ilość książek w kategorii: 6344
Michelle Obama: A Life
ISBN: 9780307949318 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the inspiring story of a modern American icon, the first comprehensive account of the life and times of Michelle Obama. With disciplined reporting and a storyteller's eye for revealing detail, Peter Slevin follows Michelle to the White House from her working-class childhood on Chicago's largely segregated South Side. He illuminates her tribulations at Princeton University and Harvard Law School during the racially charged 1980s and the dilemmas she faced in Chicago while building a high-powered career, raising a family, and helping a young community organizer named Barack Obama become...
This is the inspiring story of a modern American icon, the first comprehensive account of the life and times of Michelle Obama. With disciplined repor...
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73,01 zł |
Too Great a Burden to Bear: The Struggle and Failure of the Freedmen's Bureau in Texas
ISBN: 9780823268757 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In its brief seven-year existence, the Freedmen's Bureau became the epicenter of the debate about Reconstruction. Historians have only recently begun to focus on the Bureau's personnel in Texas, the individual agents termed the "hearts of Reconstruction." Specifically addressing the historiographical debates concerning the character of the Bureau and its sub-assistant commissioners (SACs), Too Great a Burden to Bear sheds new light on the work and reputation of these agents. Focusing on the agents on a personal level, author Christopher B. Bean reveals the type of man Bureau...
In its brief seven-year existence, the Freedmen's Bureau became the epicenter of the debate about Reconstruction. Historians have only recently begun ...
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679,01 zł |
March: Book One (Oversized Edition)
ISBN: 9781603093835 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The groundbreaking graphic-novel memoir by a living legend of the civil rights movement, March: Book One, is now available in an oversized hardcover edition. Created by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell, this #1 New York Times bestseller is also a Coretta Scott King Honor book, a required text in classrooms across America, and the first graphic novel to win a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. Now this modern classic -- praised by everyone from President Bill Clinton to LeVar Burton to Tim Cook -- gets the deluxe, oversized hardcover treatment, so the...
The groundbreaking graphic-novel memoir by a living legend of the civil rights movement, March: Book One, is now available in an oversized hard...
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139,38 zł |
Africans in the Old South: Mapping Exceptional Lives Across the Atlantic World
ISBN: 9780674495166 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Atlantic slave trade was the largest forced migration in history, and its toll in lives damaged or destroyed is incalculable. Most of those stories are lost to history, making the few that can be reconstructed critical to understanding the trade in all its breadth and variety. Randy J. Sparks examines the experiences of a range of West Africans who lived in the American South between 1740 and 1860. Their stories highlight the diversity of struggles that confronted every African who arrived on American shores. The subjects of Africans in the Old South include Elizabeth... The Atlantic slave trade was the largest forced migration in history, and its toll in lives damaged or destroyed is incalculable. Most of those sto... |
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239,89 zł |
Between the Devil and the Deep: Meeting Challenges in the Public Interpretation of Maritime Cultural Heritage
ISBN: 9781493902033 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In creating interpretive strategies for maritime sites, archaeologists and resource managers often are required to think creatively to overcome challenges and problems. These issues include interpreting sites in inaccessible locations and extremely deep water, enabling and controlling access to fragile sites and restricted areas, monitoring visitor behavior, making information interesting to a wide audience, and creating opportunities for public engagement, among other concerns. Meeting Challenges presents cutting-edge interpretation and public education strategies for maritime resources,...
In creating interpretive strategies for maritime sites, archaeologists and resource managers often are required to think creatively to overcome challe...
