Empire of Mud: The Secret History of Washington, DC, Paperback

Reducere. Today, there are more than twenty complete zodiacs in Washington, D.C., each one pointing to an extraordinary mystery. David Ovason, who has studie...

Reducere. The story of the Sackler Dynasty, Purdue Pharma, and their involvement in the opioid crisis that has created millions of addicts, even as it genera...

Reducere. A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose...

The story of the Sackler dynasty, their company Purdue Pharma, its bestselling drug OxyContin, their immensely generous philanthropy and their invo...

Reducere. The author presents a behind the scenes look at the secretive international policies of the British government and how their successes allowed them...

Reducere. The author presents a behind the scenes look at the secretive international policies of the British government and how their successes allowed them...

Reducere. In the town of lawmaking, three brothers thrived in lawbreakingBefore Prohibition, Leo, Emmitt, and Charles "Rags" Warring worked as laborers in th...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Melanie Choukas-BradleyPhotographer: Susan Austin Roth2015 IPPY Silver Medalist, Best Mid-Atlantic NonfictionTwice the size...

Reducere. DescriptionMany of the unsung heroes of the Underground Railroad lived and worked in Washington, D.C. Men and women, black and white, operatives an...

Reducere. Washington, D.C.'s Rock Creek Park stands as a wild and wonderful natural gem among a burgeoning metropolis. But while local residents flock to its...

Reducere. The discipline of black history has its roots firmly planted at 1538 Ninth Street, Northwest, in Washington, D.C. The Victorian row house in Black ...

Reducere. DescriptionMany of the unsung heroes of the Underground Railroad lived and worked in Washington, D.C. Men and women, black and white, operatives an...

DescriptionFrom Mount Vernon to Georgetown, The White House to the monuments, Historic Photos of Washington D.C. is a photographic history collecte...

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. An extraordinary story of romance, history, and divided loyalties -- set against the backdrop of one of the most dramatic events of the twentieth c...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: J. Samuel Walker"Left behind were hundreds of burned-out buildings, whole blocks that looked as though they had been bombed...

Here's a book that's seriously streetwise. Colourful themed trails, from history and culture to food and nature, reveal amazing facts and intriguin...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Diana Hollingsworth GesslerA travel guide with character, this fact-filled keepsake offers all the history, beauty, charm, ...

Reducere. The success of books such as Elaine Pagels's Gnostic Gospels and Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code proves beyond a doubt that there is a tremendous thirst ...

Reducere. DescriptionWhile today, foodies flock to the flavors of Logan Circle and the H Street corridor, Washington's first true restaurants opened around 1...

When young Samuel Clemens first visited the nation's capital in 1854, both were rough around the edges and of dubious potential. Returning as Mark ...

About DK Eyewitness Family Guide Washington, DCPerfect for planning and enjoying a stress-free family holiday, this easy-to-use guide book is packe...

Reducere. The capital city of a nation founded on the premise of liberty, nineteenth-century Washington, D.C., was both an entrepot of urban slavery and the ...

Reducere. Washington has a rural history of agrarian landscapes and country estates. John Adlum, the Father of American Viticulture, experimented with Americ...

A brilliantly compelling and insightful re-creation of one of the key moments of twentieth-century history: the partition and independence of India...

Discover Virginia with Moon Travel GuidesJourney through history with Moon Virginia, from bustling cities and small towns to colorful coastlines an...

Reducere. Washington, D.C.'s Rock Creek Park stands as a wild and wonderful natural gem among a burgeoning metropolis. But while local residents flock to its...

Reducere. In a narrative-redefining approach, Engaging the Evil Empire dramatically alters how we look at the beginning of the end of the Cold War. Tracking ...

Reducere. Classical design formed our nation's capital. The soaring Washington Monument, the columns of the Lincoln Memorial and the spectacular dome of the ...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet's Washington DC is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on...

Reducere. DescriptionWashington seems the eternal and unchanging Federal City with its grand avenues and stately monuments. Yet the city that locals once kne...

Reducere. Japanese colonial rule in Korea (1905-1945) ushered in natural resource management programs that profoundly altered access to and ownership of the ...

Reducere. On the success of his two bestselling books about World War II, James Bradley began to wonder what the real catalyst was for the Pacific War. What ...

Ninjutsu is the most renowned and misunderstood of all martial arts. The long history of ninjutstu is often murky; surrounded by mystery and legend...

Reducere. In this groundbreaking and now famous work, Mark Booth embarks on an enthralling tour of our world's secret histories. Starting from a dangerous pr...

Reducere. "Jessi Kirby's books just keep getting better and better, and The Secret History of Us is her best yet. It beautifully touches on all the most impo...

Reducere. In the 1940s and '50s, comic books were some of the most popular--and most unfiltered--entertainment in the United States. Publishers sold hundreds...

St. Elizabeths has been a mental health hospital in Washington, D.C., since 1852, when it was established by the United States Congress as the Gove...

Reducere. A history that is equal parts science and mythology, Sacred Sites offers a rare and poetic vision of a world composed of dynamic natural forces and...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Linda AlchinMany nursery rhymes are believed to be associated with actual events in history, and include references to murd...

Reducere. In Bootleg: The Secret History of the Other Recording Industry, Clinton Heylin examines the entire modern history of this underground culture: from...

Reducere. Type is the bridge between writer and reader, between thought and understanding. Type is the message bearer: an art-form that impinges upon every l...

The Secret History of the New World Order outlines the historical evolution of a secret organization which has the final goal of creating a planeta...

Reducere. The six stories in Andrew Boden's debut collection comprise a reinvented history of the town of Cranbrook, British Columbia, from its birth in the ...

The Raphael Trail. The Secret History of One of the World's Most Precious Works of Art - Joanna Pitman

A personal investigation into the history that surrounds us, from the historian and award-winning author of The Hidden WaysPublisher: Canongate Boo...

Reducere. From the loremaster who brought us THE SECRET HISTORY OF GIANTS comes an intriguing new chronicle revealing the mysterious ways of merfolk. Since a...

The sometimes shocking, always fascinating history of brainwashing, from the bestselling author of COCAINE