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Foxfire 5: Ironmaking, Blacksmithing, Flintlock Rifles, Bear Hunting
ISBN: 9780385143080 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of successful moonshining, The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center had a contact who could teach you how with clear, step-by-step instructions.
The fifth Foxfire volume includes rain-making, blacksmithing, bear hunting, flintlock rifles, and more. First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousa...
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Foxfire 6: Shoemaking, 100 Toys and Games, Gourd Banjos and Song Bows, Wooden Locks, a Water-Powered Sawmill
ISBN: 9780385152723 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of successful moonshining, The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center had a contact who could teach you how with clear, step-by-step instructions.
Volume six of the Foxfire series covers shoemaking, crafting toys and games, carving gourd banjos, song bows and wooden locks, creating a water-powered sawmill, and other fascinating topics. First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousa...
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Foxfire 10: Railroad Lore, Boardinghouses, Depression-Era Appalachia, Chairmaking, Whirligigs, Snake Canes, Gourd Art
ISBN: 9780385422765 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of successful moonshining, The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center had a contact who could teach you how with clear, step-by-step instructions.
Chock full of the wit and wisdom that has becomethe Foxfire trademark, this tenthvolume inthe acclaimed series is on oral history ofAppalachian lives and traditions, homespun crafts, and folk arts including... First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousa...
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Gangbusters: How a Street Tough, Elite Homicide Unit Took Down New York's Most Dangerous Gang
ISBN: 9780385489737 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An elite homicide investigation unit takes on one of the most savage and destructive gangs in New York City history in this gritty true-crime narrative. The investigation into the late-night murder of a college student on the West Side Highway leads to the Wild Cowboys, a group of young men who for years terrorized Upper Manhattan and the Bronx while running a $30,000-a-day drug business. What follows is a tale of dogged pursuit that offers a fascinating inside look at the workings of a complex police investigation, and a satisfying account of how a city took back its streets.
An elite homicide investigation unit takes on one of the most savage and destructive gangs in New York City history in this gritty true-crime narrativ...
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69,36 |
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Alabama: A History
ISBN: 9780393301724 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The states and the nations series, of which this volume is a part, is designed to assist the American people in a serious look at the ideals they have espoused and the experience they have undergone in the history of the nation. It represents the scholarship, experience, and opinions of its author.
The states and the nations series, of which this volume is a part, is designed to assist the American people in a serious look at the ideals they have...
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88,44 |
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Florida: A History
ISBN: 9780393301786 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "For four hundred years Florida has been North America's ranking treasure hunt, a national Never-Never land." Gloria Jahoda unfolds the colorful story in this book, from the gold-seeking conquistadores of Spain, and the alleged search for a fountain of youth, to today's vast influx of tourists and the retired in search of sun, health, and the delights of Disney World. "For four hundred years Florida has been North America's ranking treasure hunt, a national Never-Never land." Gloria Jahoda unfolds the color... |
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84,59 |
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Hawaii: A History
ISBN: 9780393302202 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To most Americans, Hawaii means ukuleles and native dancers, Waikiki and Diamond Head. It is a romantic image learned from travel posters and the movies, and much of it, is true. But Hawaii is more than that. The people who have come here from Polynesia, Asia, Europe, and the Americans have made it a crossroads culture and a testing ground for fundamental American principles.
To most Americans, Hawaii means ukuleles and native dancers, Waikiki and Diamond Head. It is a romantic image learned from travel posters and the movi...
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96,34 |
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The Ambiguous Iroquois Empire: The Covenant Chain Confederation of Indian Tribes with English Colonies
ISBN: 9780393303025 / Angielski / Miękka / 466 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The second part of the Covenant Chain trilogy, this work reinterprets early American history especially with regard to the Iroquois nation. The other two volumes in the series are The Invasion of America and Empire of Fortune.
The second part of the Covenant Chain trilogy, this work reinterprets early American history especially with regard to the Iroquois nation. The other ...
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111,56 |
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California: A Bicentennial History
ISBN: 9780393331530 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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88,44 |
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Connecticut: A History
ISBN: 9780393331745 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By American standards, Connecticut is a very old place. The descendants of many of its original Puritan settlers still live here, and in their names--Hale, Baldwin, Trumbull, Bulkeley--the spirit of Thomas Hooker still seems to cast a shadow. From its beginnings, caution and conservatism have shaped the Connecticut character and have made its nickname, "The Land of Steady Habits," truly descriptive of life here. Yet not everyone in Connecticut shares either that ancestry or that disposition. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, people of decidedly different backgrounds and... By American standards, Connecticut is a very old place. The descendants of many of its original Puritan settlers still live here, and in their name... |
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Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9780415926126 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Neon Metropolis offers a panoramic account of contemporary Las Vegas, long America's capital of excess and now its fastest growing city. Combining a history of the city's growth via gambling and crime, with a descriptive social portrait of contemporary Las Vegas, Hal Rothman shows how the city has shed its stigma as Sin City and is now setting the pace for nationwide trends in leisure, work, consumption, immigration, demographics and city growth.
