First Americans, Hardcover

Engine of Inequality: The Fed and the Future of Wealth in America, Hardcover - Karen Petrou

144,99 RON

The first book to reveal how the Federal Reserve holds the key to making us more economically equal, written by an author with unparalleled experti...

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American Awakening: Identity Politics and Other Afflictions of Our Time, Hardcover - Joshua Mitchell

185,99 RON

America has always been committed to the idea that citizens can work together to build a common world. Today, three afflictions keep us from pursui...

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Accordionly: Abuelo and Opa Make Music, Hardcover - Michael Genhart

84,99 RON 90,99 RON

Reducere. When both grandpas, Abuelo and Opa, visit at the same time, they can't understand each other's language and there is a lot of silence. The grandson...

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Wilbur Wright Meets Lady Liberty, Hardcover - Robert Burleigh

107,99 RON

In Robert Burleigh's nonfiction picture book Wilbur Wright Meets Lady Liberty, illustrated by Wendell Minor, two American icons meet during Wilbur ...

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The Power of Scenery: Frederick Law Olmsted and the Origin of National Parks, Hardcover - Dennis Drabelle

160,99 RON 172,99 RON

Reducere. Featured in Wall Street Journal's 2021 Holiday Gift Books Guide Wallace Stegner called national parks "the best idea we ever had." As Americans cel...

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A Brief History of Saugerties, Hardcover - Michael Sullivan Smith

165,99 RON 177,99 RON

Reducere. Beginning as a Dutch settlement, Saugerties is scenically positioned between the Hudson River and the base of the Catskills. In 1609, the great exp...

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More Than Just a Game: The Black Origins of Basketball, Hardcover - Madison Moore

92,99 RON 99,99 RON

Reducere. Today, the NBA is around 74% Black but, when basketball first started to catch on, it wasn't easy for Black people to play. They couldn't enter seg...

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Walk-On: My Reluctant Journey to Integration at Auburn University, Hardcover - Jr. Thom Gossom

139,99 RON 149,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionWhat are the odds of......a high school athlete playing his first organized football game in 11th grade and walking-on to a Southeastern...

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100 Amazing Facts about the Negro, Hardcover - Henry Louis Gates

235,99 RON 252,99 RON

Reducere. The first edition of Joel Augustus Rogers's now legendary 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof, published in 1957, was billed as "...

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China RX: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine, Hardcover - Rosemary Gibson

106,99 RON 138,99 RON

Reducere. Millions of Americans are taking prescription drugs made in China and don't know it-- and pharmaceutical companies are not eager to tell them. This...

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Unfair Labor?: American Indians and the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Hardcover - David R. M. Beck

412,99 RON

DescriptionUnfair Labor? is the first book to explore the economic impact of Native Americans who participated in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposi...

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Living Dangerously in Korea: The Western Experience 1900-1950, Hardcover - Donald N. Clark

370,99 RON 396,99 RON

Reducere. Korea was "discovered" by the West after World War II when it became a flashpoint in the Cold War. Before the war, however, it was home to many hun...

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Westwind, Hardcover - Ian Rankin

184,99 RON

For the first time in the US, this timeless cat-and-mouse classic from the Edgar Award-winning "genius" examines political tensions in an era of es...

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African American History: A Captivating Guide to the People and Events that Shaped the History of the United States, Hardcover - Captivating History

154,99 RON 165,99 RON

Reducere. Explore Captivating Stories and Facts about African American History The history of African Americans is a long and tragic chronicle of events. The...

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Time in the Wilderness: The Formative Years of John "Black Jack" Pershing in the American West, Hardcover - Tim McNeese

211,99 RON 226,99 RON

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

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Skiing in Southern California, Hardcover - Ingrid P. Wicken

143,99 RON

Known for its sunshine and sandy beaches filled with bathing beauties and musclemen, Southern California is a Mediterranean-climate haven for winte...

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Behold, America: The Entangled History of "America First" and "The American Dream, Hardcover - Sarah Churchwell

172,99 RON 185,99 RON

Reducere. A Smithsonian Magazine Best History Book of 2018The unknown history of two ideas crucial to the struggle over what America stands forIn Behold, Ame...

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First and Always: A New Portrait of George Washington, Hardcover - Peter R. Henriques

148,99 RON 159,99 RON

Reducere. George Washington may be the most famous American who ever lived, and certainly is one of the most admired. While surrounded by myths, it is no myt...

