A Little History of the World, Paperback

The Eagles of Heart Mountain: A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America, Paperback - Bradford Pearson

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Reducere. "One of Ten Best History Books of 2021." --Smithsonian Magazine For fans of The Boys in the Boat and The Storm on Our Shores, this impeccably resea...

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The Blue Team in the History of Bridge: An Honors Book from Master Point Press, Paperback - Carl'alberto Perroux

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Contributor(s): Author: Carl'alberto PerrouxTranslator: Maurizio Di SaccoEditor: Mark HortonThe Man Behind the Legend How did Italy reach the summi...

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Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission, Paperback - Hampton Sides

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Reducere. "The greatest World War II story never told" (Esquire)--an enthralling account of the heroic mission to rescue the last survivors of the Bataan Dea...

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Delta Empire: Lee Wilson and the Transformation of Agriculture in the New South, Paperback - Jeannie Whayne

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jeannie WhayneIn Delta Empire: Lee Wilson and the Transformation of Agriculture in the New South Jeannie Whayne employs the...

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A Little Gay History of Wales, Paperback - Daryl Leeworthy

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This pioneering book traces Welsh LGBT life and politics from the Middle Ages to the present. Drawing on a rich array of archival sources from acro...

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Dvorak in Love: A Light-Hearted Dream, Paperback - Josef Skvorecky

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Here is a wonderfully imagined picture of a little known period in American musical history. In 1892, at the height of his prodigious powers, Anton...

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The Impossible: Rodney Mullen, Ryan Sheckler, and the Fantastic History of Skateboarding, Paperback - Cole Louison

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Reducere. Skateboarding: the background, technicality, culture, rebellion, marketing, conflict, and future of the global sport as seen through two of its mos...

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My Life and My Films, Paperback - Jean Renoir

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Reducere. Here is the autobiography of the little boy with golden curls in the paintings of his father, Pierre Auguste Renoir-the boy who became the director...

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Mindfulness: Where It Comes from and What It Means, Paperback - Sarah Shaw

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DescriptionA quick guide to the history of the world's most popular meditation practice. From the time of the Buddha to the age of meditation apps,...

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Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale, Paperback - Catherine Orenstein

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Reducere. In Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked Catherine Orenstein reveals for the first time the intricate sexual politics, moral ambiguities, and philosophi...

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The Oysters of Locmariaquer, Paperback - Eleanor Clark

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Reducere. Winner of the National Book Award" Clark's] fantastic blending of science and art, history and journalism, brings the appetite back for life and li...

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The Austro-Hungarian Forces in World War I (2): 1916-18, Paperback - Peter Jung

95,99 RON 102,99 RON

Reducere. The part played in the Great War by the armies of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy is little known to English-speakers, perhaps because 1918 saw ...

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Sleeper Agent. The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away, Paperback - Ann Hagedorn

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The little-known story of a spy on the atom-bomb project in World War II who had top security clearance -- American born, Soviet trained, he was ne...

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The World of Jennie G., Paperback - Elisabeth Ogilvie

114,99 RON 123,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionWhen Jennie Gilchrist fled from the Scottish Estate of Linnmore during the fiery violence of the infamous Highland Clearances, she plann...

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The Lost Heart of Asia, Paperback - Colin Thubron

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Reducere. A land of enormous proportions, countless secrets, and incredible history, Central Asia was the heart of the great Mongol empire of Tamerlane and s...

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Harlem's Hell Fighters: The African-American 369th Infantry in World War I, Paperback - Stephen L. Harris

118,99 RON 127,99 RON

Reducere. When the United States entered World War I in 1917, thousands of African-American men volunteered to fight for a country that granted them only lim...

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Journey to the East: The Jesuit Mission to China, 1579-1724, Paperback - Liam Matthew Brockey

223,99 RON 239,99 RON

Reducere. It was one of the great encounters of world history: highly educated European priests confronting Chinese culture for the first time in the modern ...

