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Book The Sterling Legend

Download or read book The Sterling Legend written by Estee Conatser and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Davy Crockett

    Book Details:
  • Author : George Edward Stanley
  • Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 9781402754999
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Davy Crockett written by George Edward Stanley and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Davy Crockett, who grew to be a legend on America's colonial frontier.

Book Legend and Legacy

Download or read book Legend and Legacy written by Robert J. Serling and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The name Boeing evokes vivid images, from the B-17 Flying Fortresses of World War II to the 707 and 747 jet transports that revolutionized air travel. Less well known: The Boeing Company built the first stage of the Saturn rocket that started men on the way to the moon, developed the Minuteman missile system, and is now designing America's space station. Boeing jets, in service around the globe, carry 675 million passengers annually--the equivalent of twelve percent of the world's population. Behind the statistics and the awe-inspiring aircraft is a company of paradoxes, a vast organization nimble enough to take daring market risks that have kept it at the top of its industry. Robert J. Serling, forty-five years an award-winning aviation writer, takes the reader behind the scenes with humor, objectivity, and abundant anecdotes: Boeing once went seventeen months without seeing a single domestic jetliner and came close to bankruptcy. One of its legendary test pilots unexpectedly barrel-rolled a prototype jetliner, into which the company had sunk one-quarter of its net worth, because he thought the stunt would help sell the airplane. Legend and Legacy, Robert J. Serling's most ambitious work to date, reads like a novel, complete with memorable characters who, despite occasional stumbles, helped win the war and conquer the commercial skies: The salesman who almost traded a used 727 for $12 million worth of underwear. The vice president who worked in a darkened office illuminated by a single, low-wattage light bulb. The gifted, driven engineers who did the impossible, by yesterday. Never in its seventy-five years has Boeing been so revealingly profiled. This book is must-reading for anyone fascinated by the history of aviation.

Book Dragon Lady

Download or read book Dragon Lady written by Sterling Seagrave and published by Alfred A. Knopf. This book was released on 1992 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The last empress of China--Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi (1835-1908)--is remembered as one of history's monsters, an iron-willed concubine who, after usurping power in 1861, ruled from the Dragon Throne for half a century. Her reign, in the aftermath of the Opium Wars and through the Boxer Rebellion until the collapse of the 2,000-year-old empire, has traditionally been seen as one of murder, poison, and intrigue. But the wicked image is false." "In 1974, to the dismay of scholars, Sir Edmund Backhouse--the biographer most responsible for the widespread vision of Tzu Hsi as monster--was revealed to be a con man. And now the author of the celebrated best-seller The Soong Dynasty has undertaken the first complete reappraisal of the empress--exposing Backhouse's writings about her as a major hoax and forgery, and establishing that the most important Western correspondent in Peking during her reign--Dr. George Morrison of the London Times--kept a secret diary contradicting his own dispatches about Tzu Hsi." "Drawing on many unpublished or long-overlooked contemporary sources, Sterling Seagrave shows us Tzu Hsi as a complex woman whose desperate--though often misguided--efforts to hold her country together take on a different coloration in the context of unrelenting foreign attempts to colonize and tear it apart. Far from being all-powerful, she was actually a hostage of vengeful Manchu princes who were using her in a power struggle against both Chinese reformers and foreign interference." "Here at last is an authentic portrait of this fascinating historical figure, as well as insight into the Western craving to believe in a sinister, dragon-haunted Orient. Dragon Lady is at once a compelling biography and the equally compelling story of how a myth was contrived, how it endured, and how, ultimately, the truth has emerged."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Book Sterling Legend

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gem Guides Book Company
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1972-06-01
  • ISBN : 9780935182057
  • Pages : 94 pages

Download or read book Sterling Legend written by Gem Guides Book Company and published by . This book was released on 1972-06-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Legend of Bagger Vance

Download or read book The Legend of Bagger Vance written by Steven Pressfield and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Depression year of 1931, on the golf links at Krewe Island off Savannah's windswept shore, two legends of the game—Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen—meet for a mesmerizing thirty-six-hole showdown. Another golfer will also compete—a troubled local war hero, once a champion, who comes with his mentor and caddie, the mysterious Bagger Vance. It is Vance, sage and charismatic, who will ultimately guide the match, for he holds the secret of the Authentic Swing. And he alone can show his protege the way back to glory. Written in the spirit of Golf in the Kingdom and The Natural, The Legend of Bagger Vance reveals the true nature of the game in a story that is unforgettable.

