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The New Kings of Nonfiction

The New Kings of Nonfiction

Ira Glass

An anthology of the best new masters of nonfiction storytelling, personally chosen and introduced by Ira Glass, the producer and host of the award-winning public radio program This American Life.
The Structure of Glass

The Structure of Glass

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This process was investigated with the following sodium phosphate glasses: 1) ( NaPOj)x, Graham's glass; 2) Na22P29O61, icosaphos- phate glass; 3) Na^P^O^, decaphosphate glass; 4) Na8P6O19, hexaphosphate glass; 5) Na7P5O16, ...
Jack Glass

Jack Glass

Adam Roberts

We know this from the start. Yet as this extraordinary novel tells the story of three murders committed by Glass the reader will be surprised to find out that it was Glass who was the killer and how he did it.
Coping with-- glass trash

Coping with-- glass trash

Jamie Daniel

Shows how glass is made, discusses the problems that result when glass refuse is not disposed of properly, and stresses the benefits of recycling
Michael Owens and the Glass Industry

Michael Owens and the Glass Industry

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Graham Glass of Indiana posed an even larger threat to Owens Bottle Company. Graham Glass was the largest soft-drink bottle manufacturer, having control of the Coca-Cola market. Even more threatening was Graham Glass's developmental ...
The IRA on Film and Television: A History

The IRA on Film and Television: A History

Mark Connelly

This work analyzes celluloid depictions of the IRA from the 1916 Easter Rising to the peace process of the 1990s.
Advanced Maya Texturing and Lighting

Advanced Maya Texturing and Lighting

Lee Lanier

When you compare the Maya glass featured in Figure 11-34 to the real glass in Figure 11-33, you'll see that several characteristics are not equivalent: • The refraction is much smoother on the Maya glass. The refraction of the real glass is  ...
Corning

Corning

Charles R. Mitchell

Lenses for railroad lanterns, cut glass for the White House table, Thomas Edison's first light bulb-the glass for all of these was made in Corning, the glass capital of America, the Crystal City.
The Boys From Brazil: Introduction by Chelsea Cain

The Boys From Brazil: Introduction by Chelsea Cain

Ira Levin

In this classic thriller, Ira Levin imagines Dr Josef Mengele's nightmarish plot to restore the Third Reich.
The IRA

The IRA

Tim Pat Coogan

A comprehensive history of the Irish Republican Army. Examines the IRA's origins, its foreign links, bombing campaigns, hunger strikes and sectarian violence, and its role in attempts to bring peace to Northern Ireland.
Warman's Depression Glass Handbook: Identification, Values, ...

Warman's Depression Glass Handbook: Identification, Values, ...

Ellen Schroy

Ideal for both new and established fans alike, Warman's Depression Glass Handbook is the perfect guide for enjoying and exploring the timeless beauty of this marvelous glass.
Son Of Rosemary

Son Of Rosemary

Ira Levin

Ira Levin returns to the horror of his 1967 groundbreaking novel Rosemary’s Baby with this sequel set at the dawn of the new millennium.
Rawhide Ranger, Ira Aten: Enforcing Law on the Texas Frontier

Rawhide Ranger, Ira Aten: Enforcing Law on the Texas Frontier

Bob Alexander

Ira Aten was the epitome of a frontier lawman.
The Saga of Hugh Glass: Pirate, Pawnee, and Mountain Man

The Saga of Hugh Glass: Pirate, Pawnee, and Mountain Man

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Before his most fabulous adventure (celebrated by John G. Neihardt in The Song of Hugh Glass and by Frederick Manfred in Lord Grizzly), Hugh Glass was captured by the buccaneer Jean Lafitte and turned pirate himself until his first chance ...
Documents de l'Islam médiéval: nouvelle perspectives de ...

Documents de l'Islam médiéval: nouvelle perspectives de ...

Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France)

I would have said that no large multiple glass coin weights ever were made, and that no glass weights were made in the Ottoman period, but in 1984 in the Islamic Museum, with Judith Kolbas, I saw three glass weights explicitly labelled for ...
Warman's Depression Glass: Identification and Price Guide

Warman's Depression Glass: Identification and Price Guide

Ellen Schroy

Working with the National Depression Glass Association, the latest edition of this wonderful resource offers some of the finest pieces from the National Glass Museum, as well as invaluable tools for proper identification and smart buying ...
Fury: True Tales of a Good Girl Gone Ballistic

Fury: True Tales of a Good Girl Gone Ballistic

Koren Zailckas

294 in Lee Sandlin's article “Losing the War”: Lee Sandlin, “Losing the War,” The New Kings ofNonfiction, Ira Glass, ed. (New York: Riverhead, 2007), pp. 315-61. 301 Virginia Satir says, “When someone takes a risk”: Satir and Baldwin, p. 217.
This Perfect Day: Introduction by Jonathan Trigell

This Perfect Day: Introduction by Jonathan Trigell

Ira Levin

A cross between Brave New World and Doctor Who.’ Look Magazine Considered one of the greatest dystopian thrillers ever written, Ira Levin’s terrifying glimpse into the future continues to fascinate readers forty years after its initial ...
Quiet Hero: The Ira Hayes Story

Quiet Hero: The Ira Hayes Story

S. D. Nelson

A biography of Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the six soldiers to raise the United States flag on Iwo Jima during World War II, an event immortalized by Joe Rosenthal’s Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph.
Son of Rosemary

Son of Rosemary

Ira Levin

The sequel to the New York Times bestseller Rosemary’s Baby—a thrilling cautionary tale of the troubling forces that war within each of us The modern master of suspense Ira Levin returns to the horror of his 1967 groundbreaking novel ...
The Long War: The IRA and Sinn Féin

The Long War: The IRA and Sinn Féin

Brendan O'Brien

This study provides a detailed, accurate, objective and lively account of the modern IRA and Sinn Fein movements from the first stirrings of the contemporary armed struggle through to the Good Friday Agreement and after."
The Year of Broken Glass

The Year of Broken Glass

Joe Denham

Joe Denham’s debut novel The Year of Broken Glass follows struggling crab fisherman Francis “Ferris” Wichbaun’s journey across the Pacific Ocean to deliver a legendary glass fishing float to an enigmatic, high-paying collector.
Glass

Glass

James Mackay

Whether shaped into elegant decanters or turned into paperweights, glass is one of the world’s most sophisticated materials.
The Activist Director: Lessons from the Boardroom and the ...

The Activist Director: Lessons from the Boardroom and the ...

Ira Millstein

In The Activist Director, attorney Ira M. Millstein looks back at fifty years of counseling companies, nonprofits, and governments to actively govern their corporations and constituencies.
Inside the IRA: Dissident Republicans and the War for ...

Inside the IRA: Dissident Republicans and the War for ...

Andrew Sanders

, Andrew Sanders explains how and why the transition from one IRA to several IRAs occurred, analysing all the dissident factions that have emerged since the outbreak of the Northern Ireland troubles.
Ernie O'Malley : IRA Intellectual: IRA Intellectual

Ernie O'Malley : IRA Intellectual: IRA Intellectual

Richard English

Ernie O'Malley (1897-1957) was one of the most talented and colourful of modern Irish republicans.
Desolation and Enlightenment: Political Knowledge After ...

Desolation and Enlightenment: Political Knowledge After ...

Ira Katznelson

In this major intellectual history, Ira Katznelson examines the works of Hannah Arendt, Robert Dahl, Richard Hofstadter, Harold Lasswell, Charles Lindblom, Karl Polanyi, and David Truman, detailing their engagement with the larger project ...
Killing Moonshine Mullins

Killing Moonshine Mullins

Oakley Dean Baldwin

This story explores my mother’s first cousin three times removed, Ira “Bad Ira” Mullins and the Pound Gap Massacre. This story was handed down to my mother who enlightened me, as I have done with my children.
Canadian Handbook of Pressed Glass Tableware

Canadian Handbook of Pressed Glass Tableware

Peter Sutton-Smith

Presenting over 400 photographic examples, the Canadian Handbook of Pressed Glass Tableware identifies the many popular pressed glass patterns and for the first time includes price listings for the extensive variety of items produced.

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