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  • The Chicago River

    A Natural and Unnatural History

    par Libby Hill ...
    In this social and ecological account of the Chicago River, Libby Hill tells the story of how a sluggish waterway emptying into Lake Michigan became central to the creation of Chicago as a major metropolis and transportation hub.This widely acclaimed volume weaves the perspectives of science, engineering, commerce, politics, economics, and the natural world into a chronicle of the river from its ... En savoir plus

    CHF 9.94

  • Lords of Finance

    1929, The Great Depression, and the Bankers who Broke the World

    par Liaquat Ahamed ...
    THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.The current financial crisis has only one parallel: the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and subsequent Great Depression of the 1930s, which crippled the future of an entire generation and set the stage for the horrors of the Second World War. Yet the economic meltdown could have been avoided, had it not been for the decisions taken by a small number of central bankers.In Lords ... En savoir plus

    CHF 10.00

  • The Icarus Syndrome

    A History of American Hubris

    par Peter Beinart ...
    "Peter Beinart has written a vivid, empathetic, and convincing history of the men and ideas that have shaped the ambitions of American foreign policy during the last century—a story in which human fallibility and idealism flow together. The story continues, of course, and so his book is not only timely; it is indispensable." — Steve Coll, author of Ghost WarsPeter Beinart's provocative account of ... En savoir plus

    CHF 13.74 ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Young Lords

    A Radical History

    Against the backdrop of America’s escalating urban rebellions in the 1960s, an unexpected cohort of New York radicals unleashed a series of urban guerrilla actions against the city’s racist policies and contempt for the poor. Their dramatic flair, uncompromising socialist vision for a new society, skillful ability to link local problems to international crises, and uncompromising vision for a new ... En savoir plus

    CHF 16.61

  • The Best and the Brightest

    David Halberstam’s masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy, with a new Foreword by Senator John McCain."A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience.”—The New York TimesUsing portraits of America’s flawed policy makers and accounts of the forces that drove them, The Best and the Brightest reckons magnificently with the most important abiding question of our ... En savoir plus

    CHF 8.71

  • La fille des indiens rouges

    Édition enrichie. Une saga romanesque sur les tensions entre colons et amérindiens en Amérique du Nord

    Dans "La fille des indiens rouges", H. Emile Chevalier nous plonge au cœur des paysages nord-américains à travers un récit riche en émotions et en aventures. Ce roman, qui s'inscrit dans une lignée d'œuvres romantiques du XIXe siècle, évoque à la fois le choc culturel entre les colons européens et les peuples autochtones. L'auteur, par un style narratif délicat et évocateur, utilise des ... En savoir plus

    Avant CHF 2.00 Après CHF 1.00 ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Die NSDAP

    Von der Gründung bis zum Ende des Dritten Reiches

    Collection Livre 2911 - Beck'sche Reihe
    Am 24. Februar 1920 wurde die NSDAP in München gegründet. Wie sich der Aufstieg der radikal völkisch-nationalistischen Splitterpartei zur Massenpartei mit über sieben Millionen Mitgliedern vollzog, die im Julidie stärkste Reichstagsfraktion stellte, wird indem vorliegenden Band beschrieben. Weitere Themenschwerpunkte der Darstellung bilden die Sozial- und Machtstruktur der NSDAP, die Rolle Hitlers ... En savoir plus

    CHF 10.00

  • American Scoundrel

    Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump

    **“A narrative masterwork. Bird vividly creates the sinister web of charm and deceit that Cohn was able to spin through his decades at the very center of power.” —Marie Brenner, award-winning writer-at-large for Vanity Fair and coproducer of the documentary Where’s My Roy Cohn?From the Pulitzer Prize–winning coauthor of American Prometheus, inspiration for the box-office sensation Oppenheimer, a ... En savoir plus

    CHF 16.45

  • Der Siebenjährige Krieg

    Ein Weltkrieg im 18. Jahrhundert

    par Marian Füssel ...
    Collection Livre 2704 - Beck'sche Reihe
    Marian Füssel bietet eine informative und gut lesbare Darstellung der Geschichte des Siebenjährigen Krieges (1756 - 1763). Vom Preußen Friedrichs des Großen über das britische Empire bis hin zu den Indianern Nordamerikas werden die unterschiedlichen Akteure vorgestellt, ihre Interessen erläutert und die Ursachen jedes frühmodernen Weltkrieges erhellt. Der Autor skizziert die militärischen ... En savoir plus

