The Last Slave Ships: New York and the End of the Middle Passage, Hardcover - John Harris

A stunning behind-the-curtain look into the last years of the illegal transatlantic slave trade in the United States "Engrossing. . . . Astonishing...

Reducere. DescriptionThe dramatic story of the United States' destruction of a free and independent community of fugitive slaves in Spanish Florida In the af...

Published in 1947, as the cold war was heating up, Lionel Trilling's only novel was a prophetic reckoning with the bitter ideological disputes that...

Reducere. An excellent introduction to the history of the church through portraits of twenty of the most important saints and heroes of the faith from the th...

Contributor(s): Author: Gerald Horne Illuminates how the preservation of slavery was a motivating factor for the Revolutionary War The successful 1...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: John MasefieldIllustrator: Judith MasefieldStrange things begin to happen the minute young Kay Harker boards the train to g...

Publisher: Skyhorse PublishingAuthor(s): Phillip Thomas TuckerIllustration(s): 20 color illustrationsNumber of pages: 440Publication date: 2022Dime...

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Reducere. Written with clarity, tenacity, humor, and warmth, A Hundred Little Pieces on the End of the World attempts to find tolerable ethical positions in ...

Reducere. "Roche published the first account of the last slave ship to enter the United States....She was the artist/writer daughter of a prominent white fam...

Contributor(s): Editor: John CrowleyEditor: Donal O. DrisceoilEditor: Mike MurphyThe Atlas of the Irish Revolution is a definitive resource that br...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: John HarrisBeginning in 1994 and closing in the first months of 1998, the UK passed through a cultural moment as distinct a...

Reducere. This is a collection of essays on the sources, interpretations, and influences of Neoplatonism.

A landmark work of cultural history that tells the story of how four young poets, John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, James Schuyler, and Kenneth Koch, rei...

Publisher: The New York Review of Books, IncAuthor(s): David ShieldsNumber of pages: 104Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 177 x 127 x 20Cover type:...

Fleabag meets I Am Legend in this extraordinary novel of one woman's survival in the face of the end of the world. Who will she be now that she is ...

Reducere. From April 1964 to October 1965, some 52 million people from aroundthe world flocked to the New York World's Fair, an experience that liveson in th...

On 2 April 1792, John Kimber, captain of the Bristol slave ship Recovery, was denounced in the House of Commons by William Wilberforce for flogging...

Best Reference Books of 2012 presented by Library Journal The Great Irish Famine is the most pivotal event in modern Irish history, with implicatio...

In the wake of the civil rights movement, a great divide has opened up between African American and Jewish communities. What was historically a har...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: John HoweA Middle-earth Traveler is an illustrated guide to J.R.R. Tolkien's most famous creation, with lavish art showing ...

DescriptionA sharp and provocative new essay collection from the award-winning author of Freedom and The CorrectionsThe essayist, Jonathan Franzen ...

Reducere. This is a work of fiction inspired by the experience of the author. We follow a youthful Dustin Asman throughout New York City as he climbs his way...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - This thrilling novel kicks off what Stephen King calls "a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in A...

Reducere. Last Subway is the fascinating and dramatic story behind New York City's struggle to build a new subway line under Second Avenue and improve transi...

Reducere. A talented young dancer and his brilliant teacher In this long-awaited memoir, dancer and choreographer John Clifford offers a highly personal look...

Contributor(s): Author: Jonathan FranzenA sharp and provocative new essay collection from the award-winning author of Freedom and The CorrectionsIn...

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and GirouxAuthor(s): Jonathan FranzenNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2018Dimensions: 139 x 210 x 14Cover type: Pape...

DescriptionExploring the emergence of a societal imperative to enjoy ourselves, Todd McGowan builds on the work of such theorists as Jacques Lacan,...

During its heyday in the 19th century, the African slave trade was fueled by the close relationship of the US and Brazil. This work tells the story...

Reducere. Awards🏆Winner (2005) - Literary Award - (First Nonfiction)Winner (2005) - Independent Publisher Book Awards - (Religion)Contributor(s): Author: Sam...

Reducere. "There are eight million stories in the Naked City." This famous line from the 1948 film The Naked City has become an emblem of New York City itsel...

Talking to patients and their families about end-of-life issues can be difficult and stressful. This book looks at ways different cultures view dea...

Published in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man argues that capitalist democracy is the final destination for all societies. Fukuyama believ...

Reducere. 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. The New Testament finds many ways to depict the relationship of Christians and their Lord. They are his disciples, sons, daughters and friends. But...

DescriptionFrom romantic spots like Le Bernardin to beloved holes-in-the-wall like Corner Bistro, John Donohue renders people's favorite restaurant...

From the beginnings of big-city police work to the rise of the Mafia, Rogues' Gallery is a colorful and captivating history of crime and punishment...

Reducere. The New York Yankees had been America's most successful sports franchise of the twentieth century, but by the mid-1960's they had degraded into med...

Reducere. The incredible true story of the last ship to carry enslaved people to America, the remarkable town its survivors founded after emancipation, and t...

Reducere. One hundred fifty haiku on New York City in just three lines each. New York City Haiku collects 150 of the best haiku inspired by the Big Apple. Th...

Reducere. A comprehensive edition and commentary of 77 ostraka Ostraka in the Collection of New York University is a comprehensive edition and commentary of ...

Reducere. DescriptionTable of Contents: - The Voice Of The City - The Making Of A New Yorker - A Retrieved Reformation - The Cop And The Anthem - The Duplici...

This comprehensive, highly illustrated new study examines Titian's long career and varied output. Tom Nichols argues that Titian's works were self-...

Reducere. Alvin C. York (1887--1964) -- devout Christian, conscientious objector, and reluctant hero of World War I -- is one of America's most famous and ce...

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Integrated Water Resources Management in the Middle East, held in Kibbutz Kera, Israel, 6-17 Fe...

Reducere. Reveals how the European travels of John and Abigail Adams helped define what it meant to be an American From 1778 to 1788, the Founding Father and...