Books by "John Frederick Sargent"
7 books found
Phytogeographic survey of North America, a consideration of the phytogeography of the North American continent
by John William Harshberger
1911
The Memoirs of John Douglas Forbes encompass watching the streetlamp lighters of San Francisco in 1912, to visiting the Royal Crescent in Bath in 2001, among many other memories. Art curator, educator, First Professor of the Darden School of the University of Virginia; hiker, kite flyer and traveler, who made a second family with the new wife he found through placing a Personal Ad in a magazine after becoming a widower --- John Douglas Forbes followed an unusual path. M.E. Forbes, in An Afterword to the Memoirs, speaks of the 38-year “May-December” journey she shared with Dr. Forbes.
The Houses of Hanover and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
by John Clarke, Jasper Godwin Ridley
2000 · Univ of California Press
Each of these lavishly illustrated books serves up a brief and manageable portion of the Fraser-edited and much-touted Lives of the Kings and Queens of England. A set of six jewels for Fraser's crown.
A "brilliant" account of an American mogul who inspired Citizen Kane "brings Insull back to complicated life . . . should revive interest in a forgotten giant" ( Chicago Sun-Times). A timely rags-to-riches story, The Merchant of Power recounts how Sam Insull—right hand to Thomas Edison—went on to become one of the richest men in the world, pivotal in the birth of General Electric and instrumental in the creation of the modern metropolis with his invention of the power grid, which still fuels major cities today. John Wasik, awarded the National Press Club Award for Consumer Journalism, had unprecedented access to Sam Insull's archives, which include private correspondence with Thomas Edison. The extraordinary fall of a man extraordinary for his time is revealed in this cautionary tale about the excesses of corporate power. "[A] focused look at one of the most interesting historical figures you've never heard of . . . fascinating." — Fortune "Does a fine job of telling the early story of utilities, moguls and scandal." — Chicago Tribune "I found the work of John Wasik not only personally enthralling but an informal history of that traumatic time." —Studs Terkel, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Good War "[A] bittersweet biography of one of the titans of American industry, business and finance . . . Highly readable." — Fort Worth Star-Telegram "A complex man whose life and times makes worthwhile reading." — Publishers Weekly "Wasik [has] taken his cue from current corporate scandals such as Enron and WorldCom in deciding to pluck Insull from semiobscurity, as many of Insull's contemporaries (including FDR) believed him to be guilty (he was acquitted) of orchestrating the first large-scale corporate deception." — Library Journal
Offering more than 260 recipes, a collection of Thai, Vietnamese, Australian, Malaysian, and Indonesian dishes includes tropical fruits, traditional meats, aromatic soups, and fragrant seafood in treats such as Gingered Salmon Parcels, Shrimp and Shittake Ravioli, and Jasmine Jazz Tiramisu.