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eBooks in de categorie Verenigde Staten

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  • The Power Broker (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

    door Robert A. Caro ...
    PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • A modern American classic, this huge and galvanizing biography of Robert Moses reveals not only the saga of one man’s incredible accumulation of power but the story of his shaping (and mis-shaping) of twentieth-century New York.One of the Modern Library’s hundred greatest books of the twentieth century, Robert Caro's monumental book makes public what few outsiders knew: ... Meer lezen

    11,54 €

  • De verscheurde staten van Amerika

    De Amerikaanse Burgeroorlog, de rol van België en het gevaar voor een nieuwe burgeroorlog

    door Johan Op de Beeck ...
    De bestorming van het Capitool in Washington op 6 januari 2021 is een wake-upcall. Een burgeroorlog in de Verenigde Staten leek te absurd om te overwegen, maar vandaag wordt hij gevreesd. Tijdens de Civil War (1861-1865) tussen de Noordelijke en Zuidelijke Staten vielen bijna een miljoen doden. Aanleiding voor het conflict was de slavernij. Inzet van de interne broedertwist was de democratie. En ... Meer lezen

    Was 19,99 € Nu 8,99 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Regime change

    Het tweede presidentschap van Donald Trump van binnenuit

    door Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan ...
    Donald Trump domineert het nieuws, meer nog dan in zijn eerste periode als president van de Verenigde Staten. In 'Regime change' doen New York Times-journalisten Maggie Haberman en Jonathan Swan nauwgezet verslag van wat er deze tweede termijn van Trump gedaan en gezegd wordt. Ze geven een realtime reportage vanuit de Situation Room, het Oval Office, benefietavonden en van achter gesloten deuren – ... Meer lezen

    14,99 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Thirteen Moons

    An epic tale of love, identity and survival from the author of Cold Mountain

    door Charles Frazier ...
    At the age of twelve, under the Wind Moon, Will is given a horse, a key, and a map, and sent alone into the Indian Nation to run a trading post as a bound boy. It is during this time that he grows into a man, learning, as he does, of the raw power it takes to create a life, to find a home. In a card game with a white Indian named Featherstone, Will wins - for a brief moment - a mysterious girl ... Meer lezen

    3,99 €

  • 1929

    Inside the Crash

    door Andrew Ross Sorkin ...
    A #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2025NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2025 IN THE Financial Times, Economist, New Statesman, Bloomberg, TIME, Washington Post and The New York Times'Superb... brings the great drama to life' Martin Wolf, Financial TimesA spellbinding narrative of the most i... ... Meer lezen

    Was 14,99 € Nu 10,99 €

  • Hillbilly Elegy

    A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

    door J. D. Vance ...
    Hillbilly Elegy recounts Vice President J.D. Vance's powerful origin story...From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate now serving as the Vice President of the United States, an incisive account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class.THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"You will not read a more importa... ... Meer lezen

    11,99 €

  • Against All Odds

    A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II

    door Alex Kershaw ...
    ***The instant New York Times bestseller*The untold story of four of the most decorated soldiers of World War II—all Medal of Honor recipients—from the beaches of French Morocco to Hitler’s own mountaintop fortress, by the national bestselling author of The First Wave**“Pitch-perfect.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Riveting.”—World War II magazine • “Alex Kershaw is the master of putting the reader ... Meer lezen

    8,68 €

  • A Little History of the United States

    door James West Davidson ...
    Serie series Little Histories
    **A fast-paced, character-filled history that brings the unique American saga to life for readers of all ages“This is a little history with a big heart, meant to be savored more than studied, read out loud like poetry, or perhaps sung like a hymn.”—Joseph J. Ellis, author of Founding Brothers**“Davidson has written a work that should lead readers to reflect anew on America’s past and present. . . ... Meer lezen

    9,85 €

  • Pennsylvania

    door Thomas C. Cochran ...
    Who would have guessed, three centuries ago, that William Penn's "greene" province and "countrie towne" on the Delaware would become the keystone of American industrialization and the source of some of the nation's most important business institutions?Penn's colony was a haven of toleration for people of many origins and beliefs; later, the state of Pennsylvania was a place where human talents and ... Meer lezen

    13,77 €

  • The American Senate

    An Insider's History

    door Neil MacNeil, Richard A. Baker ...
    Winner of the Society for History in the Federal Government's George Pendleton Prize for 2013 The United States Senate has fallen on hard times. Once known as the greatest deliberative body in the world, it now has a reputation as a partisan, dysfunctional chamber. What happened to the house that forged American history's great compromises? In this groundbreaking work, a distinguished journalist ... Meer lezen

    15,46 €

  • I Hotel

    door Karen Tei Yamashita, Karen Tei Yamashita ...
    Dazzling and ambitious, this multivoiced fusion of prose, playwriting, graphic art, and philosophy spins an epic tale of America’s struggle for civil rights as it played out in San Francisco near the end of the 1960s. As Karen Tei Yamashita’s motley cast of students, laborers, artists, revolutionaries, and provocateurs make their way through the history of the day, they become caught in a riptide ... Meer lezen

    14,41 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • The Battle of Fort Sumter

    The First Shots of the American Civil War

    door Wesley Moody ...
    Serie series Critical Moments in American History
    On April 12, 1861, the long-simmering tensions between the American North and South exploded as Southern troops in the seceding state of South Carolina fired on the Federal forces at Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor. The battle of Fort Sumter marked the outbreak of Civil War in the United States. The attack provoked outrage in the North, consolidated support for the newly inaugurated President ... Meer lezen

