A richly illustrated overview of one of the most storied franchises in major league baseball takes a close-up look at some of the immortal players--past and present--who have graced the rosters of the Boston Red Sox, including Babe Ruth, Bill Lee, Cy Young, Pedro Martinez, Jimmie Foxx, Mo Vaughn, Birdie Tebbetts, Carlton Fisk, and Jason Varitek.
No one knows Knoxville better than veteran outdoor-adventure author Johnny Molloy. Each hike text displays one- to five-star rankings in five categories: Scenery, Difficulty, Trail Condition, Solitude, and Appropriateness for Children. Each entry includes directions to the trailhead, at-a-glance info, a user-friendly map, GPS coordinates, an elevation profile, and a brief overview.
This popular guide has been fully updated and redesigned to reflect exactly what today's students want to know. It is the most accessible guide to higher education and student life in the UK and provides reliable, lively and unbiased information on what universities really offer. The establishments are listed alphabetically, with each entry providing a wealth of information, from a description of the campuses to famous alumni. A separate section supplies a list of courses and which universities offer them, making it easy for the reader to cross-reference their chosen course with the right university.
A fascinating tour of Southwark's pub scene, charting the history of the borough's taverns, alehouses and watering holes, from past centuries to more recent times.
This fascinating collection of photographs, facts and stories charts the history of the most famous and interesting old pubs, inns and taverns in these two neighbouring towns on the Kent coast.
This book looks at the architecture of the courts in Scotland and the importance of these civic spaces. Given the importance of courts to the legal experience it starts by exploring why scholars have been so reticent in examining spaces in which the administration of justice takes place. It notes the major changes already unfolding in Scotland and puts these into a historical and cultural context. The authors trace the emergence of the notion of the dedicated courtroom space in 19th century Scotland and the ways in which the courtroom setting affected the exercise of power through law. They show what factors led to the adoption of different architectural styles. They examine the changes in the legal, political and social world which drove such changes and how these changed in the 20th and 21st centuries. They also examine the symbolic functions of courts both internally and externally. They note the changes in the decision-makers and their goals in the 21st century and how this will lead to a very different kind of courtroom in the near future. They examine the wider factors affecting the process of litigation and trends in dispute resolution. They conclude that the goals of transparency and civil dignity have serious implications for the kinds of spaces which will serve as halls of justice in the future. Since these are driven, it seems, by financial imperatives it does not bode well for the retention of civic pride and community which the courts of justice might be said to embody.
The book is about me being born in Tottenham to working class parents and subsequently growing up in the Tottenham area and the schools I went to and the 'drinking establishments' I frequented in the area.
Guaranteeing election outcomes is a very big deal. Big but dodgy. Billions are at stake if the algorithms in the new electronic voting systems can determine the President. After all, someone has to programme them. An elite team from the British Secret Services investigate this latest threat to democracy. This is book one of The Nines series about a new secret unit in UK intelligence. Formed specifically to deal with the more unusual threats facing the modern world as it enters the third decade of the new millennium they tackle hijacking democracy , pandemic viruses , theft in cyberspace and more. Each member has been specially selected for their individual skills but there is also a recurring theme in the recruitment process. All six have exceptionally high IQ's which rank them in the top ninety ninth percentile of the general population. Hence their nickname.They are unarmed and defuse situations and danger with a mix of intellect and humour. Always more effective than guns and bullets.And much more entertaining. Their boss, Commander Harry Shepperton, is Ten. ' We don't do dead bodies in hotels any more,' he likes to remind everyone. 'Hell, people have to sleep in those places' Demos kratos. The people should rule. Only they don't.
