In "The Life of John Clare," Frederick Martin provides a comprehensive and poignant exploration of the life and works of the English poet John Clare, often hailed as the "peasant poet" for his deep connections to nature and rural life. Martin employs a biographical narrative intertwined with literary analysis, capturing Clare's unique voice and the socio-economic challenges he faced in the 19th century. The book not only chronicles Clare's tumultuous existence, marred by poverty and mental...

In examining the founding of New England towns during the seventeenth century, John Frederick Martin investigates an old subject with fresh insight. Whereas most historians emphasize communalism and absence of commerce in the seventeenth century, Martin demonstrates that colonists sought profits in town–founding, that town founders used business corporations to organize themselves into landholding bodies, and that multiple and absentee landholding was common.In reviewing some sixty...

Civil Rights and the Crisis of Liberalism: The Democratic Party, 1945-1976 is about ideology and politics. It focuses on the civil rights issue in Democratic party politics from 1945 to 1976 but glances at a longer history to describe American liberalism.

Spring 1945.As American forces stormed ashore on Okinawa during Operation Iceberg, thousands of Marines and soldiers faced entrenched Japanese defenses in brutal combat. Above them flew the Marine Corsair fighter squadrons of MAG-33, VMF-322 and her sister units — diving through relentless anti-aircraft fire to strike enemy positions only yards from friendly troops. This is the untold true story of Major Frederick Rauschenbach, 24, commanding officer of VMF-322 and a group of fello...

"The Passing of the Idle Rich" by Frederick Townsend Martin explores the changing dynamics of wealth and class in society. Through a critical lens, Martin examines the lives of the affluent, highlighting their detachment from the realities faced by the working class. The book delves into themes of privilege, responsibility, and the moral implications of wealth. Martin's observations serve as a reflection on the societal structures that allow for such disparities, prompting readers to consi...

This book includes interviews with Ysaye, Kreisler, Elan, Auer, Thibaud, Heifetz, Hartmann, Maud Powell, and others.

This book examines the ways in which American habits and politics replaced the traditional European republican canon.Before the modern era, European republics relied on procedural complexity in office-filling to arrive at neutral government. They did so with such technical consistency over a long span of time as to create a republican procedural tradition. That tradition collided with conditions in the Anglo-American world: with entrenched social deference in politics, quasi-repres...

John Clare Complete Works World's Best CollectionThis is the world's best Jonh Clare collection, including the most complete set of Clare's works available plus many free bonus materials.John ClareJohn Clare was an English poet, the son of a farm laborer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English countryside and his lamentation of its disruption. He was known as the 'Peasant Poet' and "the greatest labo...

A thoroughly American story of struggle and final triumph, yet unique in its scope and recollection, we travel through the life of man, almost day by day, as he recounts the extraordinary adventures, sacrifices made, and personalities met along the way, toward realizing his goals.Changing times forced him to move, and he wandered from place to place before finding his promised land in America.

Our hero, lets call him Freddy for the sake of confusion, treks to the land of his forebears ~ that unique land of many names, but to the confused and disillusioned, we know it as Mexico. Why is he there? That is the question! He suffers many diversions, many distractions. Many deceptions and many disillusions befuddle his perceptions of this land of mystery: it is lush and lovely, hellish and horror-filled, full of music and full of muckrakers... It also turns out that he is there as an ille...

A story of Youthful pride, yearnings of the flesh, moments of doubt... this is a story about a man that was once and is fated to be Gods representative before millions of devoted believers. With the courage of conviction, he faces all the travesties and terrors that the world throws before him, as they all come to play during a decades-long struggle, from the priesthood to his election as supreme, sovereign pontiff. What of the world he faces in the new millennium? With spirit as his ally,...

Short on time—but ready for peace of mind?Mental Clarity is a focused, practical guide designed to be heard in under an hour. It's perfect for thoughtful, high-functioning minds that sometimes spiral into loops—and want a calmer, clearer way forward.With grounded insight and a soothing rhythm, Claudia Burdette gently guides you through the patterns that cloud your mental sky. You’ll learn how to recognize turbulent thought loops, uncover what’s ben...