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"Represents a new generation of women's writing, one in which personal histories and maternal legacies are reclaimed in the context of a feminist consciousness of the effects of class, race, ethnicity, and sexuality on the individual life ... 'cNaron creates a vivid, moving, and memorable account of life and a person developing in, with, and against the times."'Nancy Porter, CALYX.

• I.A Bugle Strung Sable; XIV. ""A Sanguinary Book""

• *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Introduction, pg. vii*A Small Boy and Others, pg. 1*Notes of a Son and Brother, pg. 237*The Middle Years, pg. 545*Notes, pg. 601*Index, pg. 611.
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Originally written as three complete books, this one-volume edition includes A Small Boy and Others, Notes of a Son and Brother, and The Middle Years. Begun when James was sixty-eight years old, it was written at a time when his great critical mind was actively devoted to the understanding of his existence in its complicated wholeness. The reader will come away from the book with a picture of the man within the novelist--the intimate basis of James's themes and methods. Taking its place beside The Education of Henry Adams and Hawthorne's "The Custom House, " the work is an important contribution to America's autobiographic literature. It is a highly personal account of the great novelist's discovery of Europe and of his artistic vocation, as well as a fascinating story of the life of one of the most remarkable families of the nineteenth century, the members of which experienced, in James's own words, "the classic years of the great Americano-European legend." Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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• *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Introduction, pg. vii*A Small Boy and Others, pg. 1*Notes of a Son and Brother, pg. 237*The Middle Years, pg. 545*Notes, pg. 601*Index, pg. 611.
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Originally written as three complete books, this one-volume edition includes A Small Boy and Others, Notes of a Son and Brother, and The Middle Years. Begun when James was sixty-eight years old, it was written at a time when his great critical mind was actively devoted to the understanding of his existence in its complicated wholeness. The reader will come away from the book with a picture of the man within the novelist--the intimate basis of James's themes and methods. Taking its place beside The Education of Henry Adams and Hawthorne's "The Custom House, " the work is an important contribution to America's autobiographic literature. It is a highly personal account of the great novelist's discovery of Europe and of his artistic vocation, as well as a fascinating story of the life of one of the most remarkable families of the nineteenth century, the members of which experienced, in James's own words, "the classic years of the great Americano-European legend." Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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This reference contains biographies of more than 700 individuals who have in some way made a contribution to the course of Missouri's state and national history. Covering all time periods as well as regions of the state, it exemplifies the state's cultural, racial and ethnic diversity.
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• Cover
• DICTIONARY OF MANITOBA BIOGRAPHY
• INTRODUCTION
• SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
• EDITORIAL NOTES
• A REQUEST TO READERS
• ABBREVIATIONS
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• IN ADDITION TO USUAL OWC APPARATUS: 3 MAPS, APPENDIX ON MEASURES OF MONEY, WEIGHT, CAPACITY, LENGTH, INDEX OF LITERARY AND HISTORICAL SOURCES CITED BY PLUTARCH, INDEX OF PROPER NAMES.
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Lycurgus, Pericles, Solon, Nicias, Themistocles, Alcibiades, Cimon, Agesilaus, Alexander 'I treat the narrative of the Lives as a kind of mirror...The experience is like nothing so much as spending time in their company and living with them: I receive and welcome each of them in turn as my guest.' In the nine lives of this collection Plutarch introduces the reader to the major figures and periods of classical Greece. He portrays virtues to be emulated and vices to be avoided, but his purpose is also implicitly to educate and warn those in his own day who wielded power. In prose that is rich, elegant and sprinkled with learned references, he explores with an extraordinary degree of insight the interplay of character and political action. While drawing chiefly on historical sources, he brings to biography a natural story-teller's ear for a good anecdote. Throughout the ages Plutarch's Lives have been valued for their historical value and their charm. This new translation will introduce new generations to his urbane erudition. The most comprehensive selection available, it is accompanied by a lucid introduction, explanatory notes, bibliographies, maps and indexes.
