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Author: Richard J. Tofel
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHere is the story of perhaps the greatest team in baseball history and of one of the game's most remarkable seasons. With Babe Ruth having retired but Lou Gehrig still in his prime, the Yankees in 1939 won their fourth consecutive world series -- and forever established the Yankee legend.
Author: James A. Vlasich
Publisher: Popular Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780879724948
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe origins of baseball are controversial. James A. Vlasich discusses the debates between two men intimately involved in nineteenth-century baseball, Henry Chadwick and Albert G. Spalding. Abner Graves of the Mills Commission claimed that Abner Doubleday had invented the game and he had done it in Cooperstown, New York. This claim was scrutinized at the time but the myth became etched into baseball history. Through the years, however, some critics have questioned the Mills Commission report. The problem is that the Baseball Hall of Fame is built on this shaky foundation. The lack of diligence on the part of Spalding's self-appointed committee has led to a credibility gap for the baseball shrine that continues a half century after its dedication. Indeed, the story of the building of the Baseball Hall of Fame is filled with intrigue worthy of a political thriller.
Author: Stephen G. Fritz
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2011-09-08
Total Pages: 690
ISBN-13: 0813134161
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn June 22, 1941, Germany launched the greatest land assault in history on the Soviet Union, an attack that Adolf Hitler deemed crucial to ensure German economic and political survival. As the key theater of the war for the Germans, the eastern front consumed enormous levels of resources and accounted for 75 percent of all German casualties. Despite the significance of this campaign to Germany and to the war as a whole, few English-language publications of the last thirty-five years have addressed these pivotal events. In Ostkrieg: Hitler's War of Extermination in the East, Stephen G. Fritz bridges the gap in scholarship by incorporating historical research from the last several decades into an accessible, comprehensive, and coherent narrative. His analysis of the Russo-German War from a German perspective covers all aspects of the eastern front, demonstrating the interrelation of military events, economic policy, resource exploitation, and racial policy that first motivated the invasion. This in-depth account challenges accepted notions about World War II and promotes greater understanding of a topic that has been neglected by historians.
Author: Peter C. Smith
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2007-11-13
Total Pages: 539
ISBN-13: 1783409088
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe incredible story of the dive bomber is told through official reports and personal accounts from combat pilots in this sweeping military history. The History of Dive Bombing delves beneath the myths to present an in-depth history. Peter Smith tells the full story of these planes from the first true combat dive bombing by a Royal Air Force pilot in 1917 to the last stirring wartime actions. Interviews with pilots from both World Wars representing all combatant nations give eyewitness viewpoints on many of the major actions and methods employed. From the first dive-bomber missions of World War II, through accounts of British attacks on German warships during the Norwegian campaign, and Stuka missions against the French and British forces, this volume vividly recreates the drama, strategy and tactics of dive bombing. Some well known aircraft types include, such as the Curtiss Helldiver, Aichi D3A1, Blackburn Skua, and the infamous Junkers Ju 87.
Author: David Kastin
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2011-06-27
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 0393082318
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first biography of the legendary Rothschild heiress who reigned as New York’s “Jazz Baroness.” It’s a misty night in 1950s New York. A silver Rolls-Royce screeches to a stop at the neon-lit doorway of a 52nd Street jazz club. Behind the wheel is a glamorous brunette, a chinchilla stole draped over her shoulder and a long cigarette holder clinched in her teeth. After taking a pull from a small silver flask, she glides past the bouncer into the murky depths of the Three Deuces. The Jazz Baroness has arrived. Raised in fairy-tale splendor, Kathleen Annie Pannonica Rothschild de Koenigswarter (known as “Nica”) piloted her own plane across the English Channel, married a French baron, fought in the French Resistance, and had five children. Then she heard a recording of Thelonious Monk’s “Round Midnight.” Inspired by the liberating spirit of jazz, Nica left her family, moved to Manhattan, and began haunting the city’s nightclubs. The tabloids first splashed her name across the headlines after Charlie Parker died in her hotel suite—a scandal that cast a dark shadow over the rest of her life. She retreated from the public eye, but through her ongoing ministrations to Monk and dozens of other musicians she became a legend. Nearly a score of jazz compositions have been written in her honor, including two of the most beloved classics of the genre: Horace Silver’s “Nica’s Dream” and Monk’s “Pannonica.” Nica’s Dream traces the story of a fascinating woman across her thirty-year reign as the Jazz Baroness, but it also explores a transformative era in twentieth-century American culture. Based on interviews with musicians, family members, historians, and artists, David Kastin’s probing biography unwraps the life of this enigmatic figure and evokes the vibrancy of New York during the birth of bebop, the first stirrings of the Beat Generation, and the advent of abstract expressionism.
Author: Hilary Hinds
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-05-11
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 1000182088
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Cultural History of Twin Beds challenges our most ingrained assumptions about intimacy, sexuality, domesticity and hygiene by tracing the rise and fall of twin beds as a popular sleeping arrangement for married couples between 1870 and 1970. Modern preconceptions of the twin bed revolve around their use by couples who have no desire to sleep in the same bed space. Yet, for the best part of a century, twin beds were not only seen as acceptable but were championed as the sign of a modern and forward-thinking couple. But what lay behind this innovation? And why did so many married couples ultimately abandon the twin bed?In this book, Hilary Hinds presents a fascinating insight into the combination of beliefs and practices that made twin beds an ideal sleeping solution. Using nuanced close readings of marriage guidance and medical advice books, furnishing catalogues, novels, films and newspapers, this volume offers an accessible and rigorous account of the curious history of twin beds. This is vital reading for those with an interest in cultural history, sociology, anthropology and psychology.
Author: New York (State). Court of Appeals.
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Published: 1945
Total Pages: 1228
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolume contains: (Van Court v. Jay) (Van Court v. Jay) (Variable Condenser Corp. v. Rex Products Corp.) (Variable Condenser Corp. v. Rex Products Corp.) (Variable Condenser Corp. v. Rex Products Corp.) (Lo Verde v. Four Sixty-Nine Realty Corp.) (Lo Verde v. Four Sixty-Nine Realty Corp.) (Lo Verde v. Four Sixty-Nine Realty Corp.) (People v. Goldstein) (People v. Goldstein) (People v. Goldstein) (Matter of Weeks) (Matter of Weeks) (Matter of Weeks) (Weiman v. Weiman) (Weiman v. Weiman) (Weiman v. Weiman) (Weiman v. Weiman) (Matter of Weinrib v. Beier) (Matter of Weinrib v. Beier) (Weinstein v. Domur Realty Corp.) (Weinstein v. Domur Realty Corp.) (Weisman v. Camp Beecher, Inc.) (Weisman v. Camp Beecher, Inc.) (Weisman v. Camp Beecher, Inc.) (Matter of Wheelman v. Chesshire) (Matter of Wheelman v. Chesshire) (Beatus, Inc. v. Gluck) (Beatus, Inc. v. Gluck) (Wilson v. Alkin) (Matter of Wittner)
Author: Simon Hall
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781579581077
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Heike B. Gortemaker
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2012-12-11
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0307742601
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom one of Germany’s leading young historians, the first comprehensive biography of Eva Braun, Hitler’s devoted mistress, finally wife, and the hidden First Lady of the Third Reich. In this groundbreaking biography of Eva Braun, German historian Heike Görtemaker reveals Hitler’s mistress as more than just a vapid blonde whose concerns never extended beyond her vanity table. Twenty-three years his junior, Braun first met Hitler when she took a position as an assistant to his personal photographer. Capricious, but uncompromising and fiercely loyal—she married Hitler two days before committing suicide with him in Berlin in 1945—her identity was kept secret by the Third Reich until the final days of the war. Through exhaustive research, newly discovered documentation, and anecdotal accounts, Görtemaker turns preconceptions about Eva Braun and Hitler on their head, and builds a portrait of the little-known Hitler far from the public eye.
Author: Alastair Wilson
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780415308281
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis A-Z guide covers the life and careers of over 600 key figures in naval history, from the sixteenth century to the present day. Featuring influential figures from the UK, US and around the world, from the great admirals such as Nelson, to minesweepers, designers and administrators, it is an invaluable guide to those who have shaped naval history.
