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True Stories That Never Happened

Edición de Jason Rodriguez ...

“The inventive writers and illustrators who crafted these transporting stories just may convince you to trash your BlackBerry and buy some stamps.”–Frank Warren, author of PostSecretYou’ve seen them at flea markets and in antique shops and used-book stores across the country: Vintage postcards inscribed with handwritten notes, evocative messages that capture a thought, an expression, a concern, a ... Leer más

$4.99 USD

“The inventive writers and illustrators who crafted these transporting stories just may convince you to trash your BlackBerry and buy some stamps.”–Frank Warren, author of PostSecretYou’ve seen them at flea markets and in antique shops and used-book stores across the country: Vintage postcards inscribed with handwritten notes, evocative messages that capture a thought, an expression, a concern, a
... Leer más
Postcard America

Curt Teich and the Imaging of a Nation, 1931–1950

de Jeffrey L. Meikle ...

This illustrated history of the colorized linen postcards of the 1930s and '40s is " an incredible tour . . . A veritable treasure trove of American culture" ( Crave Online).From the Great Depression through the early postwar years, any postcard sent in America was more than likely a "linen" card. Colorized in vivid, often exaggerated hues and printed on card stock embossed with a linen-like ... Leer más

$2.69 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This illustrated history of the colorized linen postcards of the 1930s and '40s is " an incredible tour . . . A veritable treasure trove of American culture" ( Crave Online).From the Great Depression through the early postwar years, any postcard sent in America was more than likely a "linen" card. Colorized in vivid, often exaggerated hues and printed on card stock embossed with a linen-like
... Leer más
The Post Office Girls

Book One in a heartwarming and uplifting new wartime saga series

de Poppy Cooper ...

With the Great War raging, can they keep Britain going?On Beth Healey's eighteenth birthday, she hopes that she will be able to forget the ghastly war and celebrate. But that evening, her twin brother Ned announces that he has signed up to fight.No longer able to stand working in her parents' village shop while others are doing their bit, Beth applies to join the Army Post Office's new Home Depot ... Leer más

$4.99 USD

With the Great War raging, can they keep Britain going?On Beth Healey's eighteenth birthday, she hopes that she will be able to forget the ghastly war and celebrate. But that evening, her twin brother Ned announces that he has signed up to fight.No longer able to stand working in her parents' village shop while others are doing their bit, Beth applies to join the Army Post Office's new Home Depot
... Leer más
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Matthew Arnold

de Greg Gatenby ...

Series Libro 20 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Matthew ArnoldRobert Browning And his wife Elizabeth gained fame in the Victorian Age not only as two of the century's most important English poets but also because of their scandalous elopement, escape from London, and settlement in Italy. By the standards of straight-laced ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Matthew ArnoldRobert Browning And his wife Elizabeth gained fame in the Victorian Age not only as two of the century's most important English poets but also because of their scandalous elopement, escape from London, and settlement in Italy. By the standards of straight-laced
... Leer más
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

William Shakespeare

de Gatenby ...

Series Libro 2 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare:hundreds of postcards, most over a century old, illustrating the life of the Bard, from his birth through to his burial, along with cards showing his family, his life in London, the statues raised in his honour, and dozens of painted scenes from his plays. ... Leer más

$21.41 USD

Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare:hundreds of postcards, most over a century old, illustrating the life of the Bard, from his birth through to his burial, along with cards showing his family, his life in London, the statues raised in his honour, and dozens of painted scenes from his plays.
... Leer más
Seaside Heights

de Christopher J. Vaz ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Seaside Heights tells the history of a timeless seashore resort community located on a barrier island nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and Barnegat Bay. The 224-acre town was settled by residents of Philadelphia and Camden, who purchased white-sand lots to escape city life for the brisk ocean breezes and tranquility that Seaside Heights offered prior to World War II. Seaside Heights uses the ... Leer más

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Seaside Heights tells the history of a timeless seashore resort community located on a barrier island nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and Barnegat Bay. The 224-acre town was settled by residents of Philadelphia and Camden, who purchased white-sand lots to escape city life for the brisk ocean breezes and tranquility that Seaside Heights offered prior to World War II. Seaside Heights uses the
... Leer más
City of London

The Archives of Judges of Hastings Ltd

de Warren Grynberg ...

