Ark. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-04-16 | Amazon | 1970-04-16 | Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing Series | 226 | 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches | |||||||
| JV51 .C73 1994 | Williams, Patrick | Colonial Discourse/ Post-Colonial Theory | 0-231-10021-3 | Paperback | N | N | Columbia University Press | April 15, 1994 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $25.50 | From Book News, Inc. A wide-ranging collection of texts, written between the 1950s and 1992, approaching post-colonialism from the perspective of cultural theory, and suggesting the full scope of the debates in the post- colonial area. The volume is divided into six sections: theorizing colonized cultures and anti-colonial resistance; theorizing the West; theorizing gender; theorizing post-coloniality--intellectuals and institutions; theorizing post-coloniality--discourse and identity; and reading from theory. Includes a substantial bibliography. Paper edition (unseen), $17.50. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Book Description Provides an in-depth introduction to debates within post-colonial theory and criticism. The many contributors include Frantz Fanon, Amilcar Cabral, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Homi Bhabha, Edward Said, Anthony Giddens, Anne McClintock, Stuart Hall, Paul Gilroy, and bell hooks. | 2005-05-02 | Amazon | 2005-05-02 | 569 | 9.2 x 6.8 x 1.0 inches | ||||||||
| BQ286 .W55 | Williams, Paul | Buddhist Thought | 0-415-20700-2 | Library Binding | N | N | Routledge | October 2000 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Asia : India | London ; New York | N | $105.00 | Richard Gombrich "I know of no more lucid expositor of Indian or Buddhist philosophy." --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Review I know of no more lucid expositor of Indian or Buddhist philosophy. -Richard Gombrich | 1970-04-30 | Amazon | 1970-04-30 | 336 | Buddhism -- India -- History | 8.1 x 5.4 x 1.0 inches | ||||||
| PE1580.W58 | Williams, Raymond | Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society | 0-19-520469-7 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | May 1, 1985 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Reference : General | N | $11.53 | Book Description Now revised to include new words and updated essays, Keywords focuses on the sociology of language, demonstrating how the key words we use to understand our society take on new meanings and how these changes reflect the political bent and values of society. | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 349 | 8.0 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| HX531.W470 | Williams, Raymond | Marxism and Literature (Marxist Introductions) | 0-19-876061-2 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press, USA | February 16, 1978 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : Marxist | Oxford [Eng.] | N | $16.95 | ABOUT THE BOOK Marxism and Literature ANNOTATION "The explorations and integrations which this book makes will bring a major pressure to bear on academic literary criticism and its institutions."--John Sutherland | 2006-01-16 | Amazon | 335.43/8/80195 | 1985 | 2006-01-16 | Marxist Introductions Series | 224 | Communism and literature | 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches | |||
| BL1151.5.S33 | Williams, Raymond Brady (Editor) | A Sacred Thread: Modern Transmission of Hindu Traditions in India and Abroad | 0-89012-065-X | Paperback | N | N | Anima | November 1, 1992 | 1 | 1.0 Stars | History : Asia : India | N | $7.50 | Journal of Asian Studies The thirteen essays in this well-crafted volume themselves stretch across disciplinary boundaries and between scholar and practicing communities. . . . The uniformly readable yet challenging contributions make the volume an excellent choice for the classroom: an end point for surveys of Hinduism or even of world religions and a foundation text for newer courses on cultural diversity in America.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 2005-05-11 | Amazon | 2005-05-11 | 337 | 0.8 x 5.8 x 8.8 inches | ||||||||
| HF5821.W54 | Williamson, Judith | Decoding Advertisments (Ideas in Progress) | 0-7145-2615-0 | Paperback | N | N | Marion Boyars Publishers, Ltd. | March, 1994 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Business & Investing : General | London | N | $10.17 | Book Description A fascinating account of how the admen achieve their effects.?Stuart Hood This book sets out not simply to criticize advertisements on the grounds of dishonesty and exploitation, but to examine in detail, through over a hundred illustrations, their undoubted attractiveness and appeal. The overt economic function of this appeal is to make us buy things. Its ideological function, however, is to involve us as 'individuals' in perpetuating the ideas which endorse the economic basis of our society. If it is economic conditions which make ideology necessary, it is ideology which makes those conditions seem necessary. If society is to be changed, this vicious circle of "necessity" and ideas must be broken. Decoding Advertisements is an attempt to undo one link in the chain which we ourselves help to forge, in our acceptance not only of the images and values of advertising, but of the 'transparent' forms and structures in which they are embodied. It provides not an "answer," but a "set of tools" which we can use to alter our own perceptions of one of society's subtlest and most complex forms of propaganda. Other books by Judith Williamson published by Marion Boyars are Consuming Passions: the Dynamics of Popular Culture and Deadline at Dawn: Film Criticism 1980-1990. | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 659.1/01/9 | 2005-10-08 | Social Issues Series | 180 | Advertising | 8.5 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches | ||||
