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Secret Stairs

A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles

By: Charles Fleming

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Secret Stairs

A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles

By: Charles Fleming

Containing walks and detailed maps from throughout the city, Secret Stairs highlights the charms and quirks of a unique feature of the Los Angeles landscape, and chronicles the geographical, architectural, and historical aspects of the city’s staircases, as well as of the neighborhoods in which the steps are located. From strolling through the classic La Loma neighborhood in Pasadena to walking the Sunset Junction Loop in Silver Lake, to taking the Beachwood Canyon hike through “Hollywoodland” to enjoying the magnificent ocean views from the Castellammare district in Pacific Palisades, Secret Stairs takes you on a tour of the staircases all across the City of Angels. The circular walks, rated for duration and difficulty, deliver tales of historic homes and their fascinating inhabitants, bits of unusual local trivia, and stories of the neighborhoods surrounding the stairs. That’s where William Faulkner was living when he wrote the screenplay for To Have and Have Not; that house was designed by Neutra; over there is a Schindler; that’s where Woody Guthrie lived, where Anais Nin died, and where Thelma Todd was murdered . . . Despite the fact that one of these staircases starred in an Oscar-winning short film—Laurel and Hardy’s The Music Box, from 1932—these civic treasures have been virtually unknown to most of the city’s residents and visitors. Now, Secret Stairs puts these hidden stairways back on the map, while introducing urban hikers to exciting new “trails” all around the city of Los Angeles.

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241

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Santa Monica Press

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1595809414

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9781595809414

The American Counties

Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, and Population Data, 1950-2000

By: Joseph Nathan Kane,Charles Curry Aiken

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The American Counties

Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, and Population Data, 1950-2000

By: Joseph Nathan Kane,Charles Curry Aiken

The premiere guide to information on the histories of the names, sizes, and populations of the counties of the United States.

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568

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Scarecrow Press

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0810850362

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9780810850361

Butch Cassidy

The True Story of an American Outlaw

By: Charles Leerhsen

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Butch Cassidy

The True Story of an American Outlaw

By: Charles Leerhsen

Charles Leerhsen brings the notorious Butch Cassidy to vivid life in this surprising and entertaining biography that goes beyond the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to reveal a more fascinating and complicated man than legend provides. For more than a century the life and death of Butch Cassidy have been the subject of legend, spawning a small industry of mythmakers and a major Hollywood film. But who was Butch Cassidy, really? Charles Leerhsen, bestselling author of Ty Cobb, sorts out facts from folklore and paints a brilliant portrait of the celebrated outlaw of the American West. Born into a Mormon family in Utah, Robert Leroy Parker grew up dirt poor and soon discovered that stealing horses and cattle was a fact of life in a world where small ranchers were being squeezed by banks, railroads, and cattle barons. Sometimes you got caught, sometimes you got lucky. A charismatic and more than capable cowboy—even ranch owners who knew he was a rustler said they would hire him again—he adopted the alias “Butch Cassidy,” and moved on to a new moneymaking endeavor: bank robbery. By all accounts, Butch was a smart and considerate thief, refusing to take anything from customers and insisting that no one be injured during his heists. His “Wild Bunch” gang specialized in clever getaways, stationing horses at various points along their escape route so they could outrun any posse. Eventually Butch and his gang graduated to train robberies, which were more lucrative. But the railroad owners hired the Pinkerton Agency, whose detectives pursued Butch and his gang relentlessly, until he and his then partner Harry Longabaugh (The Sundance Kid) fled to South America, where they replicated the cycle of ranching, rustling, and robbery until they met their end in Bolivia. In Butch Cassidy, Charles Leerhsen shares his fascination with how criminals such as Butch deftly maneuvered between honest work and thievery, battling the corporate interests that were exploiting the settlers, and showing us in vibrant prose the Old West as it really was, in all its promise and heartbreak.

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320

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Simon & Schuster

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1501117483

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9781501117480

The American Counties

Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010

By: Charles Curry Aiken,Joseph Nathan Kane

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The American Counties

Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010

By: Charles Curry Aiken,Joseph Nathan Kane

Most Americans give little thought to their county's size, population, when it was created, or how its name came about. But such information can be very helpful to anyone, particularly researchers and genealogists, investigating local or state history. Drawing on information obtained from the 2010 Census, the 6th edition of The American Counties provides up-to-date data on each county's: -land area -population -county seat -date of creation -name origin -dates of governmental organization, elimination, and re-creation This edition includes information on counties created since the previous edition was published as well as more precise "date of creation" details for many colonial counties. If a county is named for a geographical feature--river, mountain, lake, etc.--the origin of the name and the meaning of any Indian or foreign words is provided. For those counties that were named after a specific individual, a brief sketch of the person's life is provided, including updated biographical information from previous editions. The Introduction has been expanded to address such topics as counties with similar names, persons who have more than one namesake county, the paucity of counties named for women, the practice of creating counties in uninhabited regions, and legislators naming counties for each other. At the request of many readers, the 6th edition contains new appendices ranking all counties nationally by population and area, as well as an appendix listing counties that have been eliminated. Containing information on all 3,143 counties and county equivalents (independent cities, parishes, boroughs, etc.) in the United States, the 6th edition of The American Counties is an essential resource for researchers looking for basic information on counties in the United States.

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521

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0810887614

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9780810887619

Auctions

The Social Construction of Value

By: Charles W. Smith

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Auctions

The Social Construction of Value

By: Charles W. Smith

Smith tells how the straight capitalist economic law of supply and demand rarely governs the auction process, and how the beliefs and actions of the auction participants determine values.

