Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American Life, Hardcover

Reducere. From Central District Seattle to Harlem to Holly Springs, Black people have built a dynamic network of cities and towns where Black culture is main...

DescriptionThe story of men who are hurting--and hurting America by their absenceMan Out describes the millions of men on the sidelines of life in ...

Reducere. This moving novel of pioneer life in Arizona has become a classic. Based on the life of the author's mother, it overturns every stereotype of weste...

Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of its initial publication, this special edition of Jane Jacobs's masterpiece, The Death and Life o...

An anthology of true stories, edited by Paul Auster and chosen from 4, 000 entries sent in to his programme on National Public Radio, which come to...

Reducere. The growth of the modern world urban system is the greatest episode of urban growth there has ever been, but it is not the first. Three thousand ye...

Reducere. In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Einstein and Steve Jobs, shows how the most fasci...

Reducere. A revelatory biography of the first Black woman to stand for Vice President, charting how the daughter of two immigrants in segregated California b...

American author, journalist, and activist Jane Jacobs was born in 1916 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She moved to New York City in 1934, where she bec...

Reducere. Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography - Winner of the Society of American Historians Francis Parkman Prize - Winner of the W...

Reducere. Robert Kennedy, director of the National Park Service, analyzes the discovery of North America and the loss of ancient civilization, from the citie...

This book will teach you how to quickly reach ketosis without wasting your time. Most people take months to reach ketosis, but this book will give ...

Reducere. From sapphire, mammy, and jezebel, to the angry black woman, baby mama, and nappy-headed ho, black female iconography has had a long and tortured h...

Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass ignored his master's veto on black education and taught himself to read and write. Escaping to the Northern S...

Reducere. DescriptionBeginning with an examination of West African food traditions during the era of the transatlantic slave trade and ending with a discussi...

At the age of 19, scared and illiterate, James Pennington escaped from slavery in 1827 and soon became one of the leading voices against slavery pr...

Reducere. In Ordo Pluriversalis, Leonid Savin, provides some possible Non-Western alternatives in international relationships brought about by the rise of Ch...

An Eater Best Cookbook of Fall 2020 - This groundbreaking new cookbook from chef, bestselling author, and TV star Marcus Samuelsson celebrates cont...

Reducere. "Throughout his long career, Frederick Douglass cut an imposing figure, renowned as an impassioned abolitionist, a fiery writer and newspaper edito...

In The Ultimate Book of Chocolate trained pastry chef Melanie Dupuis will teach you how to make your chocolate dreams become a reality. Learn how t...

The story of ancient cities from the end of the Bronze Age to the beginning of the Middle Ages: a tale of war and politics, pestilence and famine, ...

Reducere. Complete African-American Classic Three Book Set, includes The Souls of Black Folk, Up From Slavery, and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas...

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 ...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Peter S. AlagonaIllustration(s): 10 ilustrations, scatteredNumber of pages: 296Publication date...

Reducere. Acute Misfortune is an unflinching portrait of talent and addiction.In 2008, the artist Adam Cullen invited journalist Erik Jensen to stay in his s...

Reducere. An inspirational look at the creation of Jan Gehl's urban design movement.

DescriptionWith over 60 per cent of the world's population living in cities, the networks beneath our feet - which keep the cities above moving - a...

Reducere. Most Americans familiar with General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing know him as the commander of American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during the ...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressIllustration(s): 12 black & white photographs, 25 music examples, 4 tablesNumber of pages: 288Collection: Mu...

Publisher: University of Illinois PressIllustration(s): 7 black & white photographs, 1 music exampleNumber of pages: 272Collection: Music in Americ...

Imagine a man fascinated with the history and cultures of the world, who spoke multiple languages, and who could express his passion in virtually a...

Reducere. Ava is an American Avocet, a breed of shorebird who leaves her home at the Laguna Madre and travels 1, 000 miles to stay for a season at the larges...

Reducere. The Ames Farm of Woolwich, Maine documents the life of a Maine dairy-farming family in the 1930s through '60s. The Ames family worked the same land...