Tita S Diary

Author : Ron Chernow
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307429773

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Titan by Ron Chernow Pdf

National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Alexander Hamilton: here is the essential, endlessly engrossing biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.—the Jekyll-and-Hyde of American capitalism. In the course of his nearly 98 years, Rockefeller was known as both a rapacious robber baron, whose Standard Oil Company rode roughshod over an industry, and a philanthropist who donated money lavishly to universities and medical centers. He was the terror of his competitors, the bogeyman of reformers, the delight of caricaturists—and an utter enigma. Drawing on unprecedented access to Rockefeller’s private papers, Chernow reconstructs his subjects’ troubled origins (his father was a swindler and a bigamist) and his single-minded pursuit of wealth. But he also uncovers the profound religiosity that drove him “to give all I could”; his devotion to his father; and the wry sense of humor that made him the country’s most colorful codger. Titan is a magnificent biography—balanced, revelatory, elegantly written.

Author : British Astronomical Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : CHI:77543141

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Journal by British Astronomical Association Pdf

Author : Scott Molloy
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1584656905

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Irish Titan, Irish Toilers by Scott Molloy Pdf

In 1847 Joseph Banigan, an Irish Potato Famine refugee, established himself in Rhode Island as an entrepreneur. This was a time when "No Irish Need Apply" signs abounded and discrimination against the Irish and other immigrants--institutionalized in the constitution of his adopted state--hindered voting and other human rights. Bucking this trend and belying his humble origins, Banigan succeeded spectacularly in the emerging local rubber footwear industry, becoming the president of the United States Rubber Company--one of the nation's major cartels, and New England's first Irish-Catholic millionaire. Backed by primary and secondary research on two continents, Molloy's inquiry into Bannigan's notoriety and success singularly codifies and elucidates the Irish-American experience during this critical period in American labor history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015077224460

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Philippine Journal of Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Pennsylvania
ISBN : CHI:69185566

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Journal by Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives Pdf

Author : Michael Shelden
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451609936

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Young Titan by Michael Shelden Pdf

In modern memory, Winston Churchill remains the man with the cigar and the equanimity among the ruins. Few can remember that at the age of 40, he was considered washed up, his best days behind him. In Young Titan, historian Michael Shelden has produced the first biography focused on Churchill’s early career, the years between 1901 and 1915 that both nearly undid him but also forged the character that would later triumph in the Second World War. Between his rise and his fall, Churchill built a modern navy, experimented with radical social reforms, survived various threats on his life, made powerful enemies and a few good friends, annoyed and delighted two British monarchs, became a husband and father, took the measure of the German military machine, authorized executions of notorious murderers, and faced deadly artillery barrages on the Western front. Along the way, he learned how to outwit more experienced rivals, how to overcome bureaucratic obstacles, how to question the assumptions of his upbringing, how to be patient and avoid overconfidence, and how to value loyalty. He also learned how to fall in love. Shelden gives us a portrait of Churchill as the dashing young suitor who pursued three great beauties of British society with his witty repartee, political f lair, and poetic letters. In one of many never-before-told episodes, Churchill is seen racing to a Scottish castle to prepare the heartbroken daughter of the prime minister for his impending marriage. This was a time of high drama, intrigue, personal courage, and grave miscalculations. But as Shelden shows in this fresh and revealing biography, Churchill’s later success was predicated on his struggles to redeem the promise of his youth.

Author : Laura Esquivel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1734770678

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Tita's Diary by Laura Esquivel Pdf

Thirty years after the publication of the best-seller Like Water for Chocolate comes Tita's Diary, an intimate look at the life of the main character who embodies love, passion and the communication of emotions through food in early 20th Century Mexico. When Tita falls in love with Pedro, she is told that being the youngest of three sisters, she will never be allowed to marry as she will have to care for her mother. As the second part of a trilogy, Tita's Diary brings to light a secret that will allow readers to rediscover their own intimacy as they turn page after page of never-before-seen photos, hand-pressed flower arrangements, and recipes that were skipped in the original novel. It's the physical manifestation of Tita's dream: to share her thoughts on love, food and alchemy with the world. This touching tale will plunge readers deep into the universe of Like Water for Chocolate, the captivating story that has known no borders.

