ilość książek w kategorii: 401
Louisiana Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff
ISBN: 9780762769773 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This definitive collection of the Pelican State's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things isfilled with quirky photographs throughout and maps for each region. Louisiana Curiosities includes humorous state facts and amusing stories and
This definitive collection of the Pelican State's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things isfilled with quirky photographs throughout ...
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71,20 zł |
Haunted Texas Highways
ISBN: 9781933177397 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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81,39 zł |
Day Trips(r) from Dallas & Fort Worth: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler
ISBN: 9780762786381 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips from Dallas &Fort Worth. This guide is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discoverwithin a two-hour drive of theDallas metro area. With full tr"
Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips from Dallas &Fort Worth. This guide is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals...
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River Road Rambler: A Curious Traveler Along Louisiana's Historic Byway
ISBN: 9780807150788 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The River Road between New Orleans and Baton Rouge hosts a fascinating mix of people, traditions, and stories. Author Mary Ann Sternberg has spent over two decades exploring this richly historic corridor, uncovering intriguing and often underappreciated places. In River Road Rambler, she presents fifteen sketches about sites along this scenic route. From familiar stops, such as the National Hansen's Disease Center Museum at Carville, with its octogenarian guide, and the sui generis perique tobacco area of St. James Parish to the less well-noted yet highly distinctive Our Lady of Lourdes...
The River Road between New Orleans and Baton Rouge hosts a fascinating mix of people, traditions, and stories. Author Mary Ann Sternberg has spent ove...
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128,63 zł |
Dry'd, Fry'd, and Sky'd by Headwinds and Heat: My Trans-Texas Bicycle Odyssey
ISBN: 9781475953800 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) When author John Eyberg announced his plan to bicycle two thousand miles across Texas and back, most people thought he was crazy. But for Eyberg, it was a goal he'd dreamed about for years--a feat only the supremely confident or utterly foolhardy would attempt. In Dry'd, Fry'd, and Sky'd by Headwinds and Heat, he provides a day-by-day journal of his travels beginning June 11, 2011, when he climbed on his tandem recumbent Doublevision and pushed off from El Paso, Texas, in 101-degree heat for a planned forty-three-day ride. In this travel memoir, Eyberg narrates his odyssey--his battles... When author John Eyberg announced his plan to bicycle two thousand miles across Texas and back, most people thought he was crazy. But for Eyberg, i... |
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98,56 zł |
Dry'd, Fry'd, and Sky'd by Headwinds and Heat: My Trans-Texas Bicycle Odyssey
ISBN: 9781475953824 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) When author John Eyberg announced his plan to bicycle two thousand miles across Texas and back, most people thought he was crazy. But for Eyberg, it was a goal he'd dreamed about for years--a feat only the supremely confident or utterly foolhardy would attempt. In Dry'd, Fry'd, and Sky'd by Headwinds and Heat, he provides a day-by-day journal of his travels beginning June 11, 2011, when he climbed on his tandem recumbent Doublevision and pushed off from El Paso, Texas, in 101-degree heat for a planned forty-three-day ride. In this travel memoir, Eyberg narrates his odyssey--his battles... When author John Eyberg announced his plan to bicycle two thousand miles across Texas and back, most people thought he was crazy. But for Eyberg, i... |
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141,51 zł |
Two Years Before the Paddlewheel: Charles F. Gunther, Mississippi River Confederate
ISBN: 9781933337524 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Charles F. Gunther is a Yankee ice peddlar who is trapped in the South at the outbreak of the war. Presented here are two years of diaries of Gunther's experiences working on the steamboat Rose Douglas, ferrying Confederate troops and supplies. After the war, Gunther makes a fortune in the candy business across the street from Marshal Field's in Chicago, becomes a premier collector and preserver of Civil War artifacts and Lincoln memorabilia, endows the Chicago history Museum with its Civil War collection, and goes on to hold political office as an alderman and City Treasurer of Chicago. In...
Charles F. Gunther is a Yankee ice peddlar who is trapped in the South at the outbreak of the war. Presented here are two years of diaries of Gunther'...
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128,63 zł |
I Give You Texas! 500 Jokes of the Lone Star State
ISBN: 9781417992201 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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105,58 zł |
A Guide to the Historic French Quarter
ISBN: 9781626192805 / Angielski / Miękka / 139 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Walking through the French Quarter can overwhelm the senses--and the imagination. The experience is much more meaningful with knowledge of the area's colorful history. For instance, the infamous 1890 "separate but equal" legal doctrine justifying racial segregation was upheld by the Louisiana Supreme Court at the Cabildo on Jackson Square. In the mid-twentieth century, a young Lee Harvey Oswald called Exchange Alley home. One of New Orleans' favorite drinks--the sazerac--would not exist if Antoine Peychaud had not served his legendary bitters with cognac from his famous apothecary at 437...
Walking through the French Quarter can overwhelm the senses--and the imagination. The experience is much more meaningful with knowledge of the area's ...
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64,38 zł |
Frontier Texas: History of a Borderland to 1880
ISBN: 9781933337517 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The West Texas frontier has been a crossroads of humanity for thousands of years. This book tells the epic story of the region and its many transitions throughout the centuries. It traces the struggles and triumphs of many groups as they tried to tame the region for their own purposes.
The West Texas frontier has been a crossroads of humanity for thousands of years. This book tells the epic story of the region and its many transition...
