Great American City

Reducere. New Orleans in the 1990s--dirty, corrupt, and violent, the murder capital of the United States, with a scandal-plagued police department that was c...

Reducere. What began as a fur-trading post grew into the second-largest city in Michigan, a center for industry and the arts. As "Furniture Capital of the Wo...

Reducere. In late nineteenth-century Boston, home to Herman Melville and Oliver Wendell Holmes, a serial killer preying on children is running loose in the c...

DescriptionNashville: Scenes from the New American South beautifully captures my home city of Nashville in this exciting moment of change and growt...

In this groundbreaking work, William Cronon gives us an environmental perspective on the history of nineteenth-century America. By exploring the ec...

Reducere. The ultimate guide to living like a great American icon, Cowboy by Rocco Wachman--celebrity host of CMT's popular "Cowboy U"--is an essential manua...

Reducere. In Whose Detroit?, Heather Ann Thompson focuses in detail on the African American struggles for full equality and equal justice under the law that ...

Reducere. From an acclaimed historian, the full and authoritative story of one of the most iconic disasters in American history, told through the vivid memor...

The seven hills at the James River fall line that Captain John Smith first witnessed in 1607 became the site of a pivotal American city. Richmond w...

From an acclaimed historian, the full and authoritative story of one of the most iconic disasters in American history, told through the vivid memor...

American author, journalist, and activist Jane Jacobs was born in 1916 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She moved to New York City in 1934, where she bec...

Reducere. The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain published in 1869 which humorously chronicles wh...

The Frankenstein story is updated to the 21st century by the great American storyteller Dean Koontz. Now someone new is playing god.

Reducere. OH SHIT MOTHERFUCKERS! IT'S GREAT GATSBY TIME! The groundbreaking sequel to F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterwork, "The Great Gatsby". Lights greener th...

Reducere. "Extraordinary."--Stephen King"This book is not simply the great American novel; it's the great novel of las Americas. It's the great world novel T...

City of Big Shoulders links key events in Chicago's development, from its marshy origins in the 1600s to today's robust metropolis. Robert G. Spinn...

Contributor(s): Author: Arthur BovinoBuffalo isn't just a city full of great wings. There is a great hot dog tradition, from Greek- originated "Tex...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Stephen PuleoBetween 1850 and 1900, Boston underwent a stunning metamorphosis from an insulated New England town into one o...

Reducere. Baghdad: The City in Verse captures the essence of life lived in one of the world's great enduring metropolises. In this unusual anthology, Reuven ...

Reducere. At its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, Detroit's status as epicenter of the American auto industry made it a vibrant, populous, commercial hub and t...

DescriptionOriginally known as Farnsworth's Landing, Bordentown was settled in 1682 by Quaker Thomas Farnsworth. A natural hub of transportation fo...

Reducere. In History Comics: The Great Chicago Fire, writer Kate Hannigan and illustrator Alex Graudins tell the true story of how a city rose up from one of...

Reducere. Every movement has its book. Gritty, raw and spiritual, Ghetto Plainsman chronicles one man's triumph over humiliation, self-defeat, anger and viol...

Reducere. Dedicated to all those living elsewhere who would rather be in TucsonTucson is the first comprehensive history of a unique corner of America, a cit...

Tells a story of petit marronage, an informal slave's economy, and the construction of internal improvements in the Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia ...

DescriptionHamilton: An American Musical has captured the imagination of millions. As a result, the nation now has a shot at educating these fans o...

Reducere. Bungalow Heaven, Pasadena's first and largest landmark district, contains the nation's finest collection of middle-class homes of the American Arts...

DescriptionJane Jacobs is universally recognized as one of the key figures in American urbanism. The author of The Death and Life of Great American...

Reducere. African Americans arrived in Topeka right before and after the Civil War and again in large numbers during the Exodus Movement of 1879 and Great Mi...

From the author of Youngblood comes a "brilliant and daring" (Phil Klay, award-winning author of Redeployment) novel following a group of super-pow...

Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of its initial publication, this special edition of Jane Jacobs's masterpiece, The Death and Life o...

From the award-winning creators of THOSE REBELS, JOHN & TOM, a joyful portrait of an American icon and an inspiring blueprint for how to live your ...

Reducere. The Great Gatsby (1925) is a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Published at the height of Fitzgerald's career as a leading writer of American fiction, ...

Reducere. "Original and arresting.... Jones's] stories will touch chords of empathy and recognition in all readers."--Washington Post "These 14 stories of Af...

