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The invention of the friction match in England in the 1830s helped to improve the daily lives of people in ways frequently overlooked. Match holders made t! heir appearance by the 1850s in nearly endless, striking varie! ty. Deni s B. Alsford has complied fascinating historical influences, patents, marks and over 680 color photos to she light on the developments of match holders from their beginnings to their more recent forms as commonplace household items. A wide variety of match holders are depicted including pocket, "candle-in-a-box", stand-alone and wall hanging models. Paten drawings, discussions of major manufacturers, and copy from the British magazine "Punch" add dimension as well. All who are concerned with tobacco history, collecting match holders and antiques will find this book a useful reference.Set in Boston during the turbulent 1960s and the 1970s, Elisabeth Smith-Fuller Lindstrom (Lish) meets Kentuckian Yancy Boone after a call on a roommate ad. Northern and southern bloodlines merge only to be torn apart by the Vietnam War. Devastated by events, Lish throws herself into her work as an architect in the construction industry. An interest in Art Deco design finally leads to a fulfillin! g career change.

Memorable characters are plentiful along the way as Lish struggles to bring equilibrium back into her life.Set in Boston during the turbulent 1960s and the 1970s, Elisabeth Smith-Fuller Lindstrom (Lish) meets Kentuckian Yancy Boone after a call on a roommate ad. Northern and southern bloodlines merge only to be torn apart by the Vietnam War. Devastated by events, Lish throws herself into her work as an architect in the construction industry. An interest in Art Deco design finally leads to a fulfilling career change.

Memorable characters are plentiful along the way as Lish struggles to bring equilibrium back into her life.My Sister’s Keeper in nonfiction: a family’s real-life struggle to cure their daughter by creating her genetic match
 
Katie Trebing was diagnosed at three months old with Diamond Blackfan anemia, a rare form of anemia that prevents bone marrow from producing red blood cells. Even with a li! fetime of monthly blood transfusions, she faced a poor prognos! is. Puli tzer Prizeâ€"winning journalist Beth Whitehouse follows the Trebings as they make the decision to create a genetically matched sibling using preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and in vitro fertilization, and proceed with a risky bone-marrow transplant that could kill their daughter rather than save her. The Match is a timely and provocative look at urgent issues that can only become more complex and pressing as genetic and reproductive technologies advance."Before electricity carved its blue path toward me, before the negative charge shot down from cloud to ground...before air expanded and contracted producing loud pressure pulses I could not hear because I was already dead, I had been walking." So opens Gretel Ehrlich's absorbing account of being struck by lightning. Only when she fell to the ground, her head and body hitting on rock, was she jolted back to consciousness, back to life. In this astonishing chronicle of her experience and of the physical, psycholo! gical, and spiritual consequences of the encounter, the author turns her acute naturalist's eye on herself and on the natural world of the body to understand exactly what happened when lightning struck her. Woven into the narrative of her recovery is an examination of the heart - medical, religious, and cultural: There is the path of healing that she traveled not only with the requisite cardiologist but, to quite amazing effect, with her dogs as well. And finally, there is water, and the ways in which, in its contemplation and its immersion, she learned how fire can be extinguished. A Match to the Heart is a stunning work of observation and synthesis: bringing together the most minute self-exploratory and an enlarging, illuminating vision of the world.James Spurr continues the saga of two strong-willed men, related through marriage, bound by friendship, separated by war, as they face the challenge of battle on the Great Lakes during the War of 1812. In ! One Sloop and Slow Match Captain William Lee and Oliver Williams become embroiled in the cauldrons of the greatest battles to ever take place on the inland seas. Join them and a young Master Commandant Perry, initially in command of only tiny gunboats, as the struggle with Great Britain intensifies into a grueling game of wits, bloodshed and perseverance, and Perry rises to become one of our greatest American Heroes. "We have met the enemy. . ." From the Chicago Massacre to the blockade of U.S. Naval forces at Presque Isle on Lake Erie, James Spurr recreates the action with unerring historical accuracy while conveying the emotion of perilous uncertainty.