An Intellectual Biography
Author: John A. Hall
Ernest Gellner was a multilingual polymath, able to set the agenda in the study of nationalism and the sociology of Islam. In this definitive biography, particular attention is paid to his Prague roots, and to debates wi ... |
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Plain Words and Forgotten Deeds
Author: Ann Scott
During his long career as a British civil servant Ernest Gowers was close to the centre of many of the momentous events of the first half of the twentieth century. However, he only became famous in 1948 when Plain Words, ... |
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Thought in Action
Author: Mark Cirino
Ernest Hemingway's groundbreaking prose style and examination of timeless themes made him one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century. Yet in "Ernest Hemingway: Thought in Action," Mark Cirino obs ... |
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A Literary Life
Author: Linda Wagner-Martin
Linda Wagner-Martin brings a wealth of new information to this detailed portrait of Hemingway's life and work. Emphasising his immense love of animals, the sea and the natural world, the swiftly-told personal narrative g ... |
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Machismo and Masochism
Author: Richard Fantina
Ernest Hemingway nearly defined machismo for many American men of the twentieth-century. Yet, in recent years critics have discerned an 'androgynous' sexuality beneath the surface stoicism of Hemingway's heroes. This stu ... |
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Author: Miles Taylor
Ernest Jones (1819-69) was the last of the Chartist leaders, and in many ways the last in the long line of gentlemanly radicals who graced popular politics in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain. His life was an e ... |
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Author: Connie Williams
The Pioneer spirit was alive and well. Hugh Jordan was of the pioneer spirit. Hugh Jordan missed so much of in terms of what we take for granted in these modern times, but what he did have was, without doubt, an exhilara ... |
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A Rebel's Dream Deferred
Author: Jan Willem Stutje
Ernest Mandel was a prominent anti-Stalinist Marxist intellectuals of his time. A political theorist and an economist, he was a brilliant orator in several languages. He had a massive impact on the thought and practice o ... |
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And the Atom's Force
Author: Heilbron
An engaging biography that captures the excitement of the early days of nuclear physics, Ernest Rutherford tells the story of the down-to-earth New Zealander who became one of the foremost pioneers of subatomic physics. ... |
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Author: Harold P. Henderson
Elected governor of Georgia in 1958, Ernest Vandiver presided over a crisis greater than any faced by his predecessors since the Civil War: the 1961 desegregation of the state's public schools. Harold Paulk Henderson tel ... |
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Author: Ernie Hoare
Ernie Hoare, the seventh of twelve children, was born in 1921, and lived not far from the 'lock and weir' bridge, straddling the Thames between Richmond and St Margarets. Here, he describes his life 'back then', a life t ... |
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Nothing in Moderation
Author: Andrew Horton
The first study of pioneering TV comedian Ernie Kovacs and his influence on later shows, ranging from Laugh In to Monty Python |
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IRA Intellectual
Author: Richard English
Ernie O'Malley (1897-1957) was one of the most talented and colourful of modern Irish republicans. An important IRA leader in the 1916-1923 Irish Revolution, this bookish gunman subsequently became a distinguished intell ... |
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IRA Intellectual
Author: Richard English
Ernie O'Malley (1897-1957) was one of the most talented and colourful of modern Irish republicans. An important IRA leader in the 1916-1923 Irish Revolution, this bookish gunman subsequently became a distinguished intel ... |
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The Life of an Architect
Author: Nigel Warburton
This is the first biography of Ern/ Goldfinger (1902-1987), the leading modernist architect in Britain in the twentieth century. It is the fascinating story of a man and his struggle to build in a modern style in Britain ... |
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The Life of an Architect
Author: Nigel Warburton
In writing this important new book, Nigel Warburton researched the extensive archive of Goldfinger's writing, office papers, models and drawings held in the RIBA Collection and also interviewed people who knew and worked ... |
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The Last Philosopher of Culture
Author: Edward Skidelsky
This is the first English-language intellectual biography of the German-Jewish philosopher Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945), a leading figure on the Weimar intellectual scene and one of the last and finest representatives of t ... |
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The Last Philosopher of Culture
Author: Edward Skidelsky
This is the first English-language intellectual biography of the German-Jewish philosopher Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945), a leading figure on the Weimar intellectual scene and one of the last and finest representatives of t ... |
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A Bio-bibliography
Author: Garrett H. Bowles
This clear, comprehensive reference guide highlights the major events in Ernst Krenek's life in the context of his musical and literary works. An insightful biography carefully puts the man and his work into perspecti ... |
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