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 | Britain in the Middle Ages: An Archaeological History Product# 460680457 Selling for $35 "Presents a radical reassessment of Britain in the middle ages. The author shows that the Middle Ages were actually the time when the modern world was born. This was when Britain moved from Late Antiquity into a recognizable world of fixed roads and parishes, and familiar institutions, such as the church and local government, came into being." |
 | To Rule The Waves: How The British Navy Shaped The Modern World Product# 460681386 Selling for $15.95 "A history of the Royal Navy from the Spanish Armada to the present discusses its origins under Henry VIII, the adventures of such figures as John Hawkins and Francis Drake, and its contributions to establishing Great Britain's military dominance and modern identity. Reprint. 50,000 first printing." |
 | A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors Product# 460686532 Selling for $15 "Profiles the lives and convoluted relations of notorious rulers including Catherine the Great, King George III, and Joanna the Mad." |
 | A Polite and Commercial People: England 1727-1783 Product# 460687862 Selling for $49.5 "It is the story of a transformation, or rather a series of transformations. Politeness and commerce were already hackneyed terms in the 1730s, and Blackstone's expression would still have seemed appropriate in the 1780s." |
 | Principle and Practice in Applied Linguistics; Studies in Honour of H. G. Widdowson Product# 460768007 Selling for $30.5 This book provides an overview of the diverse issues in applied linguistics today. Leading specialists consider the relation of their own areas of inquiry both to professional practice and to the discipline as a whole. |
 | The Wicked Sisters; Women Poets, Literary History, and Discord Product# 460768177 Selling for $53 "This provocative study of the lives and works of Emily Dickinson, Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, Adrienne Rich, and Gwendolyn Brooks focuses on the historical struggles and differences among and within women writers and among feminists themselves." |
 | Matty, An American Hero; Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants Product# 460768203 Selling for $25 A portrait of legendary baseball superstar Christy Mathewson describes the highlights of his record-breaking career as a pitcher with the New York Giants and the unstinting good sportsmanship and athletic skill that made him America's first sports hero. |
| Fall River; An Authentic Narrative Product# 460768219 Selling for $55 "Presents texts of cultural and literary interest in the English-speaking tradition, often for the first time since their original publication. Most of the writers represented in the series were well known and highly regarded until the professionalization of English studies in the later nineteenth century coincided with their excision from canonical status and from the majority of literary histories." |
 | Endless Crusade; Women Social Scientists and Progressive Reform Product# 460768259 Selling for $45 "This important book focuses on the lives and careers of four American women-Sophonisba Breckinridge, Edith Abbott, Katharine Bement Davis, and Frances Kellor-who played decisive roles in early twentieth-century reform crusades." |
 | Voices from the Harlem Renaissance Product# 460768284 Selling for $21.5 "The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s symbolized black liberation and sophistication - the final shaking off of slavery from the minds, spirits, and characters of African Americans. It was a period when the African American came of age - when the 'New Negro' was born - with the clearest expression of this transformation visible in its remarkable outpouring of literature, art, and music. In Voices from the Harlem Renaissance, Nathan Irvin Huggins provides more than 120 selections from the political writings, literature, and art of this watershed period. Bringing together the most trenchant works from such writers as Langston Hughes, Nancy Cunard, Alain Locke, and Zora Neale Hurston, this fascinating collection depicts the impact of Harlem and New York City on those who lived there. While focusing on the youthfulness and exuberance of the period, Huggins attends to the voices of alienation, anger, and rage - whether softly intoned or stridently voiced - so widely reflected in the writing of poets such as George S. Schuyler and Gwendolyn Bennett. Also included are over twenty paintings and sculptures of the Renaissance period by such artists as Aaron Douglas, Sargent Johnson, and Hale Woodruff. The vitality of the Harlem Renaissance served as a generative force for all New York - and the nation. Offering all those interested in the evolution of African-American consciousness and art a link to this glorious time, Voices of the Harlem Renaissance illuminates the African-American struggle for self-realization." |