Searching for the Republic of the Rio Grande. Northern Mexico and Texas, 1838-1840, Hardback - Paul D. Lack

Recovers the history of a significant regional revolt against the Mexican Republic, presaging other federalist rebellions and the Mexican-American ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is another Civil War history book, but it deals with an aspect of the Civil War that does not appear-even as an aside or footnote-i...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Franklin FolsomIntroduction by: Alfonso OrtizThis award-winning account of the Pueblo Revolt, originally published in 1973 ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Paul HorganWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for History (1954)Winner of the Bancroft Prize in History (1954) Winner of both the...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Rio Grande was ancient long before the first humans reached its banks. These days, the highly regulated river looks nothing like it ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis guidebook to the dance ceremonies of New Mexico Pueblo Indians is a wonderful aid for anyone looking to visit the pueblos. It conta...

Reducere. DescriptionThe kindergarten student, her family recently settled from Mexico, wiggled a loose tooth that she hoped would dislodge soon so she could...

Reducere. The 1848 treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican-American War described a boundary between the two countries that was to be ascertained ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Elena Zamora O'SheaIntroduction by: Leticia M. Garza FalconIntroduction by: Andres TijerinaThe open country of Texas betwee...

Reducere. Tradition meets tragedy in the chilling local lore of the Rio Grande Valley. Hidden in the dense brush and around oxbow lakes wait sinister secrets...

The Brazos River and the Rio Grande: what lies between are physical and cultural geographies stretching south from the Texas Hill Country to the bo...

Focuses specifically on the lower reaches of the Rio Grande/RIo Bravo as it exits the mountains and meanders across a coastal plain. Bringing toget...

Reducere. When a woman dies after falling from a hot-air balloon at Albuquerque's world famous balloon fiesta, private investigator Sonny Baca's intuition te...

DescriptionMost general histories of the Civil War pay scant attention to the many important military events that took place in the Lower Rio Grand...

Searching for Trust in the Global Economy offers a simple, but powerful evidenced-based framework explaining how managers in different parts of the...

Reducere. The Sons of the Republic of Texas tells the story of the Republic of Texas beginning with its birth on April 21, 1836. Includes a brief history of ...

Reducere. DescriptionA novel, set in South Texas, that challenges the Lone Ranger story with a Chicano Superhero in the early 20th century. Mexican Tejano fa...

Reducere. The animal fur trade played a key role in the development and ultimate ownership of lands and resources on the West Coast of North America. Yet it ...

Reducere. DescriptionPura Belpr Honor-winning author David Bowles joins Newbery Honor-winning Adam Gidwitz as co-author of the newest Unicorn Rescue Society ...

A bold new history of the origins and aftermath of the Texas Revolution, revealing how Indians, Mexicans, and Americans battled for survival in one...

Reducere. DescriptionTexas birdlife is strongly influenced by the incredible diversity of habitats found within its borders. The Rio Grande corridor is a gre...

The ace pilots of the Republic of China Air Force have long been shrouded in mystery, as their retreat to Taiwan in 1949 and blanket martial law ma...

A beautifully illustrated exploration of opulent tastes and the power of patronage in 18th-century Britain

Reducere. The Dark Side of Memory examines the largely unknown history of the state sponsored kidnapping of children in Uruguay and Argentina during the Cold...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Mark FiegeForeword by: William CrononIn the dramatic narratives that comprise The Republic of Nature, Mark Fiege reframes t...

Celebrating the prize that has honored international literature's top players, from Gabriel Garcia Marquez to Edwidge Danticat, a groundbreaking co...

Reducere. Since the mid 1970s, there has been an extraordinary renewal of interest in early modern architecture, both as a way of gaining insight into contem...

DescriptionWhere the Mesquite Tree Grows is a poignant and riveting journey through the thoughts and recollections of a Mexican American young man ...

Reducere. DescriptionLewels' tales of a young Mexican-American coming of age on the border are riveting. Sometimes they are zany and at other times heart bre...

This workbook teaches students how to use the popular R statistical software program to assess causal relationships using real political science da...

DescriptionWith over 25 percent of its land set aside in national parks and other protected areas, Costa Rica is renowned worldwide as "the green r...

Reducere. "Every Georgian dish is a poem."-Alexander Pushkin According to Georgian legend, God took a supper break while creating the world. He became so inv...

Reducere. Medals and Insignia of the Republic of Vietnam and her Allies 1950 to 1975. This is the most complete listing of all medals, decorations, ribbons a...

Reducere. Medals and Insignia of the Republic of Vietnam and her Allies 1950 to 1975. This is the most complete listing of all medals, decorations, ribbons a...

An award-winning historian of religion examines the role a "messiah" plays in Western culture, from its pre-Christian roots to modern interpretatio...

Anticorruption reform in the Republic of Moldova - Stoica Cristinel Popa

Paul De Grauwe examines why a healthy mix of market and state seems so difficult and analyses the internal and external limits of the market and th...

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 Massacre at Goliad, tensions mount between Mexican authorities and American newcomers. Revolution is in the air, something Thomas Buckalew welco...

Reducere. Description"Occasionally a truly remarkable book appears-one that takes a topic in need of discussion, thoroughly researches it, and presents credi...

In this unique work, the authors explore both the historic origins of the Day of the Dead and its colorful present-day celebrations in Mexico and t...

Reducere. The Cattlemen is the story of the cattle industry in America and of the men whose ranches reached from the Rio Grande into Montana, from the early ...

Reducere. In River of Hope, Omar S. Valerio-Jiménez examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the lower Rio Grande regio...

The first comprehensive guide to Elizabethan ideas about the mindPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Helen HackettIllustration(s): 23 b-w il...

Reducere. For three days in the fall of 1846, U.S. and Mexican soldiers fought fiercely in the picturesque city of Monterrey, turning the northern Mexican to...