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Red State Religion: Faith and Politics in America's Heartland
ISBN: 9780691150550 / Angielski / Twarda / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. No state has voted Republican more consistently or widely or for longer than Kansas. To understand red state politics, Kansas is the place. It is also the place to understand red state religion. The Kansas Board of Education has repeatedly challenged the teaching of evolution, Kansas voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional ban on gay marriage, the state is a hotbed of antiabortion protest--and churches have been involved in all of these efforts. Yet in 1867 suffragist Lucy Stone could plausibly proclaim that, in the cause of universal suffrage, "Kansas leads the world " How did... No state has voted Republican more consistently or widely or for longer than Kansas. To understand red state politics, Kansas is the place. It is a... |
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228,88 zł |
Price Hill Saloons and Much, Much More!
ISBN: 9780984462278 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the years, Price Hill, perhaps more than any other neighborhood in the Queen City, has been home to a large number of saloons. Germans, Irish, and other nationalities found places to congregate and talk about the news of the day while drinking beer. The ownership of these saloons was often passed down from generation to generation. That was also the case for those who frequented these establishments-sons following in their fathers' footsteps to the nearest welcoming watering hole. Larry Schmolt is a lifelong resident of Price Hill. He grew up on Purcell Avenue and still lives in the same...
Over the years, Price Hill, perhaps more than any other neighborhood in the Queen City, has been home to a large number of saloons. Germans, Irish, an...
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69,63 zł |
Haunted Chicago: Famous Phantoms, Sinister Sites, and Lingering Legends
ISBN: 9780762791545 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Among this country's many treasures is the city of Chicago, an area filled with creativity and culture. Haunted Chicago, a collection of stories of ghosts, mysteries, and paranormal happenings in Chi-Town, will leave readers delightfully frightened."
Among this country's many treasures is the city of Chicago, an area filled with creativity and culture. Haunted Chicago, a collection of stories of gh...
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65,34 zł |
The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago
ISBN: 9780143119227 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With a thrilling, fast-paced narrative, award-winning journalist Douglas Perry vividly captures the sensationalized circus atmosphere that gave rise to the concept of the celebrity criminal- and gave Chicago its most famous story. The Girls of Murder City recounts two scandalous, sex-fueled murder cases and how an intrepid -girl reporter- named Maurine Watkins turned the beautiful, media-savvy suspects--Stylish Belva- and -Beautiful Beulah--into the talk of the town. Fueled by rich period detail and a cast of characters who seemed destined for the stage, The Girls of Murder City is a...
With a thrilling, fast-paced narrative, award-winning journalist Douglas Perry vividly captures the sensationalized circus atmosphere that gave rise t...
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99,79 zł |
Michigan: A State of Environmental Justice?
ISBN: 9781614480297 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The goal of this book is to free the state from an economic growth and development paradigm that threatens its social and physical well-being. While citizens accumulate wealth, they also accumulate harmful pollution and environmental waste. The challenge is to implement a new economic growth and development paradigm that is more environmentally benign, socially responsible, and economically productive. 246 pp.
The goal of this book is to free the state from an economic growth and development paradigm that threatens its social and physical well-being. While c...
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82,95 zł |
Midwest Maniacs
ISBN: 9780764339424 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Meet 18 of the Midwest's most atrocious and vile human beings. Read histories of murder and mayhem committed by individuals with burning anger and contempt for societal norms, and witness the macabre visions of their personal demons driving them to commit acts so reprehensible that they have earned for themselves a place in the annals of criminal history. Meet Micajah and Wiley Harpe, horrendous murderers who left a bloody trail of forty bodies behind them. Find out what happened to Belle Gunness's beaus. Visit the H. H. Holms "Murder Castle," and read accounts of Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne...
Meet 18 of the Midwest's most atrocious and vile human beings. Read histories of murder and mayhem committed by individuals with burning anger and con...
