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This work, first published in 1913, deals with the causes which led
to the imposition of the various taxes which were levied down to
and including the first income tax act (1799). Indeed, for an
understanding of the system of taxation of the nineteenth century a
knowledge of that which preceded it is necessary. The author begins
by an explanation of the Tudor and Stuart finances before the time
of the civil war at which point the break-down of the former
system, as well as the need for a much larger revenue, resulted in
important changes in the method of taxation.
This work, first published in 1913, deals with the causes which led
to the imposition of the various taxes which were levied down to
and including the first income tax act (1799). Indeed, for an
understanding of the system of taxation of the nineteenth century a
knowledge of that which preceded it is necessary. The author begins
by an explanation of the Tudor and Stuart finances before the time
of the civil war at which point the break-down of the former
system, as well as the need for a much larger revenue, resulted in
important changes in the method of taxation.
In a Manhattan hotel room, the "Love Nest Killings of 1908" take
place. But the mystery of who killed whom, and why, does not
unravel until we explore the lives of Katrina Taylor and Edward
Daugherty. He is a first-generation Irish American and a successful
playwright. She is a high-born Protestant, a beautiful seductive
woman with complex attitudes towards life. Their marriage is a
passionate one, but a cataclysmic hotel fire changes it into
something else altogether. Moving back and forth between the 1880s
and 1912, The Flaming Corsagefollows Katrina and Edward as other
lives impact upon theirs-their socially opposed families; Edward's
flirtatious actress paramour, Melissa Spencer; the physician Giles
Fitzroy, and his wife; and Edward's friend, the cynical journalist
Thomas Maginn. The Flaming Corsageevocatively portrays through the
lens of Albany's robust Irishtown and English-Dutch aristocracy the
seething, contradictory impulses of our humanity, lusts and furies
that know no bounds of time or place.
In recent years, global metallurgical industries have experienced
fast and prosperous growth. High-temperature metallurgical
technology is the backbone to support the technical, environmental,
and economical needs for the growth. This collection features
contributions covering the advancements and developments of new
high-temperature metallurgical technologies and their applications
to the areas of processing of minerals; extraction of metals;
preparation of metallic, refractory and ceramic materials;
treatment and recycling of slag and wastes; and saving of energy
and protection of environment.The volume will have a broad impact
on the academics and professionals serving the metallurgical
industries around the world.
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Go in Action (Paperback)
Brian Ketelsen, Erica St Martin, William Kennedy
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DESCRIPTION Many of the normal concerns faced by application
developers are amplified by the challenges of web-scale
concurrency, real-time performance expectations, multi-core
support, and efficiently consuming services without constantly
managing I/O blocks. Although it's possible to solve most of these
issues with existing languages and frameworks, Go is designed to
handle them right out of the box, making for a more natural and
productive coding experience. Developed at Google for its own
internal use, Go now powers dozens of nimble startups, along with
name brands like Canonical, Heroku, SoundCloud, and Mozilla, who
rely on highly performant services for their infrastructure. Go in
Action introduces the unique features and concepts of the Go
language, guiding readers from inquisitive developers to Go gurus.
It provides hands-on experience with writing real-world
applications including web sites and network servers, as well as
techniques to manipulate and convert data at incredibly high
speeds. It also goes in-depth with the language and explains the
tricks and secrets that the Go masters are using to make their
applications perform. For example, it looks at Go's powerful
reflection libraries and uses real-world examples of integration
with C code. KEY SELLING POINTS Written by Go developers Real use
cases faced in day-to-day development Get tricks and tips from
experienced Go users AUDIENCE This book assumes you're a working
developer proficient with another language like Java, Ruby, Python,
C#, or C++. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY Go is a powerful language that is
gaining rapid adoption by companies that want to write fast systems
while allowing their developers to use modern programming
languages. Go development is sponsored and curated by Google, but
has contributors from around the globe.
This collection features contributions covering the advances and
developments of new high-temperature metallurgical technologies and
their applications to the areas of: processing of minerals;
extraction of metals; preparation of metallic, refractory, and
ceramic materials; treatment and recycling of slag and wastes;
conservation of energy; and environmental protection. The volume
will have a broad impact on the academics and professionals serving
the metallurgical industries around the world by providing them
with comprehensive coverage of a wide variety of topics.
