Author: Emily Maskas
Publisher: College Prowler
ISBN: 1427499705
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Brandeis University 2012
Author: Emily Maskas
Publisher: College Prowler
ISBN: 1427499705
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Publisher: College Prowler
ISBN: 1427499705
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Israel
Author: Anita Shapira
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 161168353X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
A history of Israel in the context of the modern Jewish experience and the history of the Middle East
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 161168353X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
A history of Israel in the context of the modern Jewish experience and the history of the Middle East
Self-determination and Women's Rights in Muslim Societies
Author: Chitra Raghavan
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1611682819
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
An interdisciplinary anthology on the intersections of gender, Islam, and law
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1611682819
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
An interdisciplinary anthology on the intersections of gender, Islam, and law
Bird Strike
Author: Michael N. Kalafatas
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
ISBN: 1611688159
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
On a warm and golden afternoon, October 4, 1960, a Lockheed Electra jet turboprop carrying 72 souls took off from Logan Airport. Seconds later, the plane slammed into a flock of 10,000 starlings, and abruptly plummeted into Winthrop Harbor. The collision took 62 lives and gave rise to the largest rescue mobilization in Boston's history, which included civilians in addition to police, firefighters, skindivers, and Navy and Coast Guard air-sea rescue teams. Largely because of the quick action and good seamanship of Winthrop citizens, many of them boys in small boats, ten passengers survived what the Civil Aeronautics Board termed "a non-survivable crash." Using firsthand interviews with survivors of the crash, rescuers, divers, aeronautics experts, and ornithologists, as well as a wide range of primary source material, Kalafatas foregrounds the story of the crash and its aftermath to anchor a broader inquiry into developments in the aeronautics industry, the increase in the number of big birds in the skies of North America, and the increasing danger of "bird strikes." Along the way he looks into interesting historical sidelights such as the creation of Logan Airport, the transformation of Boston's industrial base to new technologies, and the nature of journalistic investigations in the early 1960s. The book is a rare instance when an author can simultaneously write about a fascinating historical event and a clear and present danger today. Kalafatas calls for and itemizes solutions that protect both birds and the traveling public.
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
ISBN: 1611688159
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
On a warm and golden afternoon, October 4, 1960, a Lockheed Electra jet turboprop carrying 72 souls took off from Logan Airport. Seconds later, the plane slammed into a flock of 10,000 starlings, and abruptly plummeted into Winthrop Harbor. The collision took 62 lives and gave rise to the largest rescue mobilization in Boston's history, which included civilians in addition to police, firefighters, skindivers, and Navy and Coast Guard air-sea rescue teams. Largely because of the quick action and good seamanship of Winthrop citizens, many of them boys in small boats, ten passengers survived what the Civil Aeronautics Board termed "a non-survivable crash." Using firsthand interviews with survivors of the crash, rescuers, divers, aeronautics experts, and ornithologists, as well as a wide range of primary source material, Kalafatas foregrounds the story of the crash and its aftermath to anchor a broader inquiry into developments in the aeronautics industry, the increase in the number of big birds in the skies of North America, and the increasing danger of "bird strikes." Along the way he looks into interesting historical sidelights such as the creation of Logan Airport, the transformation of Boston's industrial base to new technologies, and the nature of journalistic investigations in the early 1960s. The book is a rare instance when an author can simultaneously write about a fascinating historical event and a clear and present danger today. Kalafatas calls for and itemizes solutions that protect both birds and the traveling public.
Brandeis University 2012
Author: Emily Maskas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781427403544
Category : College choice
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Presents a student perspective on Brandeis University, providing statistics, facts, and opinions on academics, local atmosphere, safety and security, facilities, dining and housing, diversity, athletics, and other topics, and includes a summary of the top ten best and worst things about life on campus.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781427403544
Category : College choice
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Presents a student perspective on Brandeis University, providing statistics, facts, and opinions on academics, local atmosphere, safety and security, facilities, dining and housing, diversity, athletics, and other topics, and includes a summary of the top ten best and worst things about life on campus.
Polygamy in Primetime
Author: Janet Bennion
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1611682967
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
A provocative look at the costs and benefits of polygamy among western fundamentalist Mormon women
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1611682967
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
A provocative look at the costs and benefits of polygamy among western fundamentalist Mormon women
Shuva
Author: Yehuda Kurtzer
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1611682320
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Offers a roadmap for revitalizing the connection between the Jewish people and the Jewish past
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1611682320
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Offers a roadmap for revitalizing the connection between the Jewish people and the Jewish past
Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity
Author: Glen Warren Bowersock
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 161168322X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Political and military developments in the Arabian Peninsula on the eve of Islam
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 161168322X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Political and military developments in the Arabian Peninsula on the eve of Islam
Papist Patriots
Author: Maura Jane Farrelly
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0199757712
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This volume considers how and why colonial Catholics embraced the individualistic, rights-oriented ideology of the American Revolution, in spite of the fact that the Revolution's rhetoric was riddled with anti-Catholicism, and even though Catholicism has had an uneasy relationship with Enlightenment liberalism until very recently.
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0199757712
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This volume considers how and why colonial Catholics embraced the individualistic, rights-oriented ideology of the American Revolution, in spite of the fact that the Revolution's rhetoric was riddled with anti-Catholicism, and even though Catholicism has had an uneasy relationship with Enlightenment liberalism until very recently.
Marriage and Divorce in the Jewish State
Author: Susan M. Weiss
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1611683653
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A comprehensive look at how rabbinical courts control Israeli marriage and divorce
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1611683653
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A comprehensive look at how rabbinical courts control Israeli marriage and divorce