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Who Killed Jane Stanford?: A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University

By: Richard White

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Who Killed Jane Stanford?: A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University

By: Richard White

Named One of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 by the Los Angeles Times A premier historian penetrates the fog of corruption and cover-up still surrounding the murder of a Stanford University founder to establish who did it, how, and why. In 1885 Jane and Leland Stanford cofounded a university to honor their recently deceased young son. After her husband’s death in 1893, Jane Stanford, a devoted spiritualist who expected the university to inculcate her values, steered Stanford into eccentricity and public controversy for more than a decade. In 1905 she was murdered in Hawaii, a victim, according to the Honolulu coroner’s jury, of strychnine poisoning. With her vast fortune the university’s lifeline, the Stanford president and his allies quickly sought to foreclose challenges to her bequests by constructing a story of death by natural causes. The cover-up gained traction in the murky labyrinths of power, wealth, and corruption of Gilded Age San Francisco. The murderer walked. Deftly sifting the scattered evidence and conflicting stories of suspects and witnesses, Richard White gives us the first full account of Jane Stanford’s murder and its cover-up. Against a backdrop of the city’s machine politics, rogue policing, tong wars, and heated newspaper rivalries, White’s search for the murderer draws us into Jane Stanford’s imperious household and the academic enmities of the university. Although Stanford officials claimed that no one could have wanted to murder Jane, we meet several people who had the motives and the opportunity to do so. One of these, we discover, also had the means.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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1324004347

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9781324004349

His Return

Prophecy, Destiny and Hope

By: Richard N. Skousen

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His Return

Prophecy, Destiny and Hope

By: Richard N. Skousen

The Lord has warned us that many traumatic and tumultuous events will take place in the latter days prior to the Second Coming. Can we find peace, hope and strength in the midst of these events? Using the scriptures and modern prophetic revelations, Brother Skousen clearly explains the events that will occur prior to the Savior's Second Coming. This book offers a wonderful message of hope and answers many important questions about His Return: What unique protection has the Lord promised the righteous in the latter days? Why must so many dreadful and turbulent events occur in the latter days? What organizations, laws and covenants must be established prior to His Return? What must take place in order to redeem the land of Zion? How will the city of New Jerusalem be planned and built? What does it really mean to live in the "fullness" of times? How will this eventually be fulfilled? How can we best prepare ourselves for His Return? This eBook includes the original index, footnotes, table of contents and page numbering from the print format.

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350

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Verity Publishing

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0934364796

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9780934364799

The Heliosphere Near Solar Minimum

The Ulysses perspective

By: Andre Balogh,Richard G. Marsden,Edward J. Smith

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The Heliosphere Near Solar Minimum

The Ulysses perspective

By: Andre Balogh,Richard G. Marsden,Edward J. Smith

On the Ulysses mission scientists gathered observations from the unexplored regions of the heliosphere. This book presents a highly readable and concise account of the results. The authors summarise our understanding of the area and provide the basis for understanding the more complex state of the heliosphere around solar maximum. The first chapter provides an overview of the region, introducing the heliosphere prior to the Ulysses mission, and mission objectives. Subsequent chapters discuss the areas of the heliosphere, large and small scale features, cosmic rays and energetic particles, and the observations of interstellar gas and cosmic dust.

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456

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1852332042

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9781852332044

From the Wood-fired Oven

New and Traditional Techniques for Cooking and Baking with Fire

By: Richard Miscovich

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From the Wood-fired Oven

New and Traditional Techniques for Cooking and Baking with Fire

By: Richard Miscovich

In the past twenty years, interest in wood-fired ovens has increased dramatically in the United States and abroad, but most books focus on how to bake bread or pizza in an oven. From the Wood-Fired Oven offers many more techniques for home and artisan bakers--from baking bread and making pizza to recipes on how to get as much use as possible out of a single oven firing, from the first live-fire roasting to drying wood for the next fire. From the Wood-Fired Oven offers a new take on traditional techniques for professional bakers, but is simple enough to inspire any nonprofessional baking enthusiast. Leading baker and instructor Richard Miscovich wants people to use their ovens to fulfill the goal of maximum heat utilization. Readers will find methods and techniques for cooking and baking in a wood-fired oven in the order of the appropriate temperature window. What comes first--pizza, or pastry? Roasted vegetables or a braised pork loin? Clarified butter or beef jerky? In addition to an extensive section of delicious formulas for many types of bread, readers will find chapters on: - Making pizza and other live-fire flatbreads; - Roasting fish and meats; - Grilling, steaming, braising, and frying; - Baking pastry and other recipes beyond breads; - Rendering animal fats and clarifying butter; - Food dehydration and infusing oils; - And myriad other ways to use the oven's residual heat. Appendices include oven-design recommendations, a sample oven temperature log, Richard's baker's percentages, proper care of a sourdough starter, and more. . . . From the Wood Fired Oven is more than a cookbook; it reminds the reader of how a wood-fired oven (and fire, by extension) draws people together and bestows a sense of comfort and fellowship, very real human needs, especially in uncertain times. Indeed, cooking and baking from a wood-fired oven is a basic part of a resilient lifestyle, and a perfect example of valuable traditional skills being put to use in modern times.

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Chelsea Green Publishing

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1603583289

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Who Killed Jane Stanford?: A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University

Who Killed Jane Stanford?: A Gilded Age Tale of Murder, Deceit, Spirits and the Birth of a University

His Return

His Return

The Heliosphere Near Solar Minimum

The Heliosphere Near Solar Minimum

From the Wood-fired Oven

From the Wood-fired Oven

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