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  • Hillbilly Elegy

    A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

    par J. D. Vance ...
    Hillbilly Elegy recounts Vice President J.D. Vance's powerful origin story...From a former marine and Yale Law School graduate now serving as the Vice President of the United States, an incisive account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class.THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"You will not read a more importa... ... En savoir plus

    Avant CHF 10.98 Après CHF 7.20

  • These Truths

    A History of the United States

    par Jill Lepore ...
    **New York Times BestsellerIn the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation, an urgently needed reckoning with the beauty and tragedy of American history.**Two hundred fifty years after the United States declared its independence and cast off tyranny, ... En savoir plus

    CHF 13.64

  • The Flight

    Charles Lindbergh's Daring and Immortal 1927 Transatlantic Crossing

    par Dan Hampton ...
    "GRIPPING. ... AN HOUR-BY-HOUR ACCOUNT." — WALL STREET JOURNAL • From one of the most decorated pilots in Air Force history comes a masterful account of Lindbergh’s death-defying nonstop transatlantic flight in Spirit of St. LouisOn the rainy morning of May 20, 1927, a little-known American pilot named Charles A. Lindbergh climbed into his single-engine monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis, and prepared ... En savoir plus

    CHF 13.99

  • Gotham

    A History of New York City to 1898

    Collection series The History of NYC Series
    To European explorers, it was Eden, a paradise of waist-high grasses, towering stands of walnut, maple, chestnut, and oak, and forests that teemed with bears, wolves, raccoons, beavers, otters, and foxes. Today, it is the site of Broadway and Wall Street, the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty, and the home of millions of people, who have come from every corner of the nation and the ... En savoir plus

    CHF 22.25

  • The Bookshop

    A History of the American Bookstore

    par Evan Friss ...
    **A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERGoodreads Choice Award Winner in History & BiographyOne of Time’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2024"A spirited defense of this important, odd and odds-defying American retail category." —The New York Times"It is a delight to wander through the bookstores of American history in this warm, generous book." —Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author and owner of Books Are ... En savoir plus

    CHF 5.94

  • The Big Fella

    Babe Ruth and the World He Created

    par Jane Leavy ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax, comes the definitive Babe Ruth biography—the man Roger Angell dubbed "the model for modern celebrity."A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR:The Boston Globe | Publishers Weekly | Kirkus | Newsweek | The Philadelphia Inquirer | The ProgressiveWinner of the 2019 SABR Seymour Medal | ... En savoir plus

    CHF 12.12

  • We Carry Their Bones

    The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys

    par Erin Kimmerle ...
    "With We Carry Their Bones, Erin Kimmerle continues to unearth the true story of the Dozier School, a tale more frightening than any fiction. In a corrupt world, her unflinching revelations are as close as we'll come to justice." –Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer-Prize Winning author of The Nickel Boys and The Underground RailroadForensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle investigates of the notorious Dozier ... En savoir plus

    CHF 13.05

  • The Greatest and Deadliest Hurricanes of the Caribbean and the Americas

    The Stories Behind the Great Storms of the North Atlantic

    par Wayne Neely ...
    With modern weather forecasting, we can monitor, track, and predict the path of hurricanes like never before. But all you have to do is look at pictures of the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina or research the massive cleanup costs of Hurricane Sandy to realize that these storms can still have devastating consequences. Wayne Neely, a meteorologist at the Department of Meteorology in Nassau, Bahamas ... En savoir plus

    CHF 4.60

  • Parallel Destinies, An Alaskan Odyssey

    par Judy Ferguson ...
    Parallel Destinies is the North's history in a microcosm, from wilderness to modernization. Through Montenegrin fur trader John Hajdukovich, Swedish roadhouse owner Rika Wallen and Interior Natives, Alaska evolves from trail to highway, from runners to telegraph and telephone. Researched in Montenegro, Sweden and Alaska, Parallel Destinies has archival photographs on every page as well as maps. ... En savoir plus

    CHF 9.34

  • Among the Nailmakers

    par J R Chapin ...
    Follow a barge of Ore from the mines to Boonton New Jersey in the mid 19th century, with glimpses of the tow boat life and the New Jersey wilds, into the hands of the nail makers, with their furnaces and machinery. A good look at New Jersey and at the manufacturing of Nails in New Jersey at the time of the Civil War. ... En savoir plus

    CHF 2.80

  • Turbulent Taos

    par Den Galbraith ...
    Revolutions, native conspiracies and subsequent insurrections, filthy mountain men sleeping on the dirt and wrestling with grizzlies, radical priests, belligerent American soldiers, betrayal, violence, early forms of commerce, and other enthralling accounts are part of this small New Mexico town’s history. Complete with illustrations and archived photographs, “Turbulent Taos” is Den Galbraith’s ... En savoir plus

    CHF 3.73

  • Sam Houston, the Great Designer

    par Llerena Friend ...
    This biography of Sam Houston goes beyond the romantic frontier life of the "buckskin hero from Tennessee" to examine seriously his role as an American statesman. ... En savoir plus

    CHF 23.36

  • Useppa

    An Ongoing Journey

    par Ken, Pat Birt ...
    Useppa: An Ongoing Journey provides an in-depth account of the ten-thousand-year history of a magical island off the southwest coast of Florida.Useppa: An Ongoing Journey travels through ten thousand years of the islands inhabited history. The journey begins with the Calusa Indians, the islands first known inhabitants, and then moves on through the influence of the Spanish, Cuban fishing ranchos, ... En savoir plus

    CHF 6.45

  • The Indian Massacres and War of 1862, Illustrated

    par Adrian J Ebell ...
    A Brief history of the Indian uprising and depredations in Minnesota during 1862. ... En savoir plus

    CHF 2.80

  • From Ellis Island to JFK

    New York`s Two Great Waves of Immigration

    In the history, the very personality, of New York City, few events loom larger than the wave of immigration at the turn of the last century. Today a similar influx of new immigrants is transforming the city again. Better than one in three New Yorkers is now an immigrant. From Ellis Island to JFK is the first in-depth study that compares these two huge social changes.A key contribution of this book ... En savoir plus

    CHF 21.41

  • The Center of the World of Steel: Pittsburgh 1900. Illustrated

    par Walden Fawcett ...
    Pittsburgh Pennsylvania was the center of the world of Steel at the beginning of the 20th century. Take a look at Steel and Steel making in the industrial powerhouse of turn of the century Pittsburgh. ... En savoir plus

    CHF 0.93

  • Gas and Gas Making: The Manhattan Gas Company 1862, Illustrated

    par J W Watson ...
    A tour through the gas company with explanations of the gas works as typical in the mid 19th Century. ... En savoir plus

    CHF 1.85

  • AS GOOD AS IT WAS

    SCHOOL REFORM CAN NEVER REGAIN WHAT WAS DESTROYED

    This historical analysis follows Larry Cuban’s book As Good as it Gets: What School Reform Brought to Austin but with an East Austin perspective as opposed to the view of one former superintendent. This study looks at school closures, busing for integration, alternative schools, magnet schools, charter schools, small schools, and early college high schools. ... En savoir plus

    CHF 5.48

  • HATTERAS ISLAND: Keeper of the Outer Banks, 2nd Edition

    par Ray McAllister ...
    Collection Livre 2 - The Outer Banks Story
    AN OUTER BANKS CLASSIC, UPDATED, EXPANDED, AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.The much-honored "Hatteras Island: Keeper of the Outer Banks," by award-winning coastal author Ray McAllister, features larger pages and photographs, as well as nearly 40 pages of new material. The release of the new edition marks the 10th anniversary of the original book. The second edition includes a new author preface and ... En savoir plus

    CHF 18.84

  • Integration A Doorway to Success

    The Untold Story of the First African Americans to Integrate Catonsville High School in 1955

    par Mary L. Brown ...
    Mary is a very proud wife, mother, retired educator, community activist, and now an aspiring writer. Living in a world of complex social, political and economic challenges, Mary offers her work as an incentive for prospective black writers to uncover and/or discover the vast knowledge of African American history, still locked in our ancestors' storehouses, bibles, important family documents and ... En savoir plus

    CHF 8.39

  • What Clouds There Were Were White

    Journals of a Brooklyn Girl, 1929-1930

    If America had a heart, one might call it Brooklyn. This story is a small piece of that heart, told with verve by a young girl who dreams of becoming a writer. In these pages, she records her travel from fourteen through "sweet sixteen" (1929-1930), mixing the routines of her neighborhood life in Flatbush with poems, radio song lyrics, her love of books, regular trips to the theater to watch the ... En savoir plus

    CHF 9.32

  • The Famous Missions Of California

    A detailed account of the historical events that took place in California. Missions that were undertaken in different times have been described in detail. The chronological information imparted in a dramatic style captures the attention of the reader. ... En savoir plus

    CHF 4.67

  • Western New York Lodge of Research

    Books of Transactions 1983-2013

    Produced by the Western New York Lodge of Research No.9007 under the Grand Lodge F&AM of the State of New York, this composite tome contains all the previously published papers and lectures presented at meetings over the organization's first 30 years. It covers history, esoteric topics, commentaries, and research on Masonic-related subjects from numerous local authors. ... En savoir plus

    CHF 4.63

  • Desert Accommodations

    The History of Lodging in Phoenix 1872 - 1972

    par Laurence Bell ...
    The city of Phoenix, with its attractive climate and diverse commercial enterprises, has always had a strong lodging industry. The first hotel was built by John Gardiner in 1872. This initial hotel would set the stage for the growth of a large and interesting industry. Construction would progress from hotels to auto courts and motels. It would culminate with neon illuminated motel rows and ... En savoir plus

    CHF 13.21