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Meditations / by Marcus Aurelius,Emperor of Rome,121-180.; Hard, Robin.; Gill, Christopher,1946-; Marcus Aurelius,Emperor of Rome,121-180.Correspondence.English.Selections.2011.; Fronto, Marcus Cornelius.Correspondence.English.Selections.2011.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxvi-xxx) and index.The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius is one of the best-known and most popular works of ancient philosophy, offering spiritual reflections on how best to understand the universe and one's place within it.
Subjects: Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180; Fronto, Marcus Cornelius; Ethics; Stoics; Life; Authors, Latin; Emperors; Orators;
© 2011., Oxford University Press,
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The narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass : [electronic resource] : An American slave. by Douglass, Frederick.;
Frederick Douglass was an ex-slave and a great orator in early 19th-century USA. His autobiography details his experiences as a slave and is considered the most famous such work, though many similar were written by his contemporaries. This work also influenced and fueled the abolitionist movement, in which Douglass was an important figure.Text Difficulty 6 - Text Difficulty 81030Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 837 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 237 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 836 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 234 KB).
Subjects: Electronic books.; Nonfiction.; Biography & Autobiography.;
© 2012., Duke Classics,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=785031 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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Lucy Stone : an unapologetic life / by McMillen, Sally G.(Sally Gregory),1944-;
"In the rotunda of the nation's Capital a statue pays homage to three famous nineteenth-century American women suffragists: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucretia Mott. "Historically," the inscription beneath the marble statue notes, "these three stand unique and peerless." In fact, the statue has a glaring omission: Lucy Stone. A pivotal leader in the fight for both abolition and gender equality, her achievements marked the beginning of the women's rights movement and helped to lay the groundwork for the eventual winning of women's suffrage. Yet, today most Americans have never heard of Lucy Stone. Sally McMillen sets out to address this significant historical oversight in this engaging biography. Exploring her extraordinary life and the role she played in crafting a more just society, McMillen restores Lucy Stone to her rightful place at the center of the nineteenth-century women's rights movement. Raised in a middle-class Massachusetts farm family, Stone became convinced at an early age that education was key to women's independence and selfhood, and went on to attend the Oberlin Collegiate Institute. When she graduated in 1847 as one of the first women in the US to earn a college degree, she was drawn into the public sector as an activist and quickly became one of the most famous orators of her day. Lecturing on anti-slavery and women's rights, she was instrumental in organizing and speaking at several annual national woman's rights conventions throughout the 1850s. She played a critical role in the organization and leadership of the American Equal Rights Association during the Civil War, and, in 1869, cofounded the American Woman Suffrage Association, one of two national women's rights organizations that fought for women's right to vote. Encompassing Stone's marriage to Henry Blackwell and the birth of their daughter Alice, as well as her significant friendships with Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and others, McMillen's biography paints a complete picture of Stone's influential and eminently important life and work. Self-effacing until the end of her life, Stone did not relish the limelight the way Elizabeth Cady Stanton did, nor did she gain the many followers whom Susan B. Anthony attracted through her extensive travels and years of dedicated work. Yet her contributions to the woman's rights movement were no less significant or revolutionary than those of her more widely lauded peers. In this accessible, readable, and historically-grounded work, Lucy Stone is finally given the standing she deserves"--"A biography of Lucy Stone, who, while often overshadowed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and others, played a pivotal role in the woman's rights movement and fought for gender equality throughout her life"--Includes bibliographical references and index.A Massachusetts childhood -- Oberlin Collegiate Institute -- "Well, whether we like it or not, little woman, God has made you an orator!" -- "The heart and soul of this crusade" -- "This strange union": marriage and motherhood -- War and division, 1861-1869 -- Onward struggle, 1870-1888 -- "Make the world better," 188901893.
