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by Harald Haarmann
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Providing a multifaceted view of modern Finland, this book describes its history, culture, language, geography, natural history and the mythology of early peoples. Topics include Fenno-Scandia inhabitants and their environment, traditional naturalism and modern environmentalism, and the salient features...
Isadora Duncan in the 21st Century
Capturing the Art and Spirit of the Dancer's Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Part artistic study, part intimate memoir, this book illuminates the technique and repertory of American dancer Isadora Duncan (1877–1927) and her enduring legacy from the perspective of an artist and scholar who has reconstructed and performed her work for 35 years. Providing an overview of modern...
Quang Tri Cadence
Memoir of a Rifle Platoon Leader in the Mountains of Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Having flunked out of college in the fall of 1965, the author enlisted in the U.S. Army. After basic training he was assigned to Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia, an institution dedicated to the manufacture of the commodity the wartime army most quickly expends—rifle platoon leaders....
Baseball in Territorial Arizona
A History, 1863-1912
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
The Arizona Territory is known for saloons, gunfights, outlaws and strong women. But the history of baseball in Arizona is long forgotten. The national pastime came first to the territory’s many military posts and soon gained a foothold in early towns such as Tucson, Prescott, Tombstone and Phoenix....
Chasing Charlie
A Force Recon Marine in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2018
Richard Fleming served as a scout with the elite U.S. Marine 1st Force Reconnaissance Company during the bloodiest years of the Vietnam War. Dropped deep into enemy territory, Recon relied on stealth and surprise to complete their mission—providing intelligence on enemy positions and conducting...
John Deere Snowmobiles
Development, Production, Competition and Evolution, 1971-1983
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Long respected as a manufacturer of sturdy agricultural machinery, the John Deere Company began in the 1960s to build a line of consumer products in a dedicated factory in Horicon, Wisconsin. Starting with a lawn and garden tractor in 1963, Deere soon entered the fast-growing snowmobile market, introducing...
The Birth of Top 40 Radio
The Storz Stations' Revolution of the 1950s and 1960s
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2013
"Top 40" was the preeminent American radio format of the 1950s and 1960s. Although several radio station group owners offered their own versions of the format, the AM stations owned by Todd Storz and his father were acknowledged as the principal developers of Top 40 radio, and the prime movers in...
Churchill in North America, 1929
A Three Month Tour of Canada and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Churchill took a three-month vacation to North America in the summer and fall of 1929, a little known event in his long career. In the company of his son Randolph, his brother Jack and his nephew Johnny, he toured Canada and the United States. Notable are Churchill’s meetings with political, business,...
The Early Shortwave Stations
A Broadcasting History Through 1945
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
In July 1923, less than three years after Westinghouse station KDKA signed on, company engineer Frank Conrad began regular simulcasting of its programs on a frequency in the newly-discovered shortwave range. It was an important event in a technological revolution that would make dependable worldwide...
George Owen Squier
U.S. Army Major General, Inventor, Aviation Pioneer, Founder of Muzak
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2014
During the 1920s and ’30s, Major General George Owen Squier was one of the most famous men in America and abroad, as a scientist, soldier, military strategist, electrical communications expert and inventor, aeronautical pioneer, diplomat, and philanthropist. He rose from humble beginnings in Michigan...
Hitler's Armed Forces Auxiliaries
An Illustrated History of the Wehrmachtsgefolge, 1933-1945
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2015
The story of Hitler’s Wehrmachtsgefolge (armed forces auxiliaries) is less well known than that of Germany’s other armed forces in World War II, such as the panzer divisions, the Luftwaffe and the Kriegsmarine. The Organization Todt (construction company), Reichsarbeitsdienst (labor service),...
Ship Island, Mississippi
Rosters and History of the Civil War Prison
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2009
Ship Island was used as a French base of operations for Gulf Coast maneuvers and later, during the War of 1812, by the British as a launching point for the disastrous Battle of New Orleans. But most memorably, Ship Island served as a Federal prison under the command of Union Major General Benjamin...
The Moulton Bicycle
A History of the Innovative Compact Design
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018
In 1963, British inventor Alex Moulton (1920–2012) introduced an innovative compact bicycle. Architectural Review editor Reyner Banham (1922–1988) predicted it would give rise to “a new class of cyclists,” young urbanites riding by choice, not necessity. Forced to sell his firm in 1967, Moulton...
Country Boy
A Biography of Albert Lee
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
Best known for his unique musical style and blindingly fast hybrid picking technique, English guitarist Albert Lee is often referred to within the music industry as the “guitar player’s guitar player,” renowned for his work across several genres of music and for the respect that he has garnered...