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A History of American Sports in 100 Objects by Cait Murphy
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 ...
( Category: United States December 4,2016 )
When San Francisco Burned: A Photographic Memoir of the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1927 by Gist Doug
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 )
The Politics of Resentment by Jeremy Engels
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 )
First in the Homes of His Countrymen: George Washington's Mount Vernon in the American Imagination by Brandt Lydia Mattice
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 )
The American Fisherman by Willie Robertson
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 )
Eyeing the Red Storm by Robert M. Dienesch
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. ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight November 30,2016 )
Revolutionary Dissent by Stephen D. Solomon
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 )
Food City by Joy Santlofer
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 )
The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Bulls: A Decade-by-Decade History
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 )
Building Moonships by Joshua Stoff
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 )
Louisville in World War II by Bruce M. Tyler
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 )
The Thousand Dollar Dinner: America's First Great Cookery Challenge by Becky Libourel Diamond
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 )
The Great Smoky Mountains: A Visual Journey by Mandrell Lee & Niederhouse-Mandrell DeeDee
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 )
Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America's Deadliest Rock Concert by Barylick John
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 )
Confessions of a Second Story Man by Allen M. Hornblum
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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