The City of London is where London began 2,000 years ago when the Romans invaded Britannia. Today it is one of the most important financial centres in the world. With much destruction during the bombing of the Second World War, the City has reinvented itself into a high-tech business city, and through these photographic postcards you can see how ‘The Square Mile’ was over the past 100 years. Fred ... Leer más

$11.33 USD

The City of London is where London began 2,000 years ago when the Romans invaded Britannia. Today it is one of the most important financial centres in the world. With much destruction during the bombing of the Second World War, the City has reinvented itself into a high-tech business city, and through these photographic postcards you can see how ‘The Square Mile’ was over the past 100 years. Fred
... Leer más
Hate Mail

THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION

de Mr Bingo ...

'Gorgeous and funny! Like a labrador doing stand-up' Noel FieldingThe brainchild of a late night and one too many drinks, Hate Mail began with self-styled 'Master of Pens', Mr. Bingo, sending a single tweet off into the pipes of the internet. It read: 'I will send a postcard with an offensive message on to the first person who replies to this'. Then, the replies came in.Over 1000 abusive postcards ... Leer más

$12.95 USD

'Gorgeous and funny! Like a labrador doing stand-up' Noel FieldingThe brainchild of a late night and one too many drinks, Hate Mail began with self-styled 'Master of Pens', Mr. Bingo, sending a single tweet off into the pipes of the internet. It read: 'I will send a postcard with an offensive message on to the first person who replies to this'. Then, the replies came in.Over 1000 abusive postcards
... Leer más
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

Molière, Pierre Corneille, Pierre Beaumarchais, Pierre Abelard

de Gatenby ...

Series Libro 24 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsMolière, Pierre Corneille, Pierre Beaumarchais, Pierre Abelard:Each member of this quartet has a secure place in the Pantheon of French-language literature, a fact reflected in the abundance of antique postcards which celebrated them in the years either side of 1900. Many, perhaps the bulk of these postcards have never ... Leer más

$21.41 USD

Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsMolière, Pierre Corneille, Pierre Beaumarchais, Pierre Abelard:Each member of this quartet has a secure place in the Pantheon of French-language literature, a fact reflected in the abundance of antique postcards which celebrated them in the years either side of 1900. Many, perhaps the bulk of these postcards have never
... Leer más
Naughty Noir: French Risque Postcards that Push the Boundaries

de Igor Boyko ...

Embark on an exhilarating odyssey through the sensuous streets of Belle Époque Paris with Naughty Noir: French Risque Postcards that Push the Boundaries, a scintillating dive into the world of vintage erotica. This captivating book, a delightful fusion of risque women's clothes and nude photography, invites you to unravel the origins of French postcards that scandalized the era. Beginning with the ... Leer más

$4.49 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Embark on an exhilarating odyssey through the sensuous streets of Belle Époque Paris with Naughty Noir: French Risque Postcards that Push the Boundaries, a scintillating dive into the world of vintage erotica. This captivating book, a delightful fusion of risque women's clothes and nude photography, invites you to unravel the origins of French postcards that scandalized the era. Beginning with the
... Leer más
Holy Bible-extraterrestrials meet the locals

(Genesis only)

de George Lemieux ...

How well do you know the Bible? Fact it, from a re ... Leer más

$7.10 USD

How well do you know the Bible? Fact it, from a re
... Leer más
Postcards from the Baja California Border

Portraying Townscape and Place, 1900s–1950s

de Daniel D. Arreola ...

Postcards have a magical pull. They allow us to see the past through charming relics that allow us to travel back in time. Daniel D. Arreola’s Postcards from the Baja California Border offers a window into the historical and geographical past of storied Mexican border communities. Once-popular tourist destinations from the 1900s through the 1950s, the border communities explored in Postcards from ... Leer más

$33.74 USD

Postcards have a magical pull. They allow us to see the past through charming relics that allow us to travel back in time. Daniel D. Arreola’s Postcards from the Baja California Border offers a window into the historical and geographical past of storied Mexican border communities. Once-popular tourist destinations from the 1900s through the 1950s, the border communities explored in Postcards from
... Leer más
Greetings from San Antonio

Historic Postcards of the Alamo City

de Lewis F. Fisher ...