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194,97 zł |
Catching Shrimp with Bare Hands: A Boy from the Mekong Delta
ISBN: 9780990917779 / Angielski / Miękka / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Catching Shrimp with Bare Hands is the true story of Luong La, a boy growing up in the Mekong Delta in the midst of the Vietnam War. When the 1968 Tet Offensive forces Luong's family to flee the countryside, his mother continues to travel back and forth to their island farm despite threats from the Viet Cong and nearby firefights. Out on their farm in the middle of the Mekong River, Luong wants to catch fish and slingshot birds, but Viet Cong, called mysterious misters by the villagers, stop by his family's hut and stay. "The frog dies because of its big mouth," his mother... Catching Shrimp with Bare Hands is the true story of Luong La, a boy growing up in the Mekong Delta in the midst of the Vietnam War. When ... |
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96,81 zł |
Profile: Leaders of the Opposition of Saint Lucia
ISBN: 9781515216483 / Angielski / Miękka / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Another in the series on Saint Lucians... * THE HON SIR GEORGE CHARLES * THE RIGHT HON SIR ALLAN LOUISY * THE RIGHT HON SIR JOHN COMPTON * NEVILLE CENAC * THE HON SIR JULIAN HUNTE * VELON JOHN * THE HON LOUIS GEORGE * MARIUS WILSON * ARSENE JAMES * MARCUS NICHOLAS * DR. KENNY ANTHONY * STEPHENSON KING * DR. GALE RIGOBERT "Our Saint Lucian education must teach us to savour, to know and appreciate what is ours, such as our fauna and our flora, our historical past and our present so that our children grow to appreciate and treasure what they are, so that when they see people like Darren Sammy or...
Another in the series on Saint Lucians... * THE HON SIR GEORGE CHARLES * THE RIGHT HON SIR ALLAN LOUISY * THE RIGHT HON SIR JOHN COMPTON * NEVILLE CEN...
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67,59 zł |
Birthday Parties in Heaven: Thoughts on Love, Life, Grief, and Other Matters of the Heart
ISBN: 9781504021852 / Angielski / Miękka / 177 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this collection of eloquent and moving essays, Ana Veciana-Suarez explores many of the topics closest to our hearts. In "Stitchwork," she expresses her mixed feelings about a mother who devotes all of her attention to her family. In the title essay, she examines, with unflinching honesty, the loss of her first husband, then gives us a humorous and compelling account of her remarriage in "Second Time Around." Veciana-Suarez offers wise reflections on everything from the bond between sisters to the anxiety of swimsuit shopping season. By turns witty and big-hearted, poignant and defiant,...
In this collection of eloquent and moving essays, Ana Veciana-Suarez explores many of the topics closest to our hearts. In "Stitchwork," she expresses...
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47,20 zł |
Troubling Beginnings: Trans(per)Forming African American History and Identity
ISBN: 9781138986206 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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227,98 zł |
La maison de mon père
ISBN: 9782981553904 / Francuski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. MEdard Bourgault (1897-1967) was the forefather of a long tradition of renowned wood sculptors in the Saint-Jean-Port-Joli region of Quebec, Canada. Today--in his own words and through personal anecdotes and 200 colour photos--his son opens the door to all the magnificent works of art inside his father's former home and tells the story of a great era. This 8.5 x 8.5 in. book, written in French, is also a catalogue of all the art pieces on MEdard Bourgault's property. It describes the main house and the three important additions built by the artist and his sons at the foot of a cliff... MEdard Bourgault (1897-1967) was the forefather of a long tradition of renowned wood sculptors in the Saint-Jean-Port-Joli region of Quebec, Canada... |
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214,52 zł |
Princess: Secrets to Share
ISBN: 9781939481399 / Angielski / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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63,08 zł |
Race, Representation & Photography in 19th-Century Memphis: From Slavery to Jim Crow
ISBN: 9781409468196 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Race, Representation & Photography in 19th-Century Memphis: from Slavery to Jim Crow presents a rich interpretation of African American visual culture. Using Victorian era photographs, engravings, and pictorial illustrations from local and national archives, this unique study examines intersections of race and image within the context of early African American communities. It emphasizes black agency, looking at how African Americans in Memphis manipulated the power of photography in the creation of free identities. Blacks are at the center of a study that brings to light how wide-ranging...
Race, Representation & Photography in 19th-Century Memphis: from Slavery to Jim Crow presents a rich interpretation of African American visual culture...
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760,10 zł |
Truth: The Kordell Stewart Story
ISBN: 9780996267540 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kordell Stewart's highly anticipated book, Truth: The Kordell Stewart Story, Stewart opens up about his often-discussed personal life, the thrills and challenges that he experienced in his football career, and the lessons he learned through the highs and lows of his journey. Though Stewart's life has involved pain and frustration, he chooses to see the glass half full despite the loss he has experienced or the rumors that have been spread about him. Readers will enjoy the behind-the-scenes stories he shares from the University of Colorado and the...
