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Bergy's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology (Vol 1)
Manufacturer: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0683041088 |
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The Ganges Delta and Its People (People and Places)
David Cumming Manufacturer: Thomson Learning ProductGroup: Book Binding: School & Library Binding ASIN: 1568471688 |
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George Grosz: Art and Politics in the Weimar Republic
Beth Irwin Lewis Manufacturer: Princeton Univ Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0691002916 |
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George Grosz art and Politics in the Weimar Republic
Beth Irwin Lewis Manufacturer: University of Wisconsin Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000ORIEWA |
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Career Success With Pets: How to Get Started, Get Going, Get Ahead
Kim Barber Manufacturer: Howell Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0876057687 |
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Not comprehensive, but a good overview.......2007-04-09
Not a bad book........2005-03-03
The Incomplete Guide to Career Success with Pets.......1998-08-24
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Spanish New Mexico, the Spanish Colonial Arts Society Collection: Volume 2: Hispanic Arts in the Twentieth Century
Manufacturer: Museum of New Mexico Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000UX8HRA |
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Spanish New Mexico, the Spanish Colonial Arts Society Collection: Volume 2: Hispanic Arts in the Twentieth Century
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Spanish New Mexico: Hispanic Arts in the Twentieth Century
Manufacturer: Museum of New Mexico Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0890133107 |
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Fabulous Flowerbeds: Inspirtion/Planting/Care
Gisela Keil , and Jurgen Becker Manufacturer: Betterway Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1558707336 |
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Flowerbeds are among the most poetic elements in any garden, as they highlight the various moods of the seasons with their shapes, colors and scents.An inspirational guide to how flowerbeds can be integrated for best effect into a garden, Fabulous Flowerbeds uses delightful examples to demonstrate that flowers, roses, shrubs, grasses and ferns are simply the gardener's version of the painter's palette. It includes:
* Over 160 impressive photos to inspire readers
* Examples of plants for all seasons and conditions
* Guidance in making the correct choice to combine plants according to their dominance and height, shape, color and flowering season so that flowerbeds can develop to their full charm and thrive well
Fabulous Flowerbeds describes, with beautiful photographs, how dreams in bloom can come true and that there is room for them in even the smallest of gardens.
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Historical Dictionary of the Druzes (Historical Dictionaries of Peoples and Cultures)
Samy S. Swayd Manufacturer: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0810853329 |
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The Druze & Their Faith in Tawhid (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East)
Anis I. Obeid Manufacturer: Syracuse University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0815630972 |
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An informed and thorough treatment of Druze history and beliefs that helps elucidate this religion's enigmatic religious identity.As a small sect that emerged from Islam over a thousand years ago, the Druze religion and society has long been cloaked in a tradition of secrecy. Veiled from the outside world, the religious tenets have been vulnerable to distortion, misunderstanding, and misrepresentation. In this book Dr. Anis Obeid, a Druze layman, provides a penetrating analysis of Druze scriptures and beliefs (Tawhid). Presenting a chronological narrative of the foundation and development of the faith, he explains the historical conditions and religious rationale behind this closed religion.
The Druze faith is the product of Abrahamic monotheism as it coalesced with other philosophies, belief systems, and political structures of the West and the East and, as Obeid maintains, should be recognized for its core monotheism, and not fundamentally different from Judaism, Christianity, or Islam. He argues convincingly, with examples and translations from the Druze scriptures, only now accessible to a non-initiate public, that Tawhid is a progressive and dynamic spiritual process based on freedom of choice. This rich exploration of their faith, the author's appeal for a sincere cultural dialogue will resonate with a wide audience in the West and in the Middle East.
