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Growing up in Charleston in the 1930s and 1940s, accomplished storyteller Louis Rubin witnessed firsthand the subtle gradations of caste and class among neighborhoods from south of Broad Street where established families and traditional mores held sway to the various enclaves of Uptown in which middle-class and blue-collar families went about their own diverse lives and routines. In Uptown/Downtown in Old Charleston, Rubin draws on autobiography and imagination in briskly paced renderings of ... Read more
Things are getting serious between Sophie Mae and Detective Ambrose. But Sophie Mae has a new love in her life—spinning. Pursuing her newfound passion is great fun . . . until her fellow co-op member, Ariel, is found strangled to death with Sophie Mae's very first skein of yarn. Young and pretty, Ariel used her feminine charms and sexual magnetism to lure married men. Was the murder victim truly a gold digger in hot pants? Or just a troubled girl who met a bad end? With a tangled weave of ... Read more
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as ... Read more
An uproarious, surprising, and poignant satire of American suburbia and youth sports gone wild When Ben and Jili Holden must move from Manhattan with their three children back to their small hometown of Palace Valley, California, they are forced to reconcile the parents they’ve become with the dreams they had, the choices they’ve made, and a sex life much more down-to-earth than the epic Ferris wheel tryst of their youth. After reluctantly stepping up to lead his son’s Little League team, Ben ... Read more
Welcome to Atlantic City, New Jersey, the birthplace of many pop culture phenomena, including Monopoly, the Miss America Pageant, salt-water taffy and The Donald (Trump, that is). Discover the extraordinary history of this glamorous resort town in Atlantic City Then and Now, a new title in the top-selling Then and Now series.• Fascinating then-and-now photographs highlight Atlantic City’s evolution-from its early days as a get-away for Philadelphians, through its decline in the mid-20th century ... Read more
Science/Engineering"Petroski has an inquisitive mind, and he is a fine writer. . . . [He] takes us on a lively tour of engineers, their creations and their necessary turns of mind." --Los Angeles TimesFrom the Ferris wheel to the integrated circuit, feats of engineering have changed our environment in countless ways, big and small. In Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering, Duke University's Henry Petroski focuses on the big: Malaysia's 1,482-foot Petronas Towers as well as ... Read more
This book consists of articles from Wikia. Pages: 141. Chapters: Characters, Images, Akatsuki and Sakurada, Alm and Mamiko, Answer Talker, Arth and Elly, Ashuron and Riin Vise, Assassin, Babiru and Seiu Ou, Badios and Charmy, Bago and Fredo, Bahking and Sari, Baltro and Steng, Bamu and Luke Brown, Baraho and Takos, Baransha and Garza, Belgim EO and Dalia Anjé, Biburio and Nazoka Sawama, Boru Bora and Henry Abbolt, Brago and Sherry, Brago and Sherry Belmont, Brago and Sherry Belmont Gallery, ... Read more
It is the year of our lord, 1893. The crackle of electricity's first sparks, the mechanical whine of Ferris's wheel, the tinkling of crystal from the majestic city atop the hill--the sounds of a new era pervade the air as the century's last World's Fair commences in Chicago. But darkness lurks beneath the metropolis so austere it has been dubbed the White City. Strikes loom on the horizon, racism runs rampant, and a murderer unlike any America has ever seen before is on ... Read more
Here for the geek in all of us are fifty foolproof equations that take the guesswork out of life—and the funniest twist on an idea since Richard Smith’s The Dieter’s Guide to Weight Loss During Sex. Call it the algebra oracle: By plugging in the right variables, GEEK LOGIK answers life’s most persistent questions. It covers Dating and Romance, Career and Finance, and everyday decisions like Should I get a tattoo? Can I still wear tight jeans? Is it time to see a therapist? How many beers ... Read more
