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A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London

amin.ypro — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:26:00 GMT

Philip H. Highfill Kalman A. Burnim Edward A. Langhans
"A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. Vol 2"
Publisher:Southern Illinois University Press | Pages: 496 | 1973-12-27 | ISBN: 0809305186 | html | 3 MB

Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

tuarass — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:08:00 GMT

Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)
Greenwood Press | 2006-06-30 | ISBN: 0313336865 | 184 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB

There has been recent controversy in the African American community about youth and their lack of appreciation for the gains of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This stellar biography is a superb introduction to the foremost leader of the civil rights movement.

Charles Darwin and The Origin of Species (Greenwood Guides to Historic Events 1500-1900)

tuarass — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:33:00 GMT

Charles Darwin and The Origin of Species (Greenwood Guides to Historic Events 1500-1900)
Greenwood Press | 2006-12-30 | ISBN: 0313317488 | 232 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB

In 1859, an amateur British naturalist published a book of findings that shook the scientific community to its core and changed the structure of religion and science as we know them. The Origin of Species challenged the popular belief that species could not evolve and argued that species can adapt to their environment and develop accordingly.

Shakespeare's Friends

tuarass — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:59:00 GMT

Shakespeare's Friends
Praeger Publishers | 2006-01-30 | ISBN: 0275989569 | 208 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB

Shakespeare, more than any other writer in the western world, based much of his work on the consequences of friendship. Given the value placed on friends in his writing, many readers have wondered about the role friendship played in his own life. This work gives readers the chance to learn more about Shakespeare's friends, who they were and what they can tell us about Shakespeare and his times. For instance, Richard Field was a boyhood friend with whom Shakespeare went to school in Stratford. Field became a well-known London printer. The details of Field's life illuminate both the details of Shakespeare's boyhood education and the poet's relationship with the printing, publishing, and book-selling world in London. Francis Collins, a lawyer who represented Shakespeare in a number of legal dealings, drafted both versions of Shakespeare's will. This life-long friend was one of the last men eve to see Shakespeare pick up a pen to write. Through these vivid and animated sketches, readers will come to know about Shakespeare's life and times. While the book has a lively, accessible narrative tone within chapters, its organization and features make it highly useful to the school library market as well as the academic world. It contains cross references, a detailed Table of Contents and a highly organized structure with uniformity across sections and chapters. The writing is accessible and could be easily used by upper-level high school students looking to augment school assignments.

The Last Partnerships: Inside the Great Wall Street Dynasties

Smirk — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:29:00 GMT

The Last Partnerships
McGraw-Hill | 2001-03-21 | ISBN: 0071369996 | 338 pages | PDF | 2 MB

They laid the foundations of American finance and defined the American brand of capitalism. They bankrolled wars, were the impetus behind the building of the first transcontinental railroad system, and fueled a fledgling nation’s grandiose dreams of empire. S&M Allen, J. P. Morgan & Co., Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers...they were the great Wall Street partnerships, and for well over a century, through a combination of financial genius, political chicanery, and the audacity of Caesars, they wielded unprecedented influence over the business, financial, and political landscapes of a nation.

Michael Polanyi: Scientist and Philosopher

tot167 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:44:00 GMT

William Taussig Scott, Martin X. Moleski “Michael Polanyi: Scientist and Philosopher"
Oxford University Press, USA | 2005-06-02 | ISBN: 019517433X | 394 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB

Alan Greenspan: The Oracle Behind the Curtain

Smirk — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Alan Greenspan
World Scientific Publishing Company | 2006-02-16 | ISBN: 9812566066 | 193 pages | PDF | 2,3 MB

There is an endless supply of rave reviews for Alan Greenspan and the Fed. This is due to Greenspan’s political manipulations, the reluctance of politicians to challenge the Federal Reserve, the press corps’ willingness to trade glowing reviews for access, and private economists with ambitions of becoming Fed Governors. With Greenspan’s announced retirement, the devastating effects of Fed actions are mounting. Even as institutional reforms are suggested, it is shown how they have been blocked by an ideology favored by financial wealth-holders at the expense of wage labor.

Value Creation: Strategies for the Chemical Industry

valueez — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:50:00 GMT

Value Creation: Strategies for the Chemical Industry
Wiley-VCH| 2006-03-10 | ISBN: 3527312668 | 501 pages | PDF | 30 MB

Written by a global team of top managers and senior McKinsey experts, this expanded and completely revised second edition provides a wide-ranging manual on the subject of value creation in the chemical industry. Drawing on extensive first-hand management experience, several hundred consulting engagements, and in-depth research projects, the authors outline the key ingredients for managing chemical companies successfully. The book addresses in detail key issues of strategy and industry structure, describes best practice in the core functions of the chemical business system, looks at the state of the art in organization and post-merger management, and covers a selection of the most important current topics such as industrial biotechnology, the role of private equity, and the chemical landscape in China. Although mainly directed at executives and managers in the chemical industry, the knowledge contained in this comprehensive overview will also benefit scientists, engineers, investors, students, and anyone else dealing with management issues in this sector.

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

ohmygod — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:21:00 GMT

Barack Obama"The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream"
Publisher: Three Rivers Press | 384 Pages | ISBN: 0307237702 | PDF | 2MB

“A government that truly represents these Americans–that truly serves these Americans–will require a different kind of politics. That politics will need to reflect our lives as they are actually lived. It won’t be pre-packaged, ready to pull off the shelf. It will have to be constructed from the best of our traditions and will have to account for the darker aspects of our past. We will need to understand just how we got to this place, this land of warring factions and tribal hatreds. And we’ll need to remind ourselves, despite all our differences, just how much we share: common hopes, common dreams, a bond that will not break.”

