Style Harriman Classics

Author : F. L. Lucas
Publisher : Harriman House Limited
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780857198792

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Style (Harriman Classics) by F. L. Lucas Pdf

*4th edition with a new foreword by Joseph Epstein (Harriman Classics)* Lost for almost forty years, Style has acquired the status of a legend. Loved by some of the greatest modern authors and acclaimed by critics, this guide to recognising and writing stylish prose was written by a Cambridge don and veteran of Bletchley Park. Imbued with a lifetime of wit and wisdom, it retains its power today. Writing forcefully and persuasively has never mattered so much - and Style is the perfect guide for the busy, the ambitious, and the creative. With unique authority and good humour, F. L. Lucas takes us through his ten points of effective prose style and provides a tour of some of the best (and worst) that has been written in a number of languages and literatures. Wry, perceptive and rich in quotation and anecdote, the book reads like a personal conversation on the art of writing well - with a master of the art.

Author : F. L. Lucas
Publisher : Harriman House Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780857198785

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Style (Harriman Classics) by F. L. Lucas Pdf

Harriman Classics Edition of the popular guide to recognising and writing polished prose.

Author : Frank Laurence Lucas
Publisher : Harriman House Limited
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780857191885

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Style by Frank Laurence Lucas Pdf

"Style" is considered one of the greatest guides to writing well. Legendary among writers and critics, but lost for almost 40 years, "Style" is now back in a beautiful new edition, and remains as entertaining and informative as ever.

Author : Max Gunther
Publisher : Harriman House Limited
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780857199546

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How to Get Lucky (Harriman Classics) by Max Gunther Pdf

Max Gunther's lost classic, now in a new Classics edition. Some people think you're either born lucky or not. But what if you could actively get lucky? As Max Gunther shows in this page-turning classic, some people really are luckier than others - and not by accident. Lucky people arrange their lives in characteristic patterns. They tend to position themselves in the path of onrushing luck; they tend to go where events are moving fastest and where they can find their lucky break Lucky people take risks but not silly ones. They stick with a cause, a job, or a partner, but not when all hope is lost. In short, they move with life, not against it. This book gives you 13 different techniques by which you can discover and take advantage of life's good breaks, while minimising the effects of its bad ones.

Author : Max Gunther
Publisher : Harriman House Limited
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857199560

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The Very, Very Rich and How They Got That Way (Harriman Classics) by Max Gunther Pdf

Max Gunther’s classic study of the super rich - now back in a new edition. The Very, Very Rich and How They Got That Way provides revealing insights into the intriguing world of big money, recounting the spectacular success stories of 15 people who made it to the very, very top. In 1972, Max Gunther invited readers to take a journey with him through a gallery of America's most prominent millionaires. The inhabitants framed here are by no means merely ordinary millionaires, though - the minimum qualifying standard to be considered for inclusion was ownership of assets valued at $100 million or more (the equivalent of $650 million today). This classic is now nearly 50 years old but its value endures, since the key steps on the route to wealth do not change with time. These secrets can be learned from, adapted and applied by anyone today.

Author : Max Gunther
Publisher : Harriman House Limited
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780857198815

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The Luck Factor (Harriman Classics) by Max Gunther Pdf

Max Gunther's classic text with a new foreword by Gautam Baid. Luck. We can't see it, or touch it, but we can feel it. We all know it when we experience it. But does it go deeper than this? And if it goes deeper, does it do so in any way which we can harness to our own and others' advantage? Taking us on a fascinating tour through the more popular theories and histories of luck - from pseudoscience to paganism, mathematicians to magicians - Max Gunther arrives at a careful set of scientific conclusions as to the true nature of luck, and the possibility of managing it. Drawing out the logical truths hidden in some examples of outrageous fortune (and some of the seemingly absurd theories of its origins), he presents readers with the concise formulae that make up what he calls the 'Luck Factor' - the five traits that lucky people have in common - and shows how anyone can improve their luck.

Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-08
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760346921

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Classic Railroad Signals by Brian Solomon Pdf

Classic Railroad Signals digs into nearly every piece of train signaling hardware with archival and modern photos showing signals from around America.

Author : Kalmbach Publishing Company
Publisher : Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0890246149

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Classic Railroads You Can Model by Kalmbach Publishing Company Pdf

A compilation of the editor's favorite HO and N scale track plans from two popular out-of-print books, Railroads You Can Model and More Railroads You Can Model.

Author : George Edgar Slusser
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1977-01-01
Category : Science fiction, American
ISBN : 9780893702168

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The Classic Years of Robert A. Heinlein by George Edgar Slusser Pdf

Slusser examines Heinlein's classic years, from the publication of his first story, "Life-Line," in 1939, to "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress."

