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It Seems Like Only Yesterday: Mining and Mapping in Arizona's First Century Vol 2: Bisbee and Patagonia
ISBN: 9780595673414 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bob Lenon came from Nebraska to Yuma, in 1914, just two years after Arizona had become the 48th state. He remembers seeing the Colorado River when it had no highway bridges and traveling on a plank road across dunes where an Interstate Highway now runs.
Because Bob grew up listening to neighbors' tales of gold in the hills, it was natural for him to make mining his life-as a prospector and as a mining engineer. He became an intrinsic part of the process by which copper, gold, and other metals were extracted from Arizona rock. In more than 90 years as an Arizonan, he has witnessed many... Bob Lenon came from Nebraska to Yuma, in 1914, just two years after Arizona had become the 48th state. He remembers seeing the Colorado River when it ...
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110,34 |
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Tilli's Story: My Thoughts Are Free
ISBN: 9780595673421 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'This compelling memoir of a German girl's bitter, frightening life reveals the horrors visited upon an average family caught between two of the cruelest dictators in history.. The small, poignant touches are riveting." -"Kirkus Discoveries" "I think about what I want and what makes me happy, The beautiful, safe, joyful places in young Tilli's imagination were her only refuge from the bombing that tore through the sky above... 'This compelling memoir of a German girl's bitter, frightening life reveals the horrors visited upon an average family caught between two of the cr... |
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106,53 |
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The Immigrants Who Built America: My Father's Footsteps through Ellis Island
ISBN: 9780595674114 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What would happen if you ventured to a new country halfway aroundthe world where you could not speak the language? This was thesituation faced by your ancestors as they began the quest for a new andbetter life. It was to be a life full of hardships and injustice. Child laborwas legal, and safety laws were nonexistent. In addition to the highrate of job injuries, jobs were without fringe benefits.
Immigrants toiled in unsafe work conditions for poverty wages with nohope of citizenship for twenty years. It was a life to be endured withonly hopes and dreams for daily sustenance. This... What would happen if you ventured to a new country halfway aroundthe world where you could not speak the language? This was thesituation faced by your...
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137,03 |
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The Tenth Child: A Hungarian Girl's Search for Freedom
ISBN: 9780595674633 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a powerful story of Julianna, the tenth child of poor Hungarian peasants, whose life spread through the most challenging and tragic historical milestones of twentieth century Europe: Second World War, Nazi occupation of Hungary, Communist Crackdown, and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Julianna's courage and determination will inspire and touch the hearts of the readers as she shares with them the wonderful, fascinating details of her life which was completely different from those of most Americans. She conveys those historical events through her own experiences, the way they had...
This is a powerful story of Julianna, the tenth child of poor Hungarian peasants, whose life spread through the most challenging and tragic historical...
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125,59 |
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Dearest Ruthy: A Soldier's Love Letters from the Battlefields of World War II
ISBN: 9780595674664 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When the ear-numbing thunder of artillery is suddenly silenced; the acrid smell of gunpowder blown away; the threat of death lessened; the wounded treated; and the dead removed; the weary soldier finds a safe shelter, lights a cigarette, and wants to talk. He does so by writing a letter to the one he loves most, sharing his fears and loneliness. But mostly, he tells of his love.
"Dearest Ruthy" is a moving collection of love letters from author Joseph Portnoy to his wife, Ruth, during World War II. From his Atlantic crossing aboard the HMS Aquitania, to his months in England preparing for... When the ear-numbing thunder of artillery is suddenly silenced; the acrid smell of gunpowder blown away; the threat of death lessened; the wounded tre...
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114,16 |
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On Falcons' Wings: An Intrepid Generation
ISBN: 9780595674688 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If you liked Tom Brokaw's "The Greatest Generation," you will love "On Falcons' Wings." Author John Scharfen tells the inspirational, heroic, sometimes humorous stories of American men and women living in an Air Force retired officer community. There are profiles of the:
If you liked Tom Brokaw's "The Greatest Generation," you will love "On Falcons' Wings." Author John Scharfen tells the inspirational, heroic, sometime...
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125,59 |
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Einstein@berlin: The Untraceable Soviet Cable Drop
ISBN: 9780595674725 / Angielski / Twarda / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Who would ever believe that absentminded Nobel laureate professor Albert Einstein was a Soviet spy? Albert Einstein's political and humanitarian commitment was almost completely obscured from his popular image by the media since they portrayed him as a weird mathematical genius. J. Edgar Hoover obsessively accumulated 'derogatory information" on Albert Einstein since January 1933, the date of his arrival in California. But it was not until the beginning of the fifties that he set his international trap to 'get Einstein."
