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  • Hillbilly Elegy

    A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

    av 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... ... Les mer

    125,14 kr

  • These Truths

    A History of the United States

    av Jill Lepore ...
    **New York Times BestsellerIn the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation, an urgently needed reckoning with the beauty and tragedy of American history.**Two hundred fifty years after the United States declared its independence and cast off tyranny, ... Les mer

    193,59 kr

  • American Political History

    A Very Short Introduction

    Serie serien Very Short Introductions
    The Founding Fathers who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787 distrusted political parties, popular democracy, centralized government, and a strong executive office. Yet the country's national politics have historically included all those features. In American Political History: A Very Short Introduction, Donald Critchlow takes on this contradiction between original theory and actual ... Les mer

    74,01 kr

  • Football For A Buck

    The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL

    av Jeff Pearlman ...
    From Jeff Pearlman—the New York Times best-selling author of Three Ring Circus—comes the rollicking, outrageous story of the USFL, full of larger-than-life characters and you-can’t-make-this-up stories featuring some of the biggest celebrities and buffoons in the game.The United States Football League—known fondly to millions of sports fans as the USFL—did not merely challenge the NFL, but cause ... Les mer

    106,43 kr

  • You Belong to the Universe

    Buckminster Fuller and the Future

    A compelling call to apply Buckminster Fuller's creative problem-solving to present-day problems A self-professed "comprehensive anticipatory design scientist," the inventor Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was undoubtedly a visionary. Fuller's creations often bordered on the realm of science fiction, ranging from the freestanding geodesic dome to the three-wheel Dymaxion car to a bathroom requiring ... Les mer

    212,94 kr

  • Norsk Hostfest

    A Celebration of Ethnic Food and Ethnic Identity

    Serie Bok 41 - Publications in Ethnography
    The Norsk Høstfest: A Celebration of Ethnic Food and Ethnic Identity Paul Thomas Emch SIL International* and the International Museum of Cultures Publications in Ethnography 41 What does it mean to be Norwegian-American? This study, of interest to laymen and scholars alike, answers this question by examining the prominent traditions and functions of food at the annual Norsk Hostfest celebration ... Les mer

    120,32 kr

  • Illiberal America

    A History

    av Steven Hahn ...
    **“[Hahn’s] book makes an important case for vigilance in the face of extremism and warns against telling the history of the United States as one of inevitable progress.” —David Leonhardt, New York Times Book ReviewIf your reaction to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol was to think, 'That’s not us,' think again: in Illiberal America, a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian uncovers a ... Les mer

    170,29 kr

  • Break It Up

    Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America's Imperfect Union

    **From journalist and historian Richard Kreitner, a examination of the most persistent idea in American history: these supposedly United States should be broken up."A powerful revisionist account." —Eric Foner, American historian and author of The Second Founding**The novel and fiery thesis of Break It Up is simple: The United States has never lived up to its name—and never will. The disunionist ... Les mer

    123,47 kr

  • Book and Dagger

    How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II

    av Elyse Graham ...
    The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the warAt the start of WWII, the U.S. found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to today’s CIA, was quickly formed—and, in an effort to fill its ranks with experts, the OSS turned to academia for recruits. Suddenly, ... Les mer

    194,70 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Ku Klux Klan

    av J.C. Lester ...
    The members of Ku Klux Klan are nowadays inclined to consider that their order comprehended all that took shape in resistance to the Africanization of society and government during the Reconstruction period. As one ex-member said: "Nearly all prominent men--ex-Confederates--in all the Southern states were connected in some way with the Klan." This is true only indirectly. Nearly all white men, it ... Les mer

    18,43 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Blood & Ink

    The Scandalous Jazz Age Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime

    av Joe Pompeo ...
    New York Times Editor's Pick &Best True Crime of 2022“Blood & Ink is among 2022’s best works of true crime.” —Washington PostVanity Fair’s Joe Pompeo investigates the notorious 1922 double murder of a high-society minister and his secret mistress, a Jazz Age mega-crime that propelled tabloid news in the 20th century.On September 16, 1922, the bodies of Reverend Edward Hall and Ele... ... Les mer

    226,10 kr

  • Astor

    The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

    A NPR Best Book of the YearThe number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family dynasty, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune.The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story—of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention.From 1783, when German immigrant John Jacob Astor first ... Les mer

    208,68 kr

  • The Haunted Tours of Fenton

    av Brenda Hasse ...
    In 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2019, guided tours were given of prominent sites and haunted locations throughout the historic city of Fenton, Michigan. Guests were entertained by talented actors who shared tales of the characters they portrayed, the history of the city, and ghostly happenings. The Haunted Tours of Fenton is a summary of each tour, with photos, some of the performed scripts, and the ... Les mer

