ROCK - History 8

In questa provocatoria analisi storica ed economica, Laurel A. Rockefeller affronta il tema della povertà, spiegando cosa significhi essere poveri negli Stati Uniti e confrontando quest’esperienza c……続きを見る

A new assessment of Jan Smuts’s military leadership through examination of his World War I campaigning, demonstrating that he was a gifted general, conversant with the craft of maneuver warfare, and……続きを見る

A history of the airmen imprisoned in Nazi Germany’s largest World War II prisoner-of-war camp, the notorious Stalag Luft 7. This book is firstly a testament to those of many nationalities who found……続きを見る

The author of RAF Evaders provides a comprehensive reference of the airmen of Bomber Command who were held in German captivity during WWII. This extensive book is divided into two part. The first, w……続きを見る

Newly annotated by a noted historian, “transforming an important book into a vital foundational document on the inner life of the doomed Confederacy” (William C. Davis, author of Lincoln’s Men: How ……続きを見る

This unique history reveals how a century of Federal Court drama and influential rulings shaped the development and culture of Northern California. From the gold rush to the Internet boom, the US Di……続きを見る

Rare correspondence from Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, Jane Fonda, and other Hollywood luminaries from the silent film era to the 1970s. Letters from Hollywood reproduces in full c……続きを見る

The Livingstons of Livingston Manor provides a rich history of one of the most important families in the early history of New York State as well as the fledgling nation. Livingston Manorーgranted to……続きを見る

With particular focus on the first-hand narratives of two desegregation pioneersーtheir stories, sufferings, and pedagogy of survivalーthis book gives voice to unsung heroes and the often overlooked……続きを見る

This is one of the most important source books of American history. General Heath's memoirs, which were originally published in 1798, are of direct value to the student of the war of the Revolution,……続きを見る

Although many associate Franklin D. Roosevelt with the inauguration of the robust, dominant American presidency, the roots of his executive leadership style go much deeper. Examining the presidencie……続きを見る

Between 1865 and 1872 widespread death and disease unfolded amid the most severe ecological disaster in modern North African history: a plague of locusts destroyed crops during a disastrous drought ……続きを見る

In Griechenland erinnert man sich bis heute an die deutsche Besatzung der Jahre 1941–1944, im deutschen Gedächtnis hingegen ist dieses Kriegsgeschehen vergessen oder wird beschwiegen. Die Asymmetrie……続きを見る

2024 TAFWA Book Award Winner The first comprehensive biography of the preeminent voice of New York sports For close to half a century after World War II, Marty Glickman was the voice of New York spo……続きを見る

"In the following pages I have endeavoured to give the reader a plain, honest, homespun account of my state in life, and some few of the difficulties which have attended me along its journey, down t……続きを見る

A blistering exposé of Clarence Thomas and the conservative regime of corruption that has usurped the Supreme Courtーby a Democratic activist and former Republican political operative Public confide……続きを見る

Stories of the British airmen shot down over Western Europe who evaded capture by the Germans and made their way to Allied territory during World War II. During the five years from May 1940 to May 1……続きを見る

La desconocida historia del "Schindler de Bolivia", que salvó de morir en el Holocausto a miles de refugiados judíos. Mauricio Hochschild fue un empresario minero de origen judío alemán y uno de los……続きを見る

Las teorías de la conspiración y los secretos nunca revelados del 11-S. Conspiraciones, teorías de la conspiración y secretos en torno al 11-S. El 11-S no es sólo la fecha de unos estremecedores ate……続きを見る

S. R. Crockett's 'A Tatter of Scarlet: Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871' is a gripping historical novel set during the tumultuous time of the Paris Commune. The book is filled wi……続きを見る

31 Karlsruher Kinder, mittlerweile erwachsen und gestandene Persönlichkeiten, erzählen in diesem Buch von ihrer Kindheit und Jugend in der Fächerstadt. Lustige und traurige, heitere und wehmütige Er……続きを見る

Cutting a wide east-west swath from the Appalachian foothills to the heart of the western Kentucky coalfields, the Green River valley extends from below the Tennessee border in the south to the Ohio……続きを見る

A twelve-lane behemoth cutting through the least scenic parts of the Garden State, the New Jersey Turnpike may lack the romantic allure of highways like Route 66, but it might just be a more accurat……続きを見る

Tekst popularyzatorski; przywołanie paru faktów, ukazujących starożytnych nie tylko jako mądrych ludzi, ale także, jak się wydaje, jako ludzi bardziej otwartych na „odbiegające od zdrowego rozsądku”……続きを見る

Polish populism, which advocated agrarian socialism by either revolutionary or reformist means, emerged first among the émigrés who had left Poland after the Russians defeated the nationalist uprisi……続きを見る

During the 1980s fifty-seven of Mississippi's 410 county supervisors from twenty-six of the state's eighty-two counties were charged with corruption. The FBI's ploy to catch the criminals was code-n……続きを見る

For many years the domain of specialists in early Latin, in complex metres, and in the reconstruction of texts, Roman comedy is now established in the mainstream of Classical literary criticism. Whe……続きを見る

The Fontana History of Chemistry, which draws on both the author’s own original research and that of other scholars, is an unrivalled work of synthesis. Beginning with the first tentative chemical e……続きを見る

Welcome to a Regency Christmas like no other . . . If you loved Bridgerton, this witty, dazzling romance is for you! During their annual Christmas pilgrimage to Scotland to visit their aged uncle in……続きを見る

The history of American journalism is marked by disturbing representations of people and communities of color, from the disgraceful stereotypes of pre-civil rights America, to the more subtle myths ……続きを見る