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The Stranglers-All Live And All Of The Night

The Stranglers-All Live And All Of The Night Epic- Vinyl, LP, Album Greecia Rock Punk, New Wave, Pop Rock A1 No More Heroes A2 Was It You? A3 Down In The Sewer A4 Always The Sun A5 Golden Brown A6 North Winds B1 European Female B2 Strange Little Girl B3 Nice 'n' Sleazy B4 Toiler On The Sea B5 Spain B6 London Lady B7 All Day And All Of The Night

The Peloponnesian War BC

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: de Sousa, Philip / Sousa, Philip / de Souza, Philip, PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing (UK), It is a testament to the fascination of the subject that even today the events of the Peloponnesian War are studied for what they can teach about diplomacy, strategy and tactics. This book reveals the darker side of Classical Greek civilization. From the horrific effects of overcrowding and the plague on the population of Athens, to the vicious civil strife that often erupted in cities allied with Athens or Sparta, this volume offers vivid and at times disturbing insights into the impact of warfare on the people who are celebrated as the founders of Western civilization.

Land Development for Civil Engineers

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dion, Thomas R. / Dion, T. R., PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, A hands-on guide to beginning, managing, and completing all land development projects Land Development for Civil Engineers provides essential facts and recommendations for bringing the nonstructural features of a land development project to successful completion. Regulations, standards, and permit data have all been thoroughly updated, including EPA General Stormwater Permits and the agency's rulings on water supply, ADA considerations, American Concrete Pipe Association bedding requirements, wetland permitting changes, and other pertinent information. This single-source reference covers all engineering, legislative, and administrative concerns, including design procedures, construction contracts, development guidelines, and final inspections. New techniques for project management, including use of intranet and extranet management tools on the Internet, are featured, in addition to the latest material on: * Soil remediation and brownfield development * GPS use and new surveying techniques * Streetscaping * Developments in design-build methods * Photogrammetric surveys and GIS use in area and site planning Complete with hundreds of maps, diagrams, drawings, tables, and charts, this Second Edition is the ideal reference for civil design engineers, site design analysts, and students, as well as government personnel, developers, landscape architects, urban planners, civil engineering technology students, land surveyors, and geotechnical, structural, transportation, and environmental engineers.

Pultrusion for Engineers

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Starr, Trevor, PUBLISHER: CRC Press, Pultrusion is a major growth sector of the FRP composites industry, and one which is increasingly penetrating the civil engineering market. With this in mind, Pultrusion for Engineers presents an inexpensive, comprehensive, authoritative-yet fully readable-- book on the subject. With contributions from international experts, the book fills the need for a comprehensive survey of pultrsion and provides architects, consulting and structural engineers, designers, specifiers, and purchase managers with information about the unique properties of pultruded profiles as engineering materials and demonstrates many of their new and exciting applications.

Modernism to Realism on the Soviet Stage: Tairov-

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Worrall, Nick, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This is the first book to deal with the work of three important Soivet theatre directors - Alexander Tairov, Evgeni Vakhtangov and Nikolai OkHlopkov - who, although familiar names in the West, are not often the subjects of full-length studies. The present one therefore sets out to introduce their work to theatre specialists and non-specialists alike, analysing individual productions and placing them within the context of their time. The active working life of the three directors spans, in varying stages, the period of revolution and civil war with its accompanying radical artistic innovations; the conservative phase of socialist realism in the s and s; and the more flexible and creative artistic years of the late s and s. The book contains a number of photographs of the original productions as well as a chronology of theatrical and historical events. Worrall's study will be of interest to students and scholars of Russian studies and theatre history.