    53,73 €

  • Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller

    The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller

    door Steve Weinberg ...
    How a female investigative journalist brought down the world’s greatest tycoon and broke up the Standard Oil monopoly.Long before the rise of mega-corporations like Wal-Mart and Microsoft, Standard Oil controlled the oil industry with a monopolistic force unprecedented in American business history. Undaunted by the ruthless power of its owner, John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), a fearless and ... Meer lezen

    15,89 €

  • A Pickpocket's Tale

    The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York

    door Timothy J. Gilfoyle ...
    "A true story more incredible than fiction." —Kevin Baker, author of Striver's RowIn George Appo's world, child pickpockets swarmed the crowded streets, addicts drifted in furtive opium dens, and expert swindlers worked the lucrative green-goods game. On a good night Appo made as much as a skilled laborer made in a year. Bad nights left him with more than a dozen scars and over a decade in prisons ... Meer lezen

    20,87 €

  • The Battle of Roanoke Island: Burnside and the Fight for North Carolina

    door Michael P. Zatarga ...
    Serie series Civil War Series
    In the winter of 1861, Union armies had failed to win any significant victories over their Confederate counterparts. The Northern populace, overwhelmed by the bloodshed, questioned whether the costs of the war were too high. President Lincoln despondently wondered if he was going to lose the Union. As a result, tension was incredibly high when Union hero Ambrose Burnside embarked for coastal North ... Meer lezen

    11,16 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • The Right Stuff

    door Tom Wolfe ...
    A wonderful novel and perfect book club choice, The Right Stuff is a wildly vivid and entertaining chronicle of America's early space programme.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY US ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY'What is it,' asks Tom Wolfe, 'that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle...and wait for someone to light the fuse?' Arrogance? Stupidity? Courage? Or, simply, that quality we call ... Meer lezen

    8,99 €

  • The Landscape of History

    How Historians Map the Past

    door John Lewis Gaddis ...
    What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian's craft, as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness ... Meer lezen

    10,91 €

  • Het pijnstillerimperium

    De geheime familiegeschiedenis achter de opiatencrisis

    door Patrick Radden Keefe ...
    Vertaald door Hans E. van Riemsdijk ...
    'Een non-fictie-tegenhanger van de Great American Novel.' ····· NRC HandelsbladDe naam Sackler prijkt groots op de muren van het Louvre, het Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford en Harvard University. De familie staat bekend om de omvangrijke donaties aan kunst en wetenschap. De bron van het familiefortuin was jarenlang onbekend, totdat uitkwam dat de Sacklers miljarden verdienden aan het produceren ... Meer lezen

    12,99 €

  • The Long 1968

    Revisions and New Perspectives

    Bewerkt door Daniel J. Sherman, Ruud van Dijk, Jasmine Alinder, A. Aneesh ...
    Delving into a tumultuous year's impact on art, culture, and politics, this book "illuminates the often-overlooked histories of 1968" ( The Journal of American History).From the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, revolutions in theory, politics, and cultural experimentation swept around the world. These changes had as great a transformative impact on the right as on the left.A touchstone for activists, ... Meer lezen

    Was 12,29 € Nu 10,80 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • The American Revolution

    A World War

    Bewerkt door David Allison, Larrie D. Ferreiro ...
    An illustrated collection of essays that explores the international dimensions of the American Revolution and its legacies in both America and around the worldThe American Revolution: A World War argues that contrary to popular opinion, the American Revolution was not just a simple battle for independence in which the American colonists waged a "David versus Goliath" fight to overthrow their ... Meer lezen

    17,69 €

  • The Threat Matrix

    Inside Robert Mueller's FBI and the War on Global Terror

    door Garrett M. Graff ...
    An intimate look at Robert Mueller, the sixth Director of the FBI, who oversaw the investigation into ties between President Trump's campaign and Russian officials.Covering more than 30 years of history, from the 1980s through Obama's presidency, The Threat Matrix explores the transformation of the FBI from a domestic law enforcement agency, handling bank robberies and local crimes, into an ... Meer lezen

    9,99 €

  • The Beginner's Guide to American History

    Illustrated Edition: Columbus, John Cabot, Henry Hudson, King Philip, William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln

    door David Henry Montgomery ...
    Object of this book is to present clearly and accurately facts and principles in the lives of some of the chief founders and builders of America which would be of interest for everyone interested in history. Contents: Columbus John and Sebastian Cabot Balboa, Ponce De Leon, and De Soto Sir Walter Raleigh Captain John Smith Captain Henry Hudson Captain Myles Standish Lord Baltimore Roger Williams ... Meer lezen

    1,99 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Lakota Performers in Europe

    Their Culture and the Artifacts They Left Behind

    door Steve Friesen, François Chladiuk ...
    Serie series William F. Cody Series on the History and Culture of the American West
    From April to November 1935 in Belgium, fifteen Lakotas enacted their culture on a world stage. Wearing beaded moccasins and eagle-feather headdresses, they set up tepees, danced, and demonstrated marksmanship and horse taming for the twenty million visitors to the Brussels International Exposition, a grand event similar to a world’s fair. The performers then turned homeward, leaving behind 157 ... Meer lezen

    22,89 €

  • Fortuna's kinderen

    Een trans-Atlantische familiekroniek

    door Annejet van der Zijl ...
    Zou anno 1875 iemand in San Francisco beseft hebben dat de deftige, schatrijke mevrouw de Fremery ooit geboren was als slavin? En dat ze als kind door haar vader naar Nederland was gesmokkeld omdat ze in haar geboorteland Amerika haar leven niet zeker was?Het nieuwste 'grote' boek van Annejet van der Zijl, met daarin verwerkt haar succesvolle Boekenweekgeschenk Leon & Juliette, is misschien wel ... Meer lezen

    9,99 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus