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A gripping narrative history of Hurricane Audrey, the deadly hurricane that struck southwest Louisiana in June of 1957, killing 500 people. The author tracks several families and their struggle to survive.... More

A book that describes past, present and future; space, motion and time in poetic form. Represents a compilation of poems based on these concepts. Written to stimulate thought on these subjects. Basically poetry written to be inspirational, philosophical and educational.... More

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, ... More

This book has as little need of a preface as a first-class surgeon has of a formal introduction to a patient whose severed artery he has been called to tie; it is his business to go straight at the work he is called to do. So with us (reader and writer); let us proceed at once to the work of healing... More

Have you ever wondered about the differences between liquids, gases, and solids? Or what actually happens when something burns? What exactly is a solution? An acid? A base? This is chemistry - the composition and structure of substances composing all matter, and how they can be transformed. Whether ... More

Additional Contributors: Lewis S. Pilcher, Thomas Hun, William C. Wey, John Ordronaux, Daniel St. John Roosa, Cornelius R. Agnew, Abraham Jacobi, And H. R. Hopkins.... More

Providing a firsthand history of the sport, this book takes a detailed look at all aspects of drag racing: the sport, the business, and tracks the innovations that permitted racers to disprove the "laws of physics". 147 halftones.High Performance is a dramatic, firsthand history of this daring sport... More

"Ethnomusicology: A Contemporary Reader" is designed to supplement a textbook for an introductory course in ethnomusicology. It offers a cross section of the best new writing in the field from the last 15-20 years. Many instructors supplement textbook readings and listening assignments with scholarl... More

"Ethnomusicology: A Research and Information Guide" is an annotated bibliography to books, recordings, videos, and websites in the field of ethnomusicology. The book is divided into two parts. Part One is organized by resource type in categories of greatest concern to students and scholars. It inclu... More

This volume in the Greenwood Technographies series covers urban mass transit - that is, the technologies that allow cities to move large numbers of people around. Just a few hundred years ago, the size of cities was limited by the time it took people to move from one part of the city to another. The... More