New York City, 1970s. Take a walk on the wild side.
1970s New York was a mecca for artists, writers, and musicians drawn to its vibrant energy and creative possibilities. It was also a place of grin……続きを見る
著者:S. C. Coleman
出版社: S. C. Coleman
発売日: 2021年12月11日
The system of dependence, which we call modern society, is built on the fundamental principles of child grooming and abuse. To understand our abusers, and abuses that we may have inflicted on their ……続きを見る
A number of us who grew up in Sleepy Hollow or Tarrytown, N.Y., like to recall our coming-of-age through a celebration of our beloved local merchants. Sleepy Hollow has become well-known this centur……続きを見る
著者:W.H. Frank
出版社: Dustin Lowe Publishing
発売日: 2020年08月14日
Experience the firsthand account of the founding of Richwood, Ohio in 1832. W.H. Frank was just 10 years old when the very first log cabin was built in Richwood. He recounts his experiences with viv……続きを見る
Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop was the largest landowner and richest woman in the Hawaiian kingdom. Upon her death in 1884, she entrusted her property--known as Bishop Estate--to five trustees in or……続きを見る
It is now almost exactly a hundred years since a heavier-than-air craft first took off and landed on a warship, and from the very beginning flying at sea made unique demands on men and machines. As ……続きを見る
著者:Jill Lepore
出版社: W. W. Norton & Company
発売日: 2018年09月18日
**“Nothing short of a masterpiece.” ーNPR Books
A New York Times Bestseller and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year
In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning……続きを見る
出版社: The University Press of Kentucky
発売日: 2021年09月07日
Appalachia has long been stereotyped as a region of feuds, moonshine stills, mine wars, environmental destruction, joblessness, and hopelessness. Robert Schenkkan's 1992 Pulitzer-Prize winning play ……続きを見る
著者:Jon McConal
出版社: Taylor Trade Publishing
発売日: 2002年02月26日
Jon McConal, longtime columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, takes readers on a trip back through years of writing about Texas-its history, people, and unusual places.
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著者:Kerri Arsenault
出版社: St. Martin's Publishing Group
発売日: 2020年09月01日
Winner of the 2021 Rachel Carson Environmental Book Award
Winner of the 2021 Maine Literary Award for Nonfiction
Finalist for the 2020 National Book Critics John Leonard Prize for Best First Book
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Tuck this book under your arm, jump in your car, and get ready to discover the ghosts of North Texas! These aren't tall tales-these are stories about places you can visit on your own ghost-hunting e……続きを見る
著者:George Hubbard
出版社: Taylor Trade Publishing
発売日: 2002年11月30日
Entertaining historical vignettes focus on the human-interest aspects of real people and actual events of frontier Texas. Included are stories about the early colonists, the Indians, the cowboys, th……続きを見る
著者:Mona D. Sizer
出版社: Taylor Trade Publishing
発売日: 2000年08月01日
Everyone loves a good murder mystery, and in this case, the murders and the outcomes are both quite real. Justice, it seems, like everything else, has its price. There is a long history of prominent……続きを見る
Red State. Blue State. Rust belt. Sun belt. East Coast. West Coast. A look at the state of the 50 states, from Hawaii to New York, and Alabama to Wyoming. An engaging look at each state’s history, c……続きを見る
著者:Linda Greenhouse
出版社: Oxford University Press
発売日: 2020年05月29日
For 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the U.S. Supreme Court and its justices as a correspondent for the New York Times. In this Very Short In……続きを見る
Since 1973, Texas Monthly has spotlighted hundreds of Texans who, for better or worse, make this state like no place else. TEXAS MONTHLY On . . . Texas Women profiles thirteen women who are not only……続きを見る
• More than 850 answers to common questions on the city of New York
• Clear organization makes finding information quick and easy
• Clear and concise answers
• Numerous photographs and illustrations……続きを見る
Combining fascinating stories of Texas history with travel adventures around the state, Exploring Texas History: Weekend Adventures suggests where to go and what to see by tracking historical charac……続きを見る
著者:James L. Haley
出版社: Visible Ink Press
発売日: 2018年10月01日
Texas is the second most populous state in the U.S., with nearly 29 million residents, plus it has a rich and varied history that is the source of broad interest and fascination. This primer on the ……続きを見る
Told in the words of the musicians themselves, Keeping the Beat on the Street celebrates the renewed passion and pageantry among black brass bands in New Orleans. Mick Burns introduces the people wh……続きを見る
Horatio Nelson was a hero from the time when his dramatic initiative won the battle of St Vincent in 1797, while his last battle, at Trafalgar, reduced the enemy naval forces so thoroughly that they……続きを見る
A guide to a variety of witty, informative walking tours in New York City
Whether you're a tourist or a native New Yorker, you will appreciate this witty, informative walking guide to New York City,……続きを見る
Far more than a documentation of the horrors and banality of the Civil War, John Preston Sheffey's literate and witty writings demonstrate his ardor for battle, his love of Virginia, and his passion……続きを見る
著者:Mark L. Bradley
出版社: The University of North Carolina Press
発売日: 2016年08月26日
Even after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, the Civil War continued to be fought, and surrenders negotiated, on different fronts. The most notable of these occurred at Bennett Place, near Dur……続きを見る
In 1860, Somerset Place was one of the most successful plantations in North Carolina--and its owner one of the largest slaveholders in the state. More than 300 slaves worked the plantation's fields ……続きを見る
The state of Connecticut has 170 town or village greens that still exist today. These greens date back to Colonial times where they served as the physical and spiritual centers for these early towns……続きを見る
While there are more than 15,000 museums in our country**,** visitors get to see only about five percent of any institution’s collections. Most museums simply don’t have room to display everything t……続きを見る
At the turn of the last century, as industrialists and workers made Chicago the hardworking City of Big Shoulders celebrated by Carl Sandburg, Chicago women articulated an alternative City of Homes ……続きを見る
Though antebellum Louisiana shared the rest of the South's commitment to slavery and cotton, the presence of a substantial sugarcane industry, large Creole and Catholic populations, numerous foreign……続きを見る