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1951

The Gregg Reference Manual: A Manual of Style, Grammar, Usage, and Formatting


William A. Sabin - 1951
    The basic rules that apply to the most frequent problems are covered as thoroughly as the fine points of the problems that occur less often. The colorful examples and illustrations offer easy-to-follow models to help resolve the difficulties encountered in everyday communications from e-mail messages to formal reports. New features include: Up-to-date coverage on dealing with online source material and precautions to observe when citing electronic material New searchable index: the website accompanying the book allows the reader immediate access to definitions and information on specific topics Updated e-mail rules and expanded plagiarism coverage to meet the needs of changing technology

The Meaning of Shakespeare, Volume 2


Harold Clarke Goddard - 1951
    Goddard takes readers on a tour through the works of William Shakespeare, celebrating his incomparable plays and unsurpassed literary genius.

The Revolt: Story of the Irgun


Menachem Begin - 1951
    In Israel, the organization is commonly called Etzel, based on its Hebrew acronym. The book traces the development of the Irgun from its early days in the 1930s, through its years of violent struggle in the Palestine Mandate against both British rule (the "revolt" of the title) and Arab opposition, to the outbreak of the Israeli War of Independence in 1948. The book is also part autobiographical, tracing Begin's own political development. First published in English in 1951 by W. H. Allen.

Come in Spinner


Dymphna Cusack - 1951
    Their romances are futher complicated by the tension of war, with American troops in occupation and where anything could be obtained for a price.

Magic of Food


Scott Cunningham - 1951
    This is Food Magic, and it's served up here in spoonfuls of lore and fact that make trying it as much fun as eating. You'll see mushrooms in a clearer light after experiencing their intuitive-raising effects, and a munch of celery will resonate with new meaning as it boosts both sexual desire and psychic awareness.

The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man


Marshall McLuhan - 1951
    It shows how sex was first used to sell industrial hardware, how Orphan Annie still keeps the world on track, and how an Arabian Nights wonderland of mass entertainment and suggestion makes information irrelevant, and sends us to bed at night too dazed to question whether we're happy or not. We live in an age in which legions of highly educated professionals dedicate themselves to the task of getting inside the collective public mind with the object of manipulating, exploiting and controlling.

The Unfinished Autobiography


Alice A. Bailey - 1951
    Shows the stages in the author's journey from Christian evangelism to mastery of the science of esotericism and her work as an author, lecturer and teacher.

When the Time Comes


Maurice Blanchot - 1951
    As in all of Blanchot's intensely subjective fiction, the true subject of the work is the narrator's consciousness and the process by which his tale emerges through its telling. Powerfully affected by the slightest of events, the narrator responds with a violence that, most disturbingly, appears inevitable.