City of Dreams: A Novel of Nieuw Amsterdam and Early Manhattan, Paperback - Beverly Swerling

Reducere. In 1661, Lucas Turner, a barber surgeon, and his sister, Sally, an apothecary, stagger off a small wooden ship after eleven weeks at sea. Bound to ...

Set against the dramatic backdrop of America's during the War of 1812, Beverly Swerling's gripping and intricately plotted sequel to the much-loved...

City of God, the latest installment in Beverly Swerling's gripping saga of old New York, takes readers to Manhattan's clamorous streets as the nati...

Modern and ancient lives cross in this tale of romance and self discovery, dreams and mythology.

Reducere. "Sheer indulgence from start to finish."--Sophie Kinsella, #1 New York Times bestselling authorA delicious rom-com about finding yourself and break...

The United States finds itself locked in a diplomatic standoff with a British Empire who has only just buried Queen Victoria, her life artificially...

Time is running out for the people of the Labyrinth City. To protect their home and the people they cherish, Mariela, Siegmund, Leonhardt, and the ...

Reducere. In 2015, the beautiful jazz funeral in New Orleans for composer Allen Toussaint coincided with a debate over removing four Confederate monuments. M...

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. DescriptionA vivid history of the controversial building of Dodger Stadium and how it helped transform Los AngelesWhen Walter O'Malley moved his Br...

Reducere. ``Told brilliantly, even unforgettably ... An American story, one that belongs to all of us.`` -- Boston Globe ``A richly textured guide to the his...

Faced with the inevitable devastation and heat death of their planet, humankind must use their final breaths to fight for existence. Cixin Liu's 'S...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Felicity Hayes-McCoyNumber of pages: 384Collection: Finfarran PeninsulaPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 136 x 2...

Contributor(s): Author: MichelinREVISED NOV 2017Streetwise Manhattan Map is a laminated city center travel map of Manhattan, New York. The accordio...

Knowledge and the Early Modern City uses case studies from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries to examine the relationships between knowledge...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Felicity Hayes-McCoyNumber of pages: 384Collection: Finfarran PeninsulaPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 161 x 2...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen you live in a city built on shifting sands of myth, it can be hard to know which way is up.Kathryn Massey spends her days spreading...

DescriptionDreams are secret messages from your soul, as well as from the realm of spirit. They can be your greatest tool for profoundly understand...

This fascinating and highly original book presents a longitudinal systematic study of the earliest form of human dreaming in a child, from ages fou...

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Through fifteen essays that draw on a rich array of primary sources, this collection makes the novel claim that early modern European women, like m...

Reducere. Includes a bonus excerpt from Bob Greene's forthcoming Late Edition: A Love Story There is something absolutely magical about Bob Greene's voice.--...

Reducere. What does it mean to dream of running, playing an accordian, catching frogs, riding a stallion, eating honey, dying; or to see an eagle, apples, a ...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Rebecca SacksNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 135 x 204 x 27Cover type: PaperbackRedescoper...

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Reducere. Enjoy the beautiful curated photographs (in color) of New York in USAThe photos captures the quintessential stunning landmarks, scenery and archite...

Drawing on family and communal records, diaries, memoirs, literary works, and other sources, the author reconstructs the fascinating story of how P...

Traditional Javanese law of the pre- and early-colonial period does not draw upon the contents of recognized texts, but -- as preserved and often e...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Jed PerlIllustration(s): 328 ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUTNumber of pages: 656Publication date: 2007Dimensions...

Publisher: PicadorAuthor(s): Jeff VanderMeerNumber of pages: 704Collection: The Ambergris TrilogyPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 191 x 43Co...

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Reducere. Walking Manhattan by Ellen Levitt is written with many people in mind: the tourists who have never before visited Manhattan as well as those return...

Reducere. Casey Duncan is a homicide detective with a secret: when she was in college, she killed a man. She was never caught, but he was the grandson of a m...

Reducere. DescriptionNo indiscriminate killing. No collateral damage. No unvetted targets. These are the rules Hawes Madigan lives by. Rules that make being ...

Contributor(s): Author: Michael A. LernerIn 1919, the United States embarked on the country's boldest attempt at moral and social reform: Prohibiti...

This richly illustrated study is the first consider the manifold functions and meanings of Hals's distinctive handling of paint. Atkins explores th...

A.D. 66Mira Bat-Chet's peaceful existence is suddenly shattered when her family is killed, her home is destroyed, and she is forced into slavery in...