Book Ford Sterling

    Book Details:
  • Author : Wendy Warwick White
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • Release : 2010-06-28
  • ISBN : 0786482206
  • Pages : 209 pages

Download or read book Ford Sterling written by Wendy Warwick White and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vaudeville, burlesque, Shakespeare, baseball--in the course of his career, Ford Sterling performed them all. The well-educated son of a middle-class Chicago family, Sterling succumbed to the acting bug and left school at the age of 18. After trying a variety of performing activities--including working as an aerobatic circus clown--Sterling found his true niche in comedy. Best known for his role as the Keystone Kops villain, Sterling was a comedy legend as great as Charlie Chaplin in the opening decades of the twentieth century. He left his mark on silent film and effortlessly made the transition to sound, becoming one of the most sought-after character actors of the 1920s. From A Dutch Gold Mine to Many Unhappy Returns, this biography chronicles the life and times of George Ford Stich, Jr. (aka Ford Sterling). It follows Sterling from his childhood to his college days at Notre Dame, where he got his first taste of acting. The main focus of the work is Sterling's career, from 1911 to 1937, which is unfortunately largely forgotten today. With an emphasis on correcting inaccuracies and restoring Sterling's legacy, this volume examines his on-screen work, his production ventures, his reputation as a world renowned photographer and his final debilitating illness. A detailed filmography provides all known production, cast and crew information as well as a synopsis for each film when available. The work is also indexed.

Book The Perfect Game

    Book Details:
  • Author : J. Sterling
  • Publisher : Inspire Magic
  • Release : 2020-04-21
  • ISBN : 147822553X
  • Pages : 181 pages

Download or read book The Perfect Game written by J. Sterling and published by Inspire Magic. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over half-a-million copies sold worldwide, come see why readers and authors alike all call this, "an unforgettable story that will stay with you for years," by New York Times Bestselling Author, J. Sterling. He's a game she never intended to play. And she's the game changer he never knew he needed. The Perfect Game tells the story of college juniors, Cassie Andrews & Jack Carter. When Cassie meets rising baseball hopeful Jack, she is determined to steer clear of him and his typical cocky attitude. But Jack has other things on his mind... like getting Cassie to give him the time of day. They're both damaged, filled with mistrust and guarded before they find one another (and themselves) in this emotional journey about love and forgiveness. Strap yourselves for a ride that will not only break your heart, but put it back together. Sometimes life gets ugly before it gets beautiful.

Book Raheem Sterling  Football Legends  1

Download or read book Raheem Sterling Football Legends 1 written by Musa Okwonga and published by Football Legends. This book was released on 2020-01-02 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be inspired by Football Legend, Raheem Sterling! Discover the inspirational story of this young player's journey from his early life in Jamaica to life as a young immigrant in north-west London, where his incredible football talent put him on the road to superstardom. Packed with footie factsand match statsplus Raheem's career highlights. Football Legends: Young readers will love finding out all about the lives of their favourite players in this great new biography series.

Book And Else

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mick Sterling
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-02-16
  • ISBN : 9781643438436
  • Pages : 224 pages

Download or read book And Else written by Mick Sterling and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's a lot to ponder in the essays by Minneapolis music legend Mick Sterling: The perfect slice of toast. Sharing a stage with Prince. Saying goodbye to his son. Juxtaposing silly observations with dark heartbreak, this anthem of life will make you want to crank up the volume of your own life and roll the windows all the way down.

Book Jack Sterling and the Spear of Destiny

Download or read book Jack Sterling and the Spear of Destiny written by Ray Griggs and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when a weapon empowered by God falls into the wrong hands?Jack Sterling, a present-day marine archaeologist, accidentally discovers a rare 1940's gold coin that proves the existence of undocumented Nazi U-Boat 2553 rumored to have sunk at seaso many years ago.Following in his father's footsteps, who mysteriously disappeared years ago, Sterling embarks on an adventure to find the U-boat thought to harbor Hitler's most prized possession, "The Spear of Destiny." If the legend holds true, he who wields it can rule the world. However, Sterling is not the only one who knows about it, and his foes will stop at nothing to get it.Now at the risk of his friends and fiancée, Sterling must raise the legendary U-Boat from its watery grave to protect the Spear at all costs, leading him down a trail of German-engineered traps and secrets.Sterling is the first of an underwater adventure series that will keep the reader diving for more.

Book The Storm that is Sterling

Download or read book The Storm that is Sterling written by Lisa Renee Jones and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He may be invincible to everyone else. . . Sterling Jeter has remarkable powers and has shown himself to be just about indestructible. But beautiful, brilliant Rebecca Burns knows that even a Super Soldier needs comfort, and so much more ... But she can see that deep down, he's just a man ... Sterling and Rebecca's teenage romance was interrupted, but years later the heatbetween them flares back to life. Even though it endangers everything they're fighting for, it's impossible to resist picking up right where they left off . . . Praise for The Legend of Michael: "Awesome series. . . plenty of action and romance to keep you glued to your seat . . . an auto-buy for me." -- Night Owl Romance, Reviewer Top Pick "An amazing new series to devour. Jones's characters leap off the page in this sexy, edgy, pulse-pounding adventure." -- Susan Grant, New York Timesbestselling author of The Last Warrior "Lisa Renee Jones has created a fascinating, exciting, and wonderfully romantic read." -- Pamela Palmer, New York Timesand USA Todaybestselling author of Hunger Untamed

