European Women and Preindustrial Craft ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 (9) Essays examine key 18th- and 19th-century industries, including spinning, weaving, calico painting, and the lingerie trade. Focusing on links between women's preindustria... Verifica stoc
History of Britain Book IV History of Britain ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Povestind povestea istoriei britanice într-o narațiune cronologică simplă, „A History of Britain” acoperă matricea istoriei britanice, inclusiv evenimentele de peste măr...
Bill of the Century ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the single most important piece of legislation passed by Congress in American history. This one law so dramatically
Last Man Out ♡ 16 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 The author of Praying for Sheetrock retells the fantastic story of how an incredibly lucky group of miners managed to live through the worst mining
Showers Brothers Furniture Company ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Când familia Showers a sosit în Bloomington, Indiana, calea ferată venise de curând în oraș și o universitate modestă se lupta să supraviețuiască. După ce
1915 The First World War in Photographs: Setbacks & Failures ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 The Western Front was in stalemate, with the troops entrenched and little in the way of advance or retreat to counter the thousands of lives
Murders, Plots and Mysteries ♡ 21 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 Crime flows through history like a muddied tide, flecked with the red blood of murder.
A Safe Haven ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Pe 14 mai 1948, sub conducerea președintelui Harry S. Truman, Statele Unite au devenit prima națiune care a recunoscut Statul Israel -- la doar câteva
The Value of Worthless Lives ♡ 15 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 There are many good books on Italian immigration to the United States, including success biographies, field researches and historical investigations. What is lacking howe...
Thrift ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 'In this lively and engaging book, Andrew L. Yarrow tells the story of a national movement that promoted an amalgam of values and practices ranging
Understanding Thomas Jefferson ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Recent biographies of Thomas Jefferson have stressed the sphinxlike puzzles of his character—famous champion of freedom yet lifelong slaveholder, foe of miscegenation ye...
Game Change : Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime ♡ 15 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Povestea captivantă din interiorul alegerilor prezidențiale din 2008, scrisă de doi dintre cei mai buni reporteri politici din țară. 'Este una dintre cele mai bune
1919 A Land Fit for Heroes : Britain at Peace ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 The year 1919 has often been ignored in historians' dizzy haste to enter the world of the Roaring Twenties but it was a year of
Pacific Futures ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 The Pacific region presents a huge diversity of cultural forms, which have fuelled some of the most challenging ethnographic work undertaken in the discipline. But
Plowed Under ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 During the Great Depression, with thousands on bread lines, farmers were instructed by the New Deal Agricultural Adjustment Act to produce less food in order
Grant's Final Victory ♡ 18 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Shortly after losing all of his wealth in a terrible 1884 swindle, Ulysses S. Grant learned he had terminal throat and mouth cancer. Destitute and
Liberty and Conscience ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Although the act of conscientious objection entered modern consciousness most strikingly as a result of the Vietnam War, Americans have long struggled to reconcile their
After Vietnam ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Efforts to understand the impact of the Vietnam War on America began soon after it ended, and they continue to the present day. In After
A Higher Form of Killing ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Between April 22 and May 31, 1915, Western civilization was shocked. World War I was already appalling in its brutality, but until then it had
Aisne 1914 ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 The 1914 Battle of the Aisne, officially from 12 – 15 September, came about as a result of the German retirement from the Battle of
Calling All Cars ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Calling All Cars shows how radio played a key role in an emerging form of policing during the turbulent years of the Depression. Until this
From here to there ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 This collection of unpublished talks and hard-to-find essays from legendary activist-historian Staughton Lynd blends themes that encourage the rejection of capitalist imp...
The American South in a Global World ♡ 10 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 These snapshots of globalization across a broad southern ground help redirect the study of the South in response to how the South itself is being
New Harmony then and now ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Intellectuals as well as artisans are drawn to this place of science and spirit.
Great Upheaval ♡ 9 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink of oblivion, Russia towered as a vast
Dangerous convictions ♡ 10 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 'The debt-ceiling debacle of 2011 was clear evidence of the dangerous polarization of American politics. Heedless of the warnings of economists, a majority of Republicans...
The Reproach of Hunger ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Based on meticulous research and on-the-ground reporting, an expert in the field explores whether ending extreme poverty and widespread hunger is within our reach as
The Three Trillion Dollar War ♡ 10 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Reveals massive expenses associated with the Iraq War in a cautionary account that evaluates the war's long-term costs, both financial and human, as well as
War and Liberty: An American Dilemma ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 An analysis of the challenges of preserving civil liberties in wartime by the national award-winning author of Perilous Times provides in-depth coverage of how constituti...
