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- catalog abstract "Reports on the ineffectiveness of many drugs, with ratings of different brand-name products and suggestions for simple and inexpensive substitutes.".
- catalog abstract "Dictionary of generic and common names of fungi and lichens. Also includes biographical notes on outstanding mycologists and lichenologists. 1st ed., 1943; 6th ed., 1971.".
- catalog abstract "" ... The remarkable [life of] Jeanne Robert Foster (1879-1970). Born in poverty in the Adirondacks, as a young woman she emerged in the center of the literary and artistic circles of her day, an associate of Ford Madox Ford, James Joyce, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, and the Yeatses, father and son. Adirondack Portraits gives us a glimpse into the early life of Jeanne and some of the influences that helped her step from a harsh physical existence into the unforgettable world of New York, Paris, and London in the 1920s."--Back cover.".
- catalog abstract "Profiles one of the most extraordinary writers of the twentieth century, from his birth in Missouri in 1902, through his journeys around the world to the winter of 1941, providing insights into his political views.".
- catalog abstract "A construction worker named Libertini Faussone and the writer-chemist narrator swap stories of their adventures.".
- catalog abstract "A biography of Albert Einstein, told through various scientific and technical correspondences, including those with Michele Besso. Pais discusses the world of physics before Einstein, during Einstein's time and the impact on the scientific world after his death.".
- catalog abstract "Ten stories of Jewish small-town life in Russia in the 1920s.".
- catalog abstract "Contains a selection of poems from three earlier books: "A Street in Bronzeville," "Annie Allen," and "The Bean Eaters" as well as some new selections.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of critical essays on Kafka and his work arranged in chronological order of publication.".
- catalog abstract "Eleven previously published critical essays on the works of the satirical eighteenth-century English poet.".
- catalog abstract "Sixteen critical essays on the Elizabethan poet and his works.".
- catalog abstract "The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad in America. As an economic historian, Stover tells the history of the B&O from its beginnings in 1928, and through the dark times of this country's economic growth and downswings. He examines the programs undertaken by the company throughout its history to improve its lines, equipment, and service.".
- catalog abstract "Nineteen critical essays on the Irish writer and his works.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of critical essays on major sixteenth and seventeenth-century English dramatists and their works.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of critical essays on Marlowe and his works. Also includes a chronology of his life.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of critical essays on Williams and his works. Also includes a chronology of events in his life.".
- catalog abstract ""An ambitious work, and Maria Edgeworth's most commercially successful novel, Patronage is an astute and humorous portrayal of the British class system and the different ways in which men and women make their way in the world. Written in 1814, this magnificent novel is not only a comedy of manners but also a meditation on the concept of "patronage", both financial and sexual. The plot revolves around two families--the Percys and the Falconers--whose fortunes mirror and contrast each other. The Falconers accept patronage from Lord Oldborough but by the end of the book it is the Percys who are perceived as possessing the greater moral worth and wealth by dint of their own efforts."--Back cover.".
- catalog abstract "Contributed articles on socioeconomic inequalities in Indian society; memorial volume issued on the first death anniversary of Alfred de Souza, 1930-1984, social activist.".
- catalog abstract "Verse work on the glory of Ekāmra Kṣetra (Bhubaneswar, India); a Shaivite upapurana.".
- catalog abstract ""Set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II, this is the story of a Selina Boyce, the daughter of Barbadian immigrants. She is caught between the struggles of her hard-working, ambitious mother, who wnats to "buy house" and educate her daughters, and her father, who longs to return to the land in Barbados. Selina seeks to define her own identity and values as she struggles to surmount the racism and poverty that surround her."--Page 4 of cover.".
- catalog abstract ""Based on the paper read on selected aspects of this vast theme.".".
- catalog abstract "No New York City name was better known than Franklin Pierce Adams, no printed space more coveted than the top of his column, "The Conning Tower." The column appeared consecutively from 1904-1937. No other by-line before or since has matched that record of thirty-three straight years; F.P.A. was the Lou Gehrig of newspaper columnists, and while his column at its height was syndicated in only six papers, everybody read it. - p. 12.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of eight plays by Pulitzer prize-winning author Sam Shepard.".
- catalog abstract "Socioeconomic condition of Pondicherry during the 18th century.".
- catalog abstract ""A bibliographical survey".".
- catalog abstract ""A collection of papers delivered (and discussed) at a conference sponsored by the University of Washington Law School in August 1968."".
- catalog abstract "An authentic autobiographical account of slave life in the South from the 1820s to the 1840s. To escape sexual exploitation by her master, Brent ran away and hid in an attic crawl space that became her home for seven years of unbelievable physical hardship.".
