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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel

Author : Douglas Brunt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982169923
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel written by Douglas Brunt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I. September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world, Rudolf Diesel, whose new internal combustion engine is on the verge of revolutionizing global industry forever. But Diesel never arrives at his destination. He vanishes during the night and headlines around the world wonder if it was an accident, suicide, or murder. After rising from an impoverished European childhood, Diesel had become a multi-millionaire with his powerful engine that does not require expensive petroleum-based fuel. In doing so, he became not only an international celebrity but also the enemy of two extremely powerful men: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil and the richest man in the world. The Kaiser wanted the engine to power a fleet of submarines that would finally allow him to challenge Great Britain’s Royal Navy. But Diesel had intended for his engine to be used for the betterment of the world. Now, New York Times bestselling author Douglas Brunt reopens the case and provides an “absolutely riveting” (Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York Times bestselling author) new conclusion about Diesel’s fate. Brunt’s book is “equal parts Walter Isaacson and Sherlock Holmes, [and] yanks back the curtain on the greatest caper of the 20th century in this riveting history” (Jay Winik, New York Times bestselling author).

The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel

Author : Douglas Brunt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982169915
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel written by Douglas Brunt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-10 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I. September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world, Rudolf Diesel, whose new internal combustion engine is on the verge of revolutionizing global industry forever. But Diesel never arrives at his destination. He vanishes during the night and headlines around the world wonder if it was an accident, suicide, or murder. After rising from an impoverished European childhood, Diesel had become a multi-millionaire with his powerful engine that does not require expensive petroleum-based fuel. In doing so, he became not only an international celebrity but also the enemy of two extremely powerful men: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil and the richest man in the world. The Kaiser wanted the engine to power a fleet of submarines that would finally allow him to challenge Great Britain’s Royal Navy. But Diesel had intended for his engine to be used for the betterment of the world. Now, New York Times bestselling author Douglas Brunt reopens the case and provides an “absolutely riveting” (Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York Times bestselling author) new conclusion about Diesel’s fate. Brunt’s book is “equal parts Walter Isaacson and Sherlock Holmes, [and] yanks back the curtain on the greatest caper of the 20th century in this riveting history” (Jay Winik, New York Times bestselling author).

Rudolf Diesel and the Diesel Engine

Author : John Frederick Moon
Publisher : Wayland
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Rudolf Diesel and the Diesel Engine written by John Frederick Moon and published by Wayland. This book was released on 1974 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of a practical genius who invented the diesel engine and of the problems which beset a brilliant inventor who was ahead of his time.

Ghosts of Manhattan

Author : Douglas Brunt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451672616
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Ghosts of Manhattan written by Douglas Brunt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This instant New York Times bestseller offers a withering view of life on Wall Street from the perspective of an unhappy insider who is too hooked on the money to find a way out, even as his career is ruining his marriage and corroding his soul. It’s 2005. Nick Farmer is a thirty-five-year-old bond trader with Bear Stearns clearing seven figures a year. The novelty of a work-related nightlife centering on liquor, hookers, and cocaine has long since worn thin, though Nick remains keenly addicted to his annual bonus. But the lifestyle is taking a toll on his marriage—and on him. When a nerdy analyst approaches him with apocalyptic prognostications of where Bear’s high-flying mortgage-backed securities trading may lead, Nick is presented with the kind of ethical dilemma he’s spent a lifetime avoiding. Throw in a hot financial journalist who seems to be more interested in him than in the percolating financial Armageddon and the prospect that his own wife may have found a new romantic interest of her own, and you have the recipe for Nick’s personal and professional implosion. By turns hilarious and harrowing, Ghosts of Manhattan follows a winning but flawed protagonist as he struggles to find the right path in a complicated urban heart of darkness

Trophy Son

Author : Douglas Brunt
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250114802
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Trophy Son written by Douglas Brunt and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Growing up in the wealthy suburbs of Philadelphia, Anton Stratis is groomed to be one thing only: the #1 tennis player in the world. Trained relentlessly by his obsessive father, a former athlete who plans every minute of his son's life, Anton both aspires to greatness and resents its all-consuming demands ... Anton explodes from nowhere onto the professional scene and soon becomes one of the top-ranked players in the world, with a coach, a trainer, and an entourage. But as Anton struggles to find a balance between stardom and family, he begins to make compromises"--Amazon.com.

The Means

Author : Douglas Brunt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476772606
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Means written by Douglas Brunt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part Primary Colors, part House of Cards, The Means is a “compelling psychic drama” (Forbes.com) and a “tale of political intrigue” (The Free Lance-Star) that takes you deep into high-stakes politics where everyone has something to hide. Tom Pauley is a conservative trial attorney in Durham, NC, who is tapped by GOP leaders to campaign for the Governor’s mansion. His bold style makes him a favorite for a run at the White House. Mitchell Mason is the president-elect of the United States, pushed into politics by a father determined to create a political dynasty. Mason manages the White House with a personal touch that makes as many friends as enemies. Samantha Davis is a child actor-turned-lawyer-turned-journalist, working her way up from the bottom in a competitive industry. She is determined and brilliant, and her dogged pursuit of a decade-old story could trigger a scandal that would upend the political landscape. New York Times bestselling author Douglas Brunt’s “fast-paced, noirish novel” (Library Journal) creates an incisive portrait of ambition, power, and what it takes to win in the ruthless world of politics today.

Student of the Universe

Author : Doc O’Toole
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1504320964
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Student of the Universe written by Doc O’Toole and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Student Of The Universe, Doc O’Toole offers a collection of situations and experiences that he has personally witnessed throughout his lifetime, sharing examples of the journeys that have shaped him. Through metaphors, symbols, signs and visions, he describes how he has always had a deeper understanding and a different kind of knowing. Student Of The Universe weaves O’Toole’s life stories, with psychic and mediumistic accounts, sharing daily tools that you can adapt to your everyday living.

Beneath the Skin

Author : Adrian Phoenix
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439166552
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Beneath the Skin written by Adrian Phoenix and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-12-29 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHAOS CONTROLS HIS FUTURE. ONE MORTAL WOMAN COULD BE HIS SALVATION. THE COUNTDOWN TO ANNIHILATION WILL BEGIN WITH DANTE'S CHOICE.... THE FATE OF THREE WORLDS... The dark pieces of vampire rock star Dante Baptiste's past are violently emerging, and it is only a matter of time before the Fallen discover he is the creawdwr they have sought for thousands of years. The destruction he left behind in Oregon threatens to reveal his identity as Fallen Maker and True Blood, exposing the young nightkind to shadowy predators -- mortal and supernatural -- who will do whatever it takes to win his favor...or destroy him. RESTS IN DANTE'S HANDS. When beautiful FBI special agent Heather Wallace went AWOL on assignment, she chose irresistible Dante over the shady government forces that now stalk them both. Heather has her own secrets of the past to uncover, but she is also the only one who can hold her nightkind lover together when his dangerous quest for the truth threatens to send him over the edge. And as she and Dante fi ght for their survival, she realizes they must work together to protect their future -- before his mysterious destiny tears them apart....

Stars is God's Lanterns

Author : Charles Morrow Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stars is God's Lanterns written by Charles Morrow Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fifteen tales transcribed by one of the Ozarks' best-known sons and most prolific writers comprise this collection of "tellin' stories," which, says the author, have been an exceptional crop of the Ozarks backwoods for half a dozen generations. ... The offerings range in time from the close of the Civil War, with the tale of a horrendous family feud ("The Reeds Go Forth"), to a suspiciously personal tale of a backwoods boy and his first day at the University of Arkansas ("More Light"). In between are stories about a home-grown Arkansas satyr, a Roman Catholic miracle, the day the long dry spell broke, a wild-hawg episode, a timber-cutting contest, and many more tales that reveal better than any socio-economic study the people and culture of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas. ..."--Excerpts from jacket.

Edison

Author : Edmund Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 081299311X
Total Pages : 801 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Edison written by Edmund Morris and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Morris comes a revelatory new biography ofThomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American history.

Biodiesel

Author : Greg Pahl
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 160358093X
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Biodiesel written by Greg Pahl and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For anyone who is trying to keep up with the extremely rapid developments in the biodiesel industry, the second edition of Biodiesel: Growing a New Energy Economy is an invaluable aid. The breathtaking speed with which biodiesel has gained acceptance in the marketplace in the past few years has been exceeded only by the proliferation of biodiesel production facilities around the United States--and the world--only to confront new social and environmental challenges and criticisms. The international survey of the biodiesel industry has been expanded from 40 to more than 80 countries, reflecting the spectacular growth of the industry around the world. This section also tracks the dramatic shifts in the fortunes of the industry that have taken place in some of these nations. The detailed chapters that cover the industry in the United States have also been substantially rewritten to keep abreast of its many new developments and explosive domestic growth. An expanded section on small-scale, local biodiesel production has been added to better represent this small but growing part of the industry. Another new section has been added to more fully explore the increasingly controversial issues of deforestation and food versus fuel, as well as GMO crops. The second edition concludes with updated views on where the industry is headed in the years to come from some of its key players.

