Cambodia's Curse: The Modern History of a Troubled Land, Paperback - Joel Brinkley

Contributor(s): Author: Joel BrinkleyA generation after the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia shows every sign of having overcome its history--the streets of P...

Now in its second edition, Transnational France takes a transnational approach to the history of modern France that draws the reader into a key asp...

Reducere. Few states in the modern world have had a less promising birth than Jordan. When in 1921 the Hashemite Emir Abdallah was recognized as the ruler of...

Reducere. From the recovery after the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s to the booming Celtic Tiger of the 1990s, a revival of the ancient traditions of Celti...

Reducere. Native Americans practice some of America's most spiritually profound, historically resilient, and ethically demanding religions. Joel Martin draws...

A comparative history of the practices, technologies, institutions, and people that created distinct literary traditions around the world, from anc...

Reducere. "This path-breaking book brilliantly explains the explosive growth of Florida from 2.7 million inhabitants in 1950 to 15.9 million in 2000. It focu...

Reducere. If humankind can be said to have a single greatest creation, it would be those places that represent the most eloquent expression of our species's ...

Tibet has long fascinated the West, but what really lies beyond our romantic image of a Buddhist mountain kingdom of peace and spirituality? Travel...

Reducere. Written from an Indian perspective, this text provides a history of the Lumbee Indians of southwestern North Carolina. Sections cover: the colonial...

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. Founded in 1834 by a small group of Quakers protesting human slavery in the South, Westfield and Washington Township served as an important home st...

Reducere. The 100-foot promontory known as Pointe du Hoc -- where six big German guns were ensconced -- was the number one target of the heavy U.S. and Briti...

Reducere. The Lie of 1652 debunks the 'empty-land' myth and claims of a 'Bantu invasion', while outlining 220 years of war and resistance. It recounts the hi...

"The American people sees itself advance across the wilderness, draining swamps, straightening rivers, peopling the solitude, and subduing nature, ...

Reducere. Taken mainly from Abraham Lincoln: The War Years. 60 halftones from photographs; 98 drawings, maps, and sketches.

Reducere. In America the El Camino Real was an important road that began in Mexico City, where the king's representative would be, and ended at the north end...

DescriptionIn this critically acclaimed book, Christian Marek masterfully provides the first comprehensive history of Asia Minor from prehistory to...

Reducere. "In many ways, Land combines bits and pieces of many of Winchester's previous books into a satisfying, globe-trotting whole. . . . Winchester is, o...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Simon WinchesterNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 135 x 202 x 31Cover type: PaperbackRedesco...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): John Durham PetersIllustration(s): 8 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2021Dime...

A history of food in Australia spanning 65, 000 years.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Paul van ReykIllustration(s): 110 illustrations, 80 in co...

Founded in 1834 by a small group of Quakers protesting human slavery in the South, Westfield and Washington Township served as an important home st...

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 novel, Widow of the Free State of Jones, is about the courage of one woman who managed to survive the ravages of the Civil War as well as the w...

Reducere. In his riveting new book, Future Tense, Tony Leon captures and analyses recent South African history, with a focus on the squandered and corrupted ...

Reducere. Reprint of the classic J.F.C. Fuller book on Generalship with a new introduction by Charles M. Province reflecting on the current problems with Gen...

An exploration of the world's most important medicinal plants, the compounds they produce and how they benefit the human body. With diagrams, photo...

Reducere. This investigative feat tells the shocking, heartbreaking story of uranium mining on the Navajo reservation and its terrible legacy of sickness and...

Reducere. In 1972, the United States was embroiled in an unpopular war in Vietnam, and the USS Kitty Hawk was headed to her station in the Gulf of Tonkin. It...

Reducere. "Douglas Brinkley has written a sweeping, blow-by-blow account of the struggle to preserve the last great remnants of American wilderness. An engag...

Publisher: Nabu PressAuthor(s): Joel Asaph AllenIllustration(s): Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 734Publication date: 2010Dimensions...

Reducere. Crossroads of the continent, Land of Lincoln, hub of commerce--or, as Charles Dickens viewed it, a landscape "oppressive in its barren monotony"--I...

Reducere. "In many ways, Land combines bits and pieces of many of Winchester's previous books into a satisfying, globe-trotting whole. . . . Winchester is, o...

Reducere. DescriptionIn anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, New York Times bestselling author and historian Douglas Brinkley deli...

This book offers the first critical engagement with the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa. Challenging conventional wisdom on t...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Scott EllsworthForeword by: John Hope FranklinWhen a crows began to gather outside the jail in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on the even...

Reducere. DescriptionGrowing up 'European' in 1930s and '40s South Africa, Joan leads a privileged life ... though marred by family tragedy. After she escape...

Reducere. Now in paperback, an award-winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President Joh...

Reducere. Turn back the yellowing pages of Minnesota's past and explore the best of the state's worst moments, as chronicled in the Minneapolis Tribune and i...

Reducere. The stunning sequel to Under A War-Torn Sky World War II may be ending, but the conflict still rages for nineteen-year-old bomber pilot Henry Fores...

Reducere. DescriptionEmbracing an argument-based model for teaching history, the Debating American History series encourages students to participate in a con...

Reducere. Tras impactar a tres millones de lectores con La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert, Jo l Dicker regresa con Marcus Goldman en su nueva novela. J e...

Reducere. "A must-read for anyone on their spiritual path."--James Van Praagh, author of Talking to Heaven In Secrets of the Light, Dannion Brinkley, author ...

From "pharma bros" to everday household budgets, just how did the pharmaceutical industry betray its own history--and how can it return to its trad...

Reducere. The Classic That Changed Our Perception of the AfterlifeIn 1975, Dannion Brinkley was struck and killed by lightning. When he awoke twenty-eight mi...

A charming travelogue exploring the little-understood world of British agriculture