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Edité par Elephant Paperbacks/Ivan R. Dee, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, 1989
ISBN 10 : 0929587073ISBN 13 : 9780929587073
Vendeur : Walther's Books, Hopkins, MN, Etats-Unis
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Trade Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Reprint. This book is unmarked, square, and tight with normal reading wear.
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Edité par Ivan R Dee, Inc, United States, Chicago, 2009
ISBN 10 : 1566638259ISBN 13 : 9781566638258
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. In 1769 two ships set out independently in search of a missing continent: a French merchant ship, the St. Jean-Baptiste, commanded by Jean de Surville, and a small British naval vessel, the Endeavour, commanded by Captain James Cook. That Christmas, in New Zealand waters, the two captains were almost within sight of each other, though neither knew of the other's existence. This is the stirring tale of these rival ships and the men who sailed in them. Cook's first long voyage was one of the most remarkable in recorded history. He not only sailed around the world, following the most difficult route any navigator had ever attempted; he also changed the maps of the world. In heavy seas he made a more thorough search for the missing continent-believed to lie somewhere between New Zealand and South America-than had ever been made. He was the first to explore most of the New Zealand coast and a vast stretch of the east coast of Australia, and the first to explore the longest reef in the world, the Great Barrier Reef. In Jakarta and Cape Town, and in the seas between them, Cook lost a third of his crew to tropical illnesses, after earlier saving them from scurvy. The ship in which he circled the world was not much larger in area than a tennis court. Along with the de Surville vessel, the sea was an arena of international rivalry, for during his voyage Cook encountered Dutch, Spanish, French, and Portuguese competitors and suspicions. Geoffrey Blainey brings his marvelous storytelling powers to bear on this fascinating and important adventure, drawing us brilliantly into the lives of the major figures. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Edité par Ivan R Dee, Inc, United States, Chicago, 1999
ISBN 10 : 1566632714ISBN 13 : 9781566632713
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Filip Muller came to Auschwitz with one of the earliest transports from Slovakia in April 1942 and began working in the gassing installations and crematoria in May. He was still alive when the gassings ceased in November 1944. He saw millions come and disappear; by sheer luck he survived. Muller is neither a historian nor a psychologist; he is a sourceone of the few prisoners who saw the Jewish people die and lived to tell about it. Eyewitness Auschwitz is one of the key documents of the Holocaust. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Edité par Ivan R. Dee, Inc., Chicago, 1992
ISBN 10 : 1566630010ISBN 13 : 9781566630016
Vendeur : LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st. xii, 369 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First American Edition. Dust jacket lightly soiled, with a creased back flap. "'She was,' George Bernard Shaw wrote, 'a great citizen, a great civilizer, and a great investigator.' For many she represented the triumph of the independent Englishwoman, for others little more than a heroic failure. But whatever responses Beatrice Webb provoked in her unusual life, she could scarcely be ignored. In this fine and sensitive new biography, Carole Seymour-Jones uncovers the brilliant and beautiful woman who renounced social position to fight for workers and slum dwellers in late-nineteenth-century London; who chose socialism over love and motherhood when she married Sidney Webb; who with Shaw was a founder of Fabian social reform; and who with her husband applauded Soviet communism in its early years. 'Beatrice's story is a very modern one,' the author writes, because 'it is a story of choices. She reworked the Victorian feminine ideal of the "angel in the house" to follow her own original path as a social investigator [and] she paid a heavy price.' Ms. Seymour-Jones has written an intriguing biography with important reverberations for women in our own time. / Carole Seymour-Jones studied history at Oxford and was first drawn to Beatrice Webb through her diaries and letters, many of which appear for the first time in this book. Ms. Seymour-Jones lives and writes in England." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.
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Edité par Ivan R. Dee, Inc. Publisher, Chicago, 2000
ISBN 10 : 156663315XISBN 13 : 9781566633154
Vendeur : LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : Fine. xiv, 336 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. "A contribution to social history, The Elizabethan Renaissance portrays the life of each class from the Court downwards - nobles, gentry, the middle class, country folk - and their mentality, conscious or unconscious, to which their way of life gave rise, with its folklore and beliefs, customs and sportrait" - Publisher. Size: 8vo.
