French North America in the Shadows of Conquest, Paperback - Ryan André Brasseaux

French North America in the Shadows of Conquest is an interdisciplinary, postcolonial, and continental history of Francophone North America across ...

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The rapid decline of the bastions of American power established over the twentieth century is the subject of this extensive historical analysis emp...

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The greatest undisclosed secret of the war haunts the lives of 4 people across three continents and 15 years.

Re-deployed from convoys in the Atlantic, the men of PC-450 - an advanced sub chaser - face Japanese submarines and air attacks as they support the...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Renee Knake JeffersonIllustration(s): 15 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022...

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This volume addresses the relationship between the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Angkor (Cambodia), and the nearby town of Siem Reap, assessing the...

Reducere. Lisbon had a pivotal role in the history of World War II, though not a gun was fired there. The only European city in which both the Allies and the...

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An eye-opening look at the invisible workers who protect us from seeing the worst of humanity on today's commercial internetPublisher: Yale Univers...

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Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu examines the legacies of the Vietnam War on contemporary ideas about race and beauty, showing how US wartime efforts to allevia...

Reducere. This book contemplates current crises guided by a core Buddhist teaching: the roots of deepest suffering lie in what we grasp most tightly. Thus, t...

Reducere. "This story has haunted me since I was a child, " begins Anne Sinclair in a personal journey to find answers about her own life and about her grand...

Reducere. The French Resistance has an iconic status in the struggle to liberate Nazi-occupied Europe, but its story is entangled in myths. Gaining a true un...

Guidebook to walking in the Aosta valley, a stunning, autonomous region in the Italian Alps. Describes 32 scenic routes (ranging from 4 to 20km) wi...

A story about family and forgiveness, a sequel to The Monsters of Rookhaven, from the bestselling author of Tin.Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): ...

A story about empathy and difference, from the bestselling author of Tin.Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): Padraig KennyNumber of pages: 384Public...

A story about family and forgiveness, a sequel to The Monsters of Rookhaven, from the bestselling author of Tin.Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): ...

(Guitar Book). Bassist James Jamerson was the embodiment of the Motown spirit and groove the invisible entity whose playing inspired thousands. His...

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. Born in 1928, Mary Bremier has a remarkably keen eye, both for the beauty of her natural world and for the telling details of human frailty. The Sh...

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Reducere. Updated a decade after its original publication, this memoir by Jean Hay Bright chronicles the years in the 1970s when the author and her first hus...

Examines how the movement of people, ideas, and social practices contributed to the complex processes and negotiations involved in being and becomi...

Reducere. The essays in Shadows in the City of Light explore the significance of Paris in the writing of five influential French writers--Sarah Kofman, Patri...

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An action-filled retelling of the story of Robin Hood as seen through the eyes of his trusted strong right hand, Little John. When peasant John Lit...

Kapelle's study of the north of England in the years before, during, and after the Norman Conquest is a fascinating account of a pivotal, but littl...

Delving behind the headlines of history, this book showcases twenty brave Americans who showed exceptional leadership in the Spanish-American War, ...

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Reducere. A time traveler's work is never done.Likable antiques dealer Joseph Bridgeman is back in the present and dreaming of a quiet life. But when a myste...

Reducere. The Conquest of America is a fascinating study of cultural confrontation in the New World, with implications far beyond sixteenth-century America. ...

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Reducere. How is the state produced? In what ways did enslaved African Americans shape modern governing practices? Ryan A. Quintana provocatively answers the...

DescriptionHow long is the shadow of genocide? How does it affect the offspring of the survivors? And how do survivors and their families retain a ...

Publisher: Random HouseAuthor(s): Abir MukherjeePublication date: 2021Dimensions: 154 x 233 x 29Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii ...

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Continuing the events from Beneath the Attic and Out of the Attic, the prequel trilogy to the Dollanganger series comes to a riveting end with The ...

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