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What happens after the Heisman Trophy ceremony ends? For ninety years, college football's most prestigious award has been handed to young men at the peak of their powers. They pose with the bronze s……続きを見る

Learn about Western dress from the ancient world to today. Each chapter establishes the social, cross-cultural, environmental, geographic, and artistic influences on what people wore, providing impo……続きを見る

A riveting portrait of the Gold Rush, by the award-winning author of Down the Great Unknown and The Forger's Spell. In the spring of 1848, rumors began to spread that gold had been discovered in a r……続きを見る

Dans la campagne suburbaine qui prolonge au nord la ville de Québec, parmi des édifices confortables et largement espacés, des bouquets d’arbres, des champs clôturés de palissades en bois, le long d……続きを見る

L’on donnait autrefois le nom de Louisiane à tout le pays du golfe du Mexique, qui s’étend depuis la baie de la Mobile, à l’est, jusqu’aux sources des rivières qui tombent dans le Mississipi, à l’ou……続きを見る

In Pennsylvania Weather, WCMH-TV (NBC4) meteorologist and science journalist Ben Gelber provides the first comprehensive survey of 400 years of recorded weather in the Keystone State. He reviews not……続きを見る

A Table in Newport: Dining with the Titans and Royals of the Gilded Coast. This book A Table in Newport, provides an in-depth examination of the intricate social history of Newport, tracing its prog……続きを見る

The ups and downs, the schemes and scams, the IPOs and hostile takeovers, the egos, the brilliance, the greed and the glory-this is the story of Wall Street, told by the men and women who made it ha……続きを見る

Thomas Googerty was an ornamental iron artist from Pontiac, Illinois. He taught blacksmithing at the Pontiac Boy's Reformatory for four decades. His 3 books on blacksmithing are still in print today……続きを見る

This book describes the key role played by Louisiana Governor Bernardo de Galvez during the American Revolution in Louisiana, Florida and Georgia providing money and supplies to the Continental Army……続きを見る

This is the most extensive history of Cole Camp, Missouri's historical business district, and the men who had the foresight to build it during the late 1800s and the beginning of the 20th Century. T……続きを見る

A Tour on the Prairies is a travel narrative by Washington Irving, detailing his 1832 expedition into the American West (modern-day Oklahoma) with a government mission to the Pawnee and Osage tribes……続きを見る

A searing exploration of American violence, interweaving memoir, history, and reportage to reveal the wound at the heart of our nationーand to offer hope that the country, and we, might be healed. I……続きを見る

Minorcan Voices brings to light one of America's most overlooked chapters: the story of the 1,403 Mediterranean men, women and children who came to British East Florida in 1768 with hopes of land an……続きを見る

Deze waarheden is de briljante weerslag van de bewogen geschiedenis van de Verenigde Staten. In fonkelend proza beschrijft Jill Lepore de worsteling van Amerika met haar eigen historie en met de fun……続きを見る

'Emily Ogden does not flinch from the obscure and sometimes horrifying recesses of Poe’s psychosis. Her enthralling psychological portrait of the tormented artist is drawn with panache, and great co……続きを見る

Perfumes and Their Preparation is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the art and science of perfumery, originally published in the late 19th century. This classic work delves deeply into the……続きを見る

Il volume raccoglie gli scritti di alcuni dei protagonisti intellettuali e politici della prima metà del XX secolo – Brooks Adams, Alfred T. Mahan, William J. Bryan, Theodore Roosevelt, Herbert Crol……続きを見る

Within the archives of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a wealth of knowledge is tucked away in more than a million time-worn documents. This book, written by the park's librarian, makes some of……続きを見る

Astoria (A Western Classic) narrates John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company venture (1810–1813) to plant a trading post at the Columbia's mouth. In poised, documentary prose enlivened by picturesque……続きを見る

Costuma-se acreditar que o Império Romano começou a declinar quando se fragmentou, quando o Império Bizantino cresceu, ou que diminuiu com a ascensão dos chamados reinos "árabes" ou "celtas", ou mes……続きを見る

The Winning of the West chronicles the trans-Appalachian expansion from the Revolution through the early republic, following settlement, treaty-making, and border war in Kentucky, the Ohio Valley, a……続きを見る

It has been called the year that changed everything, the postwar watershed in which the forces that shaped public and private life erupted, everywhere and all at once--New York, Paris, Prague, Mexic……続きを見る

The Legend. The Lies. The Hunt for 'Red Hank's' Gold. In the rugged high desert of Twin Falls County, Idaho, a legend has persisted for over a century: in 1891, a nameless outlaw known only as "Red ……続きを見る

Transition: Developing Reading Comprehension Skills and Knowledge in U.S. History, From Pre-Colonial to Reconstruction Period This reading comprehension textbook is designed to help your learners in……続きを見る

Dark River tells a fascinating, and not well known, story of an age of the Western frontier (1770-1850). Rapid western expansion and years of warfare created the perfect breeding ground for crime, v……続きを見る

WARNING: If you're looking for "inspiring" history… close this page. But if you're tired of the polished, classroom-safe version of the pastーand you crave the raw, unsettling truthーthis book is th……続きを見る

Pourquoi le Québec, malgré sa richesse, son histoire et sa langue, demeure-t-il sous la tutelle du Canada ? Dans cet essai clair et engagé, l’auteur retrace la quête d’émancipation du peuple québéco……続きを見る

A New York Times Bestseller A Cosmopolitan Best Nonfiction Book of 2024 'Compulsively readable: I found myself dashing through it like a novel' The Wall Street Journal 'Riveting' Financial Times The……続きを見る

"The Pickaxe Strategy – Why the miners went broke and the merchants got rich" deconstructs the business lessons of the California Gold Rush of 1849. While thousands of "49ers" rushed to the riverbed……続きを見る