Wild History

A raucous history of Vancouver's music and entertainment venues, from Prohibition-era nightclubs and Chinatown cabarets to gay bars, dive bars, got...

The wildest and most beautiful of Britain's remains from ancient structures are guided through in this book from the author of }Grow Your Food For ...

Description"The Southern Ocean is a wild and elusive place, an ocean like no other. With its waters lying between the Antarctic continent and the s...

Reducere. Arizona remained a raw, rather uncivilized territory before it became one of the last states to enter the Union. Few towns exemplify this more than...

Reducere. Countless Michiganian women performed extraordinary acts that challenged and improved the world. Madame Marie-Therese Cadillac served as the medici...

Reducere. DescriptionFly-fishing has its sacred waters the world over. Yellowstone National Park claims some of the craft's most storied destinations. Castin...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this exciting choose-your-own-trail stand-alone experience featuring 8-bit art, it's 1849 and you are at the halfway point on your jo...

Reducere. Events on the Little Bighorn might have turned out better for George Armstrong Custer had he listened to H.H. Lomax rather than trying to kill him....

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1845, the HMS Vanguard, under the command of Captain William Caulderson, departed England on a voyage of discovery to find a Northwes...

Reducere. Oscar Wilde had one of literary history's mostexplosive love affairs with Lord Alfred "Bosie"Douglas. In 1895, Bosie's father, the Marquessof Queen...

What we hear when the birds sing. A sparkling cultural history of one of our nation's enduring pleasures: birdsong. This is the first engaging and ...

Reducere. In Beauty of the Wild, Darrel Morrison tells stories of people and places that have nourished his career as a teacher and a designer of nature-insp...

Reducere. Countless Michiganian women performed extraordinary acts that challenged and improved the world. Madame Marie-Therese Cadillac served as the medici...

Reducere. In The Soul of Man under Socialism Oscar Wilde expounds on an anarchist world view. Wilde argues that under capitalism the majority of people spoil...

In the 1800s, Tulare County, California, was a hotbed of desperate characters whose deadly gunplay and murderous inclinations left a trail of bodie...

Reducere. The sons of liberty are celebrated in the rebellious history of Boston--but what of their sisters? An audacious and determined procession of reform...

Reducere. DescriptionThroughout the 1800s, explorers braved brutal weather and hostile enemies, trekking through the towering mountains and fertile valleys o...

Reducere. DescriptionBorn into a loving, wealthy German family, Katarina Von Rahmel, protected and cherished, becomes a prima ballerina but finds her career ...

Reducere. Leadville, Colorado has its own special story --- a story that has become legendary because of its myriad of extraordinary people. First there was ...

Reducere. Spencer chronicles Edisto's history, from the early days when English and Scottish planters and their African slaves settled the lush island paradi...

Reducere. DescriptionThe daring women of Maryland made their mark on history as spies, would-be queens and fiery suffragettes. Sarah Wilson escaped indenture...

Reducere. Of all the Old West figures whose images eventually found their way into our popular culture, none was better known than Wild Bill Hickok. This boo...

Reducere. This third and final volume of the "Earth Heroes" books features the youth and careers of eight of the world's greatest environmentalists who champ...

Reducere. Fly-fishing has its sacred waters the world over. Yellowstone National Park claims some of the craft's most storied destinations. Casting in the Fi...

Reducere. On 14 May 1804, one Captain Meriwether Lewis and his companion William Clark led a thirty-three-man expedition to the new lands of Louisiana. 8, 00...

If you want to discover the captivating life of Annie Oakley, then keep reading...How could Annie Oakley, a woman of barely 110 pounds with a child...

Reducere. The daring women of Maryland made their mark on history as spies, would-be queens and fiery suffragettes. Sarah Wilson escaped indentured servitude...

Reducere. Come peek between the covers for an intimate look at the lives of women of the Old West. Once "fallen" or widowed, a woman had few options and almo...

Reducere. ABANDONED ON THE WILD FRONTIER Introducing Peter Cartwright Gilbert Hamilton is left alone on the frontier when his father is killed, and his mothe...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Wild West is infamous for its outrageous stories, cowboys, and gun battles. But the region is also known for its ghost stories, unex...

Reducere. In this work Terrie offers an assessment of the roles that the Adirondacks have played in American history. He brings to life the scientists and sc...

Packed with new evidence, Making Oscar Wilde tells the untold story of a local Irish eccentric who became a global cultural icon. This must-read bo...

DescriptionIn early 1942, the Japanese Army and Navy were advancing on all fronts, humiliating their US, British and Dutch foes throughout the Asia...

