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Idealists, Scoundrels, and the Lady

An Insider's View of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Project

By: Francis Ross Holland

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Idealists, Scoundrels, and the Lady

An Insider's View of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Project

By: Francis Ross Holland

The campaign to restore the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island was the first major effort to solicit private money for the rehabilitation of a government site. This book chronicles that campaign, from its inception through the selection - and later firing - of Lee Iacocca as chairman, the fundraising effort that ultimately exceeded its goal by $100 million, and the final celebration in 1986 that involved four days of unprecedented hoopla. Ross Holland focuses on the feasibility of public-private cooperation, tracing the project's history as only an insider could. He recalls the roles of career bureaucrats and the Reagan administration, examines the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, and the old immigration station at Ellis Island, and documents the poor judgments that led to huge cost increases at all three sites.

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314

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University of Illinois Press

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ISBN 10

0252019032

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9780252019036

America's Lighthouses

An Illustrated History

By: Francis Ross Holland

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America's Lighthouses

An Illustrated History

By: Francis Ross Holland

A history of the lighthouse which examines its technical development in the United States

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246

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Courier Corporation

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ISBN 10

048625576X

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9780486255767

Batik, Tie Dyeing, Stenciling, Silk Screen, Block Printing

The Hand Decoration of Fabrics

By: Francis J. Kafka

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Batik, Tie Dyeing, Stenciling, Silk Screen, Block Printing

The Hand Decoration of Fabrics

By: Francis J. Kafka

Stenciling, batik, block printing, tie dyeing, freehand painting, silk screen printing, and a number of novelty decorations such as relief and ball point painting, flocking, and transferring pictures are all covered in this well-known introduction. If you have ever wanted to create your own fabric designs, from adding stenciled or printed details to creating overall designs with batik or tie dying, this book will guide you quickly and easily to the best techniques. Through over 350 illustrations and complete step-by-step explanations, the author leads you through every step of each technique from gathering materials and creating designs all the way through until the finishing touches have been completed. Along the way you will have learned basic design considerations — the way each technique creates its own design limitations, two- and three-color processes, the best inks and dues for each technique, the tools (including how to make many of them), the working area set up, and many unusual effects with basic exercises, specific projects, and the best procedures for using all the basic methods you are likely to use. With so many methods contained in one book, you can easily discover the ones best suited to your own time, budget, and needs. In addition, a number of illustrations of completed items give you a better idea of the possibilities of each technique and show the best examples of each. Artists, designers, students, and craftsmen will welcome this opportunity to learn a number of techniques for the hand decoration of fabric. By the time you finish you will be well acquainted with the most successful methods that you can use and can go on to design and decorate fabrics on your own.

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221

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Courier Corporation

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ISBN 10

048621401X

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9780486214016

Creep and Relaxation of Nonlinear Viscoelastic Materials

By: William N. Findley,Francis A. Davis

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Creep and Relaxation of Nonlinear Viscoelastic Materials

By: William N. Findley,Francis A. Davis

This pioneering book presents the basic theory, experimental methods, experimental results and solution of boundary value problems in a readable, useful way to designers as well as research workers and students. The mathematical background required has been kept to a minimum and supplemented by explanations where it has been necessary to introduce specialized mathematics. Also, appendices have been included to provide sufficient background in Laplace transforms and in step functions. Chapters 1 and 2 contain an introduction and historic review of creep. As an aid to the reader a background on stress, strain, and stress analysis is provided in Chapters 3 and 4, an introduction to linear viscoelasticity is found in Chapter 5 and linear viscoelastic stress analysis in Chapter 6. In the next six chapters the multiple integral representation of nonlinear creep and relaxation, and simplifications to single integral forms and incompressibility, are examined at length. After a consideration of other representations, general relations are derived, then expanded to components of stress or strain for special cases. Both constant stress (or strain) and variable states are described, together with methods of determining material constants. Conversion from creep to relaxation, effects of temperature and stress analysis problems in nonlinear materials are also treated here. Finally, Chapter 13 discusses experimental methods for creep and stress relaxation under combined stress. This chapter considers especially those experimental problems which must be solved properly when reliable experimental results of high precision are required. Six appendices present the necessary mathematical background, conversion tables, and more rigorous derivations than employed in the text. An extensive updated bibliography completes the book.

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402

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Courier Corporation

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ISBN 10

0486145174

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9780486145174

Who's Who in Shakespeare

A Dictionary of Characters and Proper Names

By: Francis Griffin Stokes

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Who's Who in Shakespeare

A Dictionary of Characters and Proper Names

By: Francis Griffin Stokes

DIVAn indispensable dictionary of characters and names with over 3,000 entries, this volume covers all 36 of the Bard's plays, in addition to his poems and sonnets. /div

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386

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Courier Corporation

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048612178X

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9780486121789

From Religion to Philosophy

A Study in the Origins of Western Speculation

By: Francis MacDonald Cornford

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From Religion to Philosophy

A Study in the Origins of Western Speculation

By: Francis MacDonald Cornford

Conford traces the remarkable burst of abstract speculation among pre-Socratic thinkers of the sixth century B.C. from the religious thought of the preceding era in Greece. Combining deep classical scholarship with anthropological and sociological insights, he examines the mythic precursors of enduring metaphysical concepts such as destiny, God, the soul, substance, nature, and immortality. His original and engaging explorations profile the rise of a new spirit of rational inquiry from traditional beliefs, demonstrating that philosophy's modes of clear definition and explicit statement were already implicit in the unreasoned intuitions of mythology.

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308

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Courier Corporation

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ISBN 10

0486433722

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9780486433721

Statistics Manual

With Examples Taken from Ordnance Development

By: United States. Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern, Calif. Research Department,Edwin L. Crow,Naval Ordnance Test Station (Inyokern, Calif.). Research Dept,Francis A. Davis,Margaret W. Maxfield,Frances R. A. Davis

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Statistics Manual

With Examples Taken from Ordnance Development

A thorough collection of methods of making statistical inferences, this text covers sign tests, linear multiple, and nonlinear regression, correlation, reliability, quality control fiducial limits, Chi-Square runs, more. Includes 32 tables and charts.

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322

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Courier Corporation

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ISBN 10

048660599X

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9780486605999

Antonio Stradivari

His Life and Work

By: W. H. Hill,Francis A. Davis

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Antonio Stradivari

His Life and Work

By: W. H. Hill,Francis A. Davis

Construction methods, woods, varnishes, types of instruments, and special features plus life of the composer. "A rich mine of fascinating information." — American Record Guide. 93 illustrations. 4 color plates.

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0486172600

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9780486172606

Autobiography and Selected Letters

By: Charles Darwin,Francis Darwin

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Autobiography and Selected Letters

By: Charles Darwin,Francis Darwin

Fascinating behind-the-scenes look at one of the most powerful and revolutionary ideas in the history of mankind, the theory of evolution. It traces the development of this momentous idea in an autobiographical essay, letters, and notebook excerpts by the theory's originator.

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0486204790

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9780486204796

The English and Scottish Popular Ballads

By: Francis James Child

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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads

By: Francis James Child

This definitive 19th-century collection compiles all the extant ballads with all known variants and features Child's commentary for each work. Volume II includes Parts III & IV of the original set — ballads 54–113.

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550

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Courier Corporation

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ISBN 10

0486152839

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9780486152837

The Lake Regions of Central Africa

By: Richard Francis Burton

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The Lake Regions of Central Africa

By: Richard Francis Burton

An engrossing record of explorations of central Africa's lake regions. Acute observations on village life, native character, religion and government.

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594

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Courier Corporation

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0486286185

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9780486286181

Edible and Useful Wild Plants of the United States and Canada

By: Charles Francis Saunders

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Edible and Useful Wild Plants of the United States and Canada

By: Charles Francis Saunders

Anecdotes, recipes, historical accounts, and scientific descriptions are combined to present an accurate picture of the most common wild plants used for food, soap substitutes, and medicinal and other purposes

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337

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0486233103

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9780486233109

Driving Horse-Drawn Carriages for Pleasure

The Classic Illustrated Guide to Coaching, Harnessing, Stabling, etc.

By: Francis T. Underhill

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Driving Horse-Drawn Carriages for Pleasure

The Classic Illustrated Guide to Coaching, Harnessing, Stabling, etc.

By: Francis T. Underhill

Writing at the turn of the century, Francis T. Underhill provided horse and carriage owners with a comprehensive guidebook that described how a well turned-out carriage should look and be handled. An expert in coaching and equipage, Underhill wrote with enthusiasm and a thorough knowledge of the subject, offering his readers a wealth of information about horses, harnesses, coaches, stables, and liveries, as well as useful "suggestions to the inexperienced." Republished now in its entirety, this delightfully entertaining volume depicts in more than 100 black-and-white captioned photographs of scores of vehicles: a "turned out" road coach, hooded gig, an elegant George IV phaëton, a Paris lady's chaise, hansome cab, landau, coupé d' Orsay, omnibus, depot wagon, buckboard, a smart "lady's country trap," and many more. In addition to elegant carriages, practical buggies, and cozy carts, this remarkable archive provides a fascinating visual commentary on nineteenth-century culture and life, recalled in vintage photographs of coachmen and grooms, stable and coachroom interiors as well as "night and dress clothing" for the properly accoutered horse. Reprinted from a rare original edition published at the height of the age of horse-drawn transportation, this authentic sourcebook will be welcomed by model builders, transportation buffs, artists in need of authentic period illustrations, and anyone interested in the bygone era of leisurely pre-automobile travel.

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305

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Courier Corporation

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0486142752

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9780486142753

Finger Prints

The Classic 1892 Treatise

By: Francis Galton

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Finger Prints

The Classic 1892 Treatise

By: Francis Galton

Landmark discusses the evidence validating fingerprints as a means of personal identification, permanence of the fingerprint characteristics, uniqueness of an assemblage of ridge details, and the variability and classifiable nature of finger patterns — along with such fundamental investigations as biological and racial variations and the inheritance of fingerprint traits. 34 tables. 15 plates.

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292

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0486151379

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9780486151373

Great Pianists on Piano Playing

Godowsky, Hofmann, Lhevinne, Paderewski and 24 Other Legendary Performers

By: James Francis Cooke

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Great Pianists on Piano Playing

Godowsky, Hofmann, Lhevinne, Paderewski and 24 Other Legendary Performers

By: James Francis Cooke

Great pianists discuss technique, musical development, virtuoso artistry, much more. Rachmaninoff's "Essentials of Artistic Playing," Busoni's "Important Details in Piano Study," etc. Includes 2 introductory essays, artist biographies, more.

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466

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Courier Corporation

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0486320200

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9780486320205

The Pirates of the New England Coast 1630-1730

By: George Francis Dow,John Henry Edmonds

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The Pirates of the New England Coast 1630-1730

By: George Francis Dow,John Henry Edmonds

Meticulously researched study recounts lurid exploits, punishments of William Kidd, Charles Harris, Thomas Tew, John Phillips, other marauders. Enhanced with almost 50 contemporary engravings and rare maps. Introduction.

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497

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0486138143

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9780486138145

First Footsteps in East Africa, Or, An Exploration of Harar

By: Sir Richard Francis Burton

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First Footsteps in East Africa, Or, An Exploration of Harar

By: Sir Richard Francis Burton

One of the great adventure classics. Victorian scholar-adventurerrsquo;s firsthand epic account of daring 1854 expedition to forbidden East African capital city. A treasury of detailed information on Muslim beliefs, manners and morals; plus pleasures and perils of the desert. A wealth of geographic, ethnographic and linguistic data.

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546

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Courier Corporation

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0486254755

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9780486254753

Concertos and Choral Works

Selections from Essays in Musical Analysis

By: Donald Francis Tovey

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Concertos and Choral Works

Selections from Essays in Musical Analysis

By: Donald Francis Tovey

Drawn from the well-known musicologist's celebrated Essays in Musical Analysis, this volume contains nearly all of the concertos in the standard repertoire, from Bach's concerto for two violins to Walton's concerto for viola. More than fifty selections include choral works with in-depth essays on Bach's Mass in B minor, Beethoven's Mass in D, Brahms's and Verdi's Requiems, Haydn's The Creation and The Seasons, and many other landmark works. Donald Francis Tovey's Essays in Musical Analysis ranks among the English language's most acclaimed works of musical criticism. Praised for their acuteness, common sense, clarity, and wit, they offer entertaining and instructive reading for anyone interested in the classical music repertoire.

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Courier Dover Publications

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048680142X

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9780486801421

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