The Great Cities in History

Reducere. DescriptionKnown by the French settlers of the eighteenth century as the Fleuve Rouge, the Red River boasts a fascinating history in Louisiana. It ...

Reducere. The first book devoted to this landmark of architecture, urban planning, and social engineering Situated in the borough of Queens, New York, Sunnys...

Reducere. "An audacious, entertaining page-turner. Dan Jones covers a thousand years of history with elegance and panache."--Dan Carlin, host of Hardcore His...

Reducere. This small book describes a fifteen days car trip you can take in Apulia and the neighboring regions. The itinerary starts from the town of Ortona ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis lively and dramatic book brings roaring to life the grand sweep of 5, 000 years of history in the cradle of civilization. A wonderf...

Reducere. The radical history of a dynamic, multiracial American neighborhood. "When I think of the future of the United States, and the history that matters...

Reducere. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. In 1869, Blyden published The Negro in Ancient History...

Reducere. Ancient Greek history is full of fascinating events and adventures, with the refined culture and many Gods of olden Greece a highlight - this histo...

Reducere. There's more to being Irish than kissing a Blarney Stone Few places on earth match Ireland's romantic attraction and historical legacy. Every year,...

Reducere. Driving on Highway 61 through Minnesota provides a rare opportunity for one to see virtually every type of landscape in the North Star State. Along...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Endicott-Johnson Corporation emerged from the modest Lester Brothers Company, manufacturers of boots and shoes, that began in 1854. ...

DescriptionA brisk narrative of battles and plagues, monastic orders, heroic women, and knights-errant, barbaric tortures and tender romance, intri...

Reducere. The West and the World engages students and provokes discussion by presenting the past through the prism of current and perennial issues. Interpret...

Reducere. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Unabridged Edition (Vol.1-2).The author of this original and charming production, to whic...

Reducere. Did you know that one obscure sheep-herding and wool-making family in the Italian region of Tuscany went from humble beginnings to becoming one of ...

Reducere. At its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, Detroit's status as epicenter of the American auto industry made it a vibrant, populous, commercial hub and t...

*Includes pictures *Includes historic descriptions of Broadway theaters and plays *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading...

Description"I first met Fred when we were both refugees fighting the totalitarian Nazi regime through the rather poor means we had. In his time he ...

Reducere. Throughout the twentieth century, department stores ruled the retail landscapes of downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. More than just shopping cente...

Reducere. One of the crucial phases of the Civil War centered on the two Confederate invasions of the North undertaken by Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Vi...

Reducere. DescriptionPack up the car and enjoy thirty gorgeous drives through the soaring mountains, broad valleys, and endless plains of Colorado. This indi...

DescriptionPerched above the confluence of two great rivers, the Sava and Danube, Belgrade has been home to many civilizations: Celts, Romans, Byza...

Reducere. DescriptionSydney G. Fisher describes the arrival and settlement of the Quaker denomination in colonial North America during the 17th and 18th cent...

Reducere. The changing fortunes of Detroit, told through the lens of the city's major sporting events, by the bestselling author of Soccernomics, and a prize...

Reducere. It is not surprising to anyone who knows the Bay country that the Chesapeake captured the imagination of Europeans in the 17th and 18th centuries, ...

Reducere. Has there ever been a history of the world as readable as this?In The Human Story, James C. Davis takes us on a journey to ancient times, telling h...

Reducere. Gaylon Finklea Hecker and Marianne Odom began the interviews for this book in 1981 and devoted a professional lifetime to collecting the memories o...

Reducere. A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo--the ...

Reducere. Attention Travelers: You Have found Your Ultimate Travel Guide to Spain So, you want to go to Spain? Congratulations You have come to the right pla...

Reducere. The carillon, the world's largest musical instrument, originated in the sixteenth century when inhabitants of the Low Countries started to produce ...

Reducere. In August of 1942, Great Britain faced a desperate situation. German bombers hammered the nation's industrial cities and towns daily, and the toll ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Fritz ZimmermanThis is a compilation of historical accounts that contradict everything we have been taught about ancient Am...

Reducere. An unprecedented historical account of undivided Punjab, from the death of Aurangzeb to the Partition. For centuries, the fertile land of five rive...

The rediscovery of Babylon and Assyria in the 1840s transformed Western views on the origins of civilisation. The excavation of Nineveh proved that...

DescriptionFor more than 600 years the Livery Companies have played a leading role in commercial activities and social and political life in the Ci...

Reducere. DescriptionThe beloved thoroughfare at the heart of Denver, Sixteenth Street has always been the Mile-High City s Main Street. Sixteenth Street got...

