The Imperial Season
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The Imperial Season
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Author : William Seale
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Release Date : 2017-12-28
The Imperial Season written by William Seale and has been published by Smithsonian Institution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-28 with History categories.
This story of the young city of Washington coming up in the international scene is populated with presidents, foreign diplomats, civil servants, architects, artists, and influential hosts and hostesses who were enamored of the idea of world power but had little idea of the responsibilities involved. Between the Spanish American War and World War I, the thrill of America's new international role held the nation's capital in rapture. Visionaries gravitated to Washington and sought to make it the glorious equal to the great European capitals of the day. Remains of the period still define Washington--the monuments and great civic buildings on the Mall as well as the private mansions built on the avenues that now serve as embassies. The first surge of America's world power led to profound changes in diplomacy, and a vibrant official life in Washington, DC, naturally followed. In the twenty-five year period that William Seale terms the "imperial season," a host of characters molded the city in the image of a great world capital. Some of the characters are well known, from presidents to John Hay and Uncle Joe Cannon, and some relatively unknown, from diplomat Alvey Adee to hostess Minnie Townsend and feminist Inez Milholland. The Imperial Season is a unique social history that defines a little explored period of American history that left an indelible mark on our nation's capital.
Marketing Southern California Desert Lettuce Summary Of Imperial Valley And Blythe District Season
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
Marketing Southern California Desert Lettuce Summary Of Imperial Valley And Blythe District Season written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Lettuce categories.
Dove Season
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Author : Johnny Shaw
language : en
Publisher: Jimmy Veeder Fiasco
Release Date : 2010
Dove Season written by Johnny Shaw and has been published by Jimmy Veeder Fiasco this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Fiction categories.
Jack Veeder is dying. Soon. And that impending event brings his son Jimmy back to the Imperial Valley of southern California just north of the Calexico/Mexicali border. Jimmy hopes he can spend what time his father has left laughing and reminiscing. But Jack's got one dying request. He needs Jimmy to find a Mexican prostitute named Yolanda. Enlisting the help of his boyhood friend Bobby Maves, the pair stumbles through the violent, the exploited, and the corrupted of Mexicali. It doesn't take long before they're in over their heads. And as Jimmy tries to survive the dangers of the Mexicali underworld, he unwittingly uncovers truths about his father he never imagined, forcing Jimmy to come to terms with the man he thought he knew, and to decide just what sort of man he wants to become. " Johnny Shaw] is excellent at creating a sense of place with a few deft strokes... he moves effortlessly between dark comedy and moments that pack a real emotional punch, and he's got a knack for off-kilter characters who are completely at home in their own personal corners of oddballdom." - Tana French, author of In the Woods, Faithful Place
Vienna Waltz
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Author : Mary Lancaster
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-08-30
Vienna Waltz written by Mary Lancaster and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-30 with categories.
In 1814, with Napoleon finally defeated, the great and the good of Europe descend on Vienna to plan a lasting peace - and to dance. Ejected from her home on the death of her father, Lizzie Gaunt - along with her gaggle of siblings and a large, unruly dog - finds herself in Vienna with her diplomat uncle. But Lizzie is determined not to remain dependent upon her aunt and uncle for long. After witnessing a daring theft, she recruits the unusual thief to carry out her plan - which should hurt no one except her father's heir, the vile Russian cousin she's dubbed Ivan the Terrible. However, Lizzie's simple scheme is soon complicated by a wounded Austrian spy, a formidable English matron, a masked Russian rakehell from the Emperor's masquerade ball, and a mysterious villain selling information that could ruin the Congress before it properly begins. And then there's Cousin Minerva's romantic difficulties, and Cousin James' gambling debts to sort out. While Vienna dances, Lizzie tries to solve everyone's problems, and ends by falling disastrously and dangerously in love.
Monthly Notes Farm Management And Farm Economics
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1929
Monthly Notes Farm Management And Farm Economics written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1929 with Agriculture categories.
