A Lehman, Layman Genealogy Handbook

A Lehman, Layman Genealogy Handbook
Author: Earl R. Layman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2006
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

A comprehensive summary of all known early Lehman families, including their European origins, by all spellings, with known descendants to at or about the advent of the 20th Century, authenticated by DNA tests.

The Republican Alternative

The Republican Alternative
Author: André Holenstein
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2008
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9089640053

The Republican Alternative seeks to move beyond the mere notion of scholarly inquiry into the republic—the subject of recent rediscovery by political historians interested in Europe’s intellectual heritage—by investigating the practical similarities and differences between two early modern republics, as well as their self-images and interactions during the turbulent seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Among the world’s most economically successful societies, Switzerland and the Netherlands laid much of the foundation for their prosperity during the early modern period discussed here. This volume attempts to clarify the special character of these two countries as they developed, including issues of religious plurality, the republican form of government, and an increasingly commercially-driven agrarian society.

Secrets of Swiss Banking

Secrets of Swiss Banking
Author: Hoyt Barber
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2008-04-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780470257975

In Secrets of Swiss Banking, offshore financial specialist Hoyt Barber shows how to protect your hard-earned assets by safely and legally moving your money into trusted Swiss financial institutions. Along with timely banking advice and solid investment insights, Barber provides authoritative information on a variety of Swiss banking-related issues—from the basics of opening an account to the nuances of numerous Swiss banking and investment strategies. He also details Swiss banking policies and regulations along with U.S. tax and reporting requirements.

The Swiss at the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1971

The Swiss at the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1971
Author: Adolphe Linder
Publisher: BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN
Total Pages: 538
Release: 1997
Genre: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
ISBN: 9783905141665

History of Swiss emigration to South Africa, together with genealogies of immigrant descendants.

Soil and Culture

Soil and Culture
Author: Edward R. Landa
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 485
Release: 2010-01-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9048129605

SOIL: beneath our feet / food and fiber / ashes to ashes, dust to dust / dirt!Soil has been called the final frontier of environmental research. The critical role of soil in biogeochemical processes is tied to its properties and place—porous, structured, and spatially variable, it serves as a conduit, buffer, and transformer of water, solutes and gases. Yet what is complex, life-giving, and sacred to some, is ordinary, even ugly, to others. This is the enigma that is soil. Soil and Culture explores the perception of soil in ancient, traditional, and modern societies. It looks at the visual arts (painting, textiles, sculpture, architecture, film, comics and stamps), prose & poetry, religion, philosophy, anthropology, archaeology, wine production, health & diet, and disease & warfare. Soil and Culture explores high culture and popular culture—from the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch to the films of Steve McQueen. It looks at ancient societies and contemporary artists. Contributors from a variety of disciplines delve into the mind of Carl Jung and the bellies of soil eaters, and explore Chinese paintings, African mud cloths, Mayan rituals, Japanese films, French comic strips, and Russian poetry.