Fuente: Wikipedia. P?ginas: 54. Cap?tulos: Activistas de Surinam, Artistas de Surinam, Historiadores de Surinam, Juristas de Surinam, Militares de Surinam, Paramaribe?os, Periodistas de Surinam, Pol?ticos de Surinam, Profesores de Surinam, Dési Bouterse, Ronald Venetiaan, Remy Bonjasky, Mohammed Enait, Ramdat Misier, Edgar Davids, Clarence Seedorf, Jules Wijdenbosch, Johan Ferrier, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Ramsewak Shankar, Hendrick Rudolf Chin A Sen, Edgar Cairo, Hugo Pos, Anton de Kom, ... Read more
Fuente: Wikipedia. P?ginas: 143. Cap?tulos: Autopistas de S?o Paulo, Geograf?a de S?o Paulo, Localidades de S?o Paulo, Mesorregiones de S?o Paulo, Microrregiones de S?o Paulo, Paulistas, R?os de S?o Paulo, Transportes de S?o Paulo, Osasco, Rodoanel M?rio Covas, Municipios de S?o Paulo, M?rio Guimar?es Ferri, S?o José dos Campos, Guarulhos, Marginal Tietê, Campinas, Deco, S?o Caetano do Sul, Roberto Carlos, Red Metropolitana de Transporte de S?o Paulo, Barretos, Bebedouro, Po?, Oswaldo Cruz, ... Read more
Fuente: Wikipedia. P?ginas: 88. Cap?tulos: Familia Bach, Familia Mann, Familia Wagner, Hohenlohe, Holbein, Krupp, Rothschild, Richard Wagner, Casa de Habsburgo, Familia Rothschild, Thomas Mann, Klaus Mann, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Familia Fugger, Hans Holbein el Joven, Winifred Wagner, Anna Magdalena Bach, James Mayer de Rothschild, Hans von Bülow, Elisabeth Mann Borgese, Augusta Victoria de Schleswig-Holstein, C?sima Wagner, Erika Mann, ?rbol geneal?gico de la familia Wagner, Giuseppe ... Read more
Fuente: Wikipedia. P?ginas: 50. Cap?tulos: Alg?logos de Brasil, Bot?nicos de Brasil, Mic?logos de Brasil, Paleont?logos de Brasil, Pterid?logos de Brasil, Zo?logos de Brasil, M?rio Guimar?es Ferri, F?bio de Barros, Adolpho Ducke, Amaro Macedo, Frederico Carlos Hoehne, Alexander Kellner, Ludwig Riedel, Guilherme Schüch Capanema, Rafael Trevisan, Byron Wilson Pereira de Albuquerque, Francisco Freire Allem?o, Elizabeth de Araujo Schwarz, Baldu?no Rambo, Ricardo de Lemos Fr?es, Carl August Wilhelm ... Read more
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Fuente: Wikipedia. P?ginas: 92. Cap?tulos: Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, Miguel Bosé, Elisa Toffoli, Iva Zanicchi, Nek, Noemi, Laura Pausini, Tiziano Ferro, Eros Ramazzotti, Roberto Carlos, Luciano Pavarotti, Dalida, Adriano Celentano, Mireille Mathieu, Amaia Montero, Marco Masini, Ornella Vanoni, Paolo Conte, Mina Mazzini, Carla Bruni, Mario Trevi, Peter Nalitch, Gigi D'Alessio, Al Bano, Zucchero Fornaciari, Fabrizio De André, Gino Paoli, Petra Magoni, Salvatore Adamo, Katherine ... Read more
Fuente: Wikipedia. P?ginas: 42. Cap?tulos: Bajos del Reino Unido, Bar?tonos del Reino Unido, Mezzosopranos del Reino Unido, Sopranos del Reino Unido, Tenores del Reino Unido, Sarah Brightman, Martyn Green, Ian Wallace, Derek Oldham, Thom Yorke, Paul Potts, Charlotte Church, Bryn Terfel, Ian Storey, Gwyneth Jones, Janet Baker, Sarah Connolly, Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Kathleen Ferrier, Alfred Deller, Simon Keenlyside, Margaret Price, Jane Eaglen, Mary Garden, Peter Pears, Ian Bostridge, Thomas ... Read more
Fuente: Wikipedia. P?ginas: 76. Cap?tulos: Cantantes l?ricos del Reino Unido, Compositores de ?pera del Reino Unido, Libretistas de ?pera del Reino Unido, Teatros de ?pera del Reino Unido, ?peras del Reino Unido, Henry Purcell, Roger Waters, H.M.S. Pinafore, W. S. Gilbert, Peter Maxwell Davies, The Pirates of Penzance, Arthur Bliss, Frederick Delius, Benjamin Britten, Alexander Goehr, Oliver Knussen, Martyn Green, Berlie Doherty, Ian Wallace, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Harrison Birtwistle, Brian ... Read more
Fuente: Wikipedia. P?ginas: 255. Cap?tulos: Camilo José Cela, Miguel de Cervantes, Ana Mar?a Matute, Mario Vargas Llosa, Ram?n J. Sender, Benito Pérez Gald?s, Manuel V?zquez Montalb?n, Ram?n Pérez de Ayala, Gabriel Mir?, Julio Llamazares, Ram?n Irigoyen, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Joaqu?n Arder?us, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Menchu Gutiérrez, Domingo Santos, Félix de Az?a, Vicente Blasco Ib??ez, Alfonso Garc?a Ramos, Mariano S?nchez Soler, José Miguel Pallarés, Jordi Mata, José Luis Ferris, Javier ... Read more
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