100 Years of Harley-Davidson

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Davidson, Willie G., PUBLISHER: Bulfinch Press, Recognized the world over as an icon of the American lifestyle and the American Dream, Harley-Davidson's 100th anniversary is celebrated in this over-sized volume. Written by the grandson of the company's founder, the book contains the family business's inside story, along with rare photographs. Acquista Ora

The Spanish Civil War and the British Labour Movement

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Buchanan, Tom, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This book draws on a mass of documentary material to provide a major reinterpretation of British labour's response to the Spanish Civil War. It challenges the view that the labour leadership' betrayed' the Spanish Republic, and that this polarised the movement along left' versus 'right' lines. Instead, it argues that the overriding concern of the major leaders was to defend labour's institutional interests against the political destabilisation caused by the conflict, rather than to defend Spanish democracy. Although the main advocates of this position were trade union leaders associated with the labour right such as Walter Citrine and Ernest Bevin, the book argues that their dominance reflected the centrality of the trade unions to labour movement decision-making rather than the abuse of union power to achieve political goals.

American Cut and Engraved Glass: The Brilliant Period in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Swan, Martha Louise, PUBLISHER: Wallace-Homestead Book Company, This book shines with more than 500 black-and-white photos and descriptions of beautiful glass pieces. You'll follow the evolution of glass styles and designs, learn the motifs, and discover how to build a collection.

The Rise of Neoconservatism: Intellectuals and Foreign

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ehrman, John, PUBLISHER: Yale University Press, This is the first book to analyze the history of neoconservatism and trace its influence on foreign policy, using new information from interviews and archives. Ehrman focuses on key individuals-Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Norman Podhoretz, and Elliott Abrams, showing the development of their ideas and their place in American conservatism today

Pro Wrestling: Early Years(pwl)

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hunter, Matt, PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, -- The exciting stories behind one of America's favorite and fastest-growing sports -- Action-packed full-color photos help illustrate the biographies of the favorite stars of the sport -- Cable TV's top-rated attraction The popularity of Pro Wrestling can be traced to the rise of television in American homes in the s. This book takes a look at the beginning of Pro Wrestling's success in American pop culture.

Freedom Facts and Firsts: 400 Years of the African American

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Smith, Jessie Carney, PUBLISHER: Visible Ink Press, Spanning nearly 400 years from the early abolitionists to the present, this guide book profiles more than 400 people, places, and events that have shaped the history of the black struggle for freedom. Coverage includes information on such mainstay figures as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks, but also delves into how lesser known figures contributed to and shaped the history of civil rights. Learn how the Housewives' League of Detroit started a nationwide movement to support black businesses, helping many to survive the depression; or discover what effect sports journalist Samuel Harold Lacy had on Jackie Robinson's historic entrance into the major leagues. This comprehensive resource chronicles the breadth and passion of an entire people's quest for freedom.

New Essays on Uncle Tom's Cabin

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sundquist, Eric J. / Elliott, Emory, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Increased interest in the role of women and minorities in establishing the canon of American literature has led to renewed interest in Uncle Tom's Cabin. The essays in this volume set out to provide contemporary readers with a critical and historical interpretation of the novel that reflects the best of recent scholarship. In his introduction Eric J. Sundquist attempts to show that Uncle Tom's Cabin boldly takes issue with both proslavery arguments and prevailing prejudices among abolitionists, employing the forms of popular melodrama and heated rhetoric to carry its complex argument. The individual essays examine the influence of Stowe's novel on the characterization of women in the American novel and on later women writers, the role of women in the antislavery movement, the literary exchanges between Stowe and her contemporaries; Uncle Tom's Cabin and the tradition of the Gothic novel, and the characterizations of blacks in this novel and in later works.

Living of Maisie Ward

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Greene, Dana, PUBLISHER: University of Notre Dame Press, The first biography of this amazing woman of faith, The Living of Maisie Ward provides inspiration for the current generation of Catholics whose lives and actions will profoundly shape the American Church in the twenty-first century.