    36,96 kr

  • When Old Trails Were New

    The Story of Taos, New Mexico, Facsimile of Original 1934 Edition

    av Blanche Grant ...
    This story of Taos, New Mexico covers some four centuries of history. It is the story of a village that never gave up despite periods of drought, violence from unfriendly Indians and other hazards of frontier life. At one time, Taos was even the site of a short-lived but bloody rebellion against the United States government. Grant tells this and other fascinating true stories of a settlement that ... Les mer

    74,01 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Anderson Co, KY

    (From the foreword) This Family History of Anderson County preserves the proud heritage of our county and communities as well as many of our churches, businesses, organizations and families. Our intent is to record a picture of the people, organizations and activities for future generations. ... Les mer

    162,99 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Fighting Words

    Independent Journalists in Texas

    Fighting Words profiles five journalists who published the truth as they saw it, no matter how their reporting angered politicians, social and religious leaders, or other journalists.The five journalists are William Brann (1855–1898), Don Biggers (1868–1957), John Granbery (1874–1953), Archer Fullingim (1902–1984), and Stoney Burns [Brent Stein] (1942–2011). Though they lived in different eras, ... Les mer

    203,79 kr

  • The Texas Miracle

    The Tale of the River Card, Round Ii

    av John Marshall ...
    In The Texas Miracle, author John Marshall offers a detailed examination of the largest political fraud in Texas since the Sharpstown scandal in the early 1970s. An extension of his earlier book, Playing Possum, he expands on the information surrounding a massive land deal.Marshall offers a political look at what took place in Texas. In 2006, the Staubach Company advised the Brazos River Authority ... Les mer

    35,00 kr

  • Lost Forts of Casper

    Three army outposts built before and during the Civil War protected critical routes along the western trails at the North Platte River near what later became Casper. All had been abandoned by 1867, and their dramatic stories are mostly forgotten. The Post at Platte Bridge was a vital outpost on Albert Sidney Johnston's Utah War supply route. Camp Dodge and Platte Bridge Station, also called Fort ... Les mer

    89,00 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Legendary Locals of Chicago Lawn and West Lawn

    From West Palm Beach's beginnings as service town to Palm Beach, Standard Oil tycoon Henry Morrison Flagler's resort village, the city has evolved into a trendy art, cultural, and shopping mecca. Palm Beach County's largest city serves as county seat and center of business, government, and commerce. Taming America's last frontier saw the industriousness of pioneers and settlers such as Marion ... Les mer

    89,00 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Sacramento's Gold Rush Saloons

    El Dorado in a Shot Glass

    av Special the ...
    As early as 1839, Sacramento, California, was home to one of the most enduring symbols of the American West: the saloon. From the portability of the Stinking Tent to the Gold Rush favorite El Dorado Gambling Saloon to the venerable Sutter's Fort, Sacramento saloons offered not simply a nip of whiskey and a round of monte but also operated as polling place, museum, political hothouse, vigilante ... Les mer

    75,00 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Brewed at Altitude

    A Beer Lover's History of Colorado

    Serie serien American Palate
    It started flowing during the gold rush, when saloons were much more than just a place to grab a drink. They were post offices, restaurants, hotels, social clubs, union halls, and more. But then, Colorado banned alcohol—four years before Prohibition hit the rest of the country—and a state born in a saloon ran dry for almost twenty years. Beer led the way back, and by the 1970s, brewing was big ... Les mer

    92,53 kr

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  • Case Files of the Rocky Mountain Paranormal Research Society Volume 3

    Serie Bok 3 - Case Files of the Rocky Mountain Paranormal Research Society
    For nearly three decades, the Rocky Mountain Paranormal Research Society has investigated ghosts, demons, aliens, cryptids, and all manner of bizarre claims and happenings in Colorado and beyond. Combining historic and scientific research with a love of the weird and scary, they've researched and documented some of the best paranormal stories in the world. Now, Colorado's first and only forensic ... Les mer

    74,01 kr

  • Newport Baseball History

    America's Pastime in the City by the Sea

    av Rick Harris ...
    The City by the Sea boasts an ambitious baseball history dating back to the early days of America's favorite pastime. In 1897, the Newport Colts became the first professional baseball team to ever tie in a playoff series. By the 1900s, baseball was being played daily on open fields and diamonds throughout Newport. The city has sported six major ball fields, including Cardines Field, host to the ... Les mer

    89,00 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Eastern Sevier County

    Serie serien Images of America
    Eastern Sevier County rests in the toursity foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park but also boasts a colorful history of its own. Eastern Sevier County is home to the small communities of Foxfire Mountain, Pittman Center, Jones Cove, Richardson's Cove, Locust Ridge, and Pearl Valley. Foxfire Mountain is best known today for the adventure park and agri-tourist destination brought to ... Les mer

    132,41 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus