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Cahiers/Notebooks 3 reviews
Paul Valery
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2000
Art as Science - Science as Art
The intellectual enterprise of Paul Valery was a unique one. He devoted the greatest part of his life in work of the mind to examining the workings of his own mind. He did so in the hope at one point anyway, of establishing a mathematical understanding of how the Mind works. In later years his ambition as he sensed its impossibility , was transformed and persisted in his precise definition of his ...
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Adalbert Stifter Indian Summer2 reviews
Adalbert Stifter
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 1999
Coming of Age in an Idyllic World
Adalbert Stifter's INDIAN SUMMER is a remarkable novel. The book traces the maturing process of a young man from the Viennese merchant middle class whose parents' hard work and good management allow their only son to live a life of leisure if he chooses. What the adolescent hero chooses is to become a scientist, and the novel shows how he develops and finds his place in life. Already on a firm ...
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Germany And Israel in the 1990s And Beyond: Still a Special Relationship?2 reviews
Yves Pallade
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2005
comprehensive analytical study
Given the special relations between Germany and Israel it is surprising that the topic has so far been treated by political science rather marginally. It is all the more gratifying that an author has now produced a successful opus in this respect.
On the basis of numerous interviews the author has presented a comprehensive analytical study. Particularly interesting is the study's detailed and ...
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Divine Infinity in Greek and Medieval Thought2 reviews
Leo Sweeney
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 1992
Vere, Deus infinitus est!
It has been said that the starting point for the study of philosophy is a childlike sense of 'awe' at the universe and at existence itself. Fr. Sweeney certainly has that sense of awe and wonder at the world and at the ultimate reality: God. This wonder and awe has led him to contemplate God's nature, more specifically, the 'infinity'of His nature. Fr. Sweeney's brilliant work on the infinity ...
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An Analytical History of World War II (American University Studies Series IX, History)2 reviews
Edward Norman Peterson
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 1995
Ditto
I'm on my way out the door with people waiting on me; but I certainly wish I had had this available as a kid. Simply the best single-source reference anywhere.
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The Charlton Story: Earle Perry Charlton, 1863-1930, One of the Five Founders of the F.W. Woolworth Company2 reviews
Earle Perry Charlton, George Winius, ...
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2001
A retail genius, a true entrepreneur
This book is a fascinating window on the life and character of Earle Charlton, the quintessential entrepreneur. Winston Churchil, said that "we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." Earle Charlton's life and legacy is a remarkably American story. From the meager lifestyle of a blacksmith's son to the phenomenal financial success, wealth happiness, cultivation of ...
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Out of a Kantian Chrysalis?: A Maritainian Critique of Fr. Maréchal3 reviews
Ronald McCamy
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 1998
A Kantian Thomistic Rapprochement?
McCamy examines a debate between the father of Transcendental Thomism, Fr. Joseph Maréchal, and a traditional Thomist, Jacques Maritain that took place in the 1920's. Joseph Maréchal attempted to find a way to bring about a "rapprochement" between Kantian subjectivism and traditional Thomist realism. As is the case with most pluralistic endeavors, some of the underlying rationale for doing ...
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Voices In The Heart: Postcolonialism And Identity In Hong Kong Literature (Anglo-Amerikanische Studien, Bd. ...8 reviews
Brian Hooper
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2003
Welcome addition to postcolonial literature studies
This is indeed a path-breaking book. Hooper has not only brought together in a most readable, even entertaining, manner a mass of widely different writings and sources; he has also provided us with a persuasive historical framework within which the further study of the hitherto neglected history of Hong Kong literature will be pursued. The book's steady attention to the diversity of Hong Kong ...
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Daniel Garrison's Who's Who in Wodehouse2 reviews
Daniel H. Garrison
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 1987
Get the Most out of Reading P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse was a very prolific writer. He wrote over 85 books and stories, many having the same characters and places in them. The most ardent Wodehouse reader and aficionado can get confused as to who did what, when and where. This excellent book makes all clear to the meanest intelligence. Professor Garrison has accomplished a monumental task that is easily read and understood. ...
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Confucian Moral Self Cultivation (Rockwell Lecture Series)4 reviews
Philip J. Ivanhoe
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 1993
Excellent overview!
