wyszukanych pozycji: 94
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The Louisiana Purchase: Growth of a Nation
ISBN: 9781604130522 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Though the present-day United States stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, the shape of the nation has shifted many times over the course of its history. The year 1803 marked one of the greatest changes, when President Thomas Jefferson purchased 828,000 square miles from France's Napoleon Bonaparte. This area of land, known then as the Louisiana Territory, today comprises all or part of 15 states. Buying the territory was no easy task, however. France was wrangling with political and military battles, the deal required the talents of two of Jefferson's most talented diplomats, and...
Though the present-day United States stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, the shape of the nation has shifted many times over the course ...
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141,12 zł |
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Robert E. Lee
ISBN: 9781604133042 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This biography of Robert E. Lee examines his life and career before, during and after the American Civil War. Asked to take command of the Union Army by President Lincoln, family loyalty led him to refuse and to fight for his native Virginia. After the war, he supported reconciliation and he became popular in both the North and South.
This biography of Robert E. Lee examines his life and career before, during and after the American Civil War. Asked to take command of the Union Army ...
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121,64 zł |
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Regents of the University of California V. Bakke: American Education and Affirmative Action
ISBN: 9780791092606 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This new title familiarizes students with the landmark 1978 Supreme Court case that addressed the issue of affirmative action.
This new title familiarizes students with the landmark 1978 Supreme Court case that addressed the issue of affirmative action.
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121,64 zł |
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Plymouth
ISBN: 9798887251820 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) They were poor exiles, having lived in a foreign land for a dozen years. Through those years, their faith had sustained them in a common bond. But the members of the Leyden congregation of Separatists were ready to leave Holland and make a new place for themselves in the New World. The year was 1620, and under the leadership of two of their elders, William Bradford and William Brewster, this small band of brothers and sisters made preparations to return to their native England. There they were to board an old, creaking wine vessel called the Mayflower and set sail across the...
They were poor exiles, having lived in a foreign land for a dozen years. Through those years, their faith had sustained them in a common bond. But t...
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223,92 zł |
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New Amsterdam
ISBN: 9780791093344 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 109 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam was purchased from local Indians in 1626. The colony was captured by the British in 1664 and subsequently renamed New York.
The Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam was purchased from local Indians in 1626. The colony was captured by the British in 1664 and subsequently rename...
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107,05 zł |
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The New South and the Old West: 1866-1890
ISBN: 9781604133547 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The end of the Civil War brought significant change to the United States. The war had destroyed the South, ushering in an age of rebuilding that created a new South free from slavery and open to progress and industrialization. But much of the promise of the post-war South was lost in the political heat of Reconstruction. At the same time, more people began to migrate to the Old West. But just as Reconstruction and its aftermath ultimately failed to lift newly freed blacks out from under white racism, so the settling of the West left thousands of Indians dispossessed and defeated. The New...
The end of the Civil War brought significant change to the United States. The war had destroyed the South, ushering in an age of rebuilding that creat...
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141,12 zł |
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9/11: The Attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
ISBN: 9798887253633 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial aircraft and crashed two of them into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. A third plane crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. After learning about the other attacks, passengers on the fourth hijacked plane, Flight 93, fought back, and the plane was crashed into an empty field in western Pennsylvania about 20 minutes by air from Washington, D.C. The Twin Towers ultimately collapsed, due to the damage from the impacts and subsequent fires. Nearly 3,000 people were...
On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial aircraft and crashed two of them into the North and South Towers of the W...
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184,98 zł |
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Marco Polo: And the Realm of Kublai Khan
ISBN: 9780791086124 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) In 1271, 17-year-old Marco Polo traveled from Venice to meet the great ruler of the East, Kublai Khan. When he returned 25 years later, he wrote The Book of Marco Polo.
In 1271, 17-year-old Marco Polo traveled from Venice to meet the great ruler of the East, Kublai Khan. When he returned 25 years later, he wrote The B...
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121,64 zł |
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Plymouth
ISBN: 9780791093399 / Angielski / Biblioteczna (library binding) / 2007 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) In 1620, the members of the Leyden congregation of Separatists boarded an old wine vessel called the Mayflower and set sail across the Atlantic to make a new life for themselves in North America.
In 1620, the members of the Leyden congregation of Separatists boarded an old wine vessel called the Mayflower and set sail across the Atlantic to mak...