| DS786 | Williamson, Margaret D. | Memoirs of a Political Officer's Wife : in Tibet, Sikkim and Bhutan (Wisdom Tibet Book. Yellow Series) | 0-86171-056-8 | Paperback | N | N | Wisdom Publications | January 25, 1987 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs : General | London | N | $11.76 | Book Description Memoirs portraying life in Tibet, Sikkim and Bhutan in the 1930s. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 954 20 | 1970-01-07 | Tibet Book Yellow Series | 240 | Tibet (China) -- Description and travel, Sikkim (India) -- Description and travel, Bhutan -- Description and travel, Williamson, Margaret D, -- Tibet, Williamson, Margaret D, -- Sikkim, Williamson, Margaret D, Bhutan | 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches | ||||
| PF3112.W55 | Wilson, April | German Quickly: A Grammar for Reading German (American University Studies. Series VI, Foreign Language Instruction, Vol 5) | 0-8204-2324-6 | Paperback | N | N | Peter Lang Publishing | 2002 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Education : General | New York | N | $33.99 | Ferdinand Piedmont, Indiana University The grammar analysis is concise and clear, taking into account stumbling blocks actually encountered by students while reading German. Wolfgang Mieder, Proverbium Anybody studying German for reading knowledge or simply reviewing German grammar should be thankful that this book exists. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 438.2/421 20 | 1993 | 2005-11-20 | American University Studies Series | 385 | German language -- Grammar, German language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers, -- English | 1.0 x 6.0 x 9.2 inches | |||
| PN86 | Wimsatt, William Kurtz | Literary Criticism: A Short History | 0-226-90176-9 | Paperback | N | N | Univ of Chicago Pr | March, 1983 | 2 | 5.0 Stars | Literary Criticism & Essays : General | N | $6.30 | ABOUT THE BOOK Literary Criticism: A Short History, Vol. 2 | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | 1969-12-31 | 1 | 0.8 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | ||||||||
| BF717.W47 | Winnicott, D. W. | Playing and Reality | 0-415-03689-5 | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | January, 1982 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : Child Psychology : Development | N | $22.39 | Book Description Winnicott is concerned with the springs of imaginative living and of cultural experience in every sense, with whatever determines an individual's capacity to live creatively and to find life worth living. | 1969-12-31 | Amazon | c197 | 1969-12-31 | 192 | 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches | |||||||
| D523.W58 1995 | Winter, Jay (Series Editor) | Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning : The Great War in European Cultural History (Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare) | 0-521-49682-9 | Hardcover | N | N | Cambridge University Press | October 5, 1995 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | New & Used Textbooks : Humanities : History : Europe | Cambridge ; New York | N | $65.00 | Review
'From now on this book will be indispensable to our understanding of the Great War. The most recent scholarship has been taken into account, but, above all, Jay Winter gives us crucial new insights into the war's meaning from the process of mourning for the fallen to apocalyptic literature.' George L. Mosse, University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of Fallen Soldiers 'A profound and moving exploration of the search for solace amongst the bewildered 'communities of the bereaved' after the Great War. Here is a historian who has neighboured with the dead to remarkable effect. His grasp of the meanings placed upon loss will place all historians of the First World War in his debt.' Keith Robbins, Vice-Chancellor of Saint David's University College, Lampeter 'Jay Winter has enlarged the frame of cultural history and enriched its texture. He transforms our understanding of World War One as a cataclysmic event in the experience of European peoples.' Kenneth S. Inglis, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 940.4/2 20 | 1970-01-28 | Studies in the Social and Cultural Histo | 320 | World War, 1914-1918, Europe -- Civilization -- 20th century, Europe -- Intellectual life -- 20th century, Memory | 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| B720 | Wippel, John F. | Medieval Philosophy : From St. Augustine To Nicholas Of Cusa | 0-02-935650-4 | Paperback | N | N | Free Press | January 1, 1969 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $8.81 | ABOUT THE BOOK Medieval Philosophy: From St. Augustine to Nicholas of Cusa | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 1970-01-21 | 487 | 8.2 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches | ||||||||
| BC135.W6451 | Wittgenstein, Ludwig | The Blue and Brown Books: Preliminary Studies for the 'Philosophical Investigations' | 0-06-090451-8 | Paperback | N | N | Harpercollins College Div | June, 1980 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | N | $1.98 | ABOUT THE BOOK Blue and Brown Book | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 2005-10-08 | 192 | ||||||||||
