(Ilmumisaeg: 07-May-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: The History Press, ISBN-13: 9781837053070)
In December 1987, UNESCO bestowed its greatest honour on Bath when it declared the city a World Heritage Site for its outstanding cultural heritage - including its natural thermal spa waters - and landscape setting. Bath was one of the first ten site...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-May-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Virginia Press, ISBN-13: 9780813955049)
The first biography of a neglected but crucial revolutionary figure and a fascinating window into his worldStudy the American Revolution and you might miss the name Robert Carter Nicholas; study Robert Carter Nicholas and you will see the entire revo...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-May-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Virginia Press, ISBN-13: 9780813955049)
The first biography of a neglected but crucial revolutionary figure and a fascinating window into his worldStudy the American Revolution and you might miss the name Robert Carter Nicholas; study Robert Carter Nicholas and you will see the entire revo...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Arkansas Press, ISBN-13: 9781610758536)
In 1930, a remote corner of southwest Arkansas witnessed the discovery of cinnabar, the ore from which mercury is extracted. Upon the arrival of "e;the metal of a thousand uses,"e; a wave of hope and ambition swept through the foothills of th...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Arkansas Press, ISBN-13: 9781610758536)
In 1930, a remote corner of southwest Arkansas witnessed the discovery of cinnabar, the ore from which mercury is extracted. Upon the arrival of "e;the metal of a thousand uses,"e; a wave of hope and ambition swept through the foothills of th...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469689302)
Facing persistent exploitation, discrimination, and marginalization in the second half of the twentieth century, generations of Puerto Rican organizers and activists drew on multiple competing versions of nationalism to challenge the racial order in...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469695433)
When most people picture the US-Mexico border, they think of walls, fences, concrete, and wire. But in this first history of how the environment influenced physical boundary-making between the two nations, Mary E. Mendoza focuses on how the natural w...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469689296)
Facing persistent exploitation, discrimination, and marginalization in the second half of the twentieth century, generations of Puerto Rican organizers and activists drew on multiple competing versions of nationalism to challenge the racial order in...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469695426)
When most people picture the US-Mexico border, they think of walls, fences, concrete, and wire. But in this first history of how the environment influenced physical boundary-making between the two nations, Mary E. Mendoza focuses on how the natural w...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Louisiana State University Press, ISBN-13: 9780807186268)
Melissa Daggetts Eugene and Eulalie is an epic story of love, race, prosperity, and legal maneuvering. It chronicles for the first time in a comprehensive way the largely forgotten lives of Eulalie Mandeville, a free woman of color, and her white pa...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Louisiana State University Press, ISBN-13: 9780807186251)
Melissa Daggetts Eugene and Eulalie is an epic story of love, race, prosperity, and legal maneuvering. It chronicles for the first time in a comprehensive way the largely forgotten lives of Eulalie Mandeville, a free woman of color, and her white pa...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469683997)
Landmarks with great historical, architectural, and cultural value are often demolished in the name of progress, leaving little but memories behind. In the growing city of Raleigh, many important buildings have been razed, but even when no longer pre...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469695464)
Step into the turbulent aftermath of the Civil War, where the abolition of slavery marked the start of a fierce struggle over property, politics, and personhood. In Louisianaa wealthy, diverse state shaped by a history of brutal enslavement and devas...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469693385)
The history of the environmental movementfrom environmentalism of the nineteenth century to the environmental justice struggles of the late twentieth centuryhas often been portrayed as a series of efforts led by white environmentalists. In Stewards o...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469693392)
The history of the environmental movementfrom environmentalism of the nineteenth century to the environmental justice struggles of the late twentieth centuryhas often been portrayed as a series of efforts led by white environmentalists. In Stewards o...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469683218)
When Zackary Vernon moved to the Appalachian town of Boone, North Carolina, he had a goal: to make more ethical food choices. Soon he was working on an organic farm; volunteering at a pay-what-you-can restaurant; and interviewing a range of people, f...Loe edasi...
Beyond Fort William, on the road to the Isles, lies Morar, the Highlands of the Highlands and centre of the Rough Bounds, that wild, desolate, but uniquely beautiful part of Scotland that was once the homeland of the Clan Macdonald of Clanranald,...Loe edasi...