Book Hedy Lamarr s Double Life

Download or read book Hedy Lamarr s Double Life written by Laurie Wallmark and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Revelatory to young audiences in more ways than one.” —Kirkus “Many STEM-for-girls biographies fan excitement over women’s achievements, but this title actually brings the central scientific concept within middle-grade reach.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Movie star by day, ace inventor at night: learn about the hidden life of actress Hedy Lamarr! To her adoring public, Hedy Lamarr was a glamorous movie star, widely considered the most beautiful woman in the world. But in private, she was something more: a brilliant inventor. And for many years only her closest friends knew her secret. Now Laurie Wallmark and Katy Wu, who collaborated on Sterling’s critically acclaimed picture-book biography Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code, tell the inspiring story of how, during World War Two, Lamarr developed a groundbreaking communications system that still remains essential to the security of today’s technology.

Book Rewired

    Book Details:
  • Author : James Patrick Kelly
  • Publisher : Tachyon Publications
  • Release : 2007-10-01
  • ISBN : 1892391627
  • Pages : 445 pages

Download or read book Rewired written by James Patrick Kelly and published by Tachyon Publications. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cyberpunk is dead. The revolution has been co-opted by half-assed heroes, overclocked CGI, and tricked-out shades. Once radical, cyberpunk is now nothing more than a brand. Time to stop flipping the channel. These sixteen extreme stories reveal a government ninja routed by a bicycle repairman, the inventor of digitized paper hijacked by his college crush, a dead boy trapped in a warped storybook paradise, and the queen of England attacked with the deadliest of forbidden technology: a working modem. You’ll meet Manfred Macx, renegade meme-broker, Red Sonja, virtual reality sex-goddess, and Felix, humble sys-admin and post-apocalyptic hero. Editors James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel (Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology) have united cyberpunk visionaries William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, and Pat Cadigan with the new post-cyberpunk vanguard, including Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross, and Jonathan Lethem. Including a canon-establishing introduction and excerpts from a hotly contested online debate, Rewired is the first anthology to define and capture the crackling excitement of the post-cyberpunks. From the grittiness of Mirrorshades to the Singularity and beyond, it’s time to revive the revolution.

Book The Yamato Dynasty

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sterling Seagrave
  • Publisher : Crown
  • Release : 2001-08-14
  • ISBN : 0767904974
  • Pages : 418 pages

Download or read book The Yamato Dynasty written by Sterling Seagrave and published by Crown. This book was released on 2001-08-14 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Yamato Dynasty, Sterling Seagrave, who divulged the secrets of Mao Tse-tung and the ruthlessness of Chiang Kai-shek in the New York Times bestseller The Soong Dynasty, and his wife and longtime collaborator, Peggy, present the controversial, never-before-told history of the world’s longest-reigning dynasty–the Japanese imperial family–from its nineteenth-century origins through today. In the first collective biography of both the men and women of the Yamato Dynasty, the Seagraves take a controversial, comprehensive look at a family history that crosses two world wars, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the American occupation of Japan, and Japan’s subsequent phoenix-like rise from the ashes of the Second World War. The Yamato Dynasty tells the story of the powerful men who have stood behind the screen–the shoguns and financiers controlling the throne from the shadows–taking readers behind the walls of privilege and tradition and revealing, in uncompromising detail, the true nature of a dynasty shrouded in myth and legend

Book Sterling Legend

    Book Details:
  • Author : Estee Conatser
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1987-11-01
  • ISBN : 9780935182316
  • Pages : 94 pages

Download or read book Sterling Legend written by Estee Conatser and published by . This book was released on 1987-11-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author has used a cold-blooded approach to a remarkable assessment and analysis of this famous puzzle and has successfully attempted to clear the air of hundreds of confusing segments of the history.

Book Cuba 1952 1959

    Book Details:
  • Author : Manuel Márquez-Sterling
  • Publisher : Kleiopatria Digital Press
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 0615318568
  • Pages : 278 pages

Download or read book Cuba 1952 1959 written by Manuel Márquez-Sterling and published by Kleiopatria Digital Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Manuel Márquez-Sterling writes about Fidel Castro and his revolution from direct personal experience, as a historian with broad and deep knowledge of 50s Cuba. The author knew and had contact with many of the historical figures in the book's pages. His penetrating analysis of the public and behind-the-scenes events clears the fog and shatters myths to reveal the real story of the Cuban Revolution. The book explains how Castro came to power through the convergence of rabid partisanship, radical student politics, media bias, and venal politicians who placed self interest ahead of preserving democracy. Facing a constitutional crisis, these parties espoused "the end justifies the means," embracing political gangsterism and eschewing negotiations with political opponents- resulting in a power vacuum Castro exploited to seize power. Masterful propaganda cast Castro as pro-democracy hero, avoiding scrutiny of his plans for a totalitarian state under his control.