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|  | The Conquerors by Michael R. Beschloss
Description not available.Based on recently released documents, one of the nation?s most celebrated historians reveals one of the little-known secrets of World War II--FDR?s and Truman?s sometimes shocking plans for a postwar Germany. 125,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Michael R. Beschloss
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | The Copenhagen Papers by David Burke, Michael Frayn
Michael Frayn was staging his now-famous play COPENHAGEN, about the 1941 meeting between Nazi scientist Werner Heisenberg and physicist Neils Bohr, when mysteriously a strange batch of letters concerning Nazi-era scientific research arrived in the playwright`s mail. Frayn is befuddled by the package, which he believes is a hoax until British officials demand the property. This memoir explains the details of this bizarre encounter between art and history. AUTHOR: David Burke, Michael Frayn
PUBLISHER: Picador
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Representations of the Intellectual by Edward W. Said
Celebrated humanist, teacher, and scholar, Edward W. Said here examines the ever-changing role of the intellectual today. In these six stunning essays - delivered on the BBC as the prestigious Reith Lectures - Said addresses the ways in which the intellectual can best serve society in the light of a heavily compromised media and of special interest groups who are protected at the cost of larger community concerns. Said suggests a recasting of the intellectual's vision to resist the lures of power, money, and specialization. in these powerful pieces, Said eloquently illustrates his arguments by drawing on such writers as Antonio Gramsci, Jean-Paul Sartre, Regis Debray, Julien Benda, and Adorno, and by discussing current events and celebrated figures in the world of science and politics: Robert Oppenheimer, Henry Kissinger, Dan Quayle, Vietnam, and the Gulf War. Said sees the modern intellectual as an editor, journalist, academic, or political adviser - in other words, a highly specialized professional - who has moved from a position of independence to an alliance with powerful institutional organizations. He concludes that it is the exile-immigrant, the expatriate, and the amateur who must uphold the traditional role of the intellectual as the voice of integrity and courage, able to speak out against those in power. AUTHOR: Edward W. Said
PUBLISHER: Random House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Soldiers by Philip Ziegler
Through portraits of nine retired British soldiers, a historian honors the life-changing experiences of those who served in the far reaches of what was once the British Empire. Their recollections of war--and of peace--convey the special characteristics of the 20th-century fighting man. AUTHOR: Philip Ziegler
PUBLISHER: Knopf, Alfred A. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Backwoods of Canada by Catharine P. Traill, Michael A. Peterman
The toils, troubles, and satisfactions of pioneer life are recorded with charm and vivacity in this book by Catharine Parr Traill, who, like her sister Susanna Moodie, left the comforts of genteel English society for the rigours of a new, young land. Treasured in the 19th century as an important source of practical information, The Backwoods of Canada is an extraordinary portrayal of pioneer life by one of Canada`s most remarkable women. The NCL edition is an unabridged reprint of the complete original text and all its illustrations. AUTHOR: Catharine P. Traill, Michael A. Peterman
PUBLISHER: McClelland & Stewart/Tundra Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Travels in Alaska by David Rains Wallace, John Muir, Jonathan Reese, Noah Waterman
John Muir's record of his 1879 voyage through the fjords of Alaska, whose scenery he called hopelessly beyond description. AUTHOR: David Rains Wallace, John Muir, Jonathan Reese, Noah Waterman
PUBLISHER: Random House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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