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West Brookfield
ISBN: 9781531674007 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally a part of Quaboag Plantation, the town of West Brookfield became independent by incorporating in 1848. Early industries included brickyards and factories for bookbinding and the manufacture of boots, hats, corsets, and condensed milk. The communitys earliest days were also committed to education as rural school districts were established, boasting original school buildings that were able to be used through the 1950s. Over the years, many notable residents emerged, including Judge Jedediah Foster, who assisted in drafting the Massachusetts Constitution, and famous suffragist Lucy...
Originally a part of Quaboag Plantation, the town of West Brookfield became independent by incorporating in 1848. Early industries included brickyards...
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Old Fort
ISBN: 9781531674472 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Old Fort is situated near the headwaters of the mighty Catawba River, and in many ways it has also stood at the headwaters of American history--it takes its name from a fort that was the westernmost outpost of white settlement in America at the time of the American Revolution. After the Civil War, Old Fort was the base of operations for the extension of the railroad up the steep mountain grade to Ridgecrest, an accomplishment that is still considered a marvel of engineering and perseverance. A tract of wilderness in the Curtis Creek area was the first parcel of the Pisgah National Forest. The...
Old Fort is situated near the headwaters of the mighty Catawba River, and in many ways it has also stood at the headwaters of American history--it tak...
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121,93 |
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Gardner
ISBN: 9781531659394 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The history of Gardner is as fascinating as it is long.
Founded shortly after the close of the American Revolution, it was named after one of its heroes, Colonel Thomas Gardner, who died from wounds suffered on Bunker Hill. The history of Gardner is as fascinating as it is long.
Founded shortly after the close of the American Revolution, it was named after one of ... |
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152,42 |
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Lower Mount Washington Valley: Albany, Tamworth, Ossipee
ISBN: 9781531640415 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Lower Mount Washington Valley became the gateway to the entire valley in the 1700s. Settlers saw both the scenery and the possibilities of the deep and steady rivers for water power and travel, the timber for homes, the rich earth for planting, and the abundance of food in forests and streams. The early years were not easy, and men and women faced the challenges of the wilderness: hard work, fierce wildlife, possible injury, and loneliness. Seeking
companionship, families bonded together and created a sense of community amidst the mountains and valleys of New Hampshire's expansive... The Lower Mount Washington Valley became the gateway to the entire valley in the 1700s. Settlers saw both the scenery and the possibilities of the dee...
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152,42 |
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Bollin Valley Past and Present
ISBN: 9780946361465 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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85,50 |
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Dark City. the Real Los Angeles Noir
ISBN: 9783836560764 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What s Wrong in Tinseltown?
The dark side of Los Angeles, 1920 1960 In the years following World War I, Los Angeles was a city awakening to its darker side, transforming itself from a backwater town to a gleaming metropolis and city of the future. But along the way a tarnished patina began to coat its ever-more glamorous facade. As thousands flocked to the city with their dreams and desires, so too came get-rich-quick schemes, phony religions, organized crime, and corruption. A visual history... What s Wrong in Tinseltown?
The dark side of Los Angeles, 1920 1960 In the years following World War I, Los... |
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228,69 |
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African Photographer J. A. Green: Reimagining the Indigenous and the Colonial
ISBN: 9780253028952 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. J. A. Green (1873-1905) was one of the most prolific and accomplished indigenous photographers to be active in West Africa. This beautiful book celebrates Green's photographs and opens a new chapter in the early photographic history of Africa. Soon after photography reached the west coast of Africa in the 1840s, the technology and the resultant images were disseminated widely, appealing to African elites, European residents, and travelers to the region. Responding to the need for more photographs, expatriate and indigenous photographers began working along the coasts, particularly in major... J. A. Green (1873-1905) was one of the most prolific and accomplished indigenous photographers to be active in West Africa. This beautiful book cel... |
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150,91 |
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Darien and McIntosh County
ISBN: 9781531603830 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From 1870 to 1920, McIntosh County, Georgia, was one of the most energetic communities on the southern coast. Its county seat, Darien, never had a population of more than 2,000 residents; yet, little Darien was, for a considerable time, the leading exporter of yellow pitch pine timber on the
Atlantic Coast. Burned to ashes during the Civil War, Darien rose up and, with its timber booms and sawmills, took its place among the leading towns of the "New South" of the late nineteenth century. In this unique photographic retrospective of Darien and McIntosh County, over 200 images evoke... From 1870 to 1920, McIntosh County, Georgia, was one of the most energetic communities on the southern coast. Its county seat, Darien, never had a pop...
