wyszukanych pozycji: 12
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Child of the Sit-Downs: The Revolutionary Life of Genora Dollinger
ISBN: 9780873389440 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. ForeWord Magazine 2008 Silver Award Winner for Excellence in Biography A biography of a prominent labor reformer and early feminist Strikes affect entire communities, and in the end they need the communities' support to succeed. This was exemplified in the legendary 1937 sit-down strike in Flint, Michigan, when strikers occupied the GM plants. The striking workers needed food; they also needed information and advance warning on what management might be up to. The Women's Emergency Brigade, formed during the Flint strike, proved... ForeWord Magazine 2008 Silver Award Winner for Excellence in Biography A biography of a prominent labor r... |
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223,32 zł |
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Picking Up the Tab: The Life and Movies of Martin Ritt
ISBN: 9780879726720 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Martin Ritt has been hailed as the United States's greatest maker of social films. From "No Down Payment" early in his career to "Stanley and Iris," his last production, he delineated the nuances of American society. In between were other social statements such as "Hud," "Sounder," "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold," "Norma Rae," and "The Great White Hope,"
Martin Ritt has been hailed as the United States's greatest maker of social films. From "No Down Payment" early in his career to "Stanley and Iris," h...
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91,04 zł |
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Hattie: The Life of Hattie McDaniel
ISBN: 9781568330044 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Traces the life and career of the first Black actress to win an Academy Award, looks at her work in radio, and describes her relationships with her fellow actors.
Traces the life and career of the first Black actress to win an Academy Award, looks at her work in radio, and describes her relationships with her fe...
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91,04 zł |
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Who Will Take Our Children?: The Story of the Evacuation in Britain 1939-1945
ISBN: 9781032080703 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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531,02 zł |
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Who Will Take Our Children?: The British Evacuation Program of World War II, Rev. Ed.
ISBN: 9780786437856 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 199 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This revised edition provides the logistics and planning of the British evacuation program, the experiences of child evacuees aboard ships, and the role of the evacuations in helping to bring about the National Health Service.
This revised edition provides the logistics and planning of the British evacuation program, the experiences of child evacuees aboard ships, and the ro...
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180,20 zł |
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Hounds of the Road: History of the Greyhound Bus Company
ISBN: 9780879722715 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Greyhound, the largest and most enduring bus company in the US, had its beginning in the 1920s in the frigid climes of northern Minnesota. This work shows how the Greyhound Corporation has turned into a multimillion-dollar company.
Greyhound, the largest and most enduring bus company in the US, had its beginning in the 1920s in the frigid climes of northern Minnesota. This work s...
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70,30 zł |
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Kentucky Maverick: The Life and Adventures of Colonel George M. Chinn
ISBN: 9780813161051 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Colonel George M. Chinn's (1902--1987) life story reads more like fiction than the biography of a Kentucky soldier. A smart and fun-loving character, Chinn attended Centre College and played on the famous "Praying Colonels" football team that won the 1921 national championship. After graduation, he returned to his home in Mercer County and partnered with munitions expert "Tunnel" Smith to dynamite a cliff. The resulting hole became Chinn's Cave House -- a diner that also functioned as an underground gambling operation during Prohibition. He even served as Governor A. B. "Happy" Chandler's... Colonel George M. Chinn's (1902--1987) life story reads more like fiction than the biography of a Kentucky soldier. A smart and fun-loving characte... |
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193,06 zł |
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Who Will Take Our Children?: The Story of the Evacuation in Britain 1939-1945
ISBN: 9781032080765 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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146,61 zł |
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A Social History of the Scotch-Irish
ISBN: 9781568331423 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Beginning with the origins of their population in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the author traces the Scotch-Irish development from Lowland Scotland to Northern Ireland to the American colonies. Arriving in the East, the Scotch-Irish were characterized by other colonists as being fiery tempered, stubborn, hard drinking, and very religious, and they quickly made lasting impressions. Though the Scotch-Irish were in the minority, they managed to impact history. Most notably, they introduced the appeals system and the checks and balances system.
Beginning with the origins of their population in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the author traces the Scotch-Irish development from Lowlan...
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91,04 zł |
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Still Got Game: A Roundball Playbook for Winning at Life
ISBN: 9781503568365 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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130,60 zł |
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Still Got Game: A Roundball Playbook for Winning at Life
ISBN: 9781503566675 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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69,64 zł |
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Befriending: American Samaritans
ISBN: 9780879727000 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 121 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This book relates the founding in America, and evaluates the effectiveness of, a branch of the worldwide organization of volunteers known as the Samaritans, committed to the prevention of suicide through the simple means of "listening therapy." Great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens, Monica Dickens was best known in England as a novelist; in America, as the founder of the U.S. Samaritans. Today Samaritans are in every large city of the country. Volunteers work twenty-four hours a day, answering telephones or meeting troubled people, to try to give them, in nonjudgmental ways, the help they...
This book relates the founding in America, and evaluates the effectiveness of, a branch of the worldwide organization of volunteers known as the Samar...
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66,15 zł |