Product Description: Jim Tully (1886-1947) was a vagabond, pugilist, and an American writer known as the most-hated man in Hollywood for his free-lance, an often unflattering, writings about celebrities. The New York World said "with its tales of brawls and battles, of drinking contests in the good old days in Ohio, Shanty Irish has all the imagery, the realism, the virile characterization of Beggars of Life...read more

Product Description: This collection of essays sets out to ignite a discussion about the future of New Zealand's politics by reaching out to engage members of the public in the debate and seeing just how far the public's interest extends. Contributing to this volume are major scholars in fields such as parliamentary studies, electoral studies, law reform, and communication, making this the only publication in which the topic of public interest in New Zealand has been canvassed...read more

Product Description: Originally printed in 1927, this is a cruel novel about those already outcast and stigmatized. A novel based on the author's own experiences as a bum traveling and working with a third-rate carnival around the turn of the century.

Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

In this book, Wood concentrates on how heat can be changed into work, producing electrical and mechanical energy. These absorbing projects will acquaint students with the potentials and limitations of heat when applied to metals, liquids, and air. The experiments demonstrate how heat creates wind currents, how heated air crushes a can, how the freezing point of water changes under pressure, how to make a heat motor, and much more. (view table of contents)