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The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
Timothy Egan · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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From the National Book Award-winning and best-selling author Timothy Egan comes the epic story of one of the most fascinating and colorful Irishman in nineteenth-century America. The Irish-American story, with all its twists and triumphs, is told through the improbable life of one man.... |
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Biohistory: Decline and Fall of the West
Jim Penman · Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Pages: 283
Format: Paperback
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Western civilisation is on a path to destruction. In coming decades, economies will shrink, democracy will retreat and nations crumble. The long-term result will be grinding poverty, superstition and disease. This isn't scaremongering it is science. In Biohistory: The Decline and Fall... |
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Jackson, 1964 : and other dispatches from fifty years of reporting on race in America
Calvin Trillin · Random House
Pages: 275
Format: Print book : English : First edition
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From bestselling author and beloved New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin, a deeply resonant, career-spanning collection of articles on race and racism, from the 1960s to the present In the early sixties, Calvin Trillin got his start as a journalist covering the Civil Rights Movement in the South.... |
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Pueblo deco
Carla Breeze · Rizzoli International Publications
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
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Beautiful color photographs and a descriptive text survey examples of an architecture and design style developed in the southwestern US in the early 20th century. A design style that combines Old West motifs from Indian and Hispanic culture with art deco sensibilities. |
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The Modern Explorers
Robin Hanbury-Tenison · Thames & Hudson; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Exploration has never been more popular and any idea that there is nowhere left to explore is instantly disproved by the contemporary explorers who are showcased here. This title deals with this topic. |
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California comeback : how "failed state" became a model for the nation
Narda Zacchino · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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An in-depth look at California's remarkable 21st century turnaround, focusing on the role played by the state government under Jerry Brown. In the most economically important state in the country and the 7th largest economy in the world a political revolution of historic importance... |
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Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire
Peter H Wilson · The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016.
Pages: 1008
Format: Print book
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The Holy Roman Empire lasted a thousand years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable dominion never inspired the awe of its predecessor. Voltaire distilled the disdain of generations when he quipped it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire. Yet as Peter Wilson shows, the Holy... |
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All This Hell: U. S. Nurses Imprisoned by the Japanese
Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee · University Press of Kentucky; 1 edition
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
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Before December 1941 drew to a close, five navy nurses on Guam became the first American military women of WWII to be taken prisoner by the Japanese. More than seventy army nurses survived five months of combat conditions in the jungles of Bataan and Corregidor before being captured, only... |
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The Artful Dodger: Images and Reflections
Nick Bantock · Chronicle Books; 1st edition
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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With sales of his Griffin & Sabine Trilogy surpassing three million copies, it's been said that Nick Bantock has created an original literary genre. Now he brings new meaning to the art of autobiography with The Artful Dodger: Images and Reflections, in which he infuses the tale of his professional... |
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