Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History (Flores Dan)(Paperback)

Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History (Flores Dan)(Paperback)

The New York Times best-selling account of how coyotes--long the target of an extermination policy--spread to every corner of the United States Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award 'A masterly synthesis of scientific research and personal observation.' -Wall Street

The Poetics of Natural History (Irmscher Christoph)(Paperback)

Early American naturalists assembled dazzling collections of native flora and fauna, from John Bartram's botanical garden in Philadelphia and the artful display of animals in Charles Willson Peale's museum to P. T. Barnum's American Museum, infamously characterized by Henry James as 'halls of

On the Spirit of Rights (Edelstein Dan)(Paperback)

By the end of the eighteenth century, politicians in America and France were invoking the natural rights of man to wrest sovereignty away from kings and lay down universal basic entitlements. Exactly how and when did 'rights' come to justify such measures? In On the Spirit of Rights, Dan Edelstein

Hitler's Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich (Kurlander Eric)(Paperback)

The definitive history of the supernatural in Nazi Germany--the occult ideas, esoteric sciences, and pagan religions touted by the Third Reich in the service of power '[Kurlander] shows how swiftly irrational ideas can take hold, even in an age before social media.'--Michael Dirda, The Washington

How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture (Wallach Jennifer Jensen)(Paperback)

How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture tells the story of America by examining American eating habits, and illustrates the many ways in which competing cultures, conquests and cuisines have helped form America's identity, and have helped define what it means to be

Behold, America - A History of America First and the American Dream (Churchwell Sarah)(Paperback / softback)

A New History of Modern Latin America (Clayton Lawrence A.)(Paperback)

A New History of Modern Latin America provides an engaging and readable narrative history of the nations of Latin America from the Wars of Independence in the nineteenth century to the democratic turn in the twenty-first. This new edition of a well-known text has been revised and updated to include

Roadtrip America Arizona & New Mexico: 25 Scenic Side Trips (Quinn Rick)(Paperback)

Add fun, history, and jaw-dropping natural wonders to your southwestern road trip with RoadTrip America's Arizona and New Mexico: 25 Scenic Side Trips, each one beginning and ending at an Interstate highway and drivable within a day. Full-color maps and photographs illustrate easy-to-follow scenic

Rain: A Natural and Cultural History (Barnett Cynthia)(Paperback)

A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean (McPherson Alan)(Paperback)

A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean presents a concise account of the full sweep of U.S. military invasions and interventions in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean from 1800 up to the present day. Engages in debates about the economic, military,

Chasing Dragonflies: A Natural, Cultural, and Personal History (Crosby Cindy)(Paperback)

Chasing Dragonflies: A Natural, Cultural, and Personal History is an engaging, beautifully illustrated introduction to these remarkable insects. Drawing on her experiences as a natural history instructor, dragonfly monitor, cancer survivor, grandmother, and steward, Crosby tells the stories of

Illustrated Natural History of Selborne (White Gilbert)(Paperback / softback)

First published in 1789, this is a study of the flora and fauna of the parish of Selborne in Hampshire. This volume also includes the author's correspondence with the two distinguished naturalists, Thomas Penant and the Honourable Daines

Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art (Cozzolino Robert)(Pevná vazba)

America is haunted. Ghosts from its violent history--the genocide of Indigenous peoples, slavery, the threat of nuclear annihilation, and traumatic wars--are an inescapable and unsettled part of the nation's heritage. Not merely in the realm of metaphor but present and tangible, urgently calling

America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy (Zoellick Robert B.)(Paperback)

America has a long history of diplomacy-ranging from Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson to Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, and James Baker-now is your chance to see the impact these Americans have had on the world. Recounting the actors and events of U.S. foreign policy,

Natural History: A Selection (Pliny the Elder)(Paperback)

Pliny's Natural History is an astonishingly ambitious work that ranges from astronomy to art and from geography to zoology. Mingling acute observation with often wild speculation, it offers a fascinating view of the world as it was understood in the first century AD, whether describing the danger

Wolves in Ireland: A Natural and Cultural History (Hickey Kieran)(Paperback)

Art History: A Very Short Introduction (Arnold Dana)(Paperback)

Art history encompasses the study of the history and development of painting, sculpture and the other visual arts. In this Very Short Introduction, Dana Arnold presents an introduction to the issues, debates, and artefacts that make up art history. Beginning with a consideration of what art history

Happiness 1 - Shuzo Oshimi

A supernatural story of sexual awakening, growing up, and suburban vampirism, Happiness follows a dorky boy who is attacked by a girl in an alley. She sucks his blood and gives him a choice: life or death. He chooses life, but finds himself nearly overwhelmed by a new thirst and a fascination with

Something Wicked This Way Comes (Bradbury Ray)(Paperback / softback)

Ray Bradbury's extraordinary tale of childhood dreams and supernatural agency in small-town America

Natural Right and History (Strauss Leo)(Paperback)

In this classic work, Leo Strauss examines the problem of natural right and argues that there is a firm foundation in reality for the distinction between right and wrong in ethics and politics. On the centenary of Strauss's birth, and the fiftieth anniversary of the Walgreen Lectures which spawned

Venom Doc - The edgiest, darkest and strangest natural history memoir ever (Grieg Fry Bryan)(Paperback / softback)

A highly venomous natural history memoir. Think David Attenborough meets Hunter S. Thompson with more than a dash of Indiana

Ghost Circles (Bone #7), 7 (Smith Jeff)(Paperback)

Natural disaster and supernatural evil collide in the seventh volume of the epic BONE series.A long-dormant volcano explodes, blacking out the sun, mowing down trees, and filling the land with soot and ash. The Lord of the Locusts has been released. Against this apocalyptic backdrop, the Bone

Natural Experiments of History (Diamond Jared)(Paperback)

Some central questions in the natural and social sciences can't be answered by controlled laboratory experiments, often considered to be the hallmark of the scientific method. This impossibility holds for any science concerned with the past. In addition, many manipulative experiments, while

Capitalism in America - A History (Greenspan Alan)(Paperback / softback)