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Vintage Diesel Power

Vintage Diesel Power

Brian Solomon

Author Brian Solomon covers every prominent manufacturer of the period—including Electro-Motive, Alco, Baldwin, and GE—as well as iconic models like Geeps, E and F units, PAs and FAs, sharknoses, U-boats, and more.
GE and EMD Locomotives

GE and EMD Locomotives

Brian Solomon

Solomon brings the story up to date with afterwords detailing such recent developments as GE's revolutionary Evolution locomotives and EMD's SD70ACe and SD70M-2.
Streetcars of America

Streetcars of America

Brian Solomon

cover. image. One of Boston's former Dallas double-ended PCC cars wears a fresh coat of paint at the Reservoir Cutback on July 5, 1959—the opening weekend for MTA's new Riverside Line. (Richard Jay Solomon) ...
Who's who

Who's who

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Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a ...

Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a ...

Solomon Northup

Describes the life in slavery of Solomon Northup from Saratoga, N.Y., born a free Black man.
Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup

Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave, sub-title: Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana, is a memoir by Solomon Northup as told ...
12 Year's A Slave as Written By Solomon Northup

12 Year's A Slave as Written By Solomon Northup

Solomon Northup

Solomon Northup. APPENDIX. 331 ington aforesaid, or in the county of Essex, in said State, and always resided in the State of New York until about the year 1841, since which time deponent has not seen him or known where he was, until a ...
Caboose

Caboose

Brian Solomon

This collection traces the development of this iconic bygone piece of rolling stock, from the nineteenth century to the caboose's almost total demise by the mid-1990s.
Twelve Years a Slave: Gold Edition

Twelve Years a Slave: Gold Edition

Northup Solomon

Twelve Years a Slave, sub-title: Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana, is a memoir by Solomon Northup as told ...
Alco Locomotives

Alco Locomotives

Brian Solomon

Here is the fitting tribute to this icon of the American rails. From 1901 to 1969, Alco locomotives were among the best known in North America.
Solomon's Fine Featherless Friends

Solomon's Fine Featherless Friends

Jerry Hicks

The wise owl Solomon continues to give Sara and her classmate Seth advice on dealing with life.
Solomon Islands Mysteries: Accounts of Giants and UFOs in ...

Solomon Islands Mysteries: Accounts of Giants and UFOs in ...

Marius Boirayon

These are some of the incredible tales that the Solomon Islanders have lived with for decades and you will read about in this spellbinding book.
Political Issues in America: The 1990s

Political Issues in America: The 1990s

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13 See Burt Solomon, 'In Bush's image', National Journal, 1 July 1990, p. 1642- 7 , and Burt Solomon, 'Bush cultivates the press corps hoping for a harvest of goodwill', National Journal, 5 May 1990, pp. 1104-5. 14 See Burt Solomon, ' Bush's ...
Railway Photography

Railway Photography

Brian Solomon

A guide to photographing trains, railroads, and stations. Topics covered include how to capture motion, how to anticipate action, understanding changing light sources, and the history of railway photography.
Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup

Solomon Northup

This book gives, in chilling detail, an account of a way of life that hopefully will never, ever, occur again in this great country... the "Land of the Free!
Solomon's Seal

Solomon's Seal

Steven Savile

With the discovery of the long lost Seal of Solomon Konstantin Khavin and Orla Nyren find themselves in Jerusalem and Palestine fighting for their lives with enemies on all sides.
Beyond Common Sense: Psychological Science in the Courtroom

Beyond Common Sense: Psychological Science in the Courtroom

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Psychological Science in the Courtroom Eugene Borgida, Susan T. Fiske ... theory” (TMT; Greenberg, Pyszczynski, & Solomon, 1986; Pyszczynski, Greenberg, Solomon, Arndt, & Schimel, 2004; Solomon, Greenberg, & Pyszczynski, 1991).
The Southern Frontiers, 1607-1860: The Agricultural ...

The Southern Frontiers, 1607-1860: The Agricultural ...

John Solomon Otto

The Agricultural Evolution of the Colonial and Antebellum South John Solomon Otto. Library of Congress Cataioging-in-Publication Data Otto, John Solomon. The Southern frontiers, 1607-1860. (Contributions in American history, ISSN ...
A Mouse in Solomon's House

A Mouse in Solomon's House

Mack Thomas

Marble, an adventurous ypung mouse who lives in King Solomon's palace, meets a white hawk called Wisdom, who helps him learn about friendship, work, pride, honesty, and other topics.
A Taste of the Tropics: Traditional & Innovative Cooking ...

A Taste of the Tropics: Traditional & Innovative Cooking ...

Jay Solomon

Travelling along the Equator with utensils in hand, chef and restaurateur Jay Solomon takes a journey through Cuba and Aruba to Hawaii and Indonesia, sharing his visions of paradise along the way.
The Truth About Male & Female Markets

The Truth About Male & Female Markets

Michael R. Solomon

This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About What Customers Want (9780137142262), by Michael R. Solomon. Available in print and digital formats.
Psalms of Solomon: A New Translation and Introduction

Psalms of Solomon: A New Translation and Introduction

Heerak Christian Kim

A New Translation and Introduction Heerak Christian Kim. Ancient History Psalms of Solomon Psalms of Solomon is an ancient Jewish writing from the Second Century BC. As a primary source written by a Jewish writer living during the turmoil ...
The Words and Music of Brian Wilson

The Words and Music of Brian Wilson

Christian Matijas-Mecca

... Doin' Somethin': Uncovering Brian Wilson's Lost Bedroom Tapes,” Brian Chidester's addresses a purported collection of unreleased, incomplete, or unfinished songs Wilson recorded in the 1970s. Brian's reticence to produce a substantial ...
Classic Locomotives: Steam and Diesel Power in 700 Photographs

Classic Locomotives: Steam and Diesel Power in 700 Photographs

Brian Solomon

"The collection of three previously published volumes presents the history of locomotives from early steam power through today's massive diesel-electric models.
FDR v. The Constitution: The Court-Packing Fight and the ...

FDR v. The Constitution: The Court-Packing Fight and the ...

Burt Solomon

Historian Burt Solomon, deeply steeped in Washington's lore, skillfully chronicles one of the great set pieces in American history, illuminating the inner workings of the nation's capital as the three branches of our government squared off.
St Petersburg: A Cultural History

St Petersburg: A Cultural History

Solomon Volkov

Now Solomon Volkov, a Russian emigre and acclaimed cultural historian, has written the definitive cultural biography of this city and its transcendent artistic and spiritual legacy.

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