Art: 475 books

This ebook contains a detailed history of the Cuffe family of Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, from the time of their arrival in Ireland to the present day. There are also some delightful anecdotes relating to the family. The images used are generally originals.

This ebook contains a detailed history of the Bligh & Bolton families of Co. Meath, Ireland, from the time of their arrival in Ireland to the present day. There are also some delightful anecdotes relating to all the families. The images used are generally originals.

A fascinating collection of thirty compelling stories about events that shaped Gotham, It Happened in New York City describes everything from the installation of the Statue of Liberty to the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, from the collapse of the Twin Towers on 9/11 to the construction of the new Yankee stadium, slated to open in 2009.

This book delineates practical, tested, general methods for ultraviolet, visible, and infrared spectrometry in clear language for novice users, and serves as a reference resource for advanced spectroscopists. Applied Spectroscopy includes important information and equations which will be referred...

Get the competitive edge in a fierce market! Effective market segmentation approaches can show a company which customer group is most profitable and how to best serve their needs. Segmentation Strategies for Hospitality Managers: Target Marketing for Competitive Advantage is a marketing primer...

The mannikin who washes ashore one morning in Atlantic City has red hair, a painted face, and the word Pengo stamped on her bum. It brings together two spectators: a seventy-five-year-old highly sophisticated widow of a naval officer who feeds feral cats and a retired Pittsburgh cop, just a guy from...

There is much to learn about our country as you explore the role of widows during the rapid expansion of colonial America. To find a missing relative, a grandmother helps a granddaughter trace ancestors. They discover hardships faced by pioneer families as they made the arduous journey across mountain...

That everybody is different is truism as is. Some succeed in the world and others don’t. Many found resistance to them and only accomplished a modicum of success; some had a great deal of resistance and lost their minds or life, but none in my book, except two, had to experience the speed of life...

Trajectory-based formalisms are an intuitively appealing way of describing quantum processes because they allow the use of "classical" concepts. Beginning as an introductory level suitable for students, this two-volume monograph presents (1) the fundamentals and (2) the applications of the...

Few if any people think the Clean Air Act is the optimal legislative solution to climate change; but it is a powerful tool that is being used sometimes despite the prevailing political will. To address this reality, this volume calls on the best writing from the most often-cited environmental law journal...

Le Dynamiteur, sous-titré Histoire d’un mensonge, est un recueil de nouvelles écrites par Robert Louis Stevenson et sa femme Fanny Van de Grift-Stevenson publié en avril 1885. Au printemps 1883, à Hyères, Fanny Osbourne invente chaque jour pour son mari convalescent un conte « à la...

This anthology of Nova Scotia authors is a collection of spirited prose and poetry written by a range of writers with diverse and intriguing backgrounds. Here you will find history, poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by men and women who have been TV writers, animators, genealogists, teachers,...

Perfect for UNC fans who think they already know everything   100 Things North Carolina Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate resource guide for true fans of the Tar Heels. Whether you’re a die-hard booster from the days of Dean Smith or a new supporter of Roy Williams, these...

This book is the true story of my involvement in the Denver Police scandal of the early 1960's. I was the first policeman arrested and the first to be sent to the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City in the largest case of police corruption in U.S history. Going to prison after being a cop is...