Ivanhoe provides a readable and reliable overview of some of the major figures in Confucianism from over 2,500 years. Each Confucian is discussed in terms of two themes: the relative emphasis he gives to study and reflection, and his conception of human nature. Confucius himself was somewhat ambiguous on these points (leading to much dispute among later followers). Mencius, since he believed ...
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Touched by Fire: A Bilingual Edition of Manuel De Pedrolo's Tocats Pel Foc (Catalan Studies, Vol 10)2 reviews
Manuel De Pedrolo
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 1994
Pedrolo, a great catalan writer
Pedrolo is a great catalan novelist, this is a great oportunity to known a sample of his works for people who don't read catalan.
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The Temptations of Emile Cioran (American University Studies Series II, Romance Languages and Literature)2 reviews
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 1997
We never see Cioran's real face, but it is in this book!
We have Cioran's image in our each mind. His books tell of himself too much. However, what's his real life and thought? This book leads us the truth of Cioran and we can see his real face.
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Readin' & Writin' for the Hard-hat Crowd: Curriculum Policy at an Urban University (History of Schools and ...2 reviews
Susan R. Merrifield
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2005
Good as reference or college text for higher education
This is a gem of a book which illustrates the influences on public education at the college level over the past 40 years. A strong narrative thread unites the research into the evolution of higher education at a state university. The author injects humor and understanding of human foibles into this concise history, making it very readable as well as well researched. She creates a nuanced ...
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Prophecy and the Quest for the Holy Grail: Critiquing Knowledge in the Vulgate Cycle (Studies in the ...2 reviews
Kathryn Karczewska
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 1998
Fascinating Thesis
A fascinating thesis, convincingly argued and painstakingly documented. Ms. Karczewska is to be heartily commended for producing a volume of such scholarly integrity. Her work is a major contribution to the study of medieval literatures, church history, and cultures. Every scholar interested in the French middle ages must read this book!
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The Magic World Behind the Curtain: Andrei Serban in the American Theatre (Artists and Issues in the Theatre)2 reviews
Ed Menta
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 1995
the enchanting spell of this book
Not that I've necessarily read this book from cover to cover COMPLETELY cuz I haven't COMPLETELY, but I do know the author extremely well. He's my professor. He's a brilliant man, and he knows how to keep the faith. So read this book. Live it. Be it. Bonus feature: A handwritten preface in every copy she can find by Louisa.
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A Modern Reader's Guide to Dante's Inferno (American University Studies Series II, Romance Languages and ...2 reviews
Rodney J. Payton
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 1992
An illuminating guide!
A Modern Readers Guide changed my life! By far the best resource for understanding Dante. A must read!
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1889: Centenaire De LA Revolution Francaise : Reactions Et Representations Politiques En Europe1 review
Jacques Bariety
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 1993
political scaring
I want to review and read what is the new publication to the political scaring
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Insight and Religious Mind: An Analysis of Krishnamurti's Thought (American University Studies Series VII, ...2 reviews
Hillary Rodrigues
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 1991
Serious and important book about Krisnamurti Teachings
This is one of most important book I have ever read about Krishnamurti Teachings.I highly recomend for every one who wants to understand the Krishnamurti metaphysics in a logical sense.
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The Heart's Essential Landscape: Bernard Malamud's Hero (American University Studies Series Xxiv, American ...2 reviews
Kathleen G. Ochshorn
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 1991
It's brilliant If she wrote it!
Ah, Malamud.... his poetic prose can affect even the most flinthearted reader. Who can forget his wonderful tale of that baseball player who was really good. You know, they made a movie out of it. Here, Kathleen Ochshorn delves into Malamud with her lantern of Diogenes in such a thorough and brilliant manner that, after reading it, I found it impossible to believe that Ochshorn was the author. I ...
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Harmonizing Sentiments : The Declaration of Independence and the Jeffersonian Idea of Self-Government2 reviews
Hans L. Eicholz
Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2001
An Interesting New Look at the Declaration
"Whereas other recent scholars of the Declaration have examined it as rhetoric or questioned its originality in order to depreciate its importance, Eicholz shifts the debate from issues of political culture back to more traditional questions of political theory. The Declaration mattered a great deal, he maintains, because its words expressed widely accepted beliefs that originated with ...
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