Author: The Chicago tribunePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A Century of Tribune Editorials. 1847-1947
Author: The Chicago tribunePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Panorama of a Century
Author: Dunlea HurleyPublisher: Delta Gamma Fraternity
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Genius & Anxiety
Author: Norman LebrechtPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982134232
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
This lively chronicle of the years 1847–1947—the century when the Jewish people changed how we see the world—is “[a] thrilling and tragic history…especially good on the ironies and chain-reaction intimacies that make a people and a past” (The Wall Street Journal). In a hundred-year period, a handful of men and women changed the world. Many of them are well known—Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Kafka. Others have vanished from collective memory despite their enduring importance in our daily lives. Without Karl Landsteiner, for instance, there would be no blood transfusions or major surgery. Without Paul Ehrlich, no chemotherapy. Without Siegfried Marcus, no motor car. Without Rosalind Franklin, genetic science would look very different. Without Fritz Haber, there would not be enough food to sustain life on earth. What do these visionaries have in common? They all had Jewish origins. They all had a gift for thinking in wholly original, even earth-shattering ways. In 1847, the Jewish people made up less than 0.25% of the world’s population, and yet they saw what others could not. How? Why? Norman Lebrecht has devoted half of his life to pondering and researching the mindset of the Jewish intellectuals, writers, scientists, and thinkers who turned the tides of history and shaped the world today as we know it. In Genius & Anxiety, Lebrecht begins with the Communist Manifesto in 1847 and ends in 1947, when Israel was founded. This robust, magnificent, beautifully designed volume is “an urgent and moving history” (The Spectator, UK) and a celebration of Jewish genius and contribution.
A century of progress, 1847-1947. Messrs. E. H. Booth & Company, Ltd., etc
Author: E.H. Booth and CompanyA Century of Progress, 1847-1947. Messrs. E.H. Booth & Company, Ltd., Etc
Author: E. H. BOOTH (AND CO.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
A Century of Achievement (Classic Reprint)
Author: James Henry CoynePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780243043569
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Excerpt from A Century of Achievement Till now the name of names, England, the name of might, Flames from the Austral bounds to the ends of the 'northern night. And the call of her morning drum goes in a girdle of sound, Like the voice of the sun in song, the great globe round and round. And the shadow of her flag, when it shouts to the northern breeze, Floats from shore to shore of the universal seas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Commonwealth
Author: The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre
Author: Colin ChambersPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1847146120
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
International in scope, this book is designed to be the pre-eminent reference work on the English-speaking theatre in the twentieth century. Arranged alphabetically, it consists of some 2500 entries written by 280 contributors from 20 countries which include not only top-level experts, but, uniquely, leading professionals from the world of theatre. A fascinating resource for anyone interested in theatre, it includes: - Overviews of major concepts, topics and issues; - Surveys of theatre institutions, countries, and genres; - Biographical entries on key performers, playwrights, directors, designers, choreographers and composers; - Articles by leading professionals on crafts, skills and disciplines including acting, design, directing, lighting, sound and voice.
The Story of Iowa
Author: William John PetersenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 1082
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Author: