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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This set of brief pieces examines the relation of power toknowledge. Lippmann paid little homage to the innatewisdom of the people. While he had no wish to disenfranchisecitizens, he believed elites drove the engines ofpower. His point was that liberty and democracy requiregovernment that will, when necessary, "swim against thetides of private feelings." Because the public is too divided,poorly informed, and too self-regarding, authority has tobe delegated, perhaps to "intelligence bureaus," or at leastto those who are wiser than the many that have the powerto decide vexing questions on their own merits.



Lippmann knew that in the real world we cannot expectto be ruled by philosopher-kings. While ready to settlefor less, he was not ready to settle for politicians who getahead "only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozleand otherwise manage to manipulate demandingand threatening elements in their constituencies." Theseducers and bamboozlers were generally in charge, andbecause they were in an age "rich with varied and generouspassions" they had become disorderly and deranged.



Public Persons is the informal side of The Public Philosophy.Lippmann tries to account for the decline ofWestern democracies and prescribe for their revival. Heconcludes that it is not possible to discover by rationalinquiry the conditions that must be met if there is to bea good society. Lippmann saw tension between privateimpulses and transcendent truth as the "inexhaustibletheme of human discourse." The occasional harmonies inthe lives of saints and the deeds of heroes and the excellenceof genius are glorious. But glory was the exception,wretchedness the rule. In this casual volume both aregiven a human face. ... Read more

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Chapters: Köse Mihal, Alexios Philanthropenos, Marsilius of Padua, Hugh the Dull, Lord of Douglas, Walter Fitz Gilbert of Cadzow, Maurice of Inchaffray, Pierre Bertrand, Andrea Pisano, Walter Burley, Henry Ii, Duke of Świdnica, Maria of Vitebsk, Siemowit of Bytom, Stefano Colonna, Ludolf König, John Graham, Earl of Menteith, Casimir of Koźle, Sorleone de Vivaldo. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 58. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: 'Köse Mihal' (* 13th century; c. 1340; English:Michael the beardless, and Michael with the goatee ) accompanied Osman al-Ghazi in his ascent to power as an Emir and founder of the Ottoman Empire. He is considered to be the first significant Byzantine renegade and convert to Islam to enter Ottoman service. He was also known as 'Ghazi Mihal' and 'Abdullah Mihal Gazi ' According to the historians Köse Mihal was the Byzantine governor of Chirmenkia (Harmankaya,today Harmanköy) and of Greek origins. . The Byzantine Castle named Harmankaya is in the foothills of the Uluda Mountains in Bilecik Turkey The It is also called Belekoma Castle. He also gained control of Lefke, Meceke and Akhisar. Even before his conversion to Islam, he had an amicable relationship with "The Friend of the Faithful" Osman Ghazi. He participated as an ally of Osman and his people in war, supported him as leader of and intermediary for the local Greek population, and acted as a consultant and diplomatic agent. The sources concerning the cause of his change of faith are contradictory. Firstly, that he was influenced for the sake of his friendship with Osman Ghazi, or secondly, because he had a significant dream which convinced him to become a Muslim. The time frame for his conversion are the years between 1304 and 1313.. As a Muslim he was known as Köse Mihal 'Abd Allah(Abdullah). Up to...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=23984852 ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Printed by the Ferris Printing Company, New York. No date in book. Binding is consistent with other Walter J. Black titles produced in 1932. ... Read more

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Chapters: Les Aucoin, Thomas H. Tongue, Daniel Gault, Olaus Murie, Rick Dancer, Tommy Walter, Alfred Carlton Gilbert, William N. Barrett, Augustus C. Kinney, Arthur F. Carmazzi, William G. Hare, William A. Barton, Jason Boe, Jim Brazeau, Nancy Wilson, Harvey W. Scott, Joseph C. Hare, Aaron Elling, Steven Beckingham, Edward B. Watson, Liz Heaston, Randy Hanson, Leslie What, Kerry Cohen, Calvin Leroy Van Pelt, Gordon Haller. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 114. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Walter Leslie "Les" AuCoin (pronounced ) (born October 21, 1942), is an American politician and the first Democrat elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st congressional district since it was formed in 1882. The seat has been held by a Democrat ever since. AuCoins 18-year tenurefrom the 94th United States Congress through the 102ndis the sixth-longest in Oregon history. In his career, AuCoin took a prominent role in abortion rights, local and national environmental issues, multiple use management of federal forests, and national security. During the presidency of Ronald Reagan, he wrote the ban to stop Interior Secretary James Watt's plan to open the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf to oil exploration. AuCoin was an early advocate of diplomatic relations with The People's Republic of China and arms control with the Soviet Union, and a critic of U.S. support for the Nicaraguan Contras and the rightist government of El Salvador in the 1980s. At the time of his retirement in 1993, he was 84th in overall House seniority, dean of the Oregon House delegation, a majority whip-at-large, and a veteran member of the House Appropriations Committee. AuCoin previously was a two-term member of the Oregon House of Representatives (19711974). In his second term, he was House Majority Lea...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2959847 ... Read more

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Facsimile of 1912 edition complete with 16 color plates by Walter Crane. A gorgeously illustrated and heartily re-told version of this classic tale of chivalry, outlaws, marksmanship and true love. ... Read more

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Hardly any other 19th century political movement aroused such a fervid response from artists and publicists as Philhellenism, which came to full fruition in the course of the Greek struggle for liberation. The combination of classicistic and romantic ideals with political, esthetic, and religious motifs gave this movement a unique dynamism whose influence on art and culture can hardly be overestimated. This volume assembles the papers presented at an interdisciplinary symposium organized at the Villa Vigoni in 2006. They investigate the role of Philhellenism in the esthetic and cultural evolution of the modern image of Europe. The volume is the first in a series titled ""Classicistic and Romantic Visions of Art."" ... Read more