Interstate Migration Washington Hearings Dec 11 1940 And Feb 26 1941 Topical Index Pts 1 10 Inclusive
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Investigate the Interstate Migration of Destitute Citizens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1940
Interstate Migration Washington Hearings Dec 11 1940 And Feb 26 1941 Topical Index Pts 1 10 Inclusive written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Investigate the Interstate Migration of Destitute Citizens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1940 with Migrant labor categories.
Protection And Development Of Lower Colorado River Basin
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1924
Protection And Development Of Lower Colorado River Basin written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1924 with Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) categories.
Empress Of All Seasons
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Author : Emiko Jean
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2018-11-06
Empress Of All Seasons written by Emiko Jean and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-06 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
In this Japanese folklore–inspired YA fantasy for fans of The Hunger Games, a lowly young woman with a monstrous secret competes to become empress. Each generation, a competition is held to find the next empress of Honoku. The rules are simple. Survive the palace’s enchanted seasonal rooms. Conquer Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. Marry the prince. All are eligible to compete—all except yōkai, supernatural monsters and spirits whom the human emperor is determined to enslave and destroy. Mari has spent a lifetime training to become empress. Winning should be easy. And it would be, if she weren't hiding a dangerous secret. Mari is a yōkai with the ability to transform into a terrifying monster. If discovered, her life will be forfeit. As she struggles to keep her true identity hidden, Mari’s fate collides with that of Taro, the prince who has no desire to inherit the imperial throne, and Akira, a half-human, half-yōkai outcast. Torn between duty and love, loyalty and betrayal, vengeance and forgiveness, the choices of Mari, Taro, and Akira will decide the fate of Honoku… Winter 2018-2019 Kids’ Indie Next List “Dark, daring, and utterly delicious.”—C.J. Redwine, New York Times–bestselling author of The Bloodspell “Will latch onto your imagination and sweep you along for a magical and dangerous ride.”—Joelle Charbonneau, New York Times–bestselling author of The Testing Trilogy “Jean's world building is incredible.”—Booklist “An engaging story that also questions the power structures of heaven and earth, male and female, human and yokai. A narrative that will engage fans of the genre with a much-needed non-Western setting.”—Kirkus Reviews
Histories Of Scale Java The Indies And Asia In The Imperial Age 1820 1945
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Author : Vincent Houben
language : en
Publisher: Galda Verlag
Release Date : 2021-08-19
Histories Of Scale Java The Indies And Asia In The Imperial Age 1820 1945 written by Vincent Houben and has been published by Galda Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-19 with categories.
This major study explores the spatial history of the Dutch East Indies as an imperial formation between the early nineteenth century and the end of empire. It consists of six in-depth case-studies on pertinent themes such as rural capitalism, indirect colonial rule, border politics, coolie circulations, un-modern nationalism and the beginning of Indonesian independence. These studies are set within a novel theory, which connects local, intra-imperial, transimperial and global history in the format of specific topochrones. As such this book is a contribution both to Indonesian transcultural history and the field of New Area Studies.
Granting The Seasons
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Author : Nathan Sivin
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2008-12-19
Granting The Seasons written by Nathan Sivin and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-19 with Mathematics categories.
China’s most sophisticated system of computational astronomy was created for a Mongol emperor who could neither read nor write Chinese, to celebrate victory over China after forty years of devastating war. This book explains how and why, and reconstructs the observatory and the science that made it possible. For two thousand years, a fundamental ritual of government was the emperor’s “granting the seasons” to his people at the New Year by issuing an almanac containing an accurate lunisolar calendar. The high point of this tradition was the “Season-granting system” (Shou-shih li, 1280). Its treatise records detailed instructions for computing eclipses of the sun and moon and motions of the planets, based on a rich archive of observations, some ancient and some new. Sivin, the West’s leading scholar of the Chinese sciences, not only recreates the project’s cultural, political, bureaucratic, and personal dimensions, but translates the extensive treatise and explains every procedure in minimally technical language. The book contains many tables, illustrations, and aids to reference. It is clearly written for anyone who wants to understand the fundamental role of science in Chinese history. There is no comparable study of state science in any other early civilization.