Triumph of the City

Subtitled, }How Our Greatest Invention Made Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier & Happier{. A readable account of how and why cities function as...

Video Green examines the explosion of late 1990s Los Angeles art driven by high-profile graduate programs. Probing the surface of art-critical buzz...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the early hours of June 26, 1948, phones began ringing across America, waking up the airmen of World War II--pilots, navigators, and ...

Reducere. In the first chronological and gripping narrative of the events that crippled Phenix City, Alabama, Margaret Anne Barnes tells the true story of ho...

A peerless general is offered the consulship of Rome after his triumph over the city of Corioles. Too proud to respect the will of the people, howe...

A Dazzling Darkness is the emotional autobiography of the brave and popular Darren Barker, who fought on after the tragic death of his hugely talen...

Florence 1441. Cosimo de' Medici is in his ascendancy and the city wrestles with the aftermath of one of the greatest crimes of the Renaissance, th...

DescriptionAfter Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the surrounding region in 2005, the city debated whether to press on with Mardi Gras ...

In the Syrian city of Akka, Nathanael, a young Jewish doctor, and a Muslim girl called Zohra are about to fall in love. But Saladin's army has just...

In the Syrian city of Akka, Nathanael, a young Jewish doctor, and a Muslim girl called Zohra are about to fall in love. But Saladin's army has just...

Reducere. Kirkus' Best of 2015 list School Library Journal Best of 2015 Publishers Weekly's Best of 2015 list Horn Book Fanfare Book Booklist Editor's Choice...

Reducere. The Courtneys meet the Ballantynes in an epic adventure Menace emanated from them as fiercely as the heat from the sun. Night and day, the drums ne...

Reducere. In the late 1970s, grain prices had tanked, farm auction notices filled newspapers, and people had forgotten that food didn't grow in grocery store...

Reducere. In 2015, the beautiful jazz funeral in New Orleans for composer Allen Toussaint coincided with a debate over removing four Confederate monuments. M...

Reducere. Before chain coffeeshops and luxury high-rises, before even the beginning of desegregation and the 1968 riots, Washington's Greater U Street was kn...

Focuses on the need to revitalise public life and political agency in the United States. Delivering a devastating critique of contemporary discours...

Contributor(s): Author: Susan S. FainsteinFor much of the twentieth century improvement in the situation of disadvantaged communities was a focus f...

Reducere. Look out for Johnson's new book, Wonderland, now on sale. A National Bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book, and an Entertainment Weekly Best Bo...

Reducere. Spanning a thousand years, and following the shifting fortunes of two families though the ages, this is the epic saga of Rome, the city and its peo...

Reducere. From Alaa Al Aswany, the author of the highly-acclaimed The Yacoubian Building, comes a story of love, sex, friendship, hatred, and ambition set in...

DescriptionFrom Triumph to Tragedy is the glorious, uplifting but ultimately tragic story of Chapecoense, the small-town Brazilian football club th...

Reducere. Whether you're a die-hard booster from the days of Hank Stram and Len Dawson or a newer supporter of Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes, these are the 1...

From the author of Youngblood comes a "brilliant and daring" (Phil Klay, award-winning author of Redeployment) novel following a group of super-pow...

Reducere. "An inspiring picture book for youngsters with meaningful ties to the environment, sustainability, and community engagement." --Booklist "Hartland'...

Reducere. After 50 years of waiting, Kansas City Chiefs fans were hungry for a return to Super Bowl glory. In 2020, their patience was rewarded in dramatic, ...

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. Now a Major Motion PictureThe bestselling author of Los Alamos returns to 1945. Hitler has been defeated, and Berlin is divided into zones of occup...

Reducere. The story of the underground battle of the Italians against the Nazis and Fascisti, largely unknown outside Italy, was, unlike the French Resistanc...

DescriptionOur popular Writing London guide, updated and redesigned. If you have spent any time in a London caf (c), you will know this to be a cit...

Reducere. In Super Bowl LIV, the Kansas City Chiefs finished off their incredible championship season by triumphing over the San Francisco 49ers, seizing the...

Reducere. DescriptionAlgiers is the second-oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans and stretches 12 miles from Riverview to the Cut Off. A rural area,...

Reducere. Featuring exclusive interviews with the greatest players in team history, this is the definitive story of this Original Six franchise, told by the ...

Reducere. Can you fathom a time when almost no one in the world knew what a dinosaur looked like? That was true in the mid-nineteenth century, until Victoria...

"His total conviction in multiple existences within our physical world is as much an inspiration to some of the most brilliant fiction in Yoruba wr...

Reducere. Struggles, rejections, hurt, pain, redemption, triumph, and love. Share the journey. It may be yours. Amazing grace leading homeward. Albert Thomps...