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82,78 zł |
Dorothy Molter: The Root Beer Lady
ISBN: 9781591932550 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Her name is synonymous with the Boundary Waters and root beer. Her story is one of struggle and triumph. Dorothy Molter lived in the BWCA for over 50 years - 15 miles and five portages from the nearest road. In 1952, a Saturday Evening Post article even declared her "The Loneliest Woman in America," though nothing could be further from the truth, as she received countless visitors over the years. This is the biography of the Nightingale of the Wilderness, of a woman who fought the government for her land, of a woman whose life inspired a museum in her honor.
Her name is synonymous with the Boundary Waters and root beer. Her story is one of struggle and triumph. Dorothy Molter lived in the BWCA for over 50 ...
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78,79 zł |
Great Plains States of America: People, Politics, and Power in the Nine Great Plains States
ISBN: 9780393342741 / Angielski / Miękka / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Neal Peirce has done it again. The Great Plains States of America is a special dividend a superb companion for those who have enjoyed his Megastates, Mountain States, and Pacific States. It is sensitive, scholarly, and written with a breathtaking pace a masterful orchestration of politics, culture, biography, and subtleties of the spirit that have characterized the Midwest. Malcolm Moos, President, the University of Minnesota"
Neal Peirce has done it again. The Great Plains States of America is a special dividend a superb companion for those who have enjoyed his Megastates, ...
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107,90 zł |
Northern Illinois Huskies Football
ISBN: 9780875804552 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 1951: Bob Heimerdinger leads Northern Illinois to a perfect record. 1963: Record-setting quarterback George Bork guides the Huskies to the 1963 National Championship. 1983: Bill Mallory coaches the Huskies to a MAC Championship and victory in the California Bowl. 1993: Running back LeShon Johnson finishes sixthin the Heisman Trophy race. 2003: Northern Illinois shocks national powerhouses Maryland and Alabama en-route to a 10-win season. 2011: Quarterback Chandler Harnish sparks the Huskies to a thrilling MAC Championship over Ohio. Larry English. Doug Free. Michael Turner. Garrett... 1951: Bob Heimerdinger leads Northern Illinois to a perfect record. 1963: Record-setting quarterback George Bork guides the Huskies to the 1963 Nat... |
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134,55 zł |
Early Pennsylvania Land Records. Minutes of the Board of Property of the Province of Pennsylvania
ISBN: 9780806307237 / Angielski / Miękka / 792 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shortly after William Penn was granted the tract of land known as Pennsylvania by King Charles II in 1680, he began offering 'rights' to a set number of acres for investors. These 'rights' were generally offered in lots of 5,000 acres, but 'rights' for smaller tracts were allowed, the minimum purchase size being 250 acres. The purchaser would receive a warrant in exchange for his money. This warrant provided proof of his right to select a tract of land of specific size, not already claimed, once he arrived in America. Once suitable land was located, the purchaser then applied to the Surveyor...
Shortly after William Penn was granted the tract of land known as Pennsylvania by King Charles II in 1680, he began offering 'rights' to a set number ...