Edité par Ivan R. Dee, Inc. Publisher, Chicago, 2000
ISBN 10 : 1566633168ISBN 13 : 9781566633161
Vendeur : LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : Fine. xiv, 412 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. "In The Cultural Achievement, Mr. Rowse chronicles the astonishingly rich cultural flowering that marked the reign of Elizabeth I. He brings vividly to life the age's poetry, painting, sculpture, minor arts, and, above all, the tightly knit world of the theatre, in which a community of playwrights and actors worked with and sometimes against each other. He devotes individual chapters to the masters of Elizabethan music: Byrd, Dowland, Weelkes, Gibbons, and their followers, and to the science of the English Renaissance, with discussions of Gilbert's great work on magnetism and Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.
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Edité par Ivan R Dee, Inc, Chicago, 2010
ISBN 10 : 1566638631ISBN 13 : 9781566638630
Vendeur : Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. It's back. Following on the cheers of baseball fans for The Baseball Entertainer, Robert Kuenster has compiled-no, not Son of Baseball Entertainer, but The Baseball Entertainer #2. It's an all-new compendium of challenging quizzes, crossword puzzles, brain teasers, rules challenges, humorous anecdotes, and eye-opening statistical charts-all about baseball and all drawn from more than sixty years of the most popular baseball publication in America, Baseball Digest. You won't find a better leisure-time and take-along book for baseball fans. Tumbling from its pages are the stories of old-time stars like Cobb, Gehrig, Mathewson, and Musial as well as such recent luminaries as Willie Mays, Johnny Bench, Albert Pujols, and Hank Aaron. Trivia buffs will be challenged by questions like: What two players hit five home runs in one World Series? Who is the oldest pitcher (43 years, 59 days) to win a league ERA title? What batter holds the record for most strikeouts (223) in a single season? In a handy paperback format, The Baseball Entertainer #2 is guaranteed pleasure for passengers on planes, trains, and automobiles, and a great little gift any time of year. To the cheers of baseball fans worldwide comes this all-new compendium of challenging quizzes, crossword puzzles, brain teasers, rules challenges, humorous anecdotes, and eye-opening statistical charts-all about baseball and all drawn from more than 60 years of the most popular baseball publication in America, "Baseball Digest." Readers won't find a better leisure-time and take-along book for baseball fans. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Edité par Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, Inc. (1995.), 1995
Vendeur : Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, Etats-Unis
Trade paperback. Looks at the treatment of 5 American classics by academic critics: Hawthrone's The Scarlet Letter, Twain's Huckleberry Finn, Melville's Moby Dick and Billy Budd and James's The Bostonians. 203 pp. with notes and index. Near fine (an unread copy, but with a very short tear to upper edge of front cover.).
Edité par Ivan R. Dee Inc. Publisher, Chicago, Illinois, 1992
ISBN 10 : 0929587979ISBN 13 : 9780929587974
Vendeur : NightsendBooks, Concord, CA, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : Like New. This copy is LIKE NEW; the text is clear, bright, and unmarked; binding is tight, but edges show age. Revised edition of classic work. SIGNED BY AUTHOR with message on fep. The covers are VG: absolutely intact in all ways, including perfect color and design but slight wear on front top and bottom edges. We have a five star rating because of our fulfilment success and because our descriptions are accurate. We ship all books to U.S. buyers with Delivery Confirmation. We guarantee: NO NASTY SURPRISES. Signed by Author(s).
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Edité par Ivan R Dee, Inc, United States, Chicago, 2006
ISBN 10 : 1566636760ISBN 13 : 9781566636766
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. A bumptious narrative history of American newspapermen in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, a time when serious journalism still went hand in hand with relative poverty, good times, and a carefree spirit cultivated by eccentric personalities. An absorbing and delightful book. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Edité par Chicago, Ivan R. Dee, Inc. 1992, 1992
ISBN 10 : 0929587928ISBN 13 : 9780929587929
Vendeur : The Warm Springs Book Company, Fremont, CA, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardback, 1st Edition, Fine in Fine Minus DJ; Jacket has minor soiling to edge of front flap. 0.0 0.0 0.0.
Edité par Ivan R. Dee, Inc.; Elephant Paperbacks, Chicago, 1996
ISBN 10 : 1566631343ISBN 13 : 9781566631341
Vendeur : LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. xviii, 295 pages, [8] leaves of plates, illustrations; 23 cm. EL38. First published, London: Allison & Busby, 1990. Tight, clean copy. Remainder mark/top edge. "More searchingly than any earlier biographer, Philip Callow explores the development of Van Gogh's genius and his emergence as an artist after early struggles to find a vocation, first in the world of art dealing and later as an evangelical missionary among Belgian miners. Using the skills and psychological insights of an accomplished novelist, and drawing upon new Van Gogh materials which have surfaced in the last two decades, Mr. Callow sets a turbulent life story firmly in historical context, including Vincent's desperate attempts to accept his repressive religious upbringing, and his unhappy experiences in love. Here is Van Gogh's life in all its tumult, a portrait of a legend breaking out of the triumph and confusion of nineteenth-century culture--at the same time representing it uniquely. This is perhaps the story of a saint, certainly a hero of art." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.
