Norma - History 1

“It was the summer of 1977, and I was at the Texas Capitol researching voting patterns for the political campaign I was working for,” writes author Norma Schreiner as she describes her meeting with ……続きを見る

Grand Rapids restaurants have served up meals and memories since the city's earliest days. At Bentham's, one of the first downtown restaurants, customers without money to eat could trade an animal p……続きを見る

Wild Women of Michigan commemorates the women of this state who boldly left their marks. Countless Michiganian women performed extraordinary acts that challenged and improved the world. Madame Marie……続きを見る

Even in law-abiding southwestern Michigan, the Eighteenth Amendment turned ordinary citizens into scofflaws and sparked unprecedented unrest. Betta Holloway reached her breaking point when her husba……続きを見る

The Night Witches: The 588th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment This definitive account chronicles the extraordinary story of the Soviet Union's 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, the legendary……続きを見る

Story of Our Nation: Defining Moments In American History is a richly curated anthology that captures the essence of American historical and cultural evolution through a diverse array of literary st……続きを見る

Brave hearts, fierce battles, and untold heroism - an insider's view of BAMC's relentless fight to save the wounded. In the riveting pages of After the Smoke Clears: My Life Among Heroes at Brooke A……続きを見る

The Royal Aircraft Factory SE 5/5a was, along with the Sopwith Camel, the major British fighting scout of the last 18 months of the war in France. It equipped several major squadrons, the first bein……続きを見る

From Appomattox to World War I, Black Americans continued their quest for a secure position in the American system. The problem was how to be both black and Americanーhow to find acceptance, or even……続きを見る

The rich history of the Wolverine State has a serious dark side. In the Detroit area, the Black Legion outdid the Ku Klux Klan in hate but remained secret until one of its leaders was implicated in ……続きを見る

“A powerful and honest memoir by an indomitable woman and an extraordinary Army wife. The traumatic experience of losing her first husband to the Vietnam War, followed by a horrible betrayal, should……続きを見る

The first comprehensive technical history on the subject, with photos: “A must-read for all professionals, designers and scholars of modern submarines.” ーAustralian Naval Institute The Royal Navy’s……続きを見る

This is the sixth monograph in the series The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War. It covers aircraft carrier activity during Operation Rolling Thunder in the war. Operation Rolling Thunder was one of the……続きを見る

In "Norman's New Orleans and Environs," Benjamin Moore Norman provides an intricate portrait of one of America's most culturally rich cities. This work is both a vivid travelogue and a historical na……続きを見る

From the Ice Age to the Cold War, from Reykjavik to the Volga, from Minos to Margaret Thatcher, Norman Davies here tells the entire story of Europe in a single volume. It is the most ambitious histo……続きを見る

A history of the early days of Royal Navy destroyers, and how they evolved to meet new military threats. In the late nineteenth century the advent of the modern torpedo woke the Royal Navy to a pote……続きを見る

"A comprehensive survey of the design history and development of the Royal Navy's greyhounds of the sea."ー WARSHIPS Magazine Since World War II, the old categories of destroyer and frigate have ten……続きを見る

When the Emperor Hirohito died in 1989, Japanese newspapers had to use a special, exalted word to refer to his death, and had to depict his life uncritically, as one beginning in turbulence but endi……続きを見る

'It is a melancholy thought that as soon as reforms are put into practice, disillusionment enters the political scene...' Norman Gash's Ford Lectures, originally delivered at Oxford in 1964, address……続きを見る

A provocative biography of Edmund Burke, the underappreciated founder of modern conservatism Edmund Burke is both the greatest and the most underrated political thinker of the past three hundred yea……続きを見る

Politics in the Age of Peel, first published in 1953, is concerned with the ordinary working world of politicians in England during the stormy period between 1830 and 1850: the age of the railway, t……続きを見る

This book celebrates the many types of fiestas found in the border community of Laredo, Texas. Told from an insider's perspective and blending memoir, ethnography, and a folkloristic analysis, the a……続きを見る

In Never Home: The Otherness of Immigrants, author Norma Armon invites you on an extraordinary journey alongside two fictional immigrants fleeing persecution. Through the intertwined stories of Ben ……続きを見る

First published in 1984, Habib Bourguiba, Islam and the Creation of Tunisia is a study of Habib Bourguiba, the founder of independent Tunisia, that argues that Islam played a vital role in the devel……続きを見る

El repliegue en tiempos del terror ideológico y el confinamiento en cuarentena, el "olvido" de las violaciones en los centros clandestinos y las marchas por María Soledad en una sociedad amordazada,……続きを見る

Rita Lee foi a compositora mais censurada do Brasil, e essa perseguição estendeu-se do período do estabelecimento da Ditadura Militar – 1964 – no de seu fortalecimento com a promulgação do Ato Insti……続きを見る

Dalle indagini geografiche e cronologiche condotte sulla diocesi di Ariano nei secoli XI-XII e dallo studio agiografico dei suoi Santi Patroni, emergono aspetti fondamentali che si riscontrano nella……続きを見る

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and rebellions ……続きを見る

The streetlights were dark. Black-out curtains hung on every window on every home. The buzz of bombers circled above, searching for targets in the night. For a little girl named Norma, this was the ……続きを見る

From the winner of the 2021 Governor General's Award for literature, a revelatory look into an obscured piece of Canadian history: what was then called the Eskimo Identification Tag System In 2001, ……続きを見る