Isaac: 767 books

‘Economic pressures compel the individual to co-operate in the economic life of the locality. These same economic pressures ought to be felt by the collectives, obliging them to co-operate in the economic life of the nation. But to accomplish this needs no central council or supreme committee, which...

A microhistory of a never-married English gentlewoman named Elizabeth Isham, this book centres on an extremely rare piece of women's writing - a recently discovered 60,000-word spiritual autobiography held in Princeton's manuscript collections that she penned around 1639. The autobiography is unmatched...

The following work is taken in part, from an address delivered by me before, The American Numismatic and Archæological Society, at its Hall in the City of New York, on March 30th, 1893. Since that time I have been led into a train of thought, having as its basis a more philosophical treatment of the...

First published in 1970. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The ugly phenomenon of terrorism has a long history, it hit the world like a thunderstorm in the 1970s, especially with the 1972 Black Septembist kidnapping of Jewish athletes during the Munich Olympic, and the plane hijacking that led to the Israeli raid on Entebbe airport in 1976 to free Jewish...

HBO’s Girls and the Awkward Politics of Gender, Race, and Privilege is a collection of essays that examines the HBO program Girls. Since its premiere in 2012, the series has garnered the attention of individuals from various walks of life. The show has been described in many terms: insightful, out-of-touch,...

“Good-bye – good-bye, Rosina!” cried Jack, giving one last violent wave to his handkerchief. And then he put it back in his pocket, because the crowd upon the deck of the departing Liner had now become a mere blur in the distance, and distant blurs seemed to his practical nature unworthy any further...

“We believe what is presented to us, rather than what we discover for ourselves. Why in this day and age, does everything have to be a god damn interactive online experience. Here’s an interactive experience people. Do something. Do anything.....” This is a saga of two close friends who let...

Originally published in 1914, this text describes L.T. Headland and his wife’s experience in China in the early twentieth century. With a focus on home life this study explores issues such as children, marriage and education as well as food, religion and concubinage as well as presenting anecdotes...

Published in 1902, this intimate portrait of life in the Chinese royal court was based on the experiences of Headland's wife, who for twenty years served as the physician to the family of the Empress Dowager's mother, a circumstance that afforded the Headlands a degree of access unprecedented for Westerners at the time.

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This edited collection provides an in-depth ethnographic study of faith-based development organizations in the United States, shining a much needed critical light onto these organizations and their role in the United States by exploring the varied ways that faith-based organizations attempt to mend...

Somewhat tame collection by noted translator Goldberg. This book was first published by the Panurge Press, among other erotic classics. Panurge's founder went to jail in '26 for obscenity, but was a key figure in popularizing Frank Harris.

These poems came about due to being incarcerated. These poems have helped me escape the reality of life. Many poems express how one person feeling about someone or something. Some of my poems have a feeling of a dark side. Others express a kind, caring and loving side. Facing daily challenges has...