ilość książek w kategorii: 6998
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Dutch New York: The Roots of Hudson Valley Culture
ISBN: 9780823230402 / Angielski / Miękka / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 2009 quadricentennial celebrations commemorating the discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson will also spotlight one of our deepest and most enduring national legacies-the Dutch presence that has shaped not just the Hudson Valley but four centuries of American life.This lavishly illustrated book, a companion to the exhibition opening in June 2009 at the Hudson River Museum, takes needed stock of the remarkable past created by the settlers of New Netherlands. Although the Dutch controlled the Hudson Valley only until ceding it to the British in 1664, the Dutch established the towns...
The 2009 quadricentennial celebrations commemorating the discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson will also spotlight one of our deepest and most...
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cena:
232,70 |
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Watering Hole: The Colorful History of Booze, Sex & Death at a New Jersey Tavern
ISBN: 9781414003030 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
66,52 |
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Historic Photos of New York State
ISBN: 9781596525221 / Angielski / Twarda / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
159,45 |
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Automats, Taxi Dances, and Vaudeville: Excavating Manhattan's Lost Places of Leisure
ISBN: 9780814727621 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the lights that never go out on Broadway to its 24-hour subway system, New York City isn't called "the city that never sleeps" for nothing. Both native New Yorkers and tourists have played hard in Gotham for centuries, lindy hopping in 1930s Harlem, voguing in 1980s Chelsea, and refueling at all-night diners and bars. The slim island at the mouth of the Hudson River is packed with places of leisure and entertainment, but Manhattan's infamously fast pace of change means that many of these beautifully constructed and incredibly ornate buildings have disappeared, and with them a rich and...
From the lights that never go out on Broadway to its 24-hour subway system, New York City isn't called "the city that never sleeps" for nothing. Both ...
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cena:
344,20 |
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A Maritime History of New York
ISBN: 9780972980319 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
106,43 |
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Governors Island: The Jewel of New York Harbor
ISBN: 9780815609360 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lavishly illustrated and filled with vignettes of the people and events of Governor's Island, this book will be of interest to enthusiasts of military and New York history alike. The book showcases the history of the island, including the role it played in the country's armed forces.
Lavishly illustrated and filled with vignettes of the people and events of Governor's Island, this book will be of interest to enthusiasts of military...
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cena:
228,06 |
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Cape May Point: Three Walking Tours of Historic Cottages
ISBN: 9780764321085 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whether you are visitor, vacationer, or resident, this tour book will be your indispensable guide to the history and charm of Cape May Point, New Jersey, as you stroll past its wonderful collection of nineteenth-century cottages.
Three walking tours encompass more than 70 of Cape May Points earliest buildings - each illustrated in full color with engaging descriptions of their architectural features. Each tour is a delightful way to spend a leisurely hour or so. Additionally, two-dozen rare photographs portray handsome houses that did not survive the ravages of development and storms that... Whether you are visitor, vacationer, or resident, this tour book will be your indispensable guide to the history and charm of Cape May Point, New Jers...
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cena:
71,39 |
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Public Housing That Worked: New York in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780812220674 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Public Housing That Worked New York in the Twentieth Century Nicholas Dagen Bloom "Highly recommended."--Choice "While high-rise public housing in the United States is widely regarded as a disaster, the experiment in New York City has thrived for more than seventy years. Nicholas Bloom's well-written, well-researched, and well-illustrated work provides the most sophisticated answers yet to this American paradox."--Kenneth T. Jackson, Columbia University "Nicholas Dagen Bloom's bold thesis is powerfully argued and effectively overturns much received wisdom about the history of public...
Public Housing That Worked New York in the Twentieth Century Nicholas Dagen Bloom "Highly recommended."--Choice "While high-rise public housing...
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cena:
135,69 |
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Covering the Campus: A History of the Miscellany News at Vassar College
ISBN: 9781440126833 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Among the oldest student publications in the United States, the Miscellany News traces its roots back to 1866. Beginning as a literary magazine and evolving into a contemporary newspaper, the paper has reported nearly 150 years of student experiences. The Miscellany has seen generations of Vassar College students who have witnessed the horrors of international war, felt the injustices of racial strife, and observed stirring protests unfold on their own campus. This narrative history of the Miscellany tells the story of the young men and women writing about their collegiate environment against...
Among the oldest student publications in the United States, the Miscellany News traces its roots back to 1866. Beginning as a literary magazine and ev...
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cena:
83,43 |
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The Day the Earth Caved in: An American Mining Tragedy
ISBN: 9780812971309 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beginning on Valentine's Day, 1981, when twelve-year-old Todd Domboski plunged through the earth in his grandmother's backyard in Centralia, Pennsylvania, The Day the Earth Caved In is an unprecedented and riveting account of the nation's worst mine fire. In astonishing detail, award-winning journalist Joan Quigley, the granddaughter of Centralia miners, ushers readers into the dramatic world of the underground blaze. Drawing on interviews with key participants and exclusive new research, Quigley paints unforgettable portraits of Centralia and its residents, from Tom Larkin, the...
Beginning on Valentine's Day, 1981, when twelve-year-old Todd Domboski plunged through the earth in his grandmother's backyard in Centralia, Pennsylva...
