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Fabre, Poet of Science
Considered "The Homer of Insects," Fabre's work laid the foundation for virtually all subsequent work in the field of entomology. This authorized biography includes a preface by Fabre, and the biographer had access to family members and Fabres correspondence. Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) is well known for his popularization of insect natural history, especially in the ten volumes of Souvenirs Entomoligiques. Although a reclusive amateur, with no scientific training, he was an acute observer of insect behavior. He combined his observations (most made in his own backyard) with a humanistic writing style that made his books popular, at least later in his life; during most of his life, the successive volumes of Souvenirs Entomologiques attracted only mild attention. Fabre was 84 when the last volume appeared, and soon afterward he was "discovered." He was elected to numerous scientific societies, provided a government pension, and even the President of France came to visit him. "The patience and the nicety of M. Fabres observations are indeed amazing. His eyes see, and they see magical marvels." --- Daily Express
Power and Pleasure
One of the great political figures of his day, Barthou (1862-1934) spent 45 years in French public life as lawyer, journalist, deputy, senator, and cabinet minister. Young (history, U. of Winnipeg) has written a social biography, situating Barthou's life--both public and private--in the political and cultural context of the Third Republic. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Britain's War Against the Slave Trade
The true story of the Royal Navy’s sixty-year campaign to stop slavery across the British Empire, decades before the American Civil War. Long before recorded history, men, women and children had been seized by conquering tribes and nations to be employed or traded as slaves. Greeks, Romans, Vikings, and Arabs were among the earliest of many peoples involved in the slave trade, and across Africa the buying and selling of slaves was widespread. There was, at the time, nothing unusual in Britain’s somewhat belated entry into the slave trade, transporting natives from Africa’s west coast to the plantations of the New World. What was unusual was Britain’s decision, in 1807, to ban the sla...
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Pel And The Staghound
Violence, the mugging of gay men, and the disappearance of a wealthy business man trouble Chief Inspector Pel, who is baited by superiors clamouring for more teamwork, technology, and sociologists. Has the business man been kidnapped or murdered? His family don’t seem to mind. Only Archer, his favourite staghound, seems anxious.
The Great Biologists
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Littell's Living Age
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Richard Wright
In this minutely detailed, comprehensive chronology, Toru Kiuchi and Yoshinobu Hakutani document the life in letters of the greatest African American writer of the twentieth century. The author of Black Boy and Native Son, among other works, Wright wrote unflinchingly about the black experience in the United States, where his books still influence discussions of race and social justice. Entries are documented by Wright's journals, articles, and other works published and unpublished, as well as his letters to and from friends, associates, writers and public figures. Part One covers Wright's life through the year 1946, the period in which he published his best-known work. Part Two covers the final fifteen years of his life in exile, a prolific period in which he wrote two novels, four works of nonfiction, and four thousand haiku. Each part begins with a historical and critical introduction.