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152,42 |
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Photography and Cultural Heritage in the Age of Nationalisms: Europe's Eastern Borderlands (1867-1945)
ISBN: 9781472585660 / Angielski / Twarda / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the role of photography as a powerful language of expressing collective identities in Eastern Europe during the period of dramatic socio-political transformation associated with the slow rise of national and ethnic consciousness, the dawn of empire and the outbreak of the two World Wars. From the 1867 All-Russian Ethnographic Exhibition to the war-time Nazi scientific surveys, this innovative account looks closely at how photographic practices and records were applied, borrowed, appropriated, transmitted to exert or subvert power, and used as a tool in negotiating... This book examines the role of photography as a powerful language of expressing collective identities in Eastern Europe during the period of dramat... |
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608,48 |
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Lost Buxton
ISBN: 9781540214232 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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121,93 |
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Egypt Alight
ISBN: 9781543199017 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Egypt Alight is a historically significant photo book. It portrays vintage images of Egypt from an era long gone.The book will showcase to the reader the beauty of mystical, exotic and mysterious Egypt. John Henrik Clarke Professor of Africana studies said: -Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as -Western Civilization- long before the greatness of Greece and Rome. Egypt is a large country and does not easily reveal itself to the visitor. A photo book on Egypt has to be equally big in order to showcase the unique country and its unique peoples. The book starts with Cairo and...
Egypt Alight is a historically significant photo book. It portrays vintage images of Egypt from an era long gone.The book will showcase to the reader ...
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103,86 |
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Cameron Trading Post
ISBN: 9781531699680 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1911, a one-track suspension bridge was constructed over the gorge of the Little Colorado River, bypassing a treacherous river crossing and opening travel to northern Arizona. Five years later, Hubert Richardson built a tin-roofed shack on the river s rim and opened his trading post for business. In the first years, almost all of his customers were Navajo, but with the new bridge travelers soon found the area, and it became the access point for the Grand Canyon, Glen Canyon, and the Four Corners area. A century later, Cameron Trading Post is a thriving epicenter still serving Navajo...
In 1911, a one-track suspension bridge was constructed over the gorge of the Little Colorado River, bypassing a treacherous river crossing and opening...
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121,93 |
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Baystate Franklin Medical Center
ISBN: 9781531699666 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1895, Franklin County Public Hospital (FCPH) was founded by 36 citizens led by Dr. Adams Calhoun Deane. The newly incorporated hospital rented the former home of Rev. Dr. Francis Robbins and served 55 patients in its first year of operation. By 1898, FCPH moved to the larger Converse House and then to purpose-built facilities at 164 High Street in 1910. The hospital trained nurses, including Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail, class of 1927, the first Native American graduate in the United States. In 1968, FCPH opened the architecturally unique Spokes wards. Throughout its history, the Board of...
In 1895, Franklin County Public Hospital (FCPH) was founded by 36 citizens led by Dr. Adams Calhoun Deane. The newly incorporated hospital rented the ...
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121,93 |
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Simpsonville
ISBN: 9781531699659 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Simpsonville was little more than a stop on the road between Greenville and Laurens, South Carolina, when a man named Peter Simpson moved to the area in the 1840s. Simpson became the postmaster and blacksmith for the area, then known as Plain or Dry Ridge, and streets and churches began to spring up, creating a town. By the time of its incorporation in 1901, Simpsonville was thriving as a small railroad town, with a textile mill drawing more to the area in 1908. Under the leadership of two particularly influential and long-standing mayors, Dr. L.L. Richardson and Ralph Hendricks, Simpsonville...
Simpsonville was little more than a stop on the road between Greenville and Laurens, South Carolina, when a man named Peter Simpson moved to the area ...
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121,93 |
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Vest Pocket Kodak & The First World War, The
ISBN: 9781781452790 / Angielski / Twarda / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When one thinks about World War I, one doesn't immediately imagine the soldiers recording the horrors of trench warfare by taking snaps with their pocket cameras. But that is exactly what happened. Launched in April 1912, the Vest Pocket Kodak was one of the world's first compact cameras. About the height and width of today's iPhone, it was small enough to fit into the pocket of a vest and became something of a craze on the eve of the war. It was advertised as the "Soldier's Kodak" and troops were encouraged to "Make your own picture record of the War." With the military banning journalists...
When one thinks about World War I, one doesn't immediately imagine the soldiers recording the horrors of trench warfare by taking snaps with their poc...
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40,31 |
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Executive Order: Images of 1970s Corporate America
ISBN: 9781942084471 / Angielski / Imitacja skóry / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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171,52 |
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Photographing Tutankhamun: Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, and the Archive
ISBN: 9781350038516 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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131,39 |
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Photographing Tutankhamun: Archaeology, Ancient Egypt, and the Archive
ISBN: 9781350038523 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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754,51 |
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Marine Air Group 25 and Scat
ISBN: 9781540226846 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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121,93 |
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The Road to Marylake
ISBN: 9781540226990 / Angielski / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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125,74 |
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