Reducere. Altoona is a city built by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Cities usually grow to maturity and then sprout suburbs. With Altoona, it was the opposite. T...

City of Big Shoulders links key events in Chicago's development, from its marshy origins in the 1600s to today's robust metropolis. Robert G. Spinn...

DescriptionThe tenth book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle the...

``It is not the well-being of individuals that makes cities great, but the well-being of the community`` Few figures in intellectual history have p...

DescriptionBarcelona is one of the most visited cities in Europe, a multilingual capital of an autonomous region that longs to be independent of Sp...

*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Between the 18th and early 19th centuries, Britain experienced...

The original edition of Pompeii: A Sourcebook was a crucial resource for students of the site. Now updated to include material from Herculaneum, th...

Reducere. This lively collection of 34 of the best history walks in North Carolina highlights the richness and diversity of the state's history, from the tim...

The advance of Union Pacific Railroad tracklayers across Nebraska was part of America's great adventure of the 19th century. It marked the beginnin...

Reducere. The advance of Union Pacific Railroad tracklayers across Nebraska was part of America's great adventure of the 19th century. It marked the beginnin...

Reducere. This is the First novel in the "Tropical Frontier" series. NOTE: This volume INCLUDES "The Wreckers, " the separate and stand-alone novel formatted...

Reducere. Today, 1913 is inevitably viewed through the lens of 1914: as the last year before a war that would shatter the global economic order and tear Euro...

Reducere. Eons before the birth of the Roman Empire, there was a civilization dedicated to the sciences of earth, sea, and sky. In the City of Light lived pe...

Reducere. Description381 AD: The Gothic War draws to a brutal climax, and the victor's name will be written in blood...The great struggle between the Eastern...

Reducere. *Includes pictures of important places and historic art depicting Athena and other Greek gods and goddesses. *Explains the historical origins of th...

Reducere. DescriptionAmazing Georgia is a fun and creative coloring book journey across the 159 counties that make up this great state. Each of Georgia's cou...

Reducere. In this return to his lively, provocative reconceptualization of the meaning of Chaco Canyon and its monumental 11th-century structures, Stephen H....

Reducere. 2018 Nebraska Book Award The state of Nebraska has a rich and varied culture, from the eastern metropolitan cities of Omaha and Lincoln to the ranc...

Reducere. The tracks of the Norfolk and Western Railway snaked through Virginia's Shenandoah Valley and the coalfields of West Virginia. For nearly 100 years...

Reducere. In this updated edition of Backroads & Byways of Pennsylvania, David Langlieb takes readers down country roads, through lush farmland vistas, and i...

In 1903, Theodore Roosevelt planned a tour of the mid-West and Western states. It was dubbed the "Great Loop Tour, " being careful not to call it a...

Reducere. When Solomon Merrick moved his family from New England to a plot of land southwest of Miami in 1898, he had no idea that his son, George, would bec...

-The ultimate insider's guide to Baltimore, fully illustrated with 111 full-page color photographs -Features interesting and unusual places not fou...

Reducere. Most people think of Lake Erie, the shallowest and second smallest of the Great Lakes, as a sun-drenched, nearly tropical retreat. But it is so muc...

Reducere. Ten years in the making, Gary Rivlin's Katrina is "a gem of a book--well-reported, deftly written, tightly focused....a starting point for anyone i...

Over 60, 000, 000 people died worldwide during the course of the Second World War and, in contrast to those slaughtered in The Great War, it was ci...

In this warm, engaging look at the life of a great First Lady, Kathi Appelt tells the story behind Lady Bird Johnson's environmental vision. Joy Fi...

Reducere. As one of the West Coast's most unique and beautiful resort cities, Laguna Beach has thrived as an enduring enclave of art culture, a destination o...

In this beautifully crafted study of one emblematic life, Harrison addresses large themes in Chinese history while conveying with great immediacy t...

*Includes pictures *Includes temporary accounts of Grand Central's history and construction *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes ...

Reducere. Edgar Allan Poe wrote his great works while living in several cities on the East Coast of the United States, but Baltimore's claim to him is specia...

Contributor(s): Translator: Paul Gordon SchalowAuthor: Ihara SaikakuThe first complete translation of Nanshoku okagami by Ihara Saikaku (1642-93), ...

Reducere. Opa It's Athens, Greece KeeKee, the world traveling kitty, lands for another exciting adventure. Join KeeKee as she explores one of the oldest citi...

Reducere. DescriptionAll his life, Alexander defied the limits the gods gave mortals. That passion overwhelmed cities and armies...and united a vast empire. ...