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The Disasters of War (Dover Books on Fine Art)

5 reviews
Francisco Goya

Dover Publications, 1967

15th century demons from hell
Like most dover press books, we have here a wonderful bargain: clear reproductions and good paper stock. Goya was a court painter trying to please his patrons, but in this series of etchings, he indulged his twisted soul in the first recorded anti war propaganda. These etchings are both lovely in their technique and horrifying in their imagery.

Some Gave All: A History of Baltimore Police Officers Killed in the Line of Duty, 1808-2007

5 reviews
Steven P. Olson, Robert P. Brown

Chesapeake Book Company, 2007

Valuable Contribution
This is a well-researched and effective, heart-felt tribute to the officers who have died for Baltimore. Olson and Brown gracefully honor those who serve in a text that is as valuable to those who are interested in policing as to those who study our nation's history.

The Portuguese Empire, 1415-1808: A World on the Move

5 reviews
A. J. R. Russell-Wood

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998

Fascinating!
This is a lively account of the Portuguese sea discoveries in the 15th and 16th century, arriving at new lands and meeting new people, the trade and other exchanges that followed, all presented in a most interesting manner. Movement, colour, adventure make this book engaging reading. I also have Hermano Saraiva' s "Portugal a Companion History", another excellent book. I think they go very well ...

Correspondence, 1858-March 1863 (Salmon P Chase Papers)

5 reviews
Salmon P. Chase

Kent State University Press, 1996

Nature's Sacred Songs
In this book, Lynne Bachleda, gifted anthologist, poet, writer, offers us a rare treasure. Here are the voices of those who (like Lynne herself) comprehend the deep mysteries of nature, and sing her beauties and profundities into words. Poems and prose reflections from earlier writers (Emerson, Whitman, and poets from ancient eras) mingle with those of more modern times (Annie Dillard, Terry ...

Twelve Years a Slave

15 reviews
Solomon Northup

Dover Publications, 2000

Twelve Years a Slave
Solomon Northup's Twelve Years a Slave is a great read for anyone with the slightest interest in early American history. Northup's tale is intriguing and informative. Not only will the reader get a very interesting story from this work, but will also get a close look at the institution of slavery from the slaves' perspective like few other sources can. One important question Northup seems to ...

Charles Dahlgren of Natchez: The Civil War and Dynastic Decline

6 reviews
Herschel Gower

Brassey's Inc, 2002

Immediacy of History
Anthropologists tell us that human brains are indelibly informed by the experience of ice age survival some twenty-four thousand years ago; that adaptability and improvisation in a world of violent, cataclysmic change enabled humans to abide the destructive power of ice and satisfy the evolutionary imperative of endurance. Fast forward myriad millennia to the turbulent time of America's defining ...

The Sealed Letter

6 reviews
Emma Donoghue

Harpercollins Canada, 2008

Secrets, lies, and feminism
This summer seems to be a time of novels for me. There's been a particular abundance of riches where historical settings have become popular again, and I have been eagerly reading my way along. Today's choice was a vivid, insightful story built around a Victorian scandal -- the divorce. Nowadays, a divorce hardly seems to cause a ripple in our society, but in the nineteenth century, a divorce ...

Nietzsche: Untimely Meditations (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)

6 reviews
Friedrich Nietzsche

Cambridge University Press, 1997

Unfashionable Observations
Nietzsche wrote "David Strauss, the Confessor and the Writer" in 1873, the first of his Unfashionable Observations, at the behest of Richard Wagner. David Strauss was an eminent theologian, whose The Life of Jesus Critically Examined (1864) had had a tremendous impact due to its demystification of Jesus' life. Strauss had contended that the supernatural claims made about the historical Jesus ...

A History of the Peninsular War: The Biographical Dictionary of British Officers Killed and Wounded, ...

8 reviews
John A. Hall, Charles Oman

Greenhill Books, 1998

Absolute MUST-HAVE for any serious student of the Napoleonic Wars
This is a reprint of the first of Charles Oman's masterful seven volume History of the Peninsular War, and covers the period from the initiation of hostilities to Moore's retreat to Corunna. Quite simple, this is the definitive English language reference on the Peninsular War, and nobody can call themselves a serious student of this era without having read this series. This first volume was ...

Jefferson Davis and His Generals: The Failure of Confederate Command in the West (Modern War Studies)

7 reviews
Steven E. Woodworth

University Press of Kansas, 1992

Boldly Written Account of a Crucial Subject
Seemingly endless Civil War books are written rehashing every minute move of Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia. There are far fewer that cover the situation of the Confederacy's western armies and generals, despite, or perhaps because of the fact that it was in the west that the Confederacy lost the war. With Jefferson Davis and His Generals: The Failure of Confederate Command in ...