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Struggle for the Middle Sea: The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean Theater, 1940-1945, Paperback - Vincent P. O'Hara

148,99 RON 159,99 RON

Reducere. The Mediterranean is the maritime crossroads where Europe, Asia, and Africa meet. More major naval actions were fought there than in the Atlantic o...

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The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution, Paperback - Charles Morris

117,99 RON 126,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Charles MorrisIn the first few decades of the nineteenth century, America went from being a largely rural economy, with lit...

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The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation, Paperback - Colin G. Calloway

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DescriptionGeorge Washington's place in the foundations of the Republic remains unrivalled. His life story--from his beginnings as a surveyor and f...

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Half Past Noon in Cuba, Paperback - Maximiliano Febles

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DescriptionTwo large, wooden doors led to the open courtyard surrounded by concrete walls twelve feet high. It resembled a fort from Cuba's glory d...

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Backroads & Byways of Oregon: Drives, Day Trips & Weekend Excursions, Paperback - Crystal Wood

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Reducere. Offering up 11 distinctive road trips and weekend getaways--from the awe-inspiring Oregon Coast to the geological wonders of Mt. Hood--this one-of-...

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The Morris Canal: Across New Jersey by Water and Rail, Paperback - Robert R. Goller

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Reducere. The Morris Canal was not the longest canal in the world, but it did have one superlative to its credit�it climbed higher than any other canal ever ...

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Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Mark Chapman

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What is Anglicanism? How is it different from other forms of Christianity, and how did it come to have so many different versions throughout the wo...

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Galileo, Paperback - John L. Heilbron

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DescriptionIn 1610, Galileo published the Siderius nuncius, or Starry Messenger, a "hurried little masterpiece" in John Heilbron's words. Presentin...

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Earthbag Architecture: Building Your Dream with Bags, Paperback - Kelly Hart

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Kelly HartForeword by: Dr Owen GeigerDiscover how you can build an amazing variety of structures using little more than the...

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Newsies vs. the World: How a War, a Newspaper Rivalry, and a Trolley Strike Sparked the Child Labor Riot That Ended Up on Broadway, Paperback - Bob Mc

185,99 RON 199,99 RON

Reducere. From Strike to ShowThe newsies' strike of 1899 was the last successful child labor riot of the 19th century, but by the time the history books were...

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The Ganson Street Tigers Go to War: A Western New York Community's Commitment to Winning World War II, Paperback - Fr T. Adcock and Cynthia Nassiff Ad

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Reducere. During the dark days of World War II, forty-one individuals from Ganson Street in the industrialized Western New York city of North Tonawanda left ...

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Llama Llama Secret Santa Surprise, Paperback - Anna Dewdney

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DescriptionLlama Llama and his friends play Secret Santa at school in this sweet 8x8 based on an episode from the Netflix animated television serie...

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Of Maps and Men: The Mysterious Discovery of Antarctica, Paperback - John G. Weihaupt Phd

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This story begins with Dr. Weihaupt's explorations in the deep unexplored interior of Antarctica and the questions they inspired. Today we have a g...

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The Great Book of American Trivia: Fun Random Facts & American History, Paperback - Bill O'Neill

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Bill O'NeillSlept through high school history? Need a more entertaining refresher than a dusty textbook? Want to learn more...

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Waiting Town: Life in Transit and Mumbai's Other World-Class Histories, Paperback - Lisa Björkman

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Drawing on a decade of ethnographic research in the Indian city of Mumbai, Waiting Town is an unconventional little book - experimental in form - a...

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Russian Salad and Other Stories, Paperback - Vinogradov Dmitriy

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The Soviet Union is collapsing. Secret archives open. A young American historian flies to Moscow. Here he meets a girl. They find unknown documents...

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Flight, Paperback - Neil Graham Hansen

107,99 RON 115,99 RON

Reducere. Description In 1964, I embarked on a journey that was to be my life's adventure. I hired on as a pilot for Air America and its clandestine operatio...

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Grey Griffins: The Paragon Prison, Paperback - Derek Benz

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"A new world means a world of trouble..." The Paragon Engine, a machine that can unlock portals to any dimension throughout the universe, is the mo...

