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2012, ISBN: 9780671400279

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Cambridge, MD: Cornell Maritime Press, 1960. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Good in fair dust jacket. DJ has wear, soiling, tears and chips. Pencil erasure residue on … Mehr…

Cambridge, MD: Cornell Maritime Press, 1960. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Good in fair dust jacket. DJ has wear, soiling, tears and chips. Pencil erasure residue on fep.. xxii, 347, [13] p. 24cm. Errata slip present. Illustrations. Tables. Bibliography. Index. The author, Holmes F. Crouch, died at the age of 88. He was born in Drayden, Maryland, January 31, 1919, Holmes served in the U.S. Coast Guard during WWII and retired as Commander. He earned a Master's Degree in Nuclear Engineering and authored two books on nuclear propulsion. In 1972 he started a tax preparation business which he continued until he went in the hospital December 26, 2006. He also wrote and published a series of 25 tax books. Also from WIkipedia: "Nuclear marine propulsion is propulsion of a ship by a nuclear reactor. Naval nuclear propulsion is propulsion that specifically refers to naval warships (see Nuclear navy). Only a very few experimental civil nuclear ships have been built; the elimination of fossil fuel has not outweighed the technical, economic and political difficulties of this application of nuclear power....Nuclear powered, civil merchant ships have not developed beyond a few experimental ships. The US-built NS Savannah, completed in 1962, was primarily a demonstration of civil nuclear power and was too small and expensive to operate economically as a merchant ship. The design was too much of a compromise, being neither an efficient freighter nor a viable passenger liner. The German-built Otto Hahn, a cargo ship and research facility, sailed some 650, 000 nautical miles (1, 200, 000 km) on 126 voyages over 10 years without any technical problems. However, it proved too expensive to operate and was converted to diesel. The Japanese Mutsu was dogged by technical and political problems. Its reactor had significant radiation leakage and fishermen protested against the vessel's operation. All of these three ships used low-enriched uranium. Sevmorput, a Soviet and later Russian LASH carrier with icebreaking capability, has operated successfully on the Northern Sea Route since it was commissioned in 1988. As of 2012, it is the only nuclear-powered merchant ship in service. Recently there has been renewed interest in nuclear propulsion, and some proposals have been drafted. For example, the cargo coaster is a new design for a nuclear cargo ship. Nuclear propulsion has proven both technically and economically feasible for nuclear powered icebreakers in the Soviet Arctic. Nuclear-fuelled ships operate for years without refueling, and the vessels have powerful engines, well-suited to the task of icebreaking. The Soviet icebreaker Lenin was the world's first nuclear-powered surface vessel in 1959 and remained in service for 30 years (new reactors were fitted in 1970). It led to a series of larger icebreakers, the 23, 500 ton Arktika class of six vessels, launched beginning in 1975. These vessels have two reactors and are used in deep Arctic waters. NS Arktika was the first surface vessel to reach the North Pole. For use in shallow waters such as estuaries and rivers, shallow-draft, Taymyr class icebreakers are being built in Finland and then fitted with their single-reactor, nuclear propulsion system in Russia. They are built to conform to international safety standards for nuclear vessels., Cornell Maritime Press, 1960, 2, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1993. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Joyce Ravid (Author photograph). 25 cm. 671, [1] pages. Notes. Index. Minor DJ scuffing. Signed by the author on the title page. Large autographed sticker on front of DJ. Betty Friedan (February 4, 1921 - February 4, 2006) was an American feminist writer and activist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century. In 1966, Friedan co-founded and was elected the first president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), which aimed to bring women "into the mainstream of American society now [in] fully equal partnership with men." In 1970, after stepping down as NOW's first president, Friedan organized the nationwide Women's Strike for Equality on August 26, the 50th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution granting women the right to vote. The national strike was successful beyond expectations in broadening the feminist movement; the march led by Friedan in New York City alone attracted over 50,000 people. In 1971, Friedan joined other leading feminists to establish the National Women's Political Caucus. Friedan was also a strong supporter of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution that passed the United States House of Representatives (by a vote of 354-24) and Senate (84-8) following intense pressure by women's groups led by NOW in the early 1970s. Following Congressional passage of the amendment, Friedan advocated for ratification of the amendment in the states and supported other women's rights reforms. The Fountain of Age suggests new possibilities for every one of us, all founded on a solid body of startling but little-known scientific evidence. It demolishes those myths that have constrained us for too long, and offers compelling alternatives for living one's age as a unique, exuberant time of life, on its own authentic terms. Derived from a Kirkus review: A book that explodes the myths of aging-just as, 30 years ago, Friedan exploded the mirage of the contented housewife. American women's lives changed forever with The Feminine Mystique-and this challenging exploration of aging may do the same for the skyrocketing population of men and women who have hit 60 and can anticipate 20 or 30 more years of living. The problem, Friedan says, is that although only about five percent of people over 65 are in nursing homes and fewer than ten percent ever will be, age is seen-by media, doctors, politicians, academics, even activists on behalf of the aging-as a ``problem,'' a ``plight,'' a time of rapidly decreasing physical and mental faculties. Older people buy into that picture, straining to stay youthful or removing themselves from active participation in society, often by retiring to ``leisure'' communities, whether or not leisure is what they crave. Friedan produces research studies and anecdotal evidence that the `Third Age' (after growing up and then generating a family and/or career) may be the age of true creativity-even of evolution. She examines the tragedies of productive lives cut short by early retirement; the new myths of menopause; early preparation for death; and anxious overprotectiveness by family, friends, professionals, and government. In fact, the many resourceful older men and women cited here have found ways not only to sustain rewarding lives but to grow intellectually, emotionally, and even physically. That America's youth-oriented culture puts its elders on a social ice floe at a time when wisdom, experience, and honed critical faculties are most needed indicates, suggests Friedan, a nation with its priorities sadly skewed. A far-sighted and far-reaching critique that may move the over-60s to reestablish the ``priorities of evolving life...and new visions for our stagnant society.''., Simon & Schuster, 1993, 3<

