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Eiffel's Tower: The Thrilling Story Behind Paris's Beloved Monument and the Extraordinary World's Fair That Introduced It

Product Description: The story of the world-famous monument and the extraordinary world's fair that introduced it In this first general history of the Eiffel Tower in English, Jill Jonnes-acclaimed author of Conquering Gotham-offers an eye- opening look not only at the construction of one of the modern world's most iconic structures, but also the epochal event that surrounded its arrival as a wonder of the world...read more

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9780143117292 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, April 27, 2010), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: The story of the world-famous monument and the extraordinary world's fair that introduced it In this first general history of the Eiffel Tower in English, Jill Jonnes-acclaimed author of Conquering Gotham-offers an eye- opening look not only at the construction of one of the modern world's most iconic structures, but also the epochal event that surrounded its arrival as a wonder of the world.

Eiffel's Tower: And the World's Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count

Product Description: The story of the world-famous monument and the extraordinary world's fair that introduced it Since it opened in May 1889, the Eiffel Tower has been an iconic image of modern times-as much a beacon of technological progress as an enduring symbol of Paris and French culture...read more

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9780670020607 | Viking Pr, April 30, 2009, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: The story of the world-famous monument and the extraordinary world's fair that introduced it Since it opened in May 1889, the Eiffel Tower has been an iconic image of modern times-as much a beacon of technological progress as an enduring symbol of Paris and French culture.

Conquering Gotham: Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels

Product Description: "Superb. [A] first-rate narrative" (The Wall Street Journal ) about the controversial construction of New York's beloved original Penn Station and its tunnels\ As bestselling books like Ron Chernow's Titan and David McCullough's The Great Bridge affirm, readers are fascinated with the grand personalities and schemes that populated New York at the close of the nineteenth century...read more

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9780143113249 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, March 25, 2008), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: "Superb.

Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn Station And Its Tunnels

Traces the epic story of the struggle to build Penn Station, describing how the nation's most powerful railroad tackled Tammany Hall corruption and the forces of nature to create a tunnel system linking Manhattan, New Jersey, and Long Island.

By Jill Jonnes

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9780670031580 | Viking Pr, April 19, 2007, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Traces the epic story of the struggle to build Penn Station, describing how the nation's most powerful railroad tackled Tammany Hall corruption and the forces of nature to create a tunnel system linking Manhattan, New Jersey, and Long Island.

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9781400134366 | Tantor Media Inc, May 1, 2007, cover price $69.99 | About this edition: Traces the epic story of the struggle to build Penn Station, describing how the nation's most powerful railroad tackled Tammany Hall corruption and the forces of nature to create a tunnel system linking Manhattan, New Jersey, and Long Island.

9781400154364 | Mp3 edition (Tantor Media Inc, May 1, 2007), cover price $24.99 | About this edition: Traces the epic story of the struggle to build Penn Station, describing how the nation's most powerful railroad tackled Tammany Hall corruption and the forces of nature to create a tunnel system linking Manhattan, New Jersey, and Long Island.

9781400104369 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, April 1, 2007), cover price $34.99 | About this edition: Traces the epic story of the struggle to build Penn Station, describing how the nation's most powerful railroad tackled Tammany Hall corruption and the forces of nature to create a tunnel system linking Manhattan, New Jersey, and Long Island.

Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World

A riveting chronicle of scientific history recounts the race among three great titans of the Gilded Age--inventor Thomas Alva Edison, creator of the incandescent light bulb; eccentric genius Nikola Tesla; and George Westinghouse, a tough entrepreneur and powerful empire builder--to bring electricity to the world. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.

By Jill Jonnes

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9780375507397 | Random House Inc, August 1, 2003, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: A chronicle of scientific history recounts the race among inventor Thomas Edison, eccentric genius Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse, a tough entrepreneur and powerful empire builder, to bring electricity to the world.

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9780375758843 | Reprint edition (Random House Inc, October 12, 2004), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: A riveting chronicle of scientific history recounts the race among three great titans of the Gilded Age--inventor Thomas Alva Edison, creator of the incandescent light bulb; eccentric genius Nikola Tesla; and George Westinghouse, a tough entrepreneur and powerful empire builder--to bring electricity to the world.

South Bronx Rising: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of an American City

Product Description: Jill Jonnes's recounting of the rise, fall, and resurrection of the Bronx has become a classic of urban history. In this new edition, she describes in a new final chapter the extraordinary and monumental rebuilding of the borough by the grass-roots groups that was just getting underway in 1984...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780823221981 | 2 edition (Fordham Univ Pr, December 1, 2002), cover price $65.00 | About this edition: Jill Jonnes's recounting of the rise, fall, and resurrection of the Bronx has become a classic of urban history.

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9780823221998 | 2 edition (Fordham Univ Pr, January 30, 2002), cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Jill Jonnes's recounting of the rise, fall, and resurrection of the Bronx has become a classic of urban history.

Fame at Last Who Was Who According to the Ny Times Obit: Who Was Who According to the New York Times Obituaries

Highlights the lives of America's most important achievers including scientists, lawyers, doctors, actors, and politicians, and uses the database created from obituaries from the 'New York Times' to answer questions about society. (view table of contents)

By John C. Ball and Jill Jonnes

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9780740709401 | Andrews McMeel Pub, November 1, 2000, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Highlights the lives of America's most important achievers including scientists, lawyers, doctors, actors, and politicians, and uses the database created from obituaries from the 'New York Times' to answer questions about society.

Hep-Cats, Narcs, and Pipe Dreams: A History of America's Romance With Illegal Drugs

The history of America's use of drugs from women of the early 1900s who were given opiates for childbirth, to the spread of marijuana and heroin use, to today's use of crack and Xstacy (view table of contents)

By Jill Jonnes

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9780684196701 | Scribner, June 1, 1996, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Relates the history of America's use of drugs from women of the early 1900s who were given opiates for childbirth, to the spread of marijuana and heroin through the Black community via the jazz world, to today's use of crack and Xstacy

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9780801861659, titled "Hep-Cats, Narcs, and Pipe Dreams: A History of America's Romance With Illegal Drugs" | Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, May 1, 1999, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The history of America's use of drugs from women of the early 1900s who were given opiates for childbirth, to the spread of marijuana and heroin use, to today's use of crack and Xstacy

We're Still Here: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of the South Bronx

By Jill Jonnes

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9780316472968, titled "We're Still Here: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of the South Bronx" | Little Brown & Co, January 1, 1986, cover price $4.98

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