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Book Charlotte Then and Now

Download or read book Charlotte Then and Now written by Brandon Lunsford and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Putting archive and contemporary photographs of the same landmark side-by-side, Charlotte Then and Now®? provides a visual chronicle of the fascinating changes in the fastest growing in the SoutheastCharlotte began as one of several small courthouse villages in the Carolina Piedmont but grew after the discovery of gold nearby. In the years following the Civil War the town became a symbol of the New South transitioning from agriculture to industrialism at the heart of the pidemont's textile industry. By the turn of the century, skyscrapers, department stores, and congested streets testified to the expansion of the little crossroads village of the early 1800s. This easily accessible history of Charlotte is told using vintage photos, some taken just after the Civil War, right up until the 1960s. Readers can see how much or how little has changed in the intervening years. Sites include Trade Street, South Tryon Street, First Ward, Belk Brothers, Ivey's, City Hall, First National Bank Building, Masonic Temple, Hotel Charlotte, U.S. Mint Building, South Brevard Street, United House of Prayer, Elizabeth College, Ovens Auditorium, Dilworth, Myers Park, Queens College, Biddle University, and Davidson.

Book Charlotte Then and Now

Download or read book Charlotte Then and Now written by Brandon Lunsford and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlotte, "The Queen City" of North Carolina, was named in honor of King George III's wife, Queen Charlotte, and continues to be an important player in American history. From her early days as a pre-revolutionary hotbed of ideology to her modern incarnation as the nation's second-largest financial center, Charlotte is fascinating. See this Southern belle in all of her past and present glory in Charlotte Then & Now.- Discover Charlotte's beloved landmarks, past and present, in this unique tour of the "Hornet's Nest," a nickname bestowed on the rambunctious city by British general Cornwallis. Sports fans take note: Charlotte's pre-revolutionary legacy lives on in the NBA's Hornets.-Stop by the corner of Trade and Tryon Streets, better known as "The Square." It was at this intersection--where the original East-West Trading path crossed with the Great Wagon Road--that modern Charlotte began to take shape. Compare The Square as it was in 1898 with its modern reflection, and you'll notice it's still an important crossroad.-Charlotte is now America's #2 financial center, second only to New York. Throughout the centuries, banks have figured prominently in the city's diverse architecture-see beautiful examples in the Merchants and Farmers National Bank, First National Bank, and Wachovia Building as they werethen, and as they are now.-Spare any change? Before the California Gold Rush, Charlotte was a major gold town and even had its own mint. The Charlotte Mint was active until Confederate soldiers seized it; today the U.S. Mint building is one of Charlotte's most popular museums.

Book Charlotte  NC

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Graves
  • Publisher : University of Georgia Press
  • Release : 2012-06-01
  • ISBN : 0820343080
  • Pages : 321 pages

Download or read book Charlotte NC written by William Graves and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapid evolution of Charlotte, North Carolina, from “regional backwater” to globally ascendant city provides stark contrasts of then and now. Once a regional manufacturing and textile center, Charlotte stands today as one of the nation's premier banking and financial cores with interests reaching broadly into global markets. Once defined by its biracial and bicultural character, Charlotte is now an emerging immigrant gateway drawing newcomers from Latin America and across the globe. Once derided for its sleepy, nine-to-five “uptown,” Charlotte's center city has been wholly transformed by residential gentrification, corporate headquarters construction, and amenity-based redevelopment. And yet, despite its rapid transformation, Charlotte remains distinctively southern—globalizing, not yet global. This book brings together an interdisciplinary team of leading scholars and local experts to examine Charlotte from multiple angles. Their topics include the banking industry, gentrification, boosterism, architecture, city planning, transit, public schools, NASCAR, and the African American and Latino communities. United in the conviction that the experience of this Sunbelt city—center of the nation's fifth-largest metropolitan area—offers new insight into today's most pressing urban and suburban issues, the contributors to Charlotte, NC: The Global Evolution of a New South City ask what happens when the external forces of globalization combine with a city's internal dynamics to reshape the local structures, landscapes, and identities of a southern place.

Book Charlotte

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  • Author : Don Schick
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 0738542288
  • Pages : 98 pages

Download or read book Charlotte written by Don Schick and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While most American cities boomed decades, even centuries ago, the city of Charlotte does so now. However it is the Charlotte of old that is worth revisiting. It is this community that Charlotte natives remember fondly, but newcomers have never seen.

