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A general introduction to the great books and to a liberal education, by Mortimer J. Adler and Peter Wolff. With a pref. by Robert M. Hutchins.
author: Adler, Mortimer Jerome, 1902-
title: General introduction to the great books and to a liberal education
pagination: 195 p. 21 cm.
publisher: Chicago, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1959.
isbn:
notes: Cover title: An introduction to the great books and to a liberal education. Bibliography: p. 192-195.
subjects: Great books of the Western World.
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Ethics, the study of moral values, by Mortimer J. Adler and Seymour Cain. Pref. by William Ernest Hocking.
author: Adler, Mortimer Jerome, 1902-
title: Ethics, the study of moral values
pagination: xxii, 319 p. 21 cm.
publisher: Chicago, Encyclopaedia Britannica [c1962]
isbn:
notes: Bibliography: p. 305-319.
subjects: Ethics.
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Religion and theology, by Mortimer J. Adler and Seymour Cain. Prefaces by John Cogley [and others].
author: Adler, Mortimer Jerome, 1902-
title: Religion and theology
pagination: xxviii, 278 p. 21 cm.
publisher: Chicago, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961.
isbn:
notes: Bibliography: p. 271-278.
subjects: Christian literature History and criticism. Religious literature History and criticism.
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The development of political theory and government, by Mortimer J. Adler and Peter Wolff. Pref. by William Benton.
author: Adler, Mortimer Jerome, 1902-
title: Development of political theory and government
pagination: 225 p. 21 cm.
publisher: Chicago, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1959.
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notes: Bibliography: p. 222-225.
subjects: Political science.
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How to read a book, by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles van Doren.
author: Adler, Mortimer Jerome, 1902-
title: How to read a book
pagination: xiii, 426 p. 22 cm.
publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster [1972]
isbn: 067121280X
notes: Bibliography: p. 347-362.
subjects: Reading.
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Foundations of science and mathematics, by Mortimer J. Adler and Peter Wolff. Pref. by Curtis Wilson.
author: Adler, Mortimer Jerome, 1902-
title: Foundations of science and mathematics
pagination: xxii, 233 p. illus. 22 cm.
publisher: Chicago, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1960.
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notes: A reading plan for "Great books of the Western World." Bibliography: p. 225-233.
subjects: Science Study and teaching. Science Methodology. Science History. Physics History. Mathematics History.
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Imaginative literature, by Mortimer J. Adler and Seymour Cain.
author: Adler, Mortimer Jerome, 1902-
title: Imaginative literature
pagination: 2 v. maps, plan. 21 cm.
publisher: Chicago, Encyclopedia Britannica [c1961-62]
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notes: Bibliography: v. 1, p. 234-237; v. 2, p. 249-254. 1. From Homer to Shakespeare.--2. From Cervantes to Dostoevsky.
subjects: Literature History and criticism. Literature Study and teaching.
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Philosophy of law and jurisprudence, by Mortimer J. Adler and Peter Wolff. Pref. by Edward H. Levi.
author: Adler, Mortimer Jerome, 1902-
title: Philosophy of law and jurisprudence
pagination: xx, 251 p. 21 cm.
publisher: Chicago, Encyclopaedia Britannica [1961]
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notes: Bibliography: p. 240-251.
subjects: Law Philosophy. Jurisprudence.
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Philosophy, by Mortimer J. Adler and Seymour Cain. Pref. by Richard McKeon.
author: Adler, Mortimer Jerome, 1902-
title: Philosophy
pagination: xxi, 308 p. diagrs. 22 cm.
publisher: Chicago, Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc. [1963]
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notes: Bibliography: p. 303-308.
subjects: Philosophy Introductions.
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Sartre and the artist.
author: Bauer, George Howard, 1933-
title: Sartre and the artist
pagination: x, 200 p. illus., ports. 24 cm.
publisher: Chicago, University of Chicago Press [1969]
isbn: 0226039307
notes: Based on the author's thesis, Indiana University. Bibliography: p. [185]-192.
subjects: Sartre, Jean Paul, 1905- Characters Artists. Art and literature France History 20th century. Artists in literature.
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The discoverers / Daniel J. Boorstin.
author: Boorstin, Daniel J. (Daniel Joseph), 1914-
title: Discoverers
pagination: xvi, 745 p. ; 21 cm.
publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1985, c1983.
isbn: 0394726251
notes: Bibliography: p. [685]-713. Includes index.
subjects: Civilization History. Discoveries in geography. Science History.
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Abstracting concepts and methods / Harold Borko, Charles L. Bernier.
author: Borko, Harold.
title: Abstracting concepts and methods
pagination: x, 250 p. ; 24 cm.
publisher: New York : Academic Press, 1975.
isbn: 0121186504
notes: Bibliography: p. 219-223. Includes index.
subjects: Abstracting.
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The country blues / Samuel B. Charters, with a new introd. by the author.
author: Charters, Samuel Barclay.
title: Country blues
pagination: xix, 288 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
publisher: New York : Da Capo Press, 1975, c1959.
isbn: 0306800144
notes: Reprint of the ed. published by Rinehart, New York. Includes index.
subjects: Country music History and criticism. Blues (Music) History and criticism.
