Lost Providence

Author : David Brussat
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467137243
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Providence written by David Brussat and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dave Brussat has made a significant contribution to the history of Providence. For those interested in that history, "Lost Providence" is a real find." Providence Journal Providence has one of the nation's most intact historic downtowns and is one of America's most beautiful cities. The history of architectural change in the city is one of lost buildings, urban renewal plans and challenges to preservation. The Narragansett Hotel, a lost city icon, hosted many famous guests and was demolished in 1960. The American classical renaissance expressed itself in the Providence National Bank, tragically demolished in 2005. Urban renewal plans such as the Downtown Providence plan and the College Hill plan threatened the city in the mid-twentieth century. Providence eventually embraced its heritage through plans like the River Relocation Project that revitalized the city's waterfront and the Downcity Plan that revitalized its downtown. Author David Brussat chronicles the trials and triumphs of Providence's urban development.

Author : Genevieve Lloyd
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674031531
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Providence Lost written by Genevieve Lloyd and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2008-11-15 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This performance of the Giuseppe Verdi opera La Traviata in the picturesque setting of the Sydney Harbour features vocalists such as Emma Matthews, Gianluca Terranova, and Jonathan Summers in the leading roles. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi

Author : Paul Lay
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178185257X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Providence Lost written by Paul Lay and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A compelling and wry narrative of one of the most intellectually thrilling eras of British history' Guardian. ***************** SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020 England, 1651. Oliver Cromwell has defeated his royalist opponents in two civil wars, executed the Stuart king Charles I, laid waste to Ireland, and crushed the late king's son and his Scottish allies. He is master of Britain and Ireland. But Parliament, divided between moderates, republicans and Puritans of uncompromisingly millenarian hue, is faction-ridden and disputatious. By the end of 1653, Cromwell has become 'Lord Protector'. Seeking dragons for an elect Protestant nation to slay, he launches an ambitious 'Western Design' against Spain's empire in the New World. When an amphibious assault on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola in 1655 proves a disaster, a shaken Cromwell is convinced that God is punishing England for its sinfulness. But the imposition of the rule of the Major-Generals – bureaucrats with a penchant for closing alehouses – backfires spectacularly. Sectarianism and fundamentalism run riot. Radicals and royalists join together in conspiracy. The only way out seems to be a return to a Parliament presided over by a king. But will Cromwell accept the crown? Paul Lay narrates in entertaining but always rigorous fashion the story of England's first and only experiment with republican government: he brings the febrile world of Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate to life, providing vivid portraits of the extraordinary individuals who inhabited it and capturing its dissonant cacophony of political and religious voices. ***************** Reviews: 'Briskly paced and elegantly written, Providence Lost provides us with a first-class ticket to this Cromwellian world of achievement, paradox and contradiction. Few guides take us so directly, or so sympathetically, into the imaginative worlds of that tumultuous decade' John Adamson, The Times. 'Providence Lost is a learned, lucid, wry and compelling narrative of the 1650s as well as a sensitive portrayal of a man unravelled by providence' Jessie Childs, Guardian.

Author : David Norton Stone
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625859309
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Restaurants of Providence written by David Norton Stone and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the city that invented the diner, so many amazing restaurants remain only in memories. The Silver Top had fresh coffee every twenty minutes, and the Ever Ready was hot dog heaven. Miss Dutton's Green Room and the Shepard Tea Room beckoned shoppers in their Sunday finest. At Childs, the griddle chef made butter cakes in the window for night owls, and Harry Houdini supped at midnight with H.P. Lovecraft at the Waldorf Lunch. Themed lounges like the Beachcomber and the Bacchante Room chased away the Prohibition blues. Downcity Diner offered a famous meatloaf, and Ming Garden's Ming Wings were a staple for regulars. Author David Norton Stone details the restaurants that still hold a place in the hearts of locals.

Author : Paul Lay
Publisher : Apollo
ISBN 13 : 1781852561
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kingdom Without a King written by Paul Lay and published by Apollo. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Lay explores a year that fell within one of the least understood periods in British history – the Interregnum between the execution of Charles I and the restoration of Charles II – and reclaims it as one of the most politically exciting and culturally creative eras of European history. In 1657 popular political fervour was at its height, and new religious ideas and methods of government were being tested out. The poet John Milton held a government post (Secretary for Foreign Tongues), and the regime's concentration on military spending was transforming England into a nascent imperial power. Far from being the dreary Puritan society of royalist myth, the Interregnum was one of the most intellectually thrilling times in British history. This was the crucible in which modern British thought – inquiring, iconoclastic and creative – was forged, and it marked the foundation of modern British democracy: pluralistic, inclusive, and based on a people's charter to rule.

Author : Survey of Federal Archives (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ship Registers and Enrollments of Providence, Rhode Island, 1773-1939 written by Survey of Federal Archives (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Green
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578716237
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Providence Raptors written by Peter Green and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Decade of Stories and Photos by Peter Green

Author : United States. Congress. Senate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 808 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive Documents written by United States. Congress. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joyce Raskin
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 099651161X
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost in Providence written by Joyce Raskin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost In Providence is a half graphic novel of thirteen short stories about art, muses, tattoos, fashion, art school, fame, failure, creativity, adventure, passion, desire, horror, and life in the city of Providence, Rhode Island. For artists, muses, lovers of art, and people with an artistic sensibility for adventure and risktaking. Don't get lost in Providence-you might never leave.

Author : Avi
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545214912
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Something Upstairs written by Avi and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When he moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Rhode Island, Kenny discovers that his new house is haunted by the spirit of a black slave boy who asks Kenny to return with him to the early nineteenth century and prevent his murder by slave traders.