The River City
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River City
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Author : John Farrow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-09-17
River City written by John Farrow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-17 with Daggers categories.
On the night of the Rocket Richard Riot in 1955, the legendary Cartier Dagger is stolen from Montreal's Sun Life Building. Many believe the dagger gives whoever possesses it mystical powers, and its journey through history is as spectacular as it is bloodstained. The same night, a police informer is found murdered in a nearby park with a dagger wound to his heart. But who murdered him, and why? Thirteen years later, Pierre Elliott Trudeau is prime minister, and the separatist movement is gaining momentum in Quebec. The case is still unsolved, and a young constable named Émile Cinq-Mars is asked to investigate. Suspenseful and labyrinthine, River City is at once a prequel to John Farrow's bestselling novels City of Ice and Ice Lake a panoramic window onto a city's storied past, and a brilliant novel of politics, greed, murder and myth.
River City And Valley Life
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Author : Christopher J. Castaneda
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Release Date : 2013-12-09
River City And Valley Life written by Christopher J. Castaneda and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-09 with History categories.
Often referred to as “the Big Tomato,” Sacramento is a city whose makeup is significantly more complex than its agriculture-based sobriquet implies. In River City and Valley Life, seventeen contributors reveal the major transformations to the natural and built environment that have shaped Sacramento and its suburbs, residents, politics, and economics throughout its history. The site that would become Sacramento was settled in 1839, when Johann Augustus Sutter attempted to convert his Mexican land grant into New Helvetia (or “New Switzerland”). It was at Sutter’s sawmill fifty miles to the east that gold was first discovered, leading to the California Gold Rush of 1849. Nearly overnight, Sacramento became a boomtown, and cityhood followed in 1850. Ideally situated at the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers, the city was connected by waterway to San Francisco and the surrounding region. Combined with the area’s warm and sunny climate, the rivers provided the necessary water supply for agriculture to flourish. The devastation wrought by floods and cholera, however, took a huge toll on early populations and led to the construction of an extensive levee system that raised the downtown street level to combat flooding. Great fortune came when local entrepreneurs built the Central Pacific Railroad, and in 1869 it connected with the Union Pacific Railroad to form the first transcontinental passage. Sacramento soon became an industrial hub and major food-processing center. By 1879, it was named the state capital and seat of government. In the twentieth century, the Sacramento area benefitted from the federal government’s major investment in the construction and operation of three military bases and other regional public works projects. Rapid suburbanization followed along with the building of highways, bridges, schools, parks, hydroelectric dams, and the Rancho Seco nuclear power plant, which activists would later shut down. Today, several tribal gaming resorts attract patrons to the area, while “Old Sacramento” revitalizes the original downtown as it celebrates Sacramento’s pioneering past. This environmental history of Sacramento provides a compelling case study of urban and suburban development in California and the American West. As the contributors show, Sacramento has seen its landscape both ravaged and reborn. As blighted areas, rail yards, and riverfronts have been reclaimed, and parks and green spaces created and expanded, Sacramento’s identity continues to evolve. As it moves beyond its Gold Rush, Transcontinental Railroad, and government-town heritage, Sacramento remains a city and region deeply rooted in its natural environment.
River Town
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Author : Peter Hessler
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-12-19
River Town written by Peter Hessler and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-19 with Travel categories.
When Peter Hessler went to China in the late 1990s, he expected to spend a couple of peaceful years teaching English in the town of Fuling on the Yangtze River. But what he experienced - the natural beauty, cultural tension, and complex process of understanding that takes place when one is thrust into a radically different society - surpassed anything he could have imagined. Hessler observes firsthand how major events such as the death of Deng Xiaoping, the return of Hong Kong to the mainland, and the controversial consturction of the Three Gorges Dam have affected even the people of a remote town like Fuling. Poignant, thoughtful and utterly compelling, River Town is an unforgettable portrait of a place caught mid-river in time, much like China itself - a country seeking to understand both what it was and what it will one day become.
River Cities City Rivers
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Author : Thaisa Way
language : en
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
Release Date : 2018-06-04
River Cities City Rivers written by Thaisa Way and has been published by Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-04 with categories.
