City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles, Paperback - Jerald Podair

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. The City of Angels? No burg this side of the Pearly Gates could live up to such a moniker, and L.A. isn't even trying. You won't see many inhabitan...

An action-packed historical novel whose charismatic characters take the reader from the roaring twenties to the fiery nineties in America's favorit...

Reducere. DescriptionUntil the sixteenth century, people believed in magic as a way of explaining how the world worked. Indeed Queen Elizabeth I had a court ...

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A fiercely elegant and wide-ranging history of L.A.'s Dickensian extremes and Pynchonesque conspiraciesNo metropolis has been more loved or more ha...

Publisher: The History Press LtdPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 243 x 260 x 34Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe...

As the founder of financial futures and initiator of Globex, the world's first global electronic trading system, Leo Melamed revolutionized the fin...

For the first time, Anton Wagner's groundbreaking 1935 book that launched the study of Los Angeles as an urban metropolis is available in English.P...

Reducere. Sometimes our understanding of our universe is given a huge boost by one insightful thinker. Such a boost came in the first half of the twentieth c...

Reducere. Los Angeles incarcerates more people than any other city in the United States, which imprisons more people than any other nation on Earth. This boo...

DescriptionA breathtaking free fall into the long-buried (and fictional) history of a utopian era in American lighter-than-air travel, as told by i...

The wildly entertaining narrative of the outrageous 1981 Dodgers from the award-winning author of Dynastic, Fantastic, Bombastic and The Baseball C...

Reducere. A legendary capital of the arts, Paris hosted some of the most legendary developments in world culture -- particularly at the beginning of the twen...

What SEABISCUIT was to the early years of modern racing, this book is to the birth of modern golf - a classic, highly inspirational story about gen...

A majestic one-hundred-year study of segregation in Los AngelesCity of Segregation documents one hundred years of struggle against the enforced sep...

Reducere. In the most famous scandal of sports history, eight Chicago White Sox players--including Shoeless Joe Jackson--agreed to throw the 1919 World Serie...

DescriptionA gripping tale of exploration aboard H.M.S. Challenger, an expedition that laid the foundations for modern oceanography From late 1872 ...

Reducere. The 1828 presidential election, which pitted Major General Andrew Jackson against incumbent John Quincy Adams, has long been hailed as a watershed ...

Description"Put on your hiking shoes, pack your binoculars, and rediscover the City of Angels." --Westways Magazine Los Angeles may have a reputati...

DescriptionThe wildly entertaining narrative of the outrageous 1981 Dodgers from the award-winning author of Dynastic, Fantastic, Bombastic and The...

DescriptionA sweeping history of Los Angeles told through the lens of the many marginalized groups--from hobos to taggers--that have used the city'...

DescriptionFor over a century, Karl Marx's critique of capitalism has been a crucial resource for social movements. Now, recent economic crises hav...

Reducere. THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED is the story of Francis Ouimet and Harry Vardon, who in pursuit of their passion for a game that captivated them as c...

Reducere. Thirty-seven LA writers map the scattered and diverse literary landscape of contemporary Los Angeles. Stories, chronicles, and poems by both well-e...

Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Rich StapletonNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 152 x 216 x 23Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedes...

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Black and White is a definitive history of boxing's pioneering years. Brian Dobbs exposes the racism, brutality and trickery of this fascinating er...

Reducere. Los Angeles is well-known as a temperate paradise with expansive beaches and mountain vistas, a booming luxury housing market, and the home of glam...

Reyner Banham examined the built environment of Los Angeles in a way no architectural historian before him had done, looking with fresh eyes at its...

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From the beginnings of big-city police work to the rise of the Mafia, Rogues' Gallery is a colorful and captivating history of crime and punishment...

Reducere. 1. Testify 3: 30 2. Guerrilla Radio 3: 26 3. Calm Like A Bomb 4: 58 4. Mic Check 3: 33 5. Sleep Now In The Fire 3: 25 6. Born Of A Broken Man 4: 40...

DescriptionA rich mosaic of diary entries and letters from Marilyn Monroe, Cesar Chavez, Susan Sontag, Albert Einstein, and many more, this is the ...

Publisher: Penguin Putnam IncAuthor(s): John OllerIllustration(s): 1 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 528Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

Reducere. Spectacular Illumination: Neon Los Angeles, 1925-1965 is a spectacular collection of vintage photography that showcases the glowing neon heritage o...

Reducere. Enjoy the beautiful curated photographs (in color) of Los Angeles in California, USA The photos captures the quintessential stunning landmarks, sce...

The "Soul of" collection is a new approach to the art of travelling that consists of vagabonding around, chance encounters, and unforgettable exper...

Reducere. DescriptionColin Dayan has one of the most original minds in America and also one of the fiercest. Here for the first time she turns her rigorous i...

Reducere. Side A 1. Testify 2. Guerrilla Radio 3. Calm Like A Bomb 4. Mic Check 5. Sleep Now In The Fire 6. Born Of A Broken Man Side B 1. Born As Ghosts 2. ...

With 2018 marking 200 years since }Frankenstein{'s first publication, Levy provides an engrossing insight into the fascinating world of science in ...

Reducere. "Read this man's book." --James EllroyA harrowing, edge-of-your-seat narrative of murder and secrets, revenge and heroism in the City of Angels--th...