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Papers of John Adams

By: John Adams

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Papers of John Adams

By: John Adams

There are a few items of Octavia Adams, widow of John, chiefly re her husband's estate.

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Harvard University Press

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0674026071

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9780674026070

William Adams: His Life and Locomotives

A Life in Engineering 1823-1904

By: John Woodhams

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William Adams: His Life and Locomotives

A Life in Engineering 1823-1904

By: John Woodhams

William Adams (1823 – 1904) is probably best known from his locomotive designs for the London & South Western Railway. The years at Nine Elms were the culmination of career which began formally in marine engineering, including a period at sea with the Royal Sardinian Navy, encompassed civil engineering and surveying before joining the North London Railway as locomotive, carriage and wagon superintendent. He has been described as the father of the suburban train, an inventive engineer, who pioneered the use of continuous train brakes, developed well designed, free-steaming locomotive boilers for services requiring rapid acceleration and frequent stops, and his invention of a bogie with controlled side-play revolutionized future locomotive design. His next move was to the Great Eastern Railway where his designs met with mixed success, before moving south of the Thames to Nine Elms. Here, over five hundred locomotives were built to his designs, with his later express classes regarded by many as his greatest achievement. Adams also proved himself a very capable designer in developing locomotive and carriage works at all three railways, improving efficiency and reducing costs. This book tells the story of a genial man with a love of music, who was undoubtedly one of the finest late Victorian locomotive engineers.

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Pen and Sword Transport

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1399071998

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9781399071994

American Medicine in Transition, 1840-1910

By: John S. Haller

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American Medicine in Transition, 1840-1910

By: John S. Haller

After a lifetime of moving and assuming new identities, sixteen-year-old Chass begins to piece together the disturbing past that haunts her and her mother and which involves a mysterious tape, a deceased popular singer, and the secrets of several people in a small Alabama town.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252008065

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9780252008061

Setting the World Ablaze

Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution

By: John E. Ferling

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Setting the World Ablaze

Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution

By: John E. Ferling

Setting the World Ablaze tells the story of the American Revolution and of three Founders who played crucial roles in winning the War of Independence and creating a new nation: George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. A leading historian of the Revolutionary era, Ferling draws upon an unsurpassed command of the primary sources and a talent for swiftly moving narrative to give us intimate views of each of these men. He provides both an overarching historical picture of the era and a gripping sense of how these conservative men--successful members of the colonial elite--were transformed into radical revolutionaries.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195150848

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9780195150841

The Earliest Diary of John Adams

June 1753-April 1754, September 1758-January 1759

By: John Adams,Lyman Henry Butterfield,Wendell D. Garrett,Marc Friedlaender

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The Earliest Diary of John Adams

June 1753-April 1754, September 1758-January 1759

By: John Adams,Lyman Henry Butterfield,Wendell D. Garrett,Marc Friedlaender

This early diary of John Adams contains material about his life as an undergraduate at Harvard, his law studies, his ambitions, and his observations on girls. -- Dust jacket.

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Harvard University Press

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0674220005

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9780674220003

The Letters of John and Abigail Adams

By: John Adams

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The Letters of John and Abigail Adams

By: John Adams

The correspondence of a Founding Father and his brilliant wife The Letters of John and Abigail Adams provides an insightful record of American life before, during, and after the Revolution; the letters also reveal the intellectually and emotionally fulfilling relationship between John and Abigail that lasted fifty-four years and withstood historical upheavals, long periods apart, and personal tragedies. Covering key moments in American history - the Continental Congress, the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, the Revolutionary War, and John Adams's diplomatic missions to Europe - the letters reveal the concerns of a couple living during a period of explosive change, from smallpox and British warships to raising children, paying taxes, the state of women, and the emerging concepts of American democracy. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introdutions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Penguin

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1440650853

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9781440650857

Catalogue of the Private Library of the Late John K. Wiggin, and the Duplicates Remaining from his Publications and Books on Sale, Chiefly Relating to America

By: John Kimball Wiggin

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Catalogue of the Private Library of the Late John K. Wiggin, and the Duplicates Remaining from his Publications and Books on Sale, Chiefly Relating to America

By: John Kimball Wiggin

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385498775

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9783385498778

Religious Freedom

Jefferson's Legacy, America's Creed

By: John A. Ragosta

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Religious Freedom

Jefferson's Legacy, America's Creed

By: John A. Ragosta

Ultimately revealing that the great sage demanded a firm separation of church and state but never sought a wholly secular public square, Ragosta provides a new perspective on Jefferson, the First Amendment, and religious liberty within the United States.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813933706

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9780813933702

John Adams

A Life

By: John Ferling

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John Adams

A Life

By: John Ferling

John Ferling has nearly forty years of experience as a historian of early America. The author of acclaimed histories such as A Leap into the Dark and Almost a Miracle, he has appeared on many TV and film documentaries on this pivotal period of our history. In John Adams: A Life, Ferling offers a compelling portrait of one of the giants of the Revolutionary era. Drawing on extensive research, Ferling depicts a reluctant revolutionary, a leader who was deeply troubled by the warfare that he helped to make, and a fiercely independent statesman. The book brings to life an exciting time, an age in which Adams played an important political and intellectual role. Indeed, few were more instrumental in making American independence a reality. He performed yeoman's service in the Continental Congress during the revolution and was a key figure in negotiating the treaty that brought peace following the long War of Independence. He held the highest office in the land and as president he courageously chose to pursue a course that he thought best for the nation, though it was fraught with personal political dangers. Adams emerges here a man full of contradictions. He could be petty and jealous, but also meditative, insightful, and provocative. In private and with friends he could be engagingly witty. He was terribly self-centered, but in his relationship with his wife and children his shortcomings were tempered by a deep, abiding love. John Ferling's masterful John Adams: A Life is a singular biography of the man who succeeded George Washington in the presidency and shepherded the fragile new nation through the most dangerous of times.

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Oxford University Press

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0199741719

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9780199741717

Changing Political Thought of John Adams

By: John R. Howe

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Changing Political Thought of John Adams

By: John R. Howe

The quality of the American character, the structure of American society, and the meaning of America's historical experience all had important implications for John Adams’ political thought. Professor Howe explores the relationships that developed between the satisfactions of Adam’s life and Adams’ outlook on American society. He concludes that as Adams’ understanding of the American character and its values changed, so did his evaluation of American society and its political problems. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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140087565X

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9781400875658

John La Farge, a Biographical and Critical Study

By: James L. Yarnall,John La Farge

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John La Farge, a Biographical and Critical Study

By: James L. Yarnall,John La Farge

John La Farge, A Biographical and Critical Study is the first biography in a century of the American painter, illustrator, muralist, stained-glass artist, and writer. Examining La Farge's career from his youth to his late rebound as a decorative artist-from New York City and New England to Europe to Japan to the South Seas-this is also the only biography to date composed independently of the artist and his estate.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409411729

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9781409411727

Henry Wilson and the Era of Reconstruction

By: John L. Myers

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Henry Wilson and the Era of Reconstruction

By: John L. Myers

Already a leader of the Republican party when the Civil War began, Henry Wilson had distinguished himself as the most important Congressional figure on military and antislavery and pro-black legislation during the war. During the Era of Reconstruction, Wilson fought to protect the rights of the newly-freed slaves, but he was opposed to the severe punishment of Confederate leaders and initially tried to be conciliatory toward President Johnson's lenient policies. Soon Wilson joined others in promoting Congress's own Reconstruction program, including the 14th and 15th Amendments, the Military Reconstruction Acts, and the impeachment of the President. He became the Republican Party's most frequently-used campaign speaker. Long recognized as a spokesman for labor, he was also the foremost national politician promoting the cause of prohibition. He wrote the most authoritative three-volume work on the causes of the Civil War from the northern viewpoint. He was also a frequent contributor to the era's most influential religious periodical. In 1872, Wilson was rewarded for his political activities when he was nominated and elected as the country's vice-president.

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University Press of America

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076184743X

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9780761847434

The Story of Proof

Logic and the History of Mathematics

By: John Stillwell

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The Story of Proof

Logic and the History of Mathematics

By: John Stillwell

How the concept of proof has enabled the creation of mathematical knowledge The Story of Proof investigates the evolution of the concept of proof—one of the most significant and defining features of mathematical thought—through critical episodes in its history. From the Pythagorean theorem to modern times, and across all major mathematical disciplines, John Stillwell demonstrates that proof is a mathematically vital concept, inspiring innovation and playing a critical role in generating knowledge. Stillwell begins with Euclid and his influence on the development of geometry and its methods of proof, followed by algebra, which began as a self-contained discipline but later came to rival geometry in its mathematical impact. In particular, the infinite processes of calculus were at first viewed as “infinitesimal algebra,” and calculus became an arena for algebraic, computational proofs rather than axiomatic proofs in the style of Euclid. Stillwell proceeds to the areas of number theory, non-Euclidean geometry, topology, and logic, and peers into the deep chasm between natural number arithmetic and the real numbers. In its depths, Cantor, Gödel, Turing, and others found that the concept of proof is ultimately part of arithmetic. This startling fact imposes fundamental limits on what theorems can be proved and what problems can be solved. Shedding light on the workings of mathematics at its most fundamental levels, The Story of Proof offers a compelling new perspective on the field’s power and progress.

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Princeton University Press

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069123437X

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9780691234373

Massachusetts Breweries

By: John Holl,April Darcy

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Massachusetts Breweries

By: John Holl,April Darcy

The definitive guide to Massachusetts's 46 breweries and brewpubs.

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Stackpole Books

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0811748782

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9780811748780

Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue

By: John Robert Wright

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Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue

By: John Robert Wright

This complete, illustrated history of Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue (New York City) chronicles the first 175 years of one of the great parishes of the Episcopal Church.Drawing on primary sources and original research, J. Robert Wright portrays the building, congregations, and rectors who have given shape to the historical development of Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, More than the history of a single parish, this volume is valuable for its reflection of the whole Episcopal Church and, more broadly, for its insights into the challenges of church life against the background of modern culture.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802839126

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9780802839121

Antonio's Revenge

John Marston

By: John Marston

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Antonio's Revenge

John Marston

By: John Marston

This edition seeks to evaluate Antonio's Revenge not merely as a literary text but as a drama for a particular company, in a specific theatre. The scholarly introduction explores the high degree of originality in Marston's dramatic techniques and establishes him as a leading innovator in both the language and the dramaturgy of his day. Ostensibly the second part of Antonio and Mellida, a satiric romance published in 1599, Antonio's Revenge differs in both theme and linguistic style. Reavley Gair offers an insightful analysis of the play's relationship with Shakespeare's Hamlet --written at about the same time--and a new interpretation of the relations between dramatic companies at the Globe and the Paul's Theatre.

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Manchester University Press

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0719057035

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9780719057038

Book's by John Adams Library (Boston Public Librar

Papers of John Adams

Papers of John Adams

William Adams: His Life and Locomotives

William Adams: His Life and Locomotives

American Medicine in Transition, 1840-1910

American Medicine in Transition, 1840-1910

Setting the World Ablaze

Setting the World Ablaze

The Earliest Diary of John Adams

The Earliest Diary of John Adams

The Letters of John and Abigail Adams

The Letters of John and Abigail Adams

Catalogue of the Private Library of the Late John K. Wiggin, and the Duplicates Remaining from his Publications and Books on Sale, Chiefly Relating to America

Catalogue of the Private Library of the Late John K. Wiggin, and the Duplicates Remaining from his Publications and Books on Sale, Chiefly Relating to America

Religious Freedom

Religious Freedom

John Adams

John Adams

Changing Political Thought of John Adams

Changing Political Thought of John Adams

John La Farge, a Biographical and Critical Study

John La Farge, a Biographical and Critical Study

Henry Wilson and the Era of Reconstruction

Henry Wilson and the Era of Reconstruction

The Story of Proof

The Story of Proof

Massachusetts Breweries

Massachusetts Breweries

Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue

Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue

Antonio's Revenge

Antonio's Revenge

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