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Against the Hounds of Hell: A Life of Howard Thurman, Hardcover - Peter Eisenstadt

197,99 RON 211,99 RON

Reducere. An inspiration to Martin Luther King Jr., James Farmer, and other leaders of the civil rights movement, Howard Thurman was a crucial figure in the ...

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Hollywood's Spies: The Undercover Surveillance of Nazis in Los Angeles, Hardcover - Laura B. Rosenzweig

225,99 RON 241,99 RON

Reducere. Tells the remarkable story of the Jewish moguls in Hollywood who established the first anti-Nazi Jewish resistance organization in the country in t...

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Pueblo, Hardcover - Charlene Garcia Simms

166,99 RON 178,99 RON

Reducere. At the confluence of the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek, Native Americans were the first to inhabit Pueblo and its surroundings. Pueblo means vi...

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Remembering Kensington & Fishtown: Philadelphia's Riverward Neighborhoods, Hardcover - Kenneth W. Milano

163,99 RON 175,99 RON

Reducere. The Native Americans called it shackamaxon, the place where the chiefs meet, but Kensington soon became a meeting place of a different kind. Ideolo...

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Woodland Mounds in West Virginia, Hardcover - Darla Spencer

164,99 RON 176,99 RON

Reducere. The first Europeans to arrive in the Ohio Valley were intrigued and puzzled by the many conical earthen mounds they encountered there. They created...

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Church Street: The Sugar Hill of Jackson, Mississippi, Hardcover - Grace Sweet

166,99 RON 178,99 RON

Reducere. The 1930s and 1940s saw unprecedented prosperity for the African Americans of Jackson's Church Street. From the first black millionaire in the Unit...

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The Beatitudes: From Slavery to Civil Rights, Hardcover - Carole Boston Weatherford

99,99 RON 106,99 RON

Reducere. Since the earliest days of slavery, African Americans have called on their religious faith in the struggle against oppression. In this book the Bea...

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Bayou St. John: A Brief History, Hardcover - Cassie Pruyn

164,99 RON 176,99 RON

Reducere. Bayou St. john played a significant role in the neighborhood of the same name, fueling debate over the waterway's use, control and ownership for ce...

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Founding St. Louis: First City of the New West, Hardcover - J. Frederick Fausz

198,99 RON 212,99 RON

Reducere. The animal wealth of the western "wilderness" provided by talented "savages" encouraged French-Americans from Illinois, Canada and Louisiana to fou...

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Hidden History of Ridgefield, Connecticut, Hardcover - Jack Sanders

164,99 RON 176,99 RON

Reducere. Time nearly erased many astounding tales and unexpected anecdotes from Ridgefield's history. Its colorful characters include a widow who built a la...

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Dinner at Omar Khayyam's, Hardcover - George Mardikian

224,99 RON 240,99 RON

Reducere. This is a new edition of the 1944 classic by George Mardikian, America's first celebrity chef. Omar Khayyam's is an Armenian restaurant with a Pers...

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Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers, Hardcover - Tanya Lee Stone

170,99 RON 182,99 RON

Reducere. A 2014 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist They became America s first black paratroopers. Why was their story never told? Sibert Medalist Tany...

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A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon, Hardcover - Suzanne Slade

94,99 RON

DescriptionThe inspiring true story of mathematician Katherine Johnson--made famous by the award-winning film Hidden Figures--who counted and compu...

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Building Moonships: The Grumman Lunar Module, Hardcover - Joshua Stoff

143,99 RON

In 1961, after the United States had acquired a total of fifteen minutes of spaceflight experience, President John F. Kennedy announced his plans f...

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The Firsts: The Inside Story of the Women Reshaping Congress, Hardcover - Jennifer Steinhauer

138,99 RON

DescriptionA lively, behind-the-scenes look at the historic cohort of diverse, young, and groundbreaking women newly elected to the House of Repres...

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8 Miraculous Months in the Malayan Jungle: A WWII Pilot's True Story of Faith, Courage, and Survival, Hardcover - II Humphrey, Donald J. Dj

158,99 RON 170,99 RON

Reducere. Book DescriptionA Grueling Survival Story About a WWII Hero's Fight for FreedomOn January 11, 1945, Major Donald J. Humphrey had his B-29 Superfort...

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Trump: America First: The President Succeeds Against All Odds, Hardcover - Corey R. Lewandowski

157,99 RON

DescriptionNew York Times bestselling authors and close advisors to the president Corey R. Lewandowski and David N. Bossie write from the front lin...