Book Now and Again

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  • Author : Charlotte Rogan
  • Publisher : Hachette UK
  • Release : 2016-04-05
  • ISBN : 0316380911
  • Pages : 448 pages

Download or read book Now and Again written by Charlotte Rogan and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative novel about the fallout from a search for truth by the author of the national bestseller The Lifeboat. For Maggie Rayburn -- wife, mother, and secretary at a munitions plant -- life is pleasant, predictable, and, she assumes, secure. When she finds proof of a high-level cover-up on her boss's desk, she impulsively takes it, an act that turns her world, and her worldview, upside down. Propelled by a desire to do good -- and also by a newfound taste for excitement -- Maggie starts to see injustice everywhere. Soon her bottom drawer is filled with what she calls "evidence," her small town has turned against her, and she must decide how far she will go for the truth. For Penn Sinclair -- Army Captain, Ivy League graduate, and reluctant heir to his family's fortune -- a hasty decision has disastrous results. Home from Iraq and eager to atone, he reunites with three survivors to expose the truth about the war. They launch a website that soon has people talking, but the more they expose, the cloudier their mission becomes. Now and Again is a blazingly original novel about the interconnectedness of lives, the limits of knowledge, and the consequences of doing the right thing.

Book The Real Charlotte

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  • Author : Edith Œnone Somerville
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1903
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 396 pages

Download or read book The Real Charlotte written by Edith Œnone Somerville and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irish cousins both fall in love with the same man. Francie is young and attractive; Charlotte, middle-aged and plain.

Book If I Can t Have You

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charlotte Levin
  • Publisher : Pan Macmillan
  • Release : 2020-07-09
  • ISBN : 1529032407
  • Pages : 307 pages

Download or read book If I Can t Have You written by Charlotte Levin and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I implore you to read (or listen to) it. It's so many things - dark, sweet, odd, moving, credible, tender, beautifully written & at times funny' - Marian Keyes, author of Again, Rachel 'One of the best books I’ve ever read' – Ruth Jones _______________________________________ If I Can't Have You by Charlotte Levin is an all-consuming novel about loneliness, obsession and how far we go for the ones we love. After fleeing Manchester for London, Constance Little attempts to put past tragedies behind her and make a fresh start. When she embarks on a relationship with the new doctor at the medical practice where she works, she’s convinced she’s finally found the love and security she craves. Then he ends it. But if life has taught her anything, it’s that if you love someone, you should never let them go. That's why for Constance Little, her obsession is only just beginning . . . _______________________________________ 'An exceptionally raw and visceral and painfully funny novel' – Emma Flint, author of Little Deaths 'Brilliant. A perfect and completely terrifying depiction of heartbreak and obsession' – Sarah Powell 'A blackly comic but heartfelt story of love and loneliness, with an endearing and damaged heroine' – Sunday Mirror 'A darkly comic and beautifully written debut novel’ – Woman ‘Blackly comic, heartrendingly sad – a brilliant debut novel’ – Best 'Compulsively readable and darkly funny with pin-sharp characterisation’ – Laura Marshall, author of Friend Request

Book I Am Charlotte Simmons

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  • Author : Tom Wolfe
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2005-08-30
  • ISBN : 9780312424442
  • Pages : 758 pages

Download or read book I Am Charlotte Simmons written by Tom Wolfe and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-08-30 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At Dupont University, an innocent college freshman named Charlotte Simmons learns that her intellect alone will not help her survive.

Book The Little Book of Jeong

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  • Author : Monica Kim
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-12
  • ISBN : 9781735566795
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book The Little Book of Jeong written by Monica Kim and published by . This book was released on 2020-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did she turn a side hustle into a game-changing business, and at the same time, achieve happiness and fulfillment in her life? For Charlotte, it all came down to one thing-jeong. One of the most important Korean cultural values, jeong is a feeling of loyalty and of strong emotional connection to people and places. It goes deeper than love and friendship and grows stronger with time. In South Korea, jeong is critical for success in every facet of daily life, from cultivating hobbies to developing careers and relationships. In The Little Book of Jeong, Charlotte shares how jeong changed her own trajectory in life, landing her a job opportunity in Seoul and giving her the fuel she and her husband Dave needed to launch a ground-breaking digital skin care platform and skin care line. A personal story that centers around the deep bond she built with Korea, Charlotte reveals how jeong can radically change our relationships with our loved ones, our work, and the world around us, and challenges us to cultivate jeong in our own lives.

Book Charlotte Sometimes

Download or read book Charlotte Sometimes written by Penelope Farmer and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2016-07-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A time-travel story that is both a poignant exploration of human identity and an absorbing tale of suspense. It’s natural to feel a little out of place when you’re the new girl, but when Charlotte Makepeace wakes up after her first night at boarding school, she’s baffled: everyone thinks she’s a girl called Clare Mobley, and even more shockingly, it seems she has traveled forty years back in time to 1918. In the months to follow, Charlotte wakes alternately in her own time and in Clare’s. And instead of having only one new set of rules to learn, she also has to contend with the unprecedented strangeness of being an entirely new person in an era she knows nothing about. Her teachers think she’s slow, the other girls find her odd, and, as she spends more and more time in 1918, Charlotte starts to wonder if she remembers how to be Charlotte at all. If she doesn’t figure out some way to get back to the world she knows before the end of the term, she might never have another chance.

