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Angesichts des russischen Überfalls auf die Ukraine wirkt der Westen geschlossen wie lange nicht. Doch die Weltmacht ist angeschlagen. Sie wird sich zunehmend auf ihr nationales Interesse und die Au……続きを見る

'A masterclass in spotting the early signs of a crisis' Nouriel Roubini 'This is the historical perspective we need' John Kay 'A first point of entry for anybody who wants to learn how the world sle……続きを見る

When James Monroe became president in 1817, the United States urgently needed a national transportation system to connect new states and territories in the west with older states facing the Atlantic……続きを見る

Con sencillez, Esquimales, kwakiutl y hurones pinta un cuadro amplio sobre las culturas indígenas de Canadá, Alaska y Groenlandia, explicando a grandes rasgos todo lo que se debe saber sobre estas t……続きを見る

Porque, con efecto, nadie podrá prescindir de que los Estados-Unidos son una gran nación, para la cual el problema de la esclavitud llegó a ser el primer problema, mientras que nuestras Antillas son……続きを見る

Uma história resumida dos Estados Unidos da América. A terra da liberdade e o lar dos bravos. Quanto você sabe sobre a história da América moderna? Desde sua descoberta por Colombo até sua participa……続きを見る

Taking in the jazz and blues icons whom Jefferson idolised as a child in the 1950s, ideas of what the female body could be - as incarnated by trailblazing Black dancers and athletes - Harriet Beeche……続きを見る

Uma história resumida dos Estados Unidos da América. A terra da liberdade e o lar dos bravos. Quanto você sabe sobre a história da América moderna? Desde sua descoberta por Colombo até sua participa……続きを見る

Canada under British Rule covers the first 400 years of Canadian history, from the French discovery in the early 16th century until the establishing of the Confederation in 19th century. 続きを見る

The remarkable true story of an Indigenous family who fought back, over multiple generations, against the world-destroying power of settler colonial violence. Just weeks before police would kill him……続きを見る

Studies in Classic American Literature is a work of literary criticism by the English writer D. H. Lawrence. It was first published by Thomas Seltzer in the United States in August 1923. The British……続きを見る

Excerpt: "He always said he never knew which was worse, his name or his nose; but as he could get rid of neither, he accepted both in his own bright, happy way, and that ended the matter with him. P……続きを見る

Making a vital contribution to our understanding of North American borderlands history through its examination of the northernmost stretches of the U.S.-Canada border, Andrea Geiger highlights the r……続きを見る

While growing as a teenager in Galion, Ohio in the 1960s, I heard the story I am sure was heard by most that lived there; "the last black person that lived in this town was hanged". I always wondere……続きを見る

A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From Sunday Times bestselling historian Saul David, the dramatic tale of the first American troops to take the fight to the enemy in the Second World War, and a……続きを見る

The Complete Works of Molly Elliot Seawell Molly Elliot Seawell was an early American historian and writer. Seawell was a descendant of the Seawells of Virginia. She was a niece of President John Ty……続きを見る

The Complete Works of Andrew Dickson White Andrew Dickson White was an American historian and educator, who was the cofounder of Cornell University and served as its first president for nearly two d……続きを見る

A wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home. American History for Middle School ー Grades 6-8 The SECOND book in ……続きを見る

Follow LeCren in an often humorous romp across Canada as he relates true stories of keeping the flying public safe during a career that spanned more than 33 years. From near-death experiences to pra……続きを見る

Excerpt: "Hush! Is that a footstep coming up the canon? It came nearer and nearer, and a man of strange appearance suddenly stepped into view, rounding a bend in the canon. At the first glance it se……続きを見る

Curwood loved the outdoors and is known for his conservation efforts. Kazan is a dog of the Canadian north woods, 3/4 husky and 1/4 wolf. He has been cruelly treated by the men in his life, and when……続きを見る

Excerpt: "You can laugh too much. You can be too cheerful. You can look too much on the sunny side of life. You wont believe this and neither did Bobby McTabb. But McTabb proved.it out. It took the ……続きを見る

Excerpt: "The term "gringo"ーa word of vague origin, once applied with contempt to the American in Mexicoーis now used throughout Latin America, without its former opprobrium, to describe any foreig……続きを見る

Excerpt: "Philip Steele's pencil drove steadily over the paper, as if the mere writing of a letter he might never mail in some way lessened the loneliness. The wind is blowing a furious gale outside……続きを見る

In this first novel by one of the western's most published writers, mistaken identities bring together a schoolmarm from the East with a sheep man believed to be an outlaw. While menace endangers it……続きを見る

Excerpt: "In April, 1873, Henry Vane was sitting on the perron of a small summer house in Brittany, poking the pebbles in the driveway with his cane. He had been there for half an hour, and there wa……続きを見る

Curwood loved the outdoors and is known for his conservation efforts. The thrilling adventure of a half-tame, half-wild wolf pup, born of a dog father and blind wolf mother, who must survive alone i……続きを見る

Excerpt: "It consisted of a few hundred new American eagles and a few times as many Spanish doubloons; for pirates like good broad pieces, fit to skim flat-spun across the waves, or play pitch-and-t……続きを見る

A Royal Northwest Canadian Mounty always gets his man. Or does he? Will David Carrigan catch Black Roger Audemard and escape his captors as they traverse thousands of miles of Northern rivers and fo……続きを見る

Excerpt: "It was three in the morning, but Geerusalem had not yet closed its eyes. There was too much undug gold in the hills; it was too handyーtoo easy come, easy go; the days, too short; the plea……続きを見る