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When settler George M. Johnson arrived in the area now known as Wayne, Michigan, in 1824, he may have only imagined that the site of his log cabin would later become home to a bustling, thriving, progressive city. Incorporated as the Village of Wayne in 1869 and the City of Wayne in 1960, its growth was heavily influenced by the development of railroads and the Chicago Turnpike, and it has evolved into a prosperous and multi-ethnic community. ...

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Boasting a verdant landscape and miles of silky white beaches, Long Island's North Fork remains a natural paradise. Escaping the urbanization that overspread much of Long Island in the early 1900s, the rural villages survived on farming, fishing, shipbuilding, and maritime trading. Loyal residents have preserved the North Fork's rich heritage and tranquil pace of life. Thus, agriculture still thrives and boats continue to cruise the crystal-cl...

Founded in 1803 at the site of Ross's Landing on the Tennessee River, Chattanooga was once a small settlement centered around a trading post run by John Ross, who was the leader of the Cherokee nation at the time. In 1836, the State of Georgia chartered the Western and Atlantic Railroad to connect the village of Marthasville (now Atlanta) with the river port at Chattanooga. Within the next twenty years, additional railroad companies would link...

Since the 1850s, the soothing countryside hamlets of Sonoma County have beckoned settlers of every stripe-farmers, homesteaders, businesspeople, and commuters. Sebastopol has always been among the county's loveliest towns, retaining its small-town feel even as its population has steadily grown. This book of vintage photography presents Sebastopol's journey through time, the early Mexican land grants and initial settlements, Luther Burbank's fa...

Located on the western shore of the Hudson River, the town of Esopus is known as "place of the small river, wellspring of creation." Here, Amerindians made wampum belts and forged treaties with rogue ambassador and pioneer Kit Davits, former slave Sojourner Truth began her freedom trail, Judge Parker wrote speeches for his presidential campaign, and on nearby riverbanks, John Burroughs pondered nature and composed his essays. Esopus, with its ...

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In Thermodynamik der Gemische werden die Grundlagen der Gemisch-Thermodynamik vorgestellt, wie sie der Verfahrensingenieur und andere Ingenieurdisziplinen heute verwenden. Neben grundlegenden Gleichungen, die das Grundgerüst der Thermodynamik bilden, werden als Materialgleichungen sowohl Zustandsgleichungen als auch GE-Modelle vorgestellt und die Gemisch-Thermodynamik schrittweise und konsequent hergeleitet. Den Modellen werden Experiment und ...

The publication of the child care inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbi has again emphasized the need for health and social care professionals to work collaboratively. The structure of both mental health services for adults and child care social work is based on a preoccupation with risk. However, this is increasingly being challenged by the policy thrusts towards community care in mental health services and prevention rather than protecti...

This book looks at the new militant and radical forms of lobbying and activism and the ways in which companies and organizations can devise strategies to respond or create new communication strategies that will avoid conflict and confrontation. The book draws upon the work of practitioners working in this area and includes topical and relevant international cases and examples.

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This book gives voice to the experiences, thoughts, and feelings of ordinary Russian people--workers, peasants, soldiers--as expressed in their own words during the vast upheavals of 1917. The documents in the volume are selected from the State Archive of the Russian Federation in Moscow and other Russian collections and most have never been published before. They include letters from individuals to newspapers, institutions, or leaders, collec...

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Up through the ranks from enlisted to Lieutenant Commander as the Coast Guard transformed from the old guard to the modern Coast Guard- one of the few enlisted to become a pilot.

This book describes the policy bungling by Washington politicians and Federal Reserve officials that led to the high inflation and economic instability that plagued the United States from 1965-1982. It then discusses the reversal of these policies, and how this resulted in the major economic expansion that followed.

Bei diesem Buch handelt es sich um Kurzbiographien von Menschen, die nicht mehr unter uns weilen und die auf die eine oder andere Weise bedeutsam oder bemerkenswert waren und somit unsterblich sind.

Die Frage nach der Wirksamkeit präventiven Handelns und deren Belegbarkeit beschäftigt PräventionsarbeiterInnen immer wieder. AMYNA e.V. - Institut zur Prävention von sexuellem Missbrauch legt hier mit der von Dr. Kindler erarbeiteten Expertise eine Zusammenschau internationaler wissenschaftlicher Ergebnisse vor, die Aufschluss über den momentanen Forschungsstand zur Wirksamkeit von Prävention gibt. Die Ergebnisse machen Mut, denn sie geben Hi...

Deutsche Dichterin. Verfasserin vor allem von poetischen Erzählungen, die sich mit Gesellschaftsformen und westeuropäischen Lebensstilen befassen, auch mit dem Nebeneinander von Individualität und Solidarität. Das "Organische Manifest" setzt sich aus vier Gedichtebänden zusammen, die von romantischer Phantasie zeugen. Lupensicht und ein subtiler Humor sprechen aus allen ihrer Werke. Vor allem aber kennzeichnet sie die drastisch - organische Bi...

Das Buch schliesst die Lücke zwischen der Literatur für Mechanik (Kinetik und Kinematik) und der Spezialliteratur der Maschinendynamik. Lösungsverfahren werden in traditioneller Form sowie in vollständiger Matrizenform geboten. Folgende Themen finden Sie u.a. in diesem leicht verständlich geschriebenen Werk: Lagrange'sche Gleichungen 2. Art mit eigenen Beispielen, Koppelschwingungen, Translation und Rotation, Tilgung, Verbindung ...

einführendes Lehrwerk zum Erfolgs- und Kostencontrolling, wobei die Controllingtheorie und -politk als verbindende Klammer für die Kerngebiete der Unternehmensrechnung dient. Durch die Übersichtsdarstellungen ist das Buch ein ideales Lernmittel. st das Buch ein ideales Lernmittel.