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414,47 zł |
allegiance
ISBN: 9780814336182 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The full-length debut from francine j. harris, allegiance is about Detroit, sort of. Although many of the poems are inspired by and dwell in the spaces of the city, this collection does not revel in any of the clich? cultural tropes normally associated with Detroit. Instead, these poems artfully explore life in a city where order coexists with chaos and much is lost in social and physical breakdown. Narrative poems on the hazards, betrayals, and annoyances of city life mix with impressionistic poems that evoke the natural world, as harris grapples with issues of beauty and horror, loyalty... The full-length debut from francine j. harris, allegiance is about Detroit, sort of. Although many of the poems are inspired by and dwell in the sp... |
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78,54 zł |
From Fields to Fairways: Classic Golf Clubs of Minnesota
ISBN: 9780816677320 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From retreats for the middle class to playgrounds for the rich, golf clubs have been sources of recreation, fellowship, and business for Minnesotans for more than a century. Minnesota's courses have hosted some of the sport's most dramatic tournaments and legendary players--including Bobby Jones, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods--and its clubs have been deeply involved in the development and popularizing of golf throughout North America. From Fields to Fairways is the first book to thoroughly explore the history, architecture, and joie de vivre of Minnesota golf... From retreats for the middle class to playgrounds for the rich, golf clubs have been sources of recreation, fellowship, and business for Minnesotan... |
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186,38 zł |
Degrees of Allegiance: Harassment and Loyalty in Missouri's German-American Community during World War I
ISBN: 9780821420034 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Historians have long argued that the Great War eradicated German culture from American soil. Degrees of Allegiance examines the experiences of German-Americans living in Missouri during the First World War, evaluating the personal relationships at the local level that shaped their lives and the way that they were affected by national war effort guidelines. Spared from widespread hate crimes, German-Americans in Missouri did not have the same bleak experiences as other German-Americans in the Midwest or across America. But they were still subject to regular charges of disloyalty,... Historians have long argued that the Great War eradicated German culture from American soil. Degrees of Allegiance examines the experience... |
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245,23 zł |
Untold Tales, Unsung Heroes: An Oral History of Detroit's African American Community, 1918-1967
ISBN: 9780814324653 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. More than one hundred individuals who lived in Detroit at some time during the period from 1918 to 1967 share stories about everyday life-families and neighborhoods, community and religious life, school and work. They also describe extraordinary events-the great migration from the South, the depression, World War II, the 1943 race riot, the civil rights movement, the civil disturbance of 1967, and the Vietnam War. Their anecdotal testimonies and reminiscences provide invaluable information about the institutions, lifestyles, relationships, and politics that constitute the black experience... More than one hundred individuals who lived in Detroit at some time during the period from 1918 to 1967 share stories about everyday life-families ... |
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163,41 zł |
My Notre Dame: Memories and Reflections of Sixty Years
ISBN: 9780268014025 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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82,78 zł |
The Black Chicago Renaissance
ISBN: 9780252037023 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beginning in the 1930s, Black Chicago experienced a cultural renaissance that lasted into the 1950s and rivaled the cultural outpouring in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. The contributors to this volume analyze this prolific period of African American creativity in music, performance art, social science scholarship, and visual and literary artistic expression.Unlike Harlem, Chicago was an urban industrial center that gave a unique working class and internationalist perspective to the cultural work being done in Chicago. This collection's various essays discuss the forces that... Beginning in the 1930s, Black Chicago experienced a cultural renaissance that lasted into the 1950s and rivaled the cultural outpouring in the Harl... |
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471,11 zł |
Haunted Wisconsin
ISBN: 9780299285944 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Grab a cozy blanket, light a few flickering candles, and enjoy the unnerving tales of Haunted Wisconsin. Gathered from personal interviews with credible eyewitnesses, on-site explorations, historical archives, newspaper reports, and other sources, these scores of reports date from Wisconsin's early settlement days to recent inexplicable events. Grab a cozy blanket, light a few flickering candles, and enjoy the unnerving tales of Haunted Wisconsin. Gathered from personal interviews w... |
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82,95 zł |
Blood and Smoke: A True Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and the Birth of the Indy 500
ISBN: 9781439149058 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "History comes alive" (Kirkus Reviews) in the wild and true story of the first Indy 500 and the dawn of the automotive age--now in paperback. Forty cars lined up for the first Indianapolis 500. We are still waiting to find out who won. The Indy 500 was created to showcase the controversial new sport of automobile racing, which was sweeping the country. Daring young men risked life and limb by driving automobiles at the astonishing speed of seventy miles per hour with no seat belts, hard helmets, or roll bars. When the Indianapolis Speedway opened in 1909, seven people were...
"History comes alive" (Kirkus Reviews) in the wild and true story of the first Indy 500 and the dawn of the automotive age--now in paperback. <...
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74,84 zł |
Mr. E. 2003: Manifest Lessons from Ohio's Bicentennial Celebration
ISBN: 9781462048915 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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103,74 zł |
Mr. E. 2003: Manifest Lessons from Ohio's Bicentennial Celebration
ISBN: 9781462048939 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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145,32 zł |