- catalog abstract "Thirteen critical essays on Virgil and his works.".
- catalog abstract "Provides a representative selection of critical essays on the work of the Northern Irish poet.".
- catalog abstract "A collection of critical essays examine various aspects of the works of Homer.".
- catalog abstract "Socio-political developments from 1947 to 1971.".
- catalog abstract "This book is a collective biography of the best and brightest men in government and their foreign policies which dominate our actions to this day. It includes data on World War II diplomacy, the Cold War, Communist containment, the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, Kennedy and Johnson diplomacy, and Vietnam War diplomacy. A blend of personal biography and public drama, it introduces the original best and brightest, leaders whose outsized personalities and actions brought order to postwar chaos: Averell Harriman, the freewheeling diplomat and Roosevelt's special envoy to Churchill and Stalin; Dean Acheson, the secretary of state who was more responsible for the Truman Doctrine than Truman and for the Marshall Plan than General Marshall; George Kennan, self-cast outsider and intellectual darling of the Washington elite; Robert Lovett, assistant secretary of war, undersecretary of state, and secretary of defense throughout the formative years of the Cold War; John McCloy, one of the nation's most influential private citizens; and Charles Bohlen, adroit diplomat and ambassador to the Soviet Union.".
- catalog abstract "For review see: Dennis Conway, in Caribbean Review, vol. 16, no. 2 (1988); p. 50-51; H.E. Lamur, in Boletin de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe; 44 (junio de 1988); p. 90; P.C. Verton, in Bijdragen tot de taal-, land en volkenkunde, vol. 144, no. 2/3 (1988); p. 375-377; Elizabeth M. Thomas-Hope, in Journal of Latin American Studies, vol. 20, part 2 (November 1988); p. 517-518; Montalban, no. 19 (1987); p. 343-344.".
- catalog abstract "In his brief career -- he died at 32 -- Frank Norris introduced fresh and sometimes shocking elements into American fiction. Inspired by the naturalistic "new novel" developed in France by Zola and Flaubert, he adapted it to American settings, adding his own taste for exciting action and a fascination with the emerging sciences of economics and psychology. Vandover and the brute, set in a vividly described San Francisco, captures with harsh realism the dissipation and decline of a fashionable playboy into virtual bestiality. McTeague (source for Erich von Stroheim's classic film Greed) was a radical departure for its time in its frank treatment of sex, domestic violence and pathological obsession, revealing the dark underside of San Francisco's new middle class. The octopus depicts the epic struggle of strong, ruthless California ranchers with the railroad monopoly and its political machine. Twenty-two essays address theories of literature, the state of American fiction, and the social responsibilities of the artist. The New York Times said, "An opportunity to read, or re-read, in an authentic new edition, the work of one of the trailblazers in American literature.".
- catalog abstract "The edition of Whitman's poems as they were first published is accompanied by an in-depth introduction.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses the history, culture, and religion of the Japanese, factors encouraging their emigration, and their acceptance as an ethnic group in North America.".
- catalog abstract "In 1870 the Lone Eaters, a small band of Pikuni (or Blackfeet) Indians, are living in the Two Medicine Territory of Montana. The extinction of the Pikuni way of life is ominously in sight. Only the form of that end is in question.".
- catalog abstract "A novel about friendship, togetherness, and lonliness. The relationship between a man pining away for his lover and that woman's life after their relationship.".
- catalog abstract "Papers presented at seminars and symposia organized by the Indian Institute of Hill Economy, Darjeeling.".
- catalog abstract "Gathers into one volume what she has said and written about her life, her work, her faith, and the spiritual joy she has found.".
- catalog abstract "Describes the career of rock singer Tina Turner, a farmer's daughter from Tennessee, who burst upon the music scene in the 1960s and swept the 1985 Grammy Awards with her album "Private Dancer."".
- catalog abstract "Contributed articles.".
- catalog abstract "One short story and several dozen poems about life in post-World War II Transcarpathia.".
- catalog abstract ""Haiti's senior political historian adds a new volume to his history of Haiti, as it can be reconstituted from the press. Volume focuses on years surrounding the US intervention, stressing particularly the weakness of the state as epitomized by General Nord-Alexis' defeat of the democratic forces that rallied around Joseph-Anténor Firmin in 1902. Nine years later Nord-Alexis himself would be replaced by another military figure"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/".
- catalog abstract "Supercommentary on Prauḍhamanoramā, autocommentary of Siddhāntakaumudī, by Bhaṭṭojī Dīkṣita.".
