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The First Heroes

2005 y.
Publisher: Tor Books
Description: The 14 all-original historical fantasy stories compiled here by Turtledove and Doyle all confirm the opinion voiced by one character that `History isn`t melodrama. It`s tragedy.` Although set in the same era that gave rise to the epic of Gilgamesh, the Aeneid and the Iliad, most have an elegiac tone appropriate for tales about heroes aware of the transience of glory and about ordinary mortals struggling to understand the whims of the gods. In Karen Jordan Allen`s `Orqo Afloat on the Wilkamayu,` a sympathetic protagonist wrestles with his inescapable fate to die an ignominious death and thereby help preserve his race. Harry Turtledove`s stunning `The Horse of Bronze` is a poignant tale of first contact between humans and centaurs who, upon seeing men for the first time, become self-conscious of their species` deficiencies. Several of the most powerful stories are straight historicals that suggest the fantastic only indirectly, notably Judith Tarr`s `The God of Chariots` and the late… [detailed...]

ISBN: 076530287X
Book size: —; Page extent: 356.

 

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Edwin M. Bradley
The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 Through 1932

2004 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Book DescriptionAs Hollywood entered the sound era, it was rightly determined that the same public fascinated by the novelty of the talkie would be dazzled by the spectacle of a song and dance film. In 1929 and 1930, film musicals became the industry?s most lucrative genre?until the greedy studios almost killed the genre by glutting the market with too many films that looked and sounded like clones of each other. From the classy movies such as Sunnyside Up and Hallelujah! to failures such as The Lottery Bride and Howdy Broadway, this filmography details 171 early Hollywood musicals. Arranged by subgenre (backstagers, operettas, college films, and stage-derived musical comedies), the entries include studio, release date, cast and credits, running time, a complete song list, any recordings spawned by the film, Academy Award nominations and winners, and availability on video or laserdisc. These data are followed by a plot synopsis, including… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0786420294
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Peter Mathias
The First Industrial Nation: The Economic History of Britain

— y.
Publisher: —
Description: This celebrated and seminal text examines the industrial revolution, from its genesis in pre-industrial Britain, through its development and into maturity. A chapter-by-chapter analysis explores topics such as economic growth, agriculture, trade finance, labour and transport. First published in 1969, The First Industrial Nation is widely recognised as a classic text for students of the industrial revolution. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0415266726
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Phyllis Deane
The First Industrial Revolution

— y.
Publisher: —
Description: An industrial revolution is the process of economic change by which a country is shifted on to a path of sustained growth in productivity and living standards. It represents the origins of modern industry in today`s developed countries and it is what today`s developing countries are now trying to promote or to bring to a successful conclusion. The book identifies the strategic changes in economic organisation, industrial structure and technological progress associated with the industrial revolution whichtook place in Britain over the century 1750-1850 and which marked a watershed in world economic development - the beginnings of modern economic growth for today`s developed countries and an example of spontaneous industrialisation for today`s third worldcountries. The book assesses both starting point and achievement, analyses the substance of economic transformation and evaluates the role of government policy and institutional change in retarding or accelerating economic development…. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0521296099
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Peter Mathias, John A. Davis
The First Industrial Revolutions (The Nature of Industrialization)

— y.
Publisher: —
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ISBN: 0631160396
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Deborah M. Valenze
The First Industrial Woman

— y.
Publisher: —
Description: Why study women and the industrial revolution? Deborah Valenze`s groundbreaking reassessment of this classic problem in European history reminds us that questions of gender and work are at the center of our experience in the modern world. Too often, the study of industrialization charts an inevitable and largely technological course. Valenze sets aside this approach in order to examine the underlying assumptions about gender and work that informed the transformation of English society, and in turn, our ideas about economic progress. How did England change from an agriculturally based nation, in which female labor played an active and acknowledged part, to an industrial power resting on a notion of male productivity? Through selective treatments of agriculture, spinning, and cottage industries, Valenze shows how the rise of values of productivity and rationality subordinated women of the working class and strengthened an emerging ethos of individualism. She also analyzes the… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0195089820
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Julian P. W. Archer, University Press of America
The First International in France, 1864-1872

