Richard Dale: 21 books
The First Crash
Lessons from the South Sea Bubble
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
For nearly three centuries the spectacular rise and fall of the South Sea Company has gripped the public imagination as the most graphic warning to investors of the dangers of unbridled speculation. Yet history repeats itself and the same elemental forces that drove up the price of South Sea shares...
by Richard Dale
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2011
For 400 years, the true story behind the fall of Sir Walter Ralegh, his conviction for high treason and his eventual beheading has been shrouded in mystery. Was he deliberately set up by the brilliant but untrustworthy Sir Robert Cecil? Why did his friend Lord Cobham denounce him at his trial? And...
'Napoleon is Dead'
Lord Cochrane and the Great Stock Exchange Scandal
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2007
Early on 21 February 1814, an army officer revealed that the French had been defeated and Napoleon killed. When the London Stock Exchange opened at 10.00 am, the City was full of rumours of an allied victory. This work offers a tale of one of the earliest stock market scams; a tale of greed, deceit and the public humiliation of Lord Cochrane.
The Namibian War of Independence, 1966-1989
Diplomatic, Economic and Military Campaigns
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
The decolonization of Namibia was delayed from 1966 to 1989—the period of the war of independence—pitting the Namibian nationalists against the South African minority-ruled regime. This book describes the diplomatic, economic and military campaigns of the Namibian and South African belligerents...
Echoes
The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2019
The essential collection of beloved ghost stories, compiled by the editor who helped define the genre—including stories from award-winning, bestselling authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Seanan McGuire, and Paul Tremblay.
Everyone loves a good ghost story, especially Ellen...
Road to Rust
The Disintegration of the Steel Industry in Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
As the twentieth century dawned on western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, the region's steel industry faced a struggle for unionism. Unionists like Philip Murray, John L. Lewis, Samuel Gompers and Gus Hall battled for fair wages, hours and working conditions. Strong managers like Judge Elbert Gary...
Steel
The Story of Pittsburgh's Iron & Steel Industry, 1852–1902
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
A lively portrait of the “Steel City” and its millionaires and workers during the late nineteenth century.
Steel portrays the growth of iron and steel in smoke-filled Pittsburgh during America’s industrial age, and what it meant for the people who lived there.
This history shares...
On Glorious Wings
The Best Flying Stories of the Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
Since its invention in 1903, the airplane has become the dominant mode of transport, travel, and combat. It has brought the entire planet closer together and changed almost every aspect of how we live today.
Along the way, the airplane has inspired writers in every decade of the twentieth century...
by Frederic H. Wagner, Ronald Foresta, Richard Bruce Gill
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1995
This volume presents the results of a five-year study of wildlife-managempolicies in national parks. It synthesizes interviews with individuals inside and outside the National Park Service, provides a comprehensive review of published and unpublished literature, and draws on the collective experience...
by Dale Richard Perelman
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2012
The centenarians highlighted in this wonderful book are noted only for the length but for the depth and breadth of their lives. In their century of living these fascinating people were able to prove that an individual can make a difference. From music greats Irving Berlin and Eubie Blake to political...
Free Speech On Trial
Communication Perspectives on Landmark Supreme Court Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011
Describes landmark free speech decisions of the Supreme Court while highlighting the issues of language, rhetoric, and communication that underlie them.
At the intersection of communication and First Amendment law reside two significant questions: What is the speech we ought to protect, and...
Road Ecology
Science and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
A central goal of transportation is the delivery of safe and efficiservices with minimal environmental impact. In practice, though, human mobility has flourished while nature has suffered. Awareness of the environmental impacts of roads is increasing, yet information remains scarce for those interested...
Opening the Field of Practical Theology
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Opening the Field of Practical Theology introduces students to practical theology through an examination of fifteen different approaches—ranging from feminist to liberationist, Roman Catholic to evangelical, Asian American to Latino/a.
After an introduction to the field of practical theology...
Conradology
A celebration of the work of Joseph Conrad
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
A merchant sailor works for a decade, captaining a yacht up and down the coasts of Malaysia, in the hope that his crooked employer will stay true to a promise...
Years after a pandemic sweeps across Europe, wiping out its all-white population, a pilgrim returns to his Polish birthplace in search...
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