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  • Audiolibro

    Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend

    Narrato da Panama Jackson ...

    Integrale

    6 ore 12 minuti

    The ballad "John Henry" is the most recorded folk song in American history and John Henry--the mighty railroad man who could blast through rock faster than a steam drill--is a towering figure in our culture.In Steel Drivin' Man, Scott Reynolds Nelson recounts the true story of the man behind the iconic American hero, telling the poignant tale of a young Virginia convict who died working on one of ... Altre info

    13,35 € o Gratuito con Kobo Plus

  • Oceans of Grain

    How American Wheat Remade the World

    An "incredibly timely" global history journeys from the Ukrainian steppe to the American prairie to show how grain built and toppled the world's largest empires (Financial Times).To understand the rise and fall of empires, we must follow the paths traveled by grain—along rivers, between ports, and across seas. In Oceans of Grain, historian Scott Reynolds Nelson reveals how the struggle to dominate ... Altre info

    14,99 €

  • A People at War

    Civilians and Soldiers in America's Civil War

    Claiming more than 600,000 lives, the American Civil War had a devastating impact on countless numbers of common soldiers and civilians, even as it brought freedom to millions. This book shows how average Americans coped with despair as well as hope during this vast upheaval. A People at War brings to life the full humanity of the war's participants, from women behind their plows to their husbands ... Altre info

    22,97 €

  • A People at War

    Civilians and Soldiers in America's Civil War

    Claiming more than 600,000 lives, the American Civil War had a devastating impact on countless numbers of common soldiers and civilians, even as it brought freedom to millions. This book shows how average Americans coped with despair as well as hope during this vast upheaval. A People at War brings to life the full humanity of the war's participants, from women behind their plows to their husbands ... Altre info

    22,97 €

  • Iron Confederacies

    Southern Railways, Klan Violence, and Reconstruction

    During Reconstruction, an alliance of southern planters and northern capitalists rebuilt the southern railway system using remnants of the Confederate railroads that had been built and destroyed during the Civil War. In the process of linking Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia by rail, this alliance created one of the largest corporations in the world, engendered bitter political struggles, and ... Altre info

    25,47 €

  • A Nation of Deadbeats

    An Uncommon History of America's Financial Disasters

    The story of America is a story of dreamers and defaulters. It is also a story of dramatic financial panics that defined the nation, created its political parties, and forced tens of thousands to escape their creditors to new towns in Texas, Florida, and California. As far back as 1792, these panics boiled down to one simple question: Would Americans pay their debts—or were we just a nation of ... Altre info

    8,00 €

  • Steel Drivin' Man

    John Henry, The Untold Story of an American Legend

    The ballad "John Henry" is the most recorded folk song in American history and John Henry--the mighty railroad man who could blast through rock faster than a steam drill--is a towering figure in our culture. In Steel Drivin' Man, Scott Reynolds Nelson recounts the true story of the man behind the iconic American hero, telling the poignant tale of a young Virginia convict who died working on one of ... Altre info

    9,81 €

  • Steel Drivin' Man : John Henry: The Untold Story Of An American Legend

    The ballad "John Henry" is the most recorded folk song in American history and John Henry--the mighty railroad man who could blast through rock faster than a steam drill--is a towering figure in our culture. But for over a century, no one knew who the original John Henry was--or even if there was a real John Henry. In Steel Drivin' Man, Scott Reynolds Nelson recounts the true story of the man ... Altre info

    12,68 €

  • Audiolibro

    Oceans of Grain

    How American Wheat Remade the World

    Narrato da Jason Arnold ...

    Integrale

    9 ore 12 minuti

    An "incredibly timely" global history journeys from the Ukrainian steppe to the American prairie to show how grain built and toppled the world's largest empires (Financial Times).To understand the rise and fall of empires, we must follow the paths traveled by grain—along rivers, between ports, and across seas. In Oceans of Grain, historian Scott Reynolds Nelson reveals how the struggle to dominate ... Altre info

    18,74 € o Gratuito con Kobo Plus

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    Vertigo

    The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany

    Narrato da Sam Peter Jackson ...

    Integrale

    14 ore 16 minuti

    **Brought to you by Penguin.*An Observer Book of the Year***Germany, 1918: a country in flux. The First World War is over, the nation defeated. Revolution is afoot, the monarchy has fallen and the victory of democracy beckons. Everything must change with the times.Out of the ashes of the First World War, Germany launches an unprecedented political project: its first democratic government. The ... Altre info

    16,13 €

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    Freedom’s Dominion (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)

    A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power

    Narrato da André Chapoy ...

    Integrale

    16 ore 5 minuti

    WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY • An “important, deeply affecting—and regrettably relevant” (New York Times Book Review) chronicle of a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans’ freedom to oppress others and their fight against the government that got in their wayAmerican freedom is typically associated with the fight of the oppressed for a better world. But for centuries, whenever the ... Altre info

    Era 34,99 € Ora 29,99 €

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    The Ottomans

    Khans, Caesars and Caliphs

    Narrato da Jamie Parker ...

    Integrale

    17 ore 30 minuti

    A book as sweeping, colorful, and rich in extraordinary characters as the empire which it describes - Tom HollandThe Ottoman Empire has long been depicted as the Islamic-Asian antithesis of the Christian-European West. But the reality was starkly different: the Ottomans' multiethnic, multilingual, and multireligious domain reached deep into Europe's heart. In their breadth and versatility, the ... Altre info

    28,56 €