Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography, Paperback - David S. Reynolds

Winner of the Bancroft Prize and the Ambassador Book Award and Finalist for the National for the Book Critics Circle Award In his poetry Walt Whitm...

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Reducere. DescriptionIn 1863 Walt Whitman first proposed to the publisher John Redpath a book about his Civil War experiences. It was never published. But in...

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One of the Wall Street Journal's Ten Best Books of the Year A Washington Post Notable Book A Christian Science Monitor and Kirkus Reviews Best Book...

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Brian R. Dott explores how the non-native chile went from obscurity to ubiquity in China, influencing not just cuisine but also medicine, language,...

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One-volume account of the USA, from the earliest Native Americans to the McCain/Obama presidential race. 'The author stands beside Simon Schama as ...

The fascinating story of America's national anthem and a search for the source of its powerful meaning todayPublisher: WW Norton & CoAuthor(s): Mar...

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Publisher: CavanKerry PressAuthor(s): David S. ChoNumber of pages: 104Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 227 x 15Cover type: Paperback / softb...

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A powerful wake-up call to all AmericansWith only 6 percent of the world's population, how long will the United States remain a global superpower? ...

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This book is a view of America and its people as observed by an immigrant through a lifetime of assimilation. It traces the gradual change in his p...

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'A bracing account of abuses of power and corruption in the criminal justice system.' The GuardianFrom the fearless defense attorney and civil righ...

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"Walt Whitman's verse gave the poetry of America a distinctive national voice. It reflects the unique vitality of the new nation, the vastness of t...

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From Ocean City, Maryland to San Francisco, Reynolds traverses the back roads and small towns of the USA, taking the pulse of Trump's America as he...

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Publisher: Sagging Meniscus PressAuthor(s): David CollardNumber of pages: 358Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 140 x 208 x 27Cover type: Paperback ...

Based on lectures for an undergraduate UCLA course in quantum mechanics, this volume focuses on the formulas of quantum mechanics rather than on ap...

For millions of basketball fans in the 1970s, Walt "Clyde" Frazier defined the word cool. An iconic piece of basketball history and sports journali...

The second half of the twentieth century was dominated by the unfolding drama of the Cold War, from the Berlin blockade to the fall of the Berlin W...

For more than fifty years, J. Krishnamurti gave public talks to audiences around the world in which he expressed a revolutionary new understanding ...

A lively discussion of the history and significance of children's literature. Providing examples from across history and types, this introduces the...

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DescriptionThe Jews' Indian investigates the history of American Jewish relationships with Native Americans, both in the realm of cultural imaginat...

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Immensely illuminating and enjoyable account of a road trip along Highway 83 ... Books like [Reynold's] prove that good travel writing remains not ...

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