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Parkland: Birth of a Movement, Hardcover - Dave Cullen

176,99 RON 189,99 RON

Reducere. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROn the first anniversary of the events at Parkland, the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of Columbine offers...

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Flagler County, Hardcover - Sisco Deen

166,99 RON 178,99 RON

Reducere. Flagler County was created in 1917 from portions of southern St. Johns County and northern Volusia County. The county was named after Henry Morriso...

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Champions of Change: 25 Women Who Made History, Hardcover - Naomi Watkins

81,99 RON

DescriptionStories of powerhouse women who pushed for justice in politics, medicine, art, music, religion, tribal leadership, and more. In fighting...

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A Perfect Gibraltar: The Battle for Monterrey, Mexico, 1846, Hardcover - Christopher D. Dishman

220,99 RON 236,99 RON

Reducere. For three days in the fall of 1846, U.S. and Mexican soldiers fought fiercely in the picturesque city of Monterrey, turning the northern Mexican to...

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Settling the Frontier: Urban Development in America's Borderlands, 1600-1830, Hardcover - Joseph P. Alessi

157,99 RON

The Role of Indigenous People in the Founding of America's First Major Border Towns In 1811, while escorting members of John Jacob Astor's Pacific ...

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Criminal Dissent: Prosecutions Under the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, Hardcover - Wendell Bird

366,99 RON

In the first complete account of prosecutions under the Alien and Sedition Acts, dozens of previously unknown cases come to light, revealing the le...

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Louisville's Historic Black Neighborhoods, Hardcover - Beatrice S. Brown

166,99 RON 178,99 RON

Reducere. After the American Civil War, many African Americans found a new life in "River Town." Louisville became a historic marker for freed men and women ...

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Asphalt: A History, Hardcover - Kenneth O'Reilly

164,99 RON 176,99 RON

Reducere. La Brea Tar Pits once trapped prehistoric mammals. Today that killer has a chemical cousin in the Athabasca oil sands of Alberta, Canada--immense d...

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The Black Man's President: Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, and the Pursuit of Racial Equality, Hardcover - Michael Burlingame

159,99 RON 171,99 RON

Reducere. Frederick Douglass called the martyred president "emphatically the black man's president" as well as "the first who rose above the prejudice of his...

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St. Charles, Missouri: A Brief History, Hardcover - James W. Erwin

165,99 RON 177,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionLouis Blanchette came to Les Petites Cotes (the Little Hills) in 1769. The little village, later dubbed San Carlos del Misury by the Spa...

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Hidden History of Dubuque, Hardcover - Susan Miller Hellert

164,99 RON 176,99 RON

Reducere. Poised on the banks of the mighty Mississippi River, Dubuque provided a vital entry point for westward expansion. Explorers, Native Americans, fur ...

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21 Years of Wisdom: One Man's Extraordinary Odyssey in Japan, Hardcover - Darrell B. Gartrell

134,99 RON

Growing up in the crime-ridden streets of Los Angeles' South Central, Darrell Gartrell could easily have become just another statistic. But a backp...

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The Father of American Conservation: George Bird Grinnell Adventurer, Activist, and Author, Hardcover - Thom Hatch

158,99 RON

Award-winning author, Thom Hatch presents the definitive biography of George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938), who was recognized in his time as "The Fath...

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Hbcu Pride: The Transformational Power of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hardcover - Shafeeq Ameen

120,99 RON

Why choose an HBCU? The answers may vary, but the overwhelming sentiments that I frequently hear is a love of culture, a feeling of acceptance and ...

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Oregon Wine: A Deep Rooted History, Hardcover - Scott Stursa

180,99 RON 193,99 RON

Reducere. The history of winemaking in Oregon is steeped in legends so well known they've become gospel, but reality is even more fascinating. Discover the t...

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Filipinos in Stockton, Hardcover - Dawn B. Mabalon

166,99 RON 178,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionThe first Filipino settlers arrived in Stockton, California, around 1898, and through most of the 20th century, this city was home to th...

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On This Day in New Jersey History, Hardcover - Joseph G. Bilby

154,99 RON

The history of the Garden State is filled with well-known events and forgotten happenings. German Americans opened the nation's first kindergarten ...

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Homewood, Hardcover - Martha Wurtele

166,99 RON 178,99 RON

Reducere. Shades Valley was primarily used as a hunting ground by Native Americans until the arrival of the first white settlers in the 1830s. During Birming...