At the dawn of the twentieth century, just as color postcards were becoming a worldwide sensation, San Antonio bypassed Dallas as the largest city in Texas. Idyllic postcard images of San Antonio began landing in mailboxes across the country, displaying recently gained wealth and prosperity. Greetings from San Antonio: Historic Postcards of the Alamo City is a collection of more than six hundred ... Leer más

$14.93 USD

At the dawn of the twentieth century, just as color postcards were becoming a worldwide sensation, San Antonio bypassed Dallas as the largest city in Texas. Idyllic postcard images of San Antonio began landing in mailboxes across the country, displaying recently gained wealth and prosperity. Greetings from San Antonio: Historic Postcards of the Alamo City is a collection of more than six hundred
... Leer más
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

de Gatenby ...

Series Libro 21 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsWalt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:American postcard publishers were generally very good in honouring their nation's most celebrated authors by providing buyers with a plethora of picture postcards featuring busts of the writers or images of their homes or other views somehow related to their lives ... Leer más

$12.86 USD

Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsWalt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:American postcard publishers were generally very good in honouring their nation's most celebrated authors by providing buyers with a plethora of picture postcards featuring busts of the writers or images of their homes or other views somehow related to their lives
... Leer más
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

Ludovico Ariosto, Torquato Tasso, Giovanni Boccaccio, Pietro Aretino

de Gatenby ...

Series Libro 23 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsLudovico Ariosto, Torquato Tasso, Giovanni Boccaccio, Pietro AretinoThis quartet of classic Italian literary masters features the majority of antique and vintage postcards related to each author. The largest selection belongs to Boccaccio, long the most popular of these writers, both with Italians and foreigners, his ... Leer más

$17.09 USD

Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsLudovico Ariosto, Torquato Tasso, Giovanni Boccaccio, Pietro AretinoThis quartet of classic Italian literary masters features the majority of antique and vintage postcards related to each author. The largest selection belongs to Boccaccio, long the most popular of these writers, both with Italians and foreigners, his
... Leer más
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, William Cullen Bryant

de Greg Gatenby ...

Series Libro 16 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, William Cullen BryantIn any census of the pioneers of American literature, these three will always have a position of honour. Cooper's Leatherstocking novels (e.g., Last of the Mohicans) were the first USA fictions to find a wide readership in Europe. Poe's reputation took longer to ... Leer más

$12.86 USD

Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, William Cullen BryantIn any census of the pioneers of American literature, these three will always have a position of honour. Cooper's Leatherstocking novels (e.g., Last of the Mohicans) were the first USA fictions to find a wide readership in Europe. Poe's reputation took longer to
... Leer más
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

J.M. Barrie, Thomas Hardy, Agatha Christie

de Gatenby ...

Series Libro 22 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: J.M. Barrie, Thomas Hardy, Agatha ChristieJ.M. Barrie, Thomas Hardy, Agatha Christie: Literary Chronicles in Antique Postcards- Though best known today for his creation Peter Pan, in his day J.M. Barrie was renowned as much for other stage works and his fiction-with the result he was a popular subject of postcards in his ... Leer más

$17.09 USD

Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: J.M. Barrie, Thomas Hardy, Agatha ChristieJ.M. Barrie, Thomas Hardy, Agatha Christie: Literary Chronicles in Antique Postcards- Though best known today for his creation Peter Pan, in his day J.M. Barrie was renowned as much for other stage works and his fiction-with the result he was a popular subject of postcards in his
... Leer más
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

Jane Austen, George Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, Anne Bronte

de Greg Gatenby ...

Series Libro 25 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsJane Austen, George Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, Anne Bronte:Women writers in the Victorian and Edwardian eras were sometimes widely read but almost never seen or heard. They did not give public readings of their work or appear in bookshops signing autographed copies of their wares. These low profiles were reflected in the ... Leer más

$17.09 USD

Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsJane Austen, George Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, Anne Bronte:Women writers in the Victorian and Edwardian eras were sometimes widely read but almost never seen or heard. They did not give public readings of their work or appear in bookshops signing autographed copies of their wares. These low profiles were reflected in the
... Leer más
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

Colette and Anatole France

de Greg Gatenby ...

Series Libro 8 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Colette and Anatole FranceCustom Vintage Themed Thanksgiving Greeting Cards- A cornucopia of postcards depicting the notorious French author as she was in old age, accompanied by several images of her when she was lithe, naughty, and unambiguous about her delight in both men and women. ... Leer más

$12.86 USD

Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Colette and Anatole FranceCustom Vintage Themed Thanksgiving Greeting Cards- A cornucopia of postcards depicting the notorious French author as she was in old age, accompanied by several images of her when she was lithe, naughty, and unambiguous about her delight in both men and women.
... Leer más
San Pedro

de Joe McKinzie ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Arcadia Publishing's second collection of postcard images concerning the Los Angeles Harbor community of San Pedro follows the 2005 Postcard History Series volume San Pedro Bay. Where that work concentrated on the harbor and water aspects of the colloquially known 'Peedro,' this new volume looks at the town and its development, buildings, businesses, streetscapes, and residences. The port village ... Leer más

$12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Arcadia Publishing's second collection of postcard images concerning the Los Angeles Harbor community of San Pedro follows the 2005 Postcard History Series volume San Pedro Bay. Where that work concentrated on the harbor and water aspects of the colloquially known 'Peedro,' this new volume looks at the town and its development, buildings, businesses, streetscapes, and residences. The port village
... Leer más
Alexandria

de Barbara Grover ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Alexandria is situated near the center of Douglas County, surrounded by a chain of beautiful lakes. These lakes brought pioneer settlers to the area as early as 1858, when Minnesota achieved statehood and the town was established. The lakes remain a key factor that continue to draw residents and visitors. The images in Postcard History Series: Alexandria tell the community's story, recalling fond ... Leer más

$12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Alexandria is situated near the center of Douglas County, surrounded by a chain of beautiful lakes. These lakes brought pioneer settlers to the area as early as 1858, when Minnesota achieved statehood and the town was established. The lakes remain a key factor that continue to draw residents and visitors. The images in Postcard History Series: Alexandria tell the community's story, recalling fond
... Leer más
Ventura

de Glenda J. Jackson ...

Series series Postcard History Series
The city of Ventura traces its heritage back to the founding of Mission San Buenaventura in March 1782. The intervening eras have seen cattle drives down Main Street, revival tents in the marshy area now known as Pierpont, and the days when the Ventura trolley was the quickest way around town. The attractive images in this postcard tour through bygone times also include the stately Schiappapietra ... Leer más

$12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

The city of Ventura traces its heritage back to the founding of Mission San Buenaventura in March 1782. The intervening eras have seen cattle drives down Main Street, revival tents in the marshy area now known as Pierpont, and the days when the Ventura trolley was the quickest way around town. The attractive images in this postcard tour through bygone times also include the stately Schiappapietra
... Leer más
Billings

de James M. Reich ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Billings is sometimes called 'The Magic City' for its rapid growth that seems to change the skyline overnight. Located in the heart of the Yellowstone Valley, it is Montana's largest city and the state's premier business destination. From 1900 to the 1960s'Billings's 'Golden Years''locals and tourists alike enjoyed a variety of hotels, fine restaurants, and retail and wholesale shopping, while ... Leer más

$12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Billings is sometimes called 'The Magic City' for its rapid growth that seems to change the skyline overnight. Located in the heart of the Yellowstone Valley, it is Montana's largest city and the state's premier business destination. From 1900 to the 1960s'Billings's 'Golden Years''locals and tourists alike enjoyed a variety of hotels, fine restaurants, and retail and wholesale shopping, while
... Leer más
Delray Beach

de Dorothy Patterson, Janet DeVries ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Travel the roads and waterways of Delray Beach history through lovingly collected postcards. In the 1890s, a diverse group of settlers began gathering on the southeast coast of Florida to build a new community. These pioneers sought the freedom, adventure, and economic opportunity provided by the new Florida East Coast Railway. Delray's population was distinctive for its respect for education, ... Leer más

$12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Travel the roads and waterways of Delray Beach history through lovingly collected postcards. In the 1890s, a diverse group of settlers began gathering on the southeast coast of Florida to build a new community. These pioneers sought the freedom, adventure, and economic opportunity provided by the new Florida East Coast Railway. Delray's population was distinctive for its respect for education,
... Leer más

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