Benjamin Graham: The Memoirs of the Dean of Wall Street

tot167 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:14:00 GMT

150 Questions For A Guerrilla

homusos — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:48:00 GMT

150 Questions For A Guerrilla
Paladin Press| 1996-12 | ISBN: 0873640225 | 96 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB

General Alberto Bayo is possibly the one individual most responsible for Fidel Castro's military successes against the Batista regime. Find the answers to suche questions as What is the most efficient size of a guerrilla unit? How will new volunteers be trained? What should be done if the enemy fire on us by surprise?

Notable Sports Figures (4 Volume Set)

amin.ypro — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:54:00 GMT

Dana R. Barnes "Notable Sports Figures (4 Volume Set)"
Gale Cengage | Pages:1902 | 2003-08 | ISBN: 0787666289 | PDF | 38 MB

MAO by Jonathan Spence

ohmygod — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:13:00 GMT

Jonathan. Spence"MAO by Jonathan Spence"
Publisher: Weidenfeld&Nicolson | 160Pages | 1999 | ISBN: 0297643479 | PDF | 1.3MB

In this dazzling blend of history, literature and politics, the world’s pre-eminent historian of China, gets to the heart of the complex personality of Chairman Mao Zedong. Steeped in Chinese politics and culture, Spence penetrates Mao's rhetoric and infamous self-will to distil an intimate portrait of a man as withdrawn and mysterious as the emperors he disdained. How did this farm boy from the remote Hunan province, with a haphazard education and unexceptional talents, evolve from a rebel youth cutting off his braided queue and refusing the 'legalized rape' of a bourgeois marriage to the Iron hand that devastated millions for so long? Spence masterfully illuminates a man who, at a watershed moment in history, turned the classic Chinese concept of reform through reversal into an endless adventure in upheaval and examines why he is still remembered with hate, awe and even reverence.

The White House Years by Henry A. Kissinger

madmaxau — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:56:00 GMT

Dr. Kissinger's book is a must read for those wishing to gain insight into the politics of the diplomatic process. He takes great pains to be fair in his assessment of a number of personalities from President Nixon, to Indira Gandi. Self-observations are modest to the point of self-deprecation. The chapters in which he chronicles the Nixon Administration's involvement in the Vietnam War is worth the price of the book. Mr. Kissinger's observation of this tumultuous time in our history is candid, sometimes sad, but scholarly without being pedantic. I highly recommend this book.

Salvador Dali

tot167 — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:51:00 GMT

Salvador Dali “Salvador Dali"
Chelsea House Publications | 2006-01-30 | ISBN: 0791088375 | 120 pages | PDF | 1,3 MB

Mother Teresa: Caring for the World's Poor

revelation-online — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:04:00 GMT

Mother Teresa is one of the most admired Nobel laureates of all time. Born in Eastern Europe of Albanian parents, she became a Catholic missionary nun in India when she was still a teenager. Mother Teresa is a stirring biography of a woman who gave voice to those most often ignored and neglected by society at large, and whose name has forever become synonymous with tireless charity.

The Ezra Pound Encyclopedia

Smirk — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:07:00 GMT

The Ezra Pound Encyclopedia
Greenwood Press | 2005-04-30 | ISBN: 0313304483 | 368 pages | PDF | 2 MB

Ezra Pound forever changed the course of poetry. His vast body of poetry and critical works make him one of the 20th century's most prolific writers, and his influence has shaped later poets, great and small. His enormous range of references, deliberate obscurity, and use of multiple languages make him one of the most difficult authors and-- because of his Fascism, anti-Semitism, and questionable sanity--one of the most controversial figures in American literary history.

African American Religious Leaders

revelation-online — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:06:00 GMT

This book presents inspiring profiles of more than 25 African American religious leaders for young adults. This new addition to the Black Stars series tells the fascinating stories of African American religious leaders from different periods in history.

Shakespeare, Love and Service

bkhaww — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:51:00 GMT

Shakespeare, Love and Service
Cambridge University Press | Pages: 336 | 2008 | ISBN: 0521886392 | 2 MB | PDF

Peter Laslett's comment, in The World We Have Lost, that in the early modern period 'every relationship could be seen as a love-relationship' presents the governing idea of this book. In an analysis that includes Shakespeare's sonnets and a wide range of his plays from The Comedy of Errors to The Winter's Tale, David Schalkwyk looks at the ways in which the personal, affective relations of love are informed by the social, structural interactions of service. Showing that service is not a 'class' concept, but rather determined the fundamental conditions of identity across the whole society, the book explores the inter-penetration of structure and affect in relationships as varied as monarch and subject, aristocrat and personal servant, master and slave, husband and wife, and lover and beloved, in the light of differences of rank, gender and sexual identity.

SOROS: The Unauthorized Biography, the Life, Times and Trading Secrets of the World's Greatest Investor

Smirk — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:20:00 GMT

SOROS: The Unauthorized Biography
McGraw-Hill | 1997-05-01 | ISBN: 0786312475 | 256 pages | PDF | 2,3 MB

Until now, the brilliant methods and tactics that world-renowned investor and hedge fund king George Soros used to amass billions have remained a closely-guarded secret. In Soros: The Unauthorized Biography, renowned biographer and former Time reporter Robert Slater has looked behind closed doors to reveal the unique philosophy and investment strategies that have given this Hungarian-born billionaire enormous influence over world financial markets. This intimate and insightful biography examines Soros' extraordinary life, his outspoken opinions, and the hundreds of millions of dollars in philanthropy that have made George Soros an influential business, social, and political figure throughout Eastern Europe and the world.