The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914, Hardcover

Reducere. The National Book Award-winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal, a first-rate drama of the bold and brilliant engineering feat t...

The Panama Canal was the costliest undertaking in history; its completion in 1914 marked the beginning of the "American Century." Panama Fever draw...

Marco Polo's family traveled to the Far East with the hope of establishing trade with what today is known as China and India. But It was Henry of P...

Reducere. The popular West Indian migration narrative often starts with the "Windrush Generation"in 1950s' England, but in Dying to Better Themselves Olive S...

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the projects' construction *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The Transcont...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen the United States took on the building of the Panama Canal in 1904, workers were faced with extremely difficult living conditions. ...

This is just one of the fresh insights drawn from Stabile's teaching that have been included in this journal. Also included are brief quotes from T...

Reducere. This book tells a previously untold story of decades of financial speculation, fraud, and international conspiracy that led to the creation of the ...

Reducere. At a young age, Sara knew she wanted to be free from slavery. She attempted many times to run away. On one of these attempts, she was caught by ano...

A hundred years before Columbus and his fellow Europeans began making their way to the New World, fleets of giant Chinese junks commanded by the eu...

Reducere. Masonic Education has regrettably been reduced to teaching protocol, traditions, and catechism while ignoring the esoteric essence of the ritual. E...

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 ...

Conveys the excitement, diversity and richness of London at a time when the city was arguably at the height of its power, uniqueness and attraction...

Reducere. France achieved national unity much later than is commonly supposed. For a hundred years and more after the Revolution, millions of peasants lived ...

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Reducere. Have you ever wondered how Germany became a military and economic powerhouse that placed its bid for world domination in the 20th century? If you w...

Reducere. Go on an exciting pirate adventure in this hardcover Big Golden Book starring the crew from Nickelodeon's Santiago of the Seas! When Enrique steals...

This book examines how the expansion of a steam-powered Royal Navy from the second half of the nineteenth century had wider ramifications across th...

This student-friendly volume brings together English translations of the main narrative sources, and a small number of other relevant documents, fo...

This student-friendly volume brings together English translations of the main narrative sources, and a small number of other relevant documents, fo...

Publisher: Monthly Review Press, U.S.Author(s): Michael (Fitchburg State University, USA) PerelmanNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2006Dimensi...

Conventional wisdom dates the origins of activist federal government to the New Deal. William J. Novak shows that the roots run deeper. Tracing the...

Reducere. DescriptionThe intricate shapes of Sacred Geometry are explained as representations of the successive stages in the creation of the universe. Begin...

Tracing the currents of change that unite the visual and material culture of the Islamic world across space and time The seas have long served as b...

Reducere. Glamour, danger, liberation: in a Mad Men-era of commercial flight, Pan Am World Airways attracted the kind of young woman who wanted out, and want...

A groundbreaking work that delivers a fresh account of the Arab conquests, incorporating the latest research in Late Antique history.

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Michael (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK) ReynoldsNumber of pages: 360Publicati...

Reducere. In this fascinating graphic novel, witness the real-life debates, disagreements, and compromises that led to the formation of the U.S. Constitution...

For generations the traditional focus for those wishing to understand the roots of the modern world has been France on the eve of the Revolution. T...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates 150 years by presenting its evolution into one of the world's greatest museums and its vision for the fut...

How the introduction of steam, iron, and steel required new rules and new ways of thinking for the design and building of ships.

DescriptionUshering in a new era of confessional music that spoke openly about experiences of trauma, depression, and self-loathing, Nine Inch Nail...

Reducere. This vivid book retells the story of Captain Cook's great voyages in the South Seas, focusing on the encounters between the explorers and the islan...

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Reducere. In Land of Milk and Money, Alan I Marcus examines the establishment of the dairy industry in the United States South during the 1920s. Looking spec...

Reducere. Fresh from a battle against monarchy, the American Founders were wary of a strong executive, but they were equally conscious that unchecked legisla...

Drawing on many original Air Staff and Ministry documents and also the Hawker aircraft day-to-day diaries, it tells the story of one-off modificati...

A ground-breaking new examination of the formation of the modern unconsciousIllustrations: No

Called by Plutarch 'the oldest and greatest of Alexander's successors, ' Antigonos the One-Eyed (382-301 BC) was the dominant figure during the fir...

Reducere. From New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman, this is the story one of the most influential studios in film history, from its glory days unde...

Reducere. Most of us have no idea how others see or process their experiences. And that can make relationships hard, whether with intimate partners, with fri...

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The gorgeously illustrated contemporary edition of an ancient Chinese text--for fans of fantastic beasts everywhere Fantastic Creatures of the Moun...

Reducere. Synopsis: The Bible promises the renewal of all creation--a new heaven and earth--based on the incarnation, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus ...

Explores the sociogenesis and development of the French royal mistress, examining the careers of nine of the most significant holders of that title...

Reducere. "Stimulating, encyclopedic, and often downright funny, this is a book worth remembering." --Stephen O'Shea, Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada) "A liv...

In The Hydrogen Economy, best--selling author Jeremy Rifkin takes us on an eye--opening journey into the next great commercial era in history.Publi...