Author : Eric Levin
Publisher : Time Life Medical
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 36,76 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781883013141
A pictorial presentation of some of the most interesting people of the 20th century.
Author : Richard L. Harris
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 17,22 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 1468531905
Here is a book made for a wide variety of readers and browsers who enjoy learning about people, particularly those who have been the newsmakers of history, along with their contributions to life in their age. This face-based handbook on the past century provides a variety of opportunities to enhance that pleasure as: - an attractive coffee table conversation starter and stimulator; - an inviting vehicle for a stroll down memory lane in private or with company; - an abbreviated and visual reference to yesteryear's people of power, glitterati, heroes, heroines, nation builders, geniuses, stars, winners, losers, villains and miscreants; - a valuable tutor for parlor games such as "Who Am I?," "Personality Charades," "Who Owns This Headline?," etc.; and - a quick-look opportunity to check on over 900 of the 20th Century's headline grabbers (whom you thought you knew).
Author : Roger Kuder
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 10,12 MB
Release : 2000-01-20
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1583486992
If you have seen other joke and riddle books that called themselves the "best" or the "greatest," but were disappointed because they did not deliver, then fear not. This is the best of the best. The cream of the crop. Read it for laughs. You won't be disappointed. Jokes and riddles that are to the point, without unnecessary embellishment. Also included is a third section on wisdom, which will give to you more joy and happiness. Learn how anyone can become happy, healthy and wealthy in all aspects of life. Learn too how to get along with others. You can even learn how to find and keep the great love of your life. It's all there for you in the best collection ever.
Author : The Editors of TIME
Publisher : Time
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,40 MB
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781603209977
In this mesmerizing book, TIME chronicles the fascinating lives and revolutionary times of history's 100 Most Infl uential People. Here are royals and revolutionaries, spiritual leaders and scientists, artists and explorers, philosophers and philanthropists. Here are heroes and villains, Christ and the Buddha, Galileo and Einstein, Joan of Arc and Alexander the Great, Aristotle and Jefferson. Here are the individuals whose lives shaped the destinies of millions and changed history in its flight.
Author : Arthur Moses
Publisher : Arthur Moses
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 23,84 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780972793889
Author : James Alan Fox
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 31,49 MB
Release : 2018-03-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1506365949
Now with SAGE Publishing, The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder explores extraordinary and seemingly inexplicable cases of homicide—not to sensationalize them—but to educate you about these crimes. Authored by renowned experts, the Fifth Edition places recent crimes in context by reviewing current homicide laws, introducing the latest theories that seek to explain murder, and presenting up-to-date statistical data that identify homicide patterns and trends. You will develop a foundational understanding of a variety of topics, for example, domestic and workplace homicide, cult and hate killings, murders committed by juveniles, and serial slayings. You will also examine various criminal justice responses to homicide, including the strategies and tactics employed to apprehend, prosecute, and punish killers. New to the Fifth Edition Up-to-date research and data offers you the latest statistics on homicide patterns and trends in recent years. New illustrative cases cover various forms of homicide, focusing on crimes that drew significant interest from the public and policymakers alike and provide you with unique insights into violent behavior. Updated coverage of recent controversies, legislative changes, and Supreme Court decisions includes heightened concern over mass shootings, hate-motivated homicide and terrorism; new laws, shifting policies, and Supreme Court rulings pertaining to gun rights, juvenile offenders and the death penalty; and advances in surveillance technology, computer-aided investigation, and DNA forensic testing. Early introduction of theories helps you to understand the definition of homicide/homicide laws before developing a theoretical framework to explain violence.
Author : Ken Follett
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 1010 pages
File Size : 13,39 MB
Release : 2011-08-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101543558
Ken Follett’s magnificent historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits. . . . An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson’s White House. . . . A housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts takes a fateful step above her station, while Lady Maud Fitzherbert herself crosses deep into forbidden territory when she falls in love with a German spy. . . . And two orphaned Russian brothers embark on radically different paths when their plan to emigrate to America falls afoul of war, conscription, and revolution. From the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty, Fall of Giants takes us into the inextricably entangled fates of five families—and into a century that we thought we knew, but that now will never seem the same again. . . .
Author : Richard K. Rein
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 10,68 MB
Release : 2022-01-13
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1642831700
"William H. Whyte's curiosity compelled him to question the status quo--whether helping to make Fortune Magazine essential reading for business leaders, warning of "groupthink" in his bestseller The Organization Man, or standing up for Jane Jacobs as she advocated for the vitality of city life and public space. This compelling biography sheds light on Whyte's bold way of thinking, ripe for rediscovery at a time when we are reshaping our communities into places of opportunity and empowerment for all citizens" -- Backcover.
Author : Howard Sounes
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 43,6 MB
Release : 2011-05-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0802195458
The acclaimed biography—now updated and revised. “Many writers have tried to probe [Dylan’s] life, but never has it been done so well, so captivatingly” (The Boston Globe). Howard Sounes’s Down the Highway broke news about Dylan’s fiercely guarded personal life and set the standard as the most comprehensive and riveting biography on Bob Dylan. Now this edition continues to document the iconic songwriter’s life through new interviews and reporting, covering the release of Dylan’s first #1 album since the seventies, recognition from the Pulitzer Prize jury for his influence on popular culture, and the publication of his bestselling memoir, giving full appreciation to his artistic achievements and profound significance. Candid and refreshing, Down the Highway is a sincere tribute to Dylan’s seminal place in postwar American cultural history, and remains an essential book for the millions of people who have enjoyed Dylan’s music over the years. “Irresistible . . . Finally puts Dylan the human being in the rocket’s red glare.” —Detroit Free Press
Author : Jeanne E. Arnold
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 38,27 MB
Release : 2012-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1938770900
Winner of the 2014 John Collier Jr. Award Winner of the Jo Anne Stolaroff Cotsen Prize Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century cross-cuts the ranks of important books on social history, consumerism, contemporary culture, the meaning of material culture, domestic architecture, and household ethnoarchaeology. It is a distant cousin of Material World and Hungry Planet in content and style, but represents a blend of rigorous science and photography that these books can claim. Using archaeological approaches to human material culture, this volume offers unprecedented access to the middle-class American home through the kaleidoscopic lens of no-limits photography and many kinds of never-before acquired data about how people actually live their lives at home. Based on a rigorous, nine-year project at UCLA, this book has appeal not only to scientists but also to all people who share intense curiosity about what goes on at home in their neighborhoods. Many who read the book will see their own lives mirrored in these pages and can reflect on how other people cope with their mountains of possessions and other daily challenges. Readers abroad will be equally fascinated by the contrasts between their own kinds of materialism and the typical American experience. The book will interest a range of designers, builders, and architects as well as scholars and students who research various facets of U.S. and global consumerism, cultural history, and economic history.
