The Great American House

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DescriptionWhat is it about the desolate far North American wilderness that calls the intrepid traveler to uncover its sanctifying and deadly secre...

Reducere. This is a true and accurate account of treasonous conduct by the British and American governments: An account of how their citizens are deceived by...

Reducere. The executive Washington editor of The Wall Street Journal chronicles the astonishing rise, climax, and decline of one of the great political movem...

Reducere. Between the Great Depression and the mid-1970s, hitchhikers were a common sight for motorists, as American service members, students, and adventure...

Reducere. DescriptionREDHEADS DIE QUICKLY Gil Brewer, the frantic master of compulsive noir fiction--the man of whom author/editor Ed Gorman once said, "at h...

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Reducere. On February 15, 1898, the American ship USS Maine mysteriously exploded in the Havana Harbor. News of the blast quickly reached U.S. shores, where ...

Reducere. A comprehensive account of the rise and fall of one of the major shapers of American foreign policyOn the eve of his inauguration as President, Woo...

Thrillingly tells the story of an Eastern European Jew's flight from the Holocaust and the years he spent fighting in the French underground." --US...

Reducere. "Near the end of March, 1845, I borrowed an axe and went down to the woods by Walden Pond, nearest to where I intended to build my house, and began...

Reducere. NEW EDITION WITH EXPANDED TEXT, WITH A FOREWORD BY JON MEACHAM The original edition of Obama: The Call of History (2017) was the first full-fledged...

Reducere. A must-have new edition of one of the great American novels--and one of America's most popular--featuring a new introduction by Min Jin Lee, the Ne...

Reducere. *LARGE PRINT EDITION* "Leaves the reader in a mood of chastened wonder . . . A revelation of life . . . A work of art." --Los Angeles Times Set in ...

Reducere. DescriptionDuring the great healing revival of the 1950s and 1960s, revival tents dotted the American landscape. One of the most colorful of the he...

Reducere. From a National Book Award Finalist comes a "compassionate" novel about a modern American family and a man on a secret mission to uncover the world...

A warm, tender story perfect for fans of Front Desk about a creative girl who hopes that by winning a filmmaking contest, she'll convince her great...

Reducere. This text contains the official rules of a huge number of different card games and their variants, ranging from Whist to Poker and including everyt...

Reducere. This sweeping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea tells the epic story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: George W. BushAuthor: Mickey HerskowitzI was not elected to serve one party, but to serve one nation. The president of the ...

Reducere. Book Of Bruce; Ancestors And Descendants Of King Robert Of Scotland. Being An Historical And Genealogical Survey Of The Kingly And Noble Scottish H...

Reducere. Has Your Life Been Conscripted by an Economic Religion?Learn How to Free Yourself and Your Life Through the Power of Fastlane EntrepreneurshipBy al...

Reducere. The Coming of the New Deal, 1933-1935, volume two of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.'s Age of Roosevelt ...

Marcel Breuer (1902-81) is celebrated as a furniture designer, teacher and architect who changed the American house after his emigration from Hunga...

Reducere. This book shows you step-by-step and fish-by-fish how to create a beautiful, harmonious aquarium that mimics a natural habitat and fosters healthy ...

Reducere. Thomas Hardy once said that America had two great attractions: the skyscraper and the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay. The most famous poet of th...

Reducere. Praise for Aracelis Girmay: " Girmay's] every loss--she calls them estrangements--is a yearning for connection across time and place; her every fra...

DescriptionWhen Peleg Wadsworth built his family home on Congress Street in 1786, he could see the Fore River from his front door. The city grew up...

Reducere. "Extraordinary, " "poetic, " and "inspired" are only a few words that have been used to describe the food at Chez Panisse. Since the first meal ser...

Reducere. DOLLEY MADISON UNITES YOUNG AMERICA!Amidst the nonstop turmoil of the War of 1812, the decisive First Lady takes action and inspires an anxious nat...

Reducere. DescriptionEstablished in 1869, Fort Sill initially hosted cavalry regiments, including buffalo soldiers, charged with pacifying native tribes in p...

Starting from an article in the American press ("Is Romania the most beautiful country in Europe? It really could be!"), I started this process of ...

The real story of the ordeal experienced by both settlers and Indians during the Europeans' great migration west across America, from the colonies ...

Reducere. Poetry. SIMPLE VERSES is the first complete English translation of the classic collection VERSOS SENCILLOS, written by the Cuban poet Jose Marti (1...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Margaret MacMillanMargaret MacMillan, praised as "a superb writer who can bring history to life" (The Philadelphia Inquirer...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sanora BabbIntroduction by: Douglas WixsonAn autobiographical novel, long out of print, continues Sanora Babb's story as be...

