Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
The Athenaeum
Author: Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: The Athenaeum
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
The silk industry of the United Kingdom. Its origin and development
Author: Frank WarnerPublisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Silk industry
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
Biographical Dictionary of Medallists: T-Z
Author: Leonard ForrerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medalists
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
Guide to the Manuscript Collections in the William L. Clements Library
Author: William L. Clements LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory
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Category : San Francisco (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 2104
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Around the World Submerged
Author: Edward L. BeachPublisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612511988
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
When the nuclear-powered submarine USS Triton was commissioned in November 1959, its commanding officer, Captain Edward L. Beach, planned a routine shakedown cruise in the North Atlantic. Two weeks before the scheduled cruise, however, Beach was summoned to Washington and told of the immediate necessity to prove the reliability of the Rickover-conceived submarine. His new secret orders were to take the Triton around the world, entirely submerged the total distance. This is Beach's gripping firsthand account of what went on during the 36,000 nautical-mile voyage whose record for speed and endurance still stands today. It brings to life the many tense events in the historic journey: the malfunction of the essential fathometer that indicated the location of undersea mountains and shallow waters, the sudden agonizing illness of a senior petty officer, and the serious problems with the ship's main hydraulic oil system. Intensely dramatic, Beach's chronicle also describes the psychological stresses of the journey and some touching moments shared by the crew. A skillful story teller, he recounts the experience in such detail that readers feel they have been along for the ride of a lifetime.
The Royal Academy of Arts
Author: Algernon GravesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Janet Ashbee
Author: Felicity AshbeePublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815607311
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
C. R. Ashbee was, some would say, the key man in the British Arts and Crafts movement during the early decades of the twentieth century. Regarded as heir to William Morris in political belief and design reform, Ash bee (and his Guild of Handicraft) gained international fame in his own time and remains a legend today. While much has been written about him, little has been said of his wife. Now Felicity Ashbee breaks the silence in a compelling book about her mother. The book depicts Janet Ashbee as a gifted woman of emotional warmth, strength, and unconventionality, all of which enhanced her husband's work. An accomplished writer and thinker in her own right, Janet Ashbee's life revolved around great historic issues that still resonate today: the socially conscious Arts and Crafts movement, the role of women in contemporary affairs, and embattled ethnic relationships in the Middle East-not to mention marriage and sexual orientation, predicated upon her husband's vibrant and well-known homosexuality. A book of rare insight and significance, Janet Ashbee sheds welcome light on the Arts and Crafts movement and on women in oft-romanticized Victorian and Edwardian British culture.