Rakuten Kobo

Shopping Cart

Item(s) unavailable for purchase

Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.

itemsitem

- Includes eBooks
  
  Includes audiobooks
  
  Includes 30 hours of listening time
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Includes eBooks
  
  Includes audiobooks
  
  Includes 30 hours of listening time
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  Audiobook
  by ,
  
  Available:
  
  . No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.
  
  Pre-order
  1 audiobook monthly
  
  + FREE 30-day trial
  
  Special Offer
  
  Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice
  
  *No commitment, cancel anytime
  
  FREE

itemsitem

Includes eBooks

Includes audiobooks

Includes 30 hours of listening time

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Includes eBooks

Includes audiobooks

Includes 30 hours of listening time

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
Audiobook
by ,

Available:
. No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.

Pre-order
1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Special Offer

Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice

*No commitment, cancel anytime

FREE

Recommended For You

The Lost Continent

Travels in Small Town America

by Bill Bryson ...

“The kind of book Steinbeck might have written if he’d traveled with David Letterman.” —New York magazineAn inspiring and hilarious account of one man’s rediscovery of America and his search for the perfect small town.Following an urge to rediscover his youth, Bill Bryson left his native Des Moines, Iowa, on a cross-country road trip that would take him across 38 states. Lucky for us, he brought a ... Read more

PHP746.69

“The kind of book Steinbeck might have written if he’d traveled with David Letterman.” —New York magazineAn inspiring and hilarious account of one man’s rediscovery of America and his search for the perfect small town.Following an urge to rediscover his youth, Bill Bryson left his native Des Moines, Iowa, on a cross-country road trip that would take him across 38 states. Lucky for us, he brought a
... Read more
13 Days In October: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis

by Howard Brinkley ...

Never has the world come as close to the catastrophic destruction that nearly came to pass in October 1962. The United States and the Soviet Union, uneasy allies in World War II but Cold War rivals after the defeat of Germany, squared off over the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. This launched 13 days of tense negotiations between the two nations, as both President John F. Kennedy and ... Read more

PHP368.97

Never has the world come as close to the catastrophic destruction that nearly came to pass in October 1962. The United States and the Soviet Union, uneasy allies in World War II but Cold War rivals after the defeat of Germany, squared off over the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. This launched 13 days of tense negotiations between the two nations, as both President John F. Kennedy and
... Read more
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I By Douglas Brunt

by David C. Morgan ...

This book offers the answer to the long-standing mystery surrounding the true fate of one of history's greatest inventors, Rudolf Diesel, who disrupted the status quo before vanishing into thin air on the eve of World War I.On September 29, 1913, the steamboatDresden is located around halfway between Belgium and England. Among the most famous persons in the planet, Rudolf Diesel, is on board, and ... Read more

PHP826.05

This book offers the answer to the long-standing mystery surrounding the true fate of one of history's greatest inventors, Rudolf Diesel, who disrupted the status quo before vanishing into thin air on the eve of World War I.On September 29, 1913, the steamboatDresden is located around halfway between Belgium and England. Among the most famous persons in the planet, Rudolf Diesel, is on board, and
... Read more
Boys Will Be Boys

The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty

by Jeff Pearlman ...

New York Times bestsellerFrom celebrated sports writer Jeff Pearlman, author of The Bad Guys Won, a rollicking, completely unabashed account of the glory days of the legendary Dallas Cowboys 1990s dynasty.They were called America's Team. Led by Emmitt Smith, the charismatic Deion "Prime Time" Sanders, Hall of Famers Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin—and lorded over by swashbuckling, power-hungry owner ... Read more

PHP785.99

New York Times bestsellerFrom celebrated sports writer Jeff Pearlman, author of The Bad Guys Won, a rollicking, completely unabashed account of the glory days of the legendary Dallas Cowboys 1990s dynasty.They were called America's Team. Led by Emmitt Smith, the charismatic Deion "Prime Time" Sanders, Hall of Famers Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin—and lorded over by swashbuckling, power-hungry owner
... Read more
The Haunted Tours of Fenton

by 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 ... Read more

PHP245.78

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
... Read more
When Old Trails Were New

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

by 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 ... Read more

PHP442.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

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
... Read more
Anderson Co, KY

by Turner Publishing ...

(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. ... Read more

PHP886.59 or Free with Kobo Plus

(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.
... Read more
Fighting Words

Independent Journalists in Texas

by James McEnteer ...

