Edition: 2nd
Publication date: 1998-10
Dewey code: 791.43092
Price: $59.95
Review Walt Disney's Railroad Story: The Small-Scale Fascination That Led to a Full-Scale Kingdom / Pentrex:Thousands of books and articles have been written about Walt Disney and his organization, yet few people realize the significance railroading played in the evolution of the Disney empire. Encouraged by Walt's family and railfans inside and outside the Disney organization, Michael Broggie has chronicled the tale of Walt Disney's personal involvement in railroading. This book unveils the private realm of Disney railroading through hundreds of photographs, many of which have never before been made public, and interviews with Mrs. Walt Disney, Diane Disney Miller, Ward Kimball, Ollie Johnston, Bob Harpur, Bill Cottrell, Roger Broggie, Bill Evans, and many others. Walt Disney's love affair with trains began in his hometown of Marceline, Missouri. His first job was selling tobacco, candy, and newspapers on the Missouri Pacific line. By 1950, his enthusiasm for realistic model trains had evolved into an elaborate backyard live steam railroad. Walt's Carolwood Pacific Railroad included a 46-foot-long trestle, loops, overpasses, gradients, an elevated dirt berm, and a 90-foot tunnel underneath Mrs. Disney's flower bed! The complete history of the Disney railroads, from small scale models to steam trains for the Disney parks is covered. This is a book all Disney collectors and railroad enthusiasts will want to experience! Over 300 illustrations, many previously unpublished.
Authors
- Peter Cross-Rudkin and Mike Chrimes (Editors)
Dewey code: 509
List Price: $288.00
Price: $164.32
Review Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers, Volume 2 1830-1890 / Thomas Telford, Ltd.:This book presents biographical details of nearly 800 leading practitioners of the Victorian era, including many that have never been written about until now. It outlines the lives of these engineers and lists the works for which they were responsible, and provides indexes of names and places.
Publication date: 1994
Review The Curve of Binding Energy / MacFarlane Walter & Ross:
Publication date: 1997-02
Dewey code: 956.95043
Price: $65.00
Review King Abdallah and Palestine: A Territorial Ambition (St. Antony's Series) / Palgrave Macmillan:
Creator: M. Yousuff Hussaini
Publication date: 1996-12-05
Dewey code: 532
Price: $195.00
Review Collected Papers of Sir James Lighthill: 4 Volume Set / Oxford University Press, USA:This four volume set contains almost all of the scientific papers of Sir Michael James Lighthill. One of the most distinguished scientists of the twentieth century and probably the central figure in many aspects of fluid mechanics, Lighthill's contributions to science include the initiation of the science of aerodynamic sound generation as well as historic work on shock waves, transonic aerodynamics, nonlinear physics, fluid dynamics, and the locomotion of fish, dolphins, and birds. Each volume is divided into sections which unify Lighthill's papers in chronological order under individual themes. The research studies included are classic examples of applied mathematical research, each characterized by a process of three equally important steps: problem formulation based on empiricism or observation, problem solution, and empirical verification, or solution interpretation in relation to the physical phenomena under consideration. Applied mathematics is a two-way bridge between mathematics and science and technology and is inherently interdisciplinary. These volumes bear out this thesis.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1993-07-01
Dewey code: 301.092
List Price: $170.00
Price: $163.96
Review Emile Durkheim: Sociologist and Moralist / Routledge:International scholarship over the last twenty years has produced a new understanding of Emile Durkheim as a thinker. This book is the first to present the reader with an overview of the best of this scholarship and to provide a taste of research much of which is not available in English elsewhere. Although the essays included reflect a wide range of concerns and styles of thought from the cream of the Durkheim community, there is a startling coherence in the image they present. Durkheim was, from his first reviews to his last written work, a moralist and this collection reconnects the two parts of the man that other writings have generally separated: the institutionalizer of sociologist and the moralist. Emile Durkheim: Sociologist and Moralist provides us with a new Durkheim hitherto known only to specialists, that of a utilizer of the insights of sociology for the purpose of intervention into moral development.
Creator: David Carden
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1997-02-11
Dewey code: 612.84
List Price: $249.95
Price: $162.47
Review John Dalton's Colour Vision Legacy: Selected Proceedings of the International Conference / Taylor & Francis:
Edition: Limited
Publication date: 1996-11
Dewey code: 355
Price: $165.00
Review My Confession: Recollections of a Rogue / Texas State Historical Association:Samuel Chamberlain's My Confession is a classic, ribald tale of nineteenth-century life. Perhaps the best written account of a soldier's adventures and misadventures in the Mexican War and its aftermath, this unexpurgated edition is now available for the first time, complete with over 150 of Chamberlain's wonderful textual illustrations reproduced in full color. Chamberlain's remarkable story is pure melodrama; but Goetzmann has proven by his painstaking research that much of it is true.
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Publication date: 2004-12-30
Dewey code: 338.0922
List Price: $193.95
Price: $164.86
Review Encyclopedia of American Women in Business [Two Volumes]: From Colonial Times to the Present / Greenwood Press:Women have been active in American business since the eighteenth century, and while they have made enormous contributions, they have also had to overcome tremendous obstacles. This encyclopedia chronicles the accomplishments of women in American business since the colonial era and discusses the historical events and issues that have concerned them. The encyclopedia additionally summarizes important legislation and organizations and covers such industries as accounting, advertising, banking, and manufacturing. Quotations from the women profiled capture their experiences in their own words. Included are more than 300 alphabetically arranged entries on such American businesswomen as: Lucille Ball Clara Brown Hattie Carnegie Liz Claiborne Abby Joseph Cohen Jenny Craig Carleton S. Fiorina Jamie Gorelick Rosa Maria Hinojosa de Balli Abigail Pierrepont Johnson Estee Lauder Christine Liang Martha Stewart And many more. Entries discuss the lives and careers of these women and cite works for further reading. The encyclopedia also includes roughly 100 interspersed entries on topics central to American businesswomen, including career planning, childcare, diversity, education, the finance industry, flexible work arrangements, golf, and real estate. Appendices list the most influential businesswomen in America, the top women-owned American companies, and women business leaders from particular ethnic and cultural groups, historical periods, and industries. A chronology details important events in the history of women in business, and an extensive bibliography concludes the encyclopedia.
Publication date: 2000-07
Review My Savage Ancestor / James M Stoughton:An account of the life of William Stoughton, the "hanging judge" of the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692, including family background, written by a descendant of the judge's father. Paperback with illustrations. 50 pages including bibliography.
Publication date: 2005-09-28
Dewey code: 620
List Price: $175.00
Price: $162.84
Review Who's Who in Computational Science and Engineering (Saxe-Coburg Publications on Computational Engineering) / Saxe-Coburg Publications:The achievements and biographical details of nearly 1,500 key researchers and practitioners in the fields of computational mechanics, applied mathematics, computer science, artificial intelligence, aerospace, aeronautical, chemical, civil, environmental, mechanical, and structural engineering are included in this directory.
Authors
- I. Bernard Cohen
- Robert A. Millikan
Dewey code: 530.0924
Price: $29.95
Review Autobiography of Robert A. Millikan (Three Centuries of Science in America) / Arno Press:
Authors
- Geoffrey J. Martin
- Patrick H. Armstrong
Dewey code: 025
List Price: $170.00
Price: $170.00
Review Geographers: Bibliographical Studies (Geographers) / Continuum International Publishing Group:This is a collection of studies on individuals who have made contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. International in scope, both in terms of personalities and contributors, in this work subjects are drawn from all periods and from all parts of the world, and include famous names as well as those less well known: explorers, independent thinkers, and scholars. Each paper describes the geographer's education, life and work and discusses their influence and spread of academic ideas. Each study includes a select bibliography and a brief chronology. The work includes a general index and a cumulative index of geographers listed in volumes to date.