    CHF 10.00

  • The Juan Pardo Expeditions

    Exploration of the Carolinas and Tennessee, 1566-1568

    An early Spanish explorer’s account of American Indians.This volume mines the Pardo documents to reveal a wealth of information pertaining to Pardo’s routes, his encounters and interactions with native peoples, the social, hierarchical, and political structures of the Indians, and clues to the ethnic identities of Indians known previously only through archaeology. The new afterword reveals recent ... En savoir plus

    CHF 23.18

  • Die Unvereinigten Staaten

    Das politische System der USA und die Zukunft der Demokratie

    "E pluribus unum", aus vielem eines: So lautet der Wappenspruch im Siegel der USA. Doch davon ist nicht mehr viel übrig. Die Vereinigten Staaten sind in einem Ausmaß zerstritten und verfeindet wie seit dem Bürgerkrieg nicht mehr. Die Hauptursache dafür ist die parteipolitische Polarisierung, die mittlerweile alle Akteure, Institutionen und Verfahren der amerikanischen Demokratie erfasst hat. ... En savoir plus

    CHF 21.00

  • Three Voyages

    Traduit par Charles E. Bennett ...
    This translation of an eyewitness account by a major participant offers valuable information about all three attempts to establish a French colony on the south Atlantic coast of North America.Rene Laudonniere's account of the three attempts by France to colonize what is now the United States is uniquely valuable becausehe played a major role in each of the ventures—first, in 1562, as second in ... En savoir plus

    CHF 17.43

  • The George Washington Bridge

    Poetry in Steel

    Since opening in 1931, the George Washington Bridge, linking New York and New Jersey, has become the busiest bridge in the world, with 103 million vehicles crossing it in 2016. Many people also consider it the most beautiful bridge in the world, yet remarkably little has been written about this majestic structure.Intimate and engaging, this revised and expanded edition of Michael Rockland's rich ... En savoir plus

    CHF 17.43

  • A Promised Land

    The powerful political memoir from the former US President

    par 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 ... En savoir plus

    CHF 14.00

  • In Cold Blood

    par Truman Capote ...
    Collection series Vintage International
    National BestsellerOn November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues.As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he ... En savoir plus

    CHF 6.56

  • Just Kids

    An Autobiography

    par 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 ... En savoir plus

    CHF 8.64

  • Hillbilly Elegy

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

    par 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... ... En savoir plus

    CHF 8.65

  • Der Gott des Waldes

    Roman

    par Liz Moore ...
    Traduit par 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 ... En savoir plus

    CHF 17.00

  • The Disappearance of Stephanie Mailer

    From the master of the plot twist

    par Joël Dicker ...
    Traduit par Howard Curtis ...
    A twisty standalone thriller from the author of The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair**"Twists, turns, cliffhangers and red herrings galore" The Times**"Nothing will matter to you more than finishing this book" ElleIn the summer of 1994, the quiet seaside town of Orphea reels from the discovery of four murders. Two young police officers, Jesse Rosenberg and Derek Scott crack t... ... En savoir plus

    CHF 5.50

  • Hillbilly Elegy

    A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

    par 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... ... En savoir plus

    Avant CHF 10.98 Après CHF 7.20

  • Une histoire populaire des États-Unis

    De 1492 à nos jours

    par Howard Zinn ...
    Traduit par Frédéric Cotton ...
    Collection series Mémoires sociales
    Cette histoire des États-Unis présente le point de vue de ceux dont les manuels d’histoire parlent habituellement peu. L’auteur confronte avec minutie la version officielle et héroïque (de Christophe Colomb à George Walker Bush) aux témoignages des acteurs les plus modestes. Les Indiens, les esclaves en fuite, les soldats déserteurs, les jeunes ouvrières du textile, les syndicalistes, les GI du ... En savoir plus

    CHF 27.00

  • Killers of the Flower Moon

    The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

    par David Grann ...
    **#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE“A shocking whodunit…What more could fans of true-crime ... En savoir plus

    CHF 6.97

  • Les Lumières sombres. Comprendre la pensée néoréactionnaire

    par Arnaud Miranda ...
    Au cours des années 2010 et 2020, aux États-Unis, une nouvelle contre-culture de droite radicale s’est développée sur internet. Ses figures centrales, comme Curtis Yarvin ou Nick Land, écrivent le plus souvent sous pseudonymes, sur des blogs et sur les réseaux sociaux. Ils ont donné à ce mouvement son nom, la « néoréaction », ou encore les « Lumières sombres ». Les idées qu’ils défendent sont à la ... En savoir plus

    CHF 15.00

  • 1491 (Second Edition)

    New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

    par Charles C. Mann ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492—from “a remarkably engaging writer” (The New York Times Book Review).Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge ... En savoir plus

    CHF 7.79