Frederic: 615 books

The winner of every major American literary prize, John Updike (1932–2009) was one of the most popular and prolific novelists of his time and a major cultural figure who traced the high point and fall of midcentury American self-confidence and energy. A superb stylist with sixty books to his credit,...

In Reforming Asian Labor Systems, Frederic C. Deyo examines the implications of post-1980s market-oriented economic reform for labor systems in China, South Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand. Adopting a critical institutionalist perspective, he explores the impact of elite economic interests and...

This is the true story of Frederic Donner, a veteran FBI agent battling and surviving metastatic brain cancer while contemplating whether (or how) his organization can best survive and succeed in a new era of law enforcement. Readers will find the metaphorical limits between personal cancer survival and complete FBI organizational restructure compelling and informative.

Eleven original compositions for the classical guitar composed in the eclectic style for which Frederic Hand has become well known. Written in standard notation only, some of these pieces allow for optional improvisatory sections (About Time and Missing Her). The composer performs all of the compositions...

This edition features a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS I. - A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. H. R. Fox Bourne II. - HIS CAREER IN THE INDIA HOUSE. W. T. Thornton III. - HIS MORAL CHARACTER. Herbert Spencer IV. - HIS BOTANICAL STUDIES. Henry Trimen V. - HIS PLACE AS A CRITIC. W. Minto VI. - HIS WORK...

A Source Book of Mediæval History by Frederic Austin Ogg - The Original Classic Edition Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work, which is now, at last, again available to you. Enjoy...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Assault - Germany Before the Outbreak and England in War-Time. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes About the Author "Frederic Kidder (1804 – 1885) was an American author and antiquarian. He was born in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, was mainly self-educated, and engaged in various business ventures in...

John Ermine of the Yellowstone (1902) is Frederic Remington’s greatest literary achievement. A tragic and realistic story about race, identity, love, and the frontier is still a favorite of American readers today.  John Ermine, known to his Crow tribe as White Weasel, must choose between the tribe...

The Constitution of the Athenians (or Athenaion Politeia, or The Athenian constitution) is the name of either of two texts from Classical antiquity, one probably by Aristotle or a student of his, the other attributed to Xenophon, but not by him.The Aristotelian text is unique, because it is not a part...

In the following pages an attempt has been made to render as closely as possible into English narrative prose the libretto of Wagner's "Valkyrie". The story is one little known to English readers, and even those who are familiar with the gigantic music may find in the story something which,...

Blind ambition destroys its possessor. Many a times after the acquisition of goals one realizes their futility. This work by Frederic sheds light on the life of a man who spent his life in the quest to acquire true power and wealth but later recognizes the vainness of his actions. A rare insight into the psychology of man is presented here.

With Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Legal Logic, Frederic R. Kellogg examines the early diaries, reading, and writings of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935) to assess his contribution to both legal logic and general logical theory. Through discussions with his mentor Chauncey Wright...

Anthropology and the Politics of Representation examines the inherently problematic nature of representation and description of living people, specifically in ethnography and more generally in anthropological work as a whole.   In Anthropology and the Politics of Representation volume...