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244

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Univ of California Press

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0520072014

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9780520072015

America's Forgotten Army

The True Story of the U.S. Seventh Army in WWII - And An Unknown Battle that Changed History

By: Charles Whiting

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America's Forgotten Army

The True Story of the U.S. Seventh Army in WWII - And An Unknown Battle that Changed History

By: Charles Whiting

This first book to examine the World War II exploits of the U.S. Seventh Army traces its initial combat in Sicily through its invasion of southern France and its capture of Hitler's "Eagle's Nest". The author also chronicles the men who risked their lives for the Seventh -- from Patton to Audie Murphy, America's most decorated fighting man -- and offers blow-by-blow accounts of the army's battles.

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268

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Macmillan

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0312976550

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9780312976552

The Outlaw Trail

A History of Butch Cassidy and His Wild Bunch

By: Charles Kelly

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The Outlaw Trail

A History of Butch Cassidy and His Wild Bunch

By: Charles Kelly

The Wild Bunch, the confederation of western outlaws headed by Butch Cassidy, found sanctuary on the rugged Outlaw Trail. Stretching across Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico, this trail offered desert and mountain hideouts to bandits and cowboys. The almost inaccessible Hole-in-the-Wall in Wyoming was a station on the Outlaw Trail well known to Butch Cassidy. To the south, in Utah, was the inhospitable Robbers’ Roost, where Butch and his friends camped in 1897 after a robbery at Castle Gate. Charles Kelly recreates the mean and magnificent places frequented by the Wild Bunch and a slew of lesser outlaws. At the same time, he brings Butch Cassidy to life, traces his criminal apprenticeship and meeting with the Sundance Kid, and masterfully describes the exploits of the Wild Bunch.

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428

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803277784

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9780803277786

Creating Components

Object Oriented, Concurrent, and Distributed Computing in Java

By: Charles W. Kann

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Creating Components

Object Oriented, Concurrent, and Distributed Computing in Java

By: Charles W. Kann

Concurrency is a powerful technique for developing efficient and lightning- fast software. For instance, concurrency can be used in common applications such as online order processing to speed processing and ensure transaction reliability. However, mastering concurrency is one of the greatest challenges for both new and veteran programmers. Softwar

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450

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CRC Press

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0203491327

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9780203491324

The Millstone Industry

A Summary of Research on Quarries and Producers in the United States, Europe and Elsewhere

By: Charles D. Hockensmith

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The Millstone Industry

A Summary of Research on Quarries and Producers in the United States, Europe and Elsewhere

By: Charles D. Hockensmith

Since prehistoric times, the process of cutting rock to make millstones has been one of the most important industries in the world. The first part of this book compiles information on the millstone industry in the United States, which dates between the mid-1600s and the mid-1900s. Primarily based on archival research and brief accounts published in geological and historical volumes, it focuses on conglomerate, granite, flint, quartzite, gneiss, and sandstone quarries in different regions and states. The second part focuses on the millstone quarrying industry in Europe and other areas.

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McFarland

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078645380X

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9780786453801

Cry of the Eagle

By: Charles A. Stewart

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Cry of the Eagle

By: Charles A. Stewart

CRY OF THE EAGLE is the story of the men of the most elite and secretive military organization in the world. Special Activities Division of the CIA, Chief Warrant Officer 5 (CWO5) Colt Hawkins, gritty, smart, honorable, battle-tested, whose devotion to his men and his country are frequently in harm's way by evil men of the world. CWO5 Colt Hawkins is at a crossroads in his life. Admiral Frank Turner, the father-like figure that has a fatal heart attack. Constant strains of a bad relationship. Witnessing his men and unit attacked, Colt finds himself alone, trying to figure out the answers. NASA's Advanced Extremely High-Frequency Satellite (AEHF). The Eagle-9 satellite completes the AEHF Constellation. For the newly formed Space Force, it is the unit\'s first significant achievement. Dr. Liberty Starr, Program Manager of NASA watches in disbelief as the Eagle-9 when activated has complete mission failure causing it to crash in Turkmenistan. it is a race against time and other countries to retrieve this new technology and its true capabilities. CIA Special Activities Division Task Force 24 is ordered to retrieve and secure its intelligence-gathering capabilities. The Russian government sends its own force that consists of former Spetnaz soldiers, now mercenaries, along with former Iranian Quds- Force members to recover any Top Secret technology and capabilities of the Eagle-9. Someone within the unit sharing top-secret information the Russians are listening to. Both countries are trying to hide their secrets.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1662439415

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9781662439414

Tularosa, Last of the Frontier West

By: Charles Leland Sonnichsen

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Tularosa, Last of the Frontier West

By: Charles Leland Sonnichsen

The history of the Tularosa Basin--which includes White Sands Missile Range--from pioneer days through the atomic age.

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UNM Press

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082630561X

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9780826305619

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Secret Stairs

Secret Stairs

The American Counties

The American Counties

Butch Cassidy

Butch Cassidy

The American Counties

The American Counties

Auctions

Auctions

America's Forgotten Army

America's Forgotten Army

The Outlaw Trail

The Outlaw Trail

Creating Components

Creating Components

The Millstone Industry

The Millstone Industry

Cry of the Eagle

Cry of the Eagle

Tularosa, Last of the Frontier West

Tularosa, Last of the Frontier West

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