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Edité par Ivan R. Dee, Inc, Chicago, 1989
ISBN 10 : 0929587154ISBN 13 : 9780929587158
Vendeur : Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. 303p., front., illus., wraps slightly shelf worn else very good condition. An elephant paperback EL5.
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Edité par Ivan R Dee, Inc, Chicago, 2003
ISBN 10 : 1566635055ISBN 13 : 9781566635059
Vendeur : Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. This work is an account of life in the underclass and why it persists as it does, written by a British psychiatrist who treats the poor in a slum hospital and a prison in England. Its insight is that long-term poverty is caused not by economics but by a dysfunctional set of values, one that is continually reinforced by an elite culture searching for victims. It draws upon eye-opening, true-life vignettes that are by turns hilariously funny, chillingly horrifying, and all too revealing - sometimes all at once. A searing account of life in the underclass and why it persists as it does, written by a British psychiatrist. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Edité par Dee (Ivan R.) Inc.,U.S, Chicago, 2000
ISBN 10 : 1566633249ISBN 13 : 9781566633246
Vendeur : Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, Royaume-Uni
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First. 8vo. damp affected D/W. Book.
Edité par Ivan R. Dee, Inc, Chicago, 2001
ISBN 10 : 1566634555ISBN 13 : 9781566634557
Vendeur : Ken Jackson, Calgary, AB, Canada
Livre Edition originale
Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing in trade paperback. 321 pp. Notes, index. Minor crimp on the rear cover, small crease to the bottom corner of the front cover, clean and unmarked. Very Good.
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Edité par Ivan R Dee, Inc, Chicago, 1998
ISBN 10 : 1566632196ISBN 13 : 9781566632195
Vendeur : Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. This first English translation of Trozas, the fourth of TravenAIs legendary Jungle Novels, brings to completion his epic of the birth of the Mexican Revolution. A fine and powerful novel.stark in its drama, steamy in its setting, acidic in its irony, relentless in its narrative thrust.O-Alan Ryan, Washington Post. This first English translation of Trozas, the fourth of Travens legendary Jungle Novels, brings to completion his epic of the birth of the Mexican Revolution. A fine and powerful novel.stark in its drama, steamy in its setting, acidic in its irony, relentless in its narrative thrust.Alan Ryan, Washington Post. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Edité par Ivan R Dee, Inc, Chicago, 2010
ISBN 10 : 1566638518ISBN 13 : 9781566638517
Vendeur : Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. In Not with a Bang But a Whimper, Dalrymple takes the measure of our cultural decline, with special attention to Britain-its bureaucratic muddle, oppressive welfare mentality, and aimless young-all pursued in the name of democracy and freedom. He shows how terrorism and the growing numbers of Muslim minorities have changed our public life. Also here are Mr. Dalrymple's trenchant observations on artists and ideologues, and on the treatment of criminals and the mentally disturbed, his area of medical interest. In Not with a Bang But a Whimper, Dalrymple takes the measure of our cultural decline, with special attention to Britain-its bureaucratic muddle, oppressive welfare mentality, and aimless young-all pursued in the name of democracy and freedom. He shows how terrorism and the gr. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Edité par Ivan R Dee Inc Publisher, Chicago, Illinois, 1995
ISBN 10 : 1566630959ISBN 13 : 9781566630955
Vendeur : funyettabooks, Bloomington, MN, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good+. First Printing. Clean and tight. No creases along the spine. Very little shelfwear. Name on the inside of the front cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Literary Analysis, History.