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128,63 zł |
Go Where the Fighting Was Fiercest: The Guide to the Texas Civil War Monuments
ISBN: 9781933337579 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) When a Chickamauga Battlefield ranger was asked where to find the Texas monument, his quick reply was "Go to where the fighting was fiercest." While that spontaneous response accurately underscored the legendary battlefield zeal of the Texas forces in virtually every major Civil War battle, it likely did little to answer the visitor's question.
In this book, the authors will inform visitors to many Civil War battlefields about the heroic role played by the Texans at key sites and why the State of Texas has, over the years, seen fit to officially commemorate the valor of the hard-fighting... When a Chickamauga Battlefield ranger was asked where to find the Texas monument, his quick reply was "Go to where the fighting was fiercest." While t...
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115,74 zł |
Roll With It: Brass Bands in the Streets of New Orleans
ISBN: 9780822355526 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Roll With It is a firsthand account of the precarious lives of musicians in the Rebirth, Soul Rebels, and Hot 8 brass bands of New Orleans. These young men are celebrated as cultural icons for upholding the proud traditions of the jazz funeral and the second line parade, yet they remain subject to the perils of poverty, racial marginalization, and urban violence that characterize life for many black Americans. Some achieve a degree of social mobility while many more encounter aggressive policing, exploitative economies, and a political infrastructure that creates insecurities in...
Roll With It is a firsthand account of the precarious lives of musicians in the Rebirth, Soul Rebels, and Hot 8 brass bands of New Orleans. The...
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442,60 zł |
Roll With It: Brass Bands in the Streets of New Orleans
ISBN: 9780822355670 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Roll With It is a firsthand account of the precarious lives of musicians in the Rebirth, Soul Rebels, and Hot 8 brass bands of New Orleans. These young men are celebrated as cultural icons for upholding the proud traditions of the jazz funeral and the second line parade, yet they remain subject to the perils of poverty, racial marginalization, and urban violence that characterize life for many black Americans. Some achieve a degree of social mobility while many more encounter aggressive policing, exploitative economies, and a political infrastructure that creates insecurities in...
Roll With It is a firsthand account of the precarious lives of musicians in the Rebirth, Soul Rebels, and Hot 8 brass bands of New Orleans. The...
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109,29 zł |
A Guide to the Historic French Quarter
ISBN: 9781540209344 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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137,38 zł |
100 Things Longhorns Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
ISBN: 9781600789786 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) With trivia boxes, pep talks, records, and Longhorn lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Texas fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. This guide to all things Longhorns covers the team's first live mascot, the season they broke the NCAA record for points scored, and the player that caught every single touchdown pass thrown in the 1972 season. Now updated through the 2013 season, McEachern has provided additional chapters...
With trivia boxes, pep talks, records, and Longhorn lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Texas fan sho...
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81,39 zł |
100 Things Oklahoma Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
ISBN: 9781629370071 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) With pep talks, records, and Sooners lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Oklahoma fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. This guide to all things Oklahoma covers each position's best players in Sooners history, the "game of the century," and Sooner Schooner's first appearance. Now updated through the 2013 season, this book includes additional chapters covering developments of the last few seasons, such as the 2010 draft...
With pep talks, records, and Sooners lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Oklahoma fan should know. It...
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64,21 zł |
The: Houstorian Dictionary: An Insider's Index to Houston
ISBN: 9781540202413 / Angielski / Twarda / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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137,38 zł |
Why New Orleans Matters
ISBN: 9780062414779 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, revisit Tom Piazza's award-winning appraisal of a city in crisis--with a new afterword placing the story of New Orleans in the context of the ongoing threat to America's coastal populations. In the decade since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans, Americans have learned much from the resilience of this proud, battered city. And yet, even as the city has regained some of its lost footing, other regions around the country continue to be battered by hurricanes, snow and ice storms, and massive weather events like Superstorm Sandy,... Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, revisit Tom Piazza's award-winning appraisal of a city in crisis--with a new afterword placing the story of New ... |
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85,85 zł |
Spirit Magnet in Texas: 20 Ghostly Encounters
ISBN: 9780764350344 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) From the clouds with ghostly faces in the Chisos Mountains to the spirits of the Alamo, follow in the footsteps of a "spirit magnet" as she takes a wild Western romp across haunted Texas and beyond. Meet Joshua's ghost in his creepy room in Mineral Wells and Sara, who is one of the most active spirits at the Menger Hotel in San Antonio. Did phantom soldiers holding swords of fire really save the Alamo from destruction by the Mexicans? Is it really Teddy Roosevelt's ghost that haunts the bar at the Menger? Be amazed at the phenomenal results from the Spirit Scanner. Find out in this factual...
From the clouds with ghostly faces in the Chisos Mountains to the spirits of the Alamo, follow in the footsteps of a "spirit magnet" as she takes a wi...
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87,64 zł |
Place Names of San Antonio: Plus Bexar and Surrounding Counties
ISBN: 9781595346742 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This much enlarged third edition of a favorite handbook identifies the origins of nearly 1,000 familiar place names in the San Antonio region. Naming sleuth Dr. David P. Green cracks mysteries that puzzled him in earlier editions, and comes up with several hundred new entries as well. There are more than three dozen new illustrations.
We deal with dozens of place names in the course of everyday lifeof streets, schools, parks, towns, landmarks. Do the names mean anything beyond labeling where we live, the routes we drive or the places we re going? Whoor whatis it named for? An Alamo hero... This much enlarged third edition of a favorite handbook identifies the origins of nearly 1,000 familiar place names in the San Antonio region. Naming ...
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85,68 zł |