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The story of the Canterbury pilgrims, retold from Chaucer and others by F.J. Harvey Darton, illustrated by M.L. Kirk.
author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
title: Story of the Canterbury pilgrims
pagination: 5 p. l., 310 p. col. front., col. plates. 25 cm.
publisher: New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company [1914]
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notes: Illustrated lining-papers. "Of the tales in this book, the following are taken from works not by Chaucer: 'Sir Gamelyn' (author unknown); 'The story of Cambuscan Bold,' pt. II (from Spenser), and part IV (from and eithteenth-century writer who attempted to complete this tale entirely); 'The chequer of the hoop,' and 'Beryn' (author unknown); and 'The destruction of Thebes' (from Lydgate)."
subjects: Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages Fiction.
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The theory of knowledge.
author: Cornforth, Maurice Campbell.
title: Theory of knowledge
pagination: 240 p. 22 cm.
publisher: New York, International Publishers [1955]
isbn:
notes: Published in London in 1954 as v. 3 of the author's Dialectical Materialism.
subjects: Knowledge, Theory of.
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The mathematical experience / Philip J. Davis, Reuben Hersh ; with an introd. by Gian-Carlo Rota.
author: Davis, Philip J., 1923-
title: Mathematical experience
pagination: xix, 440 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
publisher: Boston : Birkhauser, 1981.
isbn: 376433018X
notes: Bibliography: p. 417-434. Includes index.
subjects: Mathematics Philosophy. Mathematics History. Mathematics Study and teaching.
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Creative puzzles of the world / by Pieter van Delft and Jack Botermans ; introd. by Ir. W. L. van der Poel ; text by Chris Cooper and Charmian Murley ; special consultants, J. H. de Boer ... [et al.].
author: Delft, Pieter van.
title: Creative puzzles of the world
pagination: 200 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
publisher: New York : H. N. Abrams, c1978.
isbn: 0810907658
notes: Bibliography: p. 200.
subjects: Puzzles.
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Reconstruction in philosophy. Enl. ed. with a new introd. by the author.
author: Dewey, John, 1859-1952.
title: Reconstruction in philosophy
pagination: 224 p. 21 cm.
publisher: Boston, Beacon Press [1957, c1948]
isbn:
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subjects: Philosophy.
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Knowing and the known [by] John Dewey and Arthur F. Bentley.
author: Dewey, John, 1859-1952.
title: Knowing and the known
pagination: xiii, 334 p. 23 cm.
publisher: Boston, Beacon Press, 1949.
isbn:
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subjects: Knowledge, Theory of.
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The primates, by Sarel Eimerl and Irven DeVore, and the editors of Life.
author: Eimerl, Sarel.
title: Primates
pagination: 200 p. illus. (part col.) 28 cm.
publisher: New York, Time, inc. [1965]
isbn:
notes: Bibliography: p. 193.
subjects: Primates.
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Guitars : music, history, construction and players from the Renaissance to rock / Tom and Mary Anne Evans.
author: Evans, Tom, 1949-
title: Guitars
pagination: 479 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
publisher: New York : Paddington Press : distributed by Grosset & Dunlap, c1977.
isbn: 044822240X
notes: Bibliography: p. 452-461. Includes index.
subjects: Guitar.
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Life in a medieval castle / Joseph and Frances Gies.
author: Gies, Joseph.
title: Life in a medieval castle
pagination: xv, 272 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
publisher: New York : Harper & Row, 1979, c1974.
isbn: 0060906743
notes: Bibliography: p. 249-261. Includes index.
subjects: Castles. Courts and courtiers. Chepstow Castle (Chepstow, Wales) Castles Great Britain. Great Britain Court and courtiers History To 1500. Military history, Medieval.
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A history of western music / Donald Jay Grout.
author: Grout, Donald Jay.
title: History of western music
pagination: xii, 849 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
publisher: New York : Norton, c1980.
isbn: 0393951367
notes: Bibliography: p. 761-799. Includes index.
subjects: Music History and criticism.
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The backgammon book [by] Oswald Jacoby [and] John R. Crawford.
author: Jacoby, Oswald, 1902-
title: Backgammon book
pagination: 224 p. illus. (part col.) 27 cm.
publisher: New York, Viking Press [1970]
isbn: 0670144096
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subjects: Backgammon.
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Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles & Mary Lamb; with numerous illustrations by Louis Rhead.
author: Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834.
title: Tales from Shakespeare
pagination: xiv, [1], 366, [1] p. incl front. (3 port.) illus., plates. 23 cm.
publisher: New York, London, Harper & Brothers [1918]
isbn:
notes: Title within ornamental border.
subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Adaptations.