In former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kordell Stewart's highly anticipated book, Truth: The Kordell Stewart Story, Stewart opens up about his ofte...
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64,21 zł |
Sketches of Slave Life and from and from Slave Cabin to the Pulpit
ISBN: 9781943665051 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the first anthology of the autobiographical writings of Peter Randolph, a prominent nineteenth-century former slave who became a black abolitionist, pastor, and community leader. Randolph's story is unique because he was freed and relocated from Virginia to Boston, along with his entire plantation cohort. A lawsuit launched by Randolph against his former master's estate left legal documents that corroborate his autobiographies. Randolph's writings give us a window into a different experience of slavery and freedom than other narratives currently available and will... This book is the first anthology of the autobiographical writings of Peter Randolph, a prominent nineteenth-century former slave who became a black... |
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107,32 zł |
Postcards from Here
ISBN: 9781925417050 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Postcards from Here" is a capturing of a community, a harsh and beautiful place, a family, and the internal experience of its author in the form of micro-essays. The book takes on the realities of rural New England life, the moments and details that stitch a community together, the politics of being gay and divorced in such a place, and the visceral details of raising children, gardening, porcupines, travel, marriage, and other hazards of living. Written in a coastal community at the eastern edge of the United States, this book works to transcend the Maine depicted on touristy postcards by...
"Postcards from Here" is a capturing of a community, a harsh and beautiful place, a family, and the internal experience of its author in the form of m...
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62,48 zł |
Cracking the Solid South: The Life of John Fletcher Hanson, Father of Georgia Tech
ISBN: 9780881465624 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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168,35 zł |
Punk Rock and UFOs: Cryptozoology Meets Anarchy
ISBN: 9781942549161 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Punk rock and UFOs: Cryptozoology meets Anarchy" challenges our own inner process of belief by examining our cognition, memories, and media literacy. Raise your fist and rebel against the conventions of traditional thought and nightly news coverage to expand your mind to accept the countless possibilities that are out there. Personal experiences, anecdotes and thought-provoking theories are all put together in an unconventional punk-rock presentation to bring in any true believer or casual observer. "Punk rock and UFOs: Cryptozoology meets Anarchy" challenges our own inner process of belief by examining our cognition, memories, and media litera... |
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63,08 zł |
Authenticity in Architectural Heritage Conservation: Discourses, Opinions, Experiences in Europe, South and East Asia
ISBN: 9783319305226 / Angielski / Miękka / 345 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book contributes to a recontextualizationof authenticity by investigating how this value is created, reenacted, andassigned.
The book contributes to a recontextualizationof authenticity by investigating how this value is created, reenacted, andassigned.
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389,98 zł |
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: Written by Himself
ISBN: 9780300204711 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A new edition of one of the most influential literary documents in American and African American history
Ideal for coursework in American and African American history, this revised edition of Frederick Douglass's memoir of his life as a slave in pre-Civil War Maryland incorporates a wide range of supplemental materials to enhance students' understanding of slavery, abolitionism, and the role of race in American society. Offering readers a new appreciation of Douglass's world, it includes documents relating to the slave narrative genre and to the later career of an essential... A new edition of one of the most influential literary documents in American and African American history
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47,95 zł |
Chaldeans in Detroit
ISBN: 9781531670023 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chaldeans (pronounced Kal-de'an) are a distinct ethnic group from present-day Iraq with roots stretching back to Abraham, the biblical patriarch of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam who was from the "Ur of the Chaldees." Chaldeans are Catholic, with their own patriarch, and they speak a dialect of Aramaic, the language of Jesus Christ. Chaldeans began immigrating to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, when Iraq was known as Mesopotamia (the Greek word meaning "land between two rivers," the Tigris and the Euphrates). Lured by Henry Ford's promise of $5 per day, many...
Chaldeans (pronounced Kal-de'an) are a distinct ethnic group from present-day Iraq with roots stretching back to Abraham, the biblical patriarch of Ju...
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137,38 zł |