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Bay Area Iron Master Al Zampa

Autor: Isabelle Maynard , John V. Robinson

Número de Páginas: 128

Alfred Zampa didn't know what he was getting into when he took a construction job in 1925 on the Carquinez Bridge, one of the first to cross San Francisco Bay. Despite the risk, Zampa relished the challenge and embarked on an illustrious career that made him a local legend. His impressive feats of iron craft are evident in numerous spans, including the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate, as well as others across the country. He was one of the first to survive a fall from the Golden Gate Bridge, making him a founding member of the Halfway to Hell Club in 1936. The Alfred Zampa Memorial Bridge, named to honor the man after his death, replaced the first bridge he had worked on nearly eighty years earlier. This remarkable story of skill, grit and enduring spirit is told through oral histories collected by John Robinson and Isabelle Maynard.

Horror Comics in Black and White

Autor: Richard J. Arndt

Número de Páginas: 297

In 1954, the comic book industry instituted the Comics Code, a set of self-regulatory guidelines imposed to placate public concern over gory and horrific comic book content, effectively banning genuine horror comics. Because the Code applied only to color comics, many artists and writers turned to black and white to circumvent the Code's narrow confines. With the 1964 Creepy #1 from Warren Publishing, black-and-white horror comics experienced a revival continuing into the early 21st century, an important step in the maturation of the horror genre within the comics field as a whole. This generously illustrated work offers a comprehensive history and retrospective of the black-and-white horror comics that flourished on the newsstands from 1964 to 2004. With a catalog of original magazines, complete credits and insightful analysis, it highlights an important but overlooked period in the history of comics.

The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Northern Great Plains

Autor: Joseph Herbert Hartman , Kirk R. Johnson , Douglas J. Nichols

Número de Páginas: 530

From the Ballroom to Hell

Autor: Elizabeth Aldrich

Número de Páginas: 254

During the 1800s, dance and etiquette manuals provided ordinary men and women with the keys to becoming gentlemen and ladies--and thus advancing in society. Why dance? To the insecure and status-oriented upper middle class, the ballroom embodied the perfect setting in which to demonstrate one's fitness for membership in genteel society. From the Ballroom to Hell collects over 100 little-known excerpts from dance, etiquette, beauty, and fashion manuals from the nineteenth century. Included are instructions for performing various dances, as well as musical scores, costume patterns, and the proper way to hold one's posture, fork, gloves, and fan. While of particular interest to dancers, dance historians, and choreographers, anyone fascinated by the ways and mores of the period will find From the Ballroom to Hell an endearing and informative glimpse of America's past.

The Praise of Hell

Autor: Jean-frédéric Bernard

Número de Páginas: 264

THE AFTERLIFE. Voices And Screams From Hell And Heaven. How the Dead Talked To Us And Described Life After Death

Autor: Maximillien De Lafayette

Número de Páginas: 388

THE AFTERLIFE. Voices And Screams From Hell And Heaven. How the Dead Talked To Us And Described Life After Death. 425 Pages + 62 photos and drawings. A publication of TIMES SQUARE PRESS(R). This book is the result of the author's 50 years of investigation, study, observation, findings and rapports with the occult, mediumistic séances, materialized spirits, and the world's most honest and authentic mediums and channelers. Unquestionable, it is the most powerful, the most documented, the most convincing book ever written about life after death, the afterlife, spirits, and mediumistic séances. It will without any doubt change forever your perception and understanding of the afterlife, and convince you that there is a life after death. Every single aspect and stage of the afterlife is described and explained.

Imaginal Memory and the Place of Hiroshima

Autor: Michael Perlman

Número de Páginas: 240

Hiroshima claims a crucial yet neglected place in the psychic terrain of our individual and collective memories. Drawing on recent work in depth psychology and Jungian thought, this study explores the ancient art of remembering by envisioning "places" and "images" that are impressed upon the memory. Enthusiastically used by ancient, medieval, and Renaissance explorers of soul and spirit, the art of memory became a profound expression of striving for cultural reform and an end to religious cruelty. Imaginal Memory and the Place of Hiroshima shows that images arising from the place of Hiroshima reveal, with stark exactitude, the psychic situation of our world. Specific images are explored that embody unsuspected psychological values beyond their role as reminders of the concrete horror of nuclear war. The process of remembering these images deepens into a commemoration of the fundamental powers at work in the psyche--powers that are critical to the development of a sustained cultural commitment to peace and to the deepening and revitalizing of contemporary psychological life.