| BC135.W5 | Wittgenstein, Ludwig | Tractatus Logico Philosophicus (International Library of Psychology, Philosophy, & Scientific Method) | 0-415-05186-X | Paperback | N | N | Routledge | December, 1981 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | London ; New York | N | $4.45 | Book Description In this 1921 opus, Wittgenstein defined the object of philosophy as the logical clarification of thoughts and proposed the solution to most philosophic problems by means of a critical method of linguistic analysis. Beginning with the principles of symbolism, the author applies his theories to traditional philosophy, examines the logical structure of propositions and the nature of logical inference, and much more. Definitive translation. Introduction by Bertrand Russell. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Language Notes Text: English, German (translation) Original Language: German | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 192 20 | 2005-10-08 | International Library of Philosophy, Psy | 207 | Logic, Symbolic and mathematical, Language and languages -- Philosophy | 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| PN94 .I56 2002 | Wolfreys, Julian | Introducing Criticism at the 21st Century | 0-7486-1575-X | Paperback | N | N | Edinburgh University Press | May 15, 2002 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $27.00 | Book Description Introducing Criticism at the 21st Century provides a wide ranging guide to current directions in literary criticism. Each of the authors explains the various contours of their discourses while bringing these into sharp relief for the student reader through readings of canonical novels, poems, plays, films, and Web sites.The book is organized into five areas: Identities, Dialogues, Space and Place, Critical Voices, and Materiality and the Immaterial. | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 320 | 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches | ||||||||
| PT2603.E433 Z96 | Wolin, Richard | Walter Benjamin: An Aesthetic of Redemption (Weimar and Now : German Cultural Criticism, No 7) | 0-520-08400-4 | Paperback | N | N | University of California Press | February, 1994 | 1 | Biographies & Memoirs : General | Berkeley | N | $24.95 | Susan Buck-Morss, Theory and Society "A highly successful intellectual biography of Walter Benjamin . . . making an original argument concerning the works and addressing directly the issues raised by Benjamin that are still very much alive in our time." Michael Rosen, Times Literary Supplement "The newcomer to Benjamin's work is here in excellent hands." | 2005-10-15 | Amazon | 838/.91209 20 | 1994 | 2005-10-15 | Weimar and Now Series | 316 | Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 -- Criticism and, interpretation | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| DS436.W66 | Wolpert, Stanley A. | A New History of India | 0-19-505637-X | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | January, 1989 | 1 | History : Asia : India | N | $0.75 | 2005-04-30 | Amazon | 2005-04-30 | 493 | 8.2 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches | ||||||||||
| QL691.I4 W66 | Woodcock | Birds of the Indian Sub-Continent | 0-00-219712-X | Paperback | N | N | Harpercollins Pub Ltd | March 1983 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Outdoors & Nature : Birdwatching : General | London | N | $1.98 | ABOUT THE BOOK Birds of the Indian Sub-Continent FROM THE PUBLISHER This compact work has full colour illustrations of the more common and striking birds on the Indian sub-continent. It covers 545 bird species in a vast diversity of habitats ranging from the Himalayas to Sri Lanka, and from Pakistan to Bangladesh. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 598.2954 19 | 1970-04-14 | 176 | Birds -- South Asia -- Identification, Birds -- Identification | 0.2 x 4.5 x 7.5 inches | |||||
| BL1135.T6 | Woodroffe, John, Sir | The Garland of Letters | 8185988129 | Paperback | N | N | Ganesh & Co. | December 1, 2001 | 1 | Religion & Spirituality : New Age : General | N | $20.00 | Book Description Books written by the Author Sir John Woodroffe can perhaps be called as Classics.One is indebted to him for his study of Tantra Sastra and the scholarly works he produced in English.His Books like "Serpent Power","Sakti And Sakta" etc.,have helped the Readers to gain excellent knowledge on the generally difficult to interpret subject of Tanta Sastra. In line with the other classics the Author in the present Book has in great detail explained the significance of the Letters in the context of the Tantra knowledge.Thus it becomes a must for the student of Tantra Vidya. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | 318 | 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.8 inches | |||||||||
| GA201.C37 | Woodward, David (Editor) | The History of Cartography, Volume 2, Book 3 : Cartography in the Traditional African, American, Arctic, Australian, and Pacific Societies (The History of Cartography) | 0-226-90728-7 | Hardcover | N | N | University Of Chicago Press | December 31, 1998 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Australia & Oceania : Australia | Chicago | N | $126.55 | From Library Journal Editors Woodward (geography, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison) and Lewis (geography, Univ. of Sheffield, England) have produced an unusual survey authored by 11 international scholars. The history of mapmaking is usually approached Eurocentrically, with the possible addition of Arab and Chinese cartographers. However, the expanded definition of "map" employed in the "History of Cartography" seriesA"graphic representations that facilitate a spacial understanding of things, concepts, conditions, processes, or events in the human world"Aallows the inclusion of artifacts made by the traditional or indigenous societies of Africa, the Americas, the Arctic, and Oceania. These unexpected and exceedingly rare sources are as varied as petroglyphs from Southern Africa and Australia; an inscribed moose antler purportedly