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Provides information on the basics of genealogical research for both librarians and individuals looking to document family histories.

A recreation of events during the century's most pivotal year focuses on the day of October 21, 1929, when a gala celebration in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Edison's invention of the incandescent lamp took place while Wall Street tottered on the brink of disaster.

The author captures all the drama of the economic events and shows how the entire world was experiencing a year of crisis.

The Norwegian hamlet of Vik was nearly bankrupted in 2007 due to speculative investing in U.S. hedge funds. Why has it become so difficult for communities, companies, and individuals to protect themselves from financial volatility? This program looks at the inner workings of the global economy, examining the mechanics behind unanticipated bubbles and catastrophic crashes. Experts including best-selling author Michael Lewis (The Big Short: Inside the...

" ... Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt awakened the world to the earth-shattering events that transpired in the high desert of New Mexico in early July 1947 ... new evidence has been uncovered, top-secret government reports have become available, and eyewitnesses have finally stepped forward after decades of fear-induced silence ..."--Back cover

Renowned economic forecaster Harry S. Dent, Jr., explains that by 2010 rising oil prices and peaking generational spending will lead to a more severe downtrend for the global economy and individual investors alike. He outlines the critical issues that will face us and offers long- and short-term tactics for weathering the storm.

The Dave Matthews Band follows up their major label debut with an album that combines rock with folk, jazz, world music, and pop. Crash includes the hit singles So Much to Say; Too Much; Tripping Billies; and Crash Into Me.

Describes and pictures forty disastrous airplane crashes which made headlines between 1930 and 1980.

Jill McCorkle tells the varied tales of today's southern women, the lives they end up leading, and the loves that distract them. Stuck in the slow lane, gunning their motors, they are women living the real life, hoping things will get better, but surprised when they occasionally do.

Thursday, October 24: the Wall Street Stock Exchange crashes, the greatest economic crisis of the 20th century suddenly breaks out. Fueled by frenetic speculation, and by the idea that everyone can get rich without limits, it puts a final stop to the euphoria of the 1920s. America is then caught in a devastating cycle which spreads around the world a few months later like a malign infection. Calling on renowned historians and economists, such as Joseph...