Theory and Construction of a Rational Heat Motor

Author : Rudolf Diesel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Theory and Construction of a Rational Heat Motor written by Rudolf Diesel and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Real Deal

Author : Sandy Weill
Publisher : Business Plus
ISBN 13 : 0759569142
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (595 download)

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Download or read book The Real Deal written by Sandy Weill and published by Business Plus. This book was released on 2006-10-09 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shortly after we set up shop, the four of us and our wives convened at Arthur's home on Long Island to celebrate. It was a festive occasion, and we all openly shared our aspirations. To this day, I remember the others stressing over and over their desire to become wealthy. Given that Joanie and I were raising two toddlers and lived nearly hand-to-mouth, the talk was certainly seductive. Still, what I remember most from that dinner was my declaration that the money should be secondary-what mattered more to me was to build a great firm: one that would lead the industry, employ lots of people, endure over many years, and, importantly, command respect. Over the next forty-three years, I never altered my priorities."-- The Real Deal The Sandy Weill story is truly one for the ages. Starting with $30,000 in borrowed cash in 1960, and relying on uncanny entrepreneurial instincts, Sandy created one of the leading securities firms in the U.S. and became one of the best known businessmen in the world. After selling his company to American Express and becoming its president, he experienced a professional setback. Undaunted, he cannily parlayed it into a second career, starting over with a sleepy consumer loan company called Commercial Credit, which over the next seventeen years he transformed into the leading global bank, Citigroup. During this span, Weill as chairman and CEO delivered an astounding 2,600 percent return to investors-better than legendary CEO Jack Welch or investor Warren Buffett during that same period.Yet success is never an easy path, and Weill divulges the highs and lows. His ascent to power has been documented by the media over the years, but never before has Weill revealed the brutally honest and unvarnished side of an astonishing life and career.And Weill goes further, sharing his love of philanthropy, a journey that took him "from a mediocre bass drummer in my high-school marching band to the chairmanship of Carnegie Hall." He brings readers into his personal life, introducing them to his wife, Joan, his daily inspiration, and discussing his relationships with competitors and colleagues alike, including proteges like Peter Cohen and Jamie Dimon. Along the way, he shares the most important lessons he learned in business and in life. From a middle-class Brooklyn childhood to corporate legend, philanthropist, financier, and chairman emeritus of Citigroup Inc., The Real Deal tells a remarkable story-that of a financial superstar who always loved the game more than the gold.

Diesels for the First Stealth Weapon

Author : Lyle Cummins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 776 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diesels for the First Stealth Weapon written by Lyle Cummins and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Thunderstruck

Author : Erik Larson
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307351920
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Thunderstruck written by Erik Larson and published by Crown. This book was released on 2006-10-24 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true story of love, murder, and the end of the world’s “great hush.” In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication—whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time. Set in Edwardian London and on the stormy coasts of Cornwall, Cape Cod, and Nova Scotia, Thunderstruck evokes the dynamism of those years when great shipping companies competed to build the biggest, fastest ocean liners; scientific advances dazzled the public with visions of a world transformed; and the rich outdid one another with ostentatious displays of wealth. Against this background, Marconi races against incredible odds and relentless skepticism to perfect his invention: the wireless, a prime catalyst for the emergence of the world we know today. Meanwhile, Crippen, “the kindest of men,” nearly commits the perfect murder. With his unparalleled narrative skills, Erik Larson guides us through a relentlessly suspenseful chase over the waters of the North Atlantic. Along the way, he tells of a sad and tragic love affair that was described on the front pages of newspapers around the world, a chief inspector who found himself strangely sympathetic to the killer and his lover, and a driven and compelling inventor who transformed the way we communicate.

The Diesel Odyssey of Clessie Cummins

Author : C. Lyle Cummins
Publisher : Carnot USA Books
ISBN 13 : 9780917308048
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Diesel Odyssey of Clessie Cummins written by C. Lyle Cummins and published by Carnot USA Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

J. Robert Oppenheimer, The Cold War, and The Atomic West

Author : Jon Hunner
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806185775
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book J. Robert Oppenheimer, The Cold War, and The Atomic West written by Jon Hunner and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1922, the teenage son of a Jewish immigrant ventured from Manhattan to New Mexico for his health. It was the first of many trips to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, a western retreat where J. Robert Oppenheimer would eventually hold pathbreaking discussions with world-renowned scientists about atomic physics. Oppenheimer came to feel at home in the American West, and while extensive studies have been made of the man, this is the first book to explicitly link him with the region. J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Cold War, and the Atomic West explores how the West influenced Oppenheimer as a scientist and as a person—and the role he played in influencing it. Jon Hunner’s concise account of Oppenheimer’s life and the emergence of an Atomic West distills a vast literature for students and general readers. In this brisk, engaging biography, the author recounts how Oppenheimer helped locate the atomic weapons research lab at Los Alamos, New Mexico, and helped establish leading physics departments at the University of California–Berkeley and Caltech. By taking part in moving atomic physics west of the Mississippi, Oppenheimer bolstered the establishment of research labs, uranium mines, nuclear reactors, and more, bringing talented people—and billions of dollars in federal contracts—to the region. Interwoven into this atomic tale are insights into the physicist’s troubled growing-up years, his marriage and family life, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Oppenheimer’s eventual downfall. After the first atomic bomb burst over the New Mexican desert in 1945 and as the Cold War developed, the American myth of the Wild West expanded to encompass atomic sheriffs saving the world for democracy—even as powerful opponents began questioning Oppenheimer’s place in that story. Against the backdrop of the physicist’s life twining with the region’s history, Hunner explores the promise and peril of the Atomic Age.