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Self-taught and ambitious, Darwin genuinely believed he was "rather below the common standard in intellect" and had gained little from formal education. Yet he also knew he had seized his one great stroke of luck - the voyage of the Beagle - and forged a lasting body of knowledge through solitary determination and sheer hard work.
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The true diversity of the American experience comes to life in this superlative collection that includes autobiographies of Mark Twain, Benjamin Franklin, and Frederick Douglass, with an Introduction by the editor.
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This book investigates the continuities and divergences in selected Black autobiographies from Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States.
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A single volume omnibus edition featuring Angelou's celebrated autobiographies contains I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Gather Together in My Name, Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas, The Heart of a Woman, All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, and A Song Flung Up to Heaven. 2
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Charles Darwin (1809-82) was an evolutionary scientist, best-known for his controversial and ground-breaking 'Origin of Species' (1859). Michael Neve is based at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London. He teaches and researches the history of psychiatry and the history of the life sciences. With Janet Browne, he co-edited Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle for Penguin Classics. Sharon Messenger is a research officer at the Wellcome Trust Centre.
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This volume brings together the key chapters of Darwin's most important and accessible books, including the Journal of Researches on the Beagle voyage (1845), the Origin of Species (1859), and the Descent of Man (1871), along with the full text of his autobiography. They are accompanied by selections of responses from Darwin's nineteenth-century readers from across the world.
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Much has been written on Simone de Beauvoir, one of France's leading intellectual figures of the 20th century. The sheer volume of her autobiographical writings testifies to her indefatigable questioning of the nature of existence and her personal and public engagement in the world over the best part of a century. This study aims to re-evaluate her extensive autobiographical oeuvre, exploring its place in relation to the French autobiographical canon, and in the light of recent theorisations of autobiography...
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The rise of the steamship in the mid-19th century didn’t spell the immediate demise of the sailing ship. From 1850 to 1910, these magnificent vessels were used to carry bulky cargoes such as wool, grain and coal all over the world. In those last great days, the ships were manned by a dying breed of old-fashioned sailing men who endured hardships and adventures that seem more suited to the world of storytellers than the industrial age. In 1938, Charles Domville-Fife published Square Rigger Days, a...
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Introduction.1. Sufferings of the Rev. T. G. Campbell and His Family, in Georgia: Tunis Gulic Campbell.2. Black Elk Speaks: Black Elk.3. Autobiography: Andrew Carnegie.4. Up from Slavery: Booker T. Washington.5. The Promised Land: Mary Antin.6. Autobiography of Mother Jones: Mary Jones.7. Confessions of a Reformer: Frederic C. Howe.8. The Story of a Pioneer: Anna Howard Shaw.9. Bound for Glory: Woody Guthrie.10. Nisei Daughter: Monica Sone.11. Coming of Age in Mississippi: Anne Moody.12. Born on...
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Through a treasury of autobiographical essays, Longtime Companions documents how committed gay male unions can be as enduring, nurturing, and diverse as heterosexual marriages and proves that loving commitments and life-sharing are not exclusive to heterosexual unions. A celebration of gay diversity, this book offers you insights from contributors of different ages, professions, geographic locations, and attitudes. (Harrington)
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Bookseller Inventory #: 62770. Format/binding: Hardcover. Book condition: Very Good. Jacket condition: Fair. Binding: Hardcover. Publisher: Maeght Editeur. Place: Paris. Date published: 1972. Keywords: Scupture, Calder, American.
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Description: ‘This is an important contribution to the ongoing discussion of the intersection of homosexuality and religion. McGinley presents a scholarly, well-documented discussion of the integration of sexuality and identity, as well as of the theoretical issues of moral agency and narrative form. He complements this discussion with a sensitive exploration of patterns and themes in contemporary autobiographical writings by 40 gay Catholics (or former Catholics). This book resounds with the authenticity...
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Lives In The Wilderness - Three Classic Indian Autobiographies
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1963 Two books containing all six vols first published between 1939 and 1954
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Since his drowning in 1917, Tom Thomson has been recreated by poets, playwrights, novelists, filmmakers, biographers, and other artists as a legendary figure synonymous with Canada and its northern identity. Touted as a great artist cut off in his prime, his mysterious death in Canoe Lake, Algonquin Park, and the controversy about his final resting-place fired the popular imagination and raised him to the status of a national hero. In Inventing Tom Thomson Sherrill Grace examines many of the ways in which the figure of Thomson has been imagined by Canadians. Even people who do not know his paintings well will recognize The Jack Pine and know his legend through the marketing of Thomson memorabilia on the Web, in museums, and in stores.
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Publisher: New York: Humanities Press for American Institute for Marxist Studies (AIMS), 1969
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RECENT GREAT AUTOBIOGRAPHIESTHE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF T. H. HUXLEYBy Mary E. Woolley of Mount Holyoke CollegeERNEST RENAN 1823-1892Recollections of YouthTHOMAS HUXLEY, 1825-1895 My AutobiographyLEO TOLSTOYAutobiography of Count TolstoyARMINIUS VAMBERY, 1832-1915Life and Adventures of VamberySIR ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, 1835-My First Geological ExcursionSONYA KOVALEVSKY, 1850-1891Recollections of ChildhoodOSCAR WILDE, 1856-1900De ProfundisMARIE BASHKIRTSEFF, 1860-1884The Journal of a Young ArtistCLARENCE HAWKES...
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'I evidently saw that unless the great God of his infinite grace and bounty, had voluntarily chosen me to be a vessel of mercy, though I should desire, and long, and labour until my heart did break, no good could come of it ...How can you tell you are Elected?' (GA, 47) In seventeenth-century England, the Calvinist doctrine of predestination, with its belief in the predetermined salvation of the few and damnation of the many, led many Christians to an anguished search for evidence of God's favour...
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This annotated bibliography covers the years 1995 through 2000 which saw a tremendous output of autobiographical material by Americans of color. Publishers released works by prominent civil rights leaders, musicians, entertainers, athletes, as well as unsung heroes with the courage to strive for a better life. This is the long awaited follow-up to the first volume of the Autobiographies by Americans of Color bibliography series.
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Title: The Lady Tars: The Autobiographies of Hannah Snell, Mary Lacy and Mary Anne Talbot
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A classic of spiritual autobiography--a genre which flourished in 17th-century England, as anxiety over one's spiritual state encouraged rigorous self-scrutiny and the sharing of spiritual experiences. This edition contrasts the work with four other contemporary autobiographies, making its cultural milieu more meaningful to the modern reader.
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In Sisters of the Spirit three black American women recreate their lives and proclaim their faith in themselves as women with an empowering mission. As preachers of the Christian gospel, Jarena Lee, Zilpha Elaw, and Julia Foote helped to launch a feminist revolution in American religious life and in American society as a whole.
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