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Never Too Small: A Dazzling Journey Through Colour, Culture, and Compact Living 6
ISBN: 9781918125054 / Angielski / Miękka / 2026 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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100,88 |
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Never Too Small: A Dazzling Journey Through Colour, Culture, and Compact Living 5
ISBN: 9781918125047 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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105,92 |
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Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis and the Confederate Civil War
ISBN: 9780143127758 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, a powerful new reckoning with Jefferson Davis as military commander of the Confederacy
The best concise book we have on the subject McPherson is our most distinguished scholar of the Civil War era. The New York Times Book Review History has not been kind to Jefferson Davis. Many Americans of his own time and in later generations considered him an incompetent leader, not to mention a traitor. Not so, argues James M. McPherson. In Embattled Rebel, McPherson shows us that Davis might have been... From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, a powerful new reckoning with Jefferson Davis as military commander of the ...
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76,02 |
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Lamson of the Gettysburg: The Civil War Letters of Lieutenant Roswell H. Lamson, U.S. Navy
ISBN: 9780195116984 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Roswell Lamson was one of the boldest and most skillful young officers in the Union navy. Second in the class of 1862 at Annapolis (he took his final exam while at sea during the war), he commanded more ships and flotillas than any other officer of his age or rank in the service, climaxed by his captaincy of the navy's fastest ship in 1864, USS Gettysburg. Now, in Lamson of the Gettysburg, we have the war-time letters of this striking naval figure. What's more, these are letters of exceptional quality. James M. McPherson, co-editor of the collection with his wife Patricia...
Roswell Lamson was one of the boldest and most skillful young officers in the Union navy. Second in the class of 1862 at Annapolis (he took his final ...
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125,66 |
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Encyclopedia of Civil War Biographies
ISBN: 9780765680211 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 1000 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This text offers a glimpse of a tumultuous time in US history. A primary source reference, it includes 400 biographies of prominent figures living during the American Civil War period, written by their contemporaries. The authors' observations of the time in which they lived, interwoven with biographical portraits of their subjects, add an extra dimension of interest to this illustrated A-Z reference. In addition to military and political leaders, the book covers major business leaders, scientists, inventors, artists, entertainers, publishers, abolitionists, and other notable persons such as...
This text offers a glimpse of a tumultuous time in US history. A primary source reference, it includes 400 biographies of prominent figures living dur...
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1308,77 |
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American Social Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present
ISBN: 9780874366334 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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306,18 |
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Theatres of God: Confession Of A Heritage-Hugging Heretic
ISBN: 9781461046141 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. About Theatres of God: This little book laments the continuing trend of church closures, and our society's apparent intent to forsake its Christian heritage. It addresses three not-so-simple questions: 1.How did it get this way? 2.Is Christianity worth saving? 3.How can churches rebuild vitality? In nine chapters author James Alexander McPherson shares his unconventional spiritual philosophy. He comments on how our predominantly-Christian society is abandoning its religious heritage. He tells how he was indoctrinated into Christianity in his youth, but became disillusioned as a young man. He...
About Theatres of God: This little book laments the continuing trend of church closures, and our society's apparent intent to forsake its Christian he...
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31,73 |
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Defining Documents in American History: Civil War (1860-1865): Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access
ISBN: 9781429837460 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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1139,25 |
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Crabcakes: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780684847962 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. With the same grace and lyrical precision that distinguish his vibrant short stories, James McPherson surveys the emotional upheaval of his last twenty-one years. From Baltimore, Maryland, to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Iowa and Japan, Crabcakes witnesses McPherson's confrontation with the past, and his struggle to make sense of it and to bind it, peacefully, to the present. His elliptical search for meaning -- and his ultimate understanding of what makes us human -- finds in Crabcakes a powerful and enduring voice.
With the same grace and lyrical precision that distinguish his vibrant short stories, James McPherson surveys the emotional upheaval of his last twent...
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75,83 |
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The Conservative Resurgence and the Press: The Media's Role in the Rise of the Right
ISBN: 9780810123328 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Consumers of American media find themselves in a news world that has shifted toward more conservative reporting. This book takes a measured, historical view of the shift, addressing factors that include the greater skill with which conservatives have used the media, the media s gradual trend toward conservatism, the role of religion, and the effects of media conglomeration. The book makes the case that the media have managed to not only enable today s conservative resurgence but also ignore, largely, the consequences of that change for the American people."
Consumers of American media find themselves in a news world that has shifted toward more conservative reporting. This book takes a measured, histor... |
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Elbow Room
ISBN: 9780449213575 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 1986 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A beautiful collection of short stories that explores blacks and whites today, Elbow Room is alive with warmth and humor. Bold and very real, these twelve stories examine a world we all know but find difficult to define. Whether a story dashes the bravado of young street toughs or pierces through the self-deception of a failed preacher, challenges the audacity of a killer or explodes the jealousy of two lovers, James Alan McPherson has created an array of haunting images and memorable characters in an unsurpassed collection of honest, masterful fiction.