Subjects: Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893.; Suffragists; Women's rights;
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Mary Edwards Walker : above and beyond / by Walker, Dale L.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-211) and index.Profiles the only woman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, including her Civil War service, women's rights advocacy, and arrests for wearing slacks.1. Bunker Hill Farm -- 2. Blackwell -- 3. Seneca Falls -- Other Pioneers of Womens' Rights -- 4. Medicine -- 5. Eccentric -- 6. What God Hath Joined -- 7. Orator -- 8. The Lines Are Drawn -- 9. Washington, 1861 -- Medicine and the Union Army -- 10. Indiana Hospital -- 11. Army of the Potomac -- Disease, Wounds & Treatments -- 12. Fredericksburg -- 13. Washington, 1863 -- 14. Tennessee -- 15. Spy -- 16. Castle Thunder -- 17. Louisville -- 18. The Medal -- Mary Walker's Medal of Honor Citation -- 19. Post-War -- 20. Hard Times -- Dr. Mary's Prescriptions -- 21. Last Battle.
Subjects: Biographies.; Walker, Mary Edwards, 1832-1919.; Women physicians; Physicians, Women.; American Civil War.; Military Medicine; Women's Rights;
© ©2005., Forge,
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Caesar : life of a colossus / by Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-533) and index.pt. 1. The rise to the consulship, 100-59 BC. -- Caesar's world -- Caesar's childhood -- The first dictator -- The young Caesar -- Candidate -- Conspiracy -- Scandal -- Consul -- pt. 2. Proconsul, 58-50 BC. -- Gaul -- Migrants and mercenaries : the first campaigns, 58 BC -- "The bravest of the Gaulish peoples" : the Belgae, 57 BC -- Politics and war : the conference of Luca -- "Over the waters" : the British and German expeditions, 55-54 BC -- Rebellion, disaster and vengeance -- The man and the hour : Vercingetorix and the great revolt, 52 BC -- "All Gaul is conquered" -- pt. 3. Civil war and dictatorship, 49-44 BC. -- The road to the Rubicon -- Blitzkrieg : Italy and Spain, winter-autumn, 49 BC -- Macedonia, November 49-August 48 BC -- Cleopatra, Egypt and the East, autumn 48-summer 47 BC -- Africa, September 47-June 46 BC -- Dictator, 46-44 BC -- The Ides of March -- Epilogue -- Chronology.Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of Caesar's life from birth through assassination, historian Goldsworthy covers not only Caesar's accomplishments as charismatic orator, conquering general, and powerful dictator, but also lesser-known chapters during which he was high priest of an exotic cult, captive of pirates, seducer not only of Cleopatra but also of the wives of his two main political rivals, and a rebel condemned by his own country. Goldsworthy realizes the full complexity of Caesar's character, places his subject firmly within the context of Roman society in the first century B.C., and shows why his political and military leadership continues to resonate some two thousand years later.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Caesar, Julius.; Generals; Heads of state;
© 2006., Yale University Press,
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Lion of liberty : Patrick Henry and the call to a new nation / by Unger, Harlow G.,1931-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-310) and index.Tongue-tied-- -- Tongue untied -- The flame is spread -- We are slaves! -- To recover our just rights -- We must fight! -- "Give me liberty-- " -- "Don't tread on me" -- Hastening to ruin -- Obliged to fly -- A Belgian hare -- Seeds of discontent -- On the wings of the tempest -- A bane of sedition -- Beef! beef! beef! -- The sun has set in all its glory -- Appendix A. The speech -- Appendix B. Henry on slavery -- Appendix C. Henry's heirs."In this action-packed history, award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger unfolds the epic story of Patrick Henry, who roused Americans to fight government tyranny both British and American. Remembered largely for his cry for & liberty or death, Henry was actually the first (and most colorful) of America's Founding Fathers first to call Americans to arms against Britain, first to demand a bill of rights, and first to fight the growth of big government after the Revolution. As quick with a rifle as he was with his tongue, Henry was America's greatest orator and courtroom lawyer, who mixed histrionics and hilarity to provoke tears or laughter from judges and jurors alike. Henry's passion for liberty (as well as his very large family), suggested to many Americans that he, not Washington, was the real father of his country. This biography ... tells a story both human and philosophical. As Unger points out, Henry's words continue to echo across America and inspire millions to fight government intrusion in their daily lives"--Page 4 of cover.