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This volume of 456 entries marks the completion of the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography , the most comprehensive state project of its kind. Taken together, the six volumes provide information on more than three thousand notable North Carolinians--native and adopted--whose accomplishments and occasional misdeeds span four centuries. A planned supplementary volume will include an index to all the volumes. Also available Dictionary of North Carolina Biography Volume 1, A-C ISBN 0-8078-1329-X, $49.95 Volume 2, D-G ISBN 0-8078-1656-6, $49.95 Volume 3, H-K ISBN 0-8078-1806-2, $49.95 Volume 4, L-O ISBN 0-8078-1918-2, $49.95 Volume 5, P-S ISBN 0-8078-2100-4, $49.95 North Carolina/Biography.
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The most comprehensive state project of its kind, the Dictionary provides information on some 4,000 notable North Carolinians whose accomplishments and occasional misdeeds span four centuries. Much of the bibliographic information found in the six volumes has been compiled for the first time. All of the persons included are deceased. They are native North Carolinians, no matter where they made the contributions for which they are noted, or non-natives whose contributions were made in North Carolina.
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The most comprehensive state project of its kind, the Dictionary provides information on some 4,000 notable North Carolinians whose accomplishments and occasional misdeeds span four centuries. Much of the bibliographic information found in the six volumes has been compiled for the first time. All of the persons included are deceased. They are native North Carolinians, no matter where they made the contributions for which they are noted, or non-natives whose contributions were made in North Carolina.
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The most comprehensive state project of its kind, the Dictionary provides information on some 4,000 notable North Carolinians whose accomplishments and occasional misdeeds span four centuries. Much of the bibliographic information found in the six volumes has been compiled for the first time. All of the persons included are deceased. They are native North Carolinians, no matter where they made the contributions for which they are noted, or non-natives whose contributions were made in North Carolina.
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The most comprehensive state project of its kind, the Dictionary provides information on some 4,000 notable North Carolinians whose accomplishments and occasional misdeeds span four centuries. Much of the bibliographic information found in the six volumes has been compiled for the first time. All of the persons included are deceased. They are native North Carolinians, no matter where they made the contributions for which they are noted, or non-natives whose contributions were made in North Carolina.
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The most comprehensive state project of its kind, the Dictionary provides information on some 4,000 notable North Carolinians whose accomplishments and occasional misdeeds span four centuries. Much of the bibliographic information found in the six volumes has been compiled for the first time. All of the persons included are deceased. They are native North Carolinians, no matter where they made the contributions for which they are noted, or non-natives whose contributions were made in North Carolina.
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A drama of loyalty and passion set against a Gothic background. This novel is said to have inspired Wuthering Heights.

• *Frontmatter, pg. i*Foreword, pg. v*A Note on Transliteration, pg. vi*Table of Contents, pg. viii*Introductory Remarks, pg. 1*Chapter One. Prelude: April 9, 1930, pg. 12*Chapter Two. The Revolution: Politics, pg. 27*Chapter Three. The Revolution: Art, pg. 40*Chapter Four. Mayakovsky in the Futurist Collections, pg. 72*Chapter Five.
• 1915: The Cloud and the Flute, pg. 108*Chapter Six.
• 1916: "In My Head, War and the Universe, in My Heart, Man", pg. 145*Chapter Seven. Form, Image, and Idea in the Early Poems, pg. 171*Chapter Eight. The Poet Engaged, pg. 190*Chapter Nine. About That, and About Some Other Things, pg. 219*Chapter Ten. A Commercial Artist Discovers America, pg. 261*Chapter Eleven. Contemporaries, pg. 303*Chapter Twelve. The Cinema and the Stage, pg. 318*Chapter Thirteen. A Girl from a Different World, pg. 336*Chapter Fourteen. The Heart Yearns for a Bullet, pg. 352*Epilogue-Not in Heaven, pg. 369*Bibliographical Essay, pg. 371*Index of Names, pg. 379*Index of Titles of Mayakovsky's Works, pg. 384.
