Clark: 4067 books
City of Second Sight
Nineteenth-Century Boston and the Making of American Visual Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2018
In the decades before the U.S. Civil War, the city of Boston evolved from a dilapidated, haphazardly planned, and architecturally stagnant provincial town into a booming and visually impressive metropolis. In an effort to remake Boston into the "Athens of America," neighborhoods were leveled,...
by Dan Clark
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
“STANDING IN FRONT OF A ROOM AND CALLING YOURSELF A LEADER, NO MORE MAKES
YOU A LEADER THAN SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF A GARAGE MAKES YOU A TRUCK!”
“IF YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM THAT YOU ARE – THEN YOU AREN’T”
“THE PURPOSE OF A LEADER IS TO GROW MORE LEADERS –
KNOWING YOU DON’T NEED A...
Masterless Mistresses
The New Orleans Ursulines and the Development of a New World Society, 1727-1834
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
During French colonial rule in Louisiana, nuns from the French Company of Saint Ursula came to New Orleans, where they educated women and girls of European, Indian, and African descent, enslaved and free, in literacy, numeracy, and the Catholic faith. Although religious women had gained acceptance...
by Gillian Clark
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2011
Late antiquity: decline or transformation, conflict or interaction? Late antiquity is the period (c.300 - c.800) in which barbarian invasions ended Roman Empire in Western Europe by the fifth century and Arab invasions ended Roman rule over the eastern and southern Mediterranean coasts by the seventh...
by Alexandra Walker Clark
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
The enigmatic hills and woodlands of the Chattanooga area are a sanctuary of history, and the hometown of author Alexandra Walker Clark. Clark has chronicled the history of her hometown for the Chattanooga Times and the Chattanooga History Journal, and in this collection she combines some of her favorite...
Help! For Writers
210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2011
The craft of writing offers countless potential problems: The story is too long; the story's too short; revising presents a huge hurdle; writer's block is rearing its ugly head.
In HELP! FOR WRITERS, Roy Peter Clark presents an "owner's manual" for writers, outlining the seven steps...
by Eleanor Clark
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
In 1947 a young american woman named Eleanor Clark went to Rome on a Guggenheim fellowship to write a novel. But Rome had its way with her, the novel was abandoned, and what followed was not a novel but a series of sketches of Roman life, most written between 1948 and 1951. This new edition of her...
Why Angels Fall
A Journey Through Orthodox Europe from Byzantium to Kosovo
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2011
'Compelling, powerful, magnificent' THE TIMES
In revealing encounters with monks, nuns, bishops and archbishops, in monasteries ancient and modern Victoria Clark measures the depth and width of the gulf now separating Europe's Orthodox East from the Catholic and Protestant West. Many of the...
The Vision of Catholic Social Thought
The Virtue of Solidarity and the Praxis of Human Rights
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The Vision of Catholic Social Thought traces the emergence of solidarity and human rights as critical theological and philosophical pillars of the anthropology and ethics foundational to the development of Catholic social teaching. Meghan J. Clark argues that the integration of human rights and the...
Making Sense of the 2016 Elections
A CQ Press Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
?How did Donald Trump secure the Republican nomination when nearly all the available research suggested it should have been impossible? What can we learn about the factors that drove turnout among key voting blocs? And what issues did voters find important in 2016?
Get a big picture understanding...
by Ronald Clark
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
The unrivalled scenery of the Alps attracts increasing numbers of visitors every year, while for those who seek the more active and dangerous pursuits of climbing and skiing, the region offers unique opportunities.
Ronald Clark, a distinguished historian of mountaineering, who knows the Alps...
The Son Also Rises
Surnames and the History of Social Mobility
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2014
How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does it influence our children? More than we wish to believe. While it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favor of greater social equality, The Son Also Rises proves that movement on the social...
Profiles from the Kitchen
What Great Cooks Have Taught Us about Ourselves and Our Food
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2006
In an age where convenience often ranks above quality, many Americans have abandoned traditional recipes and methods of cooking for fast solutions to their hunger and nourishment needs. Modern families are busier than ever, juggling hectic schedules that send them to fast-food restaurant drive-through...
by Martin Clark
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
The Unification of Italy in the nineteenth century was the unlikely result of a lengthy and complex process of Italian revival (Risorgimento). Few Italians supported Unification and the new rulers of Italy were unable to resolve their disputes with the Catholic Church, the local power-holders...