made by Sacajawea, who accompanied Lewis and Clark; Aztec codices; Incan "quipus"; and Marshallese "mattangs" (stick charts). The map format of Western cultures is sterile when compared with the representational concepts of shamanistic traditional societies. "Cartography becomes less of a gridded stage on which life takes place and more a model of how the spiritual world and physical world interact." The well-documented and authoritative text is enriched by numerous illustrations, including 24 color plates, and an extensive bibliography and index. Academic and larger public libraries will want to acquire this for its unusual content.AEdward K. Werner, St. Lucie Cty. Lib. Sys., Ft. Pierce, FL Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 912.6 21 | 1998 | 1970-01-14 | History of Cartography Series | 500 | Cartography -- Africa -- History, Cartography -- America -- History, Cartography -- Arctic regions -- History, Cartography -- Pacific Area -- History, Cartography -- Australia -- History | 13.8 x 9.3 x 2.0 inches | |||
| BP67.U6 W67 | Wormser, Richard | American Islam: Growing Up Muslim in America | 0-8027-8343-0 | Hardcover | N | N | Walker & Company | November, 1994 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Islam : General | New York | N | $16.95 | From Publishers Weekly Punctuating his writing with short quotes drawn from interviews with young people, Wormser (Hoboes) discusses issues faced by Muslims in America. First he outlines basic tenets of the religion, then focuses on two quite different groups, immigrants from the Middle East and African Americans. He emphasizes matters relevant to teens, such as navigating the strict codes of Islamic dating, dealing with peer pressure, and adapting ancient customs to modern life. On the whole, his account tends to idealize his subjects. For example, after introducing the popularly held belief that "Muslim men rule the household," the author quotes a Muslim (male): "It doesn't make sense to try and dominate your wife.... Islam teaches that the man has the final decision in the family, but you should always discuss things with your wife and try to reach a joint decision." Elsewhere Wormser resorts to generalizations: "Most Muslim students are comfortable with their religion." And while a chapter on the Nation of Islam perceptively suggests reasons for the increasing popularity of Islam among African Americans, the racist and anti-Semitic comments by leaders of the Nation are tacitly presented as reactions to years of oppression. Ages 12-up. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. From School Library Journal Grade 7 Up-A portrait of Muslim American youth and their faith. Wormser describes the cultural, literary, and scientific heritage of Islamic civilization; their traditional tolerance of unbelievers; and the history of Muslim settlement in the Christian West. He also offers a concise summary of the religion's origins, its Sunni and Shia branches, and its basic beliefs. In the first part, interviews with American-born children of immigrants from North Africa and Asia reveal conflicts among the generations and the insensitivity, discrimination, and harassment the young people are subjected to in public schools. Most of the interviewees express positive feelings about the traditional family, and all reject terrorism. Most, including young women, interpret Islamic restrictions of women as protections against temptation and danger. The second half of the book is devoted to the religious and political history of Islam within the African American community. The author tries hard to see things from a Muslim perspective-a laudable and desirable intent-but his evenhanded descriptions of some of the key personalities are bound to be controversial. He examines some of the inflammatory rhetoric associated with the Nation of Islam and discusses various responses to it. There is a great need for information on our growing Muslim population, and the first half of the book serves that need well. Libby K. White, Schenectady County Public Library, NY Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 297/.0973 20 | 1970-01-07 | 144 | Islam -- United States | 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches | |||||
| BL2525.W879 | Wuthnow, Robert | Producing the Sacred: An Essay on Public Religion (Public Expressions of Religion in America) | 0-252-06401-1 | Paperback | N | N | University of Illinois Press | May, 1994 | 1 | Religion & Spirituality : General | Urbana | N | $19.00 | From Library Journal Prolific essayist and author Wuthnow (Rediscovering the Sacred, Eerdmans, 1992) is academically well suited to write this treatise. He seeks to gain insight into public religion by considering the subject as a cultural expression-hence, something that is produced. Specifically, Wuthnow argues that religions continue to exist because of individuals, communities, and organizations and that the sacred-that is, those "symbolic frameworks that are set apart from everyday life"-is also produced. What makes this essay engaging is that Wuthnow illustrates the implications of his subject in our own lives. His observations are both keen and perceptive. Written for the generally informed reader, the text is studious but not laborious. For all large public and academic religion collections. David. L. Laughlin, MLS, St. Louis Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 306.6/0973 20 | 1994 | 1970-01-14 | Public Expressions of Religion in America Series | 181 | United States -- Religion -- 1960- | 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| PN1997.M395 T35 | Yeffeth, Glenn (Editor) | Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and Religion in The Matrix | 1-932100-02-4 | Paperback | N | N | Benbella Books | April 1, 2003 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Entertainment : Movies : General | N | $12.21 | Book Description This thought-provoking examination of The Matrix explores the technological challenges, religious symbolism, and philosophical dilemmas the film presents. Essays by renowned scientists, technologists, philosophers, scholars, social commentators, and science fiction authors provide engaging and provocative perspectives. Explored in a highly accessible fashion are issues such as the future of artificial intelligence and virtual reality. The symbolism hidden throughout The Matrix and a few glitches in the film are revealed. Discussions include "Finding God in The Matrix," "The Reality Paradox in The Matrix," and "Was Cypher Right?: Why We Stay in Our Matrix." The fascinating issues posed by the film are handled in an intelligent but nonacademic fashion. | 2005-04-27 | Amazon | 2005-04-27 | 240 | 9.1 x 6.0 x 0.6 inches | ||||||||
| BQ8936.T48 1987 | Yeshe, Lama | Introduction to Tantra : A Vision of Totality (A Wisdom basic book) | 0-86171-021-5 | Paperback | N | N | Wisdom Publications | November 25, 1987 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Buddhism : General | London | N | $8.00 | Religious Studies Review No one has ever talked about tantra with such clarity, coherence and simplicity. Religious Studies Review "No one has summarized the essence of tantra as well as Thubten Yeshe does here." | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 294.3/444 20 | 1987 | 1970-01-28 | Wisdom Basic Book Series | 176 | Religious life -- Tantric Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism -- China -- Tibet | 0.5 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches | |||
| N611.C6 C5 1988 | Young, Bonnie | A Walk Through the Cloisters | 0-87099-533-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Metropolitan Museum of Art New York | June, 1989 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : Schools, Periods & Styles : Medieval | New York | N | $1.39 | ABOUT THE BOOK Walk through the Cloisters | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 709/.02/07401471 19 | 1970-01-21 | 144 | Cloisters (Museum) -- Guidebooks, Christian art and symbolism -- Medieval,, 500-1500, Art, Medieval | 25 cm. | |||||
| P53.7.A36 | Young, Dolly Jesusita | Affect in Foreign Language and Second Language Learning: A Practical Guide to Creating a Low-Anxiety Classroom Atmosphere | 0-07-038900-4 | Paperback | N | N | McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages | November 20, 1998 | 1 | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : By Topic : Language Acquisition | Boston | N | $44.38 | Book Description Affect in Foreign Language and Second Language Learning offers high school and college/university second language teachers, or teachers-in-training, practical suggestions for creating activities that take into account learner anxieties, frustrations or discomfort in the language learning process. The objective of the book is to offer concrete instructional approaches for language learning that are rooted in second language acquisition research and, at the same time, that promote a low-anxiety classroom environment. The authors of each chapter are specialists in specific areas of language learning and their essays, composed specifically for this volume, lay the groundwork for continued research on affect in language learning. This text is part of the McGraw-Hill Second Language Professional Series, edited by James F. Lee and Bill VanPatten. | 2005-11-20 | Amazon | 418/.007 21 | 1999 | 2005-11-20 | 288 | Language and languages -- Study and teaching --, Psychological aspects, Anxiety | 0.2 x 7.5 x 9.2 inches | |||||
| V51 .Y67 2003 | Young, Robert J. C. | Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction | 0-19-280182-1 | Paperback | N | N | Oxford University Press | August 1, 2003 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Politics : General | N | $9.95 | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 180 | 7.2 x 4.4 x 0.5 inches | |||||||||
| DK266.4.Y87 2006 | Yurchak, Alexei | Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More: The Last Soviet Generation (In-formation) | 0-691-12117-6 | Paperback | N | N | Princeton University Press | October 3, 2005 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | History : Asia : Japan | Princeton, NJ | N | $24.95 | Review
Katherine M. Verdery, author of "What Was Socialism, and What Comes Next?" : In this remarkable book, Alexei Yurchak asks: How can we account for the paradox that Soviet people both experienced their system as immutable and yet were unsurprised by its end? In answering this question, he develops a brilliant, entirely novel theory of the nature of Soviet socialism and the reasons for its collapse. The book is must reading for anyone interested in this most momentous change of contemporary history, as well as in the place of language in social transformation. A tour de force! Nancy Ries, Colgate University, author of "Russian Talk: Culture and Conversation during Perestroika" : Alexei Yurchak brilliantly debunks several widely held misconceptions about the lived experience of late socialism in Soviet Russia, and does so through a compelling dossier of materials, all creatively conceived, organized, and analyzed. The writing is fluid, accessible, interesting, and beautifully structured and styled. Caroline Humphrey, University of Cambridge, author of "The Unmaking of Soviet Life" : This ambitious book admirably combines a new theoretical approach with detailed ethnographic materials. Written in a clear and engaging style, it is both thorough and precise, and provides