Dr. Giampiero Favato delves into this chilling story with his... Who would ever believe that absentminded Nobel laureate professor Albert Einstein was a Soviet spy? Albert Einstein's political and humanitarian commi...
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95,10 |
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One Man With Courage: The Wayne Cryts Story
ISBN: 9780595675418 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fifth generation farmer, Wayne Cryts finished harvesting his crop in the fall of 1980 and hauled more than 32,000 bushels of soybeans to a nearby grain-storage facility. That decision changed his life forever.
A few months later, the owners of the Ristine Grain Elevator filed for bankruptcy. A federal judge in Little Rock, Arkansas, got involved, declared it a federal bankruptcy case, and took control over the company's elevators in both Missouri and Arkansas. He ordered all the grain stored in the elevators to be sold as part of the assets of the facility owners. Wayne and other... A fifth generation farmer, Wayne Cryts finished harvesting his crop in the fall of 1980 and hauled more than 32,000 bushels of soybeans to a nearby gr...
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95,10 |
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Making A Rose After the Diaspora: An Autobiography
ISBN: 9780595675739 / Angielski / Twarda / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A few days later I was put on the train to join my parents in Vienna. Although I had always enjoyed Vienna when my parents used to take me, I was frightened and disheartened to see the swastikas everywhere: flags on buildings, in the streets, and on Nazi pins worn by men and women. What had happened to the cultured, sophisticated Austrians? They turned out to be more reactionary and fanatic than the Germans For when the Germans marched into Vienna they were received with flowers and open arms. It was no 'invasion" as they claimed later. The salute 'Heil Hitler" was on many lips. My parents...
"A few days later I was put on the train to join my parents in Vienna. Although I had always enjoyed Vienna when my parents used to take me, I was fri...
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125,59 |
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Montana Montage: Memoir of a Dude Wrangler
ISBN: 9780595675746 / Angielski / Twarda / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Owen Wister's "The Virginian," considered to be the archetype western novel, left an imprint on American and European writers of that genre. Clarence Mitchell breaks from that mold in this, his final book, using the broader base of historical journalism. "Montana Montage" describes a sweltering summer in 1931, when a young man decided to follow his dream by going west. Mitchell left his small hometown in rural Illinois and drove to Billings, Montana, to work at the Reverse B. K. Bar Ranch, one of the earliest dude ranches in the country. There he spent a season among a cast of colorful...
Owen Wister's "The Virginian," considered to be the archetype western novel, left an imprint on American and European writers of that genre. Clarence ...
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87,48 |
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Sunrise, Sunset: A Memoir
ISBN: 9780595677467 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Just after the Great Depression, William Maxie Davis Jr., or Buddy, was born into a very poor family in Bladen County, one of North Carolina's poorest rural locales. Buddy's relationship with God and his hardships temper his character and prepare him to face a life of poverty and to envision the American dream.
Experience Buddy's heartbreaking moments that show some of the problems of undereducated and malnourished individuals, and enjoy lighthearted moments as he explores nature. Buddy's journey takes him from a poor sharecropping farm to the heights of London and the war in Vietnam, from... Just after the Great Depression, William Maxie Davis Jr., or Buddy, was born into a very poor family in Bladen County, one of North Carolina's poorest...
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106,53 |
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By a River, on a Hill
ISBN: 9780595678099 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By a River, On a Hill brings you into the lives of twins born during the depression in a small steel mill town in Western Pennsylvania and carries you through the depression, the war, the building of the Golden Gate Bridge and on to two completely different routes of success of each to his chosen profession. One who gains his success on a journey that carries him to Argentina for three years and later to Brazil for three years fighting for acceptance in his chosen field until gaining the recognition he deserves, becoming Chief consultant for U.S. Steel on Coke Oven problem solving and...
By a River, On a Hill brings you into the lives of twins born during the depression in a small steel mill town in Western Pennsylvania and carries you...