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The American heritage history of the great West, by the editors of American heritage. Editor in charge: Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. Author: David Lavender. Pictorial commentary: Ralph K. Andrist.
author: Lavender, David Sievert, 1910-
title: American heritage history of the great West
pagination: 416 p. illus. (part col.) facsims., maps (part fold. col.) ports. (part col.) 29 cm.
publisher: New York, American Heritage Pub. Co.; book trade distribution by Simon and Schuster, 1965.
isbn:
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subjects: West (U.S.) History.
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Water, by Luna B. Leopold, Kenneth S. Davis, and the editors of Life.
author: Leopold, Luna Bergere, 1915-
title: Water
pagination: 200 p. illus. (part col.) col. maps. 28 cm.
publisher: New York, Time, inc. [1966]
isbn:
notes: Bibliography: p. 196.
subjects: Water.
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Masterpieces of world literature in digest form.
author: Magill, Frank Northen, 1907-
title: Masterpieces of world literature in digest form
pagination: 4 v. 24 cm.
publisher: New York, Harper [1952-69]
isbn:
notes: First appeared in the author's Masterplots, 1949-68. Series is updated by the Masterplots annual. "Cumulative author index: series one, two, three, and four": v. 4, p. i-xxii at end.
subjects: Literature Stories, plots, etc.
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Encyclopedia and dictionary of medicine and nursing, by Benjamin F. Miller and Claire Brackman Keane.
author: Miller, Benjamin Frank, 1907-1971.
title: Encyclopedia and dictionary of medicine and nursing
pagination: x, 1089 p. illus. 27 cm.
publisher: Philadelphia, Saunders, 1972.
isbn: 0721663559
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subjects: Medicine Dictionaries. Nursing Dictionaries.
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A history of English literature,
author: Moody, William Vaughn, 1869-1910.
title: History of English literature
pagination: xii, 547 p. incl. front. (map) 21 cm.
publisher: New York, Chicago [etc.] C. Scribner's sons [c1926]
isbn:
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subjects: English literature History and criticism. [from old catalog]
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The foundations of aesthetics [by] I. A. Richards, C. K. Ogden [and] James Wood.
author: Ogden, C. K. (Charles Kay), 1889-1957.
title: Foundations of aesthetics
pagination: 92 p. illus. 23 cm.
publisher: New York, Haskell House, [1974]
isbn: 0838320465
notes: Reprint of the 1925 ed. published by Lear Publishers, New York. Richards' and Ogden's names in reverse order in 1922 London ed. Includes bibliographical references.
subjects: Aesthetics.
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Pawley's Island ... a living legend; an historical sketch of The Blessed Isle and its environs. By Charlotte Kaminski Prevost and Effie Leland Wilder.
author: Prevost, Charlotte Kaminski.
title: Pawley's Island ... a living legend
pagination: ix, 92 p. illus. 24 cm.
publisher: Columbia, S.C., State Print. Co. [1972]
isbn:
notes: Bibliography: p. 91.
subjects: Pawleys Island (S.C.) History.
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Art and human values / Melvin Rader, Bertram Jessup ; with a foreword by Virgil C. Aldrich.
author: Rader, Melvin Miller, 1903-
title: Art and human values
pagination: x, 406 p. ; 24 cm.
publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1976.
isbn: 0130468215
notes: Bibliography: p. 387-397. Includes index.
subjects: Aesthetics. Values. Art Philosophy.
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The well body book, by Mike Samuels & Hal Bennett. Illustrated by Linda Bennett.
author: Samuels, Mike.
title: Well body book
pagination: xv, 350 p. illus. 28 cm.
publisher: [New York] Random House [1973]
isbn: 0394484053
notes: "Random House/Bookworks."
subjects: Health. Medicine, Popular.
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The two cultures: and a second look.
author: Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy), 1905-
title: Two cultures: and a second look
pagination: 107 p. 20 cm.
publisher: Cambridge, University Press, 1964 [c1963]
isbn:
notes: "An expanded version of [the author's] The two cultures and the scientific revolution." Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 101-107)
subjects: Science and the humanities.
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Flight, by H. Guyford Stever, James J. Haggerty and the editors of Life.
author: Stever, H. Guyford.
title: Flight
pagination: 200 p. illus. (part col.) 29 cm.
publisher: New York, Time inc. [1965]
isbn:
notes: Bibliography: p. 196.
subjects: Aeronautics Popular works.
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Growth, by James M. Tanner, Gordon Rattray Taylor and the editors of Life.
author: Tanner, J. M. (James Mourilyan)
title: Growth
pagination: 200 p. illus. (part col.) 28 cm.
publisher: New York, Time, inc. [1965]
isbn:
notes: Bibliography: p. 194.
subjects: Growth.
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The beginnings of Unitarianism in America / Conrad Wright.
author: Wright, Conrad.
title: Beginnings of Unitarianism in America
pagination: 305 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
publisher: Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books, 1976, c1955.
isbn: 0208016120
notes: Reprint of the 1966 ed. published by Beacon Press, Boston. A revision of the author's thesis, Harvard University. Bibliography: p. [292]-294. Includes index.
subjects: Unitarian Universalist churches United States History. Unitarian churches United States History. Unitarianism History.
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