wyszukanych pozycji: 12
The Alamo 1836: Santa Anna S Texas Campaign
ISBN: 9781841760902 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Osprey's examination of the Battle of Alamo (1836), which was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution (1835-1836). On the morning of 6 March 1836 around 1,100 Mexican soldiers under Generalissimo Santa Anna stormed a small mission outside San Antonio, Texas, and slaughtered the garrison of around 200 Texans. It was not a large battle but its significance vastly outweighed its size for the name of the mission was the Alamo. Less than two months later Santa Anna's force was smashed at San Jacinto by a volunteer army whose battle cry was "Remember the Alamo." Stephen L Hardin details the...
Osprey's examination of the Battle of Alamo (1836), which was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution (1835-1836). On the morning of 6 March 1836 ...
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92,95 zł |
Lust for Glory, 1: An Epic Story of Early Texas and the Sacrifice That Defined a Nation
ISBN: 9781933337753 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A concise, reader friendly depiction of the ""Heroic Age"" of Texas history. Employing short, episodic chapters, it explores the twenty-five years between 1821 and 1846. Skilfully conceived and masterfully written, Lust for Glory flows with a style as passionate and exuberant as the place and the people it describes.
A concise, reader friendly depiction of the ""Heroic Age"" of Texas history. Employing short, episodic chapters, it explores the twenty-five years bet...
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173,24 zł |
IF BEING A CONSERVATIVE WERE EASY...There Wouldn't Be Any Liberals: Rants, Ravings and Ruminations from a Member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
ISBN: 9781609100810 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A collection of humorous topical essays chronicling the best and worst of the American political landscape from internationally published blogger Hardin. Written from the conservative viewpoint with a light dose of pathos and a heavy dose of sarcasm, few politicians are spared and none are taken prisoner.
A collection of humorous topical essays chronicling the best and worst of the American political landscape from internationally published blogger Hard...
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150,32 zł |
Texian Exodus: The Runaway Scrape and Its Enduring Legacy
ISBN: 9781477330050 / Angielski / 14-01-2025 Książka dostępna od: 14-01-2025 |
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153,05 zł |
Commies on Parade
ISBN: 9781621418603 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The follow-up to "If Being a Conservative Were Easy, There Wouldn't Be Any Liberals, Commies On Parade" is a collection of satirical, yet honest reflections on the political mating habits of the American Left, as well as reflecting on the overall state of American politics.
The follow-up to "If Being a Conservative Were Easy, There Wouldn't Be Any Liberals, Commies On Parade" is a collection of satirical, yet honest refle...
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160,03 zł |
Texian Iliad: A Military History of the Texas Revolution, 1835-1836
ISBN: 9780292731028 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Winner, T. R. Fehrenbach Book Award Texas Historical Commission Hardly were the last shots fired at the Alamo before the Texas Revolution entered the realm of myth and controversy. French visitor Frederic Gaillardet called it a "Texian Iliad" in 1839, while American Theodore Sedgwick pronounced the war and its resulting legends "almost burlesque." In this highly readable history, Stephen L. Hardin discovers... Winner, T. R. Fehrenbach Book Award Texas Historical Commission |
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124,68 zł |
Democrats Invade Mars
ISBN: 9781626466753 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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The Life of John Wesley Hardin: From the Original Manuscript as Written by Himself
ISBN: 9780615580555 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Hero or Villain? John Wesley Hardin, aka "Young Seven Up," "Little Arkansas," "Wes Clemmons" and "J. H. Swain," was a notorious outlaw and gunfighter who killed his first man at age 15 in 1868 and, according to himself, went on to kill over 40 more by the time he was sent to prison at age 25. He served 16 years of a 25 year sentence before being pardoned. While in prison he studied law and after his release managed to pass the Bar exam and took up the occupation of attorney. During the Reconstruction Era in Texas, just after the Civil War, many folks considered him a hero for standing up to...
Hero or Villain? John Wesley Hardin, aka "Young Seven Up," "Little Arkansas," "Wes Clemmons" and "J. H. Swain," was a notorious outlaw and gunfighter ...
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58,97 zł |
Three Brother Bears
ISBN: 9781728335308 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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118,64 zł |
Texian Macabre
ISBN: 9781933337562 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Mandred Wood may have caught a glint off the Bowie knife that sank into his belly-but probably not. On the afternoon of November 11, 1837, he had exchanged "harsh epithets" with David James Jones, a hero of the Texas Revolution. When words failed, Jones closed the argument with his blade. Such affrays were common in Houston, the fledgling capital of the Republic of Texas. This one, however, was singular. Wood was a gentleman and Jones a member of a disruptive gang of vagrants that the upper crust denounced as the "rowdy loafers." Jones went to jail; Wood went to his grave. In the weeks that...
Mandred Wood may have caught a glint off the Bowie knife that sank into his belly-but probably not. On the afternoon of November 11, 1837, he had exch...
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116,87 zł |
Reconstructing Obesity: The Meaning of Measures and the Measure of Meanings
ISBN: 9781785330285 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "This is not a book that seeks to discredit health research and leave others to do the work of finding a better way to conduct it; rather, it aims to improve health research by providing useful avenues for critique and suggestions for ways forward. In this sense, it works as a very practical guide for those working in the health professions, whether as researchers or healthcare providers, to better understand "obesity" and "overweight" and, importantly, fat people in social and environmental context... it makes a welcome and necessary intervention into the business of health research,...
"This is not a book that seeks to discredit health research and leave others to do the work of finding a better way to conduct it; rather, it aims to ...
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145,26 zł |
A Texas Ranger
ISBN: 9780806129037 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Eighteen-year-old Napoleon Augustus Jennings came to Texas in 1874 and joined a special force of Texas Rangers charged with border patrol under the command of L. H. McNelly. At this time the South Texas region was home to hundreds of outlaws and riffraff, and some three thousand Mexican guerrillas under Juan Cortina and others were raiding settlers on both sides of the Rio Grande. McNelly's Rangers stormed into this lawless area for two reasons, according to Jennings: "To have fun, and to carry out a set policy of terrorizing the Mexicans at every opportunity", which would gain them the...
Eighteen-year-old Napoleon Augustus Jennings came to Texas in 1874 and joined a special force of Texas Rangers charged with border patrol under the co...
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139,56 zł |