Author: Mrs. E.M. WardPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5872983298
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
Memories of ninety years
Author: Mrs. E.M. WardPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5872983298
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
My Ninety Years
Author: Martha Louise BlackPublisher: Anchorage, Alaska : Alaska Northwest Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780882400624
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Reprint of "My seventy years" with updating material for the final 20 years of Martha Black's life.
Tales From My First 90 Years
Author: Alpha C ChiangPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9811221014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 571
Book Description
Alpha C Chiang, a renowned economist, and Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Connecticut, is best-known for his classic textbook — Fundamental Methods of Mathematical Economics.In this memoirs, he tells the entertaining, scary, embarrassing, glorifying and surreal tales that colored his life.On the academic side, Alpha describes in detail his scholastic journey, including why and how he created one of the most popular books on mathematical methods in economics, as well as the experiences of his teaching career. On the nonacademic side, he describes his ventures into his many hobbies, the spices of his life, including Chinese opera, ballroom dancing, painting and calligraphy, photography, piano, music composition, playwriting, and even magic. Such tales round out the depiction of a colorful life.What's behind his unusual name, Alpha? What schooling disaster tripped him at a young age? What surreal occurrence did he experience at a cliff at age 8? What major miracle changed his family? How did he become a loan shark when he was a graduate student at Columbia University? What Hollywood glamour star mysteriously materialized within inches of him when he was working on a TV show in his student days? How did he conquer a serious phobia and eventually become an acclaimed professor? What motivated his writing of his celebrated book? And what funny, embarrassing, and memorable events occurred in his teaching career?This book is a unique story about a unique life.
Martha Black
Author: Martha Louise BlackPublisher:
ISBN: 9780882405087
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Martha was an independent 32-year old when she headed for the Klondike in 1898. She endured the grueling Chilkoot Trail, traveled by boat down the Yukon River, and worked placer gold claims while living in a crude log cabin. She went on to become a successful businesswoman, owning a mining camp and managing a sawmill. At the age of 70, she was elected to the Canadian Parliament. Book jacket.
The First Ninety Years
Author: Lluís FeliuPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 1501503693
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
This volume is dedicated to Miguel Civil in celebration of his 90th birthday. Civil has been one of the most influential scholars in the field of Sumerian studies over the course of his long career. This anniversary presents a welcome occasion to reflect on some aspects of the field in which he has been such a driving force.
Disney: Ninety Years of Mickey Mouse (Mini Book)
Author: Darcy ReedPublisher: Insight Editions
ISBN: 9781683836964
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Celebrate ninety years of Mickey Mouse with this miniature art book featuring artwork from Mickey’s rich history. From the very first appearance in Steamboat Willie in 1928, Disney’s Mickey Mouse has charmed fans for nine decades and has established both the character and Disney as pop culture icons. Now, fans can celebrate Mickey’s ninety-year anniversary with this mini book featuring art showcased throughout the character’s Disney history. One of a new line of palm-sized art books, Disney: Ninety Years of Mickey Mouse presents a gallery of Mickey Mouse art in a unique miniature book format.
My Years With General Motors
Author: Alfred P SloanPublisher: eNet Press
ISBN: 1618863991
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. led the General Motors Corporation to international business success by virtue of his brilliant managerial practices and his insights into the new consumer economy he and General Motors helped to produce. Sloan's business biography, My Years With General Motors, was an instant best seller when it was first published in 1964 and is still considered indispensable reading by modern business giants.
Thirty Days in New Jersey Ninety Years Ago
Author: Charles Chauncy HavenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Jersey
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Memories of Ninety Years
Author: Alice (Duchess of Gloucester)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Ninety Years at Torrens Park
Author: Peter ReadPublisher: Wakefield Press
ISBN: 1862548897
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Ninety Years at Torrens Park provides a comprehensive account of Scotch's journey from a boys' college of about 100 students to a coeducational institution of almost 1000. Heroic figures such as Norman Gratton, the first headmaster, to agents of radical change such as Philip Roff, the headmaster who introduced coeducation, emerge from the archives to stand beside the other headmasters, principals, teachers and students who populate the Scotch College story.