In recent years, global metallurgical industries have experienced
fast and prosperous growth. High-temperature metallurgical
technology is the backbone to support the technical, environmental,
and economical needs for the growth. This collection features
contributions covering the advancements and developments of new
high-temperature metallurgical technologies and their applications
to the areas of processing of minerals; extraction of metals;
preparation of metallic, refractory and ceramic materials;
treatment and recycling of slag and wastes; and saving of energy
and protection of environment.The volume will have a broad impact
on the academics and professionals serving the metallurgical
industries around the world.
This collection features contributions covering the advances and
developments of new high-temperature metallurgical technologies and
their applications to the areas of: processing of minerals;
extraction of metals; preparation of metallic, refractory, and
ceramic materials; treatment and recycling of slag and wastes;
conservation of energy; and environmental protection. The volume
will have a broad impact on the academics and professionals serving
the metallurgical industries around the world by providing them
with comprehensive coverage of a wide variety of topics.
Billy Phelan, a slightly tarnished poker player, pool hustler, and
small-time bookie, moves through the lurid nighttime glare of a
tough Depression-era town. A resourceful man full of Irish pluck,
Billy works the fringes of Albany sporting life with his own
particular style and private code of honor until he finds himself
in the dangerous position of potential go-between in the kidnapping
of a political boss's son. In relating Billy's fall from the
underworld grace and his storybook redemption, Kennedy captures the
seamy underside of a brassy, sweaty city that would prefer to
pretend that the Depression doesn't exist.
It is 1958 and the Phelan clan has gathered to hear Peter Phelan's
will, read by the living Peter himself, an artist whose paintings
about members of the family have given him belated critical
recognition. The paintings illuminate the lives of his brother
Francis (the exiled hero of Ironweed), and a family ancestor,
Malachi McIlhenny, a true madman beset by demons, and determined to
send them back to hell. Orson Purcell, bastard son of Peter, and
half-mad himself, encounters his first true solace through this
obsessive and close-knit family he has never quite entered; most
especially through his Aunt Molly, whose intense love affair holds
secrets that only another love can resurrect. It is through Orson's
modern eye that we see the tragedies, obsessions, and clandestine
joys of this singular family. This is climatic work in William
Kennedy's Albany Cycle, riding on the melody of its language and
the power of its story, which is full of surprise, comedy, terror,
and earthly delight.
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Legs (Paperback)
William Kennedy
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R314
R211
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Legsinaugurated William Kennedy's brilliant cycle of novels
(including Billy Phelan's Greatest Gameand Ironweed) set in Albany,
New York. True to both life and myth, Legsbrilliantly evokes the
flamboyant career of the legendary gangster Jack "Legs" Diamond,
who was finally murdered in Albany. Through the equivocal eyes of
Diamond's attorney, Marcus Gorman (who scraps a promising political
career for the more elemental excitement of the criminal
underworld), we watch as Legs and his showgirl mistress, Kiki
Roberts, blaze their gaudy trail across the tabloid pages of the
1920s and 1930s. Diamond and his gangster entourage emerge as
emblematic figures from an era of American innocence-and
corruption.
It's V-J Day, World War II is finally over, and Roscoe is quitting
politics after twenty-six years as chief brainstruster of Albany's
notorious Democratic machine. The suave, brilliant, unscrupulous
Falstaffian wants to hang up his white double-breasted Palm Beach
suit and drift into retirement. But how will he relax his hold on
the lid without the political pot boiling over, scalding his
beloved and her family? Armed with the politician's most powerful
credo - 'Righteousness doesn't stand a chance against the
imagination' - Roscoe fights his final political battles. Every
step forward leads Roscoe into the past - to the early loss of his
true love, to his own particular heroics in World War I, the
takeover of City Hall and the methodical assassination of the
gangster Jack 'Legs' Diamond. ROSCOE is a comic masterpiece from
one of America's most revered novelists.
When journalist Daniel Quinn meets Ernest Hemingway at the
Floridita bar in Havana, Cuba, in 1957, he has no idea that his own
affinity for simple, declarative sentences will change his life
radically overnight. So begins William Kennedy's latest novel -- a
tale of revolutionary intrigue, heroic journalism, crooked
politicians, drug-running gangsters, Albany race riots, and the
improbable rise of Fidel Castro. Quinn's epic journey carries him
through the nightclubs and jungles of Cuba and into the newsrooms
and racially charged streets of Albany on the day Robert Kennedy is
fatally shot in 1968. The odyssey brings Quinn, and his exotic but
unpredictable wife Renata, a debutante revolutionary, face to face
with the darkest facets of human nature and illuminates the power
of love in the presence of death.
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