The ABC-CLIO Companion to Women in the Workplace ♡ 8 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Covers the employment of women, including individuals, laws, court cases, specific occupations, and other subjects
Riots, Pogroms, Jihad ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 In October 2002 a bomb blast in a Balinese nightclub killed more than two hundred people, many of them young Australian tourists. This event and
Sphinx ♡ 9 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 'Sphinxes are legion in Egypt—what is so special about this one? . . . We shall take a stroll around the monument itself, scrutinizing its
Playing Dirty ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 The repression of desire uncovered in the production of scatological comedy.
Dateline ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 “Oft times one day is better than sometimes a whole year.” William Caxton (1422–1491) Each day of the year commemorates the anniversaries of famous birthdays,
English Voices ♡ 15 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Ferdinand Mount has spent many years writing articles, columns and reviews for prestigious magazines, newspapers and journals. Whether reviewing great published works by ...
An Historical Bibliography of Egyptian Prehistory ♡ 6 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 This bibliography contains 2,515 entries covering scholarship from the whole gamut of disciplines over the last two centuries. A selective guide to some of the
I Am the Border, So I Am ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 ‘I was living the quiet life, watching the traffic and the sheep go by and then Brexit came along and I listened to people dismissing
With God on All Sides ♡ 7 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Perhaps no other nation is or has ever been as religiously diverse as the United States. For elected officials, school principals, corporate leaders, and many
John Hull ♡ 10 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 A chronology is included tracing significant events in the history of the mint from its founding through its closing and the continuing requests to re-establish
Fighting the Invasion ♡ 8 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 In one of history’s most violent battles, Allied troops gathered along the shores of southern England, preparing for the invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe. Facing
Jewish Women in Pre-state Israel ♡ 9 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 A critical look at the history and culture of women of the Yishuv and a call for a new national discourse
The Chameleon State ♡ 9 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 The role of the state in capitalist societies has been a bone of considerable contention among scholars. The two founding fathers of sociology held radically
'Time by Moments Steals Away' ♡ 15 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Ruth Edgerton Douglass's diary recounts her winter journey from Detroit to Wisconsin and then her life through autumn and into the following winter on Isle
Storming the Court ♡ 7 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Describes how, in 1992, a group of Yale law students came to the aid of three hundred Haitian men, women, and children who had won
Heroic Gangster ♡ 4 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Urmărește viața și contribuțiile temutului lider de bande din Manhattan-ul de jos, care a ispășit o pedeapsă de zece ani în Sing Sing, înainte de
A World Within ♡ 7 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Philadelphia 1994 1st Center for Judaic Studies University of Pennsylvania. All Arabic facsimiles--no other text. 8vo., 375pp., wraps. Volume 2 only.
The Case of Abraham Lincoln ♡ 4 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 In 1856, Abraham Lincoln was at a personal crossroads. Often despondent, he had grown bored with his work as a lawyer. He was beginning to
Landscapes Of Conflict ♡ 9 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 William Robbins addresses efforts by individuals and groups within and outside the state to resolve inevitable conflicts between those most concerned for growth and perce...
American Library History ♡ 9 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Spoting and foxing to boards and textblock. Ink stamp on front free endpaper. With foreword by Edward G. Holley. This is a bibliography of literature
The Chicagoization of America, 1893-1917 ♡ 7 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Discusses the growth of Chicago, Illinois from the end of the nineteenth century to the final years of World War I.
Orphans of the East ♡ 5 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Spre deosebire de orfanul binevoitor găsit în The Kid de Charlie Chaplin sau de figura sentimentalizată a Micii Orfane Annie, orfanul din cinematografia est-europeană de...
The Red Tower (al-Burj Al-Ahmar) ♡ 7 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 The Crusaders' settlement of Palestine in the 12th and 13th centuries has been seen in terms of the domination of a native peasantry by an
God and Caesar ♡ 5 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Shirley Williams, a practicing Catholic, explores the relationship between Christian teaching, the Church and public life in the modern world. God and Caesar includes di...
Iconoclasm vs. Art and Drama ♡ 6 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 The radical Protestantism that led to the suppression of religious drama in England also by the early years of Queen Elizabeth I destroyed perhaps the
A Galaxy Of Immortal Women The Yin Side Of Chinese Civilization ♡ 4 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 The goddess tradition remakes China and the world. Touching on the whole story of Chinafrom Neolithic villages to a globalized Shanghaithis book ties mythology, archa...
Bibliography of the Works of Gregorio Leti ♡ 7 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 First edition. Gregorio Leti was a seventeenth-century European writer of great popularity. His books of biographies, general histories and writings on the papacy were w...
The four lost men ♡ 6 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 'The Four Lost Men is the first publication of the long version of Thomas Wolfe's story of familial and national reflection set during World War
British Shipbuilding and the State Since 1918 ♡ 5 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 This is the first book-length analysis of 20th-century shipbuilding at the national level in Britain. It is based on the full breadth of primary and