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History and genealogy of the Jewetts of America : a record of Edward Jewett, of Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and of his two emigrant sons, Deacon Maximilian and Joseph Jewett, settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts, in 1639
Published in Unknown Binding by Alfred B Loranz (1995)
Authors: Theodore Victor Herrmann and Alicia Crane Williams
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Vol III & IV, published 1995, are worthy successors to 1908
Volumes III and IV are available from The Jewett Family of America, Box 254, Rowley MA 01969 Contact Ted Herrmann, Publisher, at 201 569-6611 or Ted Loranz, V.P. at 508 429-8750. Library of Congress No. 95-81192. Original Volumes I and II were published in 1908.

Description: Two volumes, hard-bound with title stamped in gold. 1,758 pages, hundreds of illustrations, Jewett genealogical data concentrating on period 1908-1995, with newly assigned JFA numbers of family members. The alphabetically arranged INDEX covers every name found in BOTH volumes. There is some detail on the Norman origins of the Jewett name and some history of the Jewett Coat-of-Arms, including derivation, French roots in Jouatte, Jouett, Jowitt, etc. Also contains a copy of the orignal Charter of the Jewett Family of America from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1910.

Size 6-1/2 x 9-3/4" emulating the size and style of the first two volumes I and II by Dr. Frederick Clarke Jewett, printed in 1908. Endpaper illustrations include a map of the original Ezekiel Rogers plantation established at Rowley, MA in 1639; a Civil War political cartoon; pen and ink wash drawing by William Samuel Lyon Jewett of New York Harbor in 1871 entitled "Sail and Steam"; and a reproduction of original sheet music written for the first National JFA (Jewett Family of America) Reunion in 1855.


Reno: Hub of the Washoe Country
Published in Hardcover by Windsor Pubns (1986)
Author: William D. Rowley
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the rush to Washoe
This 1984 book is a sponsored history. Notwithstanding the characteristics of that genre, this remains a fine history book, rich in detail and broad in coverage.
The book pays special attention to the post-Comstock period, Nevada's "twenty-year depression" (1880-1900). This is the key period of Reno's formation and marks its peculiar culture to this day.
The book has a separate section of color photographs, including a beautiful photograph of McKinley Park School.


Changeling
Published in Paperback by Theatre Communications Group (01 April, 2001)
Authors: Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, and Trevor Griffiths
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The Believability of 'The Changeling'.
'The Changeling' is a play with an extremely complex structure- the plot seems to start off with the potential to develop it's dark themes but becomes preoccupied with the use of coup de theatre; such as the potion and the grisly deaths. Beatrice is shown in the first scene to understand innuendo and is able to respond in kind to Alsemero, but is later naive to De Flores' demands. THIS PLAY IS UNBELIEVABLE AND STUPID!

MORALITY, MISUNDERSTOOD; PSYCHOLOGY, ITS MOST DISTURBED
Firstly, thanks to Joost Daadler for his stunning introduction to the edition I read of 'The Changeling'. The in-depth analysis of the psychological disturbances and functions that exist within the play (such as the ID and the unconscious dropping of the glove, etc.), help expand 'The Changeling' into a lot more than just (though this would be no bad thing!) a morality play where an orthodox Christian message runs predominant. I have never read a play that reduces the human to the bestial in such an intense and forceful manner, not shying away from the painful and somewhat humiliating view that human kind are more or less governed by their instincts; sexual impulse being one such motivating factor that can rid a human of any intellect ot reason that is supposed to constitute 'humanity' in the first place. This ia must read and not just a moral, didactic play either. It is not condemning sexuality but pleading with us that it must be understood. Overall, it is a tragedy that really challenges its reader into thinking hard about whether certain characters (e.g. Beatrice) can be more sympathised with than maybe one thought upon first reading. Read it!

One of the best tragedies ever
Anyone who thinks centuries-old tragedies aren't relevant to modern times should read "The Changeling." With a few very minor adjustments, the plot and characters in this play could come right out of a modern crime novel, or even a modern true-crime story.

This is one of those plays where you read because you're more interested about what happens to the bad guy (and the bad gal) than what happens to the good guys. (Alsemero who! ) I envy the performers who get to play DeFlores and Beatrice-Joanna.

A lot of scholarly treatises about the play criticized the humorous subplot, claiming that it had no relevance and no connection to the main plot. My response is, "Hell-o! Is anybody home?" OK, that wasn't a scholarly response, but any scholar who can't see the thematic connection (characters who mask their true natures versus characters in disguise) doesn't deserve a scholarly response.

Anne M. Marble All About Romance


The Changeling and the Years of Crisis, 1619-1624: A Hieroglyph of Britain
Published in Hardcover by Pinter Pub Ltd (1990)
Authors: A.A. Bromham and Zara Bruzzi
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changeling
this book is a very discriminating book because it discriminates love and the courtly love tradition, i thought it was fascinating and a jolly good book to study for A level english lit.


History of Nevada
Published in Paperback by Univ of Nebraska Pr (1987)
Authors: Russell R. Elliott and William D. Rowley
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Exciting at the beginning
I read the 2nd Edition, Revised, of this book and the account of Nevada from 1860 to 1900 was exciting because Nevada was a weird and exciting place during those years. but I did not find the account of 20th century Nevada too interesting, even tho the book devotes full attention to the political history of the state, which I would ordinarily have thought would guarantee my finding this a good book. For a really good state history, read History of North Dakota, by Elwyn B. Robinson. I found that state history (I am not from either Nev. or ND) unputdownable.


Special Edition Using Java 1.1 (Special Edition Using...)
Published in Paperback by Que (1997)
Authors: Joe Weber, David Baker, Joe Carpenter, Jamie Costa, Anil Hemrajani, Alan S. Liu, Jordan Olin, Eric Ries, Bill Rowley, and Krishna Sankar
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Worst Java Book I've ever read.
This is the worst java book I've ever read. The book is unorganized and the content is not suitable for the beginner at all.

The companion CD-ROM is useless.

If the authors would like to publish the new version for JDK 1.2, there will be a lot of works they need to get accomplished.

Simple words from me.... Don't buy this book.

Not the best Java book on the market
Covers alot of fancy staff but has a great lack of contents. It seems like the author has rushed through the book just to fill it out with the Java 1.1 features and forgot to describe the import basics behind the language. There's now way you're gonna be a Java guru by reading this book!

genial
It is very thorough. Almost everything important about java is in there including JDBC, JNI, Java Beans, Servlets, security management, even the specification of the virtual machine and most is explained well understandble. It is the best java book I ever saw!


The authorship of "The taming of a shrew," "The famous victories of Henry V," and the additions to Marlowe's "Faustus"
Published in Unknown Binding by Norwood Editions ()
Author: Henry Dugdale Sykes
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The birth of Merlin
Published in Unknown Binding by AMS Press ()
Author: William Rowley
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Business Law International
Published in Hardcover by Sweet & Maxwell Ltd (01 March, 2001)
Author: J. William Rowley
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"The Changeling" by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley (Macmillan Master Guides)
Published in Paperback by Palgrave Macmillan (20 October, 1986)
Author: Tony Bromham
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