Urban Ornithology is the first quantitative historical analysis of any New York City natural area's birdlife and spans the century and a half from 1872 to 2016. Only Manhattan's Central and Brooklyn's Prospect Parks have preliminary species lists, not revised since 1967, and the last book examining the birdlife of the entire New York City area...
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In The Reagan I Knew, the late William F. Buckley Jr. offers a reminiscence of thirty years of friendship with the man who brought the American conservative movement out of the political wilderness and into the White House.
When a shadowy Russian mole threatens to undermine the Free Worlds defenses by infiltrating President Eisenhowers National Security Counsel, CIA super-secret agent Blackford Oakes is called in to unmask the imposter. Though its fiction, Buckley convinces us that it could really have happened this way.
Buckleys keen political insight and master storytelling ability come togetherin a tale of a candidate of the rise and the dark shadows cast behind him, inthis gripping yet surprisingly empathetic novel.
Taking Sides volumes present current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with Learning Outcomes, an Issue Summary, an Introduction, and an Exploring the Issue section featuring Critical Thinking and Reflection, Is There Common Ground?, and Additional Resources. Taking Sides readers also offer a Topic Guide and an annotated l...
For most of the last century, William F. Buckley Jr. was the leading figure in the conservative movement in America. The magazine he founded in 1955, National Review, brought together writers representing every strand of conservative thought, and refined those ideas over the decades that followed. Buckley's own writings were a significant part of this development. He was not a theoretician but a popularizer, someone who could bring conservativ...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...
John V. Lindsay was elected mayor of New York City in 1965. But that year's mayoral campaign will forever be known as the Buckley campaign. "As a candidate, ” Joseph Alsop conceded, "Buckley was cleverer and livelier than either of his rivals.” And Murray Kempton concluded that "The process which coarsens every other man who enters it has only refined Mr. Buckley.”
The Unmaking of a Mayor is a time capsule of the political atmosphere of Ameri...
Senses'Tender discusses novels by Joyce, Lawrence, and Céline as works of art that illustrate just how stubbornly reality operates in a novel. When readers experience Wayne Burns' «Panzaic Principle» and connect reality to the idealism in their lives, then «contextualist criticism» claims that those readers have had a vivid aesthetic experience.
In this mesmerizing tale of espionage set in 1961 Berlin, Blackford Oakes links up with Henri Tod, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's madness dedicated to preserving freedom in his homeland. When Tod learns of the plans for the Berlin Wall, Oakes knows he must stop Tod from taking action.
You are introduced, in a single volume, to a central character from each of Buckley's ten spy novels. All stand alone in this readable, exciting, and thoughtful collection. As diverse characters find their lives entangled in the web of international espionage, Buckley gives his own stylish, sly, and erudite perspective on intriguing world events.
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