- catalog abstract "This new study of 'Prison life' places the work and these two years in proper perspective. Davis was imprisoned and Craven was assigned to be his physician, not much more than that should be accepted as fact. This edition reproduces Davis's annotations and comments from his personal copy, along with editorial notes and explanations. It also provides a clear, objective description of Davis's life at Fort Monroe, based on evidence and Davis's own letters from prison.".
- catalog abstract "MORE THAN 650 PHOTOGRAPHS OF ITEMS FROM THE AUTHOR'S EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF GWTW MEMORABILIA.".
- catalog abstract "Study on Sanskrit dramaturgy; with select examples from Sanskrit plays.".
- catalog abstract "Verse work on exploits of Rama, Hindu deity; includes autocommentary.".
- catalog abstract ""Prepared under a Cooperative Agreement to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Number 86-MC-CX-K003, from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice." "A program of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, February, 1986"--Cover.".
- catalog abstract ""This new study examines how religious authority was distributed in early Islam. It argues the case that, as in Shi'ism, it was concentrated in the head of state, rather than dispersed among learned laymen as in Sunnism. Originally the caliph was both head of state and ultimate source of religious law; the Sunni pattern represents the outcome of a conflict between the caliph and early scholars who, as spokesmen of the community, assumed religious leadership for themselves. Many Islamicists have assumed the Shi'ite concept of the imamate to be a deviant development. In contrast, this book argues that it is an archaism preserving the concept of religious authority with which all Muslims began." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam031/85026992.html.".
- catalog abstract ""Beauty Secrets" explores the links between appearance, gender and sexuality; it empowers women to share the secrets of their relationship to imposed standards of beauty showing how women are constantly required to 'pass' by wrapping their 'unacceptable' and 'undisguised' selves in layers of conformity to acceptable beauty standards. -- back cover.".
- catalog abstract ""An erotic novel of discipline, love and surrender, for the enjoyment of men and women."".
- catalog abstract "The Texas experience spreads before you, a panorama of adventure and diversity. No single aspect can capture it, for Texas is the whole of it.".
- catalog abstract ""This double issue in the ICA Documents series brings together material which grew out of a major conference held in 1985 on the philosophical dimensions of the postmodernist debate, and three autumn seminars from our French Thinkers series ..."--Ed. note.".
- catalog abstract "A study of Middlesborough, Stockton-on-Tees, and Darlington.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses the German emigration from the homeland to the settlement in the Texas Hill country.".
- catalog abstract "No writer of Texas lore is better known than Frank X. Tolbert. He wrote of the Texas that he loved and shared enough for us to feel the same way.".
- catalog abstract "Covers 103 historic engineering sites.".
- catalog abstract "When D Burns arrived at the mighty Pitchfork Ranch as the new manager in 1942, he walked straight into the hostility of a lot of long-time hands who did not much cotton to the idea of taking orders from an outsider. Gradually, though, D and his wife, Mamie, won allies and made a place for themselves on the historic spread. For the next twenty-three years Mamie jotted down stories about the cowhands, the cooks and gardeners at the Big House, the many guests, and her own lively family. Her stories reveal life as it was lived on an isolated ranch during the war years and the years of change that followed. The Pitchfork is one of Texas' largest and oldest ranches. Its Hereford cattle graze the short grasses of the big pasture part of the state, eighty miles east of Lubbock and a hundred miles north of Abilene.".
- catalog abstract "Maps, illustrations, and text help chronicle the everyday lives of Texas plantation residents in the 1800s.".
- catalog abstract ""Historian, sociologist, novelist, editor, and political activist, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was the most gifted and influential black intellectual of his time. This Library of America volume presents his essential writings, covering the full span of a restless life dedicated to the struggle for racial justice."--The publisher's website.".
- catalog abstract "Popular history has not venerated Eduard Harkort as a hero of either Santa Anna's 1832 uprising in Mexico or the Texas Revolution against that erstwhile revolutionary-turned-dictator. The journal of Harkort, a middle-class German mining engineer, written down during his two years of fighting and imprisonment in Mexico, reveals the activities and feelings of a brave and multitalented man who withdrew from nineteenth-century corporate life and ultimately found himself in battle, before a firing squad, and in prison.".
- catalog abstract "The paradigm of the ideal and real model that anthropologists apply cross-culturally can be used to analyze the discipline itself. The ideal model of anthropology is one which is non-ethnocentric, comparative and, by implication, free of gender bias. The reality of anthropological study reflects an androcentrism which is observed in the treatment of female anthropologists by the discipline, in the collection of anthropological data, and in the analysis of ethnographic material. A feminist approach in the research setting and the classroom enables anthropologists and anthropology to overcome this inherent inconsistency in traditional anthropological thought and to approximate more closely the ideal model of anthropology.".
