On Lake Michigan’s North Shore, an extraordinary group of cosmopolitan and wealthy clients commissioned havens from the city’s bustle during the Gilded Age. Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest is the first systematic study of this richly textured built environment. Beginning with suburban villas in the manner of Andrew Jackson Downing, Lake Forest was transformed by the work of Henry Ives Cobb, Howard Van Doren Shaw, David Adler, Harrie T. Lindeberg, Charles A. Platt, Holabird &amp; Roche, Delano &amp; Aldrich, Arthur Heun, and others. It was also distinguished by a tradition of innovation in landscape design, from the original Romantic picturesque town plan of 1857 to the later estate work of O. C. Simonds, the Olmsteds, Warren Manning, Rose Standish Nichols, and Jens Jensen. Architectural renderings, landscape plans, drawings, and period photographs of architecture and gardens, many of them not previously published, illustrate the work of these masters.

Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest: Architecture and Landscape Design 1856-1940

History

Meyer, Daniel

Coventry, Kim

Miller, Arthur H.

Americas

W.W.Norton&Company

Life is a Road, the Soul is a Motorcycle

I was on a lonely stretch of road. There were no lights other than the moon and stars, and I had not encountered any traffic in at least 10 minutes. Far ahead of me a figure stepped out of the brush and stood on the shoulder of the road. The figure was still far out of my headlight range, but was visible as a stunning and marvelous silhouette in the bright moonlight.Capturing the essence of the riding experience through a series of adventures and a candid look into the author s mind, this book explodes the myths and shows the reader something few books have before-the complex motivations of an avid motorcycle rider.

Sports & Outdoors

Individual Sports

iUniverse, Inc.

"...I know the risks, and moderate them when I can, but still I press on, even into adversity. There are very few things I fear, and even this situation was not one of them. But still...every now and then...just once and a while... I wonder...I question...I seek to understand why... Beaten to the edge of rationality, stunned beyond the capability of comprehension, between racking sobs and painful gasps for breath I screamed into the chaos,  'What in the bloody hell am I doing out here?' I was not really expecting an answer..." Through a series of adventures told with humor and passion, Life is a Road, Get on it and Ride captures the essence of the motorcycling experience and carries the reader where few have ventured before. Take a wild ride into the magical worlds along the highways of America and a passionate tour through the mysterious soul of an avid motorcycle rider. Experience what one reader calls, "A little bit of Jung, a little bit of Freud, and a little bit of rock and roll." (Doc D)

Life is a Road, Get on it and Ride! (Life Is a Road Series)

Engineering & Transportation

Automotive

iUniverse

That would have been unnerving enough, but the shape of the thing convinced me it moved with a purpose. What I saw, just for a moment, was a dragon. Born of lightning and fire, it flew into the air, writhed in the pleasure of its freedom, and screamed in ecstasy as it flew toward me 10,158 miles. Incredible thunderstorms, raging forest fires, dense smoke, hail, sleet, cops, a half-a-dozen paramedics, bears, and even a dragon or two you know the usual stuff.Ride the Alaskan Highway all the way there and back again. It's 4365 miles each way, Dallas to Fairbanks

Life Is a Road, Ride It Hard!

Life is a Road, Get on it and Ride!

From a summer run across the almost mythical Route 66, to tragedy and trials in the cold, forbidding winter mountains of the west, to high-speed jaunts though the storm-swept canyons of a city commute, ride with the author as he narrates a series of fantastic adventures with passion and humor. Find out why, It's About the Ride. Life is a road. Live. Ride. See. Fly. Are you ready?

Life Is a Road, It's About the Ride

Storm Rider Press

The Bluegrass State of Kentucky has a macabre assortment of hotels and inns, restaurants, parks, roads and highways, cemeteries, and historic locales that are haunted by ghosts that linger and grow. Examine more than 40 locations providing visitor information―including places to go, things to do, and tasty morsels to eat―as you explore the history, legends, and ghosts of haunted Kentucky. Read about Abraham Lincoln, who dreamed of his own assassination, and a well-wishing female specter at Mark's Feed Store. Visit the Shandies Restaurant where chairs move by themselves, or meet the ghost bride of Cumberland Falls, who rises out of the water on nights of the full moon. Be careful at Child's Branch Bridge where an unfriendly ghost causes drivers to crash, and listen to the murderer at Pioneer Cemetery who screeches in pain before his hanging. A detailed listing of locations will start your ghostly journey of Kentucky. Happy haunting!

Kentucky Haunts

Religion & Spirituality

Occult & Paranormal

Schiffer

We know the radical difference the gospel of Jesus Christ makes, and we want others to see and enjoy its benefits. In fact, we don't want them to just pray a prayer and move on to the next interesting thing. We want them to sink their roots deeply into the grace of God. So often, though, we feel that we are inadequate to this important task--that we don't know enough or that we will offend our friends. Daniel Meyer has provided the tools you need to move forward: 
<ul>
<li>the basics of the gospel message</li>
<li>the role of life change in our witness</li>
<li>how to present the good news</li>
</ul> The Bible studies, exercises and readings in this book will deepen your personal faith and equip you to minister to others with a new sense of confidence and calling.

Witness Essentials: Evangelism that Makes Disciples (The Essentials Set)

Christian Books & Bibles

Leadership is essential. Maybe you've shied away from leadership because you don't know what it will involve, or you feel too unsure of your own abilities. But your leadership is needed! In every sector of society, from families to businesses to churches, leadership roles remain empty, waiting for people willing and able to step up and make wise decisions that bring positive change. And, in a world with priorities vastly different from Christ's, Christian leaders are especially needed to point people to him. Preparation is essential. As essential as the leadership itself is the preparation beforehand, which is why Greg Ogden, a seasoned leader himself, has created this interactive guide that will give you the tools you need to lead well, using your unique gifts and experience. Divided into four sections, this workbook will help you develop character, postures, vision and skills as you participate in the following elements in each chapter: 
<ul>
<li>a memory verse</li>
<li>a Bible study</li>
<li>a reading</li>
<li>a leadership exercise</li>
</ul> By working through these multiple channels of learning you'll be equipped not just with head knowledge about leadership but with true character formation and awareness of your own abilities that will prepare you for the challenges and choices of leadership. Designed to work well on your own, with a partner or with a group, Leadership Essentials by Greg Ogden and Daniel Meyer is the essential preparation tool for those who would be led and shaped by Christ to lead others with strength and wisdom.

Leadership Essentials: Shaping Vision, Multiplying Influence, Defining Character (The Essentials Set)

Ogden, Greg

An exhibition catalogue limited to 1,000 copies of the collection of over 5,000 letters documents, photographs and other historic materials belonging to Stephen A. Douglas which was exhibited at the Department of Special Collections, University of Chicago Library in 1994. Illustrated. 48 pages. stiff paper wrappers.. small 4to..

Stephen A. Douglas & the American Union

Joseph Regenstein Lib

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