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The Use and Abuse of History

The Use and Abuse of History

Moses I. Finley

Few writers have taught us more about the ancient world than M. I finley.
The ancient economy

The ancient economy

Moses I. Finley

This is Finley at the height of his remarkable powers and in his finest role as historical iconoclast and intellectual provocateur.
Mildred at Roselands

Mildred at Roselands

Martha Finley

Mildred visits her relatives at Roselands and endures the heartbreak of loving Charlie Landreth whom she can't marry because he is not Christian.
The Strange Case of Finley Jayne

The Strange Case of Finley Jayne

Kady Cross

Finley Jayne knows she's not 'normal'.
The (Almost) Perfect Guide to Imperfect Boys

The (Almost) Perfect Guide to Imperfect Boys

Barbara Dee

According to the book she and her best friend Maya have written, Finley believes that all of the boys at her middle school are immature, until Zachary Mattison returns from a year away, and Finley sees him in a new light.
Classical Slavery

Classical Slavery

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In Aspects of Antiquity (1968; Pelican reprint 1972) Moses Finley included the essay Aulos Kapreilios Timotheos, Slave Trader'. It is the least polemical of Finley's essays on slavery: it is almost a soliloquy in front of a puzzling ghost from the ...
Politics in the Ancient World

Politics in the Ancient World

M. I. Finley

Sir Moses Finley explores politics in the city states of Greece and republican Rome and their impact on our understanding of the ancient world.
Abstracts of the Testamentary Proceedings of the Prerogative ...

Abstracts of the Testamentary Proceedings of the Prerogative ...

Jr. Skinner

21:38 Mr. Finley (TA) to examine accounts of Mary Glover administratrix of John Glover (TA) . MM William Coursey & Robert Finley administrators of Richard Sweatnam (TA) were granted continuance. Mr. Peter Dent (SO) to examine accounts ...
Martha Stewart: A Biography

Martha Stewart: A Biography

Joann F. Price

In her Newsweek article, Laura Shapiro described Martha as “the Barbara Cartland (well-known British romance author) of food, and she has a succinct explanation for her phenomenal success—“My ideas are good,” she (Martha) states.
The Finley United Methodist Church, Steubenville, Ohio,: 125 ...

The Finley United Methodist Church, Steubenville, Ohio,: 125 ...

Martha V. Mallett Sisler

W. Poole, S, from probation Margaret Parks, S, from probation Russell Pugh, S Ellsworth Parks, S John Peoples, S Mary Runyon, S, from probation Beulah Richardson, S Charles Spurrier, M, from probation Mrs. Charles Spurrier, M, from  ...
Descendants of Joseph Finley Kyle and Matilda Scotten of ...

Descendants of Joseph Finley Kyle and Matilda Scotten of ...

Reverdy Lewin Orrell

Joseph Finley Kyle (ca. 1795-1842) married Matilda Scotten (1802-1850) in 1819.
Stranger and a Sojourner:passage Peter Caulder, Free Black ...

Stranger and a Sojourner:passage Peter Caulder, Free Black ...

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... Civil War, and Aftermath in Arkansas," Arkansas Historical Quarterly 54 ( Autumn 1995): 304-58; and Randy Finley, "This Dreadful Whirlpool' of Civil War: Edward W. Gantt and the Quest for Distinction," in Randy Finley and Thomas A.
Martha: the life and work of Martha Graham

Martha: the life and work of Martha Graham

Agnes De Mille

The author, a celebrated choreographer and a friend of Martha Graham for more than sixty years, traces Graham's life and career and discusses her training as a student, her early successes, and her development of a new language of dance
Who Killed John Clayton?: Political Violence and the ...

Who Killed John Clayton?: Political Violence and the ...