Neon Metropolis offers a panoramic account of contemporary Las Vegas, long America's capital of excess and now its fastest growing city. Combining a h...
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707,28 |
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Blood Matters : Five Civilized Tribes and the Search of Unity in the 20th Century
ISBN: 9780415930864 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study explores how the five tribes of Oklahoma - Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles - strove to achieve political unity within their tribes during the first decades of the 20th century by forging a new sense of people-hood around the idea of blood.
This study explores how the five tribes of Oklahoma - Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles - strove to achieve political unity withi...
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707,28 |
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Creole Gentlemen: The Maryland Elite, 1691-1776
ISBN: 9780415931731 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While much scholarship has examined the colonial Chesapeake's slave culture, little attention has been paid to the class of landowners who dominated this society. Trevor Burnard has undertaken a systematic study of this agricultural elite, providing a glimpse into the lives of 460 of the wealthiest men who lived in colonial Maryland during the period 1691-1776.
While much scholarship has examined the colonial Chesapeake's slave culture, little attention has been paid to the class of landowners who dominated t...
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707,28 |
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Creole Gentlemen: The Maryland Elite, 1691-1776
ISBN: 9780415931748 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While much scholarship has examined the colonial Chesapeake's slave culture, little attention has been paid to the class of landowners who dominated this society. Trevor Burnard has undertaken a systematic study of this agricultural elite, providing a glimpse into the lives of 460 of the wealthiest men who lived in colonial Maryland during the period 1691-1776.
While much scholarship has examined the colonial Chesapeake's slave culture, little attention has been paid to the class of landowners who dominated t...
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209,70 |
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Africans and Indians: An Afrocentric Analysis of Contacts Between Africans and American Indians in Colonial Virginia
ISBN: 9780415932219 / Angielski / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This fascinating text examines the union of Africans and American Indians in Virginia during colonial times.
This fascinating text examines the union of Africans and American Indians in Virginia during colonial times.
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707,28 |
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Broadway: An Encyclopedia
ISBN: 9780415937047 / Angielski / Twarda / 698 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Arranged in an A-Z format, Broadway: An Encyclopedia is the fan and scholar's ideal resource to producers, writers, composers, lyricists, set designers, theaters, performers, shows, and landmarks. Lavishly illustrated, cross-referenced, indexed, and with a full bibliography, this work provides a comprehensive and easily navigable history of Broadway that is as thorough as it is engrossing. No other reference work on Broadway includes coverage as vast or as comprehensive. Including dozens of new photos, coverage extending from Broadway's beginnings to the new millennium, a full revision of...
Arranged in an A-Z format, Broadway: An Encyclopedia is the fan and scholar's ideal resource to producers, writers, composers, lyricists, set designer...
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999,95 |
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Three Nations, One Place: A Comparative Ethnohistory of Social Change Among the Comanches and Hasinais During Spain's Colonial Era, 1689-1821
ISBN: 9780415943949 / Angielski / Twarda / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An intensive exploration of the changes experienced by the Comanches and Caddoans during Spain's occupation of the Southern Plains (1689-1921), McCollough focuses on the relationship between political and economic conditions and patterns of settlement, production and social reproduction. Challenging historical views that structure a dichotomy of the colonizers and the colonized, this study examines global, regional and local populations as it details the points of interface between Euro-American markets, Native American commodities and indigenous social groups in this early colonial period.
An intensive exploration of the changes experienced by the Comanches and Caddoans during Spain's occupation of the Southern Plains (1689-1921), McColl...
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707,28 |
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The Plains Wars 1757-1900
ISBN: 9780415969123 / Angielski / Twarda / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the 19th century, the Great Plains covered the central two-thirds of the United States, and were home to some of the largest and most powerful Native American tribes on the continent. This is the story of the conflict between those tribes and the newcomers from Europe that lasted 150 years.
During the 19th century, the Great Plains covered the central two-thirds of the United States, and were home to some of the largest and most powerful ...
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707,28 |
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The Ungovernable City: John Lindsay and His Struggle to Save New York
ISBN: 9780465008445 / Angielski / Miękka / 720 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Essential reading for anyone interested in American cities or in the 1960's." --Washington Post
"Essential reading for anyone interested in American cities or in the 1960's." --Washington Post
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148,85 |
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So Others Might Live
ISBN: 9780465027415 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the first history of the New York Fire Department--FDNY--in over sixty years, journalist Terry Golway weaves together stories of heroic firefighters and extraordinary fires to create a moving and original account of New York as seen through the eyes and actions of the city's firefighters. From the eighteenth century's most ambitious public-works project--the building of aqueducts from upstate to help control fires--to firefighter-turned-politician Boss Tweed's backroom politics, fire and firefighters have played an integral part in the life of New York. So Others Might Live also...
In the first history of the New York Fire Department--FDNY--in over sixty years, journalist Terry Golway weaves together stories of heroic firefighter...
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