The Story of the Underground Railroad

Автор: Gibson, Charles
Название: Eighty Drawings: Including "The Weaker Sex: The Story of a Susceptible Bachelor "
ISBN: 0486491048 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486491042
Издательство: Dover
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Описание: American graphic artist Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944) found enduring fame as the creator of the Gibson Girl -- the beautiful, independent, and socially confident young woman who embodied the spirit of a new era at the turn of the twentieth century. This affordable volume reprints one of Gibson's best original collections in its entirety, presenting the iconic drawings as published in their original form more than 100 years ago. In addition to dozens of sketches of gorgeous Gibson Girls, this volume includes the artist's The Weaker Sex series, a droll sequence of vignettes depicting a smitten young man and the object of his affections.

Автор: Meeks Carroll L. V.
Название: The Railroad Station: An Architectural History
ISBN: 0486286274 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486286273
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Описание: "An engrossing book. A rich and extraordinary interesting account of the buildings themselves and of one aspect of the interaction of culture and technology. The many illustrations are a joy." -- Scientific American
This profusely illustrated book chronicles the evolution of the architecture of the railroad station in both Europe and America from the 1930s and 1950s. It begins with the earliest train-sheds and follows the progress of station design to the great structures erected in the Victorian Era -- London's Charing Cross Station (1862-64) and Berlin's Anhalter Bahnhof (1872-80) among them.
Landmarks such as New York's Pennsylvania Station (1906-10), designed by McKim, Mead & White, begin the panorama of twentieth-century structures. The story ends mid-century, in the gathering twilight of the railroading era, with such conceptions as Cincinnati's Union Station (1926-33) and Rome's Second Stazione Termini (1931-51).
This great cavalcade of architecture illustrates year by year how the approach to station design developed along with the perceived power of the railroad to mobilize masses of people, revolutionize trade, influence the course of national and international interests, open frontiers, facilitate the rise of suburbia, and more. Fully examined is the station's role as an essential part of a new system of transportation with tremendous power to effect social, economic, and political change.
Throughout the book, Dr. Meeks, late Professor of the History of Architecture at Yale University, follows chronologically the station's progress as architecture serving new functions; as an engineering challenge, especially in the construction of huge roofs in new materials; and as a work of art expressing taste and cultural ambition. More than 230 illustrations -- photographs, illustrations, floor plans, cutaways, and more -- bring vividly to life one of architecture's most fascinating stories.
"Carefully documented by all the apparatus of exacting scholarship, and even better by a fascinating collection of more than 230 pictures." -- The New York Times Book Review

Автор: Dostoevsky Fyodor
Название: Notes From Underground
ISBN: 048627053X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486270531
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Описание: In 1864, just prior to the years in which he wrote his greatest novels -- Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Possessed and The Brothers Karamazov -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) penned the darkly fascinating Notes from the Underground. Its nameless hero is a profoundly alienated individual in whose brooding self-analysis there is a search for the true and the good in a world of relative values and few absolutes. Moreover, the novel introduces themes -- moral, religious, political and social -- that dominated Dostoyevsky's later works. Notes from the Underground, then, aside from its own compelling qualities, offers readers an ideal introduction to the creative imagination, profundity and uncanny psychological penetration of one of the most influential novelists of the nineteenth century. Constance Garnett's authoritative translation is reprinted here, with a new introduction.

Автор: Miller, Olive
Название: My Book House--Story Time
ISBN: 0486499073 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486499079
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Описание: From Mother Goose to Shakespeare, this edition of Story Time from the acclaimed My Book House series assembles the beloved nursery rhymes, chants, and children's poetry of many cultures. Colorful illustrations add imaginative zest to Japanese lullabies, American Indian songs, Russian rhymes, and other folklore favorites.
Readers of all ages will delight in the tales and verse of Robert Louis Stevenson, Kate Greenaway, Christina Rossetti, Robert Burns, and other popular storytellers. Selections include Aesop's fable of The City Mouse and the Country Mouse, Longfellow's "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day," "My Beloved Is Gone Down into His Garden" from the Song of Solomon, nonsense rhymes by Edward Lear, "The Strange Adventure of the Baron Munchausen," and other timeless childhood treasures.

