Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West, Paperback

Reducere. An epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, Blood Meridian brilliantly subverts the conventions of the ...

Reducere. A True Book: Westward Expansion takes readers on an amazing journey to a fascinating time in U.S. history when the country was experiencing dynamic...

Over the last millennium, musical notation has become a powerful system of symbolic, non-verbal communication among musicians that permits the tran...

Is it possible to speak of western racism before the eighteenth century? In this book, leading historians argue that racism can be traced back to t...

Reducere. Never bring a gun to a sword fight.Years after the conclusion of a civil war, Tomas wanders the endless grasslands of the frontier, still searching...

Reducere. In the decades following the Civil War, scores of African Americans served in the U.S. Army in the West. The Plains Indians dubbed them buffalo sol...

DescriptionAcross the West, hard-right leaders are surging to power on platforms of ethno-economic nationalism, Christianity, and traditional famil...

Clad in the black robe of his priestly order and armed only with a crucifix, for more than a quarter of a century Father De Smet relentlessly tramp...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. The Braided Pony saloon is no stranger to gun fire and blood stains on the floor. But when a mysterious gunslinger turns up dead in Ruby's room, it...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

DescriptionIn this edited collection, Gioia Woods and her contributors bring together histories, biographies, close readings, and theories about th...

Reducere. In the fall of 1913, Laura and Earle Smith, a young Iowa couple, made the gutsy--some might say foolhardy--decision to homestead in Wyoming. There,...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Examines the relationship between sound and statuary in Western aesthetic thought in light of discourses on aurality emerging within the field of s...

Reducere. With a new Introduction by the author, this "erudite and brilliantly readable book" (The Observer, London) expertly dissects the political, economi...

Reducere. In 1927, Beatrice Cannady succeeded in removing racist language from the Oregon Constitution. During World War II, Rowena Moore fought for the righ...

Paperback of the standard biography of Gold Meir, the first elected female leader in the West.

A timely reconsideration of the life and times of one of the West's most prominent Muslim converts.Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LtdNumber of ...

The history of how the Luftwaffe planned to knock out Holland in a surgical, lightning campaign, but instead suffered wounds against the outnumbere...

The Closed Circle offers an unprecedented inside view into how one of the world's most influential Islamist groups operates. Lorenzo Vidino marshal...

This beautiful picture book follows the journey of a young gray wolf who garnered nationwide attention when he became the first wild wolf in Califo...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Heather HansmanIllustration(s): 1 halftoneNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

Fran Martin explores how young Chinese women negotiate competing pressures on their identity while studying abroad, between expectations of fulfill...

Reducere. Originally published in 1967, William H. Leckie's The Buffalo Soldiers was the first book of its kind to recognize the importance of African Americ...

How 12 Tibetan Buddhist Teachers Succeed in Merging East and West - including Pema Ch dr n, Joan Halifax, and Thubten Chodron, among others Persona...

DescriptionOf the many iconic towns of the old West, none has quite captured our imagination like Deadwood. From the legacy of Wild Bill Hickok and...

Reducere. With a reputation as the hot-air balloon capital of the world and the home of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta(R), the skies of the sou...

A chaotically violent and hauntingly beautiful novel from one of the greatest American novelists, Pulitzer Prize-winning Cormac McCarthy.Publisher:...

Reducere. Most water control projects in the American West depend on huge gravity dams, whose stability lies in massive quantities of concrete and earth or r...

Reducere. Raising good Muslim children in the West can be a challenge. Implement the Eastern Islamic teachings with more understanding of the psychological d...

Publisher: Ariadne PressAuthor(s): Friedrich TorbergNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2008Dimensions: 216 x 141 x 17Cover type: Paperback / sof...

DescriptionJefferson Davis is a historical figure who provokes strong passions among scholars. Through the years historians have placed him at both...

Reducere. In Contraception and Abortion from the Ancient World to the Renaissance, John Riddle showed, through extraordinary scholarly sleuthing, that women ...

An important addition to extant scholarship on the border U.S Southwest, Forging Arizona recovers a forgotten case that reminds readers that the bo...

Reducere. DescriptionDo not mistake this book as just another rehash of old news. What is presented within these pages is much shocking new information in th...

Reducere. A biography of Sacagawea, the Native American woman who served as an interpreter on the Lewis and Clark Expedition.