2006, ISBN: 9780671400279

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Fresno: Valley Publishers; Santa Cruz Historical Society 1976; 1974; 1982. Fine. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. WATSONVLILLE: 220 pp., incl. index; 8vo; illustrated brown cloth; endpape… Mehr…

Fresno: Valley Publishers; Santa Cruz Historical Society 1976; 1974; 1982. Fine. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. WATSONVLILLE: 220 pp., incl. index; 8vo; illustrated brown cloth; endpapers reproducing an early panoramic lithograph of Watsonville; copiously illustrated with historical photographs, maps, and other reproductions. Laid in are five - 5" x 7" sepia postcards related to Watsonville. HOME: 100 pp.; 4to; cloth in orange jacket with moderate rubbing and a 1" closed tear top edge. A showcase of historic homes in b&w photographs and drawings. SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: 64 pp.; 4to; illustrated wrappers; advertisements & reproductions of engravings of homes, buildings, secenes. A reprint in facsimile of E. S. Harrison's original edition of 1890. Copy of a typed letter on letterhead of the Santa Cruz Lumber Co. from Leslie W. Ley, President, to Mr. Al Schadel, Curator, Santa Cruz County Historical Museum regarding the companies pleasure in playing a role in the publication. Some tanning to bottom portion of letter. THE WALK AROUNG SANTA CRUZ BOOK, A Look at the City's Architectural Treasures, by Margaret Koch, 105 pp.; SOFCOVER; photographs, maps, drawings. Fine condition ., Valley Publishers; Santa Cruz Historical Society 1976; 1974; 1982, 1976, 5, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1993. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Joyce Ravid (Author photograph). 25 cm. 671, [1] pages. Notes. Index. Minor DJ scuffing. Signed by the author on the title page. Large autographed sticker on front of DJ. Betty Friedan (February 4, 1921 - February 4, 2006) was an American feminist writer and activist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century. In 1966, Friedan co-founded and was elected the first president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), which aimed to bring women "into the mainstream of American society now [in] fully equal partnership with men." In 1970, after stepping down as NOW's first president, Friedan organized the nationwide Women's Strike for Equality on August 26, the 50th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution granting women the right to vote. The national strike was successful beyond expectations in broadening the feminist movement; the march led by Friedan in New York City alone attracted over 50,000 people. In 1971, Friedan joined other leading feminists to establish the National Women's Political Caucus. Friedan was also a strong supporter of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution that passed the United States House of Representatives (by a vote of 354-24) and Senate (84-8) following intense pressure by women's groups led by NOW in the early 1970s. Following Congressional passage of the amendment, Friedan advocated for ratification of the amendment in the states and supported other women's rights reforms. The Fountain of Age suggests new possibilities for every one of us, all founded on a solid body of startling but little-known scientific evidence. It demolishes those myths that have constrained us for too long, and offers compelling alternatives for living one's age as a unique, exuberant time of life, on its own authentic terms. Derived from a Kirkus review: A book that explodes the myths of aging-just as, 30 years ago, Friedan exploded the mirage of the contented housewife. American women's lives changed forever with The Feminine Mystique-and this challenging exploration of aging may do the same for the skyrocketing population of men and women who have hit 60 and can anticipate 20 or 30 more years of living. The problem, Friedan says, is that although only about five percent of people over 65 are in nursing homes and fewer than ten percent ever will be, age is seen-by media, doctors, politicians, academics, even activists on behalf of the aging-as a ``problem,'' a ``plight,'' a time of rapidly decreasing physical and mental faculties. Older people buy into that picture, straining to stay youthful or removing themselves from active participation in society, often by retiring to ``leisure'' communities, whether or not leisure is what they crave. Friedan produces research studies and anecdotal evidence that the `Third Age' (after growing up and then generating a family and/or career) may be the age of true creativity-even of evolution. She examines the tragedies of productive lives cut short by early retirement; the new myths of menopause; early preparation for death; and anxious overprotectiveness by family, friends, professionals, and government. In fact, the many resourceful older men and women cited here have found ways not only to sustain rewarding lives but to grow intellectually, emotionally, and even physically. That America's youth-oriented culture puts its elders on a social ice floe at a time when wisdom, experience, and honed critical faculties are most needed indicates, suggests Friedan, a nation with its priorities sadly skewed. A far-sighted and far-reaching critique that may move the over-60s to reestablish the ``priorities of evolving life...and new visions for our stagnant society.''., Simon & Schuster, 1993, 3<

1993

ISBN: 9780671400279

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Simon & Schuster. Collectible - Good. INSCRIBED! New York and London: Simon & Schuster, 1993. First edition. Sm 4to hardcover. 672pp. Inscribed by author on title page. Near very good b… Mehr…

Simon & Schuster. Collectible - Good. INSCRIBED! New York and London: Simon & Schuster, 1993. First edition. Sm 4to hardcover. 672pp. Inscribed by author on title page. Near very good book, very good dust jacket. Jacket curling very slightly at edges and lightly toned. Book spine slightly concave and bubbled. Light foxing to top-edge. Interior near fine. ISBN 0671400274. From the library of American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter William Safire. (selfhelp, self-help, self help, aging, senior citizen) Inquire if you need further information., Simon & Schuster, 2.5<

1993, ISBN: 0671400274

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ISBN: 9780671400279

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