Reducere. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Armistead Maupin's bestselling Tales of the City novels--the fourth, fifth and sixth of which are collected i...

Reducere. Award NamePulitzer PrizeAward categoryHistoryBetween 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression ...

Reducere. "A stunning novel by a great American writer."--Washington Post Jerusalem: home to seekers, heretics, hustlers, and madmen of many faiths. In this ...

Reducere. DescriptionTwenty-one riveting stories and illustrations about ships that met their end in the treacherous waters of the Great Lakes, such as: Brit...

Reducere. Entering World War I in 1917, a burst of patriotism in New Orleans collided with civil liberties. The city, due to its French heritage, shared a st...

Reducere. Vivid storytelling brings American history to life and place readers in the shoes of people who experienced one of the worst fires in American hist...

Reducere. Marine City is nestled on the banks of the beautiful St. Clair River, half a mile away from Sombra, Ontario, Canada. Today, it is a small town with...

Newcomers to the "Mile-High City" of Denver, whether arriving during the 19th, 20th, or 21st centuries, have often remarked on how new the city see...

A modern-day classic. This highly acclaimed adventure series about two friends desperate to save their doomed city has captivated kids and teachers...

Reducere. An illustrated cultural guide to the archaeological site of Amarna, the best-preserved pharaonic city in Egypt Around three thousand years ago, the...

Description"Homelands helps us to see ourselves in each other, and in so doing it gets at the genius of a country that has always aspired to be one...

Reducere. Wonder and imagination are at the heart of this story of a friendship between a boy from New York City and the boy king, Tutankhamun A boy and his ...

Reducere. This book tells the fascinating story of Montreal, Canada, from prehistoric time through the 21st century. From the Iroquoian community of Hochelag...

Reducere. The twentieth century has seen two great waves of African American migration from rural areas into the city, changing not only the country's demogr...

Reducere. "T.J. English has the mastered the hybrid narrative art form of social history and underworld thriller. The Savage City is a truly gripping read fi...

Reducere. The riveting, unforgettable story of a girl whose indomitable spirit is tested by homelessness, poverty, and racism in an unequal America--from Pul...

Reducere. A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo--the ...

DescriptionWhen Peleg Wadsworth built his family home on Congress Street in 1786, he could see the Fore River from his front door. The city grew up...

DescriptionA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018 NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, THE ECON...

Reducere. This is a biography of one of the America's greatest figures in the world of sacred music. Born in 1873 to a long line of great theologians and edu...

Reducere. From the New York Times bestselling author of In Harm's Way comes a true-life story of American soldiers overcoming great odds to achieve a stunnin...

Reducere. The inspiration for the major motion picture 12 Strong from Jerry Bruckheimer, starring Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon. From the New York Time...

*Includes pictures *Includes historic descriptions of Broadway theaters and plays *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading...

Reducere. DescriptionSomething in the Air is Richard Hoffer's gripping sports narrative that tells the individual stories of the athletes who gathered in Mex...

FLAMES OF FREEDOM is an American Gothic horror tabletop role-playing game, based on the award-winning ZWEIHÄNDER RPG. It is the dawn of the America...

Reducere. Now you can put your own creative touch on the images of the Windy City found in the beloved alphabet book "C is for Chicago". With the same images...

An insightful and engaging insider's look at the real story of the meat industry, from master butcher Pat LaFrieda It all began when Pat LaFrieda's...

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the construction of the competing lines and their unification *Includes online resources and a bibliograph...

Reducere. The riveting, unforgettable story of a girl whose indomitable spirit is tested by homelessness, poverty, and racism in an unequal America--from Pul...

DescriptionLa Voz De M.A.Y.O: TATA RAMBO is based on the oral history of Ramon Jaurigue, an orphan and WWII veteran who co-founded the Mexican, Ame...

Reducere. Urban conflagrations, such as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and the Great Boston Fire the following year, terrorized the citizens of nineteenth-ce...

With more than 15, 000 interior lakes and bordering both Lake Superior to the north and Lake Michigan to the east, Wisconsin is famous as a place t...

DescriptionFew American cities have a history as rich as that of Rome. This central New York crossroads witnessed the siege of Fort Stanwix during ...

Reducere. In the aftermath of Katrina and the disaster that followed, promises were made, forgotten, and renewed. Now what will become of New Orleans in the ...

Reducere. The images in this impressive collection date back to 1860 and the beginnings of Maplewood. Enhanced by the informative text of local historians Jo...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the building written by participants *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of con...