A beautiful collection of short stories that explores blacks and whites today, Elbow Room is alive with warmth and humor. Bold and very real, these tw...
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34,17 |
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War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865
ISBN: 9781469622842 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies were crucial to the outcome of the Civil War. In War on the Waters, James M. McPherson has crafted an enlightening, at times harrowing, and ultimately thrilling account of the war's naval campaigns and their military leaders.
McPherson recounts how the Union navy's blockade of the Confederate coast, leaky as a sieve in the war's early months, became increasingly effective as it choked off vital imports and exports. Meanwhile,... Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate...
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135,69 |
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Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution
ISBN: 9780195076066 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. James McPherson has emerged as one of America's finest historians. Battle Cry of Freedom, his Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the Civil War, was a national bestseller that Hugh Brogan, in The New York Times Book Review, called "history writing of the highest order." In that volume, McPherson gathered in the broad sweep of events, the political, social, and cultural forces at work during the Civil War era. Now, in Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, he offers a series of thoughtful and engaging essays on aspects of Lincoln and the war that have rarely been discussed in depth....
James McPherson has emerged as one of America's finest historians. Battle Cry of Freedom, his Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the Civil War, was a n...
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91,18 |
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War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865
ISBN: 9780807838150 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 454 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies were crucial to the outcome of the Civil War. In War on the Waters, James M. McPherson has crafted an enlightening, at times harrowing, and ultimately thrilling account of the war's naval campaigns and their military leaders.
McPherson recounts how the Union navy's blockade of the Confederate coast, leaky as a sieve in the war's early months, became increasingly effective as it choked off vital imports and exports. Meanwhile,... Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate...
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203,61 |
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Writing the Civil War: The Quest to Understand
ISBN: 9781570033896 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. No event has transformed the United States more fundamentally--or been studied more exhaustively--than the Civil War. In Writing the Civil War, fourteen distinguished historians present a wide-ranging examination of the vast effort to chronicle the conflict--an undertaking that began with the remembrances of Civil War veterans and has become an increasingly prolific field of scholarship. Covering topics from battlefield operations to the impact of race and gender, this volume is an informative guide through the labyrinth of Civil War literature. The contributors provide authoritative and...
No event has transformed the United States more fundamentally--or been studied more exhaustively--than the Civil War. In Writing the Civil War, fourte...
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111,45 |
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Lamson of the Gettysburg: The Civil War Letters of Lieutenant Roswell H. Lamson, U.S. Navy
ISBN: 9780195130935 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Roswell Lamson was one of the boldest and most skillful young officers in the Union navy. Second in the class of 1862 at Annapolis (he took his final exam while at sea during the war), he commanded more ships and flotillas than any other officer of his age or rank in the service, climaxed by his captaincy of the navy's fastest ship in 1864, USS Gettysburg. Now, in Lamson of the Gettysburg, we have the war-time letters of this striking naval figure. What's more, these are letters of exceptional quality. James M. McPherson, co-editor of the collection with his wife Patricia...
Roswell Lamson was one of the boldest and most skillful young officers in the Union navy. Second in the class of 1862 at Annapolis (he took his final ...
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91,22 |
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The Atlas of the Civil War
ISBN: 9781510756403 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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94,98 |
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Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam
ISBN: 9780195173307 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American history, with more than 6,000 soldiers killed--four times the number lost on D-Day, and twice the number killed in the September 11th terrorist attacks. In Crossroads of Freedom, America's most eminent Civil War historian, James M. McPherson, paints a masterful account of this pivotal battle, the events that led up to it, and its aftermath. As McPherson shows, by September 1862 the survival of the United States was in doubt. The Union had suffered a string of defeats, and Robert E....
The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day in American history, with more than 6,000 soldiers killed--four tim...
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75,95 |
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Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
ISBN: 9780143116141 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Pulitzer Prize?winning author reveals how Lincoln won the Civil War and invented the role of commander in chief as we know it
As we celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, this study by preeminent, bestselling Civil War historian James M. McPherson provides a rare, fresh take on one of the most enigmatic figures in American history. Tried by War offers a revelatory (and timely) portrait of leadership during the greatest crisis our nation has ever endured. Suspenseful and inspiring, this is the story of how Lincoln, with almost no previous military experience... The Pulitzer Prize?winning author reveals how Lincoln won the Civil War and invented the role of commander in chief as we know it
As we ce... |
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102,63 |
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The American Civil War
ISBN: 9780140125184 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 904 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. This text presents a history of the American Civil War. It starts with an account of the years before the civil war and its causes - placing slavery firmly back in the centre stage - before discussing the war, the two sides, the international dimension, the position and role of the free blacks and slaves, to its outcome, the end of the war and reconstruction.
This text presents a history of the American Civil War. It starts with an account of the years before the civil war and its causes - placing slavery f...
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95,79 |
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