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A Sense of Place: The Life and Work of Forrest Shreve

Bowers, Janice Emily
A Sense of Place: The Life and Work of Forrest Shreve
Forrest Shreve (1878-1950) was an internationally known plant ecologist who spent most of his career at the Carnegie Institution's Desert Laboratory in Tucson, Arizona. Shreve's contributions to the study of plant ecology laid the groundwork for modern studies and several of his works came to be regarded as classics by ecologists worldwide. This first full-length study of Shreve's life and work demonstrates that he was more than a desert ecolo...

CHF 42.90

The Pimp

Slim, Iceberg
The Pimp
Iceberg Slim, aka Robert Beck, was born in Chicago in 1918 and was initiated into the life of the pimp at age 18. He briefly attended the Tuskegee Institute but dropped out to return to the streets of the South Side, where he remained, pimping until he was 42.

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Whigs and Liberals: Continuity and Change in English Poli...

Burrow, J. W.
Whigs and Liberals: Continuity and Change in English Political Thought
This is an analysis of English political thought in the 18th and 19th centuries, organized around the concept of a Whig tradition. Arguing that the study of 19th-century liberal thought has taken too little account of its 18th-century antecedents, Burrow considers the central ideas of Liberalism and how they evolved from the early 18th to the late 19th century, and examines the main points of continuity, analogy, and difference in the progress...

CHF 200.00

A History of Macedonia: Volume III: 336-167 B.C

Hammond, N. G. L. / Walbank, F. W.
A History of Macedonia: Volume III: 336-167 B.C
The history of Macedonia--the most remarkable of all monarchic states--is here presented from the death of Philip II through the state's loss of independence in 167 B.C. Recent discoveries about Macedonian arts and institutions have aided the authors in recounting the impact of Alexander's career, the civil war between the generals, and the final phase of Macedonian history, the wars with Rome.

CHF 562.00

Against the Bomb: The British Peace Movement, 1958-1965

Taylor, Richard
Against the Bomb: The British Peace Movement, 1958-1965
One of the largest, and arguably one of the most significant, extra-parliamentary movements ever seen in modern Britain was the nuclear disarmament movement of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Comprising anarchists, communists, and Trotskyists, as well as Christians, liberals, and members of the Labour Party, the movement provided its members with a means to articulate their growing fear and anxiety about the seemingly inexorable arms race and ...

CHF 290.00

The Premature Reformation

Hudson, Anne
The Premature Reformation
This is the most complete account yet of Lollardy, the medieval English heretical movement derived from the ideas of John Wyclif that anticipated many of the ideas and demands of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century reformers and Puritans. Considering new evidence--such as texts composed or assembled by adherents of Lollardy, episcopal records, chronicles, and tracts written against Wyclif and his followers--Hudson offers an exceptionally cohere...

CHF 320.00

The Works of George Farquhar: Volume II

Farquhar, George / Kenny, Shirley Strum
The Works of George Farquhar: Volume II
George Farquhar (1678-1707) was perhaps the best, and certainly the most popular, playwright to appear at the turn of the 18th century. He captivated audiences with his lively good-natured comedies, and romanced the leading actresses and female playwrights. In addition to his eight plays, he wrote many poems, letters, an epic, and a miscellany--all before his untimely death at less than thirty. Shirley Strum Kenny has provided the first schola...

CHF 171.00

Transcendental Style in Film

Schrader, Paul
Transcendental Style in Film
The acclaimed director of Mishima, American Gigolo, Hard Core, Blue Collar, Cat People also the screenwriter for Taxi Driver, Paul Schrader here analyzes the film style of three great directors--Yasaji

CHF 26.50

Aboriginal Frontiers and Boundaries in Australia

Davis, S. L. / Prescott, J. R. V.
Aboriginal Frontiers and Boundaries in Australia
Before the coming of Europeans, Aboriginal communities lived within territories defined by complex ritual cycles of song, dance, symbol and ceremony. Knowledge of these boundaries and frontiers was in the keeping of senior custodians. In traditional communities, this continues to be the situation.Today, white Australians belatedly acknowledge Aboriginal land rights and the special significance of sacred sites. This makes an understanding of th...

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