a new and convincing insight that will definitely be central to all serious discussions of Soviet-type systems for years to come--namely, that the shift in Soviet life from a semantic to a pragmatic model of ideological discourse served to undermine the ideological system. Stephen Collier, New School University : This book makes an important contribution not only to anthropological studies of the former Soviet Union but to the broader discussion about Soviet power, ethics, and public space. Yurchak provides a subtle alternative to traditions of debate in Sovietology that counterposed an analysis of totalitarian accounts of Soviet power to the 'revisionists' of the 1970s who saw a much more dynamic space of social maneuverings. What is more, he persuasively shows a level of commitment to Soviet ideals that has rarely been appreciated in scholarship. Indeed, he makes the important point that many Russians actually have memories of being much more critical of the Soviet Union than they actually were when it existed. Book Description Soviet socialism was based on paradoxes that were revealed by the peculiar experience of its collapse. To the people who lived in that system the collapse seemed both completely unexpected and completely unsurprising. At the moment of collapse it suddenly became obvious that Soviet life had always seemed simultaneously eternal and stagnating, vigorous and ailing, bleak and full of promise. Although these characteristics may appear mutually exclusive, in fact they were mutually constitutive. This book explores the paradoxes of Soviet life during the period of "late socialism" (1960s-1980s) through the eyes of the last Soviet generation. Focusing on the major transformation of the 1950s at the level of discourse, ideology, language, and ritual, Alexei Yurchak traces the emergence of multiple unanticipated meanings, communities, relations, ideals, and pursuits that this transformation subsequently enabled. His historical, anthropological, and linguistic analysis draws on rich ethnographic material from Late Socialism and the post-Soviet period. The model of Soviet socialism that emerges provides an alternative to binary accounts that describe that system as a dichotomy of official culture and unofficial culture, the state and the people, public self and private self, truth and lie--and ignore the crucial fact that, for many Soviet citizens, the fundamental values, ideals, and realities of socialism were genuinely important, although they routinely transgressed and reinterpreted the norms and rules of the socialist state. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 947.085 22 | 1970-04-14 | In-Formation Ser. | 352 | Soviet Union -- Civilization, Soviet Union -- Intellectual life, Socialism and culture -- Soviet Union | 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches | ||||
| B4201 | Zen§kovskii, V. V | Istoriia russkoi filosofii (Filosofskoe nasledie Rossii) | 5704204325 | Unknown Binding | N | N | "Ego" | 1991 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | Leningrad | N | Language Notes Text: Russian | 1970-01-14 | Amazon | 1970-01-14 | Filosofskoe nasledie Rossii | 0 | Philosophy, Russian | 21 cm. | ||||||
| BP161.2.Z47 | Zepp, Ira G. | A Muslim Primer: Beginner's Guide to Islam | 0-87061-188-7 | Paperback | N | N | Christian Classics | March, 1992 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Islam : General | Westminster, Md. | N | $3.70 | From Library Journal Zepp (emeritus, religious studies, Western Maryland Coll.) has written and now updated a superb introduction to Islam for the non-Islamic reader, including a brief history of the Prophet Muhammad and his ideas, the beliefs of Islam, divisions within the community, the role of women, and other topics. Scarcely less useful and informative are short sections on Islamic art, medicine, science, and architecture and hints for dialog between Islam and other religious traditions. The general reader could hardly do better than Zepp's thoughtful and careful primer. Highly recommended. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Paperback edition. | 1970-01-07 | Amazon | 1970-01-07 | 292 | Islam | 0.8 x 5.5 x 8.8 inches | ||||||
| N7301.Z513 1984 | Zimmer, Heinrich | Artistic Form and Yoga in the Sacred Images of India | 0-691-07289-2 | Hardcover | N | N | Princeton Univ Pr | September 1, 1984 | 1 | 3.5 Stars | Arts & Photography : Art : Art History : General | Princeton, N.J. | N | $25.95 | Language Notes Text: English, German (translation) | 2006-01-18 | Amazon | 704.9/4894 19 | 1984 | 2006-01-18 | 289 | Art, Indic, Symbolism in art -- India, Art, Buddhist -- India, Art, Hindu -- India, Yoga | 1.2 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches | ||||
| B131 | Zimmer, Heinrich | Philosophies of India | Hardcover | N | N | Pantheon Books | 1 | New York | N | 2006-01-22 | 181.4 | 1951 | Bollinger Series | 0 | Philosophy, Hindu | ||||||||||||
