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Coins and Currency
During ancient times currency took varied forms, including beaver skins, bales of tobacco, and sea salt blocks. As art and technology advanced, monetary systems and currencies altered. Today, coins and currency provide an historical and archeological record of culture, religion, politics, and world leaders. This updated second edition offers numerous entries of historical commentary on the role of coins and currency in human events, politics, and the arts. It begins with the origin of coins in ancient Sumer, and follows advancements in metallurgy and minting machines to paper, plastic, and electronic moneys designed to ease trade and halt counterfeiting and other forms of theft. A timeline of monetary history is provided along with a glossary and bibliography. Numerous photographs of coins and bills provide an up-close look at beautiful and ingenious artifacts.
The Blossom and the Fruit
This strange story has come from a far country and was brought in a mysterious manner; we claim only to be the scribes and the editors. In this capacity, however, it is we who are answerable to the public and the critics. We therefore ask in advance, one favor only of the reader; that he will accept (while reading this story) the theory of the re-incarnation of souls as a living fact.
International Dessert and Pastry Specialties
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION (1913) - In presenting to the public this book on International Dessert and Pastry Specialties we feel that we are presenting the most complete authoritative and up-to-date book ever prepared on the subject. The contributors being the finest chefs in the United States, Canada and Europe insure every recipe shown as right. These world famous chefs have given us their special recipes and they have made the explanations so plain and so complete that any one ran readily understand them ... This is the first time in history that such a wonderful collection of recipes have been made obtainable for general use. These men are giving, in these recipes, their “professional secre...
Shocking and Sensational
Already part of a genre known for generating controversy, some true crime and scandal books have wielded a particular power to unsettle readers, provoke authorities and renew interest in a case. The reactions to such literature have been as contentious as the books themselves, clouding the "truth" with myths and inaccuracies. From high-profile publishing sensations such as Ten Rillington Place, Fatal Vision and Mommie Dearest to the wealth of writing on the JFK assassination, the death of Marilyn Monroe and the Black Dahlia murder, this book delves into that hard copy era when crime and scandal books had a cultural impact beyond the genre's film and TV documentaries, fueling outcries that sometimes matched the notoriety of the cases they discussed and leaving legacies that still resonate today.
Labor and Automobiles
“...The purpose of this book is to present the true conditions of workers in automobile plants, and to contrast the wages of the workers in this industry with the millions of dollars in profits made by the corporations. This analysis is of particular importance, since the technical organization of the automobile industry has been held up, the world over, as the model achievement of American capitalism, and since its mass production and "labor management" methods are being copied by European corporations. The problem of how to unionize the automobile workers is one of the most immediate and pressing ones now before the American labor movement. About 450,000 workers in car, body, parts and accessory plants are outside the ranks of organized labor. Why has no sustained effort been made to arouse these speeded-up workers to fight for organization and better conditions? It is vitally important for us not only to suggest an answer to this question, but to point out how unionization of these hundreds of thousands of unskilled workers may be achieved....” ROBERT W. DUNN - February, 1929.
Chats about Wine
“This book does not aspire to be, in any sense, a treatise on wine, nor does it presume to teach anything to either experts or connoisseurs. Its object is to try and awaken an interest in the subject among those who have not hitherto given much thought or attention to it, and to point out how important it is in these days of fraud and adulteration that wine should be obtained from proper and reliable sources.” (1908 - C. E. Hawker)
1958 Automotive Guide to Cars of the World
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION (1958): “ For the fifth straight year, this Trend Book presents an authoritative description of all of the passenger cars produced in the world today. Extreme precautions were taken to give you accurate, up-to-the-minute information on each of the automobiles presented. The volume is therefore an essential reference for your automotive library. Complete specifications of each make and model are compiled in an easy-to-read table at the back of the book.”
Over The Top
For a year and a half, until he fell wounded in No Man's Land, this American soldier saw blackberries actual fighting and real warfare than any war correspondent who has written about the war. His experiences are grim, but they are thrilling and lightened by a touch of humor as original as the Soldiers Three. And they are true.
Design solare
Il Solar design è ricco di prodotti, concept, ricerche e sperimentazioni con casi di successo sviluppati da numerose aziende, partner tecnologici, studi professionali, istituti scientifici e centri di ricerca. Nel complesso, le attività in continua evoluzione a livello internazionale nel campo delle tecnologie fotovoltaiche, dimostrano il valore etico ed economico del settore e le alte potenzialità d'innovazione del sistema design oriented. Il libro offre una lettura sistematica e diversificata della produzione, della tecnologia, della progettazione e della ricerca più avanzata orientata all'utilizzo dell'energia fotovoltaica nei settori del fashion, dell'illuminazione, dei giocattoli, dell'arredo urbano, dell'elettronica di consumo, dell'automotive, della nautica e della componentistica per l'architettura. È rivolto a designer, architetti, operatori dell'industria fotovoltaica e studenti dei corsi di laurea in Architettura e in Disegno industriale che desiderano affrontare le problematiche tecniche ed estetico-comunicative della progettazione e realizzazione di prodotti a energia solare.
The new Black Magic and the truth about the Ouija-Board
It should be pointed out that this book does not attempt to deal with abnormal phenomena which occur spontaneously—with apparitions or forms resembling the dead coming unsought for, such as have been recorded in all ages of the world’s history. It will be seen that such phenomena have nothing in common and cannot be said to be identical with those which are invoked and induced, for which a circle has to be formed, for which a medium is employed, and for which favorable conditions have to be created. It is with such phenomena alone that this book deals.
