Chesterfield County Chronicles: Stories from the James to the Appomattox, Hardcover - Diane C. Dallmeyer

DescriptionWith four hundred years of history, the land between the James and the Appomattox Rivers is one of the most storied tracts in Virginia. ...

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Renowned for his prominent role in the Apache and Sioux wars, General George Crook (1828-90) was considered by William Tecumseh Sherman to be his g...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Estella B. LeopoldAuthor: A. Carl LeopoldIn 1934, conservationist Aldo Leopold and his wife Estella bought a barn - the rem...

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Abolitionists, rebels and innovators have all tracked across the pages of Washington County history. Their stories and more were chronicled by belo...

DescriptionIn her sweeping debut, Diane C. McPhail offers a powerful, profoundly emotional novel that explores a little-known aspect of Civil War h...

Reducere. When Elizabeth Chad opened her door one foggy September day in 1777 to see the Continental army surrounding her property, little did she know that ...

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An informative and compelling book for ages 12 to 15 about both the science and human sides of natural disasters, full of hands-on investigative ac...

Reducere. Did you know West Virginia was the first state to seat an African American woman in its state legislature? Which presidential candidate was billed ...

Finally, a book that is the perfect guide for any woman who wants to take care of her man. It doesn't matter if she's married or single, every woma...

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Reducere. Another collection of true crime stories from the pages of the Anderson Valley Advertiser, Mendocino County's newspaper of record.

Modern-day Arlington County is a center for government institutions and a critical part of the Washington, D.C. community. But the identity of the ...

Reducere. The Cheese Chronicles is an insider's look at the burgeoning world of American cheese from one lucky person who has seen more wedges and wheels, vi...

Reducere. Has there ever been a history of the world as readable as this?In The Human Story, James C. Davis takes us on a journey to ancient times, telling h...

An inspirational, motivational book that chronicles Michael MacDonald's transformation from a scholarship player at Rutgers' high-level Division I ...

Reducere. In this Masterpiece Adventure, the second in a chapter book series for younger readers from Elise Broach, bestselling author of Masterpiece, Marvin...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Reducere. DescriptionFor generations, African Americans have enriched South Carolina's history, and the black families of Chesterfield County are no differen...

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Reducere. What do Jack the Ripper, Jesse James, The Texas Servant Girl Annihilator, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Jack the Kisser have in common?Th...

Reducere. What do Wyatt Earp, Belle Gunness, Big Foot the Renegade, Billy the Kid, and Dr. H.H. Holmes, and The Black Hand have in common?They were all subje...

Reducere. The Goodman Theatre, Chicago, has a long history of showcasing new playwrights, and for developing programs that welcome the artistry of youth. The...

Reducere. The seductive, heart-stopping third book of the Heir Comes to Rise series from C.C. Peñaranda. AS DARKNESS DESCENDS, TWO DESTINIES WILL MERGE. BUT ...

Reducere. The first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature gives us a tour de force, his first novel in nearly half a century: a savagely satiric, gle...

Reducere. As secretary of state, James A. Baker III played a critical role on the world stage in the final years of the Cold War as the Soviet Union unravele...

DescriptionNow in paperback, a collection of the legendary filmmaker's short fiction and nonfiction from 1950 to 1966, in which we see the machinat...

Reducere. Native Perry Countians are a proud bunch, who had the privilege of growing up in a peaceful rural county in central Pennsylvania. Today, we still s...

Reducere. The hardcover box set of C. S. Lewis's classic fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia, with cover art by three-time Caldecott Medal-winning illust...

Reducere. The legendary love story, the bestselling hardcover novel of all time, and the major motion picture starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep. This ...

DescriptionWashington Roebling is well known as the man who supervised construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. His path to overseeing that monumental ...

"Always perfectly magical." --Neil Gaiman A timeless classic with brand-new cover art! Diana Wynne Jones's bestselling, magical, and funny Chrestom...

"Always perfectly magical." --Neil Gaiman A timeless classic with brand-new cover art! Diana Wynne Jones's bestselling, magical, and funny Chrestom...

"Always perfectly magical." --Neil Gaiman A timeless classic with brand-new cover art! Diana Wynne Jones's bestselling, magical, and funny Chrestom...

Reducere. After more than a decade in the United States, the Caribbean writer C. L. R. James ran afoul of McCarthyism in 1953 and was deported. In exile in L...