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Annapolis

A Novel

By: William Martin

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From the days of pirate raids on the Chesapeake to swift-boat actions in Vietnam, the Staffords and their traditional rivals, the Parrishes, struggle with foreign enemies and each other to build a navy and a nation. They march across the deserts of Tripoli, sail into the South Seas to battle the British and dally with the native girls, fight aboard the Merrimac and the Monitor, fly into the battle of Midway, and look into the living faces of all four men on Mount Rushmore. When Stafford descendant Susan Browne sets out to film a documentary about her famous ancestry, her work sweeps her into the past, to celebrate Stafford victories, mourn their losses, and confront their secrets. Annapolis is William Martin's most ambitious novel, a tale of romance and courage, honor and patriotism, an ode to the men and women who have made the proud traditions of the United States Navy. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Forge Books

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1429935758

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The Poetry of Erasmus Darwin

Enlightened Spaces, Romantic Times

By: Professor Martin Priestman

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The Poetry of Erasmus Darwin

Enlightened Spaces, Romantic Times

By: Professor Martin Priestman

While historians of science have focused significant attention on Erasmus Darwin’s scientific ideas and milieu, relatively little attention has been paid to Darwin as a literary writer. In The Poetry of Erasmus Darwin: Enlightened Spaces, Romantic Times, Martin Priestman situates Darwin’s three major poems - The Loves of the Plants (1789), The Economy of Vegetation (1791) and The Temple of Nature (1803) - and Darwin himself within a large, polymathic late-Enlightenment network of other scientists, writers, thinkers and social movers and shakers. Interpreting Darwin’s poetry in terms of Darwin’s broader sense of the poetic text as a material space, he posits a significant shift from the Enlightenment’s emphases on conceptual spaces to the Romantic period’s emphases on historical time. He shows how Darwin’s poetry illuminates his stance toward all the major physical sciences and his well-formulated theories of evolution and materially based psychology. Priestman’s study also offers the first substantial accounts of Darwin’s mythological theories and their links to Enlightenment Rosicrucianism and Freemansonry, and of the reading of history that emerges from the fragment-poem The Progress of Society, a first-ever printed edition of which is included in an appendix. Ultimately, Priestman’s book offers readers a sustained account of Darwin’s polymathic Enlightenment worldview and cognate poetics in a period when texts are too often judged by their adherence to a retrospectively constructed ‘Romanticism’.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1472419561

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9781472419569

An American Triptych

Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, and Adrienne Rich

By: Wendy Martin

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An American Triptych

Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, and Adrienne Rich

By: Wendy Martin

Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, and Adrienne Rich share nationality, gender, and an aesthetic tradition, but each expresses these experiences in the context of her own historical moment. Puritanism imposed stringent demands on Bradstreet, romanticism both inspired and restricted Dickinson, and feminism challenged as well as liberated Rich. Nevertheless, each poet succeeded in forming a personal vision that counters traditional male poetics. Their poetry celebrates daily life, demonstrates their commitment to nurturance rather than dominance, shows their resistance to the control of both their earthly and heavenly fathers, and affirms their experience in a world that has often denied women a voice. Wendy Martin recreates the textures of these women's lives, showing how they parallel the shifts in the status of American women from private companion to participant in a wider public life. The three portraits examine in detail the life and work of the Puritan wife of a colonial magistrate, the white-robed, reclusive New England seer, and the modern feminist and lesbian activist. Their poetry, Martin argues, tells us much about the evolution of feminist and patriarchal perspectives, from Bradstreet's resigned acceptance of traditional religion, to Dickinson's private rebellion, to Rich's public criticism of traditional masculine culture. Together, these portraits compose the panels of an American triptych. Beyond the dramatic contrasts between the Puritan and feminist vision, Martin finds striking parallels in form. An ideal of a new world, whether it be the city on the hill or a supportive community of women, inspires both. Like the commonwealth of saints, this concept of a female collectivity, which all three poets embrace, is a profoundly political phenomenon based on a pattern of protest and reform that is deeply rooted in American life. Martin suggests that, through their belief in regeneration and renewal, Bradstreet Dickinson, and Rich are part of a larger political as well as literary tradition. An American Triptych both enhances our understanding of the poets' work as part of the web of American experience and suggests the outlines of an American female poetic.