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, ... Read more

PHP1,108.79

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,
... Read more
The Texas Miracle

The Tale of the River Card, Round Ii

by 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 ... Read more

PHP245.78

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
... Read more
Lost Forts of Casper

by Johanna Wickman ...

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 ... Read more

PHP791.79 or Free with Kobo Plus

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
... Read more
Legendary Locals of Chicago Lawn and West Lawn

by Kathleen J. Headley ...

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 ... Read more

PHP805.69 or Free with Kobo Plus

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
... Read more
Sacramento's Gold Rush Saloons

El Dorado in a Shot Glass

by 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 ... Read more

PHP656.59 or Free with Kobo Plus

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
... Read more
Brewed at Altitude

A Beer Lover's History of Colorado

by Samuel Bock, Jason L. Hanson ...

Series series 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 ... Read more

PHP615.37

PRE-ORDER

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
... Read more
Case Files of the Rocky Mountain Paranormal Research Society Volume 3

by Robert Lewis, Bryan Bonner ...

Series Book 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 ... Read more

PHP492.17

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
... Read more
Newport Baseball History

America's Pastime in the City by the Sea

by 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 ... Read more

PHP762.59 or Free with Kobo Plus

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
... Read more
Eastern Sevier County

by Michael Williams ...

Series series 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 ... Read more

PHP741.60 or Free with Kobo Plus

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
... Read more
Fort Worth

A Texas Original!

by Richard F. Selcer ...

Series Book 17 - Fred Rider Cotten Popular History Series
Fort Worth has been called "the City Where the West Begins," "Cowtown," and the silent partner in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. None of these descriptions quite tells the story of this city and its people. Since its founding in the mid-nineteenth century as a military outpost, Fort Worth has gone through many phases—cattle, oil, aviation, and tourist. The little village on the Trinity has grown ... Read more

PHP533.29

Fort Worth has been called "the City Where the West Begins," "Cowtown," and the silent partner in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. None of these descriptions quite tells the story of this city and its people. Since its founding in the mid-nineteenth century as a military outpost, Fort Worth has gone through many phases—cattle, oil, aviation, and tourist. The little village on the Trinity has grown
... Read more
Leesburg

by Mary Fishback ...

Series series Images of America
Once serving as the capital of the United States for three days, the town of Leesburg, Virginia stands at the crossroads of American history. As a rural hinterland of the Washington, D.C. area and situated on the northern fringe of the old Confederacy, Leesburg has seen troops and generals, travelers and settlers, and politicians and presidents walk its streets, and opposing political views tear ... Read more

PHP744.03 or Free with Kobo Plus

Once serving as the capital of the United States for three days, the town of Leesburg, Virginia stands at the crossroads of American history. As a rural hinterland of the Washington, D.C. area and situated on the northern fringe of the old Confederacy, Leesburg has seen troops and generals, travelers and settlers, and politicians and presidents walk its streets, and opposing political views tear
... Read more
Darling, Yours Always

The WWII Letters of Peggy and George Steiner, Algeria 1943-1944

Edited by Art Mendoza-Ballesteros ...

In this second, stand-alone volume, Peggy and George's letters transport readers to Algeria and Minnesota as the couple courageously continues their life apart. Unable for the first time in their separation to have the comfort of a phone call, Peggy and George rely on their memories and sharing of details from their separate wartime experiences in order to feel closer in spirit as they, like ... Read more

PHP760.19

In this second, stand-alone volume, Peggy and George's letters transport readers to Algeria and Minnesota as the couple courageously continues their life apart. Unable for the first time in their separation to have the comfort of a phone call, Peggy and George rely on their memories and sharing of details from their separate wartime experiences in order to feel closer in spirit as they, like
... Read more
FROZEN IN TIME

An Early Carte de Visite Album from New Bedford, Massachusetts

by Susan Snow Lukesh ...

In Frozen in Time, Susan Snow Lukesh takes a mid-nineteenth century photo album from New Bedford, Massachusetts, created against an almost unmentioned backdrop of the Civil War, and moves the people seemingly frozen in time backwards and forwards, offering details of daily living, marrying, working, and dying of both the individuals whose portraits are included as well as their kin and colleagues ... Read more

PHP245.78

In Frozen in Time, Susan Snow Lukesh takes a mid-nineteenth century photo album from New Bedford, Massachusetts, created against an almost unmentioned backdrop of the Civil War, and moves the people seemingly frozen in time backwards and forwards, offering details of daily living, marrying, working, and dying of both the individuals whose portraits are included as well as their kin and colleagues
... Read more
American Alchemy

The California Gold Rush and Middle-Class Culture

by Brian Roberts ...

