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Through a combination of player interviews and historical narrative, Red Sox Legends is a tribute to the great players of the past. This book, a partnership between the Boston Public Library and the Boston Red Sox, is part of an effort to bring Red Sox history to life. Large format prints of most of the images included here are hung inside Fenway Park. The images shown are a sampling of the over 750, 000 photographs in the library's collection...

Baseball on the West Coast dates back to 1847, when the New York Volunteer Regiment stationed in Santa Barbara batted around a cowhide-covered ball with a stick made from a mesquite branch. By 1873, "Venturans" were playing baseball at Seaside Park. The first local player to reach the major leagues was Charley Hall, who pitched for the Cincinnati Reds in 1906, followed by Fred Snodgrass, who brought along his New York Giants and the Chicago Wh...

For centuries, Native American tribes lived peacefully along the trout-filled stream in a ravine that would later become part of northeastern Seattle. In 1887, the Reverend Beck disembarked from the Seattle Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad and, in this same area, bought 300 lushly forested acres that he turned into a township and park, both called Ravenna. The town was only three and a half miles from the city center and soon boasted a flour mill...

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This volume presents the main environmental security challenges facing transition countries as well as practical methods and approaches for addressing them, which are equally applicable to all countries. Coverage also details lesson learned as illustrated via research and case studies as well as issues related to metals in the environment.

Conservation and Sustainability in Historic Cities examines how the two key issues of urban conservation and sustainability relate to each other in the context of historic cities, and how they can be brought together in a common philosophy and practice that is mutually supportive. It sets out the theoretical and practical background to architectural conservation and how its perceived relevance and level of attainment can be extended when harne...

Suitable for researchers in both practice and academe, as well as libraries, this title includes articles on: value-creation models for value-based management, performance standards and managers adoption of risky projects, the effects of organizational culture on budgetary conflict, and, capacity utilization and the Befcu model.

Arising from a colloquium held in Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, in March 2004, this volume offers fresh insights into Swiss culture and literature from an Irish perspective. It brings together articles by writers and scholars from various academic fields including cultural studies, linguistics and literature. The book is a reflection of the multifaceted interests of Irish academics in Switzerland as a cultural space in the h...

Insightful and inspiring is this account of the author's thirteen-year pilgrimage in China - amazing people stories, church celebrations and cultural events. The author is a modern-day Lottie Moon."- Max A. Eller, Retired Navy Chaplain and Pastor

From God's Lips, To My Heart, For Your Spirit is a refreshing way to encounter a relationship with God that's real, direct and powerful. The pages are filled with touching, inspiring and convicting words that pierce the soul but edifiys the spirit.

Die Vorbereitung auf den Tod ist die Vorbereitung auf den Eintritt in das größte Geheimnis, in das Mysterium der Einheit Gottes und des Menschen ... Sterben heißt Erwachen!" (Ein Betroffener nach seiner Todesnähe-Erfahrung) Die fachübergreifende Todesnähe-Forschung beschäftigt sich mit der Auswertung der Berichte von Menschen, die bereits einmal an der Schwelle des Todes standen und von dort zurückgekehrt sind. Dabei kommt es häufig zu tie...

The Daniel code has at last broken open the secrets hidden within the numeric code inside the prophetic books of Daniel first then Revelations. The code accurately predicted the baptism of Jesus 483 years before the event and tells you even who he really is. It predicts the fall of the royal empire systems by the year 1933, and the two world wars as two separate conflicts and the abandonment and undefended nature of the Jews in 1933 as they we...

Inspector Beadle believes in Africa. He believes it is a place where an ambitious man can make his name and he hopes that he will become a legend in the colonial police force. Unfortunately for Beadle, he must overcome a number of obstacles to realise his plans, not least the language barrier, his own incompetence, the mistrustful local population and the monstrous Superintendent, who takes great pleasure in undermining his young charge in hum...

Insightful and inspiring is this account of the author's thirteen-year pilgrimage in China- amazing people stories, church celebrations, and cultural events. The author is a modern-day Lottie Moon."- Max A. Eller, Retired Navy Chaplain and Pastor

Emmett McHomes, the clumsy, overgrown, dyslexic fifth grader, is having a tough year at St. Ignatius Middle School. The girls laugh at him. The cool kids pick on him. His only two friends are the nerd and the fat kid. Even the nuns who teach him suspect that his soul was stolen by the devil. And, on top of all this, Sister Mary Moody has told him that he will flunk fifth grade if he does not act more mature, make some friends, and improve his ...

Volume: Simple Strategies for Turning Success Up in Your Life introduces you to the same 52 strategies, insights and techniques that have helped guide the careers of Grammy Award winners, leading physicians, professors, television personalities and many others. In Volume, author D.K. Sutton writes that in order to move forward in your career or business, you must first look backwards - to the fundamentals of success. These fundamentals are lik...

Bhutan is a tiny Himalayan Kingdom squeezed between its two giant neighbours - India and China. Its King measures his country's wealth in terms of Gross Domestic Happiness rather than the economic measure of Gross Domestic Product. Where better for a father and son to undertake an expedition? The purpose of the trip was to trek its high mountain passes and to visit remote villages but most importantly to re-discover eachother as individuals.Bh...

September 11, 2001 was a tragic moment in America's history that will always be edged in the minds of not only Americans but people across the world. Some of those who have been effected by September 11 are our children who lost parents and friends in this hideous act. In Saying Goodbye to Daddy - Kia, an eight year old girl whose father was killed while he took a group of his students to receive an award at the Trade Center, shares humorous a...

Finding a solution to the issue of Palestinian refugees has remained the main hurdle for an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement. This book represents a comprehensive political analysis of the Palestinian refugee issue. It tackles the matter on four dimensions. First, the historical context of the Palestinian exodus in both 1948 and 1967 is reviewed. Second, the question is traced whether there exists a Palestinian right of return according to...

In The Man of Galilee, Haygood argues for the deity of Christ simply from the presentation of Jesus given in the Gospels: Jesus Himself as evidence for His deity. This short book gives a thoughtful, thorough, and logical presentation of the unique and universal quality of the character of Jesus.