In the bestselling tradition of The Presidents Club and Presidential Courage, White House history as told through the stories of the best friends a...

Reducere. The riveting, unforgettable story of a girl whose indomitable spirit is tested by homelessness, poverty, and racism in an unequal America--from Pul...

Reducere. In America's Constitution, one of this era's most accomplished constitutional law scholars, Akhil Reed Amar, gives the first comprehensive account ...

Reducere. Beautiful and expansive...in Johnstun's Let the Wild Grasses Grow, Colorado has a successor to Kent Haruf. --SEAN PRENTISS, author of Finding Abbey...

Reducere. DescriptionAs a Global Market Research Analyst for Prudential, Rich led the first African American Financial Experience Study. She founded The Weal...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review - The Washington Post - Entertainment Weekly - The Seattle Times - St. Lo...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review - The Washington Post - Entertainment Weekly - The Seattle Times - St. Lo...

Reducere. From the New York Times bestselling author of Gone South and PBS Great American Read nominee Swan Song comes "as finely a turned tale of horror as ...

Reducere. Introduce little ones to the nativity story with this bold and striking board book. In this bright and attractive book, children will learn the mai...

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Reducere. DescriptionSixteen spine-tingling tales from the dark side of our nation's literary history include stories by Sarah Orne Jewett, Henry James, Mark...

Reducere. For millions of Americans, Solomon D. Butcher's photographs epitomize the sod-house frontier. His images from western Nebraska constitute the most ...

Reducere. Fifty years ago, America was lied to and betrayed by its leaders. With virtually no debate, Congress passed the most radical change to immigration ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: E. B. WhiteIllustrator: Garth WilliamsAuthor: Kate DiCamilloDon't miss one of America's top 100 most-loved novels, selected...

Reducere. In an era where Americans are desperately seeking heroes and mentors, here is the story of how a saucy young lady from Denver, Mamie Doud Eisenhowe...

How can Dorothy Martin clear an elderly woman of murder, when she can't remember if she did it or not? American Anglophile Dorothy Martin and her h...

History meets hijinks in this first title in a hilarious new middle grade series for fans of Timmy Failure and The Terrible Two, when Ben Franklin ...

Reducere. Fascinating Accounts of Modern-Day MiraclesDoes God still play an active role in the world today? Readers are thrilled to discover that yes, he doe...

Reducere. Irish writer Edward J. M. D. Plunkett (1878-1957), the eighteenth Baron Dunsany, was one of English literature's most original talents. The author ...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the construction of both buildings during the 19th century *Includes bibliographies for further reading *I...

Reducere. DescriptionMontana remains a wilderness paradise with a relatively small human population. History here witnessed gold fever draw thousands of pros...

Reducere. A darkly comic and ambitious sequel to the American classic Catch-22. In Closing Time, Joseph Heller returns to the characters of Catch-22, now com...

The executive Washington editor of The Wall Street Journal chronicles the astonishing rise, climax, and decline of one of the great political movem...

Reducere. Recommendations for Book "This book is a fair and accurate examination of the origins of Freemasonry. I learned a lot of things about Freemasonry I...

DescriptionOver the last 200 years, the country has elected a variety of colorful figures to national office. Drunkards, racists, slave holders, ph...

Perhaps not in casualties but as far as prestige and standing in the world were concerned, the Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961 was the worst disaster ...

Reducere. The riveting, unforgettable story of a girl whose indomitable spirit is tested by homelessness, poverty, and racism in an unequal America--from Pul...

Reducere. In the tradition of Rich Cohen's Sweet and Low and Sean Wilsey's Oh the Glory of it All, a memoir of a city, an industry, and a dynasty in decline,...

Reducere. A compulsively readable debut novel about marriage, immigration, class, race, and the trapdoors in the American Dream--the unforgettable story of a...

Reducere. Beyond the facade of the two major political parties clucking their non-sense back and forth like an irate hen house, there is an inherent flaw in ...

Description"Easily ranks among the best fiction I've read this year." --David Abrams In prairie towns and backwaters, and in the big cities, people...

Reducere. Edgar Allan Poe was a master of horror literature. While underappreciated in his time, Poe is now recognized as a literary genius whose gothic tale...

Reducere. Chronicles the sweeping history of the storied Henry Street Settlement and its enduring vision of a more just society On a cold March day in 1893, ...