Life and Architecture in Pittsburgh
Author : James Denholm Van Trump
Publisher :
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 17,27 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Democracy and Philanthropy
Author : Eric John Abrahamson
Publisher :
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 35,54 MB
Release : 2013-10
Category : Charities
ISBN : 9780979638961
Book Description
The Antiquities of Wisconsin
Author : Increase Allen Lapham
Publisher :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 24,56 MB
Release : 1855
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Book Description
The McNamara Ascendancy, 1961-1965
Author : Lawrence S. Kaplan
Publisher : Office of the Secretary, Historical Office
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 19,70 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
A narrative history and assessment of the early years of Robert McNamara's tenure as Secretary of Defense, including McNamara's relationship with Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, the transformation of the Department of Defense as a part of Kennedy's New Frontier, and the Pentagon's handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs episode, and onset of the Vietnam War along with other major national security events and developments during a turbulent and momentous period of the Cold War. (Fuller description is on the dust jacket flaps.)
Hugh Morton, North Carolina Photographer
Author : Hugh M. Morton
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 16,44 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Photography
ISBN : 0807830739
Book Description
Readers everywhere will enjoy this new collection from one of North Carolina's most beloved photographers showcasing his signature wildlife and nature shots, along with some of his favorite pictures of people and events. Includes 145 color and 17 black & white photographs.
South St. Paul
Author : Lois A. Glewwe
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 18,7 MB
Release : 2015-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1625854137
Book Description
Incorporated in 1887, South St. Paul grew rapidly as the blue-collar counterpart to the bright lights and sophistication of its cosmopolitan neighbors Minneapolis and St. Paul. Its prosperous stockyards and slaughterhouses ranked the city among America's largest meatpacking centers. The proud city fell on hard economic times in the second half of the twentieth century. Broad swaths of empty buildings were razed as an enticement to promised redevelopment programs that never happened. In 1990, South St. Paul began to chart out its own successful path to renewal with a pristine riverfront park, a trail system and a business park where the stockyards once stood. Author and historian Lois A. Glewwe brings the story of the city's revival to life in this history of a remarkable community.
Historic Coker Hills
Author : Jill Ridky-Blackburn
Publisher :
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 23,74 MB
Release : 2019-09-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781733854016
Book Description
In this quiet and spacious landscape lies the story of some of Chapel Hill's rich cultural and natural history. When University of North Carolina botany professor William chambers Coker purchased the hilly area now known as Coker Hills, he bought it with a keen eye for the flora and the dramatic rises. Author Jill Blackburn is a graduate of UNC, with a M.Ed. and PhD. Her family moved into the area many years ago. She and the other residents appreciate the feel of "living in the woods" while being close to amenities.
Command in Air War
Author : Michael W. Kometer
Publisher : www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 31,27 MB
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781907521034
Book Description
This work examines whether "centralized control and decentralized execution" is a valid doctrinal tenet, given the technological advances in the information age. Fascinating scenarios from recent operations, set in the context of a "complex air operations system," show the dilemmas presented by participants' increased access to information-and the resulting consequences of their decisions. With the uncertainty of war and the blending of diverse organizations, the author illustrates that commanders must balance empowerment with accountability by developing depth in command relationships among their subordinates. Orginally published in 2007.
Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design
Author : Michael Bierut
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 18,35 MB
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1616890711
Book Description
Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design brings together the best of designer Michael Bierut's critical writing—serious or humorous, flattering or biting, but always on the mark. Bierut is widely considered the finest observer on design writing today. Covering topics as diverse as Twyla Tharp and ITC Garamond, Bierut's intelligent and accessible texts pull design culture into crisp focus. He touches on classics, like Massimo Vignelli and the cover of The Catcher in the Rye, as well as newcomers, like McSweeney's Quarterly Concern and color-coded terrorism alert levels. Along the way Nabakov's Pale Fire; Eero Saarinen; the paper clip; Celebration, Florida; the planet Saturn; the ClearRx pill bottle; and paper architecture all fall under his pen. His experience as a design practitioner informs his writing and gives it truth. In Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design, designers and nondesigners alike can share and revel in his insights.
Vatican Secret Diplomacy
Author : Charles R. Gallagher
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 39,37 MB
Release : 2008-06-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0300148216
Book Description
In the corridors of the Vatican on the eve of World War II, American Catholic priest Joseph Patrick Hurley found himself in the midst of secret diplomatic dealings and intense debate. Hurley’s deeply felt American patriotism and fixed ideas about confronting Nazism directly led to a mighty clash with Pope Pius XII. It was 1939, the earliest days of Pius’s papacy, and controversy within the Vatican over policy toward Nazi Germany was already heated. This groundbreaking book is both a biography of Joseph Hurley, the first American to achieve the rank of nuncio, or Vatican ambassador, and an insider’s view of the alleged silence of the pope on the Holocaust and Nazism. Drawing on Hurley’s unpublished archives, the book documents critical debates in Pope Pius’s Vatican, secret U.S.-Vatican dealings, the influence of Detroit’s flamboyant anti-Semitic priest Charles E. Coughlin, and the controversial case of Croatia’s Cardinal Stepinac. The book also sheds light on the powerful connections between religion and politics in the twentieth century.
