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The Viking Immigrants: Icelandic North Americans
ISBN: 9781442645516 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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290,27 |
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Along Spain Creek: Volume 3
ISBN: 9781499246735 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Small town humor, pathos, mystery, interesting characters, places, and things are all to be found in this third volume of stories, experiences, tall tales, and historical notes spun out of the environs of a group of rural communities located in central Ohio, all situated near an insignificant, meandering stream called Spain Creek. This is a volume the reader will find reluctant to put down.
Small town humor, pathos, mystery, interesting characters, places, and things are all to be found in this third volume of stories, experiences, tall t...
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79,56 |
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Derecho in Putnam County: June 29, 2012, Pictures and Memories
ISBN: 9781502558114 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pictures and written memories of the derecho storm that hit Putnam County, Ohio, on June 29, 2012
Pictures and written memories of the derecho storm that hit Putnam County, Ohio, on June 29, 2012
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47,76 |
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After Apollo?: Richard Nixon and the American Space Program
ISBN: 9781137438522 / Angielski / Twarda / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Once the United States landed on the moon in July 1969, it was up to President Nixon to decide what to do in space after Apollo. This book chronicles the decisions he made, including ending space exploration and approving the space shuttle. Those decisions determined the character of the US human space flight program for the next forty years.
Once the United States landed on the moon in July 1969, it was up to President Nixon to decide what to do in space after Apollo. This book chronicles ...
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261,63 |
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Emancipation Proclamation 150 Years and Counting....School Edition
ISBN: 9781482069280 / Angielski / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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31,80 |
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Julian City and Cuyamaca Country: A History and Guide to the Past and Present
ISBN: 9781502739261 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Julian City and Cuyamaca Country is Charles LeMenager's third book about San Diego backcountry history. His others, OFF THE MAIN ROAD and RAMONA AND ROUND ABOUT, were both San Diego Historical Society, Institute of History award winners. This work completes his trilogy covering the little known past of the heartland of California's fastest growing county. Eagle Peak Publishing Company is pleased to bring to those who enjoy local history, another work by this award-winning author.
Julian City and Cuyamaca Country is Charles LeMenager's third book about San Diego backcountry history. His others, OFF THE MAIN ROAD and RAMONA AND R...
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59,50 |
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Montesinos' Legacy: Defining and Defending Human Rights for Five Hundred Years
ISBN: 9781498504133 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Montesinos' Legacy brings scholars together in honor of the 500th anniversary of Dominican Antonio de Montesinos' famous sermon in defense of the rights of the indigenous Amerindians. The collection addresses the historical context for this sermon, but also the continued relevance of Montesinos today. Montesinos' Legacy examines the origins of human rights concepts in the West, the rights of indigenous peoples, the role of the Church in human rights, and human rights in Latin America.
Montesinos' Legacy brings scholars together in honor of the 500th anniversary of Dominican Antonio de Montesinos' famous sermon in defense of the righ...
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474,12 |
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Colonial Wars of North America, 1512-1763 (REV): An Encyclopedia
ISBN: 9781138891081 / Angielski / Twarda / 892 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1996, this encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference resource that pulls together a vast amount of material on a rich historical era, presenting it in a balanced way that offers hard-to-find facts and detailed information. The volume was the first encyclopedic account of the United States' colonial military experience. It features 650 essays by more than 130 historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, geographers, and other scholarly experts on a variety of topics that cover all of colonial America's diverse peoples. In addition to wars, battles, and treaties,... First published in 1996, this encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference resource that pulls together a vast amount of material on a rich historical... |
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1790,02 |
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Some Trails Never End
ISBN: 9781493699896 / Angielski / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Some Trails Never End is the story of two missionary family's inspiring and tragic story. The two wives were the first American women to go overland to the Pacific Northwest, which ultimately resulted in the formation of the Oregon Trail, and how the families forever changed the lives of the indigenous tribes of the Pacific Northwest. The story begins with the culture of the Cayuse tribe as told by Chief Stickus, as he tells about his childhood experiences. Stickus became friends with the two missionary families and continued his narrative until his fellow brothers were hanged. In the...
Some Trails Never End is the story of two missionary family's inspiring and tragic story. The two wives were the first American women to go overland t...
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79,60 |
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Sam Smith: Star-Spangled Hero: The Unsung Patriot Who Saved Baltimore & Helped Win the War of 1812
ISBN: 9781502905512 / Angielski / Miękka / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It was September 11 of 1814, during the "forgotten" War of 1812, and the future of American independence was on the line. The most powerful military force in the world, the British Royal Navy, had positioned a massive naval blockade all along the American Atlantic coast to the Gulf of Mexico, slowly strangling the infant U.S. economy. The invasion of Washington, D.C. by Lord Wellington's "Invincibles" the month before had resulted in the burning of the Capitol and White House, scattering Congress and the President to the wind. In the largest assembly of combatants during the entire war, the...
It was September 11 of 1814, during the "forgotten" War of 1812, and the future of American independence was on the line. The most powerful military f...
