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Research on Composition: Multiple Perspectives on Two Decades of Change (Language and Literacy Series)

Research on Composition: Multiple Perspectives on Two Decades of Change (Language and Literacy Series)


Peter Smagorinsky



Review ''An essential first source for anyone working in the field.'' --Literary Research Guide, May 2008 About the...
The Saudi Royal Family (Major World Leaders)

The Saudi Royal Family (Major World Leaders)


Jennifer Bond Reed



From Reviewed with Colleen Madonna Flood Williams' Yasir Arafat. Gr. 5-8. These two titles in the Major World Leaders se...
Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales: A Short Introduction (Blackwell Introductions to Literature)

Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales: A Short Introduction (Blackwell Introductions to Literature)


John C. Hirsh



Review "This book is a lively, useful guide to beginning readers of the Canterbury Tales. It strikes a good balance betwe...
Sketch for a Self-Analysis

Sketch for a Self-Analysis


Pierre Bourdieu



Review "To what will be a long debate over the meaning and legacy of Bourdieu''s work . . . the Sketch is a useful contri...
The Life of Mozart: Including his Correspondence (Cambridge Library Collection - Music)

The Life of Mozart: Including his Correspondence (Cambridge Library Collection - Music)


Edward Holmes



Book Description This 1845 biography of Mozart by the music journalist Edward Holmes was the first to be published in Eng...
Representing Agrippina: Constructions of Female Power in the Early Roman Empire (American Classical Studies)

Representing Agrippina: Constructions of Female Power in the Early Roman Empire (American Classical Studies)


Judith Ginsburg



Review There is much to be praised here. Kristina Milnor, Barnard College [The editors'] decision to publish the text wi...
A to Z of American Women Leaders and Activists (A to Z of Women)

A to Z of American Women Leaders and Activists (A to Z of Women)




A to Z of American Women Leaders and Activists (A to Z of Women)...
Enlightenment Blues: My Years with an American Guru

Enlightenment Blues: My Years with an American Guru


Andre Van Der Braak



Enlightenment Blues: My Years with an American Guru...
Historical Dictionary of Lesbian Literature (Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts, No. 8)

Historical Dictionary of Lesbian Literature (Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts, No. 8)


Meredith Miller



Review [GLBTQ] programs, and the numerous campuses with GLBTQ courses but as of yet no programs, should welcome such effo...
Wordsworth's Classical Undersong: Education, Rhetoric and Poetic Truth

Wordsworth's Classical Undersong: Education, Rhetoric and Poetic Truth


Richard W. Clancey



Review “Clancey's awkwardly long title actually understates the extraordinary reach of his learned, absorbing, and...
Black Woman's Burden: Commodifying Black Reproduction

Black Woman's Burden: Commodifying Black Reproduction


Nicole Rousseau



Review “A well researched, well written, and historically imperative work that adds racial, political, and economi...
If Only They Could Talk

If Only They Could Talk


James Herriot



Review He can tell a good story against himself, and his pleasure in the beauty of the countryside in which he works is i...
Michael Adams: Development of a Grandmaster

Michael Adams: Development of a Grandmaster


Bill Adams, Michael Adams



Michael Adams: Development of a Grandmaster...
The Personal History of a Bukharan Intellectual: The Diary of Muhammad Sharif-i Sadr-i Ziya (Brill's Inner Asian Library)

The Personal History of a Bukharan Intellectual: The Diary of Muhammad Sharif-i Sadr-i Ziya (Brill's Inner Asian Library)


Edward Allworth, M. Shukurov, R. Shukurov, Sharif Jan Makhdum Sadr Ziya



About the Author Rustam M. Shukurov, Ph.D. (1990), Moscow State University, is Associate Professor of Medieval History at...
David Suzuki: The Autobiography

David Suzuki: The Autobiography


David T. Suzuki



David Suzuki: The Autobiography...
How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom

How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom


Gary Kasparov



Amazon.com Review In his 22-year reign as Grandmaster, Garry Kasparov faced more than a few tough choices under the h...
A Passion For Learning: The Education Of Seven Eminent Americans

A Passion For Learning: The Education Of Seven Eminent Americans


Philip A. Cusick



About the Author Philip A. Cusick is Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Administration at Michigan Stat...
An Islamic Biographical Dictionary Of The Eastern Kazakh Steppe 1770-1912 (Brill's Inner Asian Library)

An Islamic Biographical Dictionary Of The Eastern Kazakh Steppe 1770-1912 (Brill's Inner Asian Library)


Allen J. Frank, Mirkasyim A. Usmanov



An Islamic Biographical Dictionary Of The Eastern Kazakh Steppe 1770-1912 (Brill's Inner Asian Library)...
Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend

Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend


Timothy M. Gay



From Publishers Weekly Tristam "Spoke" Speaker sits, statistically, alongside baseball's greatest sluggers and fielders, ...
Cyril Of Jerusalem: Bishop And City (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae)

Cyril Of Jerusalem: Bishop And City (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae)


Jan Willem Drijvers



Cyril Of Jerusalem: Bishop And City (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae)...
Running with Scissors: A Memoir

Running with Scissors: A Memoir


Augusten Burroughs



Amazon.com Review There is a passage early in Augusten Burroughs's harrowing and highly entertaining memoir, Running with...
British Musical Biography: A Dictionary of Musical Artists, Authors and Composers, born in Britain and its Colonies (Cambridge Library Collection - Music)

British Musical Biography: A Dictionary of Musical Artists, Authors and Composers, born in Britain and its Colonies (Cambridge Library Collection - Music)


James Duff Brown, Stephen S. Stratton



Book Description This alphabetical reference book, first published in 1897, lists over 2,500 famous and lesser-known musi...
Literary History Writing, 1770-1820 (Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print)

Literary History Writing, 1770-1820 (Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print)


April London



About the Author APRIL LONDON is Professor of English at the University of Ottawa, Canada. She is the author of Women and...
Kraftwerk: Man, Machine and Music

Kraftwerk: Man, Machine and Music


Pascal Bussy



From Library Journal A German band invented the sound of humans and machines making love. Formed by Ralf H?tter and Flori...
Forbidden Science - Volume Two revised

Forbidden Science - Volume Two revised


Jacques Vallee



Forbidden Science - Volume Two revised...
Colonial America: Biographies, Volume 2

Colonial America: Biographies, Volume 2


Julie Carnagie, Peggy Saari



Colonial America: Biographies, Volume 2...
Colonial America: Biographies, Volume 1

Colonial America: Biographies, Volume 1


Peggy Saari, Julie L. Carnagie



Colonial America: Biographies, Volume 1...
Notable U.S. Ambassadors Since 1775: A Biographical Dictionary

Notable U.S. Ambassadors Since 1775: A Biographical Dictionary


Cathal J. Nolan



From The 58 historical-biographical profiles in this work reflect the highest representation of American diplomacy. The ...
Major Tudor Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook

Major Tudor Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook


Alan Hager



Review “The subjects range from the familiar and famous, such as Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Thomas More, to the les...
Postcolonial African Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook

Postcolonial African Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook


Pushpa Parekh, Siga Fatima Jagne



Review .,."in general, Postcolonial African Writers: A Bio-Biographical Critical Sourcebook is one of the most welcomed o...