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Traces the life of the successful businessman who cofounded Standard Oil started the Florida East Coast Railway and led the development of Miami Palm Beach and Key West
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My longtime preoccupation with hotel history reveals one continuous strand the achievements of unique entrepreneurs who created singular hotels one at a time These pioneers were not by subsequent definition hotel men They did not attend hotel schools because there were none until 1924 with the creation of the Cornell School of Hotel Administration Most of them did not grew up in the hotel business but became successful because of their varied onthejob training experiences business acumen and unexpected opportunities Their traditionbreaking vision and singleminded ambition led them to create iconic hotels My research has uncovered three such hotel mavens two of whom 1 were both essentially in the railroad and steamship business 2 were friendly competitors 3 concentrated their hotel creations in the State of Florida Henry Morrison Flagler on the east coast and Henry Bradley Plant on the west coast The third maven was Carl Graham Fisher who created Miami Beach and Montauk Long Island NY
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My longtime preoccupation with hotel history reveals one continuous strand the achievements of unique entrepreneurs who created singular hotels one at a time These pioneers were not by subsequent definition hotel men They did not attend hotel schools because there were none until 1924 with the creation of the Cornell School of Hotel Administration Most of them did not grew up in the hotel business but became successful because of their varied onthejob training experiences business acumen and unexpected opportunities Their traditionbreaking vision and singleminded ambition led them to create iconic hotels My research has uncovered three such hotel mavens two of whom 1 were both essentially in the railroad and steamship business 2 were friendly competitors 3 concentrated their hotel creations in the State of Florida Henry Morrison Flagler on the east coast and Henry Bradley Plant on the west coast The third maven was Carl Graham Fisher who created Miami Beach and Montauk Long Island NY
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An oversized limited commemorative edition of acclaimed South Florida author Les Standifords gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West extension of Henry Flaglers Florida East Coast Railway originally published in 2002 and now in its 20th printing This edition commemorating the completion of the OverSea Railroad January 22 1912 includes a linen cloth cover special heavy stock silver foil stamping a double gatefold a handtipped map and 150 new and vintage photographs and illustrations Curators and historians at the Library of Congress the Monroe County Library in Key West and at the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach assisted Creative Director Petra Mason with image sourcing as did staff at The CooperHewitt Museum New York Many of the images in this edition have never been published before A Books amp Books Press production in association with Motherland Miami and The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Palm Beach Florida 328 pages10 ½ x 8 ½ 150 illustrations HC ISBN 97809839378076000
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An oversized limited commemorative edition of acclaimed South Florida author Les Standifords gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West extension of Henry Flaglers Florida East Coast Railway originally published in 2002 and now in its 20th printing This edition commemorating the completion of the OverSea Railroad January 22 1912 includes a linen cloth cover special heavy stock silver foil stamping a double gatefold a handtipped map and 150 new and vintage photographs and illustrations Curators and historians at the Library of Congress the Monroe County Library in Key West and at the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach assisted Creative Director Petra Mason with image sourcing as did staff at The CooperHewitt Museum New York Many of the images in this edition have never been published before A Books amp Books Press production in association with Motherland Miami and The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Palm Beach Florida 328 pages10 ½ x 8 ½ 150 illustrations HC ISBN 97809839378076000
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Magician The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles looks at the remarkable genius of Orson Welles on the eve of his centenary the enigma of his career as a Hollywood star a Hollywood director for some a Hollywood failure and a crucially important independent filmmaker Orson Welless life was magical a musical prodigy at age 10 a director of Shakespeare at 14 a painter at 16 a star of stage and radio at 20 romances with some of the most beautiful women in the world including Rit
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Magician The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles looks at the remarkable genius of Orson Welles on the eve of his centenary the enigma of his career as a Hollywood star a Hollywood director for some a Hollywood failure and a crucially important independent filmmaker Orson Welless life was magical a musical prodigy at age 10 a director of Shakespeare at 14 a painter at 16 a star of stage and radio at 20 romances with some of the most beautiful women in the world including Rit
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A digital copy of Everett Ruess His Short Life Mysterious Death and Astonishing Afterlife by Philip Fradkin Download is immediately available upon purchase
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Ben and Me A New and Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin As Written by His Good Mouse Amos by Robert Lawson
