United States
epub |eng | 2016-08-31 | Author:Cait Murphy
1975 PRE’S ROCK In his too-brief career, Steve Prefontaine did the impossible: he made distance running cool to Americans. At the time of his death in 1975, the James Dean ...
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United States
December 4,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-02-29 | Author:Gist, Doug [Gist, Doug]
“Observatory, Strawberry Hill . . .” A spectacular scene of ruination in Golden Gate Park. Note the decorative post at right, uprooted and standing at an angle. (Worden) “S.F. fire ...
( Category:
State & Local
December 4,2016 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jeremy Engels
Blood Libel and Imagined Insults: Neoliberalism’s Violent Rhetoric Vigorous and spirited public debates during elections are among our most cherished traditions. And after the election, we shake hands and get ...
( Category:
Civics & Citizenship
December 3,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-11-30 | Author:Brandt, Lydia Mattice [Brandt, Lydia Mattice]
Fig. 39. Illustration of the evolution of Mount Vernon, 1938. Fig. 40. West parlor, Mount Vernon, Frances Benjamin Johnston (photographer), 1937, in American Architect and Architecture (February 1938). Although Williams ...
( Category:
History
December 3,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-10-14 | Author:Willie Robertson
Cornelia “Fly Rod” Crosby, America’s first female fishing superstar. (Maine Historical Society) For the next Sportsmen’s Exposition at Madison Square Garden, in 1896, Crosby staged a bigger extravaganza. She even ...
( Category:
Fish & Sharks
December 1,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-01-21 | Author:Robert M. Dienesch [Dienesch, Robert M.]
Film Return, Project II-A, and the CIA’s CORONA (November 1957–February 1958) Even as Lockheed was drawing up plans for expediting the WS-117L, forces beyond its control were eclipsing its efforts. ...
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Astronautics & Space Flight
November 30,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-03-07 | Author:Stephen D. Solomon
8 The Planter After spending the summer of 1787 in Philadelphia, where he had presided over the drafting of the new Constitution, George Washington left for his estate at Mount ...
( Category:
Revolution & Founding
November 29,2016 )
epub |eng | | Author:Joy Santlofer
Pauline’s attitude obviously changed by 1908, when she sued to receive her fair share of the estate and to remove her mother from management of the brewery, where most of ...
( Category:
State & Local
November 27,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-10-16 | Author:Chicago Tribune Staff [Chicago Tribune Staff]
Scottie Pippen helps Michael Jordan stay on his feet during Game 5 of the NBA Finals on June 11, 1997 in Utah. Stricken with stomach problems, Jordan still managed to ...
( Category:
State & Local
November 25,2016 )
epub |eng | 2011-08-31 | Author:Joshua Stoff
THE LUNAR MODULE’S COMPUTER. The LM’s display and keyboard (DSKY) enabled the astronauts to insert data into the primary guidance computer and initiate operations. The astronauts communicated with the computer ...
( Category:
Astronautics & Space Flight
November 23,2016 )
epub |eng | 2011-10-04 | Author:Bruce M. Tyler
Chester C. Doherty (top row), first lieutenant colonel and assistant commandant of the School of Air Evacuation, and, from left to right, Captains Edwin McBride and John Horton and Maj. ...
( Category:
State & Local
November 23,2016 )
epub |eng | 2015-10-27 | Author:Becky Libourel Diamond [Diamond, Becky Libourel]
WINES Œil de Perdrix A pale rosé wine made from the pinot noir grape, Œil de Perdrix is one of the prettiest shades a wine can be. Literally translated, Œil ...
( Category:
History
November 23,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-11-15 | Author:Mandrell, Lee & Niederhouse-Mandrell, DeeDee [Mandrell, Lee]
DEEDEE The Great Smoky Mountains National Park represents why I became a landscape photographer. Among giants such as Yosemite National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Acadia National Park, the Great ...
( Category:
Landscapes
November 22,2016 )
epub |eng | 2012-08-08 | Author:Barylick, John [Barylick, John]
Reporters and the public wanted answers from the town of West Warwick, too. How could a club with highly flammable foam on its walls pass fire inspections? Was the club ...
( Category:
Rock
November 21,2016 )
epub |eng | | Author:Allen M. Hornblum
“Scolnick was good at con games,” says Kripplebauer, “but when it came to real criminal shit he was nothing. Rosenberg and Paul figured that bank deal out; they deserve as ...
( Category:
State & Local
November 17,2016 )
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