Book Charlotte Figg Takes Over Paradise

Download or read book Charlotte Figg Takes Over Paradise written by Joyce Magnin and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly widowed Charlotte Figg purchases a double-wide trailer sight unseen and moves to the Paradise Trailer Park with her dog Lucky. Unfortunately, neither the trailer nor Paradise are what Charlotte expected. Her trailer is a ramshackle old place in need of major repair, and the people of Paradise are harboring more secrets than Bayer has aspirin. Charlotte’s new friend Rose Tattoo learns that Charlotte played softball and convinces her to rally the women of Paradise into a team. Reluctant at first, Charlotte warms to the notion and is soon coaching the Paradise Angels. Meanwhile, Charlotte discovers that the manager of Paradise, Fergus Wrinkel, abuses his wife Suzy. Charlotte sets out to find a way to save Suzy from Fergus and in the process comes to a difficult realization about her own painful marriage.

Book Charlotte s Web

Download or read book Charlotte s Web written by E. B. White and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t miss one of America’s top 100 most-loved novels, selected by PBS’s The Great American Read. This beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic of children's literature that is "just about perfect." Illustrations in this ebook appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices. Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high up in Zuckerman's barn. Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter. E. B. White's Newbery Honor Book is a tender novel of friendship, love, life, and death that will continue to be enjoyed by generations to come. It contains illustrations by Garth Williams, the acclaimed illustrator of E. B. White's Stuart Little and Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series, among many other books. Whether enjoyed in the classroom or for homeschooling or independent reading, Charlotte's Web is a proven favorite.

Book The Real Charlotte

    Book Details:
  • Author : Edith Œnone Somerville
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1915
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 396 pages

Download or read book The Real Charlotte written by Edith Œnone Somerville and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tim and Charlotte

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  • Author : Edward Ardizzone
  • Publisher : Lincoln Children's Books
  • Release : 2006-06-07
  • ISBN : 9781845075453
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Tim and Charlotte written by Edward Ardizzone and published by Lincoln Children's Books. This book was released on 2006-06-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlotte lives in a big house with lots of toys. Most little girls would be happy with so many toys, but not Charlotte! She wants to play with real friends and have real adventures. And on one dark and stormy day, Charlotte pops up - literally - in Tim and Ginger's maritime world. Her adventures - and a veritable sea of delightful troubles - are just beginning. The Little Tim books have been cherished by readers young and old for their spirited adventures told by a storyteller who speaks straight to children's imaginations, and for their indelible portrait of life in a sleepy English coastal community.

Book Everything You ll Ever Need You Can Find Within Yourself

Download or read book Everything You ll Ever Need You Can Find Within Yourself written by Charlotte Freeman and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Charlotte Street

    Book Details:
  • Author : Danny Wallace
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 2012-06-26
  • ISBN : 1443411868
  • Pages : 412 pages

Download or read book Charlotte Street written by Danny Wallace and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It all starts with a girl . . . because yes, there’s always a girl. Jason Priestley (not that one) has just seen her. They shared an incredible, brief, fleeting moment of deep possibility, somewhere halfway down Charlotte Street. And then, just like that, she was gone—accidentally leaving him holding her old-fashioned disposable camera, chock full of undeveloped photos. And now Jason—ex-teacher, ex-boyfriend, part-time writer and reluctant hero—faces a dilemma. Should he try to track The Girl down? What if she’s The One? But that would mean using the only clues he has, which lie untouched in the beaten-up camera.

Book Poster Girls

    Book Details:
  • Author : Meredith Ritchie
  • Publisher : Warren Publishing, Incorporated
  • Release : 2022-01-11
  • ISBN : 9781954614598
  • Pages : 344 pages

Download or read book Poster Girls written by Meredith Ritchie and published by Warren Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After an unwanted southern migration, an upside-down world in 1943 offers military wife and mother, Maggie Slone, a job at Charlotte's largest wartime employer--the massive and dangerous Shell Assembly Plant. Meanwhile, military wife and Alabama native, Kora Bell's steadfast determination enables her to navigate the challenges she faces as a Black woman seeking employment under Jim Crow. A shared love of literature begins an unlikely friendship between Kora and Maggie, and the two work together to unify the plant's workforce. Stringent rules are necessary when the air is charged with gun powder and polite society, until Maggie and Kora must break them in order to support their families, end the war, and bring their husbands home. Told from two perspectives, Poster Girls is driven by the true but forgotten events and accomplishments of a diverse group of American women, both relevant and necessary to stop modern cycles of misundestanding.