L.A. Noir. The Struggle for the Soul of America's Most Seductive City, Paperback - John Buntin

The epic struggle for control of Los Angeles and the history of the 30s, 40s, and 50s in America's dream city. Now the FOX UK TV series MOB CITY.

Ben & Jerry’s have always been committed to an insanely ambitious three-part mission: making the world’s best ice cream, supporting progressive cau...

"Deeply moving...A first-rate, highly readable intellectual history." -The Wall Street Journal The drama that shaped today's Iran, from the Revolut...

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Reducere. At a time when American Jews should feel more secure and cohesive than ever, civil war is tearing apart their community. Congregations, neighborhoo...

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A history of how mystical and spiritual influences have shaped Russia's identity and politics and what it means for the future of world civilizatio...

Arthur Herman has now written the definitive sequel to his New York Times bestseller, How the Scots Invented the Modern World, and extends the them...

Reducere. Donald L. Hollowell was Georgia's chief civil rights attorney during the 1950s and 1960s. In this role he defended African American men accused or ...

Reducere. Donald L. Hollowell was Georgia's chief civil rights attorney during the 1950s and 1960s. In this role he defended African American men accused or ...

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Reducere. The Seminole Struggle: A History of America's Longest Indian War, Hardcover

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Cities are becoming increasingly competitive. In the past, cities focused on their similarities: school systems, parks, infrastructures, historical...

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The New York Times bestseller about the state of college football: Why we love the game, what is at risk, and the fight to save it--"A fascinating ...

Reducere. Iran thundered onto the world stage in 1979 with an Islamic revolution that shook the world. Today that revolution has gone astray, a popular democ...

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Get into the holiday spirit with these magical stories of family and friends... giving and sharing... joy and blessings Prepare to be inspired by t...

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Reducere. Born to Anglo-American parents on the Appalachian frontier, captured by the Miami Indians at the age of thirteen, and adopted into the tribe, Willi...

Explains the kaleidoscopic nature of Middle Eastern diplomacy.Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Patrick SealeNumber of pages: 576...

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Reducere. Internationally recognized expert and veteran of fifty trips to Rome, Frank Korn presents an insider's guide to the city. He describes not only the...

In all societies--but especially those that have endured political violence--the past is a shifting and contested terrain, never fixed and always i...

DescriptionTraces the monumental battle waged by civil rights organizations and by local people to establish basic human rights for all citizens of...

Reducere. The Powder River country of what is now north central Wyoming was one of the most resource-rich regions of the northern plains in the nineteenth ce...

DescriptionOn 18 April 1947, British forces set off the largest non-nuclear explosion in history. The target was a small island in the North Sea, f...

Publisher: Temple Lodge PublishingAuthor(s): Peter TradowskyTranslator: John M. WoodNumber of pages: 332Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 139 x 217...

The relationship between Germany and Russia is Europe's most important link with the largest country on the continent. This book analyses how succe...

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

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A thrilling and incisive examination of the post-Reconstruction era struggle for and suppression of African American voting rights in the United St...