ilość książek w kategorii: 5581
A Knack for Knowing Things: Stories from St. Paul Neighborhoods and Beyond
ISBN: 9780873514651 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Knack for Knowing Things brings together in book form the best of his writing and demonstrates his talents as a master storyteller with plain-spoken, intimate prose.
After more than fifteen years of covering hard news, writing a newspaper column gave Boxmeyer the freedom to tell stories of more than just the politicians and the famous. "I realized that the interesting people and places nobody ever wrote about held more fascination for me, and for my readers, than all the governors, mayors, and city council members who never seemed to be much persuaded by my opinions anyhow. I... A Knack for Knowing Things brings together in book form the best of his writing and demonstrates his talents as a master storyteller with plain-spoken...
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95,67 zł |
Strange Days, Dangerous Nights: Photos from the Speed Graphic Era
ISBN: 9780873515047 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fat men's races and fall-out shelters, murder victims and loose women, cheerleaders and immigrants, celebrities and children in distress were just some of the urban curiosities splashed across the pages of city newspapers during the Speed Graphic era (1930s-1950s). Championed by acclaimed news photographers like Arthur Fellig (a.k.a. Weegee), the Speed Graphic camera produced a new visual style that was as blunt, powerful, and immediate as a left hook.
Driven by the desire to fill newspaper pages with sensational images, press photographers shot everything, day and night:... Fat men's races and fall-out shelters, murder victims and loose women, cheerleaders and immigrants, celebrities and children in distress were just som...
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124,85 zł |
Six Feet Under: A Graveyard Guide to Minnesota
ISBN: 9780873515146 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This handy guide locates the final resting places and tells the stories of more than 375 notable Minnesotans. Author Stew Thornley traveled throughout Minnesota in pursuit of the historical fact, the little-known tale, the striking monument, and the truth behind the colorful exaggeration. Visiting cemeteries from every era and every region of the state, Thornley recounts the histories of the famous, infamous, and just plain interesting Minnesotans who lie at rest in the state.
As Thornley notes in his introduction, "Cemetery surfing has become an increasingly popular... This handy guide locates the final resting places and tells the stories of more than 375 notable Minnesotans. Author Stew Thornley traveled throughout...
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62,32 zł |
Minnesota in the Civil War: An Illustrated History
ISBN: 9780873515641 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the opening shots at Bull Run until silence fell over Appomattox, the young men of Minnesota were active combatants in the nation's epic struggle.
Minnesota in the Civil War draws upon the Minnesota Historical Society's vast collections of soldiers' diaries and letters, as well as contemporary newspaper accounts, rare photographs, drawings, maps, uniforms and equipment, to create a vivid picture of daily life. What emerges are vivid, haunting images of the heaviest and deadliest fighting--Bull Run, the Hornet's Nest at Shiloh, Antietam, Chattanooga, Gettysburg, Vicksburg,... From the opening shots at Bull Run until silence fell over Appomattox, the young men of Minnesota were active combatants in the nation's epic struggle...
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95,67 zł |
Long Hard Road: American POWs During World War II
ISBN: 9780873515979 / Angielski / Twarda / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Between 1941 and 1945 more than 110,000 American marines, soldiers, airmen, and sailors were taken prisoner by German, Italian, and Japanese forces. Most who fought overseas during World War II weren't prepared for capture, or for the life-altering experiences of incarceration, torture, and camaraderie bred of hardship that followed. Their harrowing story--often overlooked in Greatest Generation narratives--is told here by the POWs themselves.
Long hours of inactivity followed by moments of sheer terror. Slave labor, death marches, the infamous hell ships. Historian Thomas Saylor... Between 1941 and 1945 more than 110,000 American marines, soldiers, airmen, and sailors were taken prisoner by German, Italian, and Japanese forces. M...
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116,51 zł |
Saint Paul & Pacific Railroad: An Empire in the Making, 1862-1879
ISBN: 9780875802527 / Angielski / Twarda / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Veenendaal (Institute of Netherlands History, the Hague) traces the company from its beginnings as a small carrier connecting St. Paul and Minneapolis with outlying towns, to when it was bought by railroad tycoon James J. Hill under whom, as the Great Northern Railway, it reached the Pacific Ocean. He describes such aspects as laying track, meeting the schedule, making payroll, injury and ruin, and the general shortage of everything on the frontier. Of course he includes the many old photographs without which a railroad history would not get off the dime.
Veenendaal (Institute of Netherlands History, the Hague) traces the company from its beginnings as a small carrier connecting St. Paul and Minneapolis...
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171,17 zł |
It's Hardly Sportin': Stadiums, Neighborhoods, and the New Chicago
ISBN: 9780875803050 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Across the nation, stadiums and sports centers have become an increasingly important aspect of urban redevelopment action. How do these projects affect the people in the communities surrounding new facilities? Focusing on Chicago's recent experiences, Costas Spirou and Larry Bennett examine two stadiums - the United Center and Comiskey Park - as well as the installation of lights at Wrigley Field. The authors argue that stadiums can be effective tools for urban revitalization only if community organizations and local conditions are closely involved in the planning process. The execution of...
