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  • Stardust International Raceway

    Motorsports Meets the Mob in Vegas, 1965-1971

    von Randall Cannon, Michael Gerry …
    Professional motorsports came to Las Vegas in the mid-1950s at a bankrupt horse track swarmed by gamblers--and soon became enmeshed with the government and organized crime. By 1965, the Vegas racing game moved from makeshift facilities to Stardust International Raceway, constructed with real grandstands, sanitary facilities and air-conditioned timing towers. Stardust would host the biggest racing … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 23,31

  • Speed Capital

    Indianapolis Auto Racing and the Making of Modern America

    von Brian M. Ingrassia …
    Serien series Sport and Society
    How a speedway became a legendary sports site and sparked America’s car cultureThe 1909 opening of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway marked a foundational moment in the history of automotive racing. Events at the famed track and others like it also helped launch America’s love affair with cars and an embrace of road systems that transformed cities and shrank perceptions of space.Brian Ingrassia … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 20,45

  • French, Cajun, Creole, Houma

    A Primer on Francophone Louisiana

    von Carl A. Brasseaux …
    In recent years, ethnographers have recognized south Louisiana as home to perhaps the most complex rural society in North America. More than a dozen French-speaking immigrant groups have been identified there, Cajuns and white Creoles being the most famous. In this guide to the amazing social, cultural, and linguistic variation within Louisiana's French-speaking region, Carl A. Brasseaux presents … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 17,04

  • Der Gott des Waldes

    Roman

    von Liz Moore …
    Übersetzt von Cornelius Hartz …
    Manche sagen, es sei tragisch, was den Van Laars widerfahren ist. Manche sagen, die Familie habe es verdient. Sie hätten sich nicht einmal bei den Suchern bedankt, die fünf Nächte lang im einskalten Wind ausharrten, um ihren vermissten Sohn zu finden. Manche sagen, es habe einen Grund gegeben, warum die Familie so lange brauchte, um Hilfe zu rufen. Dass sie wussten, was mit dem Jungen geschehen … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 17,99

  • Fire and Fury

    von Michael Wolff …
    SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERWith extraordinary access to the Trump White House, Michael Wolff tells the inside story of the most controversial presidency of our time.The first nine months of Donald Trump's term were stormy, outrageous - and absolutely mesmerising. Now, thanks to his deep access to the West Wing, bestselling author Michael W... … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 3,99

  • An Echo in the Bone

    The gripping and unputdownable historical adventure from the bestselling Outlander series

    von Diana Gabaldon …
    Serien Buch 7 - Outlander
    THE UNMISSABLE SEVENTH NOVEL IN THE MULTI-MILLION BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES - NOW ON AMAZON PRIME!'A series that will keep you turning the pages long into the night' Rebecca Yarros***** 'If you are new to these books then I envy you, you are in for such a treat''Epic, magical, and deeply romantic. A true gift to all readers' Ali Hazelwood*... … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 4,49

  • 1918 - Die Welt im Fieber

    Wie die Spanische Grippe die Gesellschaft veränderte

    von Laura Spinney …
    Übersetzt von Sabine Hübner …
    Gleichen sich die Corona-Pandemie und das Schicksalsjahr 1918? Laura Spinney in ihrem Bestseller über die Spanische Grippe als weltumspannendes gesellschaftliches Phänomen Der Erste Weltkrieg geht zu Ende, und eine weitere Katastrophe fordert viele Millionen Tote: die Spanische Grippe. Binnen weniger Wochen erkrankt ein Drittel der Weltbevölkerung. Trotzdem sind die Auswirkungen auf Gesellschaft, … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 13,99

  • A Promised Land

    The powerful political memoir from the former US President

    von Barack Obama …
    THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making?a record-breaking, critically acclaimed no.1 bestseller.'Gorgeously written, humorous, compelling, life affirming' Justin Webb, Mail on SundayIn the first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama recounts his journey from a young man searching for his identity to the 44th president of the United … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 12,99

  • Just Kids

    An Autobiography

    von Patti Smith …
    WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDIt was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation.Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Bound in innocence and enthusiasm, they traversed the … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 9,35

  • Hillbilly Elegy

    The Internationally Bestselling Memoir from Trump’s Vice-President of the United States

    von J. D. Vance …
    THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER / OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLDTHE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT'S ORIGIN STORY‘Essential reading for this moment in history’ New York Times'You will not read a more important book about America this year' Economist‘Brilliant … offers an acute insight into the reasons voters have put their trust in Trump’ ObserverJ. D. V... … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 7,59

  • Hidden Figures

    The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race

    von Margot Lee Shetterly …
    The Top 10 Sunday Times BestsellerNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREOscar Nominated For Best Picture and Best Adapted ScreenplaySet amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program.Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as ‘Human Computers’, calculating … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 10,79

  • One Summer

    America 1927

    von Bill Bryson …
    Serien Buch 2 - Bryson
    In summer 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest), a devastating flood of the Mississippi, a sensational murder trial, and an unknown aviator named Charles Lindbergh who became the most famous man on earth.It was the summer that saw the birth of talking pictures, the invention of television, the peak of Al Capone’s reign … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 9,49

