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Author
Publisher
Abrams Image
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
239 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The radio personality and host of VH1's "That Metal Show" discusses his personal experiences with such bands as Kiss, Aerosmith, Guns n' Roses, and Metallica and offers anecdotes, trivia, and his favorite playlists.
Author
Publisher
Peter Owen
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
405 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When H.G. Wells left school in 1880 at the age of thirteen he looked destined for obscurity. Defying expectations, he went on to become one of the most famous writers in the world, remaining active into the era of the atomic bomb, which he had predicted thirty years earlier. Along the way he created classic science-fiction tales such as The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds, reinvented the Dickensian novel in Kipps and The...
Author
Language
English
Description
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
xii, 417 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Joseph Holt, the stern, brilliant, and deeply committed Unionist from Kentucky, spent the first several months of the American Civil War successfully laboring to maintain Kentucky's loyalty to the Union, then went on to serve as President Lincoln's judge advocate general. In Lincoln's Forgotten Ally: Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky, Elizabeth Leonard offers the first full-scale biography of Holt, who has long been overlooked and misunderstood...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
xvi, 377 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Examines Thomas Ewing Jr.'s career as a real estate lawyer, judge, soldier, and speculator in Kansas and how he came to national prominence in the fight over the proslavery Lecompton Constitution, was instrumental in starting the Union Pacific Railroad, and became the first chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
369 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Drawing on unprecedented access to Rand's private papers and the original, unedited versions of Rand's journals, Jennifer Burns offers a groundbreaking reassessment of this key cultural figure, examining her life, her ideas, and her impact on conservative political thought.
8) 1000 CEOs
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Formats
Description
From humble beginnings to the stratospheric heights of corporate leadership, with all the progress and pitfalls on the way--learn how to succeed from one thousand of the world's most successful CEOs. For anyone interested in developing their business leadership skills, particularly those in middle management looking to progress in their career, this book is full of colorful and instructive career anecdotes and advice from business leaders around the...
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