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121,64 zł |
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Revolutionary America: 1764-1789
ISBN: 9781604133509 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) For more than 150 years, English men and women had planted themselves along the Atlantic Coast of the New World as colonists, intent on creating new lives of possibility and opportunity. But by the 1760s, countless thousands of people who had been loyal to king and country began to question that same loyalty. As British authorities began to hamper the lives the colonists had created, many in America followed a new course of action. As policies brought protest and taxes represented tyranny, those colonists ceased to consider themselves English subjects and came to view themselves as Americans...
For more than 150 years, English men and women had planted themselves along the Atlantic Coast of the New World as colonists, intent on creating new l...
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141,12 zł |
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The Gilded Age and Progressivism: 1891-1913
ISBN: 9781604133554 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Discovering U.S. History spans the complex and varied history of the United States from prehistoric times to the present day. This new chronological set can be read as a whole, providing readers with a comprehensive history, or as standalone volumes, with each title serving as a time capsule of a particular era. Each title brings to life the people and events that have shaped the nation through a clear and entertaining narrative, interesting boxed insets, and lively full-color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Students will find these books valuable for reports, prime...
Discovering U.S. History spans the complex and varied history of the United States from prehistoric times to the present day. This new chronological s...
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141,12 zł |
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Michelangelo: Painter, Sculptor and Architect
ISBN: 9780791086278 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) His accomplishments from sonnets and love poems to the most famous sculptures, paintings, and buildings ever created.
His accomplishments from sonnets and love poems to the most famous sculptures, paintings, and buildings ever created.
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121,64 zł |
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Making Space for Grace: A Believer's Guide to Living out Grace
ISBN: 9781973689232 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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132,39 zł |
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The Abolitionist Movement: Ending Slavery
ISBN: 9780791095027 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The abolitionist movement, which was a campaign to end the practice of slavery, began to take shape in the wake of the American Revolution. In the years leading up to the Civil War, the movement progressed, largely due to the determination of such leaders as Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman.
The abolitionist movement, which was a campaign to end the practice of slavery, began to take shape in the wake of the American Revolution. In the yea...
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131,39 zł |
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Time in the Wilderness: The Formative Years of John "Black Jack" Pershing in the American West
ISBN: 9781640124066 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) |
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149,69 zł |
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Francisco Goya
ISBN: 9780791096642 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 151 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) In the early 19th-century, Spanish artist Francisco Goya painted what he saw around him, everything from peasants to priests, courtesans to country folk. In time, revolutionary ideas and a spirit of liberalism spread across the Spanish landscape, providing Goya with fresh subjects and a new approach to art--Romanticism.
In the early 19th-century, Spanish artist Francisco Goya painted what he saw around him, everything from peasants to priests, courtesans to country fo...
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121,64 zł |
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Salvador Dali
ISBN: 9780791088371 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) These riveting personalities each achieved excellence, but even greater than their individual accomplishments is the positive Hispanic image they collectively represent to the world. Photographs, illustrations, and lively text tell the stories ot these fascinating historical figures. Dali's precise style of painting enhanced the dreamlike quality of many of his pieces, including his work with melting clocks, which became a symbol for the entire surrealism movement.
These riveting personalities each achieved excellence, but even greater than their individual accomplishments is the positive Hispanic image they coll...
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121,64 zł |
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The Oregon Trail: Pathway to the West
ISBN: 9781604130270 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) During the 19th century, hardy pioneers used the Oregon Trail to migrate to the Pacific Northwest. This book focuses on the period of 1840-1859, when approximately 52,000 pioneers moved to Oregon, and nearly five times that opted to move to California or Utah.
During the 19th century, hardy pioneers used the Oregon Trail to migrate to the Pacific Northwest. This book focuses on the period of 1840-1859, when ...
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141,12 zł |
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The Civil Rights Movement: Striving for Justice
ISBN: 9798887252254 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Thanks largely to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case of 1954, which declared that separate educational facilities were inherently unequal and therefore unconstitutional, the civil rights movement began to gain momentum. This movement, which was led by such activists as Martin Luther King Jr., espoused nonviolent protest as a means to ending racial segregation and promoting equal rights for African Americans. This eBook spotlights the rise of the civil rights movement, offering students a close look at one of the most remarkable and influential movements in U.S....
Thanks largely to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case of 1954, which declared that separate educational facilities were i...
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184,98 zł |
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The Robber Barons and the Sherman Antitrust Act: Reshaping American Business
ISBN: 9781604130089 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) During the decades following the American Civil War, the economy of the United States experienced phenomenal growth. This book explores the foundations and repercussions of the law that reshaped American business, the Sherman Antitrust Act.
During the decades following the American Civil War, the economy of the United States experienced phenomenal growth. This book explores the foundation...
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141,12 zł |