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1995-08-21
Dewey code: 355
List Price: $170.00
Price: $166.18
Review Adams the Pilot: The Life and Times of Captain William Adams: 15641620 / RoutledgeCurzon:
Publication date: 1993-12
Dewey code: 956.048
Price: $40.00
Review OCTOBER WAR (H) / AUC Press:
Publication date: 2005-11
Dewey code: 340.092
List Price: $65.00
Price: $163.81
Review The Stanford Law Chronicles: Doin' Time on the Farm / University of Notre Dame Press:"Alfredo Mirandé answers the question: What happens when a Latino heart ventures into the Anglo male head that is the Stanford Law School? 'En la tierra del ciego, el tuerto es rey' [In the land of the blind, the one-eyed person is king]. " —W. Frank Newton, President, Beaumont Foundation of America; former Dean of Texas Tech School of Law and President of the State Bar of Texas "Mirandé's story will engage readers, provoke conversations, and deepen our knowledge of legal education. It is quite a book. " —Gerald López, New York University School of Law "Ten times better than the other stories of what it is like going through law school, Mirandé's book brings a social scientist's critical eye to what goes on in the classroom, to competition for grades and law review membership, to the way white students and professors treat students of color at an elite school, and to a minority student's struggle to make his legal education a force for social change. A sobering read and real page turner!" —Richard Delgado, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Derrick Bell Fellow, University of Pittsburgh In the midst of a long and distinguished academic career, Alfredo Mirandé left his position as professor of sociology and chair of ethnic studies at the University of California, Riverside, to attend law school at Stanford University. This book is both an extraordinary chronicle of the events in his life that led him to make this dramatic change and a comprehensive, first-person account of the law school experience, written by a person of color. Mirandé delivers a powerful and moving critique of the obstacles he encountered and of systematic attempts to strip him of his identity and culture. He also reflects on the implications of an increasing number of women and minority law school students for law and legal education. Covering all three years at Stanford, Mirandé describes the elitism and rigid hierarchies he encountered in the classroom and his resulting alienation and frustration. [+]He also discusses law review, the Immigration Clinic where he successfully represented his first client, and the alternative Lawyering for Social Change curriculum that became a haven in an otherwise hostile environment. Interspersed with his account of law school are autobiographical snapshots and experiences, including that of the death of his brother, Héctor, which was the catalyst for his decision to pursue his childhood dream of attending law school and becoming a lawyer. This controversial book is certain to spark lively debate.
Creator: Peter Sedgwick
Publication date: 1984-09
Dewey code: 947.0840924
Price: $22.95
Review Memoirs of a Revolutionary / Writers & Readers Publishing:This facsimile edition brings Charles Lamb's critically acclaimed and revered "Elia" essays back into print.
Publication date: 1989-03
Dewey code: 305.800973
Price: $32.50
Review The Education of a Wasp (Wisconsin Studies in American Autobiogra) / Univ of Wisconsin Pr:Brimming with honestly and passion, The Education of a WASP chronicles one white woman's discovery of racism in 1960s America. First published in 1970 and highly acclaimed by reviewers, Lois Stalvey's account is as timely now as it was then. Nearly twenty years later, with ugly racial incidents occurring on college campuses, in neighborhoods, and in workplaces everywhere, her account of personal encounters with racism remains deeply disturbing. Educators and general readers interested in the subtleties of racism will find the story poignant, revealing, and profoundly moving.
Publication date: 1968-06
Price: $43.00
Review Richard Henry Dana: A Biography / Gale Group:
Publication date: 1986-05
Dewey code: 338.1762130924
Price: $50.00
Review A Ranchman's Recollections: An Autobiography in Which Unfamiliar Facts Bearing upon the Origin of the Cattle Industry in the Southwest and of the Am / Texas State Historical Assn:
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Millikan (Three Centuries of Science in America), Geographers: Bibliographical Studies (Geographers), Adams the Pilot: The Life and Times of Captain William Adams: 15641620, OCTOBER WAR (H), The Stanford Law Chronicles: Doin' Time on the Farm, Memoirs of a Revolutionary, The Education of a Wasp (Wisconsin Studies in American Autobiogra), Richard Henry Dana: A Biography, A Ranchman's Recollections: An Autobiography in Which Unfamiliar Facts Bearing upon the Origin of the Cattle Industry in the Southwest and of the AmTop headlines: World Blog: Cleaning up, and hoping, in Thailand: Nations began signing a treaty banning cluster bombs Wednesday in a move that supporters hope will shame the U.S., Russia and China and other non-signers into abandoning weapons. ›12:48 Gates: Military looks to accelerate Iraq pullout: Defense Secretary Robert Gates signals he'll forge ahead with two priorities for the Obama administration: accelerating withdrawal from Iraq and shutting down the Guantanamo Bay detention center. ›00:20 Activist vows no retreat against Japan whalers: The leader of a militant conservation group that has skirmished violently with Japanese whalers he will not retreat from confrontation during his bid to stop this season's hunt in Antarctic waters. ›15:46 The 11 lamest blogs on the Internet: Let's face it, though: The blogosphere isn't all brilliance. 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