wyszukanych pozycji: 64
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John Tyler
ISBN: 9780805082388 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The first "accidental president," whose secret maneuverings brought Texas into the Union and set secession in motion When William Henry Harrison died in April 1841, just one month after his inauguration, Vice President John Tyler assumed the presidency. It was a controversial move by this Southern gentleman, who had been placed on the fractious Whig ticket with the hero of Tippecanoe in order to sweep Andrew Jackson's Democrats, and their imperial tendencies, out of the White House. Soon Tyler was beset by the Whigs' competing factions. He vetoed the charter for a new... The first "accidental president," whose secret maneuverings brought Texas into the Union and set secession in motion When William Henr... |
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149,57 zł |
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Ariel Sharon
ISBN: 9780791092637 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 111 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Ariel Sharon overcame his opposition to become Israel's prime minister in 2001.
Ariel Sharon overcame his opposition to become Israel's prime minister in 2001.
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145,73 zł |
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James Buchanan: The American Presidents Series: The 15th President, 1857-1861
ISBN: 9780805069464 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A provocative reconsideration of a presidency on the brink of Civil War Almost no president was as well trained and well prepared for the office as James Buchanan. He had served in the Pennsylvania state legislature, the U.S. House, and the U.S. Senate; he was Secretary of State and was even offered a seat on the Supreme Court. And yet, by every measure except his own, James Buchanan was a miserable failure as president, leaving office in disgrace. Virtually all of his intentions were thwarted by his own inability to compromise: he had been unable to resolve issues of slavery,... A provocative reconsideration of a presidency on the brink of Civil War Almost no president was as well trained and well prepared for ... |
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128,21 zł |
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Rutherford B. Hayes: The American Presidents Series: The 19th President, 1877-1881
ISBN: 9780805069082 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A leader of the Reconstruction era, whose contested election eerily parallels the election debacle of 2000 The disputed election of 1876 between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden, in which Congress set up a special electoral commission, handing the disputed electoral votes to Hayes, brings recent events into sharp focus. Historian Hans L. Trefousse explores Hayes's new relevance and reconsiders what many have seen as the pitfalls of his presidency. While Hayes did officially terminate the Reconstruction, Trefousse points out that this process was already well under... A leader of the Reconstruction era, whose contested election eerily parallels the election debacle of 2000 The disputed election of 1... |
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149,57 zł |
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John Adams: The American Presidents Series: The 2nd President, 1797-1801
ISBN: 9780805069372 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A revealing look at the true beginning of American politics Until recently rescued by David McCullough, John Adams has always been overshadowed by Washington and Jefferson. Volatile, impulsive, irritable, and self-pitying, Adams seemed temperamentally unsuited for the presidency. Yet in many ways he was the perfect successor to Washington in terms of ability, experience, and popularity. Possessed of a far-ranging intelligence, Adams took office amid the birth of the government and multiple crises. As well as maintaining neutrality and regaining peace, his administration... A revealing look at the true beginning of American politics Until recently rescued by David McCullough, John Adams has always been ove... |
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145,30 zł |
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George W. Bush: The American Presidents Series: The 43rd President, 2001-2009
ISBN: 9780805093971 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The controversial president whose time in office was defined by the September 11 attacks and the war on terror In... The controversial president whose time in office was defined by the September 11 attacks and the war on terror |
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149,57 zł |
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Lyndon B. Johnson
ISBN: 9780805082395 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The towering figure who sought to transform America into a "Great Society" but whose ambitions and presidency collapsed in the tragedy of the Vietnam War Few figures in American history are as compelling and complex as Lyndon Baines Johnson, who established himself as the master of the U.S. Senate in the 1950s and succeeded John F. Kennedy in the White House after Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963. Charles Peters, a keen observer of Washington politics for more than five decades, tells the story of Johnson's presidency as the tale of an immensely talented... The towering figure who sought to transform America into a "Great Society" but whose ambitions and presidency collapsed in the tragedy of the Vi... |
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115,38 zł |
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History of American Presidential Elections, 1789-2008, Fourth Edition, 3-Volume Set
ISBN: 9780816082209 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 3 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. History of American Presidential Elections: 1789-2008, Fourth Edition is an authoritative, completely up-to-date reference set featuring articles on every presidential election in American history, concluding with the groundbreaking election of 2008. All of the articles are written by distinguished historians and provide a solid history of the campaigns, conventions, and candidates. Edited by noted presidential historians, this comprehensive three-volume set includes complete voting returns by state, electoral maps, and additional statistical data covering all 56 presidential elections in...
History of American Presidential Elections: 1789-2008, Fourth Edition is an authoritative, completely up-to-date reference set featuring articles on e...
