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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 518 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
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An engaging, highly illustrated (largely in color) look at the fads and foibles, the popular culture as well as the momentous events, the personalities both transient and memorable, of the 20th century. 10.25x10.25" Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : Graeme Decarie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 1996-01-01 |
Genre | : Canada |
ISBN | : 9780888505255 |
"Our glorious century" is a hail and farewell to the most extraordinary 100 years America has ever known. This dramatic journey ... covers the pivotal moments of history and colorful events of day-to-day life that created the American Century -- a period that changed the world like no other. Read about the twenties, the thirties, the forties, the fifties, the sixties, the seventies, the eighties and the ninties ... Special feathres: more than 1,600 photos and illustrations; Century Spanners: These photo-illustrated sections give a bird's-eye view of a whole century's worth of automobiles, advertising, favorite foods, parlor games, and more; Facts at Your Fingertips: This 64-page chronology and almanac contains thousands of additional facts and dates, including charts, memorable quotations, and decades-by-decade price lists. Arranged in an easy-to-use format, with segments focusing on specific aspects of America's story: United States History and Politics; Everyday Life; Arts and Letters; Entertainment and Sports; Business and Economics; Science and Medicine; and World Political Events."
Author | : David Marples |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 437 |
Release | : 2014-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 3838266749 |
Author | : Yuming He |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2020-10-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1684170664 |
China’s sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw an unprecedented explosion in the production and circulation of woodblock-printed books. What can surviving traces of that era’s print culture reveal about the makers and consumers of these books? Home and the World addresses this question by carefully examining a wide range of late Ming books, considering them not merely as texts, but as material objects and economic commodities designed, produced, and marketed to stand out in the distinctive book marketplace of the time, and promising high enjoyment and usefulness to readers. Although many of the mass-market commercial imprints studied here might have struck scholars from the eighteenth century on as too trivial, lowbrow, or slipshod to merit serious study, they prove to be an invaluable resource, providing insight into their readers’ orientations toward the increasingly complex global stage of early modernity and toward traditional Chinese conceptions of textual, political, and moral authority. On a more intimate scale, they tell us about readers’ ideals of a fashionable and pleasurable private life. Through studying these works, we come closer to recapturing the trend-conscious, sophisticated, and often subversive ways readers at this important moment in China’s history imagined their world and their place within it. 2015 Joseph Levenson Book Prize, Pre-1900 Category, China and Inner Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies
Author | : Paul Gascoigne |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2011-10-13 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1849837457 |
Even people who don't know football know who 'Gazza' is. The man born as Paul John Gascoigne to a working-class family in the North-East has found headlines on the front pages almost as often as the back pages throughout his life, thanks in great part to his more than colourful lifestyle. But it is for his time as a footballer of the very highest order that Gazza's name will forever live in sporting history. During a career that spanned more than ten different clubs, among them Newcastle United, Tottenham, Lazio and Rangers, and which included countless unforgettable England performances, Gazza established himself as one of the sport's all-time greats: a master of skill, flair and invention like none that his country had produced before nor perhaps ever will again. Told in Gazza's own unique voice and fully illustrated with hundreds of photos from the moments that he feels defined his career,Glorious: My World, Football and Meis a celebration, offering an unrivalled insight into the mind of this greatest of footballers.
Author | : J. William Middendorf II |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2008-04-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0465003885 |
The 1964 presidential campaign lives on in conservative circles as an origin myth for the modern conservative movement. Even though their preferred (and now revered) candidate lost to Lyndon B. Johnson by a landslide, Barry Goldwater's failed presidential run was a major turning point of the twentieth century. Without Goldwater's philosophy to pave the way -- and, just as importantly, without the strategic and political infrastructure created by the "Draft Goldwater" movement that preceded it -- there likely would have been no Reagan or Bush administrations, and possibly no Nixon administration either. The policy positions and electoral strategies of the Goldwater campaign became standard tenets of Republican politics. William Middendorf had better than a ringside seat for this pivotal campaign. A key member of the "Draft Goldwater" movement as early as 1962, he was Goldwater's campaign treasurer and, afterwards, a major force within the Republican Party. No one knows the real inside story better, and A Glorious Disaster tells that story in all its rollicking, agonizing, and never-before-published detail.
Author | : John McWhorter |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2009-10-27 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1592404944 |
A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar Why do we say “I am reading a catalog” instead of “I read a catalog”? Why do we say “do” at all? Is the way we speak a reflection of our cultural values? Delving into these provocative topics and more, Our Magnificent Bastard Language distills hundreds of years of fascinating lore into one lively history. Covering such turning points as the little-known Celtic and Welsh influences on English, the impact of the Viking raids and the Norman Conquest, and the Germanic invasions that started it all during the fifth century ad, John McWhorter narrates this colorful evolution with vigor. Drawing on revolutionary genetic and linguistic research as well as a cache of remarkable trivia about the origins of English words and syntax patterns, Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue ultimately demonstrates the arbitrary, maddening nature of English— and its ironic simplicity due to its role as a streamlined lingua franca during the early formation of Britain. This is the book that language aficionados worldwide have been waiting for (and no, it’s not a sin to end a sentence with a preposition).
Author | : Josh Ritter |
Publisher | : Harlequin |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2021-09-07 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0369705807 |
From singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, a lyrical, sweeping novel about a young boy's coming-of-age during the last days of the lumberjacks. In the tiny timber town of Cordelia, Idaho, ninety-nine year old Weldon Applegate recounts his life in all its glory, filled with tall tales writ large with murder, mayhem, avalanches and bootlegging. It’s the story of dark pine forests brewing with ancient magic, and Weldon’s struggle as a boy to keep his father’s inherited timber claim, the Lost Lot, from the ravenous clutches of Linden Laughlin. Ever since young Weldon stepped foot in the deep Cordelia woods as a child, he dreamed of joining the rowdy ranks of his ancestors in their epic axe-swinging adventures. Local legend says their family line boasts some of the greatest lumberjacks to ever roam the American West, but at the beginning of the twentieth century, the jacks are dying out, and it’s up to Weldon to defend his family legacy. Braided with haunting saloon tunes and just the right dose of magic, The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All is a novel bursting with heart, humor and an utterly transporting adventure that is sure to sweep you away into the beauty of the tall snowy mountain timber.
Author | : Samuel Simon Schmucker |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 2015-01-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781507667071 |
A concise and stunning review of the Protestant Reformation by S.S. Schmucker D.D. Delivered first orally at Gettysburg Theological Seminary in 1837. In just a few words, Lutheran Theologian and Seminary Founder S.S. Schmucker summarizes over 1000 years of history. Fully footnoted for factual accuracy. CAUTION ADVISED: medieval times were brutal, and the ugly facts of history are not suitable for all readers.
Author | : Lisa McInerney |
Publisher | : John Murray |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2015-04-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1444798871 |
WINNER OF THE BAILEYS' WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 2016 We all do stupid things when we're kids. Ryan Cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for you. And nobody says Ryan's stupid. Not even behind his back. It's the people around him who are the problem. The gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'. The neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than that. The prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one night . . . The only one on Ryan's side is his girlfriend Karine. If he blows that, he's all alone. But the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need it.