Автор: Glanzman Sam
Название: A Sailor`s Story
ISBN: 0486798127 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486798127
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"No one, from Stephen Ambrose to Steven Spielberg, can tell a better story than "A Sailor's Story."" Max Brooks, author of "World War Z
""What makes "A Sailor's Story" most compelling is its modest grace. It's not really a memoir of war, but of life aboard a floating town. Mr. Glanzman's stories are like those you'd hear from a favorite uncle, true tales about average men who were most concerned about beer, women and gambling, not life, death and the enemy." "The New York Times
""This flawlessly reproduced graphic novel will introduce a whole new generation of appreciative readers to one of the most talent artists and storytellers the Golden Age of comics ever produced. Very highly recommended." "The Midwest Book Review
""Sam Glanzman is one of the great storytellers of 20th-century comics.""" "A. V. Club
"Golden Age comic book legend Sam Glanzman draws upon his own World War II experiences in this outstanding graphic novel. Hailed by Eisner Award winning "Astro City" author Kurt Busiek as "one of the most honest, dedicated and engaging cartoonists in comics history," Glanzman wrote and illustrated this intimate account of his life aboard a Navy destroyer, the USS" Stevens." As legendary "X-Men" scribe Chris Claremont noted, this "isn't a story of make-believe super-beings; these are real people, with real fears, being transformed by events and circumstances into men of courage." Back in print for the first time in more than twenty-five years, this new collection unites both" A Sailor's Story "and its sequel, " A Sailor's Story: Winds, Dreams, and Dragons, " plus a never-before-seen ten-page story of the USS "Stevens, Even Dead Birds Have Wings. "
Exclusive Bonus Material:
New Foreword by bestselling author Max Brooks
New Introduction by original editor Larry Hama
New Afterword by "Batman" writer Chuck Dixon
Exclusive Glanzman tributes by Joe Kubert, Stan Lee, Denny O Neil, Walt Simonson, Chris Claremont, Timothy Truman& many others "

Автор: Loveland Seymour
Название: The Illustrated Bible Story Book -- Old Testament: Includes a Read-and-Listen CD
ISBN: 0486468445 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486468440
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Описание: These 37 ageless tales of wonder, recounted in simple terms that every child can understand, include "The Finding of Moses," "How Jericho's Walls Fell," plus stories about David and Solomon, and other prophets and kings. Glorious color illustrations and a bonus CD recording of 13 of the best-known stories -- by a diverse cast of professional readers -- bring the ancient adventures to vivid life.

Автор: Loveland Seymour
Название: The Illustrated Bible Story Book -- New Testament: Includes a Read-and-Listen CD
ISBN: 0486468356 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486468358
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Описание: Introducing kids to the Bible is twice the fun in this delightful book and CD set. The magnificent storybook depicts Jesus' life, from his humble birth to the miracles he worked, the parables he told, and the message he shared. The forty-one stories include "The Escape," "Wine and Water," and "Lazarus." Others tell about the miracle of loaves and fishes, the Good Samaritan, and more. Colorful illustrations and aCD recording of thirteen of the most engaging Gospel tales make this gift edition a treasure for all ages to share."

Автор: Braynard, Frank O.
Название: Story of the "Titanic ": 24 Cards
ISBN: 0486256111 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486256115
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Описание: This text examines the design and application of polymeric waveguides and fibers. It discusses new polymer systems designed to expand the efficiency, and the number of applications for polymer waveguides. Topics include graded-index materials, ruggedized systems and dye-doped systems, structure property relations, and new synthetic and processing techniques designed to minimize extrinsic losses.

Автор: Strowbridge, Clarence C.
Название: American Short Story Masterpieces
ISBN: 0486499138 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486499130
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Описание: As variegated as the American experience itself, this original treasury reflects the vibrant role of the short story in our national literature. Fourteen outstanding tales by famous American authors unfold in settings ranging from the decaying family mansion of Edgar Allan Poe's dark psychological thriller, The Fall of the House of Usher, to the bustling modern apartment building of John Cheever's domestic drama, The Enormous Radio. Moods and attitudes shift from the simmering menace of a lynch mob in William Faulkner's Dry September to the gentle optimism of an elderly couple in Ring Lardner's The Golden Honeymoon.
Other stories include A Worn Path by Eudora Welty, Katherine Anne Porter's He, A Wagner Matinee, by Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, and The Open Boat by Stephen Crane. Additional contributors include Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Henry James, Edith Wharton, and O. Henry. An affordable resource for classroom use, this anthology is also a fine companion for all who appreciate well-crafted tales.