— y.
Publisher: —
Description: The International Working Men`s Association, now called the First International, was the first successful attempt to organize labor on local, national, and international levels. It emerged after the great outpouring of socialist ideology, primarily French, prior to the 1860s and before the rooting of labor unions and socialist parties in the latter part of the nineteenth century. `The First International in France` is designed to serve as a history of the First International in France, as well as serve as a basic reference for those whose interest or research touches on the International. When used in conjunction with key texts by Roger Morgan, Henry Collins, and Max Nettlau, it will be useful in producing a much-needed synthesis of the International as a whole. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0761808876
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Rudyard Kipling
The First Jungle Book

2003 y.
Publisher: Юпитер-Интер
Description: `He is a man - a man - a man!` snarled the pack. And most of the wolves began to gather round Shere Khan, whose tail was beginning to switch. `Now the business is in thy hands,` said Bagheera to Mowgli. `We can do no more except fight.` Mowgli stood upright, the fire-pot in his hands. Then he stretched out his arms, and yawned in the face of the council. But he was furious with rage and sorrow, for, wolf-like, the wolves had never told him how they hated him. `Listen you!` he cried. `There is no need for this dog`s jabber. Ye have told me so often to-night that I am a man (and indeed I would have been a wolf with you to my life`s end), that I feel your words are true. So I do not call ye my brothers any more, but sag [dogs], as a man should. What ye will do, and what ye will not do, is not yours to say. That matter is with me. And that we may see the matter more plainly, I, the man, have brought here a little of the Red Flower which ye, dogs, fear.` He flung the… [detailed...]

ISBN: 5-9542-0014-9
Book size: 70x90/32; Page extent: 188.

 

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Harlan D. Platt
The First Junk Bond: A Story of Corporate Boom and Bust

— y.
Publisher: —
Description: A case study of a company that exemplified the 80s. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1587981203
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Bill Harris
The First Ladies Fact Book: Revised and Updated! The Childhoods, Courtships, Marriages, Campaigns, Accomplishments, and Legacies of Every First Lady from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama

2009 y.
Publisher: —
Description: The First Ladies Fact Book is a definitive guide to the lives, achievements, and triumphs of every first lady from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama. Arranged chronologically for easy reference and illustrated throughout with artwork, photographs, and documents, this is a information-packed overview of the lives and legacies of America`s first ladies. What`s more, The First Ladies Fact Book features selections of the most intimate correspondence of all the first ladies. Delightful surprises abound, including little-known information about the women`s hobbies, styles of dress, habits of socializing, and quirks. With more than 700 photographs and illustrations, this is a eye-catching history of the nation`s first ladies. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1579128092
Book size: —; Page extent: 741.

 

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Samantha Barbas
The First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella Parsons

2006 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Hollywood celebrities feared her. William Randolph Hearst adored her. Between 1915 and 1960, Louella Parsons was America`s premier movie gossip columnist and in her heyday commanded a following of more than forty million readers. This first full-length biography of Parsons tells the story of her reign over Hollywood during the studio era, her lifelong alliance with her employer, William Randolph Hearst, and her complex and turbulent relationships with such noted stars, directors, and studio executives as Orson Welles, Joan Crawford, Louis B. Mayer, Ronald Reagan, and Frank Sinatra--as well as her rival columnists Hedda Hopper and Walter Winchell. Loved by fans for her `just folks,` small-town image, Parsons became notorious within the film industry for her involvement in the suppression of the 1941 film Citizen Kane and her use of blackmail in the service of Hearst`s political and personal agendas. As she traces Parsons`s life and career, Samantha Barbas situates Parsons`s… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0520249852
Book size: —; Page extent: 426.

 

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Carl Weber
The First Lady

2007 y.
Publisher: —
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ISBN: 0786295430
Book size: —; Page extent: 481.

 

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Frank Griffith Dawson
The First Latin American Debt Crisis: The City of London and the 1822-25 Loan Bubble

— y.
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ISBN: 0300047274
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Donald L. Price
The First Marine Captured in Vietnam: A Biography of Donald G. Cook [LARGE PRINT]

2009 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Retired Marine Colonel Donald L. Price earned the Silver Star, three Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart for service in Vietnam. He lives in Sierra Vista, Arizona. [detailed...]

ISBN: 078644116X
Book size: —; Page extent: 482.