Why was it that, across Scotland over the last two and a half centuries, architectural monuments were raised to national heroes? Were hero buildings commissioned as manifestations of certain social beliefs, or as a built environmental form of social advocacy? And if so, then how and why were social aims and intentions translated into architectural form, and how effective were they? A tradition of building architectural monuments to commemorate national heroes developed as a distinctive feature of the Scottish built environment. As concrete manifestations of powerful social and political currents of thought and opinion, these hero buildings make important statements about identity, the nation and social history. The book examines this architectural culture by studying a prominent selection of buildings, such as the Burns monuments in Alloway, Edinburgh and Kilmarnock, the Edinburgh Scott Monument, the Glenfinnan Monument and the Wallace Monument in Stirling. They give testimony to how a variety of architectural forms and styles can be adapted through time to bear particular social messages of symbolic weight. This tradition, which literally allows us to dwell on important social issues of the past, has been somewhat neglected in serious architectural history and heritage, and indeed one of the main monuments has already been destroyed. By raising awareness of this rich architectural and social heritage, while analysing and interpreting the buildings in their historical context, this book makes an exciting and original scholarly contribution to the current debates on identity and nationality taking place in Scotland and the wider UK.
Combining industrial research and primary interview material with detailed textual analysis, Contemporary British Horror Cinema looks beyond the dominant paradigms which have explained away British horror in the past, and sheds light on one of the most dynamic and distinctive "e; yet scarcely talked about "e; areas of contemporary British film production. Considering high-profile theatrical releases, including The Descent, Shaun of the Dead and The Woman in Black, as well as more obscure films such as The Devil's Chair, Resurrecting the Street Walker and Cherry Tree Lane, Contemporary British Horror Cinema provides a thorough examination of British horror film production in the twenty-first century.
This fascinating collection of photographs, facts and stories charts the history of some of Clerkenwell's and Islington's most famous and interesting old pubs, inns and taverns.
Harry Mills has to chuck it all when he discovers that some bitch has given him a severe case of Lycanthropy; to go on a search that leads to Atlantic City and beyond, with every intention of blowing her brains out.
The seventh volume in Knopf’s critically acclaimed Complete Lyrics series, published in Johnny Mercer’s centennial year, contains the texts to more than 1,200 of his lyrics, several hundred of them published here for the first time. Johnny Mercer’s early songs became staples of the big band era and were regularly featured in the musicals of early Hollywood. With his collaborators, who included Richard A. Whiting, Harry Warren, Hoagy Carmichael, Jerome Kern, and Harold Arlen, he wrote the lyrics to some of the most famous standards, among them, “Too Marvelous for Words,” “Jeepers Creepers,” “Skylark,” “I’m Old-Fashioned,” and “That Old Black Magic.” During a career of more than four decades, Mercer was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song an astonishing eighteen times, and won four: for his lyrics to “On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe” (music by Warren), “In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening” (music by Carmichael), and “Moon River” and “Days of Wine and Roses” (music for both by Henry Mancini). You’ve probably fallen in love with more than a few of Mercer’s songs–his words have never gone out of fashion–and with this superb collection, it’s easy to see that his lyrics elevated popular song into art.
Not many of us can claim to have dipped our handkerchiefs in Charles I's blood after his execution, or to have watched Vesuvius erupt, but that's about to change... Wyllie, Acton & Goldblatt's Time Travel Handbook offers eighteen exceptional trips to the past, transporting you back to the greatest spectacles in history. We offer the chance to join Henry VIII at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, and to march on Versailles with the revolutionary women of Paris. You can sail with Captain Cook to Tahiti and Australia, and spend time at Xanadu with Marco Polo and Kubla Khan. Or, closer to the present, you might accompany Charlie Parker at the birth of bebop or The Beatles in Hamburg, and take part in the VE Day celebrations in London or the Fall of the Berlin Wall. The notable authors and time travel agents, Wyllie, Acton & Goldblatt are your guide to these and other unmissable events, charting the action as it will unfold, and advising on local customs, and what to wear, eat and drink, for the most authentic of experiences. Forget museums, forget history books - the only way to do history is to live it.
NOW UPDATED WITH A NEW EPILOGUE In the summer of 1964, aged twenty, Ray Davies led the Kinks to fame with their number one hit ‘You Really Got Me’. Within months, they were established among the pop elite, swamped by fans and fast becoming renowned for the rioting at their gigs. But Ray’s journey from working-class Muswell Hill to the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame was tumultuous in the extreme, featuring breakdowns, bitter lawsuits, spectacular punch-ups and a ban from entering the USA. His relationship with his brother Dave is surely the most ferocious and abusive in music history. Based on countless interviews conducted over several decades, this richly detailed and revelatory biography presents the most frank and intimate portrait yet of Ray Davies.
