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The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising by Roman Kenneth
mobi |eng | 2010-06-07 | Author:Roman, Kenneth [Roman, Kenneth]

Having set a vast expansion in motion, Ogilvy was not entirely happy with the consequences. The principles traveled well, but the founder did not. He was terrified of flying and ...
( Category: State & Local April 8,2016 )
A History Lover's Guide to New York City by Alison Fortier
epub, mobi |eng | 2016-04-07 | Author:Alison Fortier

YOUR GUIDE TO HISTORY A vendor in Chinatown. Courtesy of James Maher. THE TENEMENT MUSEUM 103 Orchard Street at Delancey Street • Manhattan/Lower East Side 877-975-3786 • www.tenement.org • Admission ...
( Category: Cities April 8,2016 )
The Legends Club by John Feinstein
epub |eng | 2016-02-29 | Author:John Feinstein

21 The Mississippi Valley State game had proven to be the toughest test Duke faced in the East Regionals. Johnny Dawkins had taken over the game in the final eight ...
( Category: State & Local April 8,2016 )
American Police, a History by Thomas A. Reppetto
epub |eng | | Author:Thomas A. Reppetto [Reppetto, Thomas A.]

1. In that short a time, he would not have been offered any money. The plainclothes squads kept new members in the dark until they were sure they could be ...
( Category: Specific Topics April 8,2016 )
The Creators by Daniel J. Boorstin
epub |eng | 2012-03-14 | Author:Daniel J. Boorstin [Boorstin, Daniel J.]

Leonardo could not have painted the work so sporadically if it had been fresco, which would have incorporated his labors into the body of the wall. Fresco had to be ...
( Category: Civilization & Culture April 8,2016 )
The Politics of Inequality by Michael J Thompson
epub |eng | 2012-03-19 | Author:Michael J Thompson

Now, as individuals differ greatly from each other, in intelligence, sagacity, energy, perseverance, skill, habits of industry and economy, physical power, position and opportunity—the necessary effect of leaving all free ...
( Category: National April 8,2016 )
The Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel by Margaret A. Oppenheimer
epub |eng | 2016-04-07 | Author:Margaret A. Oppenheimer

In the meantime her tussle with Stephen’s relatives went on. Thanks to continued stalling on her part, including an unsuccessful appeal of the decision that barred her from discharging the ...
( Category: Revolution & Founding April 8,2016 )
The Wolverine Way by Douglas H. Chadwick
epub |eng | 2012-04-05 | Author:Douglas H. Chadwick

After the country melted out, Copeland flew once a week to get radio locations. “Then we’d go in on the ground to try to follow the animals,” he explained. “The ...
( Category: State & Local April 6,2016 )
Sidewalking by David L. Ulin
epub |eng | | Author:David L. Ulin

is the ability of the retail band to carry the residential band. Old buildings did it in a very neat way. New buildings are flat, so the developer saves money. ...
( Category: Pacific April 6,2016 )
Warlords of Ancient Mexico by Peter G. Tsouras
epub |eng | 2013-12-31 | Author:Peter G. Tsouras

Ahuítzotl name hieroglyph. In effect, Tlacaélel was promising to act as regent. With that reassurance, the lords of Tenochtitlan followed by great crowds of the people went to the calmecac ...
( Category: Mexico April 5,2016 )
Emmett Till by Devery S. Anderson
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-04-02 | Author:Devery S. Anderson

Some of these people in the Till saga would live long enough to see the case reemerge in the public consciousness after the mid-1980s. None, however, could have predicted a ...
( Category: African-American Studies April 3,2016 )
The Making of Asian America by Erika Lee
epub |eng | | Author:Erika Lee

47. Chiyoko Toguchi and Charles Swartz wedding portrait. The lives of many Japanese war brides in the United States did not always match these positive media portrayals. Cut off from ...
( Category: Asian American Studies April 3,2016 )
Giving Voice to Bear by David Rockwell
epub, mobi |eng | 1991-04-02 | Author:David Rockwell

Tlingit bear hunter’s decorative face painting. Smithsonian Institution. He left and got down there and told his brothers, “This is my sister up there. She wants the head and tail.” ...
( Category: Native American Studies April 3,2016 )
Texas Wildflowers by Campbell Loughmiller
epub |eng | 2006-04-02 | Author:Campbell Loughmiller

Ocotillo grows commonly on rocky slopes west of the Pecos. If a stem is cut and stuck in the ground, it will root and grow well. In Mexico we have ...
( Category: Flowers April 3,2016 )
I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford by Richard Snow
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-05-13 | Author:Richard Snow [Snow, Richard]

CHAPTER 12 Terrible Efficiency The Crystal Palace; taking the work to the worker; speeding up; the twentieth century’s only industrial revolution; the workers hate it. Of course the Model T ...
( Category: Civilization & Culture April 2,2016 )

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