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The Druze
Robert Brenton Betts Manufacturer: Yale University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0300048106 |
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In the first complete account of the Druze, Robert Brenton Betts provides a general survey of the history, traditions, and society of this secretive Arab sect. Betts, who has spent a great deal of time with the Druze, interweaves his firsthand observations with a wealth of primary and secondary sources, describing not only their thousand-year history but also their political significance in today's Middle East. "A deeply informed, brightly written account of the Druze that will be read with profit by students of Middle East history, politics, religion, and anthropology as well as by everyone with an interest in Lebanon, Syria, and Israel."-Michael C. Hudson, Georgetown University "A broad and exotic historical view."-Jewish ChronicleCustomer Reviews:
The Druze by Betts.......2004-01-04
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The Druzes and the Maronites under the Turkish Rule from 1840 to 1860
Charles Henry Churchill Manufacturer: Adamant Media Corporation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 140219689X Release Date: 2001-03-06 |
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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1862 edition by Bernard Quaritch, London.Customer Reviews:
History, first hand.......2007-02-13
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The Druze in the Middle East: Their Faith, Leadership, Identity and Status
Nissim Dana Manufacturer: Sussex Academic Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 1903900360 |
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Stories and Scenes from Mount Lebanon
Mahmoud Khalil Saab Manufacturer: Saqi Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0863565700 Release Date: 2004-11-04 |
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Originally published in Arabic less than a year after the outbreak of the Lebanese civil war in 1975, this is the first English translation of Mahmoud Khalil Saab's Stories and Scenes from Mount Lebanon. Saab's meticulously narrated stories and accounts of people and events in the "small beautiful country," as he liked to describe his native land, convey the character of life in Lebanon as only someone who experienced it can do. Saab traveled around the country by car to interview people who had lived events or heard of them from their elders. Reading his work, it is clear that his central purpose was to preserve for posterity the narratives he had witnessed and heard during his lifetime, feeling that if they went unrecorded they might be lost forever and with them the values they relate. Anyone with an interest in the values, customs, and heritage of the people of Lebanon, and particularly the Druze, will want to read this book.
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Chiliastische Erwartungen und die Versuchung der Gottlichkeit: D. Kalif al-Hakim (386-411 H.) (Abhandlungen der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse)
Josef van Ess Manufacturer: Winter ProductGroup: Book Binding: Perfect Paperback ASIN: 3533026620 |
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Druze & Jews in Israel: A Shared Destiny?
Zeidan Atashe , and Zeidan Atashi Manufacturer: Sussex Academic Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1898723176 |
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Druze And Jews In Israel: A Shared Destiny?
Zeidan Atashi Manufacturer: Sussex Academic Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1898723389 |
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Druze Faith
Sami N. Makarm Manufacturer: Caravan Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0882060031 |
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Great insight to a "secret" faith.......2007-01-17
What is a Druze?.......2000-08-04
I had found the Druze to be the most hospitable, friendly but fierce fighters during the war. Their devout faith and social customs out-shone the other sects and revealed a people truly content with their faith, culture and postion in life. Happy.
Makarm's book was like a road map to the notion of Druze spiritual development and faith. Very readable and enriching no matter your faith. Worth the time.
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Assata: An Autobiography (Lawrence Hill & Co.)
Assata Shakur Manufacturer: Lawrence Hill Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1556520743 |
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If you are into racism, women issues and simple reading, this book if for you!.......2007-03-23
Eyes opening..........2007-01-10
An Essential Read.......2006-06-24
WOW.......2006-05-16
Must read!.......2006-02-01
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Assata : An Autobiography
Assata Shakur Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0862327571 |
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Autobiography As Activism: Three Black Women of the Sixties
Margo V. Perkins Manufacturer: University Press of Mississippi ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1578062306 |
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Pretty Good.......2000-07-22
An important exploration of activists & biographical writing.......2000-07-04
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Inadmissible Evidence: The Story of the African-American Trial Lawyer Who Defended the Black Liberation Army
Evelyn Williams Manufacturer: Lawrence Hill & Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1556521839 |
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Excerpts from Kirkus Review (11-1-1993)
“Any analysis of the American Black experience demands close attention to both the political and the personal, and this extraordinary memoir by Williams … offers just that, as well as making a noteworthy contribution to recent American legal History.”
“Becoming a Children’s Court probation officer … she contended with the political pressures of placing the children of Ethel and Julus Rosenberg … In the early 70’s, the author took on her most important case, defending her niece, Assata Shakur, “leader” of the Black Liberation Army.”