The New American Democracy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fiorina, Morris P. / Peterson, Paul E. / Johnson, Bertram, PUBLISHER: Longman Publishing Group, With an emphasis on elections and their importance in the American political system, this groundbreaking offers a stimulating, analytical approach to American government and a unique perspective on contemporary politics. Noted scholars and teachers all, the authors propose in their text that politicians today are perpetually engaged in the election process-a "permanent campaign"-which has profoundly affected how our government functions today. The proliferation of public opinion polls, the growing influence of the Internet, the ubiquitous nature of the news media, and the increasingly important role of interest groups-all demonstrate that America is moving toward a more popular democracy and have blurred the lines between politicians campaigning and governing. The sixth edition of this prestigious text will have been brought completely up-to-date through the end of the George W. Bush administration and Presidential Election, by its publication. The alternate version of "The New American Democracy "includes the exact same coverage as the comprehensive version without the policy chapters.

The American Southwest: The Land of Challenge and Promise

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: National Geographic Society, PUBLISHER: National Geographic Society, These handy, take-along volumes are both beautiful destination planners and wonderful armchair adventures. Written in a warm, first-person style, the informative text plus up-to-date maps make for easy vacation planning, while the lush photography and unbeatable price make them great gift items. The first four titles are: -- Beyond the Horizon: Come to the edge of enchantment: the highlands of Venezuela, Iceland, shaped by fire and ice, and the Chinese kingdom of Muli.

AACR2 and Serials: The American View

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Edgar, Neal L., PUBLISHER: Routledge, In this important and scholarly book nearly two dozen American librarians discuss the difficulties created by AACR2 with regard to bibliographic control and management of serials in libraries.

The Rise and Fall of the Broadway Musical

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Grant, Mark N., PUBLISHER: Northeastern University Press, Many of today's Broadway shows, from Rent to The Lion King, have become commercial hits, but do they have the cultural importance or the dramatic and musical artistry of such enduring productions as Oklahoma, Show Boat, or Kiss Me, Kate? Mark N. Grant traces the transformation of singing and melody, libretto and lyric writing, dance rhythms, sound design, and choreography and stage direction through three distinct eras: the formative period (), the golden age (), and the fall ( to the present). He explores how and why the unsophisticated genre of pre- musical comedy evolved into the creative, innovative, and immensely popular theatre produced by the likes of Rodgers and Hammerstein and then steadily faded as a significant entertainment genre in American culture, giving rise to the "McMusicals" of today. This provocative, sometimes irreverent work offers a refreshing perspective on the history of American musical theatre and provides strong views on restoring the genre to its former greatness.

Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of American Comic

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gabilliet, Jean-Paul / Beaty, Bart / Nguyen, Nick, PUBLISHER: University Press of Mississippi, Originally published in France and long sought in English translation, Jean-Paul Gabilliet's "Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of American Comic Books" documents the rise and development of the American comic book industry from the s to the present. The book intertwines aesthetic issues and critical biographies with the concerns of production, distribution, and audience reception, making it one of the few interdisciplinary studies of the art form. A thorough introduction by translators and comics scholars Bart Beaty and Nick Nguyen brings the book up to date with explorations of the latest innovations, particularly the graphic novel. The book is organized into three sections: a concise history of the evolution of the comic book form in America; an overview of the distribution and consumption of American comic books, detailing specific controversies such as the creation of the Comics Code in the mid-s; and the problematic legitimization of the form that has occurred recently within the academy and in popular discourse. Viewing comic books from a variety of theoretical lenses, Gabilliet shows how seemingly disparate issues--creation, production, and reception--are in fact connected in ways that are not necessarily true of other art forms. Analyzing examples from a variety of genres, this book provides a thorough landmark overview of American comic books that sheds new light on this versatile art form.

Sailors to the End: The Deadly Fire of the USS Forrestal and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Freeman, Gregory A., PUBLISHER: Avon Books, On July , in the Tonkin Gulf off the coast of Vietnam, the USS Forrestal, the mightiest aircraft carrier in the U.S. fleet, burst into flame. Seconds after a rocket, fired accidentally, struck a jet occupied by 26-year-old pilot John McCain, thousands of gallons of spilled fuel ignited, causing an explosive chain reaction that fed a terrible inferno that raged for days -- and took the lives of 134 brave sailors and injured countless others. This is the powerful true story of hell at sea, of the valiant men who fell, and the forgotten heroes who ultimately prevailed.