The real story of the ordeal experienced by both settlers and Indians during the Europeans' great migration west across America, from the colonies ...

Reducere. DescriptionTucked away in the northwestern frontier, Portland offered all the best vices: opium dreams, gambling, cheap prostitutes, and drunken br...

The first book to show that during the era of Wild West, the most dangerous place to be was in the Wilder East, far from the American frontier.

Reducere. From Calamity Jane's relentless pursuit of Wild Bill Hickok to Emma Walters, who gave it all up for the dashing Bat Masterson--and learned to regre...

The sons of liberty are celebrated in the rebellious history of Boston--but what of their sisters? An audacious and determined procession of reform...

Reducere. DescriptionDuring America's Early Republic, the pastoral villages and forests of Vermont were anything but peaceful. Conflict raged along the Canad...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Antony WildCoffee trader and historian Antony Wild delivers a rollicking history of the most valuable legally traded commod...

Your morning flat-white helped shape the modern world 'Elegantly written, witty and so wide in scope, so rich in detail and so thought provoking' J...

Reducere. Robbers Roost was a hideout for outlaws and hunted men long before Butch Cassidy found it in 1884. The impenetrable wastes and wilds of this high d...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Timothy RennerWhether presented comedically in popular culture or explored as a serious scientific curiosity, giant, hairy,...

New B-format paperback - The first book to show that during the era of Wild West, the most dangerous place to be was in the Wilder East, far from t...

Reducere. 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 ...

Jesse James and other infamous outlaws were part of a larger organization, centuries old, that has affected U.S. history from the small, rural stre...

Reducere. Benson's Wild Animal Farm, Hardcover

Old West gunfighters will always fascinate a large segment of our population. From the pages of this book (and its 43 stories) spring the grit and ...

The greatest Irish romances from history. With chapters on Inspirations, Love & War, Love Across the Divide, Secrets & Scandals and When Love Goes ...

Reducere. When America went to war with itself, Wilmington was North Carolina's largest city. From the imposing grandeur of the Bellamy Mansion that overlook...

Reducere. Of the four major sports leagues, the National Hockey League was the most conservative, clinging to only six cities until 1967, when it improbably ...

Reducere. Now in paperback: "Entertaining history...Donovan was a combination of bold innovator and imprudent rule bender, which made him not only a remarkab...

Reducere. There's a reason why the Wild West is called as such. History will give you some pretty good (but lengthy) explanations. The purpose of this educat...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sophie WhiteBased on a sweeping range of archival, visual, and material evidence, Wild Frenchmen and Frenchified Indians ex...

Reducere. "Quien es?"The answer to this incautious question - "Who is it?" - was a bullet to the heart.That bullet -- fired by Lincoln County Sheriff Patrick...

Reducere. There is no creature that quite embodies the beauty and grandeur of the American West as does the wild horse. For thousands of years, the horse has...

Fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about Ireland's beautiful west coastIllustrations: 25 Illustrations, black and white

Reducere. Includes pictures of important people, places, and events. Discusses the legendary deaths of Wild Bill, Jesse James, Billy the Kid, and Butch Cassi...

Description An illustrated guide to California's most popular and iconic nature getaways. 150 Nature Hot Spots in California showcases the legendar...

Reducere. Nosey Beast is the first comprehensive work on the coatis. Combining the results of her decades of study on wild and captive white-nosed coatis wit...

Reducere. A year-round escape for one million annual tourists, Catalina Island is gaining popularity as a world-class eco-destination. Eighty-eight percent o...

The souvenir book of the exhibition, National Museum of Scotland, summer 19. The visions of Scotland that took shape during the European Romantic m...

Publisher: Roaring Brook PressAuthor(s): Falynn KochIllustration(s): full-color illustrations throughoutNumber of pages: 128Collection: History Com...

With superb illustrations and illuminating text, we are led to the wild side of Mull. Every facet of the Scottish island's natural history is consi...

Reducere. Two-time Sibert Honor winner Don Brown has crafted a graphic history of the world's geology with a humble groundhog tour guide, leading readers thr...

Reducere. Nosey Beast is the first comprehensive work on the coatis. Combining the results of her decades of study on wild and captive white-nosed coatis wit...

Reducere. Stephen E. Ambrose, acclaimed author of Band of Brothers and Undaunted Courage, carries us along in the crowded and dangerous B-24s as their crews ...

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 ...

Reducere. DescriptionA year-round escape for one million annual tourists, Catalina Island is gaining popularity as a world-class eco-destination. Eighty-eigh...

Traditional and contemporary tales for children, from the rivers, seas, lakes, canals, sacred wells and waters of IrelandIllustrations: 30 Illustra...