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cena:
91,22 |
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The Baltimore Bank Riot: Political Upheaval in Antebellum Maryland
ISBN: 9780252034800 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In August 1835, in the midst of a particularly tumultuous year of nationwide unrest and upheaval, Baltimore suffered one of the most violent and destructive riots experienced by any antebellum American city. Fueled by a growing outrage over frauds associated with the closing of the Bank of Maryland, rioters devastated the splendid homes of the city s wealthiest and most prominent citizens, and the victims' prized personal possessions were thrown into the streets to be consumed in public bonfires. The authorities completely surrendered the city to the mercy of mobs roaming the streets--mobs... In August 1835, in the midst of a particularly tumultuous year of nationwide unrest and upheaval, Baltimore suffered one of the most violent and de... |
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208,46 |
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City Lights: Stories about New York
ISBN: 9780312538910 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With a poet's clear eye and a journalist's curiosity about how a city works, Dan Barry shows us New York as no other writer has seen it. Evocative, intimate, piercing, and often funny, the essays in City Lights capture everyday life in the city at its most ordinary and extraordinary. Wandering the city as a columnist for The New York Times, Barry visits the denizens of the Fulton Fish Market on the eve of its closing; journeys with an obsessed guide through the secret underground of abandoned subway stops, tunnels, and aqueducts; touches down in bars, hospitals,... With a poet's clear eye and a journalist's curiosity about how a city works, Dan Barry shows us New York as no other writer has seen it. Evoc... |
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91,18 |
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Curiosities of the Finger Lakes: Hidden Ancient Ruins, Flying Machines, the Boy Who Caught a Trout with His Nose and More
ISBN: 9781540208620 / Angielski / Twarda / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
121,59 |
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Fire Underground: The Ongoing Tragedy Of The Centralia Mine Fire
ISBN: 9780762754274 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How a modern-day mine disaster has turned a Pennsylvania community into a ghost town * For much of its history, Centralia, Pennsylvania, had a population of around 2,000. By 1981, this had dwindled to just over 1,000 not unusual for a onetime mining town. But as of 2007, Centralia had the unwelcome distinction of being the state s tiniest municipality, with a population of nine. The reason: an underground fire that began in 1962 has decimated the town with smoke and toxic gases, and has since made history. Fire Underground is the completely updated classic account of the fire that has been...
How a modern-day mine disaster has turned a Pennsylvania community into a ghost town * For much of its history, Centralia, Pennsylvania, had a populat...
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cena:
76,49 |
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A Neighborhood Guide to Washington, D.C.'s Hidden History
ISBN: 9781596296527 / Angielski / Miękka / 159 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. - Get off the National Mall and enjoy nine walking and driving tours of Washington, D.C. s historic neighborhoods.
- Get off the National Mall and enjoy nine walking and driving tours of Washington, D.C. s historic neighborhoods.
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cena:
83,58 |
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Cape May Point: The Illustrated History: 1875 to the Present
ISBN: 9780764318306 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The smallest shore resort on the New Jersey coast, Cape May Point has more than one million visitors each year This beautiful book depicts Cape May Point's wonderful gingerbread cottages, Victorian chapels, and bantam bungalows that are turning into plastic palaces. Learn about the grand hotels, the two disastrous fires, President Harrison's scandal, the religious revivals and camp meetings, the Country Club, and, of course, the devastating storms that affected the Point. Take a nostalgic journey to Cape May Point's immediate neighbors: the old Life Saving Station, Sunset Beach, the New...
The smallest shore resort on the New Jersey coast, Cape May Point has more than one million visitors each year This beautiful book depicts Cape May P...
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cena:
117,32 |
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Dutch New York, Between East and West: The World of Margrieta Van Varick
ISBN: 9780300154672 / Angielski / Twarda / 399 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Commemorating the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's voyage and the lasting legacy of Dutch culture in New York, this book explores the life and times of a fascinating woman, her family, and her things. Margrieta was born in the Netherlands but lived at the extremes of the Dutch colonial world, in Malacca on the Malay Peninsula and in Flatbush, Brooklyn. When she came to New York in 1686 with her husband and set up a shop, she brought an astonishing array of Eastern goods, many of which were documented in an inventory made after her death in 1695. Extensive archival research has enabled a...
Commemorating the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's voyage and the lasting legacy of Dutch culture in New York, this book explores the life and time...
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cena:
357,21 |
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Chester County Perspectives
ISBN: 9780764333125 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chester County, Pennsylvania, is arguably one of the more historic and naturally beautiful places in the United States. While much has changed since colonial days, when its abundant natural resources helped support a nation-to-be, visible reminders of past activities remain intermingled with elements of 21st century progress and growth. Some of the reminders are simply names, ghosts of times past when travel was slow, crossroads mattered and distances between activities necessarily were shorter than today. Others are visible -- buildings, farms, and ruins -- in the context of a photogenic...
Chester County, Pennsylvania, is arguably one of the more historic and naturally beautiful places in the United States. While much has changed since c...
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cena:
50,98 |
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Long Branch, New Jersey: Reinventing a Resort
ISBN: 9780764333668 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Step back in time to Long Branch's history. With 344 color images guiding your tour, learn fresh insights and new interpretations of what made this city great and how it has changed. From Branchport, Elberon, the beachfront to Hollywood and Greater Long Branch is explored. Stroll through Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park and view the historic Franklyn Cottage, St. James Chapel, and Edgar A. West Building. Visit present-day Pier Village and Monmouth University and see how the city is still evolving. This keepsake is a must for history lovers and new and long-time residents.
Step back in time to Long Branch's history. With 344 color images guiding your tour, learn fresh insights and new interpretations of what made this ci...
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cena:
117,32 |
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Historic Photos of the Brooklyn Bridge
ISBN: 9781596525252 / Angielski / Twarda / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
159,45 |