  • The Fire Next Time

    von James Baldwin …
    Serien series Penguin Modern Classics
    'Sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle ... all presented in searing, brilliant prose' The New York Times Book ReviewWe, the black and the white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nationJames Baldwin's impassioned plea to 'end the racial nightmare' in America was a bestseller when it appeared in 1963, galvanising a nation and giving voice to the … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 8,99

  • 1493

    Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

    von Charles C. Mann …
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply engaging history of how European settlements in the post-Colombian Americas shaped the world—from the highly acclaimed author of 1491. • "Fascinating...Lively...A convincing explanation of why our world is the way it is." —The New York Times Book ReviewPresenting the latest research by biologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, Mann shows how the … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 8,90

  • The Boys in the Boat

    Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

    von Daniel James Brown …
    **Now a Major Motion Picture Directed by George ClooneyThe #1 New York Times–bestselling story about the American Olympic rowing triumph in Nazi Germany—from the author of Facing the Mountain.**For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 8,57

  • Gesammelte Wildwestromane: Lederstrumpf-Zyklus + Littlepage-Trilogie (Kommentiert)

    Erweiterte Ausgabe. Der letzte Mohikaner + Der Wildtöter + Die Steppe + Der Pfadfinder + Die Ansiedler + Satanstoe + Der Kettenträger + Die Rothhäute

    von James Fenimore Cooper, Leonie Harms …
    Übersetzt von Carl Friedrich Meurer, Carl Kolb …
    Diese Ausgabe versammelt James Fenimore Coopers große Erzählzyklen vom amerikanischen Grenzland: den Lederstrumpf-Zyklus um Natty Bumppo sowie die Littlepage-Trilogie. In ihnen entfaltet sich ein Panorama von Kolonialkrieg, Landnahme, Waldwildnis und sozialem Wandel, erzählt in einer Verbindung aus Abenteuerroman, historischer Reflexion und romantischer Naturbeschreibung. Coopers Stil verbindet … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 1,49

  • Killing Kennedy

    The End of Camelot

    von Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard …
    Serien series Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series
    A riveting historical narrative of the shocking events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the follow-up to mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln.The basis for the 2013 television movie of the same name starring Rob Lowe as JFK.More than a million readers have thrilled to Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln, the page-turning work of nonfiction about the shocking … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 10,22

  • The Road to Unfreedom

    Russia, Europe, America

    von Timothy Snyder …
    From the author of international bestseller On Tyranny, this prescient analysis of Russia's ongoing interference in the West is now more relevant than ever.'One of the best...brisk, conceptually convincing account of democracy's retreat in the early years of 21st century' GuardianThe past is another country, the old saying goes. The same might be said of the future. But which country? For … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 10,99

  • The Innovators

    How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

    von Walter Isaacson …
    Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson’s New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed The Innovators is a “riveting, propulsive, and at times deeply moving” (The Atlantic) story of the people who created the computer and the internet.What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 17,27

  • The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

    von Martin Wolf …
    From the author of The Shifts and the Shocks, and one of the most influential writers on economics, a reckoning with how and why the relationship between democracy and capitalism is coming undoneWe are living in an age when economic failings have shaken faith in global capitalism. Political failings have undermined trust in liberal democracy and in the very notion of truth. The ties that ought to … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 10,99

  • Ludwig XIV.

    Das Leben des Sonnenkönigs

    von Mark Hengerer …
    Serien Buch 2842 - Beck'sche Reihe
    Ludwig XIV. war 72 Jahre lang König von Frankreich und ist in dieser Zeit zum Inbegriff einer absolutistischen Herrschaft und Hofkultur geworden. Mark Hengerer erzählt das Leben des Königs von der Regentschaft der mächtigen Kardinäle Mazarin und Richelieu während seiner Kindheit über die Durchsetzung einer autokratischen Herrschaft bis zum Krieg um das spanische Weltreich. Er beschreibt das … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 9,99

  • Why Empires Fall

    Rome, America and the Future of the West

    von John Rapley, Peter Heather …
    What can the fall of Rome teach us about the decline of the West today? A historian and a political economist, both experts in their field, investigateOver the last three centuries, the West rose to dominate the planet. Then, suddenly, around the turn of the millennium, history reversed. Faced with economic stagnation and internal political division, the West has found itself in rapid decline.This … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 10,99

  • Onkel Toms Hütte (Kommentiert)

    Erweiterte Ausgabe. Illustrierte Ausgabe - Sklaverei im Lande der Freiheit (Ein Klassiker der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur)

    von Harriet Beecher Stowe, Annika Wessels …
    Übersetzt von W. E. Drugulin …
    Onkel Toms Hütte erzählt vom Schicksal versklavter Menschen im Amerika des 19. Jahrhunderts, insbesondere vom tief religiösen Tom, dessen moralische Standhaftigkeit die Brutalität der Sklaverei entlarvt. Harriet Beecher Stowe verbindet sentimentalen Realismus, christliche Ethik und melodramatische Zuspitzung zu einem wirkungsmächtigen Sozialroman. Im Kontext der abolitionistischen Literatur wurde … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 1,99

  • Console Wars

    Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation

    von Blake J. Harris …
    Now a documentary on CBS All Access.Following the success of The Accidental Billionaires and Moneyball comes Console Wars—a mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles the history of video games and how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry.In 1990, … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 8,50