Chase's Calendar of Events 2019
Chase's Calendar of Events 2019

Author: Editors of Chase's

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2018-09-30

Total Pages: 753

ISBN-13: 1641432640

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Find out what's going on any day of the year, anywhere across the globe! The world’s date book, Chase's is the definitive day-by-day resource of what America and the world are celebrating and commemorating. From national days to celebrity birthdays, from historical anniversaries to astronomical phenomena, from award ceremonies and sporting events to religious festivals and carnivals, Chase's is the must-have reference used by experts and professionals—a one-stop shop with 12,500 entries for everything that is happening now or is worth remembering from the past. Completely updated for 2019, Chase's also features extensive appendices as well as a companion website that puts the power of Chase's at the user's fingertips. 2019 is packed with special events and observances, including The International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements The Transit of Mercury National days and public holidays of every nation on Earth Celebrations and observances of Leonardo da Vinci's 500th death anniversary The 100th anniversary of the 1919 World Series Scandal The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing The 200th birthdays of Queen Victoria and Walt Whitman The 150th birth anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi and the 100th birth anniversary of Jackie Robinson Scores of new holidays and national days Birthdays of new world leaders, office holders, and breakout stars And much more! All from the reference book that NPR's Planet Money calls the "Oxford English Dictionary of holidays."

San Francisco Year Zero
San Francisco Year Zero

Author: Lincoln A. Mitchell

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2019-11-07

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 197880735X

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San Francisco is a city of contradictions. It is one of the most socially liberal cities in America, but it also has some of the nation’s worst income inequality. It is a playground for tech millionaires, with an outrageously high cost of living, yet it also supports vibrant alternative and avant-garde scenes. So how did the city get this way? In San Francisco Year Zero, San Francisco native Lincoln Mitchell traces the roots of the current situation back to 1978, when three key events occurred: the assassination of George Moscone and Harvey Milk occurring fewer than two weeks after the massacre of Peoples Temple members in Jonestown, Guyana, the explosion of the city’s punk rock scene, and a breakthrough season for the San Francisco Giants. Through these three strands, Mitchell explores the rifts between the city’s pro-business and progressive-left politicians, the emergence of Dianne Feinstein as a political powerhouse, the increasing prominence of the city’s LGBT community, punk’s reinvigoration of the Bay Area’s radical cultural politics, and the ways that the Giants helped unify one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse cities in the nation. Written from a unique insider’s perspective, San Francisco Year Zero deftly weaves together the personal and the political, putting a human face on the social upheavals that transformed a city.

Christmas after the End of the World
Christmas after the End of the World

Author: Cora Buhlert

Publisher: Pegasus Pulp Publishing

Published: 2019-12-16

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 0463692470

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It's Christmas… five months after the Yellowstone supervolcano erupted, blacked out the sun and covered most of the western US in ash. Thirteen-year-old Natalie, her younger brother Liam, baby Olivia and family dog Bud are among the few still holding out in the evacuation zone. Day to day survival is hard enough, but Natalie is determined to give Liam and Olivia an unforgettable Christmas… after the end of the world. And who knows, maybe they'll even get a true Christmas miracle… This is a post-apocalyptic holiday novelette of 10000 words or approx. 35 print pages.

Love in San Francisco & Unconditionally
Love in San Francisco & Unconditionally

Author: Shirley Hailstock

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2019-03-05

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1488034311

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LOVE IN SAN FRANCISCO For foundation director Ellie Hamilton, dancing with gorgeous Blake Thorn at a charity ball means gambling with heartache. She can’t reveal the part she played in changing his life. Manager of the House of Thorn’s San Francisco store, Blake avoids commitment since a tragic accident, but Ellie’s an intriguing challenge. Their nights are filled with passionate discovery…but can love withstand the truth? UNCONDITIONALLY Meghan Gaines’s unorthodox teaching style has nothing in common with by-the-book English professor Leo Wolfe. Yet electricity crackles between them. When their mutual desire finally erupts, it’s even hotter than Meghan dreamed. Though pitted against each other at work, they’re perfectly in sync in the bedroom. But the secret Leo’s been keeping has the power to drive a rift between them for good…

The Faith of Men
The Faith of Men

Author: Jack London

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-11-25

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13:

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"The Faith of Men" is a collection of short stories all set in the Yukon Territory. The tales revolve around men's experiences in the wild and their relationships with each other, animals, and nature itself. The stories showcase Jack London's signature style of vivid descriptions, raw emotions, and gritty realism, providing a glimpse into the harsh realities of life in the wilderness. From the hunt and killing of a prehistoric mammoth to the transformation of a vicious dog into a monster, the collection's stories are both thrilling and thought-provoking, making "The Faith of Men" a classic of American literature.

Splash!
Splash!

Author: Howard Means

Publisher: Hachette Books

Published: 2020-06-02

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 0306845644

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Choose a stroke and get paddling through the human history of swimming! From man's first recorded dip into what's now the driest spot on earth to the splashing, sparkling pool party in your backyard, humans have been getting wet for 10,000 years. And for most of modern history, swimming has caused a ripple that touches us all--the heroes and the ordinary folk; the real and the mythic. Splash! dives into Egypt, winds through ancient Greece and Rome, flows mostly underground through the Dark and Middle Ages (at least in Europe), and then reemerges in the wake of the Renaissance before taking its final lap at today's Olympic games. Along the way, it kicks away the idea that swimming is just about moving through water, about speed or great feats of aquatic endurance, and shows you how much more it can be. Its history offers a multi-tiered tour through religion, fashion, architecture, sanitation and public health, colonialism, segregation and integration, sexism, sexiness, guts, glory, and much, much more. Unique and compelling, Splash! sweeps across the whole of humankind's swimming history--and just like jumping into a pool on a hot summer's day, it has fun along the way.