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Sarah Ruhl - James Al Shamma - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Sarah Ruhl - James Al Shamma - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Although not yet 40, two-time Pulitzer finalist Sarah Ruhl has established herself as one of America''s most innovative and productive playwrights. She is known for charting complex currents of desire and broaching weighty topics such as bereavement with a light, whimsical touch. This critical volume represents the first full-length, comprehensive study of her work. The text tracks the evolution of her style and aesthetic, situates her body of work within the American theatre scene, investigates her influences, and analyzes her plays in depth, including Eurydice, The Clean House, Passion Play , and In the Next Room or the vibrator play .

DKK 365.00
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The Electric Car in America, 1890-1922 - Kerry Segrave - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Electric Car in America, 1890-1922 - Kerry Segrave - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The electric vehicle seemed poised in 1900 to be a leader in automotive production. Clean, odorless, noiseless and mechanically simple, electrics rarely broke down and were easy to operate. An electric car could be started instantly from the driver''s seat; no other machine could claim that advantage. But then it all went wrong. As this history details, the hope and confidence of 1900 collapsed and just two decades later electric cars were effectively dead. They had remained expensive even as gasoline cars saw dramatic price reductions, and the storage battery was an endless source of problems. An increasingly frantic public relations campaign of lies and deceptive advertising could not turn the tide.

DKK 523.00
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Turnpike Team - Lukasz Muniowski - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Turnpike Team - Lukasz Muniowski - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

A sense of impending doom surrounded the New Jersey Nets. No matter how well things were going for the perennial underdogs, something would go wrong sooner or later--injuries, bad trades, inner conflicts. But if the Nets were never a stable organization, it made following them as entertaining as it was painful. The team''s 2012 move to Brooklyn was supposed to make a clean break with their past. That past was in fact rich and eventful, filled with heroes, often unfairly vilified or underappreciated. Shedding new light on the careers of such figures as Julius Erving, Buck Williams, Sam Bowie, Derrick Coleman, Stephon Marbury, Jason Kidd and Vince Carter, this book celebrates a team of strong-willed individuals whose best efforts always ended in heartbreak.

DKK 344.00
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Flying Cars, Amphibious Vehicles and Other Dual Mode Transports - George W. Green - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Flying Cars, Amphibious Vehicles and Other Dual Mode Transports - George W. Green - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

It wasn''t very long after the first commercially viable automobiles came on the scene that ambitious engineers began to dream of vehicles that could travel not only on land but also in the air, or by water. For a century, talented designers have created unique dual purpose vehicles for land, water and air (in various pairings) for both civil and military applications. Sometimes converted from standard vehicles, sometimes beginning as clean-sheet designs, these machines have met the engineering and economic challenges of dual-mode travel with varying degrees of success. This book describes a fascinating array of these vehicles from the United States and abroad, including flying automobiles, roadable aircraft, amphibious vehicles, hovercraft, road-rail trains, and triphibious inventions.

DKK 429.00
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The Mustache Gang Battles the Big Red Machine - John G. Robertson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Mustache Gang Battles the Big Red Machine - John G. Robertson - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The 1972 World Series was a terrific clash between two rising Major League franchises, the Oakland A''s and the Cincinnati Reds. Neither had won the pennant in decades. Twice removed from their original home in Philadelphia and unappreciated in Oakland, the A''s quietly played excellent ball, their long hair and mustaches symbols of rebellion. Led by manager Sparky Anderson, the clean-cut Reds--baseball''s most conservative club--were becoming a powerhouse and were the favorites entering the Series. This book chronicles both the A''s and the Reds'' journeys to the memorable ''72 Fall Classic--where six of seven games were won by a single run--with batter-by-batter coverage of the diamond exploits of Bench, Perez, Rose, Rudi, Odom, Tenace, and others.

DKK 334.00
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Fighting the Current - Lisa Bier - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Fighting the Current - Lisa Bier - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

In 1926, Gertrude Ederle became the first female to swim the English Channel--and broke the existing record time in doing so. Although today she is considered a pioneer in women''s swimming, women were swimming competitively 50 years earlier. This historical book details the early period of women''s competitive swimming in the United States, from its beginnings in the nineteenth century through Ederle''s astonishing accomplishment. Women and girls faced many obstacles to safe swimming opportunities, including restrictive beliefs about physical abilities, access to safe and clean water, bathing suits that impeded movement and became heavy in water, and opposition from official sporting organizations. The stories of these early swimmers plainly show how far female athletes have come.