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Citizen Lord: The Life of Edward Fitzgerald, Irish Revolutionary
Stella Tillyard Manufacturer: Farrar Straus & Giroux ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0374525897 |
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The bicentennial of the failed United Irish uprising against Britain, in 1998, is a fitting time for the publication of a biography of Irish revolutionary Lord Edward Fitzgerald. The distinction between Fitzgerald and his co-rebels is his title. While his compatriots were composed primarily of middle-class barristers and solicitors, Fitzgerald was the son of the most aristocratic of Anglo-Irish families, one which, during the Middle Ages, had essentially ruled all of Ireland. His older brother was Duke of Leinster, his mother, the daughter of one of England's great Whig families. Fitzgerald, himself, began his career in a traditional fashion, joining the British army as a career officer and fighting during the American Revolution at the battle that forced Cornwallis's surrender. After his stint in North America, Fitzgerald returned to Europe where he roomed briefly with Thomas Paine in Paris. At a public dinner celebrating the French victory at Jemappes, he offered a toast to the abolition of all titles and vestiges of feudalism--earning him the designation "le citoyen Edouard Fitzgerald." While in Paris, he met his wife--the illegitimate daughter of the duc d'Orleans and his mistress--who, by virtue of her heritage, represented the dual elements that defined his own life. Shortly after returning to Ireland, Fitzgerald joined up with the already burgeoning revolution and rose quickly through the ranks because of his name and military experience. But the revolutionary ranks were rife with informers and double agents, and on the eve of the planned uprising, Fitzgerald was captured and mortally wounded.Like his previous biographer, Irish Romantic poet Thomas Moore, Stella Tillyard draws liberally from Fitzgerald's correspondence. Through his letters, which she quotes throughout the book, he emerges as a charming, witty, and genuinely affable character. The one failing here is that most of the surviving letters are those he wrote to his mother, so he is somewhat guarded about his politics and related activities, which form the most interesting element of his character. Still, Tillyard does an excellent job of vividly describing the environment in which Fitzgerald moved--evoking a clear sense of her subject and his times. --Jordana Moskowitz
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From personal letters and other sources, Stella Tillyard has re-created the life of a headstrong young aristocrat who died a martyred rebel for the cause of Irish independence. Lord Edward Fitzgerald joined the British army as a teenager, but radical sentiments soon prevailed over loyalty to the Crown. In North America in 1787, he spent time with the Iroquois; back in Europe, he became a disciple of Thomas Paine and joined the Irish underground. Even his love life was political-from his tragic affair with the wife of Richard Brinsley Sheridan to his marriage to the daughter of a French republican. Lord Edward was plotting for Ireland's independence when, as the bloody rebellion of 1798 raged around him, he was mortally wounded by British soldiers.Customer Reviews:
Lyrical History.......2000-05-08
However that should not lead people to think she has a flare for dubious tabloid presentation. She is quite ruthless in ensuring that her facts are correct, and in 'Citizen Lord' she has stripped away many of the romantic layers that have concealed the true story of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. These were myths that had been spread by Lord Edward's family following his death, and have coloured his story since. The stripping away of these layers makes this book no less interesting, indeed the true story still very much romantic and tragic.
A younger son of the first Duke of Leinster and his wife Emily, a daughter of the Duke of Richmond, Lord Edward was born into privelege and influence. Tillyard traces his gradual move from this life, to one of revolutionary in Ireland of 1798 without descending into either pathos or into judgement.
I was first introduced to Tillyard's writing with her first book, 'Aristocrats' which is also available at Amazon. I would recommend this book as also worth reading, and gives marvellous background to 'Citizen Lord' - it is about his mother, Lady Emily Lennox, and her three sisters.
I think Tillyard is a "Must Read!"
Lord Edward, hero and mama's boy.......1998-10-03
So I am grateful for Ms. Tillyard's rendering of the man himself. She gives ample proof of the sweetness of his character, showing how his inborn beauty was nurtured and how it blossomed under the doting care of his formidable and unconventional mother. Their tenderness for each other lights what otherwise is a stark and tragic story. More significantly it gives the lie to the masculinist theory that maternal love weakens and "feminizes" male children. True, young Lord Edward had a "strong male role model"-his tutor, who was also his mother's adulterous lover!-but every step of Mr. Ogilvie's tutelege was directed by the attentive and indulgent Duchess of Leinster. The letters between Lord Edward and the Duchess make lovely reading for any mother concerned with the making of boys into men.
Of course, Ms. Tillyard includes the apparently obligatory expressions of horror about "political violence" a phrase used only in reference to Lord Edward's revolutionary enterprise, not to the ongoing repression and dispossession of the native Irish. Taken against the whole of the book, however, this is only a minor stupidity, one so ubiquitous in books about Ireland published since 1969 that Republican readers can pass over it without undue offense.
The main thing is that Lord Edward Fitzgerald lives on these pages as a beloved and loving human being, worthy of all the praise heaped upon him over the centuries. How often does a shining name in history still shine under close inspection?
Anna Bradley
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Citizen Lord The Life of Edward Fitzgerald Irish Revolutionary
Stella Tillyard Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus & Giroux ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000J0NG7A |
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Citizen Lord The Life of Edward Fitzgerald Irish Revolutionary
Stella Tillyard Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus & Giroux ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000J0PFOM |
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Citizen Lord The Life of Edward Fitzgerald Irish Revolutionary
Stella Tillyard Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus & Giroux ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000J0LDLG |
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CITIZEN LORD: THE LIFE OF EDWARD FITZGERALD, IRISH REVOLUTIONARY
Stella Tillyard Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus And Giroux ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000HHLKRS |
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Citizen Lord: The Life of Edward Fitzgerald, Irish Revolutionary
S K Tillyard Manufacturer: Farrar Straus and Giroux c1998 ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000OO0X72 |
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