- catalog abstract "For review see: Rosemarijn Hoefte, in Boletin de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe, 45 (deciembre de 1988); p. 124.".
- catalog abstract "This is an extremely useful book which one returns to again and again as a reference work. Its scope is the broadest, taking in every aspect of Indian life as the early explorers and colonists found it, from personal appearance and characteristics to diet and agriculture, social organization, and intertribal relations ...".
- catalog abstract "Vols. for 1987- contain proceedings of the 5th- International Conferences of Archaeozoology.".
- catalog abstract "Examines the work of four female artists of the nineteenth century: Berthe Morisot, Marie Bracquemond, Eva Gonzales, and Mary Cassatt.".
- catalog abstract "Hindu mythological text on the life of Krishna, Hindu deity; appendix to the Mahābhārata.".
- catalog abstract "Festschrift honoring Prof. D.K. (Dhirendra Kishore) Chakravarti, b. 1902, Indian geologist.".
- catalog abstract "English section has title: Delinquency and society.".
- catalog abstract "The importance of native American realism is traced through a study of the evolution of dramatic theory from the early 1890s through World War I and the uniquely American innovations in realistic drama between world wars.".
- catalog abstract "Comment Foucault définit-il "voir" et "parler", de manière à constituer une nouvelle compréhension du Savoir? Quʹest-ce quʹun "énoncé", à cet égard, dans sa différence avec les mots, les phrases et les propositions? Comment Foucault détermine-t-il les rapports de forces, de manière à constituer une nouvelle conception du Pouvoir? Pourquoi faut-il un troisième axe, qui permette de "franchir la ligne"? Quelle est cette Ligne du Dehors toujours invoquée par Foucault? Quel en est le sens politique, littéraire, philosophique? En quoi la "mort de lʹhomme" est-elle un évènement qui nʹest ni triste ni catastrophique, mais une mutation dans les choses et la pensée? Ce livre se propose dʹanalyser ces questions et réponses de Foucault, qui forment une des plus grandes philosophies du XXe siècle, ouvrant un avenir du langage et de la vie. -- Back cover.".
- catalog abstract "Papers presented at a seminar on "Rural energy crisis," Bangalore, January 23-24, 1985.".
- catalog abstract "Describes and analyses the attitudes and techniques which English judges adopt or ought to adopt when confronted with problems arising from the conduct of foreign policy by the executive.".
- catalog abstract "With a pajama-clad President Reagan refusing to leave the White House on his successor's Inauguration Day, Buckley has given this farce of Oval Office politics a nearly perfect beginning. Parodying the familiar form of the White House memoir, Buckley recounts the turbulent years of the Democratic Tucker administration, as told by loyalist Herbert Wadlough. Through this former accountant's eyes, we see the in fighting that plagues the White House, the President's faltering marriage to a former starlet, and his ongoing crises.".
- catalog abstract ""Notas bibliográficas" and "Bibliografía" included.".
- catalog abstract "Discusses the impact that mathematics and computers have on our intellectual and emotional lives.".
- catalog abstract "Looks at how scientists have tested Einstein's theory during the past seventy years, and demonstrates how this theory is crucial to understanding such features of the universe as pulsars, quasars, and black holes.".
- catalog abstract "The author recounts her life as a young girl raised by deaf parents, in a memoir that reflects on how parents grow and how children learn.".
- catalog abstract "Assessment of Scandinavian preparedness to resist Soviet invasion. Covers intelligence, espionage, electronic, political aspects; disarmament, technology transfer, military exercises; and the strategy of the NATO and Warsaw Pact forces.".
- catalog abstract "In Aristophanes' most popular play, sex is a powerful agent of reconciliation. As war ravages ancient Greece, a band of women, led by Lysistrata, promise to deny their husbands all sex until they stop fighting. This volume of Lysistrata brings the play up to date with modern scholarship, providing an account of its history and containing new information about the comic theater and its social and political context. Lysistrata not only brims with topical references to social life, religion, and politics in classical Athens; it is also one of the best sources for information on the life of women in antiquity, offering a unique glimpse of their everyday life.".
- catalog abstract "One chapter is devoted to her life, and the other chapters each emphasize a subject of thematic and aesthetic importance and two or three of her fictional works.".