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125,59 |
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Angels in the Forest
ISBN: 9780595678600 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A fabulous, gripping story, with a nice dose of suspense at the end of each chapter, making you want to turn the page."-Arnold Ismach, journalism dean, University of Oregon
"I read "Angels in the Forest" with great interest and admiration....a terrific book. The extraordinary and significant details are the reasons. If there is truth to the clich?, a triumph of the human spirit, This book proves that truth."-Ira Berkow, feature writer, New York Times Earl Greif's "Angels in the Forest" reflects the man and his missionIt is a work of simplicity and passion, written with integrity and... "A fabulous, gripping story, with a nice dose of suspense at the end of each chapter, making you want to turn the page."-Arnold Ismach, journalism dea...
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102,72 |
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The Preacher from Whiskey Ditch
ISBN: 9780595678778 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The Preacher from Whiskey Ditch" is the autobiography of C. H. Barnett, Jr., who grew up in the Pennsylvania Dutch community of Whiskey Ditch and became a Methodist preacher for fifty years at the end of the 20th century. His story is an archetype of his generation. Like millions of other children of the Depression, when duty to his country called, he answered, leaving dreams of a big league baseball career behind with family and friends to fight a war in Europe and in the Pacific. Unlike nearly half of the boys from his high school class, he returned home alive, but wiser, to face the... "The Preacher from Whiskey Ditch" is the autobiography of C. H. Barnett, Jr., who grew up in the Pennsylvania Dutch community of Whiskey Ditch and ... |
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114,16 |
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Tom's War: Flying with the U.S. Eighth Army Air Force in Europe, 1944
ISBN: 9780595679164 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Simultaneously exhilarating and terrifying, " Tom's War: Flying with the U.S. Eighth Army Air Force in Europe, 1944" portrays the training and combat experiences of Thomas D. Hammond. Hammond, a child of the Great Depression, braved the flak-filled skies of Europe in 1944 as copilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress for the U.S. Army. Hammond represents tens of thousands of young Americans who were proud to risk their lives in the skies over Germany. Although Hammond came home, many did not, including two of his close friends. Hammond's son, author James T. Hammond, brilliantly immortalizes his... Simultaneously exhilarating and terrifying, " Tom's War: Flying with the U.S. Eighth Army Air Force in Europe, 1944" portrays the training and comb... |
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117,97 |
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A Questing Life: The Search for Meaning
ISBN: 9780595679218 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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114,16 |
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Where Whippoorwills Sing: A Legacy of Love--A Family Heritage
ISBN: 9780595683529 / Angielski / Twarda / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Where Whippoorwills Sing" is a beautiful and compelling historical narrative memoir of southern farm life told with insight and humor.The author shares individual history of another era with vivid and unique personal life experiences good and bad, that shaped her life then and expresses who she is today and what she believes.Civil rights lessons learned from her beloved "Lulee" who helped teach her the dignity of every human life.A "Culture Warrior" philosophy with Judeo-Christian principles expressed throughout.A book full of information and inspiration. "Where Whippoorwills Sing" is a beautiful and compelling historical narrative memoir of southern farm life told with insight and humor.The author s... |
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95,10 |
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Wagon Wheels A'Rollin'
ISBN: 9780595744237 / Angielski / Twarda / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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102,72 |
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The Bigger They Are...
ISBN: 9780595744244 / Angielski / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book is about my great grandfather, Will Burfening, the son of German immigrants. The story tells of his lifelong battle with the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Company in Minneapolis. He fought to keep his home and land, which he had settled under the Homestead Act of 1862. The book chronicles the story behind a landmark case of the American justice system. Over time, his court battles included state and federal district courts, the Minnesota State Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. Even the President of the United States became involved!
The book is about my great grandfather, Will Burfening, the son of German immigrants. The story tells of his lifelong battle with the Chicago, St. Pau...
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98,91 |
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All My Born Days: Stories by a Sharecropper's Son
ISBN: 9780595748860 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In "All My Born Days -- Stories by a Sharecropper's Son," a historical autobiography, Kenneth R. Shipe looks back on his early life in the poverty-stricken hills of West Virginia, and recalls how his parents struggled during the Depression to scratch a living from the soil for a family of ten. He tells how a New Deal farm loan made it possible for his father to work as a sharecropper in Maryland and describes the primitive processes the Shipe family used for growing and harvesting crops, butchering animals and preserving meat.
The Shipes were ruled by the forces of nature: bitter cold... In "All My Born Days -- Stories by a Sharecropper's Son," a historical autobiography, Kenneth R. Shipe looks back on his early life in the poverty-str...
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102,72 |
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