Kings of Texas: The 150-Year Saga of an American Ranching Empire

Reducere. Praise for KINGS OF TEXAS ""Kings of Texas is a fresh and very welcome history of the great King Ranch. It's concise but thorough, crisply written,...

Reducere. Praise for KINGS OF TEXAS ````Kings of Texas is a fresh and very welcome history of the great King Ranch. It's concise but thorough, crisply writte...

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. In the early nineteenth century the major English chocolate firms--Fry, Rowntree, and Cadbury--were all Quaker family enterprises that aimed to do ...

Reducere. A new eight-hour event series based on Roots will be simulcast on the History Channel, Lifetime, and A&E over four consecutive nights beginning Mem...

Reducere. For the past nine years, acclaimed historian H. W. Brands has been tweeting the history of the United States. But this has been no ordinary version...

Reducere. On June 19, 1865, known as Juneteenth, American slaves in Texas were informed that they had been emancipated. Juneteenth is a very important event ...

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Beginning with the dim prehistory of the mythical gods and their descendants, Heimskringla recounts the history of the kings of Norway through the ...

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Reducere. DescriptionGerrard Dickson proposes here a series of alternative theories of astronomy, the place of the Earth and Sun in the universe, and the mat...

Reducere. Jarred by the 9/11 attacks, photographer Jack Spencer set out in 2003 -in hopes of making a few 'sketches' of America in order to gain some clarity...

Reducere. Ava is an American Avocet, a breed of shorebird who leaves her home at the Laguna Madre and travels 1, 000 miles to stay for a season at the larges...

Reducere. If you want hard data on the early days of the Texas cattle industry, it's here. If you want firsthand observations about cowboy life and cowboy ta...

DescriptionIn 1830 census takers trudged door to door in San Antonio de Bexar and Nacogdoches gathering census data on the residents. Either they g...

Reducere. Most have heard of the story of Jamestown. Pocahontas saves John Smith and the rest of the colony from starvation in a romantic bedtime story. But ...

The work of female journalists focuses more squarely on individuals caught in the conflict - including themselves. It offers a valuable counterpoin...

Reducere. Are you looking to learn more about Texas? Sure, you've heard about the Alamo and JFK's assassination in history class, but there's so much about t...

The legendary adventures of Norse heroes, dragons, princesses and destiny.

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Reducere. Two men rebel together against tyranny--and then become rivals--in this first sweeping book of an epic fantasy series from Ken Liu, recipient of Hu...

Reducere. In the 1960s and 1970s, America experienced a sports revolution. New professional sports franchises and leagues were established, new stadiums were...

This book by the renowned naturalist and writer Paul A. Johnsgard tells the complex biological and environmental story of the western Great Plains ...

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. On the horizons of many warring tribes, Roman warriors, knights from chivalric orders and the devoted penniless appeared on a divine mission ready ...

Introducing an unforgettable protagonist destined to become a fantasy icon, The Justice of Kings is an unmissable debut where action, intrigue and ...

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Publisher: Llanerch PressAuthor(s): John MarsdenNumber of pages: 260Publication date: 1995Dimensions: 147 x 209 x 20Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

Donut Dolly puts you in the Vietnam War face down in the dirt under a sniper attack, inside a helicopter being struck by lightning, at dinner next ...

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DescriptionHow American westward expansion was governmentally engineered to promote the formation of a white settler nationWestward expansion of th...

Reducere. Tobe Hooper's productions, which often trespassed upon the safety of the family unit, cast a critical eye toward an America in crisis. Often dismis...

Reducere. "A deeply meaningful collection that navigates important nuances of identity."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review Nepantla Familias brings together Me...

Publisher: Kensington PublishingAuthor(s): J.A. JohnstoneNumber of pages: 368Collection: A Forever Texas NovelPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 141...

The attacks of September 11, 2001, were accomplished through an amazing orchestration of logistics and personnel. Crossing the Rubicon discovers an...

Reducere. By the late 1810s, a global revolution in cotton had remade the U.S.-Mexico border, bringing wealth and waves of Americans to the Gulf Coast while ...

Reducere. The family farm lies at the heart of our national identity, and yet its future is in peril. Rick Hammond grew up on a farm, and for forty years he ...

The role of ranching in the West is central to the field of animal history. This volume covers the periods between the early Indigenous acquisition...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: MR Walt DavisHow to Not go Broke Ranching is the irreverent and sometimes humorous effort of a multi generation rancher to ...

Reducere. DescriptionAn illustrated glovebox essential, Road Sides explores the fundamentals of a well-fed road trip through the American South, from A to Z....

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

Reducere. Combining archaeological, historical, ethnographic, and environmental data, Land of the Tejas represents a sweeping, interdisciplinary look at Texa...

Reducere. The legend of the Yellow Rose of Texas holds an indisputable place in Lone Star culture, tethered to a familiar song that has served as a Civil War...

Reducere. Baffled by the stereotypes presented by Hollywood and much historical fiction, many other Americans find the contemporary American Indian an enigma...

With a laugh, Laura Lewis says of her art, "I am uncomfortable painting mountains, because they get in the way of the view." The challenge for this...