Author : Kathleen Ferrier
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1843830124

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Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier by Kathleen Ferrier Pdf

Within a decade this former telephone exchange operator was singing on stage at Covent Garden or before royalty at private parties. She must have been fun to know, and from this collection of letters, just over three hundred of them gathered from sources in Britain, America, Canada and Holland, as well as twelve years of her personal diaries, what emerges provides a sunny picture in the gloomy landscape of post-Second World War days."

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Cancer
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030029513894

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Journal of the National Cancer Institute by Anonim Pdf

Author : Cheryl Hurkett
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780244913052

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Journal of Interdisciplinary Science Topics, Volume 6 by Cheryl Hurkett Pdf

The Journal of Interdisciplinary Science Topics (JIST) forms part of the 'Interdisciplinary Research Journal' module in the third year of both the BSc and MSci Natural Science degrees. It is intended to provide students with hands-on experience of, and insight into, the academic publishing process. The activity models the entire process from paper writing and submission, refereeing other students' papers, sitting on the editorial board that makes final decisions on the papers, to finally publishing in an online journal. This book is a compilation of the papers written by undergraduate students that were published during the 2016/2017 academic year.

Author : Sonia Gaemi,Melissa Kirk
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Diaries
ISBN : 9781572243941

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The Eating Wisely for Hormonal Balance Journal by Sonia Gaemi,Melissa Kirk Pdf

With this easy-to-use journal, the author of Eating Wisely for Hormonal Balance guides readers through the steps of keeping a food diary to lose weight, cleanse the body of toxins, and prevent or relieve symptoms rooted in unhealthy eating.

Author : Amanda Smith
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Journalists
ISBN : 9780375411007

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Newspaper Titan by Amanda Smith Pdf

A portrait of the newspaper proprietress shares details of her high-profile family life, her famous merger of the "Washington Herald" and "Washington Times, " and her considerable role in influencing period politics and society.

Author : Jerome Loving,Professor of English Jerome Loving
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520234819

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The Last Titan by Jerome Loving,Professor of English Jerome Loving Pdf

A masterful critical biography of the author of Sister Carrie interweaves Dreiser's literary accomplishments into the context of his life, detailing his turbulent personal life, membership in the communist party, numerous sexual liaisons, and literary work and its lasting influence on the course of twentieth-century American literature.

Author : James Lees-Milne,Michael Bloch
Publisher : John Murray
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781848547117

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Diaries, 1984-1997 by James Lees-Milne,Michael Bloch Pdf

This final compilation from James Lees-Milne's celebrated diaries covers the last fourteen years of his life, when he was living on the Duke of Beaufort's Badminton estate. Old age and infirmity have not dimmed his sharpness, literary skill or interest in the world around him, and his reflection on people, places and experiences are as vivid as ever. A tour of the Cotsworlds makes him ruefully aware of the yuppy trends of the Thatcher era, while he predicts that the New Labour victory will bring 'a descent into American-style vulgarity and yob culture'. Witty, waspish, poignant and candid, James Lees-Milne's last diaries contain as much to delight as the first, and confirm his reputation as one of the great commentators of his times.

Author : Tom Keene
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752483757

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Cloak of Enemies by Tom Keene Pdf

The Special Operations Executive (SOE), also known as 'Churchill's Secret Army' or the 'Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare', was born from Churchill's vision 'to set Europe ablaze'. It was formed to conduct espionage and sabotage in enemy-occupied territory as well as aid local resistance groups in their own irregular warfare. After D-Day, it played a crucial role in the liberation of Europe. However, Tom Keene's book reveals for the first time how close it came to never existing at all. Many saw SOE as a threat to the existence of MI5 and other intelligence agencies, and some in the armed forces refused to work with the new agency, fearing its broad remit and lack of experienced operatives... SOE, in turn, became ever more secretive, hiding detail's of their operations from anyone outside the agency. This backstabbing climate of rivalry, confusion and secrecy within the higher echelons of government not only nearly destroyed SOE, but also had tragic repercussions for the daring Commandos who took part in the legendary 'Cockleshell Raid'. Cloak of Enemies exposes the secret war in the shadows and backrooms of Whitehall during the Second World War and its far-reaching consequences.