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Long Island Beaches, Hardcover - Kristen J. Nyitray

166,99 RON 178,99 RON

Reducere. For centuries, Long Island's beaches have provided sustenance, relaxation, and inspiration. The coastline is renowned for its sandy Atlantic Ocean ...

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Elvis Is King!, Hardcover - Jonah Winter

88,99 RON

DescriptionElvis Presley--the King of Rock 'n' Roll, still beloved by millions of Americans--comes to vibrant, gyrating life in this extraordinary ...

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The Pumpkin Plan: A Simple Strategy to Grow a Remarkable Business in Any Field, Hardcover - Mike Michalowicz

144,99 RON

Each year Americans start one million new businesses, nearly 80 percent of which fail within the first five years. Under such pressure to stay aliv...

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Jesse Livermore's Two Books of Market Wisdom: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator & Jesse Livermore's Methods of Trading in Stocks, Hardcover - Jesse La

211,99 RON 226,99 RON

Reducere. For the first time, these two works attributed to the great Jesse Livermore are presented together in one volume with a new foreword by Juliette Ro...

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Historic Photos of the Manhattan Project, Hardcover - Timothy Joseph

215,99 RON 231,99 RON

Reducere. The atomic age began at 5: 30 a.m. on July 16, 1945, with the explosion of "the Gadget" at Trinity near Alamogordo, New Mexico. Prelude to the bomb...

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Ballet in the Cold War: A Soviet-American Exchange, Hardcover - Anne Searcy

321,99 RON 344,99 RON

Reducere. In 1959, the Bolshoi Ballet arrived in New York for its first ever performances in the United States. The tour was part of the Soviet-American cult...

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The Ruling Elite: The Zionist Seizure of World Power, Hardcover - Deanna Spingola

304,99 RON 326,99 RON

Reducere. The U.S. government, complicit with the well-connected corporations, since the so-called Civil War, continues to wage war and destruction. Lincoln'...

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The Bidens: Inside the First Family's Fifty-Year Rise to Power, Hardcover - Ben Schreckinger

159,99 RON 171,99 RON

Reducere. A deeply reported exploration of Joe Biden as told through his extended family. Coming off of the 2020 election, THE BIDENS tells the Biden Family ...

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Issei Baseball: The Story of the First Japanese American Ballplayers, Hardcover - Robert K. Fitts

164,99 RON 176,99 RON

Reducere. Baseball has been called America's true melting pot, a game that unites us as a people. Issei Baseball is the story of the pioneers of Japanese Ame...

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The Fight for Free Speech: Ten Cases That Define Our First Amendment Freedoms, Hardcover - Ian Rosenberg

152,99 RON 163,99 RON

Reducere. A user's guide to understanding contemporary free speech issues in the United States Americans today are confronted by a barrage of questions relat...

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A Long, Long Way: Hollywood's Unfinished Journey from Racism to Reconciliation, Hardcover - Greg Garrett

132,99 RON 142,99 RON

Reducere. From the beginning, American cinema has been both a powerful mythmaker and a social critic. D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation, arguably the first f...

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The Los Alamos Primer, Hardcover - Robert Serber

125,99 RON 134,99 RON

Reducere. Unabridged declassified value reproduction of The Los Alamos Primer by Robert Serber, in full color with all censor markings. This is the booklet g...

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Early Kansas City, Missouri, Hardcover - Leigh Ann Little

166,99 RON 178,99 RON

Reducere. In 1821, Francois Chouteau set up a fur-trading outpost along the Missouri River, bringing the first settlement of Europeans to what would become K...

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Northwestern Wildcat Football, Hardcover - Larry LaTourette

143,99 RON

Their program was once regarded as a powerhouse, but 25 years ago the Northwestern University football team set records for futility. Defying nearl...

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Coalition Strategy and the End of the First World War: The Supreme War Council and War Planning, 1917-1918, Hardcover - Meighen McCrae

256,99 RON

DescriptionWhen the Germans requested an armistice in October 1918, it was a shock to the Allied political and military leadership. They had been e...

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Tennessee River and Northwest Alabama, Hardcover - Carolyn M. Barske

166,99 RON 178,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionFor centuries, the Tennessee River has shaped the lives of northwest Alabamians. Native peoples made their homes on its shores, living o...

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Hidden History of Monmouth County, Hardcover - Rick Geffken

173,99 RON 186,99 RON

Reducere. Monmouth County's past encompasses more than just sandy beaches and rural farm life. George Washington fought at the Battle of Monmouth as the regi...

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