Japanese Contemporary Quilts and Quilters: The Story of an American Import, Hardcover

Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Salamishah TilletNumber of pages: 224Collection: Books About BooksPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 201 x 19Cover...

Winner, Violet Crown Award, Writers' League of Texas, 2008 For more than a decade, Marcia Kaylakie traveled Texas from the Panhandle to Big Bend co...

Reducere. The inspiring, deeply patriotic true story of John Glenn, a true hero who not only changed America's contribution to space exploration but also spe...

Mixing cultural criticism, literary history, biography, and memoir, an exploration of Alice Walker's critically acclaimed and controversial novel, ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1921 a Pennsylvania preacher hauled his four teen-agers from a prosperous Pennsylvania farm to a bleak and arid spot on the Saskatche...

The life and experiences of Gulf War Ace Rick Tollini, in his own words.Illustrations: B/w and colour

Reducere. When Irving Berlin first conceived the song "White Christmas, " he envisioned it as a "throwaway" -- a satirical novelty number for a vaudeville-st...

Reducere. This is the unlikely but true story of the Japanese American Citizens League's fight for an official government apology and compensation for the im...

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...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Battle of Antietam, then keep reading...On September 17th, 1862, US President Abraham Lincol...

Reducere. How does an underground oddity become a cultural phenomenon? For over 40 years, the rock band Kiss has galvanized the entertainment world with an u...

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 ...

Reducere. Since 9/11 there has been a cultural and political blossoming among those of the Afghan diaspora, especially in the United States, revealing a vibr...

DescriptionINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER" The] rare biography of a public figure that's not only beautifully written, but also shockingly revel...

DescriptionIn Japan Restored, New York Times bestselling author Clyde Prestowitz envisions post-bubble Japan in the year 2050, when the country's e...

Reducere. The Story of an Hour, Paperback

Reducere. The Hiltons is a sweeping saga of the success-and excess-of an iconic American family. Demanding and enigmatic, patriarch Conrad Hilton's visionary...

An enlightening narrative exploring an oft-overlooked aspect of the sixteenth president's life, An American Marriage reveals the tragic story of Ab...

Reducere. Moored off the coast of Brooklyn, the derelict HMS Jersey was a living hell for thousands of Americans either captured by the British or accused of...

Reducere. DescriptionValley of the Shadow joins a fraternity of published first-person accounts of the fall of the Philippines, including the surrender of Co...

Reducere. DescriptionWe have a glut of text and trade books on American history. But what we don't have is a compact, inexpensive, authoritative, and compuls...

Wise, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking, Persepolis tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, years ...

Reducere. By the time of his death in 1988, Romare Bearden was most widely celebrated for his large-scale public murals and collages, which were reproduced i...

Contemporary American poetry has plenty to offer new readers, and plenty more for those who already follow it. Yet its difficulty--and sheer variet...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Simon GarfieldNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 246 x 218 x 25Cover type: PaperbackRedescope...

Description"A fascinating look at some fascinating people who show how democracy advances hand in hand with crime in Japan."--Mario Puzo In this un...

Reducere. DescriptionEveryone has at least one secret they carry through their lives. Lily tries to keep a secret herself as she encounters the many secrets ...

Reducere. DescriptionA Japanese American woman's life in US internment camps and post-war JapanThe Block Manager is the gripping memoir of Janet, an American...

Reducere. The uncensored, New York Times bestselling memoir by the polygamist stars of the hit show Sister Wives, Kody and his four wives openly discuss what...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Marissa MossAmerica Hannah's small European village buzzes with tales of life in a faraway land free from persecution. Cous...

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 ...

Reducere. Many Americans remember growing up watching Westerns on television which always depicted a clash of two diverse cultures. There is still a curiosit...

Reducere. Around the time of WWI, large numbers of African Americans began leaving their homes in the rural South in search of employment in the industrial c...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Francisco Souza Homem De MelloThe 3G Way is an introduction to the management style developed by three Brazilian entreprene...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: William D. WillisFrom Colonization to the Space Race, this is the story of America's successes and failures. Learn how a li...

Reducere. Description"This is my story, the story of an Arab woman. It is the story of a lost world. It begins in 1917, in Lebanon, when I was seven years ol...

The story of a federal minister's remarkable reunion with his birth parents. Robert Tickner had always known he was adopted, but had rarely felt mu...

Reducere. From the author of Lincoln: A Photobiography, comes a clear-sighted, carefully researched account of two surprisingly parallel lives and how they i...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the urban affairs correspondent of the New York Times--the story of a city through twenty-seven structures that define it. As New Y...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Patricia Cox CrewsEditor: Carolyn DuceyAuthor: Part of a comprehensive catalog of the International Quilt Study Center and ...

Every family has a story of how they arrived in America, whether it was a few months, years, decades, or centuries ago. Journeys: An American Story...