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"Maggie Molinaro survived a hardscrabble childhood in the downtrodden streets of Manhattan to become a successful businesswoman. After a decade of sacrifice, she now owns a celebrated ice cream company, but when she offends a corrupt banker, she unwittingly sets off a series of calamities that threaten to destroy her life's work. Liam Blackstone is a charismatic steel magnate committed to overhauling factory conditions for the steelworkers of America....

A high-profile murder has landed at Bubbles's pretty feet. The victim: a local steel executive. The accused: his lovely wife. The weapon: cyanide-laced fingernails. If anyone can solve a well-manicured slaying like this, it's Bubbles. And nothing's going to stop her. Not even hunky photojournalist Steve Stiletto, who vows that this time, he's getting everything he wants from Bubbles. But how far is the amateur sleuth in spandex willing to go to get...

Steel has, over centuries, played a crucial role in shaping our material, and in particular, urban landscapes. This books undertakes a cultural and ecological history of the material, examining the relationship between steel and design at a micro and macro level - in terms of both what it has been used to design and how it has functioned as a 'world-making force'. The research for the book is informed by diverse sources including industry journals,...

"Liam Murphy is about to embark on a journey into the steel business. However, his boss happens to be the city of Pittsburgh's most mysterious millionaire, Mr. Oscar Steinman. Although the young and ambitious Liam rubs off on Steinman, as well as on his beautiful girlfriend, Liam begins to see that Steinman's interest is not solely fixated on making money. Soon, a plan is hatched to steal her away. But Liam and his friends have plans of their own."...

American labor history begins with Homestead.....Serrin exposes the terrible plight of individuals and a town when the community's major industry collapses.