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The French Nobility in the Eighteenth Century: From Feudalism to Enlightenment
Guy Chaussinand-Nogaret

Cambridge University Press, 1985

One of the most lively of France's younger historians, Guy Chaussinand-Nogaret argues in this pioneering essay that the traditional picture of the pre-revolutionary French nobility as a caste of intransigent reactionaries and parasites is a fabrication of revolutionary propaganda. Using a whole range of new research and calculations, he argues ...
  
  











  



  
Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother's Tokyo Kitchen
Naomi Moriyama, William Doyle

Delacorte Press, 2005

Absolutely delicious!
I have no ties with Japan whatsoever; I am a fully Western, European American. I started to read this a couple of weeks ago, only getting halfway through and then deciding that even though it sounded great, it was too intensive for me to focus on right now: shopping ...
  
  











  



  
Complete Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes (dramatization) - 64 Audio CD's
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

BBC Audiobooks America, 2007

Outstanding Radio
I have been a Sherlock Holmes reader and listener for as long as I can remember. I have read many of Doyle's original stories (many years ago), listened to practically all of the available Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce audio's and seen a few of their movies, alot of the ...
  
  











  



  
Imagine Nation: The American Counterculture of the 1960's and 70's
P. Braunstein, Michael William Doyle

Routledge, 2001

A HAPPENING - Bittersweet Adolescence of a Nation
This book took me weeks to read, not because it was dull but because the copious footnotes at the end of each of the 14 excellent essays demanded investigation. The essays complement one another to present a more complete and cogent view of the antecedents and ...
  
  











  



  
An American Insurrection: James Meredith and the Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962
William Doyle

Anchor, 2003

TRUE STORY THAT READS LIKE A NOVEL
William Doyle brilliantly recreates a little remembered incident that challenged America to its core: the attempt of an Air Force veteran named James Meredith to exercise his right to go to school. That would, on the surface, seem an easy task. However the year was ...
  
  











  



  
The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
William Doyle

Oxford University Press, USA, 2001

Great Introduction to the French Revolution
Lets face it: many people point to the French Revolution as the source of innumerable subsequent political ideological movements, but when pressed, nevertheless have difficulty describing the essential elements and personages involved in the actual event. One likely ...
  
  











  



  
Origins of the French Revolution
William Doyle

Oxford University Press, USA, 1999

Origins of the French Revolution
Origins of the French Revolution is a comprehensive review of the corrupted and doomed Bourbon regime. It is rich in detail and facts about the reigns of Louis XIV through Louis XVI. The book is divided into three parts: Writings on Revolutionary Origins Since ...
  
  











  



  
The Oxford History of the French Revolution
William Doyle

Oxford University Press, USA, 2003

Comprehensive and Insightful
"The Oxford History of the French Revolution", by William Doyle is among the best books that I have read on the French Revolution. It is comprehensive (some would say it is dense) and covers in about 420 pages all the most important events of the Revolution. The author ...
  
  











  



  
Living Well: 21 Days to Transform Your Life, Supercharge Your Health, andFeel Spectacular
Montel Williams, William Doyle

NAL Hardcover, 2008

Living Well
Montel is very passionate about sharing what he is doing to keep himself healthy. I wanted to go out and get a green smoothie after reading his section on how he was introduced to green smoothies. He said it "blew his mind"!
  
  











  



  
Old Regime France: 1648-1788 (The Short Oxford History of France)

Oxford University Press, USA, 2001

The years between the Fronde and the French Revolution were the longest period of calm in French history. For much of it, France dominated the international scene in Europe and made efforts to achieve a comparable role in the wider world. Meanwhile, French cultural achievements set standards imitated everywhere. This volume, bringing together an ...
  
  











  



  
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 3 (BBC Radio Presents)
Clive Merrison

Random House Audio, 1997

A Modern Collection of The Adventures
This well-bound hardcover book is a medium brown color without the dust jacket, and has gold lettering on the spine. There's also a lightly embossed picture of the front cover on the hardcover. The inside pages are made of high quality paper, and there are about 11 ...
  
  











  



  
Jansenism: Catholic Resistance to Authority from the Reformation to the French Revolution (Studies in ...
William Doyle

Palgrave Macmillan, 2000

William Doyle on Jansenism
This is an excellent short but detailed introduction to Jansenism. In only 90 pages of narrative Doyle deals with the various manifestations of Jansenism in Europe, not merely France and the Low Countries, with many gems of detail not easily found elsewhere, such as ...
  
  











  



  
Essentials of Modern Spectrum Management (The Cambridge Wireless Essentials Series)
Martin Cave, Chris Doyle, ...

Cambridge University Press, 2007

Are you fully up-to-speed on today's modern spectrum management tools? As regulators move away from traditional spectrum management methods, introduce spectrum trading and consider opening up more spectrum to commons, do you understand the implications of these developments for your own networks? This is the first book to describe and evaluate ...
  
  











  



  
Witches' Brew

Berkley Trade, 2002

Broad Overview of Pop and Classic Witch Literature
Witches' Brew is a dense literary anthology broken into three chapters. The first chapter Something Wicked This Way Comes: The Wicked Witch takes it name aptly from a line in a spell from Shakespeare's Macbeth. I was pleased to find this piece as the opening work in ...
  
  











  



  
Public and Private Financing of Higher Education: Shaping Public Policy for the Future (American Council on ...

American Council on Education/Oryx Press, 1997

This timely volume identifies major trends in financing higher education during the first half of the 1990s. The editors have collected a series of articles contributed by such prominent individuals in this field as Brian Roherty, David Breneman, Joni Finney, and Robert Zemsky who share their insights and expertise. Part I covers trends in public ...
  
  











  



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