High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson

2 reviews
Gene Smith

Mcgraw-Hill, 1985

excellent evocation of a distant, difficult time
Gene Smith's treatment of the l868 impeachment and trial against President Andrew Johnson is beautifully written and presents fair, yet compelling portraits of all of the major players. In the wake of the most recent impeachment crisis concerning President Clinton, this book becomes more important than ever.

The Book of Romans: Righteousness in Christ (Twenty-First Century Biblical Commentary)

4 reviews
Woodrow Michael Kroll

AMG Publishers, 2002

Excellent commentary
I purchased this book because I am teaching a class on Romans. It's a great resource for anyone wanting to use a great, direct commentary that is relevant for today's readers. Woodrow Kroll is best known for his involvement with Back to the Bible. He does an excellent job of making the book of Romans approachable to the reader. There is not an exhaustive covering of every position on the ...

Jefferson Davis: Unconquerable Heart (Shades of Blue and Gray)

4 reviews
Felicity Allen

University of Missouri Press, 2000

Sensitive and Comprehensive
Felicity Allen's recent biography, Jefferson Davis, Unconquerable Heart, transcends mere history. Such a sensitive and comprehensive work, therefore, may perplex the hardened historian, who is often pleased only with cold chronological facts that fit comfortably into his own predispositions. Allen's intricately documented work has the touch of a true poet who deftly and profoundly reveals not ...

Jefferson Davis.

2 reviews
Allen, Tate

Putnam Pub Group (L), 1969

Eminently readable biography
This book is no act of idolatry, despite the author's reputation as a Southern conservative and Agrarian. Tate believes Davis was a great man, but he points out his flaws as well, his diffidence in acting sooner that might have won the South the War, his pride, his sometime aloofness, his tendency to remain loyal to generals (Braxton Bragg foremost among them) whose incompetence was all too ...

The Letters of Narcissa Whitman

2 reviews
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman

Ye Galleon Pr, 1986

The Woman Who Blazed the Oregon Trail
This book gives the first-person account of Narcissa Whitman's journey from Massachusettes to the Oregon territory to help settle it for the U.S. Narcissa is a talented and colorful writer and her story is full of adventure, courage and heartbreak. Her husband, Marcus, often gets credit for blazing the Oregon Trail, but Narcissa was a critical part of the ideological project of persuading ...

Silversmiths to the Nation: 1808-1842

2 reviews
Donald L. Fennimore

Antique Collectors' Club, Ltd., 2007

ARTISTRY THAT ASTOUNDS
How often do we visit a museum and admire beautifully wrought pieces of period silver? The intricate detailing is amazing and we glance at the date - early 19th century. We're in awe, wondering how such work could have been accomplished at that point in time. If this is the case, chances are good we're appreciating the skills of Thomas Fletcher & Sidney Gardiner. The pair founded their ...

The Clairmont Correspondence: Letters of Claire Clairmont, Charles Clairmont, and Fanny Imlay Godwin, ...

2 reviews

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995

Good for now
Though nearly perfect, the book leaves you with this yawning blackness of not ever truly learning of what you hoped to know about Claire Clairmont. The author is wise (and she gave the greater portion of her life to this and you can tell)...in that she allows the reader to read and come to her own conclusions. In fact, next to having Claire Clairmont's letters published as they exist (and why ...

The Napoleonic Wars (2): The Empires Fight Back 1808-1812 (Essential Histories)

2 reviews
Todd Fisher

Osprey Publishing, 2001

Excellent Overview
This book is another masterful piece of writing continuing the story of the Napoleonic era from 1808-1812. In less than 90 pages, it captures the political thought and military preparedness of each country. It explains why countries went to war. And it explains the campaigns, why they occurred, and summaries the battles in exciting, easy to read prose. It is an exceptionally well written ...

The Last Pioneer: John Taylor, a Mormon Prophet

2 reviews
Samuel W. Taylor

Signature Books, 1999

The Gentleman Comes Alive
It is often difficult to trust the credibility of a religious leader's biography when written by one of his descendents. Nevertheless, Samual W. Taylor has made every effort to be fair to both Mormons and non-mormons as he explores the complicated times and issues surrounding the establishment of the Great Basin Kingdom of the Latter Day Saints. Some of his insights were paradigm-shifting, ...

Journey to the Orient

2 reviews
Gerard De Nerval

Moyer Bell Ltd, 1985

Sheikhs, Caliphs, and Hashish.
I'm sure that it's a fairly select demographic that buys books by this guy, or has ever heard of him for that matter. He's not necessarily one of those authors that's going to win over a lot of people nowadays even if they do "rediscover" him. Oprah's not going to feature Gerard de Nerval in her little book club. He is just simply too bizarre, too occult and obscure, too "rococo" for the average ...

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