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Making the Big Red Machine - Daryl Smith - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Making the Big Red Machine - Daryl Smith - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

With a line-up that included future Hall of Famers Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez and Pete Rose, Cincinnati''s "Big Red Machine" powered its way in the 1970s to six division titles, four pennants, and two World Series. Three other times in that decade they finished second in their division to the eventual pennant winner. While much has been written about the players and manager Sparky Anderson, no book until now has given adequate attention to the man behind the Machine, general manager Bob Howsam. From his hire in 1967 through the end of his first stint with the Reds in 1978, Howsam brought about a remarkable change in fortune for the Reds, who had claimed only one pennant in the 26 years before his arrival. This detailed history of baseball''s last dynasty shows not only how the team performed but why, delving into the off-field strategy and moves behind the Reds'' success.

DKK 334.00
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Joseph Smith and the Book of Enoch - Mark Lines - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Joseph Smith and the Book of Enoch - Mark Lines - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The sources of Joseph Smith''s literary works remain the most enigmatic aspect of Mormon history. Smith''s "translation projects," the Book of Mormon, Book of Moses, the Inspired Bible and Book of Abraham, include prophecies, visions and allusions to the ancient biblical prophet Enoch. Before Joseph Smith began writing his visions of Enoch, Oxford professor Richard Laurence revived interest in the prophet through his 1821 English translation of the ancient text, the Book of Enoch, known as 1 Enoch . For decades, some historians have denied that Joseph Smith ever had access to the Book of Enoch, but many reserve the possibility that it directly influenced Smith''s works. The author of this book documents the many similarities between the Book of Enoch and Smith''s Mormon texts. Using source analysis and historical context, the author identifies the uniquely Mormon words, storylines, imagery and concepts that appear in Richard Laurence''s translation of the ancient religious text.

DKK 334.00
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Art Smith - Rachel Sherwood Roberts - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Art Smith - Rachel Sherwood Roberts - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

By 1915, pioneer aviator Art Smith was as celebrated as any movie star might be today. He thrilled audiences with his barnstorming feats, doing "death spirals," sky writing, "loop-the-loops," and night flights using phosphorus fireworks. He was a consummate showman and had he not died in 1926, his name probably would be familiar to most Americans. He glamorized and popularized aviation while testing the boundaries of aeronautical principles. As a boy he longed to fly before he had ever seen an airplane. His parents believed in him, and he was fortunate to have a best friend named Al Wertman who helped him build an airplane. His fame spread around the globe and in 1916, the Japanese offered him $10,000 for a series of exhibitions. His flying skills inspired a young Wiley Post to a life of aviation. After Smith''s death, when Lindbergh flew over Fort Wayne and dipped his wings, he gave credit to the "Bird Boy" Art Smith. The story of this rising star in American aviation is one of adventure, romance, scandal and history. Using Smith''s own autobiographical writings, the story is also a factual account of events in early aviation. The book includes photographs and postcards in Art Smith''s own handwriting mailed to Al Wertman.

DKK 334.00
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Madeleine Smith on Trial - Brian Jenkins - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Madeleine Smith on Trial - Brian Jenkins - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

 In 1855, Glasgow socialite Madeleine Smith began a flirtation with Pierre L''Angelier, a handsome clerk--for her a mere diversion. But L''Angelier sought social mobility. Their class disparity gave her control of the intrigue but when the relationship turned sexual, the power imbalance shifted. The Scots recognized irregular unions in certain cases. L''Angelier considered Smith his wife, a part she at first discreetly played. When he refused to step aside and allow her a more socially acceptable marriage, his removal became necessary. Smith''s sensational murder trial captivated both Britain and America. Despite compelling evidence of guilt, various factors led to her acquittal--her class and gender, the peculiarities of Scottish law--and many believed the case went to trial only because the Crown feared blatant confirmation that justice was not blind.

DKK 287.00
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Pennies from Vietnam - Tracy Smith

Pennies from Vietnam - Tracy Smith

In this family story that includes more than 70 letters from Vietnam, the raw honesty of one homesick teenage boy speaks for every lonely soldier at war. Huey crew chief Larry Smith grew into a hardened man in his First Cavalry helicopter while his little sister Tracy started kindergarten back in New Jersey and learned of war from the family television. As Larry turned 19 in December 1967, battles intensified and his letters darkened, casting doubt on his promise to return home. Decades after the..

DKK 234.00
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Joseph Smith and the Origins of The Book of Mormon, 2d ed. - David Persuitte - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Joseph Smith and the Origins of The Book of Mormon, 2d ed. - David Persuitte - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Just as a growing interest in millennialism at the turn of this century has rejuvenated religious debate and questions concerning the fate of the world, so did Mormonism develop from millennial enthusiasm early in the nineteenth century. Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, and a provocative, even controversial figure in history, declared that he had been given the authority to restore the true church in the latter days. The primary source of Smith''s latter-day revelation is The Book of Mormon, and to fully understand his role as the founder of the Mormon faith, one must also understand The Book of Mormon and how it came to be. Unfortunately, the literature about Joseph Smith and The Book of Mormon is permeated with contradiction and controversy. In the first edition of this impressive work, David Persuitte provided a significant amount of revealing biographical information about Smith that resolved many of the controversies concerning his character. He also presented an extensive comparative analysis positing that the probable conceptual source for The Book of Mormon was a book entitled View of the Hebrews; or the Tribes of Israel in America , which was written by an early New England minister named Ethan Smith. Now in an expanded and revised second edition incorporating many new findings relating to the origin of The Book of Mormon , Mr. Persuitte''s book continues to shed much new light on the path Joseph Smith took toward founding the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

DKK 334.00
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The Time Machine: An Invention - H.g. Wells - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Time Machine: An Invention - H.g. Wells - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Time Machine is one of the most enduring works of the English language. A hundred years after it was first published, the book continues to be studied. The 1895 London first edition is used as a basis for the exhaustive annotations and other critical apparatus of the world''s foremost Wellsian scholar. The widely reprinted version of 1924 is also fully accounted for. For most students, one of the chief points of interest is what the novel signified to readers when it was first published and how it relates to Wells''s later works. Accordingly, the annotations focus on these questions. The introduction gives in great depth the background of the work and its complex bibliographical history, and a synopsis of the literary conventions that Wells used.

