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American Catholic Voter: Two Hundred Years of Political Impact by George J Marli
ISBN: 9781587310232 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George J. Marlin, author of "Fighting the Good Fight: A History of the New York Conservative Party," traces the political and electoral history of American Catholics from the time of Lord Baltimore and the founding of Maryland to the election of George W. Bush. It is an inspiring story of ethnic Catholics who arrived on America's shores with only the clothes on their back to eventually become a significant voice in local and national political affairs.St. Augustine's Press
George J. Marlin, author of "Fighting the Good Fight: A History of the New York Conservative Party," traces the political and electoral history of Ame...
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A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin
ISBN: 9781587420382 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When proslavery critics of Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1851) charged that she did not describe slavery accurately, she published this fact-filled 1853 book demonstrating that her novel was true to life. This is a facsimile of an 1853 edition with the small text enlarged to make it more easily read. It is an excellent source of information about mid-nineteenth century American slavery.
When proslavery critics of Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1851) charged that she did not describe slavery accurately, she published this fact-filled 1853 ...
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89,78 |
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A History of American Currency
ISBN: 9781587980046 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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155,90 |
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Trail of Prophecy
ISBN: 9781589395909 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The United States is truly unique in its many technological achievements and its standing in the world today. Was it mere chance that brought us to this point, or was it destiny? It is hoped that in reading these stories, the reader will begin to realize that the mathematical odds of probability and chance truly overextended themselves in the many events that marked the path of human destiny, including: The West Nile Virus, the World Trade Center Attack, the Cycle of Presidents, the Metric System, the Bill of Rights, Evolution and the End of Time.
The United States is truly unique in its many technological achievements and its standing in the world today. Was it mere chance that brought us to th...
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66,96 |
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Hero Tales: From American History
ISBN: 9781589633032 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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54,54 |
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The Old Merchant Marine: A Chronicle of American Ships and Sailors
ISBN: 9781589633186 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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75,53 |
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American Hero Stories
ISBN: 9781589633421 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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83,76 |
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The German Secret Service in America
ISBN: 9781589637207 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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75,53 |
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That's Not in My American History Book: A Compilation of Little-Known Events and Forgotten Heroes
ISBN: 9781589791077 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book tackles the messy details, reclaims disregarded heroes, and sets the record straight. It also explains why July 4th isn't really Independence Day.
This book tackles the messy details, reclaims disregarded heroes, and sets the record straight. It also explains why July 4th isn't really Independenc...
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74,53 |
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Death, Daring, and Disaster: Search and Rescue in the National Parks
ISBN: 9781589791824 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Updated to include the most notable incidents through the summer of 2004, the new edition features recent rescues and rescue attempts from the icy slopes of Mount Rainier to the seas off of Acadia National Park.
Updated to include the most notable incidents through the summer of 2004, the new edition features recent rescues and rescue attempts from the icy slo...
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Lost Treasures of American History
ISBN: 9781589792890 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With his storyteller's gift, Jameson relates episodes from early explorers through the colonial period, the Civil War, the settling of the West, and the roaring 1920s. As a professional treasure hunter, he has followed the trails of many of the lost mines and buried treasures he describes. Sample treasures include Sir Francis Drake Treasure, Benedict Arnold Treasure, Lafayette's Sunken Riches, Maryland's Lost Silver Mine, The Wandering Confederate Treasury, Lost Treasure of the Gray Ghost, Oklahoma Outlaw Cache, and Lost Spanish Gold in the Sandia Mountains.
With his storyteller's gift, Jameson relates episodes from early explorers through the colonial period, the Civil War, the settling of the West, and t...
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America's First Ladies: Their Uncommon Wisdom, from Martha Washington to Laura Bush
ISBN: 9781589792999 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here are the personal philosophies, opinions, thoughts, witticisms, and feelings of such upstanding and quintessential Americans as Abigail Adams, Dolly Madison, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacqueline Kennedy, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, and Hillary Clinton. These women have been more than just wives of American Presidents. Their roles have included everything from negotiating with heads of state to redecorating the White House, from debating political issues to acting as advisors, confidantes, and diplomats. Through statements made during press interviews and in speeches and in writing, these women...
Here are the personal philosophies, opinions, thoughts, witticisms, and feelings of such upstanding and quintessential Americans as Abigail Adams, Dol...
