<p>From the Introduction by Louis Achincloss: "The role the Vanderbilts played in the social life of New York City and of all the rural resorts and watering places to which the wealthy of that metropolis regularly retreated was at least comparable to that of the Medici in Florence. As patrons of the arts, the Vanderbilts certainly had their lapses, but what family, including their Tuscan counterpart, would not, in amassing so gargantuan a pile? Edith Wharton, their severest critic, wrote that they were entrenched 'in a sort of Thermopylae of bad taste, from which apparently no force on earth can dislodge them', but today art critics are becoming more aware of how many fine things were included in the Vanderbilt treasures. Perhaps their greatest fault in taste lay in their seeming inability to dispense with any of their artifacts, even in their largest houses. Beauty can be lost even in a clutter of beauty. The whole is not necessarily greater than its parts." Includes a geneological chart and many black and white photos and illustrations throughout. A fascinating look at the Vanderbilts of the Gilded Age.</p>

The Vanderbilts and the Gilded Age: Architectural Aspirations, 1879-1901

Arts & Photography

John Foreman

Robbie Pierce Stimson

Architecture

st.martins press

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Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims : Combat Claims by Luftwaffe Night Fighter Pilots 1939-1945

History

Military

Midland Publishing

Data Science gets thrown around in the press like it's magic. Major retailers are predicting everything from when their customers are pregnant to when they want a new pair of Chuck Taylors. It's a brave new world where seemingly meaningless data can be transformed into valuable insight to drive smart business decisions.But how does one exactly do data science? Do you have to hire one of these priests of the dark arts, the "data scientist," to extract this gold from your data? Nope.Data science is little more than using straight-forward steps to process raw data into actionable insight. And in Data Smart, author and data scientist John Foreman will show you how that's done within the familiar environment of a spreadsheet.

Data Smart: Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight

wiley

Me 262 Combat Diary: The Story of the Me 262 in Battle

Air Research Publications

This is a completely revised and enlarged edition of the very successful volume by the same name published in 1990. This book details the combat history of the fascinating and radical Messerschmitt 262 jet fighter on a day-by-day basis with accounts from Luftwaffe pilots, and RAF and USAAF air battle participants. Included are experimental fighters, air combat, dogfighting tactics, successes and failures of the Me262.

The Messerschmitt Me262 Combat Diary

S. E. Harvey

Crecy Pub

The Fighter Command War Diaries: Sep 1939 to Sep 1941

RAF Fighter Command Victory Claims: Pt. 3: July 1943 to May 1945

Red Kite

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