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Portraits in Brass

By: Richard J. Toner

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Portraits in Brass is an inside look at the personalities, leadership attributes and decision making abilities of some of our top military leaders in the '70s and '80s, written by one of the few direct, day-to-day observers during this critical period in our nation's history. As a member of the very small staffs of four of our top military leaders of the period, the author served as a personal advisor to men who were instrumental in extricating us from the Vietnam War and others who took on the challenge of rebuilding the forces who had been decimated by this unpopular war. His observations and remembrances came from a daily diary kept throughout the period, which lend a singular credibility to the events and actions of the time. While avoiding the tendency to be a cheerleader, his reporting is objective, factual and insightful. A number of incidents, which gained international media attention, take on a different perspective when viewed through the eyes of one who played a direct role in the events. No back stairs tell-all or rumor-lover's expos, Portraits in Brass lends a credible dimension to one of the most emotionally charged periods of late 20th century.

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0595604595

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Sam

Memories of a Remarkable Woman

By: Richard J. Toner

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Sam

Memories of a Remarkable Woman

By: Richard J. Toner

In the spring of 1956, Joanie Nobis, a senior at Boston College and a member of the dinghy sailing team, met Richard Toner, a varsity baseball player and there began a love affair that would last fifty-one years. SAM: Memories of a Remarkable Woman is an intimate memoir that reveals Joanie's valiant, lifelong struggle against disease through her husband's eyes. When Richard and Joanie were married just fourteen months after they met, Richard knew he was deeply in love with Joanie, but he had no idea of the magnitude of the indomitable courage and determination he would witness from his wife on a daily basis as she faced physical and emotional obstacles. In this passionate tribute to the woman whom Richard regards as his hero, he details not only how he came to name his wife Sam a pet name that would stick with her for their entire marriage but also shares their love story and how they became stronger together through Joanie's continual battles with diabetes, heart disease, and amputations. SAM: Memories of a Remarkable Woman is a poignant reminder that no matter what the challenges in life, true love is the bond that holds everything together.

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1440176000

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9781440176005

Portraits in Brass

By: Richard J. Toner

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Superconductivity

By: Charles P. Poole,Horacio A. Farach,Richard J. Creswick

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Superconductivity

By: Charles P. Poole,Horacio A. Farach,Richard J. Creswick

Superconductivity covers the nature of the phenomenon of superconductivity. The book discusses the fundamental principles of superconductivity; the essential features of the superconducting state-the phenomena of zero resistance and perfect diamagnetism; and the properties of the various classes of superconductors, including the organics, the buckministerfullerenes, and the precursors to the cuprates. The text also describes superconductivity from the viewpoint of thermodynamics and provides expressions for the free energy; the Ginzburg-Landau and BCS theories; and the structures of the high temperature superconductors. The band theory; type II superconductivity and magnetic properties; and the intermediate and mixed states are also considered. The book further tackles critical state models; various types of tunneling and the Josephson effect; and other transport properties. The text concludes by looking into spectroscopic properties. Physicists and astronomers will find the book invaluable.

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Academic Press

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1483219348

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The Loving Room

By: Richard Toner

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The Loving Room

By: Richard Toner

A dream of Baby Boomers is to walk away from their current jobs and open a luxury bed-and-breakfast inn, according to recent surveys. Like the one Bob Newhart had on TV. For the Toners-Dick, Joan and their son Daniel-this wasn't just a dream. In 1991, they bought an inn in Lenox, Massachusetts. The book Toner has written discloses a rocky adventure, a real-life anthology of the humorous events, poignant incidents, and frustrating confrontations that they encountered. At the heart of the narrative is the Inn, which acts as a focal point for the family. The three very independent and headstrong adults who go into business together learn very quickly that compromise and consideration are not only the keys to kindred harmony, but also the keys to financial success. What eventually emerges from a "crucible of anger, resentment and bitterness," is a sense of esteem, each individual for the other, and the development of an open and mature love that hadn't existed previously. Would they do it again? "Our immediate response," the author says, "is an unqualified, yes Despite the hard times and the occasional tears, it was the adventure of a lifetime.

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0595177573

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Superconductivity

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