Series series Cultural Studies of the United States
California during the gold rush was a place of disputed claims, shoot-outs, gambling halls, and prostitution; a place populated by that rough and rebellious figure, the forty-niner; in short, a place that seems utterly unconnected to middle-class culture. In American Alchemy, however, Brian Roberts offers a surprising challenge to this assumption.Roberts points to a long-neglected truth of the ... Read more

PHP1,754.99

California during the gold rush was a place of disputed claims, shoot-outs, gambling halls, and prostitution; a place populated by that rough and rebellious figure, the forty-niner; in short, a place that seems utterly unconnected to middle-class culture. In American Alchemy, however, Brian Roberts offers a surprising challenge to this assumption.Roberts points to a long-neglected truth of the
... Read more
L 'ESPION

by JAMES FENIMORE COOPER ...

James Fenimore Cooper, né en 1789 à Burlington dans le New Jersey, et mort en 1851 à Cooperstow dans l'État de New York, est un écrivain américain.Son premier roman Precaution passe inaperçu, mais très rapidement, son deuxième roman The Spy (L'Espion), rencontre un grand succès.L’Espion est un des tout premiers romans – et le premier vrai succès – de James Fenimore Cooper. L’auteur du Dernier des ... Read more

PHP143.53

James Fenimore Cooper, né en 1789 à Burlington dans le New Jersey, et mort en 1851 à Cooperstow dans l'État de New York, est un écrivain américain.Son premier roman Precaution passe inaperçu, mais très rapidement, son deuxième roman The Spy (L'Espion), rencontre un grand succès.L’Espion est un des tout premiers romans – et le premier vrai succès – de James Fenimore Cooper. L’auteur du Dernier des
... Read more
Back in the Day at a Place Called Galloway

by Jim Evans ...

This book provides information about the history and geography of the tiny village of Galloway in northwestern Pennsylvania. It includes the author’s perceptions of social and cultural aspects of life there, especially during the 1937-1965 period. Although now a village of fewer than 500 residents, it has an interesting history as one of the centers of the “oil excitement” of the late 1800 and ... Read more

PHP245.78

This book provides information about the history and geography of the tiny village of Galloway in northwestern Pennsylvania. It includes the author’s perceptions of social and cultural aspects of life there, especially during the 1937-1965 period. Although now a village of fewer than 500 residents, it has an interesting history as one of the centers of the “oil excitement” of the late 1800 and
... Read more
Four Trails to Valor

From Ancient Footprints to Modern Battlefields, A Journey of Four Peoples

by Dorothy Cave ...

Here are four men, representing the dominant cultures of the American Southwest, who set their feet upon trails which follow the physical and metaphysical journeys of their forefathers--the Pueblos' Cornmeal Path, the Navajo Beautyway, the Spanish Way of the Cross, and the Yankee Trail of Destiny. All lead to the great fact of the past century, World War II, in which each man blazes his own trail ... Read more

PHP307.38 or Free with Kobo Plus

Here are four men, representing the dominant cultures of the American Southwest, who set their feet upon trails which follow the physical and metaphysical journeys of their forefathers--the Pueblos' Cornmeal Path, the Navajo Beautyway, the Spanish Way of the Cross, and the Yankee Trail of Destiny. All lead to the great fact of the past century, World War II, in which each man blazes his own trail
... Read more

Rakuten Kobo

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

State & Local eBooks

The Lost Continent

13 Days In October: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis

The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I By Douglas Brunt

Boys Will Be Boys

The Haunted Tours of Fenton

When Old Trails Were New

Anderson Co, KY

Fighting Words

The Texas Miracle

Lost Forts of Casper

Legendary Locals of Chicago Lawn and West Lawn

Sacramento's Gold Rush Saloons

Brewed at Altitude

Case Files of the Rocky Mountain Paranormal Research Society Volume 3

Newport Baseball History

Eastern Sevier County

Fort Worth

Leesburg

Darling, Yours Always

FROZEN IN TIME

American Alchemy

L 'ESPION

Back in the Day at a Place Called Galloway

Four Trails to Valor