Edité par Ivan R Dee, Inc, Chicago, 2002
ISBN 10 : 1566634512ISBN 13 : 9781566634519
Vendeur : Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. For 2002 The New Criterion Poetry Prize has been awarded to Adam Kirsch. His melodious verse renders the joys and sorrows of romantic love and the agonizing dialectics of American political history. Mr. Kirsch has already written poems that will endure, and he bids fair to join the ranks of his masters.-Daniel Mark Epstein. For 2002 The New Criterion Poetry Prize has been awarded to Adam Kirsch. "His melodious verse renders the joys and sorrows of romantic love and the agonizing dialectics of American political history. Mr. Kirsch has already written poems that will endure, and he bids fair to join the ranks of his masters."Daniel Mark Epstein. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Edité par Ivan R Dee, Inc, Chicago, 1997
ISBN 10 : 1566631777ISBN 13 : 9781566631778
Vendeur : Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. WorringerAIs classic study argues that in historical periods of anxiety and uncertainty, man seeks to abstract objects from their unpredictable state and transform them into absolute, transcendental forms. With an Introduction by Hilton Kramer. Worringer's classic study argues that in historical periods of anxiety and uncertainty, man seeks to abstract objects from their unpredictable state and transform them into absolute, transcendental forms. With an introduction by Hilton Kramer. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Edité par Ivan R Dee, Inc, Chicago, 2001
ISBN 10 : 1566633966ISBN 13 : 9781566633963
Vendeur : Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Critics have attacked the foolishness of some of today's elite thought from many angles, but few have examined the real-world consequences of those ideas. In The Burden of Bad Ideas, Heather Mac Donald reports on their disastrous effects throughout our society. At a Brooklyn high school, students perfect their graffiti skills for academic credit. An Ivy League law professor urges blacks to steal from their employers. Washington bureaucrats regard theft by drug addicts as evidence of disability, thereby justifying benefits. Public health officials argue that racism and sexism cause women to get AIDS. America's premier monument to knowledge, the Smithsonian Institution, portrays science as white man's religion. Such absurdities, Ms. Mac Donald argues, grow out of a powerful set of ideas that have governed our public policy for decades, the product of university faculties and a professional elite who are convinced that America is a deeply unjust society. And while these beliefs have damaged the nation as a whole, she observes, they have hit the poor especially hard. Her reports trace the transformation of influential opinion-makers (such as the New York Times) and large philanthropic foundations from confident advocates of individual responsibility, opportunity, and learning into apologists for the welfare state. In a series of closely reported stories from the streets of New York to the seats of intellectual power, The Burden of Bad Ideas reveals an upside-down world and how it got that way. One of the best of our urban journalists considers the upside-down world of public policy and the entrenchment of foolish ideas in closely reported stories from the streets of New York to the seats of intellectual power. "Insightful and articulate.entertaining and provocativ. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Edité par Ivan R. Dee, Inc., Publishers, Chicago, 1989
ISBN 10 : 0929587162ISBN 13 : 9780929587165
Vendeur : Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, Etats-Unis
Livre Edition originale
Softcover. Etat : Very Good. First elephant paperback. Very good in wrappers. First Elephant Paperback edition, book has light rub of edges of cover, small indents in front foredges, light red stains on back cover. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Edité par Ivan R Dee, Inc, Chicago, 1989
ISBN 10 : 0929587111ISBN 13 : 9780929587110
Vendeur : Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. A distinguished constitutional historian examines JeffersonAIs record on civil liberties and finds it strikingly wanting. Blunt words and blunt facts.an indispensable book.O -Commentary. A distinguished constitutional historian examines Jeffersons record on civil liberties and finds it strikingly wanting. Blunt words and blunt facts.an indispensable book. Commentary Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Edité par Ivan R Dee, Inc, Chicago, 2004
ISBN 10 : 1566635616ISBN 13 : 9781566635615
Vendeur : Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. A classic study of the Middle East in modern times, analyzing British failures in the region during the zenith of the empire's power and influence. Mr. Kedourie attributes much of Britain's faulty and disastrous handling of Middle East problems to what he calls the Chatham House version, a view propagated by Toynbee and his colleagues. No better guide.can be found to the pitfalls awaiting those who seek to control the Middle East to their own advantage.-Asian Affairs. Kedourie attributes much of Britain's faulty and disastrous handling of Middle East problems to what he calls the 'Chatham House Version'. The episodes that Kedourie investigates show 'successive and cumulative manifestations of illusion, misjudgement, maladroitness and failure'. Together they point to hard lessons for the Bush admin. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Edité par Ivan R. Dee, Inc., Chicago, 1993
ISBN 10 : 1566630134ISBN 13 : 9781566630139
Vendeur : Ken Jackson, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 209 pp. Illustrations, note on sources, index. Light scuffing on front endpaper. Jacket has some minor edgecreasing and rubbing. Near Fine/Very Good.
