Authors:Leonard Pitt, Dale Pitt,
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: county, city, encyclopedia, angeles, los
Number of Pages: 600
Published: 2000-10-02
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0520205308
ISBN-13: 9780520205307

Few cities captivate the imagination as does Los Angeles. It is the locus of spectaculars: movies, earthquakes, freeways, riots, sunsets. In this fascinating desk reference, Leonard and Dale Pitt have gathered a sweeping array of information on the City of Angels. Bolstering their historical and humanistic approach with scientific and technical information, the Pitts include alphabetically arranged entries on history, geography, automobile culture, sports, movies, current events, architecture, flora, fauna, scandals, biography, the arts, politics, neighborhoods, and ethnic, racial, and religio

Author: Sam Sciullo Jr.
Publisher: Sports Publishing
Keywords: pitt, basketball, years
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2005-09-15
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1596700815
ISBN-13: 9781596700819

From 2001-2004, no Division IA men’s college basketball program in the country had a better winning percentage (88- 16, .846) than the University of Pittsburgh. Pitt also won (or shared) three consecutive Big East Conference regular-season or tournament championships during that period. Approaching its 100th year of intercollegiate basketball, Pitt could lay claim to the assertion that these were, indeed, a rejuvenation of its glory days. It wasn’t always that way. The university-once known as the Western University of Pennsylvania-fielded its first basketball team in 1905-06. The

Author: Mark Bowden
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: pitt, rivers, henry, fox, augustus, lane, lieutenant, life, archaeological, work, general
Number of Pages: 198
Published: 1991-08-30
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0521400775
ISBN-13: 9780521400770

A flamboyant polymath, General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (1827-1900) was influential in four fields during his lifetime: military training, anthropology, archaeology and public education. Yet very little is known about his career, character, or motivation. Mark Bowden has written an entertaining and thoroughly researched biography of the General, which describes his stormy relationships with his wife, children, colleagues, tenants and dependants; his military career; his activities in public education; and his contributions to anthropology and archaeology. In particular he assesses h

Authors:TR Pitt Ford, JS Rhodes, HE Pitt Ford,
Publisher: Martin Dunitz Publishers
Keywords: practice, clinical, solving, problem, endodontics
Number of Pages: 207
Published: 2002-06-03
List price: $99.95
ISBN-10: 1853176958
ISBN-13: 9781853176951

The problems arising from root canals in the daily clinical practice of dentistry can often be difficult and time-consuming to solve. Here a team from one leading center of dental excellence provides detailed and highly illustrated guidance to these difficult areas and how to manage the problems that they often pose.This text aims to be a practical guide for general dental practitioners and endodontists in training through the difficult areas involved in endodontic work. The top-quality illustrations are of primary importance, coming mainly from one of the UK’s leading centers of excelle

Author: Clive Cussler
Publisher: Pocket Star
Keywords: dirk, pitt, adventures, adventure, sahara
Number of Pages: 704
Published: 2009-06-30
List price: $9.99
ISBN-10: 1439135681
ISBN-13: 9781439135686

Clive Cussler’s breathtaking thriller, SAHARA will now be published in our popular premium format with an exciting new cover.

Authors:Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler,
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Keywords: pitt, dirk, novels, novel, drift, arctic
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 2008-11-25
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0399155295
ISBN-13: 9780399155291

As with all Clive Cussler’s dazzling Dirk Pitt novels, critics said Treasure of Khan “amazes, informs and entertains” (Publishers Weekly), “the action zipping along until a final powerhouse showdown” (Entertainment Weekly). “What’s not to like?” proclaimed the Los Angeles Times—and hundreds of thousands of readers agreed. In his new novel, however—the twentieth Dirk Pitt adventure— Cussler may have topped even himself. A potential breakthrough discovery to reverse global warming . . . a series of unexplained sudden deaths in British Columbia . . . a rash of international

Author: John Pitt
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guide
Keywords: rail, usa
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2008-10-01
List price: $23.99
ISBN-10: 1841622559
ISBN-13: 9781841622552

Fully updated to take into account route and timetable changes, this is the only book available specifically designed for US train travel. Rugged charm sets the train apart from more mundane means of transport and its ecological soundness is again in fashion. Pampered by helpful attendants, you can travel from coast to coast, explore the Rocky Mountains and ride directly alongside two oceans. Less expensive than flying and more comfortable than the bus, the train keeps you relaxed and in touch with an ever-changing landscape as the world becomes a framed but moving picture.