The People's Press

Número de Páginas: 638

The Complete Illustrated History of the Skywald Horror-mood

Autor: Alan Hewetson

Número de Páginas: 260

The inside story of a uniquely influential horror comic publisher from the 1970s.

The Gates of Hell

Autor: Thomas A. Faulkner

Número de Páginas: 106

Hell Is a Very Small Place

Autor: Jean Casella , James Ridgeway , Sarah Shourd

Número de Páginas: 241

“An unforgettable look at the peculiar horrors and humiliations involved in solitary confinement” from the prisoners who have survived it (New York Review of Books). On any given day, the United States holds more than eighty-thousand people in solitary confinement, a punishment that—beyond fifteen days—has been denounced as a form of cruel and degrading treatment by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture. Now, in a book that will add a startling new dimension to the debates around human rights and prison reform, former and current prisoners describe the devastating effects of isolation on their minds and bodies, the solidarity expressed between individuals who live side by side for years without ever meeting one another face to face, the ever-present specters of madness and suicide, and the struggle to maintain hope and humanity. As Chelsea Manning wrote from her own solitary confinement cell, “The personal accounts by prisoners are some of the most disturbing that I have ever read.” These firsthand accounts are supplemented by the writing of noted experts, exploring the psychological, legal, ethical, and political dimensions of solitary confinement. “Do we really...

Hathlin Behind the Gates of Hell

Autor: A.i. Gerald

Número de Páginas: 190

A fifteen year old loses his dad in an accident that was meant to kill both of them. When the boy awakens and finds himself alive in a different world, he vows to search for his dad. This deadly quest leads him towards and across the boundaries of hell. But can he make it out of the most secure prison there is? And will the immortals intervene?

Sanskrit-English dictionary

Autor: Monier Monier-williams

Número de Páginas: 784

Through the End of the Cretaceous in the Type Locality of the Hell Creek Formation in Montana and Adjacent Areas

Autor: Gregory P. Wilson , William A. Clemens , John R. Horner , Joseph H. Hartman

Número de Páginas: 396

"The chapters represent a surge of field and laboratory research activity, illustrating the impacts of new and refined methods and tools. This volume explores geologic and biologic history preserved in the strata bounding the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary"--Provided by publisher.

A New and Comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language

Autor: Hyde Clarke

Número de Páginas: 516

The Encyclopedia of Christianity

Autor: Erwin Fahlbusch , Geoffrey William Bromiley

Número de Páginas: 846

"The Encyclopedia of Christianity is the first of a five-volume English translation of the third revised edition of Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon. Its German articles have been tailored to suit an English readership, and articles of special interest to English readers have been added. The encyclopedia describes Christianity through its 2000-year history within a global context, taking into account other religions and philosophies. A special feature is the statistical information dispersed throughout the articles on the continents and over 170 countries. Social and cultural coverage is given to such issues as racism, genocide, and armaments, while historical content shows the development of biblical and apostolic traditions. This comprehensive work, while scholarly, is intended for a wide audience and will set the standard for reference works on Christianity."--"Outstanding reference sources 2000", American Libraries, May 2000. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.

Ṭāhā Ḥusain's Education

Autor: ʻabd Al-rashīd Al-Ṣādiq Maḥmūdī

Número de Páginas: 232

This is a study of the life and work of Taha Husein, rightly regarded as the father of modern Arabic literature, and whose work is widely used as introductory texts for students of the language.

An Enquiry Into the Nature and Place of Hell

Autor: Tobias Swinden

Número de Páginas: 342

Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present

Autor: John Stephen Farmer

Número de Páginas: 404

When Hell Came to Sharpsburg

Autor: Steven Cowie

Número de Páginas: 553

Discover a forgotten chapter of American history with Steven Cowie's riveting account of the Battle of Antietam. The Battle of Antietam, fought in and around Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest day in American history. Despite the large number of books and articles on the subject, the battle’s horrendous toll on area civilians is rarely discussed. When Hell Came to Sharpsburg: The Battle of Antietam and Its Impact on the Civilians Who Called It Home by Steven Cowie rectifies this oversight. By the time the battle ended about dusk that day, more than 23,000 men had been killed, wounded, or captured in just a dozen hours of combat—a grim statistic that tells only part of the story. The epicenter of that deadly day was the small community of Sharpsburg. Families lived, worked, and worshipped there. It was their home. And the horrific fighting turned their lives upside down. When Hell Came to Sharpsburg investigates how the battle and opposing armies wreaked emotional, physical, and financial havoc on the people of Sharpsburg. For proper context, the author explores the savage struggle and its gory aftermath and explains how soldiers stripped the...

Slang and Its Analogues

Autor: William Ernest Henley

Número de Páginas: 400

Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Fla to Hyps

Autor: John Stephen Farmer

Número de Páginas: 400

A New and Comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language as Spoken and Written

Autor: Hyde Clarke

Número de Páginas: 504

Hell or Some Worse Place: Kinsale 1601

Autor: Des Ekin

Número de Páginas: 518

Kinsale, Ireland: Christmas Eve, 1601 As thunder crashes and lightning rakes the sky, three very different commanders line up for a battle that will decide the fate of a nation. General Juan del Águila has been sprung from a prison cell to command the last great Spanish Armada. Its mission: to seize a bridgehead in Queen Elizabeth's territory and hold it. Facing him is Charles Blount, a brilliant English strategist whose career is also under a cloud. His affair with a married woman edged him into a treasonous conspiracy – and brought him to within a hair's breadth of the gallows. Meanwhile, Irish insurgent Hugh O'Neill knows that this is his final chance to drive the English out of Ireland. For each man, this is the last throw of the dice. Tomorrow they will be either heroes – or has-beens. These colourful commanders come alive in this true-life story of courage and endurance, of bitterness and betrayal, and of intrigue at the highest levels in the courts of England and Spain. Praise for The Stolen Village '...a harrowing tale that sheds light on the little-known trade in white slaves ... a fascinating exploration of a forgotten chapter of British and European history' Giles...

Dem Days Was Hell - Recorded Testimonies of Former Slaves from 17 U.S. States

Autor: Work Projects Administration

Número de Páginas: 6014

In 'Dem Days Was Hell', the Work Projects Administration presents a collection of recorded testimonies from former slaves in 17 U.S. states. This powerful book provides an intimate look at the experiences of these individuals, shedding light on the harsh realities of slavery and its lasting impact. The testimonies are presented in a straightforward, unfiltered manner, allowing readers to connect with the raw emotions and personal stories of the individuals interviewed. The book serves as a valuable historical document, capturing the voices of those who lived through one of the darkest periods in American history. The Work Projects Administration, a New Deal agency established during the Great Depression, undertook this project as part of its efforts to document the experiences of Americans from all walks of life. Through 'Dem Days Was Hell', the WPA sought to preserve the stories of former slaves and ensure that their voices were not lost to history. The author's dedication to this important task is evident throughout the book, as each testimony is presented with care and respect. I highly recommend 'Dem Days Was Hell' to readers interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the ...

My Beloved Prophet

Autor: Prof. Dr. Ramazan Ayvalli

Número de Páginas: 503

Oil and Gas Field Code Master List

Número de Páginas: 562

B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth #110: Lake of Fire (Part 1 of 5)

Autor: John Arcudi , Mike Mignola

Número de Páginas: 30

As Liz Sherman fights for her life in a Utah hospital, the B.P.R.D. sends a recon team into the no-man's land that used to be New York City, and the young psychic Fenix encounters a monster-worshiping cult at the Salton Sea. * Lake of Fire� Part 1 of 5 * Art by Eisner winner Tyler Crook (_The Sixth Gun_). It's a good a time as any to check in with a series that started as a _Hellboy_ spin-off but has become a force in its own right.�Comic Book Resources

Tafsir Ibn Kathir Juz' 24 (Part 24)

Autor: Muhammad Saed Abdul-rahman

Número de Páginas: 216

This is Part Twenty-four of an abridged English version of Tafsir Ibn Kathir. Our aim in presenting the tafsir of the entire thirty parts of the Qur'an is to gather in one place, for the English-speaking public, all relevant information needed to make the Qur'an more understandable and easier to study. These thirty tafsir books try to do this by providing the following: 1.The Arabic Text for those who are able to read Arabic 2.Transliteration of the Arabic text for those who are unable to read the Arabic script. This will give them a sample of the sound of the Qur'an, which they could not otherwise comprehend from reading the English meaning. 3.The meaning of the qur'an (translated by Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali, Ph.D. and Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan) 4.Background introductions by two famous Islamic scholars, Maududi and Ibn Kathir 5.Explanation (abridged Tafsir) by Ibn Kathir (translated under the supervision of Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri) We hope that by doing this an ordinary English-speaker will be able to pick up a copy of this book and study and comprehend The Glorious Qur'an in a way that is acceptable to the understanding of the Rightly-guided Muslim Ummah...

