Horatio Grennough and the Form Majestic. The Biography of the Nation's First Washington Monument, Hardback - Harry Rand

DescriptionArt, history, and political drama all meld together in this one dramatic story about one dramatic sculpture. The nation's first federall...

Reducere. Before most women even had the right to vote Esther Hobart Morris became the first female justice of the peace in the United States. She held this ...

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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...

The National Mall in Washington, D.C., is "a great public space, as essential a part of the American landscape as the Grand Canyon, " according to ...

Sarah Breedlove (December 23, 1867 - May 25, 1919), known as Madam C. J. Walker, was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and a politi...

Reducere. Harry Goulding--"Tall Sheep" to the Navajos--ran a trading post in Monument Valley from 1925 to 1963. In this book the Gouldings, and those who kne...

Washington 101 offers a layman's introduction to the richness and diversity of the nation's capital. An exploration of the history, politics, archi...

``To have the preeminent graphic designer in America--the leading proponent of the Modern--intelligently and forcefully speak out makes this a docu...

A fascinating auto-biography of the life of George Stevens Jr. and his life on movie sets.Publisher: The University Press of KentuckyAuthor(s): Geo...

DescriptionGeorge Washington's place in the foundations of the Republic remains unrivalled. His life story--from his beginnings as a surveyor and f...

Reducere. Many know of Horatio Hornblower's exploits during the Napoleonic Wars through the novels of C.S. Forester, but how many know the true Hornblower--t...

Over 200 Memories of Harry Nilsson by the fans and musicians that loved him the most.Publisher: This Day in Music BooksAuthor(s): David RobertsIllu...

Reducere. "England expects that every man will do his duty" - Nelson before the Battle of Trafalgar Over the course of its history, England has engaged in an...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Professor Aleksandra PricaIllustration(s): 8 halftonesNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 20...

The remarkable story of three Yorkshire cricketing legends who helped transform the countyPublisher: Simon & Schuster LtdAuthor(s): Harry PearsonIl...

Publisher: Imagine & WonderAuthor(s): Ruth McCartneyNumber of pages: 32Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 222 x 222 x 11Cover type: HardbackIllustra...

Strangest geniusPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Michael CullenNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 284 x 215 x 34Cover ...

The Byzantine empire's bronze horseman towered over Constantinople, assumed new identities, spawned conflicting narratives, and acquired internatio...

Explore the Captivating Life of George WashingtonOne day at Mount Vernon, a young boy climbed into a window, fell, and hurt himself. George Washing...

The past 70 years have seen a 25-year-old Princess transform into a nonagenarian monarch who is respected and loved the world over.Publisher: Rylan...

The Remarkable Tale of Radio 1 is a history of the radio station from its birth in the late sixties as a response to the success of pirate radio, t...

The first biography of the legendary producers of the James Bond series, Harry Saltzman and Albert R. 'Cubby' Broccoli

Reveals Shocking Revelations about Prince Harry, Megan Markle, and the British Royal Family-and the Divisive Rifts Between Them

Publisher: ArchetypeAuthor(s): HafizTranslator: Peter AveryNumber of pages: 604Collection: Classics of Sufi Poetry SeriesPublication date: 2007Dime...

Artist Simon Harmer creates delightful and distinctive line drawings of our famous landmarks and landscape. In 'A Line Around England' he travels f...

DescriptionExplore the Captivating Life of George Washington One day at Mount Vernon, a young boy climbed into a window, fell, and hurt himself. Ge...

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Reducere. Worshipped by her fans, denounced by her enemies, and forever shadowed by controversy and scandal, the novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand was a powe...

In this widely hailed book, NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten fuses the story of the Bacardi family and their famous rum business with Cuba's tumultuou...

Reducere. This is no typical undercover story. This is a human story. Whom will you root for?Follow Tee, an undercover cop, as he attempts to infiltrate a de...

Reducere. 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 ...

What essential leadership lessons do we learn by distilling the actions and ideas of great military commanders such as George Washington, Dwight D....

Reducere. What essential leadership lessons do we learn by distilling the actions and ideas of great military commanders such as George Washington, Dwight D....

Articulating Bodies shows how Victorian fiction's narrative form as well as narrative theme to negotiate how to categorize bodies, both constructin...

Reducere. "Up from Slavery" is the autobiography of Booker T. Washington sharing his personal experience of having to work to rise up from the position of a ...

This book explores how breastfeeding is both promoted and made difficult in the United States, while the use of formula is simultaneously shamed an...

A modernised edition of one of the most controversial early texts of a Shakespeare play. With a full introduction discussing the various theories o...

Ostensibly about a Scottish couple renovating a crumbling farmhouse in Aquitaine that's been in the family for generations on a shoestring budget, ...

Reducere. In her form-shattering and myth-crushing book....Coe examines myths with mirth, and writes history with humor... [You Never Forget Your First] is a...

DescriptionA warmly written history of Yorkshire's biggest football club In The Biography of Leeds United, Telegraph journalist and lifelong fan Ro...

Reducere. What essential leadership lessons do we learn by distilling the actions and ideas of great military commanders such as George Washington, Dwight D....

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Reducere. 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 ...

DescriptionMarina Warner explores the tradition of personifying liberty, justice, wisdom, charity, and other ideals and desiderata in the female fo...

Volume 13 of the ""Revolutionary War Series"" documents a crucial portion of the winter encampment at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, when the fate of ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Professor Derek OffordNumber of pages: 144Collection: Russian ShortsPublication date: 2022Dimensions...

Tyler Burge offers an agenda-setting, scientifically rigorous account of the most primitive form of representational mind: perception. He explains ...

The first ever biography of slave turned bare-knuckle boxing legend Bill Richmond (1763-1829).