Arthur Casagrande (August 28, 1902 – September 6, 1981) was an Austrian-born American civil engineer who made important contributions to the fields of engineering geology and geotechnical engineering during its infancy. Renowned for his ingenious designs of soil testing apparatus and fundamental research on and soil liquefaction, he is also credited for developing the soil mechanics teaching programme at Harvard University during the early 1930s that has since been modelled in many universities around th..
Whether grown to produce wine, table grapes, or raisins, this tiny fruit has been a staple since nearly the dawn of civilization. This comprehensive guide includes everything you need to grow grapes, from a history and classification of grapes to cement yo..
Cordelia knew she was plain. She also knew what good manners were, and the high-and-mighty doctor didn''t have any!But there was magic in Vienna that could transform even the most unlikely people. Much to her dismay, Cordelia fell in love with hi..
Each tale leads its characters on a journey they did not expect to take--a journey from which there is no return.
In K.626, Professor Richard Holyfield is accepted to an arts in education program in Vienna, Austria, where he will study Mozart. There he me..
In this memoir, which he was composing at the time of his death, he relates how all these subjects developed and flourished against the Viennese background (itself described in depth and with affection), and did so despite the political developments of..
Vinny Vesta and Sidney Butcher are an unlikely pair of friends. One is a tough Sicilian Hell''s Kitchen gang leader, and the other is a sickly but brilliant Orthodox Jewish boy who lives next door. But after they meet on a fire escape during the ..
Having spent thirty years making beautiful pots—which are then sold, collected, and handed on—he has a particular sense of the secret lives of objects. When he inherited a collection of 264 tiny Japanese wood and ivory carvings, called netsuke,..
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