Gary/Chicago International Airport, Master Plan Development Including Runway Safety Area Enhancement/extension of Runway 12-30, and Other Improvements

Número de Páginas: 382

Catalogue of the Dante Collection Presented by Willard Fiske: Dante's works ; part. II. Works on Dante (A-G)

Autor: Willard Fiske

Número de Páginas: 322

Origen of Alexandria

Autor: John Anthony Mcguckin

Número de Páginas: 185

Origen of Alexandria is the most influential thinker and writer of the Christian church after John the Evangelist and Paul the Apostle. This book charts his momentous impact on the structures, mindset, and doctrines of Christianity, from the third century when he wrote to the twenty-first century when his work has been enthusiastically revisited. It has been a long and enduring influence that has seen his star rise and wane many times over past centuries, but at each critical juncture of Christian reflection over the ages, he has been rediscovered and invariably offered important insights to contemporary issues.

Waldie's Select Circulating Library

Número de Páginas: 428

Tafsir Ibn Kathir Part 24 of 30

Autor: Muhammad Saed Abdul-rahman

Número de Páginas: 145

This is Tafsir Ibn Kathir Part 24 0f 30. This Part of the Qur'an covers Chapter 39: Az Zumar 032 To Chapter 41: Fussilat 046. The 30 Parts of this publication gather in one place all relevant information needed to make the Qur'an more understandable and easier to study. This publication provides the following: 1. The Arabic Text for those who are able to read the Arabic language 2. Transliteration of the Arabic text for those who are unable to read the Arabic script. This will give them a sample of the sound of the original Arabic Qur'an, which they could not otherwise comprehend from reading the English meaning only 3. The meaning of the qur'an in English(translated by Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali, Ph.D. and Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan) 4. abridged Tafsir (Explanation) by Ibn Kathir (translated under the supervision of Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri) We hope that by doing this an ordinary English-speaker will be able to pick up a copy of this book and study and comprehend The Glorious Qur'an in a way that is acceptable to the understanding of the Rightly-guided Muslim Ummah (Community)

Heirs to Heresy: The Fall of the Knights Templar

Autor: Alan Bahr

Número de Páginas: 193

You are one of the thirty Knights Templar who awoke on Friday, 13 October 1307, only to find themselves wanted criminals and branded heretics by the King of France. Abandoned by the Vatican and sent away early in the morning, you must leave Paris on a day of reckoning and try to find your way across a dark, mythic Europe to a mystical utopia where you can rebuild! Heirs to Heresy starts as a historical-fantasy roleplaying game, but is heavily influenced by Gnosticism, European Folklore, esotericism, and the myths and legends that surround the Templars. The game will ask you to craft the secrets of the Templar treasure, the enemies, and mysteries they will face, as your Knights undertake a mystical journey to the center of themselves along the road to Avallonis. The mechanics are a blend of narrative, storytelling rules, and classic adventure-gaming inspired roleplaying rules that work to create rich aspect-driven characters. As Templar Knights, your skill at arms is unquestionable, but it is the potential access to gnostic spells, unique powers, or intensely powerful faith sets you apart from your comrades. Can you tap into your potential, guarding the mysterious Templar treasure...

Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate

Número de Páginas: 428

An Answere to Master Iohn de Albines, Notable Discourse against heresies, etc. [With the text of the Discourse.] B.L.

Autor: Thomas Sparke (archdeacon Of Stowe.)

Número de Páginas: 520

Index to Dance Periodicals 1998

Autor: Nypl Dance Collection

Número de Páginas: 534

High Geologic Slip Rates Since Early Pleistocene Initiation of the San Jacinto and San Felipe Fault Zones in the San Andreas Fault System, Southern California, USA

Número de Páginas: 56

"The San Jacinto right-lateral strike-slip fault zone is crucial for understanding plate-boundary dynamics, regional slip partitioning, and seismic hazards within the San Andreas fault system of southern California, yet its age of initiation and long-term average slip rate are controversial. This synthesis of prior and new detailed studies in the western Salton Trough documents initiation of structural segments of the San Jacinto fault zone at or slightly before the 1.07 Ma base of the Jaramillo subchron. In Special Paper 475, five new estimates of displacement are developed using offset successions of crystalline rocks; distinctive marker beds in the late Cenozoic basin fill; analysis of strike-slip-related fault-bend folds; quantification of strain in folds at the tips of dextral faults; and gravity, magnetic, and geomorphic data sets."--Publisher's website.

Dictionary of the German and English languages : Compiled from the works of Hilpert, Flügel, Grieb, Heyse, and others

Autor: G.j. Adler

Número de Páginas: 701

Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.