Arisiag and Morar, Norse and Gaelic, the river-mouth bay and the great water, part of na garbh Chriochan (The Rough Bounds), an area so rugged and desolate it was itself known as the Highlands of the Highlands. From Borrodale (fort-dale) to Kil...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University Alabama Press, ISBN-13: 9780817395940)
A revealing legal journey through Alabamas civil rights battles, exposing systemic discrimination and the enduring fight for justice via landmark Supreme Court cases State of Segregation: Americas Freedom Rights Struggles, as Told by Alabama by Mar...Loe edasi...
Derbyshire has long been known for its food. Writers from the seventeenth century onwards have extolled the virtues of its fine produce. Created in the nineteenth century, Bakewell Pudding is today perhaps the food most associated with the county but...Loe edasi...
Boasting the highest number of listed buildings in any British high street, the historic market town of Dorchester is an explorers delight. Archaeologists have found more Roman mosaics here than any other Roman town in Britain, and Dorchester also s...Loe edasi...
Behind Swanseas familiar streets and sweeping bay lies another city: one of heroic dogs, vanished chapels, haunted pubs, and seaside legends. Quirky Swansea uncovers the stories that give this city its distinctive character, celebrating the people,...Loe edasi...
The corn-growing county of Essex was home to over 200 windmills at the peak of the milling industry in the mid-nineteenth century, of which twenty-three survive. In this book author Ian Yearsley explores the history of windmills in Essex, including i...Loe edasi...
Wrexham has a long history. An important market town in the Middle Ages, close to the border with England, it became the most populous settlement in Wales and today is the largest town or city in North Wales. During the eighteenth and nineteenth cent...Loe edasi...
Staffords history can be traced back to an Anglo-Saxon settlement, when it became the county town of Staffordshire. The Normans built a castle in the town and a priory was founded nearby. The two medieval churches in the centre of the town also surv...Loe edasi...
For centuries, Suffolks rural and urban landscape has been shaped by conflict; from Celtic tribes and the Roman Empire, Anglo-Saxons and Viking raiders, Norman invaders to local rebellions. Suffolks shoreline has defended against Dutch and French i...Loe edasi...
In 1801 the antiquarian and astronomer Sir Henry Englefield wrote a beautifully illustrated walking tour leading readers through the streets of Southampton. He offered insights into the towns fascinating historical past, including some fanciful stor...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252048951)
Whether Jonagolds or Ida Reds, the apple provides Midwesterners with both a versatile food and a powerful archetype of their culture and heritage. Lucy M. Long examines the ubiquitous fruits place in regional culture and its role in how people in th...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Louisiana State University Press, ISBN-13: 9780807186671)
"e;Boudin is what the gods would eat if the gods were looking for the transcendent; a dish as satisfying to the soul as it is to the palate."e; So writes Ken Wells, Louisiana native and boudin hound, in this lively travelogue through the arom...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Louisiana State University Press, ISBN-13: 9780807186664)
"e;Boudin is what the gods would eat if the gods were looking for the transcendent; a dish as satisfying to the soul as it is to the palate."e; So writes Ken Wells, Louisiana native and boudin hound, in this lively travelogue through the arom...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252048579)
Since the beginning of the twentieth century, communities in the Downriver region of the Detroit River have forged an enduring claim to the well-being of waterways that are central to where they live, work, and play. Lisa M. Fine examines important...Loe edasi...