- catalog abstract ""In the winter of 1984, an extraordinary series of events brought two remarkable libel suits to trial in neighboring courtrooms in Manhattan, and in doing so brought into almost astrological configuration three of America's most powerful establishments; military, legal and journalistic. In both courtrooms, a renowned general was suing a media giant for libel: William Westmoreland contended that he had been libeled in a CBS documentary that claimed he had led a "conspiracy at the highest levels" to conceal crucial estimates about enemy troop strength in Vietnam; and Israel's Ariel Sharon was suing Time for having published a story claiming that Sharon had discussed the need to take "revenge" with Lebanese Christian leaders just before a Phalangist massacre of Palestinians during the Lebanese War. To complete the paralleled, both CBS and Time were defended by the same aggressive New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore. With an unmatched eye for the telling or damning detail, and with an unprecedented understanding of the way in which important trials are shaped not simply by what goes on in the courtroom but by the long and opaque process of deposition and discovery before the trial, Adler draws a portrait of lawyers, generals and journalists worthy of Daumier or Dickens."--Jacket.".
- catalog abstract "The story of a squadron of young American flyers stationed in England during World War II and their plane, a B-17F Flying Fortress, called the "Paper Doll."".
- catalog abstract "Examines the political theories of James Madison, describes the forces that shaped the Constitution, and looks at Madison's role in forming a new government.".
- catalog abstract "The story of Chauncey Gardiner - Chance, an enigmatic but distinguished man who emerges from nowhere to become an heir to the throne of a Wall Street tycoon, a presidential policy adviser, and a media icon. Truly "a man without qualities," Chance's straightforward responses to popular concerns are heralded as visionary. But though everyone is quoting him, no one is sure what he's really saying. And filling in the blanks in his background proves impossible. Being There is a brilliantly satiric look at the unreality of American media culture that is, if anything, more trenchant now than ever.".
- catalog abstract "The acclaimed biographer recreates her own life, from her days at Oxford through her proximity to the core of English politics and letters.".
- catalog abstract "The chairman of the Sony Corporation discusses the rise of Sony, his extraordinary career as a businessman, and his views on the United States, Japan, and the world economy.".
- catalog abstract "A critical history of the life and works of the once prolific and popular writer of poetry and prose, Amy Lowell.".
- catalog abstract "A study of both the personality and contributions of the French philosopher, historian, scientist, and writer.".
- catalog abstract "Exciting changes in American life and business between now and the year 2000.".
- catalog abstract ""... This is a study which examines the part which Irish people have played in Methodism's world outreach up to the end of the nineteenth century ... Material is presented in biographical and thematic form." --Preface.".
- catalog abstract "Thomas Edison -- King Gilette -- Adolph Zukor -- Mary Kay Ash -- Frederick Weyerhaeuser -- Frank Purdue -- John D. Rockefeller -- De Witt Clinton -- J.P. Morgan -- Alfred P. Sloan -- Samuel Colt -- Andrew Carnegie -- Henry Ford -- P.T. Barnum -- A.T. Stewart -- Montgomery Ward -- Samuel F.B. Morse -- David Sarnoff.".
- catalog abstract "A dandelion in the garden of an autocratic rose-fancier triumphs over the threat of extinction.".
- catalog abstract "Loneliness and spiritual growth is an absorbing book showing how loneliness can directly lead to deeper personal and spiritual growth. This illuminating volume examines the principle forms of loneliness and also eight major theories on the nature and structure of loneliness. It gives specific concrete techniques to help persons use their own loneliness to improve the quality and power of their spiritual lives.".
- catalog abstract "Would reducing the federal budget deficit improve the trade balance? Does a move toward fixed exchange rates make sense when efforts to control budget deficits are under way? Can the United States conduct tax and budget policy without paying attention to its implications for the rest of the world? In two essays, John Makin traces the unusual path of U.S. fiscal policy in the first half of the 1980s. He finds lessons helpful to businesses and policymakers as the world economy becomes more interdependent and the international competition more intense. His major conclusion is that fiscal policy is a more potent countercyclival tool than monetary policy under flexible exchange rates. Stabilizing exchange rates would therefore require active coordination of fiscal policies as well as monetary coordination.".
- catalog abstract "In this biography about Dwight D. Eisenhower, Piers Brendon reveals how his impact upon the course of the western world is still being calculated. Witty and morally penetrating, Ike is an account of a man and an era that have put a profound stamp on our present and on our future.--[book jacket].".
- catalog abstract "Summer Soldiers is the story of a diverse group of some 3,315 men who could not withstand the hardships and pressures of what seemed like a hopeless enterprise, and ultimately found themselves before a military court-martial.".
- catalog abstract "An account of the early years of Plymouth Colony, told in part in the words of the settlers, with appendices reproducing original documents and biographical sketches.".