DKK 334.00
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Voices of the 9/11 Pentagon Recovery Effort - Mark Joseph Mongilutz - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Voices of the 9/11 Pentagon Recovery Effort - Mark Joseph Mongilutz - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

9/11 is more commonly associated with New York and the World Trade Center than with the Pentagon, whose destruction received far less coverage. But those who helped extinguish the fires, tend to the wounded, and clean up the aftermath will never forget such a loss. Thousands took part in the Pentagon recovery effort following 9/11, but few knew exactly what they were signing up for. A nearby Army unit, the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), sent its soldiers to contribute where they could, as best they could, and in any capacity they could. In this book, soldiers of The Old Guard have elected to share their experiences. Their accounts attest to the honor and camaraderie that were necessary for picking up the pieces, as well as the traumatic effects of being enveloped in the aftermath of tragedy.

DKK 334.00
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Glimpses of Phoenix - David William Foster - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Glimpses of Phoenix - David William Foster - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Part of the self-image of Phoenix is that the city has no history and that anything of importance happened yesterday. Also that Phoenix, the Arizona state capital, is a "clean" city (despite a past of police corruption and social oppression). The "real" Phoenix, easygoing, sun-drenched, a place of ever-expanding development and economic growth, guarantees, it is said, an enviable lifestyle, low taxes, and unfettered personal freedom and opportunity. Little of this is true. Phoenix has been described as one of the least sustainable cities in the country. This sixth largest urban area of the United States has an alarmingly superficial and tourism-oriented discourse among its leaders. This book examines a series of narrative works (novels, theater, chronicles, investigative reporting, personal accounts, editorial cartooning, even a children''s television program) that question this discourse in a frequently stinging fashion. The works examined are anchored in a critical understanding of the dominant urban myths of Greater Phoenix, and an awareness of how all the newness, modernity and fun-in-the-sun mentality mask a uniquely dystopian human experience.

DKK 429.00
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Toxic Waste and Environmental Policy in the 21st Century United States - Dianne Rahm - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Toxic Waste and Environmental Policy in the 21st Century United States - Dianne Rahm - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

A major problem confronting the United States in the 21st century is the 20th century''s legacy of toxic waste. The weapons that fought the Cold War, the facilities that manufactured those weapons, and the factories that fueled a prosperous economy left behind a trail of pollution. Seven previously unpublished essays examine the problem of toxic waste in the United States, what is being done about it, and what should be done about it. W. Henry Lambright and Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Dianne Rahm, Sevim Ahmedov, Charles Davis, Robert A. Simons and Kimberly Winson, Santa Falcone, and Toddi A. Steelman and JoAnn Carmin write about such issues as community based environmental management, regional EPA offices and the regulation of hazardous wastes, "brownfields," nuclear and chemical weapons destruction, environmental contamination and the nuclear weapons complex, the privatization of nuclear waste clean-up, and WIPP, Yucca, and hazardous waste transport. The future of humanity demands careful thought about these matters. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here .

DKK 334.00
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A Year in the Life of a "Dead" Woman - Lynnette Porter - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

A Year in the Life of a "Dead" Woman - Lynnette Porter - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

" Perhaps I should have realized that cancer runs in my family. After all, three grandparents and my father and brother perished from this disease. Yet, when I received my colorectal cancer diagnosis, I was surprised. I never expected to be primarily identified as a cancer patient. Following a typical combination of chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, and more chemo, I was presumably cancer-free when my post-treatment scans looked clean. Nonetheless, within a year I received a terminal diagnosis; cancer had metastasized in my lungs. Thus began my year as a dead woman--a time of chaotic emotions, new priorities, and rapid-fire plans and changes. Expecting the unexpected became a theme in my life, but the things that turned out to be most shocking are social, familial, and even my expectations about what is realistic for a dead woman to be or do. " Preconceptions about a terminal cancer diagnosis frequently are based on popular culture depictions of cancer and dying, which can be misleading as a guide for knowing what to expect when you''re expecting to die. This memoir provides one woman''s often-irreverent, pop culture-illustrated guide to life that deconstructs some common preconceptions about living with a terminal diagnosis.

DKK 240.00
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Henry Clay Frick and the Golden Age of Coal and Coke, 1870-1920 - Cassandra Vivian - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Henry Clay Frick and the Golden Age of Coal and Coke, 1870-1920 - Cassandra Vivian - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Once the beehive coke oven was perfected in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the coal and coke industry began to flourish and supply other fledgling industries with the fuel they needed to succeed. The thrust of this growth came from Henry Clay Frick, who opened his first coal mines in the Morgan Valley of Fayette County in 1871. There, he helped lead the industry, making it the major developmental force in industrial America. This book traces the birth and growth of the early coal and coke industry from 1870 to 1920, primarily in Fayette and Westmoreland Counties. Beyond Frick''s importance to the industry, other major topics covered in this history include the lives and struggles of the miners and immigrants who worked in the industry, the growth of unions and the many strikes in the region, and the attempts to clean the surrounding waterways from the horrific pollution that resulted from industrial development. Perhaps the most significant fact is that this book uses primary sources contemporary with the golden age of the coal and coke industry. That effort offers an alternative view and helps repair the common portrayal of Frick as corrupt by showing his work as that of an industrial genius.

DKK 476.00
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