Pioneer Girl: The Revised Texts, Wilder Laura Ingalls, Koupal Nancy Tystad
Автор: Strauss, William Название: Fourth Turning, The ISBN: 0767900464 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780767900461 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 20230.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: "A startling vision of what the cycles of history predict for the future." --USA Weekend This astonishing book will change the way you see the world--and your place in it. With startling originality, The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines the future. Most remarkably, it offers an utterly persuasive prophecy about how America's past will predict its future. William Strauss and Neil Howe base this vision on a provocative theory of American history. The authors look back five hundred years and uncover a distinct pattern: Modern history moves in cycles, each one lasting about the length of a long human life, each composed of four eras--or "turnings"--that last about twenty years and that always arrive in the same order. First comes a High, a period of confident expansion as a new order takes root after the old has been swept away. Next comes an Awakening, a time of spiritual exploration and rebellion against the now-established order. Then comes an Unraveling, an increasingly troubled era in which individualism triumphs over crumbling institutions. Last comes a Crisis--the Fourth Turning--when society passes through a great and perilous gate in history. Together, the four turnings comprise history's seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth. Strauss and Howe locate 1990s America as midway through an Unraveling, putting us currently in the era of Crisis. In a brilliant analysis of the post-World War II period, they show how generational dynamics are the key to understanding the cycles of American history. They draw vivid portraits of all the modern generations: the can-do G.I.s, the mediating Silent, the values-absorbed Boomers, the pragmatic 13ers, and the Millennials. Placed in the context of history's long rhythms, the persona and role of each generation become clear--as does the inevitability of a Crisis. Whatever your stage of life, The Fourth Turning offers bold predictions about how all of us can prepare, individually and collectively, for America's next rendezvous with destiny.
Автор: Friedman Norman Название: U.S. Submarines Since 1945, Revised Edition: An Illustrated Design History ISBN: 1591145996 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781591145998 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 87780.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: In the tradition of his acclaimed warship design histories, Norman Friedman describes the forces�technical, political, and operational�that shaped a vital element of U.S. sea power. For example, he examines the evolution in missions, such as forward-based antisubmarine warfare and strategic deterrence, that transformed the submarine from its former subsidiary role to the center of national power. U.S. Submarines Since 1945 is also the story of a technological revolution: first the emergence of fast diesel-electric craft, then the shock of nuclear power, followed by the appearance of submarine-launched ballistic missiles. Nowhere else can a reader find so complete or sophisticated an account of the development of the U.S. submarine force, including not only the hulls, but also the weapons and sensors they carry. The book details what submarines were ordered, what weapons and propulsion systems they had, how they performed, and what sonars and combat systems were developed.
This illustrated design history contains more than 100 photographs and more than 100 line drawings, including specially commissioned artwork from technical illustrator James L. Christley. These exclusive illustrations, along with the incisive text, capture the excitement of a revolutionary period in submarine development. Enthusiasts and professionals alike will welcome the abundance of information offered.
In this revised edition, Norman Friedman explores what has happened since the Cold War, which means both new classes and new technology (some of it applied to existing submarines). New material includes weapons and sensors as they have developed since 1995. This new technology is explained in the context of very different post-Cold-War priorities. In addition, Friedman includes new information that has become available on submarines described in the earlier edition.
Автор: O`Brien Mary Barmeyer Название: May: The Hard-Rock Life of Pioneer May Arkwright Hutton ISBN: 0762773456 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780762773459 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 18290.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: An adventurous single woman who knew how to cook, twenty-three-year-old May Arkwright moved -- alone -- to the remote valleys of northern Idaho in 1883. She opened a one-table restaurant for the silver prospectors near Wallace, serving her homemade berry pies and hot dishes. Before long, she was a well-known part of the fledgling mining district.May, a large, outspoken woman who favored low-cut, brightly colored dresses, scandalized the "proper" women of town. But her self-confidence and ease with people helped her make important friends among the miners, merchants, and railroad men who ate at her table. After she met and married local train engineer Al Hutton, the two invested in a mine upstream from Wallace. After several long years they struck it rich and moved to Spokane, where May spent the rest of her life working on philanthropic projects that still affect residents of the Pacific Northwest to this day. As related through the skilled storytelling of Mary Barmeyer O'Brien, this larger-than-life woman's story adds a compelling new element to the history of the West.
