The Untold History of the Potato, Paperback - John Reader

The story of one of the world's most important crops From the gold potatoes at the Sun Temple in Cuzco, Peru, the muddy ones in Ireland and those g...

Reducere. Moral treatment, the vogue of early American psychology, freed the mentally ill of their chains. They were, however, still relegated to separate in...

Reducere. WHEN THE MARINES decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid "tiltrotor" called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor ...

Ilarion Merculieff weaves the remarkable strands of his life and culture into a fascinating account that begins with his traditional Unangan (Aleut...

Reducere. First published in 1949, this remarkable book is the culmination of a life-long study of every aspect of the potato. Dr Salaman is concerned first ...

A sweeping and lively history of one of the most dramatic stories never told--of the greatest railroad war of all time, fought by the daring leader...

Publisher: Simon & SchusterAuthor(s): Kim KellyNumber of pages: 448Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 164 x 236 x 40Cover type: HardbackRedescopera ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Supreme UnderstandingIn this book, you'll learn about the history of Black people. I don't mean the history you typically l...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Supreme UnderstandingIn this book, you'll learn about the history of Black people. I don't mean the history you learned in ...

Reducere. "A League of Their Own for the softball set" (Lily Koppel, bestselling author of The Astronaut Wives Club), Fastpitch is hidden history at its most...

Reducere. This book explores Greek collaboration with the Nazis during the Axis occupation of Greece in the Second World War, a topic that continues to be on...

Reducere. In this book, you'll learn about the history of Black people. I don't mean the history you typically learn in school, which most likely began with ...

Reducere. In this book, you'll learn about the history of Black people. I don't mean the history you learned in school, which most likely began with slavery ...

Reducere. Sonora Pass, located north of the famous Tioga Pass that leads to Yosemite, is not well known. Extremely steep, and carved into granite like much o...

Reducere. "In many ways, this is The Phoenix Project for the PowerShell world."Introduced in 2006, Microsoft's PowerShell made an immediate, positive impact ...

Reducere. In 1978, paleontologists in East Africa discovered the earliest evidence of our divergence from the apes: three pre-human footprints, striding away...

'Groundbreaking, deeply researched and profoundly heart-rending' Peniel Joseph, New York Times A radical reckoning with the racial inequality of Am...

Reducere. What began in spring 2020 as local protests in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police quickly exploded into a massive nation...

Reducere. A groundbreaking look at how the interrogation rooms of the Korean War set the stage for a new kind of battle--not over land but over human subject...

Reducere. At last, here is a book that tells the full story of the turning point in World War II's Battle of the Bulge--the story of five crucial days in whi...

Reducere. From the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 to the Immigration Act of 1924 to Japanese American internment during World War II, the United States has a ...

Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & SchusterAuthor(s): Chris WallaceNumber of pages: 368Collection: Chris Wallace's Countdown SeriesPublication ...

Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick examine the dark side of American history from the beginning of the twentieth centu...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: John A. RobertsonThe Value of Simple: A Practical Guide to Taking the Complexity Out of Investing is a plain-language how-t...

Reducere. The eagerly anticipated updated return of a bestselling martial arts classicThe leaders of Tae Kwon Do, an Olympic sport and one of the world’s mos...

Reducere. At last, here is a book that tells the full story of the turning point in World War II's Battle of the Bulge--the story of five crucial days in whi...

Anticipating fame and wealth, Captain John Voss set out from Victoria, BC, in 1901, seeking to claim the world record for the smallest vessel ever ...

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Following Chris Wallace's "riveting" (The New York Times) and "propulsive" (Time) #1 national bestseller Countdown 1945 comes a deeply reported, re...

The life and times, and mysterious death of an ambitious Empress in exile, unloved by many.

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Tying in with Stone's 10 part documentary series of the same name, this looks at the rise and decline of the American empire, from Woodrow Wilson t...

Reducere. The dark arts of satanic black metal have always fascinated, both by the music and the blasphemous imagery. In his novel "Black Metal Blasphemy: A ...

Reducere. Three adventures of Sherlock Holmes, very much in the style of the original stories, by a writer who has been acclaimed as the reincarnation of Sir...

Reducere. The ballad "John Henry" is the most recorded folk song in American history and John Henry--the mighty railroad man who could blast through rock fas...

Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick examine the dark side of American history from the beginning of the twentieth centu...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the famine by Irishmen who suffered through it *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further r...

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The first published account of the Five Eyes, the elite spy network created by Britain and the United States that industrialised espionage operatio...

Reducere. DescriptionThe astonishing true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special Ops Combat Controller, and his heroic one-man stand d...

DescriptionIn 1890, the United States government outlawed the Ghost Dance. The ceremony remained illegal until 1978. Why? Did the authorities fear ...

Panoramic survey from the primeval cataclysms that formed the continent to the political upheavals of the present century. "An absorbing safari int...

Reducere. The little-known story of Pearl Hart, the most famous female bandit in the American West. On May 30, 1899, history was made when Pearl Hart, disgui...

A true wartime story of how downed RAF and Allied pilots on the run in Europe were secretly transported and hidden at a secret camp in France over ...

Reducere. DescriptionProject Blue Book was just one of many UFO reporting channels for the U.S. Government. Blue Book does not contain all UFO record sightin...

Reducere. This book is about the hidden, forgotten and hitherto untold history of the Jewish nation and Ethiopians. It is about kinship and the longest frien...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the Famine written by survivors and newspapers *Includes a bibliography for further reading "I have called...

Reducere. A companion to Oliver Stone's ten-part documentary series of the same name, this guide offers a people's history of the American Empire: "a critica...

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