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63,54 |
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Defining Noah Webster: A Spiritual Biography
ISBN: 9781591600558 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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110,21 |
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Spirits of America: A Social History of Alcohol
ISBN: 9781592132140 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thousands of years ago, before Christ or Buddha or Muhammad...before the Roman Empire rose or the Colossus of Rhodes fell, Eric Burns writes, people in Asia Minor were drinking beer. So begins an account as entertaining as it is extensive, of alcohol's journey through worldOCoand, more important, AmericanOCohistory. In "The Spirits of America," Burns relates that drinking was the first national pastime, and shows how it shaped American politics and culture from the earliest colonial days. He details the transformation of alcohol from virtue to vice and back again, how it was thought of as...
Thousands of years ago, before Christ or Buddha or Muhammad...before the Roman Empire rose or the Colossus of Rhodes fell, Eric Burns writes, people i...
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Spirits of America: A Social History of Alcohol
ISBN: 9781592132690 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. American politics and culture have been greatly influenced by alcohol since colonial times. Eric Burns's witty and comprehensive book, The Spirits of America, looks at what he calls "the first national pastime," and details the transformation of alcohol from virtue to vice and back again. Burns describes how liquor was thought of as both scourge and medicine. Bringing such vivid characters as Carrie Nation and other crusaders against drink back to life, Burns explains how and why Prohibition--the culmination of the reformers' quest--had as much to do with politics and economics and geography...
American politics and culture have been greatly influenced by alcohol since colonial times. Eric Burns's witty and comprehensive book, The Spirits of ...
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117,02 |
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Puerto Rican Diaspora: Historical Perspectives
ISBN: 9781592134137 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Illuminates the historical richness and geographical diversity of the Puerto Rican experience.
Illuminates the historical richness and geographical diversity of the Puerto Rican experience.
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The Scrapbook in American Culture
ISBN: 9781592134779 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the history of scrapbook-making, its origins, uses, changing forms and purposes as well as the human agents behind the books themselves. Scrapbooks bring pleasure in both the making and consuming - and are one of the most enduring yet simultaneously changing cultural forms of the last two centuries. Despite the popularity of scrapbooks, no one has placed them within historical traditions until now. This volume considers the makers, their artefacts, and the viewers within the context of American culture. The volume's contributors do not show the reader how to make scrapbooks...
This book explores the history of scrapbook-making, its origins, uses, changing forms and purposes as well as the human agents behind the books themse...
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The Scrapbook in American Life
ISBN: 9781592134786 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Keeping a scrapbook" is a long-standing American tradition. In this fascinating work--the first book about the history and practice of scrapbooking--14 contributors offer the first serious, sustained examination and analysis of scrapbooks. "Delightful."--"Publishers Weekly." 65 b/w illustrations.
"Keeping a scrapbook" is a long-standing American tradition. In this fascinating work--the first book about the history and practice of scrapbooking--...
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Working Americans, 1880-2005 - Vol 6: Working Women: Print Purchase Includes 5 Years Free Online Access
ISBN: 9781592370634 / Angielski / Twarda / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Each volume in the widely-successful Working Americans series focuses on a particular type of American and illustrates what life was like for that group from the 1800s to the present time. The volumes are arranged into decade-long chapters, each introducing to the reader three individuals or families. Individual profiles examine life at home, life at work, life in the community, family finances and budget, cost of living and amusements. To further the readerAEs understanding of the time period, profiles are supplemented with national current events, economic profiles, an historical snapshot,...
Each volume in the widely-successful Working Americans series focuses on a particular type of American and illustrates what life was like for that gro...
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585,33 |
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The Syrians in America: With an Introduction by Talcott Williams
ISBN: 9781593331764 / Angielski / Twarda / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Philip Hitti's The Syrians in America is the first academic study to discuss the immigration of Arabs to the United States. Hitti begins by giving an account of the historic and geographic background of the "Syrians" (a term loosely used to describe Arabs from modern Syria and its neighboring countries). He then describes the immigration, the social and educational conditions of the immigrants, and the religious problems and issues that arose as a result of the immigration. An appendix is given listing the various religious communities in the United States.
Philip Hitti's The Syrians in America is the first academic study to discuss the immigration of Arabs to the United States. Hitti begins by giving an ...
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