Cities have been built alongside rivers throughout history--shaping the development of urban landscapes and altering ecologies. Yet we have rarely given these urban landscapes their due. River Cities, City Rivers explores how such histories have shaped the present and how they might inform our visions of the future.
Great River City
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Author : Andrew Wanko
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Great River City written by Andrew Wanko and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Mississippi River categories.
"This book examines the importance of the Mississippi River across time and through the lens of a single city: St. Louis. Features hundreds of maps, artifacts, and fascinating historic images, spanning back to St. Louis's founding and even earlier"--
C Zanne
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Author : John Elderfield
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
C Zanne written by John Elderfield and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Landscapes in art categories.
Catalogue of an exhibition of the same name held at the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey on March 17-June 14, 2020 and at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, England on July 12-October 18, 2020.
Brockville
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Author : Russ Disotell
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 1997-10-15
Brockville written by Russ Disotell and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-10-15 with Business & Economics categories.
Brockville’s origins reach back to the resettlement of Loyalists following the American Revolution and the threat of American encroachment. Following the War of 1812, Brockville, along the St. Lawrence River, benefitted greatly from the rapidly expanding colonization. A centre for the political activity of the day and a focal point for the Orange movement, Brockville was often immersed in controversy. The end of the 19th century was the golden age of patent medicine business and Brockville was home to two of the most successful, the W. H. Comstock Company and the G. T. Fulford Company. "Pink Pills for Pale People" were sold worldwide. Today, Brockville retains the charm of its heritage mansions and is home to a number of prominent industries.
10 Years Of River City
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Author : Jeff Holmes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
10 Years Of River City written by Jeff Holmes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with River city (Television program) categories.
Published to coincide with the show's 10th anniversary, this is the definitive companion to 'River City', featuring 10 years of drama, unforgettable characters and behind-the-scenes secrets.
Cecil Beaton S Cocktail Book
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-04-21
Cecil Beaton S Cocktail Book written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-21 with Cooking categories.
Drink like one of the Bright Young Things with Cecil Beaton's Cocktail Book Cecil Beaton (1904-80) was one of the most celebrated British portrait photographers of the 20th century, so renowned for his images of celebrities and high society that his own name has become synonymous with elegance, glamour and style. In the 1920s and '30s, Beaton used his camera, his ambition and his larger-than-life personality to mingle with a flamboyant and rebellious group of artists and writers, socialites and partygoers whose spirit and style cut a dramatic swathe through the epoch. Canonizing the era's "Bright Young Things" in his distinctive brand of opulent studio portraiture, Beaton worked his way up from middle-class suburban schoolboy to glittering society figure. This miniature cocktail book features a delightful array of recipes inspired by the decadent drinks of Beaton's youth, and the fabulous friends and celebrities whom he photographed. Period classics such as the Hanky Panky, Manhatten, Negroni and Sidecar are given contemporary twists by the Head Bartender and Mixologist of the world famous Claridge's Hotel in London, which played host to some of the most extravagant Bright Young gatherings. It is illustrated with the artist's own photographs and the witty and distinctive drawings he produced throughout his life, recording people, travels and experiences, which were featured in Vogue magazine. A must-have for every well-appointed bar cart, Cecil Beaton's Cocktail Book brings to life a deliriously eccentric, glamorous and creative era.
A River With A City Problem
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Author : Margaret Cook
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
Release Date : 2019-09-03
A River With A City Problem written by Margaret Cook and has been published by Univ. of Queensland Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-03 with History categories.
When floods devastated South East Queensland in 2011, who was to blame? Despite the inherent risk of living on a floodplain, most residents had pinned their hopes on Wivenhoe Dam to protect them, and when it failed to do so, dam operators were blamed for the scale of the catastrophic events that followed. A River with a City Problem is a compelling history of floods in the Brisbane River catchment, especially those in 1893, 1974 and 2011. Extensively researched, it highlights the force of nature, the vagaries of politics and the power of community. With many river cities facing urban development challenges, Cook makes a convincing argument for what must change to prevent further tragedy.