Eleven Winters of Discontent. The Siberian Internment and the Making of a New Japan, Hardback - Sherzod Muminov

At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union captured 600, 000 Japanese prisoners of war and interned them in Siberian labor camps. Sherzod Muminov...

Publisher: UCL PressAuthor(s): Takaaki InuzukaIllustration(s): Illustrations, colorTranslator: Haruko LauriePublication date: 2021Dimensions: 163 x...

The United States is the world leader in incarcerating citizens. 707 people out of every 100, 000 are imprisoned. If those currently incarcerated i...

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Reducere. DescriptionA Japanese American woman's life in US internment camps and post-war JapanThe Block Manager is the gripping memoir of Janet, an American...

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How does an individual garden relate to the larger landscape? How does it connect to the natural and cultural environment? Does it evoke a sense of...

Reducere. Added commentary enhances the words and drawings of resilient children during World War II.About the Author: Michael O. Tunnell is a professor of c...

The illustrated history of a seminal New York neighborhood--a story of birth, decline, and renewal, of high design, of grit and glamour--a tale of ...

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Social conflict and the making of a globalized place at Rosia Montana - Filip Alexandrescu

In The Japanese Discovery of Chinese Fiction, William C. Hedberg investigates the reception of The Water Margin in a variety of early modern and mo...

More than five thousand American civilian men, women, and children living in the Philippines during World War II were confined to internment camps....

This book explores how the politics of memory and history affected representations of the internment of 120, 000 Japanese Americans during World Wa...

Reducere. Recent decades have drawn more attention to the United States' treatment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Few people realize, however, th...

Publisher: Holiday House IncAuthor(s): Andrea WarrenNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 208 x 233 x 18Cover type: Paperback / sof...

Reducere. This fascinating and groundbreaking work tells the remarkable story of the relationship between Americans and their trees across the entire span of...

Reducere. A "Philadelphia Inquirer "Best Book of the Year A biography of Pope Francis that describes how this revolutionary thinker will use the power of his...

DescriptionThis volume gathers an array of voices to tell the stories of Cleveland's twentieth century Jewish community. Strong and stable after an...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Michelle JonesIllustration(s): 61 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

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Known internationally as a symbol of elegance and luxury, Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria is one of the world's most famous hotels. David Freeland take...

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Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Mitch AlbomNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 108 x 168 x 18Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera ...

Reducere. In a classic indictment of American individualism and isolationism, Philip Slater analyzes the great ills of modern society-violence, competitivene...

Mitch Albom has done it again with this moving memoir of love and loss. You can't help but fall for Chika. A page-turner that will no doubt become ...

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A story of change in the Inca capital told through its artefacts, architecture, and historical documents

The New Avengers is often forgotten or patronisingly treated by fans of the original 1960s cult television show, The Avengers. This short study of ...

Reducere. "I have no desire whatever to reform myself. My only desire is to reform people who try to reform me. And I believe that the only way to reform peo...