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  • Flying High

    Pioneer Women in American Aviation

    Series series Images of Aviation
    In the beginning of the twentieth century, women were demanding more freedom. What could bring more freedom than a chance to fly? Women went up in those early wire-and-fabric contraptions to gain independence, to make money, or to make their names as pilots. They sought to prove that women pilots could do just as well as men�and some did far better. Flying High: Pioneer Women in American Aviation ... Read more

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  • Travels Through American History in the Mid-Atlantic

    A Guide for All Ages

    This regional travel guide seeks out "engaging reenactments and the best exhibits, where remarkable artifacts and excellent displays bring history alive." —Kathryn Schneider Smith, author of Washington at Home: An Illustrated History of Neighborhoods in the Nation's CapitalFew regions of the United States boast as many historically significant sites as the mid-Atlantic. Travels through American ... Read more

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  • Essays on the History of Equity

    The history of equity takes in questions of philosophy, theology, jurisprudence and legal history.When we speak of 'equity', do we mean Aristotelian epieikeia, civilian aequitas, a theological or juridical conscience, the common law concept of the 'equity of the statute', or merely the rules applied by the Court of Chancery before 1875? The purpose of this volume is to chart the evolution of ... Read more

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  • What Does Graptolite Origination and Extinction Reveal about the Cause of the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction?

    Series series Elements of Paleontology
    Assesses the macroevolutionary turnover of paleotropical planktic graptolites during the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction (LOME) via automated sequencing and capture-mark-recapture modeling. Graptolites exhibited a succession of turnover pulses (sensu Elizabeth Vrba) that were coincident with the main phases of the Hirnantian glaciation and during which the Diplograptina experienced declining ... Read more

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  • Corning

    Series series Images of America
    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. From 1880 to World War I, newfound wealth sparked a spending and building boom that shaped the city. Corning recaptures the city's gilded age, the boom days when tax-free fortunes could be made-and lost ... Read more

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  • Bath

    Series series Images of America
    Bath is the home of America's oldest county fair. The commmunity was planned as western New York's "Queen City," a great metropolis, with broad tree-lined boulevards and spacious squares. Airplanes and ladders were made here, and four railroads-from the "champagne train" to the "kick and push" line-ran through town. Today, Bath remains a town of wide avenues, well-kept greens, dramatic cliffs, ... Read more

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  • Keuka Lake

    Series series Images of America
    Nestled among the hills of western New York State is the beautiful lake Keuka, the Indian word for "canoe landing." Once visited, the loveliness and serenity of this particular lake in New York's Finger Lakes region draws people back. Visitors return to stay for a week or the summer, and tourists come back, often annually. Many who have lived or summered at the lake return to retire. Keuka Lake ... Read more

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  • Glenn H. Curtiss

    Aviation Pioneer

    Series series Images of Aviation
    Charles R. Mitchell tracks Curtiss's dizzying ride from a village bicycle shop to record-smashing motorcycle races and city building in the Florida land boom. Glenn Curtiss beat even the Wright brothers (who sued him bitterly) to get pilot's license No. 1 in America. He teamed with Alexander Graham Bell, helped develop the moving wing part known as the aileron, introduced tricycle landing gear, ... Read more

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  • Penn Yan and Keuka Lake

    Series series Images of America
    Penn Yan and Keuka Lake share a history that is rich in architecture, industry, and tradition.While "Penn Yan" may sound like an Anglicized Chinese dish, it most certainly isn't--the unique name was chosen because the first people to settle in the village in 1833 on the edge of New York's Keuka Lake were comprised of Yankees from New England and Pennsylvania. The town's name is just one of the ... Read more

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  • Hammondsport and Keuka Lake

    Series series Images of America
    Discover the intriguing history of these Finger Lakes towns from wineries and aerodynamics to legendary people like Glenn Curtiss. This historical work covers the periods from the 1850s to the 1960s, the period of black-and-white photography in this area. At one time Keuka Lake was host to a number of wineries lining the lake's shores. Several no longer exist, but through the pages of this book, ... Read more

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  • Building Construction and Drawing

    Compiled to assist students preparing for the May examinations of the science and art department. the elementary and first stages. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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  • Building Construction and Drawing 1906

    A Textbook on the Principles and Details of Modern Construction First Stage (Or Elementary Course)

    Series series Mitchell's Building Construction and Drawing
    Originally published in 1881, but here reissuing the 1906 edition with a new introduction by Stephen J. Scaysbrook, the Mitchell Building and Construction books offer an unparalleled insight into construction techniques and materials. Originally written to provide a concise handbook and guide for students and for practitioners, this reissue of Mitchell’s 1906 First Stage or Elementary Course ... Read more

    $49.99 USD