Report
Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher :
Page : 2960 pages
File Size : 40,96 MB
Release : 1952
Category : United States
ISBN :
Senate and House Journals
Author : Kansas. Legislature. Senate
Publisher :
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 23,72 MB
Release : 1919
Category : Kansas
ISBN :
Book Description
The Guerrilla and how to Fight Him
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 28,58 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
Book Description
European Clocks in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Author : Gillian Wilson
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 29,91 MB
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 0892362545
Book Description
Among the finest examples of European craftsmanship are the clocks produced for the luxury trade in the eighteenth century. The J. Paul Getty Museum is fortunate to have in its decorative arts collection twenty clocks dating from around 1680 to 1798: eighteen produced in France and two in Germany. They demonstrate the extraordinary workmanship that went into both the design and execution of the cases and the intricate movements by which the clocks operated. In this handsome volume, each clock is pictured and discussed in detail, and each movement diagrammed and described. In addition, biographies of the clockmakers and enamelers are included, as are indexes of the names of the makers, previous owners, and locations.
Golden Boy
Author : Martin Booth
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 35,89 MB
Release : 2006-11-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1466818581
Book Description
At seven years old, Martin Booth found himself with all of Hong Kong at his feet. His father was posted there in 1952, and this memoir is his telling of that youth, a time when he had access to the corners of a colony normally closed to a "Gweilo," a "pale fellow" like him. His experiences were colorful and vast. Befriending rickshaw coolies and local stallholders, he learned Cantonese, sampled delicacies such as boiled water beetles and one-hundred-year-old eggs, and participated in vibrant festivals. He even entered the forbidden Kowloon Walled City, wandered into a secret lair of Triads, and visited an opium den. From the plink-plonk man with his dancing monkey to the Queen of Kowloon (a crazed tramp who may have been a Romanov), Martin Booth saw it all---but his memoir illustrates the deeper challenges he faced in his warring parents: a broad-minded mother who embraced all things Chinese and a bigoted father who was enraged by his family's interest in "going native." Martin Booth's compelling memoir, the last book he completed before dying, glows with infectious curiosity and humor and is an intimate representation of the now extinct time and place of his growing up.
Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 35,14 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Law
ISBN :
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Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Author : Gary R. Mullen
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 40,11 MB
Release : 2009-04-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080919693
Book Description
Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Second Edition, has been fully updated and revised to provide the latest information on developments in entomology relating to public health and veterinary importance. Each chapter is structured with the student in mind, organized by the major headings of Taxonomy, Morphology, Life History, Behavior and Ecology, Public Health and Veterinary Importance, and Prevention and Control. This second edition includes separate chapters devoted to each of the taxonomic groups of insects and arachnids of medical or veterinary concern, including spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks. Internationally recognized editors Mullen and Durden include extensive coverage of both medical and veterinary entomological importance. This book is designed for teaching and research faculty in medical and veterinary schools that provide a course in vector borne diseases and medical entomology; parasitologists, entomologists, and government scientists responsible for oversight and monitoring of insect vector borne diseases; and medical and veterinary school libraries and libraries at institutions with strong programs in entomology. Follows in the tradition of Herm's Medical and Veterinary Entomology The latest information on developments in entomology relating to public health and veterinary importance Two separate indexes for enhanced searchability: Taxonomic and Subject New to this edition: Three new chapters Morphological Adaptations of Parasitic Arthropods Forensic Entomology Molecular Tools in Medical and Veterinary Entomology 1700 word glossary Appendix of Arthropod-Related Viruses of Medical-Veterinary Importance Numerous new full-color images, illustrations and maps throughout
Asian Organized Crime
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Publisher :
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 49,92 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Law
ISBN :
Book Description
On Gold Mountain
Author : Lisa See
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 22,60 MB
Release : 1999
Category : California
ISBN : 9780099409823
Book Description
When she was a girl, Lisa See spent summers in the cool, dark recesses of her family`s antiques store in Los Angeles' Chinatown. There, her grandmother and great-aunt told her intriguing, colourful stories about their family`s past - stories of missionaries, concubines, tong wars, glamorous nightclubs, and the determined struggle to triumph over racist laws and discrimination. They spoke of how Lisa`s great-great-grandfather emigrated from his Chinese village to the United States, and how his son followed him. As an adult, See spent fives years collecting the details of her family`s remarkable history. She interviewd nearly one hundred relatives and pored over documents at the National Archives, the immigration office, and in countless attics, basements, and closets for the initmate nuances of her ancestors` lives. The result is a vivid, sweeping family portriat that is att once particular and universal, telling the story not only of one family, but of the Chinese people in America - and of America itself, a country that both welcomes and reviles its immigrants like no other culture in the world.
Making Of An Economic Superpower, The: Unlocking China's Secret Of Rapid Industrialization
Author : Yi Wen
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,75 MB
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9814733741
Book Description
The rise of China is no doubt one of the most important events in world economic history since the Industrial Revolution. Mainstream economics, especially the institutional theory of economic development based on a dichotomy of extractive vs. inclusive political institutions, is highly inadequate in explaining China's rise. This book argues that only a radical reinterpretation of the history of the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the West (as incorrectly portrayed by the institutional theory) can fully explain China's growth miracle and why the determined rise of China is unstoppable despite its current 'backward' financial system and political institutions. Conversely, China's spectacular and rapid transformation from an impoverished agrarian society to a formidable industrial superpower sheds considerable light on the fundamental shortcomings of the institutional theory and mainstream 'blackboard' economic models, and provides more-accurate reevaluations of historical episodes such as Africa's enduring poverty trap despite radical political and economic reforms, Latin America's lost decades and frequent debt crises, 19th century Europe's great escape from the Malthusian trap, and the Industrial Revolution itself.