 

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Wells
The First Men in the Moon

2007 y.
Publisher: —
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ISBN: 978-0-486-41418-8
Book size: —; Page extent: 176.

 

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Steve Kortenkamp
The First Moon Landing (First Facts)

2007 y.
Publisher: —
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ISBN: 1429600608
Book size: —; Page extent: 24.

 

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Asma Afsaruddin
The First Muslims: History and Memory

2007 y.
Publisher: —
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ISBN: 1851684972
Book size: —; Page extent: 232.

 

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Asma Afsaruddin
The First Muslims: History and Memory

2007 y.
Publisher: —
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ISBN: 1851685189
Book size: —; Page extent: 232.

 

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Michael Schmidt
The First Poets : Lives of the Ancient Greek Poets

2005 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Book DescriptionWhen Michael Schmidt’s last book, Lives of the Poets, was published, Mark Strand called it “a tour de force, an astonishing view of the whole of poetry in English, a superb read.” Now Schmidt brings the same erudition, insight, and elan to The First Poets —the story of the ancient Greeks whose work continues to influence poetry in our own time. Poetry takes its bearings from the brilliant constellation of early and classical Greek poets, who have long been overshadowed by the great Greek dramatists. In The First Poets , Schmidt rescues the lives of these poets from their relative obscurity. Here is Orpheus, the first of the first poets, healer, mystic, and magical fixer,and Homer, about whom almost nothing is known for certain except the magnificence of his two great epic poems. Here are Linos and Arion, who survive only in legend, and Amphion, who survives through the tales we ascribe to him. Here… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0375411208
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Max Allan Collins
The First Quarry (Thorndike Press Large Print Mystery Series)

2009 y.
Publisher: —
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ISBN: 141041387X
Book size: —; Page extent: 247.

 

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William Shakespeare
The First Quarto of Othello (The New Cambridge Shakespeare Quartos)

2005 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Book DescriptionThis is the first modernized and edited version of the 1622 text of Othello. It consists of a detailed introduction, quarto text, select collation and textual notes and is an important book for scholars in Shakespeare and Elizabethan-Jacobean drama, with wide ramifications for other Shakespeare textual studies and for students of early theatre history. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0521615941
Book size: —; Page extent: 160.

 

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Brian Clegg
The First Scientist: A Life of Roger Bacon

2003 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Book DescriptionThe First Scientist is the first full-length biography in 50 years of the medieval monk who brought science out of the Dark Ages. Legend transformed the thirteenth-century English friar Roger Bacon into the Faustlike sorcerer `Doctor Mirabilis,` but today he is recognized as science?s first pioneer in Europe. Science writer Brian Clegg bypasses the vicissitudes of Bacon?s reputation, which range from miracle-worker to charlatan, and places the true individual in the often contentious intellectual atmosphere of the late medieval era. In this vivid biography, he portrays Bacon as not only a lucid observer of nature, rigorous experimenter, and gifted mathematician, but also an original theologian and philosopher?a man who, like Galileo, would suffer imprisonment in his quest for the true nature of the world. Clegg traces Bacon?s career from his popularity as a teacher at Oxford and Paris, through his innovations in calendar reform, optics, a flying… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0786711167
Book size: —; Page extent: 288.

 

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Joyce Lavene, Jim Lavene
The First Shall Be Last (Avalon Mystery)

2007 y.
Publisher: —
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ISBN: 0803498381
Book size: —; Page extent: 250.

 

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Nelson Eubanks
The First Thing Smoking

2003 y.
Publisher: —
Description: Book DescriptionHere is a provocative and fresh new voice in fiction, and a stunning collection of seventeen interconnected short stories set in the urban and exotic locales of New York City and Brazil. In dazzling, jazz-like prose that pulses with the rhythm of the street, Nelson Eubanks traces the influences on and evolution of Maceo, from impressionable adolescent to twentysomething man–each snapshot of memory bursting with event and emotion. In “Malta Scheffer,” nine-year-oldMaceo slips out of a white world of private schools to fade back into his brown world where stickball and dreams of glory just may provide the ticket out of poverty. “The First Thing Smoking” explores the prejudice and hatred that exist within a family, when skin color varies between darker and lighter shades of black. In “Uncle Raymond” eighteen-year-old Maceo learns about his uncle who once showed such musical promise, but later, inexplicably, descended into… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0345451783
Book size: —; Page extent: 224.