Author : René Brimo
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780271077864

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The Evolution of Taste in American Collecting by René Brimo Pdf

The Evolution of Taste in American Collecting is a new critical translation of René Brimo’s classic study of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century patronage and art collecting in the United States. Originally published in French in 1938, Brimo’s foundational text is a detailed examination of collecting in America from colonial times to the end of World War I, when American collectors came to dominate the European art market. This work helped shape the then-fledgling field of American art history by explaining larger cultural transformations as manifested in the collecting habits of American elites. It remains the most substantive account of the history of collecting in the United States. In his introduction, Kenneth Haltman provides a biographical study of the author and his social and intellectual milieu in France and the United States. He also explores how Brimo’s work formed a turning point and initiated a new area of academic study: the history of art collecting. Making accessible a text that has until now only been available in French, Haltman’s elegant translation of The Evolution of Taste in American Collecting sheds new critical light on the essential work of this extraordinary but overlooked scholar.

Author : John Muir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1332747043

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Edward Henry Harriman (Classic Reprint) by John Muir Pdf

Excerpt from Edward Henry Harriman This busy world none that I know of more ably and manfully did his appointed work than my friend Edward Henry Harriman. He was always ready and able. The greater his burdens, the more formidable the obstacles looming ahead of him, the greater was his enjoyment. He fairly revelled in heavy dynamical work and went about it naturally and unweariedly like glaciers mak ing landscapes, cutting canyons through ridges, carrying off hills, lay ing rails and bridges over lakes and rivers, mountains and plains, making. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Ross Alkureishi
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760367179

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The Complete Book of Classic MG Cars by Ross Alkureishi Pdf

The Complete Book of Classic MG Cars covers all the marque's collectible production saloons and sports cars, from the 14/28 and 14/40 sports cars to the iconic postwar convertibles like the MGA and MGB, as well as latter-day takes on the classic MG formula, such as the RV8. First produced in Oxford, England, in 1924, MG cars proved instantly appealing, with a cheeky spirit that would win the hearts of millions around the globe, not least of all in the United States. This was due in no small part to the fact that the price was as attractive as the styling and the performance. Inexpensive and fun became quintessential MG traits. In this installment of Motorbooks' Complete Book series, author Ross Alkureishi offers a chronological model-by-model marque history. Narratives discuss design, production, and technology, while specification tables highlight key technical and performance data. Hundreds of photos illustrate the vehicles and even include detail shots of engine bays and interiors. Originally formed as a side business, MG became one of the world's most recognized car brands. From prewar saloons to fast and affordable two-seat sports cars in the pre- and postwar periods, MG has exuded fun, thanks to models like the Midgets and Magnettes, the traditionally styled T-Types, and the vehicles that would become the marque’s most recognizable: the MGA, MGB, and MGC. MG would undergo several ownership changes throughout the years, and Alkureishi expertly shows how different ownership groups affected MG cars, good or bad. Along the way, the company competed on racetracks around the world, and Alkureishi describes the most successful of these exploits in complementary sidebars. The Complete Book of Classic MG Cars is the essential guide to this important chapter in the history of motoring.

Author : Frank Laurence Lucas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Literary style
ISBN : UOM:39015026867229

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Style by Frank Laurence Lucas Pdf

Author : Maury Klein
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003-06-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780807860779

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The Life and Legend of E. H. Harriman by Maury Klein Pdf

To Americans living in the early twentieth century, E. H. Harriman was as familiar a name as J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie. Like his fellow businessmen, Harriman (1847-1909) had become the symbol for an entire industry: Morgan stood for banking, Rockefeller for oil, Carnegie for iron and steel, and Harriman for railroads. Here, Maury Klein offers the first in-depth biography in more than seventy-five years of this influential yet surprisingly understudied figure. A Wall Street banker until age fifty, Harriman catapulted into the railroad arena in 1897, gaining control of the Union Pacific Railroad as it emerged from bankruptcy and successfully modernizing every aspect of its operation. He went on to expand his empire by acquiring large stakes in other railroads, including the Southern Pacific and the Baltimore and Ohio, in the process clashing with such foes as James J. Hill, J. P. Morgan, and Theodore Roosevelt. With its new insights into the myths and controversies that surround Harriman's career, this book reasserts his legacy as one of the great turn-of-the-century business titans. Originally published 2000. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Author : Obi Nwakanma
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781847010131

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Christopher Okigbo, 1930-67 by Obi Nwakanma Pdf

Biography of the Nigerian poet whose work combined Igbo mysticism and classical influences.