In this guide-thats-not-a-guide, metal detectorist cousins Ellie and Lucie explore their local landscape, getting to grips with the hobby, history and themselves along the way. Enchanting and visceral DR MADELEINE PELLINGBrilliantly witty and mag...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, ISBN-13: 9781976600609)
Discover the three generations of Dousman women who breathed life into a grand Gilded Age estate. On the banks of the upper Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, stands Villa Louis, the majestic Italianate-style mansion and estate built...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Wisconsin Historical Society Press, ISBN-13: 9781976600609)
Discover the three generations of Dousman women who breathed life into a grand Gilded Age estate. On the banks of the upper Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, stands Villa Louis, the majestic Italianate-style mansion and estate built...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 08-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Louisiana State University Press, ISBN-13: 9780807186862)
Offshore Oildom tells the riveting story of the United States quest to secure the oil riches of the sea. Drawing on a wealth of untapped sources, Tyler Priest reveals how the offshore oil industry emerged from an ambitious project to incorporate the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 08-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Louisiana State University Press, ISBN-13: 9780807186855)
Offshore Oildom tells the riveting story of the United States quest to secure the oil riches of the sea. Drawing on a wealth of untapped sources, Tyler Priest reveals how the offshore oil industry emerged from an ambitious project to incorporate the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: McFarland & Co Inc, ISBN-13: 9781476657943)
Every generation has its wars. Three of them--World War II (in the 1940s), Korea (in the 1950s) and Vietnam (in the 1960s and 1970s)--are fading from memory. This chronicle recalls the wartime experiences of nine airmen and soldiers, all with root...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Hub City Press, ISBN-13: 9798885740739)
In this ;unjustly neglected masterpiece, Nancy Lemann gives an atmospheric account of the New Orleans trial of the Governor of Louisiana for racketeering, fraud, and bribery. This 40th anniversary edition features a new introduction by critic James...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: McFarland & Co Inc, ISBN-13: 9781476657509)
At the heart of this book are thirty-four personality profiles of North Carolina natives who played baseball in the major leagues. Many of their stories are told for the first time. Collectively, the profiles paint a picture of a time long gone, w...Loe edasi...
This book is the essential companion for those who wish to learn about and visit the Inner Hebridean islands of Eigg, Muck, Rum and Canna, known collectively as the Small Isles. As well as focusing on history, archaeology and landscape change from...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469695457)
Step into the turbulent aftermath of the Civil War, where the abolition of slavery marked the start of a fierce struggle over property, politics, and personhood. In Louisianaa wealthy, diverse state shaped by a history of brutal enslavement and devas...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Mar-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Utah Press,U.S., ISBN-13: 9781647692667)
The Colorado River through the Grand Canyon has a well-deserved reputation for whitewater-the feature that draws many boaters to the raging torrent amidst its spectacular chasms. This guide offers a literary guide down the river, through each rapid....Loe edasi...
Awarded History Book of the Year 2025 by London Historians - A complete joy.Awarded HIGHLY COMMENDED at the British Book Design and Production Awards 2026. A stylish collection of beautifully designed maps of each individual London borough, paire...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Mar-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Newman Springs, ISBN-13: 9798896179719)
Geoff Paddocks book takes a contemporary look at female public servants who occupied public office or were influential in public life in Indiana. Paddock profiles such distinguished Democratic and Republican leaders as Marvella Bayh, Virginia Blanke...Loe edasi...
Sari: The David J. Weber Series in the New Borderlands History
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-Mar-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469693835)
While New Amsterdam has captured public imagination and scholarly attention for centuries, the Dutch borderland settlement that became Albany, New York, was no less vital to the development of early America. In The Ancient House, historian Erin Krame...Loe edasi...
Sari: The David J. Weber Series in the New Borderlands History
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-Mar-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469693828)
While New Amsterdam has captured public imagination and scholarly attention for centuries, the Dutch borderland settlement that became Albany, New York, was no less vital to the development of early America. In The Ancient House, historian Erin Krame...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Mar-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300289367)
An imaginative history of the Kankakee River, told in reverse chronological order, that examines the ecological losses caused as people transformed the river and its wetlandsThe Kankakee River, whose waters gathered west of present-day South Bend, In...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Mar-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469694115)
What happens to species when climate disruption causes suitable habitat within one country to move or vanish? In Borders of Biodiversity, Will Wright examines the histories of transnational conservation efforts to address the tension between a warmin...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Mar-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469694108)
What happens to species when climate disruption causes suitable habitat within one country to move or vanish? In Borders of Biodiversity, Will Wright examines the histories of transnational conservation efforts to address the tension between a warmin...Loe edasi...
Tamera J. Buzick, Ronald M. James, Michael A. Bedeau
Sari: Shepperson Series in Nevada History
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Mar-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Nevada Press, ISBN-13: 9781647792244)
Few estates born from the discovery of the Comstock Lode still survive. Among the grandest, Bowers Mansion, dates to the height of the Civil War. The property has a tragic history shrouded in legend, laid bare within these pages: from the mansions c...Loe edasi...