Farmers as Hunters: The Implications of Sedentism

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kent, Susan / Audouze, Francoise / Broodbank, Cyprian, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Farmers as hunters analyses from an essentially ethnographic perspective the role of hunters in small-scale farming societies. The twelve contributors examine the effects of hunting and mobility on behaviour, diet, economy and material culture at both culture-specific and cross-cultural levels. The influence of sedentism and the increasing use of domesticates is also explored across a wide range of societies from the American southwest and Amazonian to Africa, New Guinea and the Phillipines. Differing perceptions of the status of animals and plants are reviewed and cultural values are throughout given due weight in a field where discussion too often verges on the economically deterministic.

African American Yearbook: The Resource and Referral Guide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tiym Publishing Company, Inc. / Tiym Publishing Company Inc, PUBLISHER: Tiym Publishing Company, Recognized as the premier national resource and referral guide for the African American community in the areas of employment, business, education, government, and health, this guide includes detailed listings of community organizations, publications, and media outlets in the United States and abroad; financial aid opportunities for students; career and business opportunities for professionals; health-related information; and statistical data. The new edition includes updated contact information and new interviews and articles. Acquista Ora

Origin

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Johns, Geoff / Lee, Jim, PUBLISHER: DC Comics, Comics superstars Geoff Johns and Jim Lee make history In a universe where super heroes are strange and new, Batman has discovered a dark evil that requires him to unite the World Greatest Heroes Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and more unite for the first time to form the JUSTICE LEAGUE This volume collects issues #1-5 of Justice League, part of the DC Comics - The New 52 event.

Crossing to Safety

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stegner, Wallace Earle, PUBLISHER: Thorndike Press, Called a "magnificently crafted story... brimming with wisdom" by Howard Frank Mosher in "The Washington Post Book World," "Crossing to Safety" has, since its publication in , established itself as one of the greatest and most cherished American novels of the twentieth century. Tracing the lives, loves, and aspirations of two couples who move between Vermont and Wisconsin, it is a work of quiet majesty, deep compassion, and powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and marriage.

The Great Depression

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nardo, Don, PUBLISHER: Greenhaven Press, The economic collapse of the American economy in the s is one of the most analyzed events in history. This enlightening volume covers such issues as what role the government should have played in the Great Depression, an analysis of the New Deal and other factors of the time.

American Cinema of the s: Themes and Variations

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Friedman, Lester D., PUBLISHER: Rutgers University Press, A smug glance at the seventies-the so-called "Me Decade"-unveils a kaleidoscope of big hair, blaring music, and broken politics-all easy targets for satire, cynicism, and ultimately even nostalgia. American Cinema of the s, however, looks beyond the strobe lights to reveal how profoundly the seventies have influenced American life and how the films of that decade represent a peak moment in cinema history. Far from a placid era, the seventies was a decade of social upheavals. Events such as the killing of students at Kent State and Jackson State universities, the Watergate investigations, the legalization of abortion, and the end of the American involvement in Vietnam are only a few among the many landmark occurrences that challenged the foundations of American culture. The director-driven movies of this era reflect this turmoil, experimenting with narrative structures, offering a gallery of scruffy antiheroes, and revising traditional genre conventions. Bringing together ten original essays, American Cinema of the s examines the range of films that marked the decade, including Jaws, Rocky, Love Story, Shaft, Dirty Harry, The Godfather, Deliverance, The Exorcist, Shampoo, Taxi Driver, Star Wars, Saturday Night Fever, Kramer vs. Kramer, and Apocalypse Now. Lester D. Friedman is the Senior Scholar-in-Residence in the Media and Society Program at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and the author of numerous books on film.

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