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Ted Turner

Ted Turner

David Marc Fischer

A biography of the multimillionaire media pioneer, creator of the Cable News Network, champion yachtsman, and founder of environmental and humanitarian organizations.
The Gluten-Free Bible: The Thoroughly Indispensable Guide to ...

The Gluten-Free Bible: The Thoroughly Indispensable Guide to ...

Jax Peters Lowell

Letter to David Glass Ultimate Chocolate Truffle Cake, by permission of David Marc Fischer. Minor Use and Minor Species Animal Health Act, 108th Congress, 2nd Session, H.R.S. 741. National Foundation for Celiac Awareness Web site, ...
Australian & New Zealand Studies in Canada

Australian & New Zealand Studies in Canada

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It is nonetheless implicit throughout his chapter on "The Aesthetics of Astonishment" in melodrama. 6 Thanks to David Marc Fischer for suggesting to me that the English saw Australia itself as the sublime. 7 Thanks to Paul Kane for pointing out ...
Washington's Crossing

Washington's Crossing

David Hackett Fischer

Yet, as David Hackett Fischer recounts in this riveting history, George Washington--and many other Americans--refused to let the Revolution die.
“Curious, if True”: The Fantastic in Literature

“Curious, if True”: The Fantastic in Literature

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Although Chabon seems to flatten and blend Norse and Native American stories in order to create a patterned engagement with mythology, he does not lose their cultural implication. In an interview with David Marc Fischer, Chabon says, ...
The 20th Century A-GI: Dictionary of World Biography

The 20th Century A-GI: Dictionary of World Biography

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Written with an obvious appreciation of Bufiuel's subtleties, this book offers an invaluable, highly sophisticated look at An Andalusian Dog, L'Age d'or, The Phantom of Liberty, and That Obscure Object of Desire. David Marc Fischer Born:  ...
Champlain's Dream

Champlain's Dream

David Hackett Fischer

Winner of the Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing In this sweeping, enthralling biography, acclaimed historian David Hackett Fischer brings to life the remarkable Samuel de Champlain—soldier, spy, master ...
Musicians Wrestle Everywhere: Emily Dickinson & Music

Musicians Wrestle Everywhere: Emily Dickinson & Music

Carlton Lowenberg

John Keats, David Marc Fischer, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Bob Kaufman. The songs are connected solely by the terse, epigrammatic nature of the poetry, rather than by any underlying musico-dramatic concept. The performer is thus free to ...
Old cemetery burials of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Old cemetery burials of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Elizabeth Doherty Herzfeld

l8Dccl882 d/o Frederick (Fritz) & Fredericke Fischer, with Edward C 69 FISCHER Anna M b.l884 d.l960 on narrow side of Fischer Family Stone with Gertrude and Henry A 69 FISCHER Anthony M b. l8I9 d. l890 with Margaret, Rose, Louis, ...
Paul Revere's Ride

Paul Revere's Ride

David Hackett Fischer

In Paul Revere's Ride, David Hackett Fischer fashions an exciting narrative that offers deep insight into the outbreak of revolution and the emergence of the American republic.
Cyclopedia of Literary Characters: Aaron's Rod-Dem

Cyclopedia of Literary Characters: Aaron's Rod-Dem

A. J. Sobczak

... of Southwestern Louisiana Daniel D. Fineman Occidental College Edward Fiorelli St. John 's University David Marc Fischer Independent Scholar Ruth D. Fisher Kutztown University Louise Flavin University of Cincinnati Kay Kenney Fortson ...
We all die alone: a collection of cartoons

We all die alone: a collection of cartoons

Mark Newgarden

Editor: Dan Nadel Designer: Helene Silverman Copy Editor: Anne Newgarden Typist: David Marc Fischer Production Intern: Brett Von Schlosser Photographer: Kristine Larsen Promotion: Eric Reynolds Gary Groth and Kim Thompson, ...
Glyph-Breaker

Glyph-Breaker

Steven R. Fischer

Steven R. Fischer. Hachette. Fischer, Steven Roger. 1988a. Evidence for Hellenic Dialect in the Phaistos Disk. Berne: Peter Lang. Fischer, Steven Roger. 1988b. Meersburg im Mittelalter. Aus der Geschichte einer Bodenseestadt undihrer ...
Stained Glass

Stained Glass

Stephen A. Fischer

This is a fictional story about Georg Roman Fischer that takes place between 1910 and 1927. The narrative opens at a time of chaos in Germany's history and concludes when Fischer migrates to America.
Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: ...

Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: ...

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... Tom Feller Independent Scholar John Fiero University of Southwestern Louisiana David Marc Fischer Independent Scholar James O. Foster Baylor University Ronald Foust Loyola University in New Orleans Diana Pharaoh Francis Ball State ...
The Pawns Court (Spy Thriller Classic)

The Pawns Court (Spy Thriller Classic)

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Mr. Fischer sat quite still for several moments. He was struggling very hard to ... “ Then there is room there for a discussion,” Mr. Fischer pointed out eagerly. “I should like to put my ... a young soldier that morning at Henry's?” Fischer nodded.
Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from ...

Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from ...

Frank Brady

This is the definitive account of a fascinating man and an extraordinary life, one that at last reconciles Fischer's deeply contradictory legacy and answers the question: 'Who was Bobby Fischer?'
Ragamuffin Man: The World of Syd Fischer

Ragamuffin Man: The World of Syd Fischer

David Salter

This is the story of Fischer’s remarkable life, and of his unrelenting quest to win the Sydney–Hobart Yacht Race one more time. ‘It’s as if Syd has suddenly decided that it’s time to shrug off his lifelong reluctance to talk about ...
Liberty and Freedom: A Visual History of America's Founding ...

Liberty and Freedom: A Visual History of America's Founding ...

David Hackett Fischer

Fischer examines liberty and freedom not as philosophical or political abstractions, but as folkways and popular beliefs deeply embedded in American culture. 400+ illustrations, 250 in full color.
The Balkans Since the Second World War

The Balkans Since the Second World War

R. J. Crampton

Woodhouse, C. M. Almond, Mark Behr, Edward Brucan, Silviu Carothers, Thomas Castellan, Georges Deletant, Dennis Deletant, Dennis Fischer, Mary Ellen Fischer-Galati, Stephen Fischer—Galati, Stephen Fischer-Galati, Stephen Floyd,  ...
Political Democracy and Ethnic Diversity in Modern European ...

Political Democracy and Ethnic Diversity in Modern European ...

André Gerrits

3, July 1995). Fischer-Galati 1969: Stephen Fischer-Galati, The Socialist Republic of Rumania (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1969). Fischer- Galati 2000: Stephen Fischer-Galati, "Romania: Crisis W1thout Compromise," in Dirk ...
Through a Glass Darkly: Reflections on Personal Identity in ...

Through a Glass Darkly: Reflections on Personal Identity in ...

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Fischer suggests that the Somnia Danielis was "but a collection of self- perpetuating topics stemming from the ancient tradition"; Fischer, The Dream, 31. See Steven R. Fischer, The Complete Medieval Dreambook: A Multilingual, Alphabetical ...
The Games of Robert J. Fischer

The Games of Robert J. Fischer

Bobby Fischer

Was Bobby Fischer the Greatest Player Ever? The question often asked is: Was Bobby Fischer the Greatest Player Ever?
Eastern Europe and the Cold War: perceptions and perspectives

Eastern Europe and the Cold War: perceptions and perspectives

Stephen A. Fischer-Galați

13. Stephen Fischer-Galati, The New Rumania: From People's Democracy to Socialist Republic (Cambridge: The M.I.T. Press, 1967), pp. 44-77. 14. Ibid. 15. Stephen Fischer-Galati, Twentieth Century Rumania (New York: Columbia University ...
Franz Marc, horses

Franz Marc, horses

Franz Marc

Like no other artist, Franz Marc pursued the representation of the horse--a central topic in the fine arts--as his life's work.

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