Thomas Jefferson at Monticello: Architecture, Landscape, Collections, Books, Food, Wine

This visually stunning volume explores Monticello, both house and plantation, with texts that present a current assessment of Jefferson's cultural ...

Reducere. In 1821, at the age of seventy-seven, Thomas Jefferson decided to "state some recollections of dates and facts concerning myself." His ancestors, J...

The first book to include Thomas Jefferson's writings and writings about him-from his era and ours.Publisher: WW Norton & CoAuthor(s): Thomas Jeffe...

DescriptionIn 1820, Thomas Jefferson worked for months, often by candlelight, carefully cutting the pages of several Bibles to remove the life stor...

Reducere. Thomas Jefferson completed this book in around 1820, when he was 77 years old. His aim was to reveal the most genuine teachings from the New Testam...

Reducere. Combining firsthand scholarship and material drawn from the Jefferson Papers, Willard Sterne Randall calls on his skills as an investigative journa...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Thomas Jefferson: A Modern Prometheus, Wilson Jeremiah Moses provides a critical assessment of Thomas Jefferson and the Jeffersonian ...

Reducere. In 1804 Thomas Jefferson decided to study the gospels to see if he could distill the essence of Jesus' teachings into a concise book that could be ...

Renowned artist Maira Kalman sheds light on the fascinating life and interests of the Renaissance man who was our third president. Thomas Jefferson...

Reducere. An illuminating analysis of the man whose name is synonymous with American democracyFew presidents have embodied the American spirit as fully as Th...

Reducere. Discover the life of Thomas Jefferson--a story about big ideas and building a nation for kids ages 6 to 9 Thomas Jefferson helped write the Declara...

Reducere. From writing the Declaration of Independence to making the Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson played a big role in making the United States what ...

A revelatory new biography of Thomas Jefferson, focusing on his ethical and spiritual lifePublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Thomas S. Kidd...

Reducere. Better known as a Founding Father of the United States, and its third president, Thomas Jefferson maintained an abiding interest in philosophy and ...

DescriptionThis is the largest ever book written on one of the world's most alluring, sun-drenched and seductive cultures. Over seven hundred speci...

Reducere. In this unique biography of Thomas Jefferson, leading journalist and social critic Christopher Hitchens offers a startlingly new and provocative in...

Reducere. Thomas Jefferson designed his own tombstone, describing himself simply as "Author of the Declaration of Independence and of the Virginia Statute fo...

Reducere. The restoration of the flower gardens at Monticello in 1941, sponsored by the Garden Club of Virginia, was the result of Edwin Betts's scholarly re...

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...

The explosive manifesto for the American Revolution, introduced by the co-author of Empire

DescriptionDrafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence summarizes America's founding political p...

Reducere. Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original clas...

Reducere. In the early nineteenth century Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States and principal author of the Declaration of Independence, con...

Reducere. This book, a National Book Award nominee in 1988, is the life of Thomas Jefferson as seen through the prism of his love affair with Monticello. For...

Reducere. Thomas Jefferson was a figure both central and polarizing in his own time, and despite the passage of two centuries he remains so today. Author of ...

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. Introduction by James Gilreath, Library of Congress. As vice president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson presided over the Senate. To improve ...

Reducere. Description'The Landscape of Swiss Wine' introduces readers to Switzerland's wines and the extraordinary landscapes that give rise to them. Sue Sty...

Reducere. In the early nineteenth century Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States and principal author of the Declaration of Independence, con...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 50 bw illusNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2016Dimensions: 231 x 151 x 13Cover type: Pap...

Reducere. Our perception of life at Monticello has changed dramatically over the past quarter century. The image of an estate presided over by a benevolent T...

Reducere. Following Thomas Jefferson from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Monticello, Joseph J. Ellis unravels the contr...

This is a major revision and expansion of what has long been recognized as a basic reference in its field. Besides updating the existing text, the ...

Reducere. As the oldest and favorite daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph (1772-1836) was extremely well educated, traveled in the...

Reducere. I saw a documentary about the Jefferson Bible on TV several years ago. It was unknown to me until then and I was fascinated by the thought that som...

Reducere. In its history of over a hundred of years, landscape architecture has developed many ideas, concepts, methods, and models. In this issue, LA Fronti...

Reducere. When Annette Gordon-Reed's groundbreaking study was first published, rumors of Thomas Jefferson's sexual involvement with his slave Sally Hemings h...

Reducere. This American classic is the only full-length book written and published by Thomas Jefferson during his lifetime. Written in 1781, Notes on the Sta...

The first edition of Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia to be based on both the 1785 first edition and the original manuscriptPublis...

How a Jewish navy veteran and his descendants saved one of America's most recognizable architectural landmarks

Reducere. A Black descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings' family explores America's racial reckoning through the prism of her ancestors--both the e...

Reducere. The Real Thomas Jefferson: The True Story of America's Philosopher of FreedomJefferson is the central figure in American history, and...he may yet ...

When the Revolutionary War ended in victory, there remained a stupendous problem: establishing a workable democratic government in the vast, newly ...

Reducere. A real-life thriller, now in paperback--the true story of the unheralded American who brought the Barbary Pirates to their knees In an attempt to s...

Reducere. Americans did not at first cherish the idea of political severance from their mother country. In just a few years, however, they came to desire ind...

Landscape architecture plays an important role in shaping the places in which we live and work. But what is it? Landscape architects are involved, ...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdNumber of pages: 306Collection: The MIT PressPublication date: 1994Dimensions: 221 x 281 x 19Cover type: Paperback / softba...

In a narrative both panoramic and intimate, Tom Chaffin captures the four-decade friendship of Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette.Thomas...

Contributor(s): Editor: Simon SwaffieldHere, for students and practitioners of landscape architecture, architecture, and planning, is a single reso...

Renewable energies have an important role in today's changing landscapes. This research analyses the current transition to sustainable energy from ...