Gettysburg`s Lost Love Story: The Ill-Fated Romance of General John Reynolds and Kate Hewitt, Harding Jeffrey J.
Автор: Rudolph Kate, Huntress Starr Название: Dekon: Fated Mate Alien Romance ISBN: 1953748066 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781953748065 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2389.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Manda knows she has a mate out there. But he took off four years ago, afraid to face the potential connection between them. She`s done waiting. Her mate is out there somewhere and she`s ready to find him.
The story of Major League Baseball's shortest-lived team and its quirky characters--from the dugout to the front office.
The year 1969 ushered a new Major League Baseball team into Seattle: the Pilots. After many earlier years of successful minor league ball, the city had high hopes for a similar outcome. With plans for a new ballpark and a temperamental but hot-hitting young player named Lou Piniella in the spring training dugout, Seattle was finally getting their shot in the bigs. But the team lasted only one year before going broke and abruptly moving to Milwaukee to become the Brewers. How did that happen?
Jim Bouton's popular 1970 book, Ball Four, immortalized the Pilots' colorful cast of clubhouse characters. Inside Pitch goes beyond the gloves and cleats to tell the story of management misfits and administrative mistakes as the team was played into bankruptcy.
On the fiftieth anniversary of the team's 1970 bankruptcy and move to Milwaukee, Inside Pitch takes baseball fans on a behind-the-scenes look into the brief and quirky history of the Seattle Pilots from the unique perspective of two young team administrators. They share their recollections of the team's seemingly inevitable collapse and the Herculean efforts to save it by many in the organization. These same young men--who moved to Milwaukee with the team--also reveal some of the administrative hiccups and hilarities during the early days with the Brewers and their new owner, Bud Selig.
Автор: Morris, Gerald Название: Adventures of Sir Balin the Ill-Fated (HB) ISBN: 0547680856 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780547680859 Издательство: Daedalus Цена: 481.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Many years ago, the storytellers say, the great King Arthur brought justice to England with the help of his gallant knights of the roundtable. While most of King Arthurs knights freely chose a life of duty, for Sir Balin the Ill-Fated, destiny was foretold in a prophecy. And seriously, "ill-fated" is right there in his title, so Balins not surprised when things go sour.
Still, no matter how dire the task, a loyal and gallant knight never refuses adventure!
Will Sir Balin finally discover his true destiny? And which ill-fated path will he have to choose? Join Balin on this, the noblest quest of all.
Автор: Rawlings Rachel Название: Ill Fated ISBN: 0692503366 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780692503362 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2110.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Death is a certainty.In my line of work, I can't afford to fear it. Hell, it was almost flattering to learn a price had been put on my head. Even so, with trouble brewing in the fae courts and people I care for vanishing, things are getting complicated. The Unseelie Dark Guard has answered the call for my head, leaving me no choice but to brace for the battle.Can I maneuver my way through court politics and find my missing men before anyone can claim that bloodstained bounty?I'm Maurin Kincaide, and I've stared death in the face before.
Описание: Ill-Fated Frontier is at once a pioneer adventure and a compelling narrative of the frictions that emerged among entrepreneurial pioneers and their sixty slaves, Indians fighting to preserve their land, and Spanish colonials with their own agenda. Here is a lively and visceral portrait of the wild and enduring American frontier in 1789. The melting pot America would become was barely simmering when an ill-fated attempt to settle land near Natchez in brought together a volatile mix of ambitious Northern pioneers and their slaves, Spanish colonists, and Native Americans who had claimed the land as theirs for hundreds of years. This illuminating episode in American history comes to life in this account of an expedition gone wrong. It began with an optimistic plan to settle and expand in the new territory. It ended ignominiously, with the body of one of the expedition's leaders returning to New Jersey stored in a pickle barrel. What happened in between--a cautionary tale of greed, incompetence, and hubris--lies at the center of this fascinating account by Harvard historian Samuel A. Forman. Endorsed by New York Times best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick, it is a startling and frank portrait of a young America that examines the dream of an inclusive American experience and its reality--a debate that continues today. Imperious General David Forman, a terror to his Monmouth County, New Jersey, Loyalist neighbors, during the Revolutionary War obtained a large land grant in Natchez, then part of Spanish West Florida. His charge was to establish a plantation that would lure settlers and establish a new American presence. Staying behind in New Jersey David Forman appointed his rotund and gouty older brother Ezekiel as leader of the expedition, his young cousin Samuel S. Forman as its business manager, and a former military aide as overseer of the enslaved African Americans who accompanied them. It did not go well. When the expedition finally reached the new territory it found waiting Spanish colonials who felt the land was theirs and Native Americans who still maintained their sovereignty over the contested lands. When Ezekiel Forman died unexpectedly, David Forman stormed from New Jersey into Natchez to take control of the unraveling situation. He would find on his arrival that those awaiting him had other ideas about who the land actually belonged to. He would return to New Jersey quite dead and pickled in a barrel of rum. Lively, impeccably researched, and rich in details that have escaped the usual tales of American growth and enterprise, Ill-Fated Frontier shines new and entertaining light on what it means to be an American.
Описание: The tale of Crusader, the jet-powered boat of 1952, appears to be a simple one about the ambition of John Cobb and Reid Railton, two unassuming but deeply gifted men, to break the water speed record on Loch Ness only for their efforts to end in tragedy. In fact the story behind that fateful outcome -- Cobb's death on his first high-speed run -- is a complex web of clever design and inspirational endeavour mixed with personality clashes and errors of judgment. After many years of research, including access to a wealth of original documentation, Steve Holter unravels the entire saga of the ill-fated Crusader and presents a compelling detective story.
John Cobb: the modest businessman with such a thirst for speed that he wanted to become the fastest man on water as well as on wheels after setting his land speed record of 396.196mph in 1947.
Reid Railton: inspired designer and long-time friend behind Cobb's greatest speed accomplishments, notably with the Napier-Railton (holder of the lap record at Brooklands) and the Railton Mobil Special (land speed record car).
In-depth study of Railton's innovative 'three-point' hull design for Crusader, with two rear sponsons and a single 'planing shoe' at the front -- plus a De Havilland Ghost jet engine delivering 5,000lb of thrust.
Evolution of the design in parallel with testing of scale models, including a miniature jet-powered version evaluated near Portsmouth Harbour.
Assessment and description of boat-builder Vosper's wooden construction, under Peter Du Cane's direction.
An exhaustive account of proceedings at Loch Ness, where Cobb finally attempted a high-speed run on 29 September 1952 and achieved 206.89mph, faster than anyone had previously gone on water.
Analysis of the structural failure that destroyed Crusader and killed Cobb.
Much of the story is told in the words of the key protagonists, drawing in particular on correspondence and written accounts from the key people involved, most notably John Cobb, Reid Railton and Peter Du Cane.
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Описание: Lord Macartney's mission to open up China in 1792 failed, but it did give the Western world its first glimpse of the secretive Middle Kingdom, through the memoirs written by eight different members of the embassy. But the most lively and accessible of the books was that written by Aeneas Anderson, Lord Macartney's valet. China scholar Frances Wood introduces Anderson's account of the two-year adventure, which make clear that the valet was seeing far more of China than his master was. His descriptions of life in China and Manchuria in the late 18th century are a hugely valuable abd very readable resource, and Frances Wood is as inciteful as always.
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