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UNC Press Books

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1469616955

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9781469616957

From the Dust of Death

By: Helen M. Martin

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From the Dust of Death

By: Helen M. Martin

Grace Lively, once known for her beauty and charm, has been forever changed by the events of the past two years. The Great War has already taken her father, her sweetheart, perhaps her brother, and nowthe great plantation she swore she would never return to until she was its rightful heir. But as an irresistible force leads her back to Lively in 1867, Grace soon realizes that her nightmare is far from over. After Grace marries Porter Jackson out of convenience not love, she tries to make him happy and find contentment in her own life. But when her former sweethearts best friend returns to Lively, Grace quickly falls in love with himjust as her husband is murdered. After a trail of clues leads the sheriff to suspect Grace is responsible for Porters death, she escapes Charleston on a railroad car without any idea she has just become a victim of a cruel lease system that is the primary penal caretaker for convicts. Now as she battles to stay alive, Grace is unaware that love awaits herthis time within the arms of a handsome Yankee officer. From the Dust of Death is the historical tale of one womans attempt to survive seemingly insurmountable challenges during the chaos of the post-Civil War South.

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1491859695

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9781491859698

The Wee Rock Discography

By: Martin Strong

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The Wee Rock Discography

By: Martin Strong

Based on Martin Strong's The Great Rock Discography, this is a compact version featuring 500 of the most influential figures in the history of popular music. It expands on the format of the previous title, in which full track listings for all albums, b-sides for all singles, labels, UK and US chart positions, band members, recommended listening, style analysis, band histories - from original line-ups to dissolution, solo projects, potted biographies, a pricing guide for rare albums and release dates are given.

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Canongate Books

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0862416213

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9780862416218

Southern Hero

Matthew Calbraith Butler: Confederate General, Hampton Red Shirt, and U.S. Senator

By: Samuel J. Martin

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Southern Hero

Matthew Calbraith Butler: Confederate General, Hampton Red Shirt, and U.S. Senator

By: Samuel J. Martin

As a member of a distinguished South Carolina family, Matthew Calbraith Butler led a most interesting life. His cavalry service during the Civil War saw him rise from regimental captain to major general in command of a division. He began the war with Jeb Stuart and participated in all of his early campaigns. Butler was wounded in the battle at Brandy Station and lost his foot as a result, but he returned to duty and the battles outside of Richmond in 1864, then hurried South to resist Sherman's advance into South Carolina. Unlike many other Confederate generals, Butler remained influential after the War. He served in the U.S. Senate for eighteen years, oversaw the end of Reconstruction in South Carolina, and was a major general during the Spanish-American War.

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Stackpole Books

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0811753573

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9780811753579

The Rough Guide to Norfolk & Suffolk

By: Martin Dunford,Phil Lee

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The Rough Guide to Norfolk & Suffolk

By: Martin Dunford,Phil Lee

Full-colour throughout, The Rough Guide to Norfolk & Suffolk is the ultimate travel guide to two of England's most captivating regions. With 30 years experience and our trademark 'tell it like it is' writing style, Rough Guides cover all the basics with practical, on-the-ground details, as well as unmissable alternatives to the usual must-see sights. At the top of your list and guaranteed to get you value for money, each guide also reviews the best accommodation and restaurants in all price brackets. We know there are times for saving, and times for splashing out. In The Rough Guide to Norfolk & Suffolk: - Over 50 colour-coded maps featuring every listing - Area-by-area chapter highlights - Top 5 boxes - Things not to miss section Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to Norfolk & Suffolk Now available in ePub format.

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Rough Guides UK

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1405390352

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9781405390354

Beatson, Matthews and Elliott's Administrative Law Text and Materials

By: Mark Elliott,Jack Beatson,Martin Matthews

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Beatson, Matthews and Elliott's Administrative Law Text and Materials

By: Mark Elliott,Jack Beatson,Martin Matthews

Beatson, Matthews & Elliot's Administrative Law' combines extracts from key cases, articles and other sources with detailed commentary. Aimed at undergraduates studying administrative law, it provides comprehensive coverage of the subject.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199238529