DKK 259.00
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A Life in Code - G. Stuart Smith - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

A Life in Code - G. Stuart Smith - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Protesters called it an act of war when the U.S. Coast Guard sank a Canadian-flagged vessel in the Gulf of Mexico in 1929. It took a cool-headed codebreaker solving a "trunk-full" of smugglers'' encrypted messages to get Uncle Sam out of the mess: Elizebeth Smith Friedman''s groundbreaking work helped prove the boat was owned by American gangsters. This book traces the career of a legendary U.S. law enforcement agent, from her work for the Allies during World War I through Prohibition, when she faced danger from mobsters while testifying in high profile trials. Friedman founded the cryptanalysis unit that provided evidence against American rum runners and Chinese drug smugglers. During World War II, her decryptions brought a Japanese spy to justice and her Coast Guard unit solved the Enigma ciphers of German spies. Friedman''s "all source intelligence" model is still used by law enforcement and counterterrorism agencies against 21st century threats.

DKK 334.00
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H.G. Wells on Film - Don G. Smith - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

H.G. Wells on Film - Don G. Smith - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

One of the most influential thinkers of his era, H.G. Wells is primarily known for his science fiction writings that looked ahead in time to teach and warn. These novels and stories inspired many filmmakers to bring his visions (if often greatly altered or misfocused) to life on screen. He himself wrote screenplays and closely supervised the production of some of his work. This book is a study of every theatrically released film from 1909 to 1997 that is based, even loosely, on the writings of H.G. Wells, including The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, The First Men in the Moon, The Food of the Gods and The Empire of the Ants, to name a few. For each film, the author discusses the circumstances surrounding its creation, its plot, how it compares with the literary work, its production and marketing, and its strengths and weaknesses based on aesthetic qualities.

DKK 334.00
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Miss Mary's Money - H. G. Jones - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Miss Mary's Money - H. G. Jones - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Every “legitimate” member of Revolutionary War soldier Francis Jones's family (including his son-in-law Congressman James Strudwick Smith) lies in a small cemetery near where the Smiths' enslaved maid Harriet gave birth to four daughters, one fathered by Jones's white lawyer grandson, three by the white physician grandson. The four girls grew up with two “mothers”, for Miss Mary Ruffin Smith, spinster sister of the licentious boys, took them into the big house, baptized them into the Episcopal Church, and then guided them to marriage to respectable biracial men. One great-great-grandchild, Pauli Murray, became the first African-American woman to be admitted to the clergy of the Episcopal Church and has recently been named a saint in that denomination. Her book Proud Shoes is based on her grandmother's memories. The last “legitimate” survivor in her family, Miss Mary Ruffin Smith left each biracial niece a token hundred acres. The remainder of the Jones-Smith fortune she willed (1) to the University of North Carolina for the establishment of scholarships and the development of its campus utilities, and (2) to the work of the North Carolina dioceses of the Episcopal Church, including saving St. Mary's School in Raleigh and supporting the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill.

DKK 334.00
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The Butchers, the Baker - Victor L. Mapes - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Butchers, the Baker - Victor L. Mapes - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Twelve hours after Pearl Harbor, Clark Field in the Philippines was attacked by Japanese aircraft. Among the survivors was Private Victor L. Mapes, who spent the next three years fleeing from and then being imprisoned by the Japanese military machine. When the tide of battle in the Pacific turned against the Japanese, Mapes experienced more harrowing conditions than before. After his unmarked prison ship was torpedoed by an American submarine, the wounded author struggled in the water against the elements and the enemy, as the Japanese tried to kill the escaping POWs. Mapes'' memoir chronicles a gruelling three-year ordeal that was punctuated by strange and often amusing encounters with fellow Americans, Japanese, Filipinos, and the fierce Moros of Mindanao Island. The memoir includes photographs and maps, as well as a bibliography and index.

DKK 240.00
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Brown & Sharpe and the Measure of American Industry - Gerald M. Carbone - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Brown & Sharpe and the Measure of American Industry - Gerald M. Carbone - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Joseph Brown, founder of Brown & Sharpe, was a skilled clockmaker who invented new machines, and new ways to make things. Samuel Darling, an eccentric inventor from Maine, joined up and brought with him his engine for marking precise graduations on measuring instruments. Lucian Sharpe, with his son Henry and grandson Henry, Jr., guided the company for more than a century--and along with it the global machine tools industry. The men and women of Brown & Sharpe produced and marketed a dazzling array of measuring devices, machine tools and precision machinery. They truly helped shape Rhode Island, the nation and the modern world. The history of Brown & Sharpe covers more than 150 years of technological development, labor history and public policy, culminating in history''s longest strike.

DKK 325.00
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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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