Line in the Sand: A History of the Western U.S.-Mexico Border, Paperback - Rachel St John

Reducere. Line in the Sand details the dramatic transformation of the western U.S.-Mexico border from its creation at the end of the Mexican-American War in ...

The untold story of how British-French rivalry drew the battle lines of the modern Middle East. Through a stellar cast of politicians, diplomats, s...

Reducere. In this collection of observations, contemplations, and insights, award-winning author Thomas Lloyd Qualls offers a down-to-earth oracle to help de...

Reducere. In late February and early March of 1836, a Mexican army led by General Antonio L pez de Santa Anna lay siege to a mission known as the Alamo, held...

Reducere. A Line in The Sand is an honest, balanced, and at times humorous glimpse into the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of an IDF combat soldier. It ...

A clear and concise explanation of the complex historical, religious, political and military factors involved.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAutho...

The Middle East represents the greatest threat to world peace. A clear and concise explanation of the complex historical, religious, political and ...

Reducere. Winner, Abbott Lowell Cummings Award, Vernacular Architecture Forum, 2020 From the boundary surveys of the 1850s to the ever-expanding fences and h...

Reducere. It's 1967 in Kalapuya, a town on the Central Oregon Coast, and Jackson Ryder decides to build a second story onto his motel. His wife, Marilyn Ryde...

Reducere. For much of the twentieth century, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) officials recognized that the US-Mexico border region was different...

Reducere. Description"For most people in the U.K., Mid Wales and its border with England will be somewhere vague, a landscape largely unknown and barely cons...

AD 46, Judaea. A beleaguered Roman cohort must quash tribal revolts threatening the empire's eastern province. The seventh novel in Simon Scarrow's...

Reducere. The Gulf of Mexico presents a compelling, salt-streaked narrative of the earth's tenth largest body of water. In this beautifully written and illus...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ray C. ColtonBetween 1861 and 1865 the violent struggles of the Civil War extended into the Western Territories, where they...

Reducere. DescriptionAs a border county in a border state, Barbour County, West Virginia felt the full terror and tragedy of the Civil War. With a meticulous...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Soeren UrbanskyIllustration(s): 35 b/w illus. 4 tables.Number of pages: 392Collection: Studies of t...

Reducere. This set of sermons was delivered by St. John Chrysostom (347 - 407), when, most likely, he was a priest in Antioch, which at the time was under th...

Reducere. Chase tanner is a peaceful man - until enemies target his woman and friends. They soon learn how tough a peace-loving man can be.Branded a coward a...

Reducere. Horses in the Sand, the author's sequel to her first book, First Gear: A Motorcycle Memoir, is a collection of stories that document a queer woman'...

Reducere. Jeannie Carlson, the poet, journalist, educator and opera singer, has fashioned a delightful poetry collection that is both dynamic and authentic. ...

Reducere. This narrative history of Mexico through 1998 will readers understand the lively and sometimes turbulent history of our neighbor to the south. Surv...

Reducere. A hugely controversial work that exposes a series of scandals from Oliver North to the British royal family, The Secret War Against the Jews reveal...

A memoir of travels and adventure in the Near EastPublisher: The Conrad PressAuthor(s): Jim TaylorNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2021Dimensi...

Description'An exemplary narrative history, with the archives plundered judiciously ... Kynaston's] portrait of a globally influential institution ...

Offering a fresh history centred on the reactions and experiences of ordinary readers and writers, Lyons deals with key turning points that occurre...

DescriptionThe first phase of the Civil War was fought west of the Mississippi River at least six years before the attack on Fort Sumter. Starting ...

Reducere. "I am awed by my destructive power. With a small squeeze of the gun trigger under my right index finger, I can rip the turret off a thirty-ton batt...

Publisher: McFarland & Co IncAuthor(s): Michael Cameron DempseyIllustration(s): 27 photographs, mapsNumber of pages: 220Publication date: 2014Dimen...

Reducere. Shallow graves scar the desert landscape. A cemetery in the sand. Some of the lost are never found.Thousands of girls go missing every year in Las ...

Reducere. "I am awed by my destructive power. With a small squeeze of the gun trigger under my right index finger, I can rip the turret off a thirty-ton batt...

New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown's Texas twang and inimitable sass shine through in this contemporary romance about winning a second...