Abbott: 1255 books
History Skills
A Student's Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2008
Degree-level history is characterized not only by knowledge and understanding of the human past, but by a battery of skills and qualities which are as directly applicable to employment as to professional postgraduate training or academic research. History Skills gives frank and practical help to students...
Mourning de Pachmann
The Quest for the Spirit of Chopin
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
In January 1933, widowed Canadian psychiatrist Charles Flemming traveled to Rome to deliver a paper at an international psychiatric meeting and to further research the career of the eccentric Ukranian pianist, Vladimir de Pachmann, for a biography he has always wanted to write. En route, he learns...
by Patricia Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2010
If you thought standing in line at your local warehouse store was murder then you haven't been to Megamart. From over 40 authors come flash fiction tales of superstore madness and mayhem that will make you think twice the next time you hear "clean up on aisle 13." In addition to new and emerging...
by Edwin Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2016
This book is your ultimate Robert De Niro resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Robert De Niro's whole picture right away. Get countless...
by Abbott Wainwright
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
This handbook is the result of the authors experience in solving crosswords (almost exclusively from the New York Times) for a period of over 10 years and is designed to help puzzle solvers of all abilities. It covers such strategic subjects as themes in puzzles and what a clue is attempting to elicit,...
Out of Sight
The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889-1895
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
"A product of old-fashioned, back-wearying, foundational scholarship, yet very readable, this book is certain to feature importantly in future studies of early jazz and its prehistory. Highly recommended." --Library Journal"This volume makes possible the study of the rise of black music in the...
by Allyson K. Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
For Mack and her barfly allies, solving homicides calls for equal parts instinct and wit. To strain out a crafty criminal, the mixture has got to be absolutely perfect . . .
It's a week before Christmas, but Milwaukee bar owner Mackenzie "Mack" Dalton is hardly in good spirits. Chilled...
by Megan Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
A life-changing secret destroys an unlikely friendship in this "magnetic" (Meg Wolitzer) psychological thriller from the Edgar Award-winning author of Dare Me.
You told each other everything. Then she told you too much.
Kit has risen to the top of her profession and is on the...
by Stacey Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2009
Examines the innovative approach to genre, aesthetics, narrative, and the representation of masculinity in the television series Angel.
Irwin Allen Television Productions, 1964-1970: A Critical History of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants
A Critical History of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2009
Before establishing himself as the "master of disaster" with the 1970s films The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno, Irwin Allen created four of television's most exciting and enduring science-fiction series: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel and Land...
Stephen J. Cannell Television Productions
A History of All Series and Pilots
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2009
The face of 1980s television was shaped by a man who stayed behind the scenes. Stephen Cannell’s reluctant white knights—put-upon private eye James Rockford, World War II fly-boys the Black Sheep Squadron, hapless superhero Ralph Hinckley, fugitive mercenaries the A-Team, and maverick cop Hunter—traversed...
by John S. C. Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
A fascinating look at the life and adventures of the famous American folk hero David ‘Davy’ Crockett.
The Autobiographies & Biographies of the Most Influential Native Americans
Geronimo, Charles Eastman, Black Hawk, King Philip, Sitting Bull & Crazy Horse
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2018
This carefully edited historical collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. This collection presents the incredible life stories of the legendary Native Americans such as: Geronimo, Charles Eastman, Black Hawk, King Philip,...
by Berenice Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Nearly 100 classic images by noted photographer: Rockefeller Center on the rise, Bowery restaurants, dramatic views of the City's bridges, Washington Square, old movie houses, rows of old tenements laced with laundry, Wall Street, Flatiron Building, waterfront, and many other landmarks.