 

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Larry Chambers, Dale Rogers, Larry Chambers, Dale Rogers
The First Time Investor : How to Start Safe, Invest Smart, and Sleep Well

— y.
Publisher: —
Description: From the end of the 1990`s bull run to today`s point-and-click electronic trading, investors face a radically transformed trading environment. The First Time Investor has been updated to teach beginning investors everything they must know in this new, high-speed investment arena. Along with the basics, it now features in-depth discussions on day trading, decimalization, the expansion of the global marketplace, and more--as well as a valuable new section on the top 10 things people must do to protect their 401(k)s. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0071420371
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Larry Chambers
The First Time Investor: How to Start Safe, Invest Smart &, Sleep Well

— y.
Publisher: —
Description: The First Time Investor will change the way you view your money! This comprehensive and respected guidebook, a bestselling Fortune book club selection in its first edition, has been completely updated to explain rules, strategies, and techniques for investing success in today`s turbulent market. Packed with examples, its discussions include: How to take the first steps to get your investment plan in motion, Step-by-step techniques to increase returns while minimizing risk, On-line trading techniques to slash commission costs, An up-to-date listing of important Internet resources, Asset class investing tips and strategies. Master the rules of independent investing, minus sales pressure, bias, and irrelevant media noise, with The First Time Investor. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0070130701
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Michael Morris
The First Time Manager

— y.
Publisher: —
Description: The diverse responsibilities of a new managerial position in the modern workplace can appear daunting. This practical guide aims to dispel any such fears, with direct and comprehensive advice on the immediate difficulties faced by a new manager. The fundamental skills necessary are discussed, including effective communication, delegation, financial/accounting principles, human resource concerns, marketing and PR. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0749436034
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Morey Stettner
The First Time Manager`s Handbook. by Morey Stettner (Mighty Manager)

2008 y.
Publisher: —
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ISBN: 0077119339
Book size: —; Page extent: 128.

 

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Wayne A. Meeks
The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul

2003 y.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Description: In this classic work, Wayne A. Meeks analyzes the earliest extant documents of Christianity—the letters of Paul—to describe the tensions and the texture of life of the first urban Christians. In a new introduction, he describes the evolution of the field f New Testament scholarship over the past twenty years, including new developments in fields such as archaeology and social history. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0300098618
Book size: —; Page extent: 320.

 

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Robert E. Wright
The First Wall Street: Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the Birth of American Finance

2005 y.
Publisher: —
Description: When Americans think of investment and finance, they think of Wall Street—though this was not always the case. During the dawn of the Republic, Philadelphia was the center of American finance. The first stock exchange in the nation was founded there in 1790, and around it the bustling thoroughfare known as Chestnut Street was home to the nation`s most powerful financial institutions. The First Wall Street recounts the fascinating history of Chestnut Street and its forgotten role in the birth of American finance. According to Robert E. Wright, Philadelphia, known for its cultivation of liberty and freedom,A blossomed into a financial epicenter during the nation`s colonial period. The continent`s most prodigious minds and talented financiers flocked to Philly in droves, and by the eve of the Revolution, the Quaker City was the most financially sophisticated region in North America. The First Wall Street reveals how the city played a leading role in the financing… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0226910261
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Pamela R. Lessing, David Shenton
The First Week with My New Digital Camera: A Very Basic Guide to Understanding, Editing, and Saving Digital Photographs

— y.
Publisher: —
Description: The fourth in Pam Lessing?s popular technical manuals for the completely NONtechnical ? how to edit, save and send digital photos. Put away your old-fashioned camera, file those worn-out photo albums and get ready to send your photos to friends and family over the internet. Taking a digital photograph is not a problem for those who know how to use a camera. The question, what do you do once you?ve taken the digital photograph? This brand new title in Capital?s popular `First Week`series, will take you into the Digital Age! Now with this easy-to-read and use book, by the master of non-patronizing instruction, you?ll understand what is going on inside the camera when you take a digital photo, how to download them into your computer or web site, edit, send, and store them. Pamela Lessing makes clear all the wonders of digital cameras and the software programs that allow you to keep all those precious photos safe. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1931868174
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