Fu-Go: The Curious History of Japan's Balloon Bomb Attack on America, Hardcover - Ross Coen

Reducere. Near the end of World War II, in an attempt to attack the United States mainland, Japan launched its fu-go campaign, deploying thousands of high-al...

A celebration of the alphabet, from its beginnings to its pre-eminence as the organizing principle for the world's knowledge.

A light-hearted, intimate but informative history of dating, from Jane Austen to TinderPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Nichi HodgsonN...

A celebration of the alphabet, from its beginnings to its pre-eminence as the organizing principle for the world's knowledge.

Reducere. From a New York Times-bestselling historian comes the story of how the alphabet ordered our world.A Place for Everything is the first-ever history ...

A light-hearted, intimate and emphatically feminist history of dating, from Jane Austen to TinderPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Nich...

Reducere. 2015 Amelia Bloomer Project List This close look at Wonder Woman's history portrays a complicated heroine who is more than just a female Superman w...

Reducere. Giant pandas have been causing a stir ever since their formal scientific discovery just over 140 years ago. Yet in spite of humankind's evident obs...

The Curious History of the Riddle investigates the fascinating origin and history of the riddle, from the very first riddle (the Riddle of the Sphi...

While on vacation, George and the man with the yellow hat stop to see Mt. Rushmore. There's no time to take a helicopter ride for a close-up view -...

This book traces the seven decades of the India-Pakistan relationship since the bloody Partition of the subcontinent in 1947. Events, anecdotes and...

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DescriptionIn Search of Our Frontier explores the complex transnational history of Japanese immigrant settler colonialism, which linked Japanese Am...

Reducere. After 31 years trying death penalty cases and the like in Contra Costa County, California, for 13 years supervising the first Alternate Defender Of...

Reducere. On the morning of July 21, 1918--in the final year of the First World War--a new prototype of German submarine surfaced three miles off the coast o...

Reducere. How Japan's World War II race to build an atomic bomb fathered North Korea's nuclear threat. This revised and greatly updated third edition of Japa...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): Takuma MelberTranslator: Nick SomersNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 138 x 216 x 20Cover typ...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: David M. GlantzWith the defeat and destruction of German Sixth Army at Stalingrad all but certain at the end of 1942, the w...

Reducere. In October 1864, approximately twenty-one Rebel soldiers took over St. Albans, Vermont, proclaiming that it was now under Confederate government co...

The true story of German secret agents engaged in a campaign of subversion and terror in the United States before and during World War I.Publisher:...

Reducere. Beyond the legend of the creation of the American flag, we know very little about the facts of Betsy Ross' life. Perhaps with one snip of her sciss...

DescriptionBeachcombing, overturning a boulder, or simply parting the strands of seaweed in a rock pool can offer a glimpse into a thriving underwa...

Reducere. For members of the U.S. Army's "Task Force Faith" and the First Marine Division, the Battle of Chosin Reservoir is an epic story of survival, coura...

Ross Macdonald transformed the detective novel into a literary expression of unique psychological depth and drama. Here, for the first time in a de...

Reducere. The Founding of the American Republic is on trial. Critics say it was a poison pill with a time-release formula; we are its victims. Its principles...

DescriptionVivid storytelling brings World War II history to life and place readers in the shoes of the people who experienced Germany's last major...

Reducere. Description- Notorious incident: In 1967 the spy ship USS Liberty was attacked by Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats in international waters du...

Reducere. At the sound of the bell on the last day of kindergarten, B.J. Hollars and his six-year-old son, Henry, hop in the car to strike out on a 2, 500-mi...

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Reducere. A Cold War disaster that took ninety-nine lives, and was denied for forty years. What really happened to the USS Scorpion? May 1968: An American su...

Reducere. On December 7, 1941, Commander Mitsuo Fuchida plunged Japan into war with the United States when he led the attack on Pearl Harbor. His autobiograp...

Reducere. DescriptionDesigned to be accessible to young readers, these volumes offer a way of learning about the history of America. Each book includes infor...

Reducere. What began in spring 2020 as local protests in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police quickly exploded into a massive nation...

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