The Firecracker Boys: H-Bombs, Inupiat Eskimos, and the Roots of the Environmental Movement, Paperback - Dan O'Neill

Reducere. In 1958, Edward Teller, father of the H-bomb, unveiled his plan to detonate six nuclear bombs off the Alaskan coast to create a new harbor. However...

Reducere. The Great Depression coincided with a wave of natural disasters, including the Dust Bowl and devastating floods of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers....

Reducere. Rachel Carson's Silent Spring antagonized some of the most powerful interests in the nation--including the farm block and the agricultural chemical...

DescriptionChicago is home to more intact African American street murals from the 1970s and 1980s than any other U.S. city. Among Chicago's greates...

'Derry Girls meets David Sedaris' Elske Rahill 'The writing is full of energy and originality' Irish TimesPublisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor...

DescriptionWhen Dave Foreman woke up staring down the gun barrels of FBI agents, he had traveled a long and winding road from Washington, D.C. lobb...

Javanese movement artist Suprapto Suryodarmo (Prapto) died in 2019. He developed, embodied and taught Amerta Movement. This book, covering the earl...

A wonderfully vivid history of Islam after Muhammad's death - and the sequel to Rogerson's acclaimed THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Luke W. ColeAuthor: Sheila R. FosterWhen Bill Clinton signed an Executive Order on Environmental Justice in 1994, the pheno...

Reducere. A book on the religious, mystic origins and substance of philosophy. This is a critical survey of ancient and modern sources and of scholarly works...

How the immigration courts became part of the nation's law enforcement agency--and how to reshape them. During the Trump administration, the immigr...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Alison PeckIllustration(s): 1 tableNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x ...

Reducere. The Church of God in Christ (COGIC), the first major denomination to spring from the fires of the Azusa Street revival, profoundly affected the his...

'Derry Girls meets David Sedaris' Elske Rahill, author of An Unravelling 'The writing is full of energy and originality' Irish Times

Reducere. There has been an explosion of recent discoveries in biblical archaeology. These finds have shed powerful light on figures and stories from the Bib...

Reducere. Twist-A-Matic Theology explores the doctrines of the Hebrew Roots, Sacred Names, and other Sabbath keeping movements. These groups teach what the B...

Reducere. From the beginning of California's statehood, adventurers, scientists, and writers reveled in its majestic landscape. Some were women, though few g...

The Fourth of July is a very special American holiday and celebration. Families and friends spend fun time together and at night, beautiful firewor...

Reducere. The Church of God in Christ, the first major denomination to spring from the fires of the Azusa Street revival, profoundly affected the history of ...

Reducere. A Wild Idea shares the complete story of the difficult birth of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA). The Adirondack region of New York's rural North C...

Publisher: Cinnamon PressAuthor(s): Jan FortuneNumber of pages: 146Collection: The Standing Ground TrilogyPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 198 x 1...

One of Rolling Stone's Best Music Books of 2015From Geto Boys legend and renowned storyteller Scarface, comes a passionate memoir about how hip-hop...

Reducere. Yellowstone holds a special place in America's heart. As the world's first national park, it is globally recognized as the crown jewel of modern en...

In 1086, Domesday Book, perhaps the most remarkable historical document in existence, was compiled. By skilful use of the Domesday record historian...

Reducere. DescriptionThe intriguing theory of a land bridge linking Siberia and Alaska during the coldest pulsations of the Ice Ages had been much debated si...

How capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the...

Reducere. Award NamePROSEAward categoryMusic/Performing ArtsBorn into poverty in Mississippi at the close of the nineteenth century, Charley Patton and Jimmi...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Christopher BlattmanNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 149 x 223 x 40Cover type: Hardback...

Reducere. In this sweeping social history Dorceta E. Taylor examines the emergence and rise of the multifaceted U.S. conservation movement from the mid-ninet...

Reducere. Showing that Mormonism is a genuine restoration of Primitive Christianity. To demonstrate to Latter Day Saints that "" Mormonism"" is what it exact...

Reducere. DescriptionGenesis 9 teaches that God gave moral law to all nations after the Flood. This is called Noahide Law. The apostle Paul taught that the L...

Reducere. With a thrilling narrative that sheds much light on recent events, this national bestseller brings to life the 1953 CIA coup in Iran that ousted th...

An engaging and meticulously researched history of Texas Populism and its contributions to modern American liberalism

Publisher: Beacon PressAuthor(s): Aviva ChomskyNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 131 x 209 x 28Cover type: Paperback / softback...