Subjects: Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799.; Governors; Legislators; United States. Continental Congress;
© 2011., Da Capo Press,
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In the name of the father : Washington's legacy, slavery, and the making of a nation / by Furstenberg, François.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-319) and index.What the nation was up against -- The farewell -- The threats: geographical, political, international -- Consent, slavery, and the problem of U.S. nationalism -- 1. The apotheosis of George Washington -- Washington dies -- The nation's uncertain future -- Civic texts: creating a new future -- Partisanship -- Nationalism and religion -- Resignation, gratitude, and consent -- 2. Washington's family: slavery and the nation -- George's death and Martha's predicament -- Slavery and the national family -- Washington as abolitionist -- Washington and paternalism -- Toward a consenting republic? -- 3. Mason Locke Weems: spreading the American gospel -- Clergyman to evangelical bookseller: "true philanthropist and prudent speculator" -- Weems and antipartisanship -- Weem's Washington: a primer -- An "ad captandum" book -- Discriminating the "populi" -- Selling Marshall's biography: Weems and civic texts -- 4. Civic texts for slave and free: inventing the autonomous American -- Schoolbooks ad civic texts: the hidden bestsellers of early American literature -- From the Columbian orator to the English reader: the making of the autonomous individual -- Slavery and reading: the specter of uncontrolled slaves -- Civic texts for slaves, self-control, and the inculcation of slave autonomy -- 5. Slavery and the American individual -- Revolution, resistance, and autonomy -- Fit to be free -- The extended legacy of civic texts.
Subjects: Washington, George, 1732-1799; Presidents; Slavery; Slavery; Textbooks; Textbooks; Political culture; Political culture; Washington, George, 1732-1799;
© 2006., Penguin Press,
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Trotsky : the eternal revolutionary / by Volkogonov, Dmitriĭ Antonovich.; Shukman, Harold.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-509) and index.At last, based on full access to Soviet and Western archives, as well as interviews with surviving members of the Trotsky family and others, Dmitri Volkogonov offers a breakthrough reinterpretation. No source is ignored: Volkogonov even interviewed a member of Stalin's NKVD hit squad that assassinated Trotsky. Through his access to internal memos sent between Trotsky, Lenin, and Stalin, we learn of the blistering intensity of the animus between Stalin and Trotsky that began under Lenin with petty disputes over military strategy, continued under Stalin with a series of public trials of so-called Trotskyites, and culminated in the extensive planning for and eventual assassination of Trotsky. The result is a stunning work, one that compares the flesh-and-blood Trotsky with the Orator-in-Chief of revolutionary ideology, and discovers contradictions both profound and deadly. Volkogonov unsparingly illustrates Trotsky's rigidity and ruthlessness, and he takes issue with Trotsky's military leadership. He shows us that Trotsky's unwavering, monomaniacal commitment to world communist revolution made him, at times, both corrupt and foolishly myopic. We learn that Trotsky was both the man who gave away his own gold watch to a brave Red Army soldier and the man who advocated the use of blocking units, in which a rear line of soldiers were ordered to shoot their frontline comrades if they failed to charge. Ultimately, as Volkogonov shows, the tragedy of Trotsky is that his internal inconsistencies were a natural part of the entire revolutionary movement, for "Trotsky had declared intellectual war on virtually everyone". Volkogonov's account of the "eternal revolutionary" will stand as definitive for many years to come.At the turn of the century -- The madness of revolution -- The ninth wave of the vendée -- The hypnosis of revolution -- The outcast revolutionary -- The wanderer without a Visa -- Outcast of the era.
