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  • The Anglo-Saxon Libraryby Michael Lapidge

    Oxford University Press, UK 2006; US$ 59.99

    This invaluable study sets out the evidence for the nature and holdings of libraries in Anglo-Saxon England, from the sixth century to the eleventh. It is furnished with appendices which include editions of all surviving Anglo-Saxon book inventories, lists of those manuscripts exported from and imported into Anglo-Saxon England, and a catalogue of... more...

  • Memory's Libraryby Jennifer Summit

    University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 27.50

    In Jennifer Summit’s account, libraries are more than inert storehouses of written tradition; they are volatile spaces that actively shape the meanings and uses of books, reading, and the past. Considering the two-hundred-year period between 1431, which saw the foundation of Duke Humfrey’s famous library, and 1631, when the great antiquarian... more...

  • American Libraries before 1876by HAYNES MCMULLEN

    ABC-CLIO 2000; US$ 168.00

    1876 is considered to mark the beginning of the modern library movement in the United States, but Americans created and used thousands of libraries before that date. While the history of American libraries has not been neglected by scholars, none has examined in detail where in the different parts of the country various libraries came into existence... more...

  • A Bibliographic Guide to Resources in Scientific Computing, 1945-1975by JEFFREY YOST

    ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 140.00

    An essential contribution to the study of the history of computers, this work identifies the computer's impact on the physical, biological, cognitive, and medical sciences. References fundamental to the understudied area of the history of scientific computing also document the significant role of the sciences in helping to shape the development of... more...

  • Sports Ethics in Americaby Donald G. Jones

    ABC-CLIO 1992; US$ 98.95

    A significant topic in American society, sports ethics has also been the subject of an increasing number of scholarly studies during the past two decades. Moreover, a growing number of courses on sports are being offered at colleges and universities. In Sports Ethics in America, Donald G. Jones provides a valuable reference tool for teaching and research... more...

  • The Works of Allen Ginsberg, 1941-1994by Bill Morgan

    ABC-CLIO 1995; US$ 127.95

    Avant-garde poet and popular culture icon, Allen Ginsberg has been one of the world's most important writers for over 40 years. This comprehensive bibliography, covering the years 1941 to 1994, was prepared with the cooperation of the poet himself. All books, periodicals, photographs, recordings, films, and miscellaneous appearances are listed... more...

  • Feminism and Christian Traditionby Mary-Paula Walsh

    ABC-CLIO 1999; US$ 138.95

    This annotated bibliography, a volume in the Greenwood series, Bibliographies and Indexes in Religious Studies, provides access to the numerous writings, from the 1960s through the 1990s, on feminism and Christian tradition. Major feminist theologians and sociologists are represented. As a guide to further research, this cross-disciplinary approach... more...

  • William Henry Harrison: A Bibliographyby Kenneth R. Stevens

    ABC-CLIO 1998; US$ 113.00

    Although William Henry Harrison died a month after becoming President, he lived a full and accomplished life before assuming the presidency. As a member of Congress, he sponsored legislation dividing the Northwest Territory. As governor of the Indiana Territory, he led a movement to suspend the provisions of the Northwest Ordinance and earned a reputation... more...

  • Caputo-Mayr, Maria Luise; Herz, Julius M.: Franz Kafka. Band I und IIby Maria L Caputo-Mayr; Maria Luise Caputo Mayr; Julius M Herz; Julius M Herz

    De Gruyter 2000; US$ 361.00

    ..one can only praise Caputo-Mayr and Herz for having published such a thorough and eminently useful tool for Kafka scholars. For the near future their bibliography is destined to become the standard reference work on Kafka that should be on hand in all research libraries throughout the world and on the bookshelves of Kafka scholars."Rivista di... more...

  • Old Testament Commentary Surveyby Tremper III Longman

    Baker Publishing Group 2007; US$ 16.00

    Provides pastors and students with expert guidance on choosing a commentary for any book of the Old Testament. more...