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21541) Ghost towns of the west
Author
Series
Publisher
Lane Magazine & Book Co
Pub. Date
c1971
Language
English
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Description
"The best on physics and astronomy from The New York Times! The newspaper of record has always prided itself on its coverage of physics and astronomy, realms that have dominated science and the popular imagination like few others, and these 125 articles from its archives feature such esteemed names as Malcolm W. Browne, James Glanz, George Johnson, William L. Laurence, Dennis Overbye, Walter Sullivan, and more. From the discovery of distant galaxies...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"A hugely entertaining history of baseball in New York City, bursting with bigger than life figures, and long-forgotten heroes, spanning the game's founding to the early 1940s"--
"A hugely entertaining history of baseball and New York City, bursting with larger-than-life figures and fascinating stories from the game���s beginnings to the end of World War II. Baseball is "the New York game" because New York is where the diamond was first laid...
21544) Stormy weather
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Witnessing the rise and loss of her family's oil business in the wake of her father's gambling problems, proud young Jeanine accompanies the other women in her family to an abandoned farm when her father dies under dubious circumstances.
Author
Publisher
Godine
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Ever wonder if there's a better way to live, work, and eat? You're not alone. Here is the story of five back-to-the-land movements, from 1840 to present day, when large numbers of utopian-minded people in the United States took action to establish small-scale farming as an alternative to mainstream agriculture. Then and now, it's the story of people striving to live freely and fight injustice, to make the food on their table a little healthier, and...
21548) The book of five rings
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Series
Language
English
Description
This classic interpretation of Miyamoto Musashi's famous Book of Five Rings is explicitly intended for the martial artist--as Miyamoto Musashi originally intended. It explains the underlying truths necessary for a full understanding of Musashi's message for warriors. The result is an enthralling book on military strategy that combines the instincts of the warrior with the philosophies of Zen Buddhism, Shintoism, Confucianism and Taoism. It is a crucial...
Publisher
National Archives & Records Administration
Pub. Date
uuuu
Language
English
Description
The Access to Archival Databases (AAD) System gives you online access to electronic records at the National Archives that are highly structured, such as in databases. The series selected for AAD identify specific persons, geographic areas, organizations, or dates. Some of these series serve as indexes to accessioned archival records in non-electronic formats.
Includes a link to search descriptions of NARA's non-electronic records through NARA's online...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Like the Rockefellers and the Kennedys, the Kochs are one of the most influential dynasties of the modern age, but they have never been the subject of a major biography... until now. Not long after the death of his father, Charles Koch, then in his early 30s, discovered a letter the family patriarch had written to his sons. "You will receive what now seems to be a large sum of money," Fred Koch cautioned. "It may either be a blessing or a curse."...
21551) New Helvetia diary
Publisher
Grabhorn Press in arrangement with the Society of California Pioneers
Pub. Date
1939
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Examines ten of the deadliest infernos this nation has ever endured: the great fires of Boston, New York, Chicago, Baltimore, and San Francisco; the disasters of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, the General Slocum, and the Cocoanut Grove nightclub; the wildfire of Witch Creek in San Diego County; and the catastrophe of 9/11.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
2015 Audie Award Finalist for Nonfiction
Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson's New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed The Innovators is a "riveting, propulsive, and at times deeply moving" (The Atlantic) story of the people who created the computer and the internet.
What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas...
Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson's New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed The Innovators is a "riveting, propulsive, and at times deeply moving" (The Atlantic) story of the people who created the computer and the internet.
What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of The Indispensables, the unknown and dramatic story of irregular guerrilla warfare that altered the course of the Civil War and inspired the origins of America's modern special operations forces. The Civil War is most remembered for the grand battles that have come to define it: Gettysburg, Antietam, Shiloh, among others. However, as bestselling author Patrick K. O'Donnell reveals in The Unvanquished, a vital shadow...
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