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ABOUT THIS SERIES This is one volume in a large series of reprints of significant and obscure science fiction books from the 19th century into the mid 20th century assembled by Arno PressAyers in the early 1970s All of them are nicelyprinted offset facsimile reprints on the inside On the outside they have Arnos iconic and odd cover design for the series lavender cloth with four ruled illustrations in squiggly white of robots a space ship and alien worlds The series is simply titled Science Fiction There are 49 fiction books and 13 nonfiction books The fiction starts with early speculative fare such as Anonymous 1875 In the Future or the Charles BargoneClaude Farrere 1926 Useless Hands The nonfiction includes scholarly works such as the 1958 Into Other Worlds SpaceFlight in Fiction From Lucian to Lewis and early fandom compilations such as Bradley Days 1965 The Checklist of Fantastic Literature in Paperbound Books typed by hand
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The astonishing life of Ned Kellys mother While we know much about the iconic outlaw Ned Kelly his mother Ellen Kelly has been largely overlooked by Australian writers and historians until now with this vivid and compelling portrait by Grantlee Kieza one of Australias most popular biographersWhen Ned Kellys mother Ellen arrived in Melbourne in 1841 aged nine British convict ships were still dumping their unhappy cargo in what was then known as the colony of New South Wales By the time she died aged ninetyone in 1923 having outlived seven of her twelve children motor cars plied the highway near her bush home north of Melbourne and Australia was a modern sovereign nationLike so many pioneering women Ellen the wife of a convict led a life of great hardship Born in Ireland during a time of entrenched poverty and sectarian violence she was a mother of seven when her husband died after months in a police lockup She lived through famine and drought watched her babies die listened through the prison wall while her eldest son was hanged and saw the charred remains of another of her children whod died in a shootout with police One son became Australias most infamous and ultimately most celebrated outlaw another became a highly decorated policeman an honorary member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and a worldwide star on the rodeo circuit Through it all the notorious Mrs Kelly as she was dubbed by Victorias Assistant Police Commissioner survived as best she could like so many pioneering women of the timeBy bestselling biographer Grantlee Kieza Mrs Kelly is the astonishing story of one of Australias most notorious women and her wild family but its also the story of the making of Australia from struggling colony and backwater to modern nation
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An explosive story of colonial life nineteenthcentury science and the mysteries of sexuality Rachel Holmess Scanty Particulars transcends the genre of biography Through prodigious research and vivid storytelling Holmes brings to life one of the most enigmatic figures of his timeIn the 1820s Dr James Barry burst into the English establishment from nowhere He landed in Cape Town and became the leading military doctor in the South African colony working tirelessly to improve the conditions of free and enslaved women lepers and the indigent Barrys further travels included postings to the Mediterranean the Caribbean and Canada In his career he collided with some of the leading figures of the age and his exploits were regarded with fascination by Mark Twain and Charles DickensBarry was a flamboyant bon vivant fashionably dressed flirtatious and always accompanied by a poodle Wherever he went he sparked gossip made enemies and inspired relentless curiosity about his identitycuriosity that erupted into international scandal upon Barrys death when his maidservant discovered the truth about this brilliant but mysterious icon of the Victorian age
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National Book Award WinnernbspThis deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers todayIt sounds like a fairy tale He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the finest of classical educations Raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers the boy and his mother a princess in exile from a faraway land are the only persons in their household assigned names As the boys regal mother Cassiopeia entertains the house scholars with her beauty and wit young Octavian begins to question the purpose behind his guardians fanatical studies Only after he dares to open a forbidden door does he learn the hideous nature of their experiments and his own chilling role in them Set against the disquiet of Revolutionary Boston M T Andersons extraordinary novel takes place at a time when American Patriots rioted and battled to win liberty while African slaves were entreated to risk their lives for a freedom they would never claim The first of two parts this deeply provocative novel reimagines the past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today
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What on Earth Wallbook Timeline of NatureThe versatile mini edition is just like the larger critically acclaimed original edition but it fits snugly into the palm of a hand and includes a multiple choice quiz in back and a handheld magnifierWith more than 1000 illustrations this remarkable book tells the complete story of natural history from the formation of the Earth to the latest breakthroughs in evolutionary science On one side the 45 billion year timeline presents a unique illustrated guide to the past cleverly linking subjects together from asteroids to algae Streams of color represent key themes including land sea and sky and provide a backdrop to all the major events of natural history On the reverse side a second timeline identifies the people behind the science and highlights key moments in the understanding of natural science from Aristotle to the present day Perfect for younger readers but also relevant to all ages this comprehensive accessible and versatile wallbook is the first ever attempt to illustrate the entire history of nature and natural science on a single piece of paper This postcardsized edition also contains a new mindboggling 100question multiple choice quiz on the backthe answers can all be found somewhere on the timeline
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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY Benjamin Franklins companion Amos the mouse recounts how he was responsible for Franklins inventions and discoveries
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