Название: L Exam Activator TB ISBN: 8376000756 ISBN-13(EAN): 9788376000756 Издательство: Pearson Education Рейтинг: Цена: 5200.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Longman Exam Activator (B1)- это эффективное пособие для учащихся 8-9 классов, предназначенное для подготовки к ГИА ОГЭ и международным экзаменам. Это пособие может быть использовано, как для работы в классе, так и для самостоятельной подготовки. В комплект входят 2 CD-диска.Учебник состоит из трех частей - стратегии работы с экзаменационным материалом, тематическая часть и справочник по грамматике.В разделе, посвященном стратегии работы, содержатся приемы работы с экзаменационными заданиями, а также упражнения, которые помогут освоить эти приемы. Отдельно рассматриваются задания по грамматике и лексике, чтению, аудированию, письму и говорению.Тематическая часть состоит из 12 модулей, каждый из которых посвящен расширению и отработке лексики по определённой теме и выполнению практических заданий. Содержащиеся темы полностью соответствуют Примерной программе и кодификатору ГИА.Справочник по грамматике дает возможность самостоятельного повторения грамматических правил и сопровождается значительным количеств
Автор: Kerr P Название: Inside Out Int WB +D+key Pk ISBN: 1405029110 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781405029117 Издательство: Macmillan ELT Рейтинг: Цена: 2580.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: Многоуровневый курс английского языка нового поколения для изучающих английский язык на курсах или в высших учебных заведениях.Каждый уровень курса рассчитан на 100-120 часов аудиторных занятий.
Автор: Grana Mari Название: Dr. Martha: The Life of a Pioneer Physician, Politician, and Polygamist ISBN: 1442247371 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781442247376 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 19700.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Dr. Martha tells the fascinating story of Martha Hughes Cannon, the first woman elected to the Utah state senate-in 1896.
Автор: Carlisle Rodney Название: Guide to Florida Pioneer Sites: Exploring the Cracker Heritage ISBN: 1561648051 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781561648054 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Цена: 16880.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This unusual, richly illustrated guidebook details Florida's historic pioneer and cracker villages, describing the homes, work-ways and folk-ways of the state's early settlers, through preserved and tangible objects and structures. Across the state, dedicated local historians and community groups have carefully preserved and moved 19th- and early 20th-century structures, including both homes and workplaces, to specially created villages in order to display the lives of Florida pioneers. The tools, houses, farms, gardens, barns, sugar and turpentine mills, churches and schools that are gathered into twenty separate sites are described here, for the first time in a single volume. Through the rich collections of household utensils, mills, and structures, the visitor can appreciate the details of the everyday life, work, hardships, and recreation of past generations of Floridians. The book is an indispensable handbook and guide for the casual or dedicated historic tourist as well as for parents and teachers seeking to expose young people to the vanishing lifestyles of Florida's pioneers. Contact information, hours, special events, and detailed descriptions of each structure at the sites provide the casual or dedicated visitor with both practical facts for arranging trips, and the specific family histories of the pioneers who built and lived in the homes.
Автор: NA Название: No Surrender! No Retreat! ISBN: 0312217579 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780312217570 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 102480.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: is an indispensable work on African Americans in the performing arts, examining well-known performers, such as James Earl Jones, Morgan Freeman, and Pearl Bailey. Gill s work is a moving and sometimes tragic account of the lives and careers of some of America s most outstanding African American pioneers in theater.
Автор: Rebhorn Matthew Название: Pioneer Performances: Staging the Frontier ISBN: 0190218649 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190218645 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 27970.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Pioneer Performances draws from a diverse cast of relevant historical figures, ultimately revealing the frontier as a set of complex performative practices imbued with a sense of trenchant social critique.
Автор: Tome Phillip Название: Pioneer Life, or Thirty Years a Hunter: Being Scenes and Adventures in the Life of Philip Tome ISBN: 0271065427 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780271065427 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 22950.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Originally published in 1854. Memoirs and observations of Philip Tome, an early Pennsylvania pioneer, adventurer, and hunter who served as an interpreter for two of the Seneca Nation`s most important chiefs, Cornplanter and Governor Blacksnake. Includes a preface by folklorist Henry Shoemaker.