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Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop--A History, Paperback - Frank Driggs

111,99 RON 119,99 RON

Reducere. There were four major galaxies in the early jazz universe, and three of them--New Orleans, Chicago, and New York--have been well documented in prin...

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The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories, Paperback - Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria

117,99 RON 126,99 RON

Reducere. When Latin American writers burst onto the world literary scene in the now famous "Boom" of the sixties, it seemed as if an entire literature had i...

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The War I Finally Won, Paperback - Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

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Reducere. Description"A New York Times bestseller Like the classic heroines of Sarah, Plain and Tall, Little Women, and Anne of Green Gables, Ada is a fighte...

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Nazi Sex Spies: True Stories of Seduction, Subterfuge and State Secrets, Paperback - Al Cimino

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Reducere. All is fair in love and war. At least the Nazis thought so. They deployed sex like any other weapon in the service of the Third Reich. Al Camino ex...

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Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees from Before the Babe to After the Boss, Paperback - Marty Appel

151,99 RON 162,99 RON

Reducere. An exciting history of the world's greatest baseball team from a former Yankees Public Relations Officer."A riveting and comprehensive history of t...

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Nassau County Police Department, Paperback - Jerry Aylward

113,99 RON 121,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionThe Nassau County Police Department was created in 1925 out of an urgent need for a professional law enforcement agency to provide swift...

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Gladesmen: Gator Hunters, Moonshiners, and Skiffers, Paperback - Glen Simmons

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Reducere. An homage to the rugged swamp rats who were largely overlooked or scorned by the region s historians, naturalists, and adventurers. Miami Herald Do...

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Freedom Soup, Paperback - Tami Charles

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Reducere. Join the celebration in the kitchen as a family makes their traditional New Year's soup -- and shares the story of how Haitian independence came to...

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Die a Little, Paperback - Megan Abbott

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Megan AbbottBy the author of Dare Me and The End of Everything Femmes fatales. Obsessive love. Double crosses. How does a r...

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Altai-Himalaya: A Travel Diary, Paperback - Nicholas Roerich

105,99 RON 113,99 RON

Reducere. An inspiring record of the Roerich Central Asiatic Expedition(1924-1928) to India, Sikkim, Little Tibet, Chinese Turkestan, Mongoliaand Tibet. Nich...

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To the Sound of the Guns: 1st Battalion, 27th Marines from Hawaii to Vietnam 1966-1968, Paperback - Grady Thane Birdsong

139,99 RON 149,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionTo The Sound Of The Guns: 1st Battalion, 27th Marines from Hawaii to Vietnam 1966-1968 (Paperback - Perfect Bound Blk/Wht Edition) Vietn...

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Leave the Lamp On..., Paperback - Sue McCullough

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Reducere. Leave the Lamp On...By: Sue McCulloughStarting in East Texas, Leave the Lamp On... is built on hand-me-down family tales and childhood memories. Th...

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Did You Know This About World War II?: The Most Interesting Trivia Book About The Second World War, Paperback - Bill O'Neill

85,99 RON 92,99 RON

Reducere. Would you like to learn more about World War II? How much do you really know about World War II? There's so much more to learn about World War II b...

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The House of Power, Paperback - Patrick Carman

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Reducere. Edgar, a gifted climber, secretly scales the treacherous walls separating the three worlds of Atherton: the humble grove that is his home...a myste...

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Amagansett, Paperback - Mark Mills

105,99 RON 113,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionIn the small town of Amagansett, perched on Long Island's windswept coast, generations have followed the same calling as their forefathe...

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Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History, Paperback - Stephen Jay Gould

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Reducere. Among scientists who write, no one illuminates as well as Stephen Jay Gould doesthe wonderful workings of the natural world. Now in a new volume of...

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Search for the Navajo Code Talkers, Paperback - Sally McClain

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Reducere. It started with a newspaper article and a knock on the door. Sally McClain recounts how her path became unexpectedly entwined with that of the Code...