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1205,87 zł |
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Harry S. Truman: The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953
ISBN: 9780805069389 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century In April 1945, after the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the presidency fell to a former haberdasher and clubhouse politician from Independence, Missouri. Many believed he would be overmatched by the job, but Harry S. Truman would surprise them all. Few chief executives have had so lasting an impact. Truman ushered America into the nuclear age, established the alliances and principles that would define the cold war and the... The plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century... |
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132,48 zł |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
ISBN: 9780805069594 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A masterly work by the New York Times bestselling author of Churchill and Gladstone A protean figure and a man of massive achievement, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the only man to be elected to the presidency more than twice. In a ranking of chief executives, no more than three of his predecessors could truly be placed in contention with his standing, and of his successors, there are so far none. In acute, stylish prose, Roy Jenkins tackles all of the nuances and intricacies of FDR's character. He was a skilled politician with astounding... A masterly work by the New York Times bestselling author of Churchill and Gladstone A protean figure and a man of... |
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149,57 zł |
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Franklin Pierce: The American Presidents Series: The 14th President, 1853-1857
ISBN: 9780805087192 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The genial but troubled New Englander whose single-minded partisan loyalties inflamed the nation's simmering battle over slavery Charming and handsome, Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire was drafted to break the deadlock of the 1852 Democratic convention. Though he seized the White House in a landslide against the imploding Whig Party, he proved a dismal failure in office. Michael F. Holt, a leading historian of nineteenth-century partisan politics, argues that in the wake of the Whig collapse, Pierce was consumed by an obsessive drive to unify his splintering party... The genial but troubled New Englander whose single-minded partisan loyalties inflamed the nation's simmering battle over slavery Char... |
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145,30 zł |
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Herbert Hoover
ISBN: 9780805069587 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Republican efficiency expert whose economic boosterism met its match in the Great Depression Catapulted into national politics by his heroic campaigns to feed Europe during and after World War I, Herbert Hoover--an engineer by training--exemplified the economic optimism of the 1920s. As president, however, Hoover was sorely tested by America's first crisis of the twentieth century: the Great Depression. Renowned New Deal historian William E. Leuchtenburg demonstrates how Hoover was blinkered by his distrust of government and his belief that volunteerism would solve... The Republican efficiency expert whose economic boosterism met its match in the Great Depression Catapulted into national politics by ... |
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153,80 zł |
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Grover Cleveland: The American Presidents Series: The 22nd and 24th President, 1885-1889 and 1893-1897
ISBN: 9780805069235 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A fresh look at the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms. Though often overlooked, Grover Cleveland was a significant figure in American presidential history. Having run for President three times and gaining the popular vote majority each time -- despite losing the electoral college in 1892 -- Cleveland was unique in the line of nineteenth-century Chief Executives. In this book, presidential historian Henry F. Graff revives Cleveland's fame, explaining how he fought to restore stature to the office in the wake of several weak administrations. Within these pages... A fresh look at the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms. Though often overlooked, Grover Cleveland was a significant figure i... |
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145,30 zł |
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George Washington: The 1st President, 1789-1797
ISBN: 9780805069365 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A premier leadership scholar and an eighteenth-century expert define the special contributions and qualifications of our first president Revolutionary hero, founding president, and first citizen of the young republic, George Washington was the most illustrious public man of his time, a man whose image today is the result of the careful grooming of his public persona to include the themes of character, self-sacrifice, and destiny. As Washington sought to interpret the Constitution's assignment of powers to the executive branch and to establish precedent for future... A premier leadership scholar and an eighteenth-century expert define the special contributions and qualifications of our first president ... |
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149,57 zł |
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Genghis Khan
ISBN: 9780791072226 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A biography of Genghis Khan, the Mongolian leader who, by conquest, created an empire that stretched from Mongolia through the Middle East.
A biography of Genghis Khan, the Mongolian leader who, by conquest, created an empire that stretched from Mongolia through the Middle East.
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161,95 zł |
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Warren G. Harding: The American Presidents Series: The 29th President, 1921-1923
ISBN: 9780805069563 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. President Nixon's former counsel illuminates another presidency marked by scandal Warren G. Harding may be best known as America's worst president. Scandals plagued him: the Teapot Dome affair, corruption in the Veterans Bureau and the Justice Department, and the posthumous revelation of an extramarital affair. Raised in Marion, Ohio, Harding took hold of the small town's newspaper and turned it into a success. Showing a talent for local politics, he rose quickly to the U.S. Senate. His presidential campaign slogan, "America's present need is not heroics but healing,... President Nixon's former counsel illuminates another presidency marked by scandal Warren G. Harding may be best known as America's wor... |
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132,48 zł |
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Pioneer Women
ISBN: 9780671447489 / Angielski / Miękka / 1982 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From a rediscovered collection of autobiographical accounts written by hundreds of Kansas pioneer women in the early twentieth century, Joanna Stratton has created a collection hailed by Newsweek as "uncommonly interesting" and "a remarkable distillation of primary sources." Never before has there been such a detailed record of women's courage, such a living portrait of the women who civilized the American frontier. Here are their stories: wilderness mothers, schoolmarms, Indian squaws, immigrants, homesteaders, and circuit riders. Their personal recollections of prairie fires,...
From a rediscovered collection of autobiographical accounts written by hundreds of Kansas pioneer women in the early twentieth century, Joanna Stratto...
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81,15 zł |
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The Collected Works of Paddy Chayefsky: The Stage Plays
ISBN: 9781557831927 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A collection of the stage plays of Paddy Chayefsky which is part of a four-volume set of his work. The stage plays contained in this volume are Middle of the Night, The Tenth Man, Gideon, The Passion of Joseph D. and The Latent Hetrosexual.
A collection of the stage plays of Paddy Chayefsky which is part of a four-volume set of his work. The stage plays contained in this volume are Middle...
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72,61 zł |
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New Viewpoints in American History
ISBN: 9780837193144 / Angielski / Twarda / 1977 / 299 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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395,19 zł |
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Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis
ISBN: 9780393318340 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. During the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In this unique account, he describes each of the participants during the sometimes hour-to-hour negotiations, with particular attention to the actions and views of his brother, President John F. Kennedy. In a new foreword, the distinguished historian and Kennedy adviser Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., discusses the book's enduring importance and the significance... During the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people s... |
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68,17 zł |