Radclyffe Hall at the well of loneliness

DICKSON, LOVAT

HarperCollins Distribution Ser

In-depth portrait of the English novelist, sociological writer and historian which focuses on his contributions to present-day moral and intellectual thought

H.G.Wells (Pelican)

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Penguin Books, Ltd.

H. G. Wells: his turbulent life and times

Macmillan

Mark Z. Slouka argues that the perception of reality in America has been radically altered by the emergence of new technologies. The notion of reality as an empirical shared state of existence has been particularly challenged by a revolution in the "virtual" technologies spawned by the computer industry. What is "real" in a society infiltrated by technologies which manipulate images, which replace the written word and which offer entire alternative cyberspace communities accessible only through the window of a computer screen? Slouka claims that reality itself is under siege and that, in particular, the cyberspace revolution has all the potency of a new religion - a cult which is eager to replace this world and its mundane grubbiness with a mathematically pure and clinically correct "heaven".

War of the Worlds: the Assault on Reality

ABACUS +

Dickson, Lovat, Radclyffe Hall At The Well Of Loneliness: A Sapphic Chronicle

Radclyffe Hall at The well of loneliness: A sapphic chronicle

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Scribner

Wilderness man;: The strange story of Grey Owl

Atheneum

H.G. Wells: His Turbulent Life and Times

History & Criticism

Macmillan Pub. Co.

Mummies, dinosaurs, Persian textiles, exotic fishes, European bronzes, fossils, early Canadian furniture, artifacts of the Native peoples of Canada, rare Chinese ceramics, and a Ming tomb with its guardian figures - all these and much more are to be found in the galleries of the Royal Ontario Museum. In The Museum Makers, Lovat Dickson gives a vivid account of the origins and growth of this impressive institution, which each year touches the lives of hundreds of thousands, from researchers to school classes thronging the galleries, to senior citizens involved in special programs.
Over the decades the Royal Ontario Museum has gained world renown for its collections and its research. Today it is counted among the three largest museums in North America.
Biography was always Lovat Dickson's chief interest. In The Museum Makers, he used a biographical framework for the story of an exciting institution. First on the scene are the founders, such memorable figures as Sir Edmund Walker and Charles Trick Currelly. Then comes the early directors, curators, and technicians, whose research and discoveries in every branch of the natural sciences, art, and archaeology contributed to the Royal Ontario Museum's growing international reputation. In the aftermath of World War II a new generation of museum men and women took up the challenge of keeping the Royal Ontario Museum one of the last combined science, art, and archaeology museums of first rank in the world. The unfolding story, with accomplishments, stresses, and strains interwoven, is captivating.

The Museum Makers: The Story of the Royal Ontario Museum

Reference

University of Toronto Press

Museum Makers: The Story of the Royal Ontario Museum

History

Americas

Royal Ontario Museum

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