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The Story of Cole Younger: An Autobiography of the Missouri Guerrilla Captain and Outlaw: Civil War Memories Series, Paperback - Thomas Coleman Younge

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Madison & Adams Press presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially...

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Fifteen American Wars: Twelve of Them Avoidable, Paperback - Eugene G. Windchy

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Eugene G. Windchy, author of Tonkin Gulf, investigates how fifteen wars began and how they might have been avoided. Among his surprising conclusion...

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Sons of the Waves: The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail, Paperback - Stephen Taylor

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A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail, and his role in Britain's trade, exploration, and warfare "No other boo...

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A Shout in the Ruins, Paperback - Kevin Powers

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Reducere. Set in Virginia during the Civil War and a century beyond, this novel by the award-winning author of The Yellow Birds explores the brutal legacy of...

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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, Paperback - Samuel Johnson

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Historically recognized as the man who wrote the dictionary, Dr. Johnson amplified his literary fame with the 1759 publication of "The History of R...

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Van Diemen's Land, Paperback - James Boyce

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: James BoyceAlmost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen's Land. There they found a land of bounty a...

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Brotherhood of Heroes: The Marines at Peleliu, 1944--The Bloodiest Battle of the Pacific War, Paperback - Bill Sloan

110,99 RON 118,99 RON

Reducere. This Band of Brothers for the Pacific is the gut-wrenching and ultimately triumphant story of the Marines' most ferocious--yet largely forgotten--b...

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The Alternative, Paperback - Oswald Mosley

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Reducere. DescriptionThe publication of The Alternative not only marked the inauguration of Union Movement, Oswald Mosley's post-War political party, but the...

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Pissing Figures 1280-2014, Paperback - Jean-Claude Lebensztejn

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``Not just anyone makes a good pisser.``--Jean-Claude LebensztejnJean-Claude Lebensztejn's history of the urinating figure in art, Pissing Figures ...

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Under an English Heaven: The Remarkable True Story of the 1969 British Invasion of Anguilla, Paperback - Donald E. Westlake

141,99 RON 151,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionIn early 1969, word reached London that the little Caribbean island of Anguilla had become a hotbed of rebellion and a haven for gangste...

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Khomeini's The Little Green Book, Paperback - Ayatollah Khomeini

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The Little Green Book is a collection of fatawah handed down by the most prominent and arguably one of the most influential Muslim clerics in moder...

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Where God Was Born: A Daring Adventure Through the Bible's Greatest Stories, Paperback - Bruce Feiler

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Reducere. At a time when America debates its values and the world braces for religious war, Bruce Feiler, author of the New York Times bestsellers Walking th...

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Those Who Dare, Paperback - Phil Ward

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Reducere. The first in a series of meticulously researched World War II novels about hit-and-run raids against Hitler's war machine by British forces - under...

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Little Quakes Every Day, Paperback - Caroline Hardaker

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In Caroline Hardaker's first full-length collection of poetry, readers will find tales of human evolution and natural laws, of technology, of the w...

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The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist with a New Preface, Paperback - Marcus Rediker

107,99 RON 115,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionThe little-known story of an eighteenth-century Quaker dwarf who fiercely attacked slavery and imagined a new, more humane way of life I...

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Breakthrough: Elizabeth Hughes, the Discovery of Insulin, and the Making of a Medical Miracle, Paperback - Thea Cooper

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Reducere. It is 1919 and Elizabeth Hughes, the eleven-year-old daughter of America's most-distinguished jurist and politician, Charles Evans Hughes, has been...

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Modern Wicca: A History from Gerald Gardner to the Present, Paperback - Michael Howard

123,99 RON

An insider's look at the history of Witchcraft The evolution of Wicca is as dynamic and colorful as the Witches who helped shape it. One of the mos...

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Window Seat on the World: My Travels with the Secretary of State, Paperback - Glen Johnson

164,99 RON 176,99 RON

Reducere. Unless they've lost a passport abroad, most Americans have little appreciation for the reach and scope of the US Department of State or the perils ...

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