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Edité par Ivan R Dee, Inc, Chicago, 2005
ISBN 10 : 1566636639ISBN 13 : 9781566636636
Vendeur : Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. Everyone knew him then: Bruce Barton was a cultural icon. Two-thirds of American history textbooks today cite him to illustrate the 1920s adoration of the business mentality that then dominated American culture. Historians quote from his enormous best-seller, The Man Nobody Knows, in which Barton called Jesus the "founder of modern business" who "picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organization that conquered the world." But few know Bruce Barton now: he is the most famous twentieth-century American not to rate a biography. Richard M. Fried's compelling new study captures the full dimensions of Barton's varied and fascinating life. More than a popularizer of the entrepreneurial Jesus, he was a prolific writerof novels, magazine articles, interviews with the mighty, pithy editorials of uplift. He edited a weekly magazine that anticipated the format of Life. Most famously, he co-founded the advertising agency that became Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn and grew to symbolize "Madison Avenue." He made GM and GE household initials. Barton's religious writings, especially The Man Nobody Knows, epitomized modernist religious thought in the twentiesat one point he had two religious books on the best-seller list. As a political spin merchant, he advanced the careers of Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover; his agency scripted later campaigns for Republicans, notably Dwight Eisenhower. Barton himself was twice elected to Congress, ran for the U.S. Senate in 1940, and that year lent his name to FDR's famous mocking litany, "Martin, Barton, and Fish." In Richard M. Fried's illuminating biography, Barton comes to life as a man who often initiated, sometimes followed, and occasionally fought the social and political trends of his timesbut always defined their essential qualities. He can truly be called a key figure in a large territory of the American mind. With 8 pages of black-and-white photographs. Everyone knew him then: Bruce Barton was a cultural icon. Two-thirds of American history textbooks today cite him to illustrate the 1920s adoration of the business mentality that then dominated American culture. Historians quote from his enormous best-seller, The Man Nobody Knows, in which Barton called Jesus the founder of modern business who picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organization that conquered the world. But few know Bruce Barton now: he is the most famous twentieth-century American not to rate a biography. Richard Fried's compelling new study captures the full dimensions of Barton's varied and fascinating life. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Edité par Ivan R Dee, Inc, Chicago, 1997
ISBN 10 : 1566631785ISBN 13 : 9781566631785
Vendeur : Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. It is no longer news that the history of the European past and its role in shaping American cultural life is under severe attack. In virtually every university that offers a liberal arts curriculum, in every arts institution that deals with European classics, in the offices of every publication that engages in intellectual pursuits, the discussion of the past has become the principal battleground for mapping out the future of our culture. In this provocative and insightful collection of essays first published in The New Criterion, ten distinguished critics reflect on the fate of Europes cultural and political legacy as we approach the turn of the century. On subjects ranging from the collapse of communism and its implications for European society, to the study of the classics, to the prospects for serious music and art, these essays offer analyses marked by wit, independence, and commanding intelligence. The contributors include David Pryce-Jones, Anne Applebaum, Roger Scruton, John Gross, Ferdinand Mount, John Herington, Keith Windschuttle, Mark Steyn, Hilton Kramer, and Roger Kimball. The Future of the European Past is a major contribution to the debate over some of the most pressing cultural issues of our time. Ten distinguished observers confront the pervasive attack on the moral and cultural achievements of European civilization, and reflect on the fate of Europes legacy. Caustic and convincing.a thought-provoking collection of essays. Norman Davies, Wall Street Journal. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Edité par Ivan R. Dee, Inc, Chicago, 1998
ISBN 10 : 1566631890ISBN 13 : 9781566631891
Vendeur : Ken Jackson, Calgary, AB, Canada
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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. First edition hardcover in dust jacket. 283 pp. Maps, notes, sources, index. Fine/Fine.
Edité par Ivan R Dee, Inc, Chicago, 2003
ISBN 10 : 1566634857ISBN 13 : 9781566634854
Vendeur : Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, Etats-Unis
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Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. The visionary tradition of spirits, gods, and demons continues to subvert our rational universe, erupting from the shadows in times of intense religious and philosophical transition. In this dazzling history, Patrick Harpur links together fields as far apart as Greek philosophy and depth psychology, Renaissance magic and tribal ritual, Romantic poetry and the ecstasy of the shaman, to trace how societies have used myths to make sense of the world. Linking fields as far apart as Greek philosophy and depth psychology, Renaissance magic and tribal ritual, Romantic poetry and the shaman, this history traces how societies over time have used myths to make sense of the world. It touches on the unconscious, spirit, soul, madness and death. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.