Subjects: Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940.; Revolutionaries;
© ©1996., The Free Press,
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Patrick Henry : champion of liberty / by Kukla, Jon,1948-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-522) and index."An authoritative biography of founding father Patrick Henry that restores him to his important place in our history and explains the formative influence on his thought and character of Virginia, where he lived all his life."--Provided by publisher."Patrick Henry is remembered today for saying 'Give me liberty or give me death.' But his rich contribution to American independence consisted of far more than one line from one speech. [This book] restores this American patriot to his important place in our early history. In his time Patrick Henry was a major figure, as highly regarded as his contemporary fellow Virginians Jefferson and Madison, and admired as perhaps the finest orator in the land. An almost exact contemporary of Washington, Henry was an early advocate of independence, vigorously opposing the Stamp Act. Although historians have tended to focus on the revolutionary fervor in Boston, Jon Kukla shows how Henry and some of his fellow Virginians were indispensable to the independence movement. Henry was a delegate to the first Continental Congress and subsequently led the Virginia militia when it confronted the royal governor of Virginia. He was the first postcolonial governor of Virginia and would be reelected several times. In 1787 he declined to attend the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, concerned that the central government would limit states' rights. For this reason, he opposed the new Constitution. His opposition helped lead to the first ten amendments to the Constitution, which we know today as the Bill of Rights. Washington regarded Henry highly and wanted him to join his administration, but Henry retired from public life and died a few months before Washington. Despite his dedication to the cause of liberty, Henry, like his fellow Virginians, owned slaves to work his plantations. His concept of liberty was never broad enough to include them. Kukla's outstanding biography restores Henry to his important place as one of our nation's most influential founding fathers."--Dust jacket flap.A serious loss -- Totopotomoy Creek -- Decade of misfortunes -- The Parsons' Cause -- Visit to Williamsburg -- Scandal and protest -- The Stamp Act -- Europeans or Africans? -- Organizing resistance -- Good and evil -- Hurrying toward a crisis -- Congress in Philadelphia -- Blows must decide -- Liberty or death -- Gunpowder -- Commander in Chief -- Norfolk destroyed -- A free and independent state -- Visitors at Scotchtown -- A war to win -- Making peace -- Governor again -- The new Constitution -- We the states -- Amendments and abolition -- For the defense -- Last call.
Subjects: Biographies.; Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799.; Governors; Legislators;
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SPQR : a history of ancient Rome / by Beard, Mary,1955-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-562) and index.Prologue: The history of Rome -- Cicero's finest hour -- In the beginning -- The kings of Rome -- Rome's great leap forward -- A wider world -- New politics -- From empire to emperors -- The home front -- The transformations of Augustus -- Fourteen emperors -- The haves and have-nots -- Rome outside Rome -- Epilogue: The first Roman millennium.Ancient Rome was an imposing city even by modern standards, a sprawling imperial metropolis of more than a million inhabitants, a "mixture of luxury and filth, liberty and exploitation, civic pride and murderous civil war" that served as the seat of power for an empire that spanned from Spain to Syria. Yet how did all this emerge from what was once an insignificant village in central Italy? Classicist Mary Beard narrates the unprecedented rise of a civilization that even two thousand years later still shapes many of our most fundamental assumptions about power, citizenship, responsibility, political violence, empire, luxury, and beauty. From the foundational myth of Romulus and Remus to 212 CE -- nearly a thousand years later -- when the emperor Caracalla gave Roman citizenship to every free inhabitant of the empire, S.P.Q.R. (the abbreviation of "The Senate and People of Rome") examines not just how we think of ancient Rome but challenges the comfortable historical perspectives that have existed for centuries by exploring how the Romans thought of themselves: how they challenged the idea of imperial rule, how they responded to terrorism and revolution, and how they invented a new idea of citizenship and nation. Opening the book in 63 BCE with the famous clash between the populist aristocrat Catiline and Cicero, the renowned politician and orator, Beard animates this "terrorist conspiracy," which was aimed at the very heart of the Republic, demonstrating how this singular event would presage the struggle between democracy and autocracy that would come to define much of Rome's subsequent history. Illustrating how a classical democracy yielded to a self-confident and self-critical empire, S.P.Q.R. reintroduces us to famous and familiar characters -- Hannibal, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Augustus, and Nero, among others -- while expanding the historical aperture to include those overlooked in traditional histories: the women, the slaves and ex-slaves, conspirators, and those on the losing side of Rome's glorious conquests.
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