Paul Castellano headed New York's immensely powerful Gambino crime family for more than ten years. On December 16, 1985, he was gunned down in a spectacular shooting on Manhattan's fashionable East Side.

At the time of his death, Paul Castellano was under indictment. So were most of t[...]

Paul Rudolph, one of the 20th century's most iconoclastic architects, is best knownand most malignedfor his large "brutalist" buildings, like the Yale Art and Architecture Building. So it will surprise many to learn that early in his career he developed a series of houses that represent the unrivale[...]

Using photographic and written archives of the "Daily Mirror" (including rare and unseen material), "When Football Was Football - Arsenal" takes us on a nostalgia-packed journey through the club's evolution from its beginnings as a south London munitions factory team, through the nurturing of some o[...]

Standard Catalog of Winchester Firearms guides you through the production history of America's top three firearms manufacturers. Winchester's "The Gun that Won the West" is among the most collectible guns in today's secondary market. Winchester enthusiasts of all interests will benefit from the expe[...]

Rely on the #1 Guide to Pump Design and Application-- Now Updated with the Latest Technological Breakthroughs Long-established as the leading guide to pump design and application, the Pump Handbook has been fully revised and updated with the latest developments in pump technology. Packed with 1,150 [...]

Designed to accompany each chapter of Boyer et al., "The Enduring Vision," 4/e, but ideal for use with any Houghton Mifflin survey text, this remarkable supplement offers a wide range of primary-source documents in sets built around a historical "problem." Each set comprises several documents, inclu[...]