American Colossus: Big Bill Tilden and the Creation of Modern Tennis, Hardcover - Allen M. Hornblum

Reducere. Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Bobby Jones, and Bill Tilden were the legendary quartet of the ``Golden Age of Sports`` in the 1920s. They transformed the...

Reducere. History casts Tammany Hall as shorthand for the worst of urban politics: graft and patronage personified by notoriously crooked characters. In his ...

Reducere. Tennis Mindset explains three characteristics of skillful performance (tranquility, mental attentiveness and eff ortless action) and teaches three ...

At a time of increased interest and renewed shock over the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, Acres of Skin sheds light on yet another dark episode of ...

Reducere. Colossus explores some of the greatest feats of engineering in history, from ancient pyramids to enormous bridges to towering skyscrapers. Have you...

This student-friendly volume brings together English translations of the main narrative sources, and a small number of other relevant documents, fo...

This student-friendly volume brings together English translations of the main narrative sources, and a small number of other relevant documents, fo...

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Reducere. DescriptionThe intricate shapes of Sacred Geometry are explained as representations of the successive stages in the creation of the universe. Begin...

Publisher: Triumph BooksAuthor(s): David SmaleNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 224 x 145 x 29Cover type: Paperback / softbackR...

This is a book on a neglected aspect of psychoanalytic technique that should be read by everyone who hopes to develop a psychoanalytic practice. Th...

For generations the traditional focus for those wishing to understand the roots of the modern world has been France on the eve of the Revolution. T...

Reducere. On Friday, January 28, 1977, it began to snow in Buffalo. The second largest city in New York State, located directly in line with the Great Lakes'...

Reducere. Told in a unique dual-narrative format, The Diamond and the Boy follows the stories of both natural diamond creation and the life of H. Tracy Hall,...

DescriptionUshering in a new era of confessional music that spoke openly about experiences of trauma, depression, and self-loathing, Nine Inch Nail...

DescriptionHow remarkable changes in ancient Greek pottery reveal the transformation of classical Greek cultureWhy did soldiers stop fighting, athl...

Conventional wisdom dates the origins of activist federal government to the New Deal. William J. Novak shows that the roots run deeper. Tracing the...

Reducere. A widespread misunderstanding concerning leveraged buyouts (LBOs) is the belief that they accomplish little but the ruin of companies and the loss ...

Reducere. "Delightful and discerning . . . In this evocative study a remarkable woman, creator of the 'first lady' role, comes vividly to life."--The New Yor...

Constructs the complex decisionmaking process attending the break-up of Pakistan and the subsequent war between India and Pakistan. This title incl...

Distillation of Sound traces the beginnings of dub music in Jamaica and how the culture is distilled throughout the world. It focuses on the analys...

Anthropologist Shalini Shankar explores how racial and ethnic differences are created and commodified through advertisements and marketing. Focusin...

Reducere. This compact and accessible biography critically assesses the life and career of Dean Acheson, one of America's foremost diplomats and strategists....

The northwestern third of the Commonwealth of Virginia finally broke away in 1863 to form the Union's 35th state. The authors chronicle these event...

Called by Plutarch 'the oldest and greatest of Alexander's successors, ' Antigonos the One-Eyed (382-301 BC) was the dominant figure during the fir...

Reducere. From New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman, this is the story one of the most influential studios in film history, from its glory days unde...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Michael O'MalleyIllustration(s): 35 halftonesNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

The US Constitution says nothing about a presidential cabinet, yet this institution has grown powerful. Lindsay M. Chervinsky tells the story of Ge...

This groundbreaking work speaks from the frontiers of philosophy. In Experiencing and the Creation of Meaning, Eugene Gendlin examines the edge of ...

Reducere. "Stimulating, encyclopedic, and often downright funny, this is a book worth remembering." --Stephen O'Shea, Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada) "A liv...

Reducere. Lunardi delves into the early days of Bracketology, details its growth, and dispels the myths of the process The NCAA Tournament has become one of ...