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An absorbing portrait of an extraordinary man, an analysis of the work of a great Russian poet, and the evocation of a crucial period in Russian cultural history--all are combined in Edward J. Brown's literary biography of Vladimir Mayakovsky. It is the only book to reveal the whole Mayakovsky, not just aspects of his tortured personality or artistic work, and will be immediately recognized as definitive. Mayakovsky contributed to the cultural life of Soviet Russia not only as a lyric poet but as a playwright, graphic artist, and satirist of the conventional art forms of his day. By examining his art in terms of his life, Edward Brown shows how intensely personal it was and how bound up in the literary and political history of his time. The intellectual turmoil of the period is skillfully re-created, especially the nature, ambience, and personalities of Russian futurism. Above all, the book reveals the man--a committed Bolshevik and a dedicated artist, but also a hypochondriac, compulsive gambler, and eventual suicide. Originally published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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• Cover; Contents; Preface; I. The Frontiersman; II. Appeal to Arms; III. Maine Wilderness; IV. Defeat and Imprisonment; V. Saratoga Campaign; VI. Service in the Middle States; VII. Morgan Joins the Southern Army; VIII. An Independent Command; IX. Cowpens and Its Consequences; X. Defending the Old Dominion; XI. Peacetime Pursuits; XII. Upholding the Constitution; XIII. Reckoning; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Y; Z.

These two volumes (I Am Mathematician and Ex-Prodigy) comprise Norbert Wiener's autobiography. Sometimes with humor and sometimes with sadness, they render an account, without sentiment, of the life of the world-renowned mathematician and scientist. An unusual life story, Norbert Wiener's penetrating observations accompany the fascinating details describing the maturation of a major world scientist.
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• Author's Note; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction;
• Chapter 1: New Haven's Daughter;
• Chapter 2: Marrying into the Winchester Family;
• Chapter 3: "The Gun That Won the West";
• Chapter 4: The Winchester Fortune;
• Chapter 5: A California Dream;
• Chapter 6: Labyrinth;
• Chapter 7: Daydream or Nightmare;
• Chapter 8: Guns, Guilt, and Ghosts: The First Commentaries on Sarah Winchester's Odd House ;
• Chapter 9: Health and Welfare;
• Chapter 10: Changing Fortunes;
• Chapter 11: Trapped in a Mistaken Legacy;
• Chapter 12: Capitalizing on Spirits: The Mystery House; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Since her death in 1922, Sarah Winchester has been perceived as a mysterious, haunted figure. After inheriting a vast fortune upon the death of her husband in 1881, Sarah purchased a simple farmhouse in San Jos , California. She began building additions to the house and continued construction on it for the next twenty years. A hostile press cast Sarah as the conscience of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company--a widow shouldering responsibility for the many deaths caused by the rifle that brought her riches. She was accused of being a ghost-obsessed spiritualist, and to this day it is largely believed that the extensive construction she executed on her San Jos house was done to appease the ghouls around her. But was she really as guilt-ridden and superstitious as history remembers her? When Winchester's home was purchased after her death, it was transformed into a tourist attraction. The bizarre, sprawling mansion and the enigmatic nature of Winchester's life were exaggerated by the new owners to generate publicity for their business. But as the mansion has become more widely known, the person of Winchester has receded from reality, and she is only remembered for squandering her riches to ward off disturbed spirits. Captive of the Labyrinth: Sarah L. Winchester, Heiress to the Rifle Fortune demystifies the life of this unique American. In the first full-length biography of Winchester, author and historian Mary Jo Ignoffo unearths the truth about this notorious eccentric, revealing that she was not a maddened spiritualist driven by remorse but an intelligent, articulate woman who sought to protect her private life amidst the chaos of her public existence. The author takes readers through Winchester's several homes, explores her private life, and, by excerpting from personal correspondence, gives the heiress a voice for the first time since her death. Ignoffo's research reveals that Winchester's true financial priority was not dissipating her fortune on the mansion in San Jos but investing it for a philanthropic legacy. For too long Sarah Winchester has existed as a ghost herself--a woman whose existence lies somewhere between the facts of her life and a set of sensationalized recollections of who she may have been. Captive of the Labyrinth finally puts to rest the myths about this remarkable woman, and, in the process, uncovers the legacy she intended to leave behind.
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Provides biographical sketches and source material for about 400 men and women who have played a major role in Egypt's national life. Entries range in length from half a page to two pages, and describe the contributions of politicians, writers, diplomats, religious leaders, and scholars, as well as founders of newspapers, department stores, theatrical troupes, and innovative techniques of visual representation. Earliest figures profiled are from the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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