| BV5080 | Zinn, Grover A. (Editor) | Richard of St. Victor: The Book of the Patriarchs, The Mystical Ark, Book Three of the Trinity (Classics of Western Spirituality) | 0-8091-2122-0 | Paperback | N | N | Paulist Press | March, 1979 | 1 | 5.0 Stars | Religion & Spirituality : Christianity | New York | N | $15.61 | Book Description One of the great mystics of the Christian Tradition, Richard is the link between the early tradition of Pseudo-Dionysius and the great mystical awakening in Medieval Europe. For his genius in bringing together both the Latin and Greek Traditions all contemplatives owe him a great debt. Born in twelfth century Scotland, he joined the Abbey of St. Victor in Paris where he became Superior and Prior. The Twelve Patriarchs (or Benjamin Minor) is his preparation of the soul for contemplation. The framework is a scriptural allegory based on the story of Jacob. Richard uses the meaning of the names and the elements of the story to illustrate a unified view of the person and the relationship between contemplation and action. His Mystical Ark ( or Benjamin Major) completes this study. In his Book Three of the Trinity we see Richard's doctrinal basis for the spiritual conclusions of his earlier work. Richard can teach us about the discipline and the dangers of the mystical quest. He can enlighten us concerning the relevance of symbols and symbolic structures as modes of communication. Jean Chatillon, of the University of Paris, who wrote the preface, is the world's Victorine scholar. | 1970-01-21 | Amazon | 248/.22 | 1979 | 1970-01-21 | Classics of Western Spirituality Series | 448 | Mysticism -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 | 9.0 x 6.0 x 1.2 inches | |||
| CT25.I58 | Zinsser, William | Inventing the Truth : The Art and Craft of Memoir | 0-395-90150-2 | Paperback | N | N | Mariner Books | May 20, 1998 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Biographies & Memoirs | Boston | N | $10.40 | Amazon.com Every time Inventing the Truth appears in a new edition, editor William Zinsser can't help but add to it. The first edition (1987) evolved from a series of New York Public Library talks, for which the mandate was not to lecture about the genre of the memoir but to explain how a specific memoir came to be written. In the book's 1995 edition, Russell Baker, Annie Dillard, Alfred Kazin, and Toni Morrison were joined by Jill Ker Conway, Eileen Simpson, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Ian Frazier. This time around, Zinsser has added a rich and charming reminiscence by Frank McCourt (Angela's Ashes). The authors do stick to their assignment: Russell Baker credits his huge family with helping him "learn a lot about humanity from close-up observation"; Jill Ker Conway talks about her desire to write a female memoir that was not a romantic happily-ever-after; and Henry Louis Gates Jr. discusses "want[ing] to write a book that imitated the specialness of black culture when no white people are around." But there is also plenty of advice for writers here, and some general thoughts about the genre. Conway addresses the difficulty of "going back as a historian" and trying to understand "all the things you took as a given when you were a child." Gates warns us to "be prepared for the revelation of things you don't even dream are going to come up." And Annie Dillard contemplates the strangeness of spending "more time writing about [a scene or an event] than you did living it." --Jane Steinberg From Publishers Weekly Russell Baker, in writing his memoirs, left out a principal characterhis motherin the first draft. After much torment, he realized that "although nobody's life makes any sense . . . you might as well make it into a story." The six essays in this symposium explore the craft of memoir, defined here as a portion of a life, narrower in scope than autobiography. Annie Dillard argues that the best memoirs forge their own forms. Toni Morrison describes how slave narratives have influenced her work. New York's streets gave Alfred Kazin "physical images, straight from the belly," which he shaped into his self-portrait, A Walker in the City. Lewis Thomas weaves reflections on human adaptability, memory and evolution. In his introductory essay, Zinsser discusses why a good memoir is also a work of history, capturing a distinctive moment in the life of a society. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-01-28 | Amazon | 920.073 21 | 1998 | 1970-01-28 | 227 | Autobiography, United States -- Biography -- History and, criticism, Authors, American -- Biography -- History and, criticism | 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches | ||||
| B823.3.Z5813 | Zizek, Slavoj | For They Know Not What They Do: Enjoyment As a Political Factor | 0-86091-563-8 | Paperback | N | N | Verso Books | November 1, 1991 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | N | $2.75 | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 0 | 0.8 x 6.0 x 9.2 inches | |||||||||
| B2798 .Z59 1993 | Zizek, Slavoj | Tarrying With the Negative: Kant, Hegel, and the Critique of Ideology | 0-8223-1395-2 | Paperback | N | N | Duke University Press | December 1, 1993 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Literature & Fiction : History & Criticism : Criticism & Theory : General | N | $21.95 | From Book News, Inc. Zizek (social sciences, U. of Ljubljana, Slovenia) suggests how some of Kant and Hegel's ideas are appropriate to the modern world, under such headings as the void called subject, the dialectical nonsequitur, and the loop of enjoyment. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 304 | 9.2 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches | ||||||||
| BR121.3.Z59 | Zizek, Slavoj | The Puppet and the Dwarf : The Perverse Core of Christianity | 0-262-74025-7 | Paperback | N | N | The MIT Press | October 12, 2003 | 1 | 3.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | N | $11.53 | Review "Slavoj Zizek may have the strongest 'brand identity'... of any cultural theorist now in the marketplace of ideas." -- Scott McLemee, The Chronicle of Higher Education | 2005-04-27 | Amazon | 2005-04-27 | 190 | 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| B823.3 .Z59 | Zizek, Slavoj | The Sublime Object of Ideology | 0-86091-256-6 | Hardcover | N | N | Verso | December 1, 1989 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Nonfiction : Philosophy : General | N | $60.00 | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 240 | 0.8 x 6.5 x 9.8 inches | |||||||||