Traveling through time to the court of Queen Elizabeth I, Jack and Angus tackle arch-enemy Pendleshape during another of his misguided attempts to change history, an effort marked by their encounters with the playwright Marlowe and young actor William Shakespeare.
In this book, Johnny Ball tells one of the most important stories in world history – the story of mathematics. By introducing us to the major characters and leading us through many historical twists and turns, Johnny slowly unravels the tale of how humanity built up a knowledge and understanding of shapes, numbers and patterns from ancient times, a story that leads directly to the technological wonderland we live in today. As Galileo said, 'Everything in the universe is written in the language of mathematics', and Wonders Beyond Numbers is your guide to this language. Mathematics is only one part of this rich and varied tale; we meet many fascinating personalities along the way, such as a mathematician who everyone has heard of but who may not have existed; a Greek philosopher who made so many mistakes that many wanted his books destroyed; a mathematical artist who built the largest masonry dome on earth, which builders had previously declared impossible; a world-renowned painter who discovered mathematics and decided he could no longer stand the sight of a brush; and a philosopher who lost his head, but only after he had died. Enriched with tales of colourful personalities and remarkable discoveries, this book also has plenty of mathematics for keen readers to get stuck into. Written in Johnny Ball's characteristically light-hearted and engaging style, it is packed with historical insight and mathematical marvels; join Johnny and uncover the wonders found beyond the numbers.
Whether you're a curious tourist or a local history buff, this guide contains all the tools you'll need to explore New England's history on your hikes. Each of the 40 featured hikes comes with helpful maps and directions, as well as a carefully researched impression of the trail, and a comprehensive guide to the area's natural and human history.
An inventive collection of easy-to-make recipes from one of America's most dynamic celebrity chefs, this cookbook is filled with what Ciao's calls Top Five and Ten recipes: tasty dishes that can be made with five to ten ingredients in five- to ten-minutes for five to ten dollars.
Known as Lord Acton, John E.E. Dalberg Acton was one of the great historians of the Victorian period and one of the greatest classical historians of all time. His life's work was advancing the history of liberty though he was never a Additionally, Acton's works include Lectures on Modern History (1906) and Historical Essays and Studies (1907), which were brought to light after his death. JOHN E.E. DALBERG ACTON (1834-1902), English scholar and historian, was denied entrance into Cambridge University because of his Roman Catholicism; he traveled to Munich, where he studied with Fr. Johann Joseph Ignaz von Dvllinger. In 1895, Acton was His impressive personal library - consisting of more than 59,000 volumes - was acquired by financier Andrew Carnegie and donated to Cambridge.
The Boston Copycat Killer is a quick primer on serial killers. It is the story of a murderer replicating many of New Englands famous and astounding crimes. Former homicide detective, now private investigator, Jack Kelly and Boston Police Department Detective Lt. Jessica Paris track the killer as he terrorizes the community and mocks the BPD. The tale begins with an intense look at the copycat killer and his unholy mission. True crimes reproduced take a central role as Kelly, the Boston Police Department, State Police, and the FBI race to an explosive shoot-out and arrest, only to find it is not the end.
When a US Embassy in Southeast Asia is bombed by followers of terrorist Osama bin Laden, the United States and the United Kingdom decide it is time to act against the terrorist leader by striking at his stronghold in Afghanistan.
Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike? In Best Hikes Cincinnati veteran hiker Johnny Molloy offers the absolute best hikes in the greater Cincinnati area. Each featured trail is perfect for the urban and suburbanite hard-pressed to find outdoor activities close to home. This guide leads you through forests, over streams, and along lakeshores to the best outdoor adventures around Cincinnati: Take in gorgeous views on the Old Sugar Camp Hike. Experience nature’s beauty in the Loops of Miami Whitewater Forest. Bring your dog on an exciting trek along the Whitewater Canal Historic Trail. Every chapter includes up-to-date hike specs, a brief hike description, directional cues, and a detailed map.
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