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9780199238521

Operation Breadbasket

An Untold Story of Civil Rights in Chicago, 1966–1971

By: Martin L. Deppe

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Operation Breadbasket

An Untold Story of Civil Rights in Chicago, 1966–1971

By: Martin L. Deppe

This is the first full history of Operation Breadbasket, the interfaith economic justice program that transformed into Jesse Jackson’s Operation PUSH (now the Rainbow PUSH Coalition). Begun by Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1966 Chicago Freedom Movement, Breadbasket was directed by Jackson. Author Martin L. Deppe was one of Breadbasket’s founding pastors. He digs deeply into the program’s past to update the meager narrative about Breadbasket, add details to King’s and Jackson’s roles, and tell Breadbasket’s little-known story. Under the motto “Your Ministers Fight for Jobs and Rights,” the program put bread on the tables of the city’s African American families in the form of steady jobs. Deppe details how Breadbasket used the power of the pulpit to persuade businesses that sought black dollars to also employ a fair share of blacks. Though they favored negotiations, Breadbasket pastors also organized effective boycotts, as they did after one manager declared that he was “not about to let Negro preachers tell him what to do.” Over six years, Breadbasket’s efforts netted forty-five hundred jobs and sharply increased commerce involving black-owned businesses. Economic gains on Chicago’s South Side amounted to $57.5 million annually by 1971. Deppe traces Breadbasket’s history from its early “Don’t Buy” campaigns through a string of achievements related to black employment and black-owned products, services, and businesses. To the emerging call for black power, Breadbasket offered a program that actually empowered the black community, helping it engage the mainstream economic powers on an equal footing. Deppe recounts plans for Breadbasket’s national expansion; its sponsored business expos; and the Saturday Breadbasket gatherings, a hugely popular black-pride forum. Deppe shows how the program evolved in response to growing pains, changing alliances, and the King assassination. Breadbasket’s rich history, as told here, offers a still-viable model for attaining economic justice today.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820350451

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9780820350455

Killing Time

Leisure and Culture in Southwestern Pennsylvania, 1800–1850

By: Scott C. Martin

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Killing Time

Leisure and Culture in Southwestern Pennsylvania, 1800–1850

By: Scott C. Martin

Scott C. Martin examines leisure as a “contested cultural space” in which nineteenth-century Americans articulated and developed ideas about ethnicity, class, gender, and community. This new perspective demonstrates how leisure and sociability mediated the transition from an agricultural to an industrial society. Martin argues persuasively that southwestern Pennsylvanians used leisure activities to create identities and define values in a society being transformed by market expansion. The transportation revolution brought new commercial entertainments and recreational opportunities but also fragmented and privatized customary patterns of communal leisure. By using leisure as a window on the rapid changes sweeping through the region, Martin shows how southwestern Pennsylvanians used voluntary associations, private parties, and public gatherings to construct social identities better suited to their altered circumstances. The prosperous middle class devised amusements to distinguish them from workers who, in turn, resisted reformersÆ attempts to constrain their use of free time. Ethnic and racial minorities used holiday observances and traditional celebrations to define their place in American society, while women tested the boundaries of the domestic sphere through participation in church fairs, commercial recreation, and other leisure activities. This study illuminates the cultural history of the region and offers broader insights into perceptions of free time, leisure, and community in antebellum America.

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University of Pittsburgh Pre

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0822970430

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9780822970439

The Cambridge Introduction to Emily Dickinson

By: Wendy Martin

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The Cambridge Introduction to Emily Dickinson

By: Wendy Martin

Emily Dickinson is best known as an intensely private, even reclusive writer. Yet the way she has been mythologised has meant her work is often misunderstood. This introduction delves behind the myth to present a poet who was deeply engaged with the issues of her day. In a lucid and elegant style, the book places her life and work in the historical context of the Civil War, the suffrage movement, and the rapid industrialisation of the United States. Wendy Martin explores the ways in which Dickinson's personal struggles with romantic love, religious faith, friendship and community shape her poetry. The complex publication history of her works, as well as their reception, is teased out, and a guide to further reading is included. Dickinson emerges not only as one of America's finest poets, but also as a fiercely independent intellect and an original talent writing poetry far ahead of her time.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139462407

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9781139462402

Book's by Martin David Porter

Annapolis

Annapolis

The Poetry of Erasmus Darwin

The Poetry of Erasmus Darwin

An American Triptych

An American Triptych

From the Dust of Death

From the Dust of Death

The Wee Rock Discography

The Wee Rock Discography

Southern Hero

Southern Hero

The Rough Guide to Norfolk & Suffolk

The Rough Guide to Norfolk & Suffolk

Beatson, Matthews and Elliott's Administrative Law Text and Materials

Beatson, Matthews and Elliott's Administrative Law Text and Materials

Operation Breadbasket

Operation Breadbasket

Killing Time

Killing Time

The Cambridge Introduction to Emily Dickinson

The Cambridge Introduction to Emily Dickinson

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