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99,50 |
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Women, Whiskey & Sin (Part One)
ISBN: 9781502467492 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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79,56 |
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Legends of the City of Mexico
ISBN: 9781500897550 / Angielski / Miękka / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a concise but comprehensive collection of old and mythical tales about Mexico City, one of the biggest cities in the world and the descendant of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan. From the preface: " These legends of the City of Mexico are of my finding, not of my making. They are genuine folk-stories. Each one of them is a true folk-growth from some obscure curious or tragical ancient matter that, taking hold upon the popular imagination, has had built up from it among the people a story satisfying to the popular heart. Many of them simply are historical traditions gone wrong: being...
This is a concise but comprehensive collection of old and mythical tales about Mexico City, one of the biggest cities in the world and the descendant ...
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23,85 |
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A Historical and Descriptive Narrative of the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky
ISBN: 9781502540966 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is our purpose to describe, from our own observations made in the spring of 1867, and from the observations of others, that grand and weird cavern known as the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, a wonder of its kind, unequaled in America or in the world, within whose sublime portals travelers have confessed the most profound awe at entrance, and the greatest rapture when its glorious mysteries were made visible to them. Finding the object to be one of greater magnitude than was anticipated, it occurred to us, as an afterthought, that a short sketch might interest a friend at home. In executing this...
It is our purpose to describe, from our own observations made in the spring of 1867, and from the observations of others, that grand and weird cavern ...
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51,54 |
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Tales 'Round Old Cow Bay
ISBN: 9781502751058 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A mutiny, a ghost ship, a pioneer of women's' rights, a Confederate raider, a Mi'kmaq chief, and a wandering cow. What do all of these and many more tales have in common? They are all connected in one way or another to the old coal town of Cow Bay, now called Port Morien, on the east coast of Cape Breton Island. This book is a glimpse at life in the burgeoning 19th and early 20th century community, and the stories of some of the people who were there. It is a collection of some of the unique, the unusual, the uncommon Tales 'Round Old Cow Bay.
A mutiny, a ghost ship, a pioneer of women's' rights, a Confederate raider, a Mi'kmaq chief, and a wandering cow. What do all of these and many more t...
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51,74 |
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Tour of the American Lakes, and Among the Indians of the North-West Terroritory in 1830: Disclosing the Character and Prospects of the Indian Race Vol
ISBN: 9781502964748 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a 19th century look at the Great Lakes area and the Native American groups that lived in the region.
This is a 19th century look at the Great Lakes area and the Native American groups that lived in the region.
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23,85 |
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Elithe Hamilton Kirkland's Precious Memories
ISBN: 9781503038660 / Angielski / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Elithe Hamilton Kirkland, a pioneering journalist-turned-novelist, spent most of the 20th century chronicling the history and legends of Texas in stories, poems, songs, and dramatic presentations. Her final major work is PRECIOUS MEMORIES, produced in 1987 with the Salt Lick Foundation, a traditional-country string band from East Texas. The episodes of PRECIOUS MEMORIES range from the tale of Old Rip, the fabled horned lizard from Eastland County, to the hardships of Texas' society of cedar-choppers, to tales of hoboes, cotton farmers, backwoods dogs, and the oil boom of the 1920s. The revue...
Elithe Hamilton Kirkland, a pioneering journalist-turned-novelist, spent most of the 20th century chronicling the history and legends of Texas in stor...
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39,81 |
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Treasures of the Santa Catalina Mountains: Unraveling the Legends and History of the Santa Catalina Mountains
ISBN: 9781939050052 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The treasures of the Santa Catalina Mountains, north of Tucson, includes the famous legend of the Iron Door Mine, a forgotten mission and a lost city somewhere in the Catalinas. The legends have lured prospectors and treasure hunters for hundreds of years. The discoveries of early Spanish placer mining sites, stone ruins and stories of the mountains, only fueled speculation about the riches still left behind. Common knowledge among the locals eventually gained legendary status. Even more surprising was the abundance in gold, silver and copper etched into the mountains. These stories became...
The treasures of the Santa Catalina Mountains, north of Tucson, includes the famous legend of the Iron Door Mine, a forgotten mission and a lost city ...
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99,50 |
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When Justice Came to the Plains: Judge William Gaslin, Jr., and Frontier Law in Western Nebraska, 1876-1889
ISBN: 9781503283695 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Judge William Gaslin has been compared to Judge Isaac Parker and Judge Roy Bean because all three sternly handed out justice on the western frontier in the 1800s. Gaslin administered the sixth judicial district of Nebraska, more than 70,000 square miles infested with gangs, horse and cattle thieves, and other criminals. Ronald R. Switzer and Jerome E. Petsche recount Gaslin's story rollicking prose underpinned by scholarly rigor.
Judge William Gaslin has been compared to Judge Isaac Parker and Judge Roy Bean because all three sternly handed out justice on the western frontier i...
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79,56 |
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Historical Dictionary of the American Frontier
ISBN: 9781442249585 / Angielski / Twarda / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Historical Dictionary of the American Frontier covers early Euro-American exploration and development of frontiers in North America but not only the lands that would eventually be incorporated into the Unites States it also includes the multiple North American frontiers explored by Spain, France, Russia, England, and others. The focus is upon Euro-American activities in frontier exploration and development, but the roles of indigenous peoples in these processes is highlighted throughout. The history of this period is covered through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive...
The Historical Dictionary of the American Frontier covers early Euro-American exploration and development of frontiers in North America but not only t...
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556,35 |
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Mysteries of Monadnock
ISBN: 9781480261884 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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59,50 |
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