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George Sarton Letters to Dorothy Stimson and Other Letters

George Sarton Letters to Dorothy Stimson and Other Letters

George Sarton

8 letters mostly concerning George Sarton's role as editor of Isis. Sarton also writes of the Sarton medal given in his honor, the appropriate dress expected at a Harvard dinner, and thanks for support after the death of Sarton's father.
George Sarton Miscellaneous Correspondence

George Sarton Miscellaneous Correspondence

George Sarton

Includes letters to Sarton from scientists and inventors including Alexander Graham Bell, Emile Berliner, and Thomas Edison.
The History of Science and the New Humanism

The History of Science and the New Humanism

George Sarton

In this classic work, the foremost historian of science in our time, George Sarton, sums up his reflections on the role of science and of the humanities in our culture.
After the Stroke: A Journal

After the Stroke: A Journal

May Sarton

As Sarton begins to regain her strength, she rejoices in the life “recaptured and in all that still lies ahead.” Interspersed with heartfelt recollections about fellow poets and aspiring writers who see in Sarton a powerful muse, this ...
A House of Gathering: Poets on May Sarton's Poetry

A House of Gathering: Poets on May Sarton's Poetry

May Sarton

Paradox and Plenitude: A Grain of Mustard Seed MARJORIE STELMACH In book after book of striking observations and quiet affirmations of my own thinking, May Sarton's voice has become an important presence in my life, a presence that  ...
Understanding May Sarton

Understanding May Sarton

Mark K. Fulk

Fulk provides a comprehensive study - and one that does not assume Sarton's writings to be of interest exclusively or even primarily to female readers.
Conversations with May Sarton

Conversations with May Sarton

May Sarton

A collection of interviews with the writer highlights her childhood, her relationships with other women and with men, her aspirations as a writer, her sense of an audience, and her feelings about her work
Recovering: A Journal

Recovering: A Journal

May Sarton

In Recovering, Sarton focuses on her sixty-sixth year—one marked by the turmoil of a mastectomy, the end of a treasured relationship, and the loneliness that visits a life of chosen solitude.
May Sarton: Biography

May Sarton: Biography

Margot Peters

The first biography of May Sarton: a brilliant revelation of the life and work of a literary figure who influenced her thousands of readers not only by her novels and poetry, but by her life and her writings about it.
As Does New Hampshire: And Other Poems

As Does New Hampshire: And Other Poems

May Sarton

Above all, though, As Does New Hampshire is a lasting tribute not only to Sarton’s home, but to the greater concept of home found in the heart of every reader.
Endgame: A Journal of the Seventy-Ninth Year

Endgame: A Journal of the Seventy-Ninth Year

May Sarton

The story of what she calls the “last laps of a long-distance runner,” this yearlong journal addresses such familiar Sarton topics as her beloved garden, the harshness of Maine winters, and the friendships and intimate relationships ...
Journal of a Solitude

Journal of a Solitude

May Sarton

Sarton’s garden is her great, abiding joy, sustaining her through seasons of psychic and emotional pain. Journal of a Solitude is a moving and profound meditation on creativity, oneness with nature, and the courage it takes to be alone.
Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C.

Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C.

George Sarton

Noted scholar's brilliant recapitulation of an especially fertile period for Greek astronomy, physics, mathematics, other sciences.
Virginia Woolf miscellanies: proceedings of the First Annual ...

Virginia Woolf miscellanies: proceedings of the First Annual ...

Mark Hussey

Deborah Straw Tea With Virginia: Woolf as an Early Mentor to May Sarton At various times in her 50-year career, poet, novelist and keeper of journals May Sarton has acknowledged Virginia Woolf as one of her very important influences.
Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece

Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece

George Sarton

More than a history of Greek science, this fascinating book by an eminent science historian also provides a lucid account of ancient and early Greek cultures.
Introduction to the History of Science

Introduction to the History of Science

George Sarton

James Hay Colligan: The Arian Movement in England (184 p., Manchester, 1913) . H. Idris Bell: Jews and Christians in Egypt. The Jewish Troubles in Egypt and the Athanasian Controversy (152 p., 5 pi., London, 1924; Isis, VIII, 534). See also  ...
I Knew a Phoenix: Sketches for an Autobiography

I Knew a Phoenix: Sketches for an Autobiography

May Sarton

With sharp insights and captivating prose, I Knew a Phoenix introduces a generation of readers to one of the twentieth century’s most cherished writers.
Early ripening: American women's poetry now

Early ripening: American women's poetry now

Marge Piercy

Gathers poems by Marge Piercy, Adrienne Rich, May Sarton, Margaret Randall, Audre Lorde, and Diane di Prima
George:

George:

Alex Gino

" - David Levithan, author of Every Day and editor of George. When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever.
George

George

Alex Gino

" - David Levithan, author of Every Day and editor of George. When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever.
Social psychology: contemporary perspectives on people

Social psychology: contemporary perspectives on people

George Cvetkovich

1, George Cvetkovich. p. 22, George Cvetkovich. Chapter 2: pp. 28 & 29, George Cvetkovich. p. 32, Dr. John Berry, p. 45, Andrew Mills. Chapter 3: pp. 60 & 61, George Cvetkovich. p. 63, David D. Johnson, p. 69, Photo by Dr. Alan M. Beck. p.
Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 ...

Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 ...

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George De Tellis Evangelistic Association Inc., Worcester, Ma. George Delacorte Fund, No Palm Beach, Fl. (4) George Drew Conger Md Foundation for Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Inc., Tifton, Ga. George E. Coleman Jr Foundation, ...
Baffin Fair: Experiences of George Laing, a Scottish ...

Baffin Fair: Experiences of George Laing, a Scottish ...

George Laing

Experiences of George Laing, a Scottish Surgeon, in the Arctic Whaling Fleet 1830 and 1831 George Laing June Starke, ... George Laing, the fourth son of Francis Laing (cousin to John and also a merchant) and his wife, Ann Williamson, was ...
Dear Juliette: Letters of May Sarton to Juliette Huxley

Dear Juliette: Letters of May Sarton to Juliette Huxley

Juliette Huxley

A relationship between the renowned author and her beloved Juliette is revealed in this series of letters that spans more than sixty years
An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time

An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time

George Sale

George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, George Shelvocke, John Campbell, John Swinton. reign (E). Herrera asserts, that he purchased his liberty c. SECT. IX. > Containing a Relation of the War bee.ween the Spaniards and ...

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