Search Results for 'History'

UCSC political scientist teams up with Gloria Steinem on new...

Just in time for Women's History Month, a new book about U.S. women's history is appearing in bookstores. The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998) is dedicated to capturing the exp [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

The Fantasy Book: An Illustrated History From Dracula To Tol...

This is a nice, wide-ranging overview of the fantastic in literature (covering fantasy, horror, the weird tale, etc.). It's basically a long-form essay broken down into different approaches, periods and countries - the extra space is [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Computer: a history of the information machine

A comprehensive history of the computer, much of it standard but with some surprising interpretations. The explosive growth of the Internet has raised public interest in high technology to historic levels, eclipsing even the personal comp [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Cookbook serves up some history

It's taken two years to prepare but Wellington food guru Martin Bosley is finally ready to serve up his latest culinary creation – a second cookbook eponymously named Martin Bosley. However, the tome – 300-plus pages of i [...]

Posted On : Nov, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

A World by Itself - a History of the British Isles review

When I was growing up, my most prized possession was a battered copy of Professor J M D Meiklejohn’s New History of England and Great Britain, published in 1903. From the very first words, “The British Empire, which now stretche [...]

Posted On : Jan, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

The American Civil War - a Military History by John Keegan: ...

In this his latest book, John Keegan has attempted the impossible. The subtitle gives his game away. Instead of adding to the pile of chronicles of the American Civil War, he has written a critique of them, from the point of view of a deep- [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

America: A History in Art

America: A History in Art. The subtitle has been carefully worded, as this is not a traditional “art history” book. Placing equal focus on both history and art, this book tells the story of America and illuminates it with works [...]

Posted On : Jun, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Obamas Inauguation: Comic Book Story or History?

For those of you who weren’t too lazy to get your ass out of bed Tuesday morning and witness history (and for those of you who hit snooze–for shame). You saw America’s first African-American president get sworn into offic [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Book brings Civil War history of Texas to life

James R. Arnold brings a bit of Texas history to life in his book “Jeff Davis’s Own,” a tale of the Second Cavalry.“Jeff Davis’s Own: Cavalry, Comanches and the Battle for the Texas Frontier” by Jam [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Goguryeo: In Search of Its Culture and History

Jeon Ho-tae; Hollym: 288pp., 35,000 won -Goguryeo was not only the leader during the Three Kingdoms period but also the representative of ancient Northeast Asia. Its culture became part of Korean culture, but it also became the origin of th [...]

Posted On : Oct, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

The Theft of History

Many have wondered if in the future more or less near the West will lose its world hegemony in relation to the rapid progress of China. But for Jack Goody, one of Britain's leading anthropologists, the superiority of the West is largely unr [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

The history boy

Some unreliable narrators can't be trusted because they're self deluding (Humbert Humbert being the best known example), others because they're mad, like Patrick McGrath's Spider, and others because they're simply unable to grasp some vital [...]

Posted On : Jul, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

BOOK REVIEWS | Pretty Vacant: A History of UK Punk & Punk 36...

The MC5 didn't birth punk rock. Neither did the Velvet Underground or Television. Actually, it was never born. It was an N.Y.C. art-rock abortion that was rescued by thousands of pissed-off kids who raised it from the gutter and threw it on [...]

Posted On : Apr, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

History Book Reservation Form

History of the Norwegian Settlements A translated and expanded version of the 1908 De Norske Settlementers Historie and the 1930 Den Siste Folkevandring Sagastubber fra Nybyggerlivet i Amerika written by Hjalmar Rued Holand Translate [...]