Author: James M. Banner & John R. Gillis
In this unique collection, the memoirs of eleven historians provide a fascinating portrait of a formative generation of scholars. Born around the time of World War II, these influential historians came of age just before ... |
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Dilemmas of a Philosopher and Naturalist
Author: Thomas Dalton
Tapping archival sources and Dewey's extensive correspondence, Dalton reveals that Dewey had close personal and intellectual ties to scientists and scholars that were influential in forming the mature expression of his t ... |
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Reminiscences and Reflections
Author: Herman B. Wells
In this absorbing autobiography, Herman B Wells, the legendary former president of Indiana University, recalls his small-town boyhood, the strong influence of his parents, his pioneering work with Indiana banks during th ... |
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Author: Willa Muir
"But any story about human beings is bound to have an end, like this story about us, a pair of ingenuous people who fell in love and went journeying together through life, blundering by good luck in the right directions ... |
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A Life
Author: Herbert Gottschalk
Bertrand Russell's eminence of intellect and person has long been unassailable. Besides his distinction as mathematician and philosopher, and a vast output of books, articles, lectures and talks on most aspects of the hu ... |
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The Passionate Sceptic
Author: Alan Wood
'Fascinating', 'brilliant', 'oddly moving', 'a warm human picture' - this biography was enthusiastically received when it came out in 1957. And no wonder. It is not only the lively story of a distinguished man but a luci ... |
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His Transatlantic Travels and Writings. Volume One 1896-1945
Author: Barry Feinberg & Ronald Kasrils
Originally published in 1973, this volume documents Bertrand Russell's travels in America covering the period 1896-1945. It is presented in two halves with the first a biographical account of Russell's involvement with t ... |
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His Transatlantic Travels and Writings. Volume Two 1945-1970
Author: Barry Feinberg & Ronald Kasrils
Originally published in 1984, this volume documents Bertrand Russell's travels in America covering the period 1945-1970. It is presented in two halves with the first a biographical account of Russell's involvement with t ... |
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The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity
Author: Rebecca Goldstein
In 1656, Amsterdam's Jewish community excommunicated Baruch Spinoza, and, at the age of twenty-three, he became the most famous heretic in Judaism. He was already germinating a secularist challenge to religion that would ... |
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The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity
Author: Rebecca Goldstein
Part of the Jewish Encounter series In 1656, Amsterdam's Jewish community excommunicated Baruch Spinoza, and, at the age of twenty-three, he became the most famous heretic in Judaism. He was already germinating a sec ... |
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Author: Ron Johnston
For over 100 years, the British Academy has published Biographical Memoirs - extended obituaries - of its deceased Fellows. Collectively these memoirs make up a chapter in the intellectual history of Britain, and are use ... |
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Horace Mann Bond, 1904-1972
Author: Wayne J. Urban
In "Black Scholar," Wayne J. Urban chronicles the distinguished life and career of the historian, teacher, and university administrator Horace Mann Bond. Urban illuminates not only the man and his accomplishments but als ... |
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Memoir of a Remarkable Life Journey
Author: Elsie M. Collins Ph.D.
Elsie Collins is not your normal, everyday college professor in America. In her youth, she started out as "Kissi"-a descendent of African slaves, living in Wilson's Mill, North Carolina. Her upbringing brought her face-t ... |
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Memoir of a Remarkable Life Journey
Author: Elsie M. Collins Ph.D.
Elsie Collins is not your normal, everyday college professor in America. In her youth, she started out as "Kissi"-a descendent of African slaves, living in Wilson's Mill, North Carolina. Her upbringing brought her face-t ... |
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An Intellectual Biography of the Seventeenth-century Philosopher and Mystic
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Author: James Bartlett Parry
Book All The Teachers! An Irreverent Ride Through Middle School by James Parry. James Parry, a retired Spokane, Washington middle school teacher reflects on his career. In this humorous and poignant memoir he reminds us ... |
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An Appreciation of the Man and His Times
Author: Barry Mackintosh & National Park Service
A consummate politician without portfolio, Booker T. Washington was a controversial figure throughout much of his life. So he remains today. Yet he had such a passionate belief in the American Creed, progress, black prid ... |
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Up from Slavery 100 Years Later
Author: W Fitzhugh Brundage
Inspired by the centenary of the publication of Washington's autobiography, Up From Slavery, this collection of essays reinterprets Washington's career and self-presentation. As the most visible and widely acclaimed blac ... |
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The Southern Educational Tours, 1908-1912
Author: David H. Jackson
This book narrates and analyzes the southern tours by Booker T. Washington and his associates in 1908-1912. The author provides analysis of the importance of these tours in early 20th-century race relations, and relates ... |
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