| BL304.L56 | Zizek, Slavoj | The Zizek Reader | 0-631-21201-9 | Paperback | N | N | Blackwell Publishers | February 1, 1999 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Health, Mind & Body : Psychology & Counseling : General | N | $29.95 | Book Description The Zizek Reader provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to this writer's work. Zizek has an international reputation and has had a considerable influence on both scholars and students. Divided into three parts, Culture, Women and Philosophy, the Reader not only gives careful explications of the individual extracts within each section but also connects these extracts in a general introduction, mapping the shiftings of Zizek's thought within a Lacanian framework. The book includes a Foreword by Zizek and a new, previously unpublished essay on cyberspace. Card catalog description The Zizek Reader - which includes a preface by Zizek and a new, previously unpublished essay on cyberspace - provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the flamboyant work of a figure who has been variously described as 'one of the most arresting, insightful and scandalous thinkers in recent memory', 'the Giant of Ljubljana ... the best intellectual high since Anti-Oedipus'. His work is an extraordinary mix of Hegel and Hitchcock, Schelling and science fiction, Kant and courtly love, Stalin and Stephen King, all of which is strongly seasoned with Lacanian psychoanalysis. | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 332 | 8.9 x 6.4 x 1.0 inches | ||||||||
| E902 .Z49 2002 | Zizek, Slavoj | Welcome to the Desert of the Real: Five Essays on September 11 and Related Dates | 1-85984-421-9 | Paperback | N | N | Verso | October 1, 2002 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | History : Americas : United States : 21st Century | N | $10.30 | Book Description In the months after September 11, titles like 'The End of the Age of Irony' abound in our media. Liberals and conservatives proclaim the end of the American holiday from history. Now the easy games are over; one should take sides. Zizek argues this is precisely the temptation to be resisted. In such moments of apparently clear choices, the real alternatives are most hidden. Welcome to the Desert of the Real steps back, complicating the choices imposed on us. It proposes that global capitalism is fundamentalist and that America was complicit in the rise of Muslim fundamentalism. It points to our dreaming about the catastrophe in numerous disaster movies before it happened, and explores the irony that the tragedy has been used to legitimize torture. Last but not least it analyses the fiasco of the predominant leftist response to the events. About the series: Appearing on the first anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, these series of books from Verso present analyses of the United States, the media, and the events surrounding September 11 by Europe's most stimulating and provocative philosophers. Probing beneath the level of TV commentary, political and cultural orthodoxies, and 'rent-a-quote' punditry, Baudrillard, Virilio, and Zizek offer three highly original and readable accounts that serve as fascinating introductions to the direction of their respective projects, and as insightful critiques of the unfolding events. This series seeks to comprehend the philosophical meaning of September 11 and will leave untouched none of the prevailing views currently propagated. | 2005-04-25 | Amazon | 2005-04-25 | 96 | 8.2 x 4.4 x 0.5 inches | ||||||||
| JA83.M265 | Zizek, Slavoj (Editor) | Mapping Ideology (Mapping) | 1-85984-055-8 | Paperback | N | N | Verso | January, 1995 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Nonfiction : Politics : General | London ; New York | N | $22.00 | ABOUT THE BOOK Mapping Ideology | 2005-10-08 | Amazon | 320 20 | 2005-10-08 | Mapping Series | 288 | Political science -- History, Right and left (Political science) -- History, Ideology -- History | 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.0 inches | ||||
| PQ2510.A1 1993 | Zola, Emile | Nana [French] | 2-87714-158-6 | Paperback | N | N | Distribooks | January 1999 | 1 | 4.5 Stars | Foreign Language Books : French : All French Books | N | $3.90 | From Library Journal This rather risque novel?for 1880 that is?tells the story of ruthless protagonist Nana's rise from the gutter to the height of Parisian society. The book's heavy allusion to sexual favors caused it to be denounced as pornography upon publication, which, of course, made it a big hit. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Book Description Nana opens in 1867, the year of the World Fair, when Paris, thronged by a cosmopolitan elite, was a perfect target for Zola's scathing denunciation of hypocrisy and fin-de-si`ecle moral corruption. In this new translation, the fate of Nana--the Helen of Troy of the second Empire, and daughter of the laundress in L'Assommoir--is now rendered in racy, stylish English. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 1970-04-14 | World Classics Ser. | 413 | 7.0 x 4.4 x 1.1 inches | |||||||
| PN4151.Z8513 | Zumthor, Paul | Oral Poetry: An Introduction (Theory and History of Literature) | 0-8166-1725-2 | Paperback | N | N | University of Minnesota Press | August 1990 | 1 | 4.0 Stars | Arts & Photography : Performing Arts : General | Minneapolis | N | $24.00 | Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. | 1970-04-14 | Amazon | 801/.951 20 | 1990 | 1970-04-14 | Theory and History of Literature Series | 264 | Oral interpretation of poetry, Oral tradition, Oral-formulaic analysis, Narration (Rhetoric), Poetry -- History and criticism | 9.0 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches |