1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996386855503316

Autore

Lloyd William <1627-1717.>

Titolo

A chronological account of the life of Pythagoras, and of other famous men his contemporaries [[electronic resource] ] : with an epistle to the Rd. Dr. Bently, about Porphyry's and Jamblicus's lives of Pythagoras / / by the Right Reverand Father in God, William, Ld. Bp. of Coventry and Lichfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by J.H. for H. Mortlock ... and J. Hartley ..., 1699

Descrizione fisica

lviii, 18 p

Soggetti

Pythagoras and Pythagorean school

Philosophy, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Errata: p. 18.

Imperfect: stained, with slight loss of print.

Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0014



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910700535703321

Autore

Draper Debra

Titolo

VA health care [[electronic resource] ] : preliminary observations on the purchasing and tracking of supplies and medical equipment and the potential impact on veterans' safety : testimony before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives / / statement of Debra A. Draper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2010]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (9 pages)

Collana

Testimony ; ; GAO-10-1038T

Soggetti

Veterans - Medical care - Safety measures

Medical supplies - Purchasing - Government policy - United States

Government contractors - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF title screen (GAO, viewed on Nov. 1, 2010).

"For release ... September 23, 2010."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777554603321

Autore

Vernon Alex <1967->

Titolo

Soldiers once and still [[electronic resource] ] : Ernest Hemingway, James Salter & Tim O'Brien / / Alex Vernon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2004

ISBN

1-58729-487-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Disciplina

813/.509358

Soggetti

War stories, American - History and criticism

War and literature - United States - History - 20th century

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Soldiers' writings, American - History and criticism

Veterans' writings, American - History and criticism

Soldiers - United States - Intellectual life

Veterans - United States - Intellectual life

War in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-308) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part 1: Reading American War Literature, Reading Ernest Hemingway; 1.ReadingTwentieth-Century American War Literature; 2. War, Gender, and Ernest Hemingway; Part 2. Reading James Salter; 3. James Salter Biographic and Cultural Context; 4. The Hemingway Influence and the Very Modern _A Sport and a Pastime_; 5. From Flying to Writing; 6. Death, Desire, and the Homosocial; Part 3: Reading Tim O'Brien; 7. O'Brien's Literary Project; 8. Submission and Resistance to the Self as Soldier: Tim O'Brien's War Memoir

9. Salvation, Storytelling, and Pilgrimage in _The Things They Carried_10. O'Brien's War, O'Brien's Women; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As the world enters a new century, as it embarks on new wars and sees new developments in the waging of war, reconsiderations of the last century's legacy of warfare are necessary to our understanding of the current world order. In Soldiers Once and Still, Alex Vernon looks back



through the twentieth century in order to confront issues of self and community in veterans' literature, exploring how war and the military have shaped the identities of Ernest Hemingway, James Salter, and Tim O'Brien, three of the twentieth century's most respected authors. Vernon specifically explores the various way