Across the nation, stadiums and sports centers have become an increasingly important aspect of urban redevelopment action. How do these projects affec...
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129,62 zł |
Southern Sons, Northern Soldiers
ISBN: 9780875803197 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Abraham Lincoln called for 300,000 volunteers to fortify Union forces in July 1862, George and Lycurgus Remley enlisted in the 22nd Iowa Infantry to serve God and country - and for them, this phrase had real meaning. When their native Virginia had become hostile to men unafraid to speak out against slavery, the Remley family had taken refuge in the Midwest. This collection of the brothers' letters to and from home sharply portrays the human costs of the Civil War. The Remley brothers saw action in an unusually wide geographic area. Their regiment fought the battles of Port Gibson and...
When Abraham Lincoln called for 300,000 volunteers to fortify Union forces in July 1862, George and Lycurgus Remley enlisted in the 22nd Iowa Infantry...
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176,36 zł |
My Captivity Among the Sioux
ISBN: 9780918222978 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1871, this is the story of Fanny Kelly's capture and captivity by the Oglala Sioux while she was emigrating to the far West from Kansas in the mid-19th century.
Originally published in 1871, this is the story of Fanny Kelly's capture and captivity by the Oglala Sioux while she was emigrating to the far West fr...
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78,56 zł |
Memories of Lac Du Flambeau Elders
ISBN: 9780924119217 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of interviews with 15 Ojibwe elders of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians in northern Wisconsin. The elders, in their 70s and 80s when interviewed, all experienced enormous changes in their lifetimes. They discuss these changes as well as Ojibwe traditions and beliefs
A collection of interviews with 15 Ojibwe elders of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians in northern Wisconsin. The elders, in t...
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139,83 zł |
Haskell Institute: 19th Century Stories of Sacrifice and Survival
ISBN: 9780976177388 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Milk presents American Indian/Alaskan Native student stories from early days of Haskell, a federal boarding school founded in 1884. Their stories reveal the ordeals and successes of Native students as they struggle within a military, assimilationist educational environment.
Milk presents American Indian/Alaskan Native student stories from early days of Haskell, a federal boarding school founded in 1884. Their stories reve...
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83,37 zł |
The Sioux in South Dakota History: A Twentieth-Century Reader
ISBN: 9780977795543 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Taken from the pages of South Dakota History, these essays explore modern American Indian life. The political and social ramifications of land heirship, the damming of the Missouri River, and shifting federal politices are among the topics discussed.
Taken from the pages of South Dakota History, these essays explore modern American Indian life. The political and social ramifications of land heirshi...
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95,67 zł |
Louise Pound: The 19th Century Iconoclast Who Forever Changed America's Views about Women, Academics and Sports
ISBN: 9780979689628 / Angielski / Miękka / 299 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Challenging the social norms of the Victorian age, iconoclast Louise Pound defied Americas prevailing views on female roles, academic sexism, and women in sports. This meticulously researched biography is almost a decade in the making, and will establish Pound among the most influential women pioneers.
Challenging the social norms of the Victorian age, iconoclast Louise Pound defied Americas prevailing views on female roles, academic sexism, and wome...
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116,89 zł |
The Fighting 10th: The History of the 10th Missouri Cavalry US
ISBN: 9781414016443 / Angielski / Miękka / 636 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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138,64 zł |
The Fighting 10th: The History of the 10th Missouri Cavalry US
ISBN: 9781414032962 / Angielski / Twarda / 652 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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198,18 zł |
One Zero Charlie
ISBN: 9781416576419 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Galt Airport in northern Illinois is known to the people who fly out of it as "One-Zero-Charlie" (for its FAA designation as Airport 10C). This evocative excursion into a little-known part of the heart of America takes us to a place where a love of flying draws people together, and a fascination with its sheer exhilaration keeps them that way.
Galt Airport in northern Illinois is known to the people who fly out of it as "One-Zero-Charlie" (for its FAA designation as Airport 10C). This evocat...
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78,99 zł |
On the Street Doing Life
ISBN: 9781425989767 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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74,40 zł |
Notable American Indians: Indiana & Adjacent States
ISBN: 9781425998899 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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94,01 zł |
Journeys To The Past: A Traveler's Guide to Indiana State Historical Markers
ISBN: 9781434316448 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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119,01 zł |
Indiana Slave Narratives: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project 1936-1938
ISBN: 9781557090140 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Autobiographical accounts of former slaves compiled in the 1930s by the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration.
Autobiographical accounts of former slaves compiled in the 1930s by the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration.
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65,44 zł |