With its wealth of representative styles and its emphasis on craftsmanship and exterior design, the late-Victorian era ranks among the halcyon days in American house building. This survey of the era's traditional designs—reproduced from a rare edition—offers a complete and authentic guide to faithful restorations or re-creations. A New York City-based firm prepared and published this catalog in 1897, selecting the very best models from more than 12,000 houses built from their plans. Designed with style, utility, and low cost of construction uppermost in mind, it features hundreds of illustrations, including perspective drawings and floor plans. Details of interior and exterior materials and potential modifications include remarks on the particular amenities of each house, plus estimates of building costs. Antique collectors, home hobbyists, and fans of traditional design will find this volume a valuable reference and an endless source of inspiration.
At the beginning of the 18th century there was no science of physics as we recognise it today; by the early years of the nineteenth century, there was. The articles in this volume are concerned with the process by which this came about. They focus, in particular, on the rise of experimental physics and the interactions between experiment, theory and mathematics in the study of electricity and, to a lesser extent, magnetism and physical optics during this period. Along the way, they provide a significant reassessment of Isaac Newton’s influence on the science of his successors. A further recurring theme is the process by which ideas were disseminated within the expanding scientific community of the day, and the manner of their reception, often in a form somewhat different from that envisaged by their first inventors, as Professor Home argues took place in the case of Franklin. The social and intellectual context of the ’scientist’, indeed, is the specific subject of several essays, dealing not only with England and France, but also offering new insights into the position of science in 18th-century Russia. Au début du 18e s., la science physique telle que nous l’entendons de nos jours, n’existait pas; dès les premières années du 19e s., cela n’était plus le cas. Les articles contenus dans ce volume s’intéressent au procédé qui a provoqué ce changement. Ils s’attachent plus particulièrement à la montée de la physique expérimentale et à l’interaction entre expérience, théorie et mathématiques en ce qui concerne l’étude de l’électricité et, dans une moindre mesure, celle du magnétisme et de l’optique physique durant cette période. Ce faisant, les études fournissent une ré-évaluation significative de l’influence d’Isaac Newton sur la science de ses successeurs. Un autre thème est celui du processus par lequel les idées étaient disséminées à l’époque au sein d’une communauté scientifique en pleine expans
Zach Margolis has a reputation for being a chicken, and he knows it. So when bully Parker Tolan and his posse dare him to go into the old graveyard on the night of a full moon, Zach agrees--mostly because he can't bear to think of the abuse he'll be in for if he wimps out. After all, how bad can it be?
A political science major with three years of college under his belt, Charlie R. McNeil has planned his future, but serving in the military and fighting in a war is not part of the future he imagined. The American government thinks otherwise, however; he is drafted into the military, and sent to Koreaan assignment no one asks for. McNeil neither complains nor make waves; he goes where hes told to go and does what hes told to do. When the unexpected happens in Korea and the North Koreans cross the thirty-eighth parallel, Corporal McNeil finds himself immersed in wara war that came so quickly after WWII that no one believed it possible and none of the military services were prepared. While McNeil moves up in military rank he never loses sight of his goal to earn a degree and work in Washington, DC. But first, he must survive Korea and return home to the United States. A military novel, McNeil captures the essence of war and the hardships of life on the battlefield from one young man who has other dreams.
Chance Favors Only the Prepared Mind How does a scientist go about the task of pushing back the curtains of the unknown? Certainly the romance of tackling the mysteries of nature provides the motivation, for who would not be inspired by the remarkable life history of this romantic beast, the salmon. After living in the Pacific Ocean for several years, salmon swim thousands of kilometers back to the stream of their birth to spawn. I have always been fascinated by the homing migration of salmon. Noone who has seen a 20-kilogram salmon fling itself into the air repeatedly until it is exhausted in a vain effort to surmount a waterfall can fail to marvel at the strength of the instinct that draws the salmon upriver to the stream where it was born. But how does it find its way back? I was puzzling over this problem during a family vacation in 1946. Inspired by the work of the great German Nobel Laureates, Karl von Frisch and Konrad Lorenz, I had been conducting research with my graduate student Theodore Walker, since 1945, on the ability of fishes to discriminate odors emanating from aquatic plants. Von Frisch had studied schooling minnows and discovered that, if broken, their skin emitted a con specific chemical substance, termed Schreckstoff, which caused other members of its school to disperse and hide.
Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of eight charming cozy mysteries publishing in Fall 2023 for free for easy sampling. The nineteenth edition of Cozy Case Files features cozies from the following authors: Ellie Alexander, Donna Andrews, M.C. Beaton with R.W. Green, Cate Conte, Celeste Connally, Diane Kelly, Korina Moss, and Elizabeth Penney. Check out the historical series debut Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord, it’s Bridgerton meets Agatha Christie. Find out what in the bleu blazes is happening in Case of the Bleus. Or discover if an arrow really did go astray in Dead on Target. Who doesn’t love a good holiday? Don’t be a scaredy cat around Halloween and read Nine Lives and Alibis. Or double, double, toil and truffle in Catch Me if You Candy. Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night across the pond in The Fatal Folio. A fire and a hot beverage make the perfect pairing for these Christmas mysteries: Snow Place for Murder and Let it Crow! Let it Crow! Let it Crow!