Kenneth C. Barnes

See also Randy Finley, "The Freedmen's Bureau in Arkansas" (Ph.D. diss., University of Arkansas, 1992), 370; Randy Finley, From Slavery to Uncertain Freedom: The Freedmen's Bureau in Arkansas, 1865-1869 (Fayetteville: University of ...
Martha Graham: une fleur de serre exotique

Martha Graham: une fleur de serre exotique

Claudie Servian

201 Martha Graham, in Alice Helpern, op., cit., p. 9. « I wanted significant movement, I did not want it to be beautiful or fluid. I wanted it to be fraught with inner meaning, with excitement and surge. » 202 Id., Ibid., p.215. 203 Martha Graham ...
The American descendants of Henry Luce, 1640 to 1978

The American descendants of Henry Luce, 1640 to 1978

Martha Fletcher McCourt

MARTHA'S VINEYARD-16<*0-1978" by Martha Fletcher McCourt, has been donated free of charge to the fDllouing libraries and historical societies: 1. The GENERAL SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS— sent to the Historian ...
Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring

Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring

Jan Greenberg

A picture book about the making of Martha Graham's Appalachian Spring, her most famous dance performance Martha Graham : trailblazing choreographer Aaron Copland : distinguished American composer Isamu Noguchi : artist, sculptor, craftsman ...
Dying to Belong: Gangster Movies in Hollywood and Hong Kong

Dying to Belong: Gangster Movies in Hollywood and Hong Kong

Martha Nochimson

2007 by Martha P. Nochimson blackwell publishing 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5020, USA 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK 550 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia The right of Martha P. Nochimson to be ...
Adolescence: Talks and Papers by Donald Meltzer and Martha ...

Adolescence: Talks and Papers by Donald Meltzer and Martha ...

Martha Harris

This volume contains a representative selection of talks and writings by Martha Harris and Donald Meltzer on the key developmental phase of adolescence, from their teachings both separately and together over many years.
Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria

Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria

Kyra E. Hicks

Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria is the true story of Martha Ann Ricks, an ex-slave who spent fifty years saving spare coins to fulfill her dream of meeting the Queen of England.
Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine

Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine

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Martha Fletcher McCourt. Vol I. The American Descendants of Rev. John Smith of Martha's Vineyard- Those who Went West. 1976. Vol. II. Martha Fletcher McCourt. Tillamook History a Sequel to Tillamook Memories. Lila V. Cooper Boge. 1975 ...
Color Atlas and Synopsis of Womens Cardiovascular Health

Color Atlas and Synopsis of Womens Cardiovascular Health

Martha Gulati

... .1 5 Nkechinyere Ijioma, MBBS, and Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA 1 Heart Disease in Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Kavita Sharma, MD, and Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA 2 Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease ...
Institutions and the Right to Vote in America

Institutions and the Right to Vote in America

Martha E. Kropf

Kimball, David C. and Martha Kropf. Forthcoming. “Voter Competence with Cumulative Voting.” Social Science Quarterly. Kimball, David C., Martha Kropf and Lindsay Battles. 2006. “Helping America Vote? Election Administration, Partisanship ...
Lazarus, Mary and Martha: Social-scientific Approaches to ...

Lazarus, Mary and Martha: Social-scientific Approaches to ...

Philip Francis Esler

Lazarus, Martha, and Mary: reframing the discussion -- Social identity and prototypes: a social-scientific model for historical and theological application -- Johannine processing of the past in relation to Lazarus, Martha, and Mary -- ...
Discovering Martha

Discovering Martha

Joanne Rocklin

Does the mysterious purple guitar possess magic or does learning to play it merely motivate Martha, a sixth-grader going through an awkward stage, to change her life a little?
Ramus, Critical Studies in Greek and Roman Literature

Ramus, Critical Studies in Greek and Roman Literature

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... the age of the former Jupiter 26 MARTHA MALAMUD Martha Malamud.
Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach

Women and Human Development: The Capabilities Approach

Martha C. Nussbaum

Martha Nussbaum proposes a kind of feminism that is genuinely international.
Martha's Journey

Martha's Journey

Maureen Lee

Martha's journey there will be a tough one, but with courage and the support of her friends and family, it will be the most important undertaking of her life.
Just Desserts -- Martha Stewart: The Unauthorized Biography

Just Desserts -- Martha Stewart: The Unauthorized Biography

Jerry Oppenheimer

Domestic Goddess, Martha Stewart, once considered the epitome of perfection, has done a one-eighty.
Political Emotions

Political Emotions

Martha C. Nussbaum

Martha Nussbaum asks: How can we sustain a decent society that aspires to justice and inspires sacrifice for the common good?

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