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Hayden Library - BD418.3.P4846 2019

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Dewey Library - B105.D44 I75 2019

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Dewey Library - B3279.H93 L6313 2019

The genealogy of America’s earliest Jews can be traced through multiple veins of the Nathan family, including the Hendricks branch, the Seixas branch, and the Mendes branch. However, perhaps no part of the Nathan bloodline is as historically rich and prestigious as their connection to the Gomez family, through which Edgar J. Nathan, Jr.–whose papers have...

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In the spring of 1869, a two-column-inch piece titled “The Great New York Fire in 1835” began appearing in newspapers around the country. Written as a reminiscence “clipped from the columns of the Philadelphia Inquirer,” the piece was actually an advertisement for Aetna Insurance, describing the moment when Aetna’s president had first informed his board...

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Spencer, Andrew (Lecturer in tourism management), author

International Conference on Cultural and Digital Tourism (1st : 2014 : Athens, Greece)

London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2019

Lino, Dylan, author

Hooper, Chloe, 1973- author

McGregor, Harvey, author

Draetta, Ugo, author

Goudkamp, James, 1980- author

Restoration presents a paradox when repairing old instruments could mean erasing their stories. Conservator John Watson walks the fine line.

Old-fashioned fire engines had to do much the same jobs as today’s, but they relied on classic physics and plenty of manpower. Curator Erik Goldstein describes the fire engine at the center of a new exhibit at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.

George Washington slept here, ate here, planned here, and plotted here through the eight years of the Revolution. A joint project with the Museum of the American Revolution is reconstructing the tent that Washington called home during the war. Learn more about the great man when you see his life in the field.

Retired US Marine Corps General Anthony Zinni has some sharp insights and powerful ideas to share in his new book, “Before the First Shots are Fired: How America Can Win or Lose off the Battlefield.” Listen this week as he previews some of the philosophies he shares in his fourth book.

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008

Kalki Koechlin gave birth to a baby girl on February 7, and named her Sappho.

On the 14th anniversary of her debut, Kangana revealed how she won the best actress award for Gangster, but didn't have the money to travel to Singapore to collect her prize.

Japanese brokerage firm Nomura has received an equity brokerage licence in the country and also memberships of the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange, a British media report said on Sunday.

“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.” — Robertson Davies. A person who thinks women are bad drivers is more likely to notice driving mistakes made by women. A detective who is convinced a suspect is guilty is more likely to pay attention to evidence corroborating their intuition. And, while someone […]

Hansen, Mark B. N. (Mark Boris Nicola), 1965- author

Immigration attorneys said clients were filing applications for candidates selected by random lottery last month. The H1-B work permit, initially for three years, is granted only if the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) approves the application.

The company is planning to hire 1000 employees by the end of June across markets. Companies such as Infosys, Wipro, TCS, WNS and others have delayed pay hikes and put promotions on hold as they see uncertainty over business growth in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak across key markets. CSS Corp has also paid 100% of variable salary to the majority of its employees.

Software services exporters including Infosys, Wipro, TCS and WNS have delayed pay increases and put promotions on hold, due to the uncertainty over business growth across their key markets in the wake of the Covid-19 virus outbreak. CSS Corp has also paid 100% of variable salary to the bulk of its employees.

“Some clients are looking at consolidation. In this crisis, they have had mixed experience of work-from-home from different players. So, they feel, if this lasts 12-18 months, they would want to put their bets on larger players who have done well in transitioning to this new way of working,” Infosys Chief Operating Officer UB Pravin Rao told.