R W Sturgess hasn't been able to sleep soundly for many years. While others have closed their eyes he has been lying awake composing lyrical ballads, written to reach you. Sturgess has long since prescribed to Rosseau's notion that 'humanity is essentially good, but is easily corrupted by influence'. He expresses his frustrations and satisfaction in equal measure with a keen eye and a razor sharp pen. Life, love and lunacy. These are verses that bind us all together. R W Sturgess resides in Cambridge, the home to Scholars, Squalor's and those in between.
Snookums' Journey, is the story of a little Brahman calf that becomes separated from his mother after getting distracted in the pasture. He encounters bullies that ridicule him for being different. On his journey home he finds friendship and support. Once Snookums learns to believe in himself he is able to save the day.
Solving crimes from the confines of a cemetery where no one can see or hear you can be difficult at the best of times. The victim’s ghost usually won’t remember who killed them, and the murder suspects can’t hear the ghost detective’s interrogation. Even so, for the most part, Robert and Clothilde manage just fine. However, discovering the name on a headstone does not belong to the body beneath it throws something of a wrench in their method. How can they help the ghost find peace when the police aren’t even investigating the right murder? Far From Home is also available in the collection Unfinished Business, Volume 2.
West End is a sleepy town along Lake Erie. And on its outskirts is a tiny drive called Backlot Road where, on weekends, Tenner and Jenny Savings escape a busy Pittsburgh. At a tiny cabin called In September they share the most rewarding marriage. For thirteen years they are happy and loyal, devoted partners in a perfect relationship. They are teachers and best friends, laughter and eternal lovers. Blessed. Their lives are soon to change, though. Jenny receives word that Phillip Bentley, a personal friend from West End, dies in a car crash. And while attending the funeral together, Tenner Savings escapes Jenny’s side for some fresh air. While outside the funeral home his world abruptly changes. His interest is consumed by a vision on the lake. Is it a ghost or angel? Is he losing his mind? Tenner’s unsure of the incident and keeps it to himself, hiding it from Jenny, claiming the event too questionable to mention. There are more uncertain events that transpire within the next few months, though. An angel-like vision continues to appear on Backlot Road at the cabin, and eventually follows Tenner to Pittsburgh. The apparition won’t go away and begins to speak to Tenner Savings, sharing significant prophecies. His future is at risk. Life will never be the same again. The apparition confirms that his perfect marriage and world will crumble around him. And Jenny, Tenner’s heart and soul, will have to be saved, because her future will forever change…In September.
THIS A STORY ABOUT A MAN THAT IS CONVINCED THAT GOD HAD CHOSEN HIM TO BE A PROPHET, AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO GET A BAND TOGETHER FOR GOD. HE IS LED ON A JOURNEY TO MEET DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING TO BE A PART OF THE BAND THAT GOD IS GETTING TOGETHER. HE DOES LOTS OF LITTLE MIRACLES ALONG THE WAY. HE MEETS A WRITER IN FLORIDA WHO KNEW WHO HE WAS AND WHY HE WAS HERE. GOD HAD TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS GOING TO MEET A MAN NAMED RICK AND HE WAS GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT GOD AND HIS BAND. HE HITCHHIKES ALL OVER THE U.S. MEETING PEOPLE AND TELLING THEM ABOUT THE BAND. MEETS ANOTHER WRITER IN TUSON AZ. ALONG THE SAME LINES. HE ALSO KNEW WHO HE WAS. RETURNS HOME FROM HIS JOURNEY TO LEARN A BIG LESSON. THEN STARTS THE LEARNING PROCESS, HE HAS A LOT TO LEARN AND HOW TO USE AND CONTROL HIS POWERS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN HIM, TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT HE IS TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE BAND. GETS RUN OVER BY A CAR AND GOD TAKES HIM TO HELL. AND MEETS ANOTHER WRITER. RETURNS TO SEE ALL THE WRITERS AGAIN. TO SEE IF WHAT HE SAW IS WHAT HE REALLY SAW, ABOUT THE COMING DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD. ECT !!!!!!!!!!!
Falling into Grace is a study of Andrew Greeley's fiction and the message behind his words, revealing many timeless political and theological ideas. Professor R.W. Carstens shares the findings of his deep exploration into Greeley's novels as evidence of a set of ancient values and key political ideas that are needed today more than ever. As a great storyteller, Greeley's message is significant-that grace sustains us, unites us, comforts us, and sometimes overwhelms us, but it is also evidence of our freedom. Carstens' careful examination into the deeper meaning behind the stories demonstrates that Greeley's characters and the world in which they live portray life as acts of faith, hope, and love, and prove that God is alive and well in the hearts of many in the world. As Carstens discusses Greeley's imagination and his political and theological concepts, he develops his own theories about how these ideas can be applied in today's world by creating freedom, limiting authority, and building communities where people are united by common goals. In the end, Carstens' study demonstrates that Greeley's fiction shows us a way to go home -- -to the images that appeal to the best in us, and therefore tell us what might be.
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