Reducere. On a hot, insomniac night at the Hotel Metropol, the novelist Carlos Fuentes steps onto his balcony only to find another man on the balcony next do...

Reducere. A coming to age story of a young woman who has many flaws but has figured out how to use those flaws as a way to grow. Unapologetic, this book appr...

Reducere. Every movement has its book. Gritty, raw and spiritual, Ghetto Plainsman chronicles one man's triumph over humiliation, self-defeat, anger and viol...

Hall of Famer, Olympic gold medalist, NBA Champion, MVP, and All-Star could all be used to describe the illustrious career of Spencer Haywood on th...

Reducere. A remarkable narrative of both chance and purpose that touches all corners of society to tell the improbable tale of one man looking for something ...

Reducere. Deep in the heart of seventh-century Arabia, a new prophet named Muhammad has arisen. As his message of enlightenment sweeps through Arabia and uni...

Reducere. Poverty Curse Broken is an inspiring true story of hope and beating the odds. ­is True story confirms that nothing is impossible Dr. Roberta Hoskie ...

Reducere. Quintero's debut memoir combines riveting storytelling, compelling insight, and triumphant lived experience to bring depth and meaning to one of mo...

Reducere. No one can go back and make a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, Rodney face...

Reducere. With traditions, records, and Penguins lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Pittsburgh fan should k...

Reducere. The Big 50: New York Rangers is a lively, comprehensive look at the 50 men and moments that made the Rangers the Rangers. Experienced sportswriter ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Daniel HellmanIllustrator: Duane WackerfussAuthor: David HellmanThe Story of the Green Bay Packers and That Little, Small T...

Reducere. Getting a glimpse into the future is always intriguing, especially when that glimpse comes from God's Word. But let's face it, the book of Revelati...

Reducere. There is a world that hangs suspended between triumph and catastrophe, between the dismantling of the Wall and the fall of the Twin Towers, frozen ...

This book is the first to trace the good and bad fortunes, over more than a century, of the earliest large free black community in the United State...

After a series of victories through Mississippi early in the spring of 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee had reached the criti...

Reducere. * "Wonderfully telling scenes evoke the time, the place, and--more subtly--the deep-running emotions that these people, bound by customs and besieg...

Reducere. The overlooked Quaker from Rhode Island who won the American Revolution's crucial southern campaign and helped to set up the final victory of Ameri...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Richard M. Hannula"RADIANT: Fifty Remarkable Women in Church History" RADIANT records the triumph of the gospel as Christia...

Reducere. Life has never been a struggle for India, the hood's celebrity. For this inner city girl, escaping out of the Queens projects and settling into the...

Reducere. Birmingham, Alabama - the Football Capital of the South - has likely had more pro football teams than any other city. None have been in the NFL, an...

Reducere. An incandescent memoir from an astonishing new talent, Beautiful Country puts readers in the shoes of an undocumented child living in poverty in th...

Reducere. "This inspiring book chronicles the life of Jerry Cummings, the legendary lead tenor for the ever-famous Harold Melvin &the Blue Notes. It details ...

Reducere. Description In this collection, no fewer than 30 of Edward S. Herman and David Peterson's essays in the critique of the "Art of Deceit" spanning a ...

Reducere. It was billed as the greatest event in the history of pair skating: three of the best teams of all time battling for Olympic gold on one night in S...

Reducere. Set out on a journey of fabulous adventure in lands beyond the limit of your imagination. Choose for yourself what role to play, where to venture, ...

Reducere. With this brilliant novel, the bestselling author of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and Wonder Boys gives us an exhilarating triumph of language and i...

Reducere. Ki Longfellow, author of the acclaimed The Secret Magdalene, has now written the astonishing life of Hypatia, famed throughout the Mediterranean wo...

Description" A] gritty, true-crime narrative...with hard-edged prose and a total absence of cheap moralizing... A] stark and gripping account."--Ki...

Reducere. Edna Ferber wrote So Big in 1924 and won the Pulitzer Prize for it the following year. The bestselling book was inspired by the life of Antje Paarl...

Reducere. Description*A New York Times Notable Book* *A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year* From the bestselling National Book Award finalist and author of...

Reducere. The Roman civil war has come to its conclusion - Pompey is dead, Egypt is firmly under the control of Cleopatra (with the help of Rome's legions), ...

Lavish illustrations, enchanting settings, and winsome storytelling abound in these three tales by Ludwig Bemelmans, creator of the classic Madelin...

Reducere. Do you practice garage theology? Garage theology is common in today's churches. Some practice it without knowing what it is. A simple definition wo...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Ellamae SimmonsAuthor: Rosemarie RobothamTracing the unforgettable tale of a little black girl from a small Ohio town who d...