Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City (Norton Peter D.)(Paperback)

Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City (Norton Peter D.)(Paperback)

The fight for the future of the city street between pedestrians, street railways, and promoters of the automobile between 1915 and 1930.Before the advent of the automobile, users of city streets were diverse and included children at play and pedestrians at large. By 1930, most streets were

Beloved Beasts. Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction

In the late nineteenth century, humans came at long last to a devastating realisation: their rapidly industrialising and globalising societies were driving scores of animal species to extinction. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the history of the movement to

Heyday - The 1850s and the Dawn of the Global Age (Wilson Ben)(Paperback / softback)

Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC: Navigating the Politics of Everyday Life (Austin Paula C.)(Pevná vazba)

The fullest account to date of African American young people in a segregated city Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC offers a complex narrative of the everyday lives of black young people in a racially, spatially, economically, and politically restricted Washington, DC, during the 1930s. In contrast to

The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution (Scott Julius S.)(Paperback)

Winner of the 2019 Stone Book Award, Museum of African American History A remarkable intellectual history of the slave revolts that made the modern revolutionary era The Common Wind is a gripping and colorful account of the intercontinental networks that tied together the free and enslaved masses

Petra - The Rose-Red City (Auge Christian)(Paperback / softback)

Deep in the Jordanian desert lies the hidden rose red city of Petra, carved directly out of the solid rock that rises in sharp ridges above the sands. Recent excavations provide new information about this mysterious, beautiful and dramatic

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - Lewis Clive Staples

A beautiful paperback edition of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, book five in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. This edition is complete with cover and interior art by the original illustrator of Narnia, Pauline Baynes.A king and some unexpected companions embark on a voyage

The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations (Lasch Christopher)(Paperback)

The classic New York Times bestseller, with a new introduction by E.J. Dionne Jr. When The Culture of Narcissism was first published in 1979, Christopher Lasch was hailed as a 'biblical prophet” (Time). Lasch's identification of narcissism as not only an individual ailment but also a burgeoning

A World on Edge - The End of the Great War and the Dawn of a New Age (Schoenpflug Daniel)(Paperback / softback)

'Moving and inspired book ... An evocative and deeply affecting requiem for what might have been.' - Douglas Smith, author of Rasputin and Former PeopleA World on Edge reveals Europe in 1918, left in ruins by World War I. But with the end of hostilities, a radical new start seems not only possible,

The Confederation Handbook (Hamilton Peter F.)(Paperback)

The Night's Dawn Trilogy is one of the most triumphant works of science fiction to appear in decades. Swiftly gathering a worldwide readership, this masterwork of cosmic imagination and storytelling brought to life an entire galaxy of diverse planets and astonishing civilizations. At the core is

American Comics : A History - Dauber Jeremy

The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their hold on the American imagination. Comics have conquered America. From our multiplexes, where Marvel and DC movies reign supreme, to our television screens, where comics-based shows like The Walking Dead have become among the

Saving Faith: Making Religious Pluralism an American Value at the Dawn of the Secular Age (Mislin David)(Pevná vazba)

In Saving Faith, David Mislin chronicles the transformative historical moment when Americans began to reimagine their nation as one strengthened by the diverse faiths of its peoples. Between 1875 and 1925, liberal Protestant leaders abandoned religious exclusivism and leveraged their considerable

Avengers by Jason Aaron Vol. 7: The Age of Khonshu (Aaron Jason)(Paperback)

Collects Avengers (2018) #31-38. From the dawn of time - to the end of the world? Trapped in an icy cave millennia in the past, Tony Stark has lost most of his armor and a good chunk of his mind. And tonight when the sun goes down and the devil comes around again, will Iron Man lose what is left of

Fighting American Vol. 2: The Ties That Bind (Rennie Gordon)(Paperback)

The further battles of Fighting American, Jack Kirby and Joe Simon's legendary super hero, originally created back in 1954. This all-new collection written by Gordon Rennie and drawn by Andie Tong, sees the ultimate icon of truth, justice and the American battling enemies while battling to fit into

To Marry an English Lord: Tales of Wealth and Marriage, Sex and Snobbery in the Gilded Age (MacColl Gail)(Paperback)

Gilded Age American Heiresses Take on the Peerage In 1895 nine American girls, including a Vanderbilt (railroads), LaRoche (pharmaceuticals), Rogers (oil), and Whitney (New York trolleys), married peers of the British realm--among them, a duke, an earl, three barons, and a knight. It was the peak

The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution (Morris Charles R.)(Paperback)

In the first few decades of the nineteenth century, America went from being a largely rural economy, with little internal transportation infrastructure, to a fledgling industrial powerhouse--setting the stage for the vast fortunes that would be made in the golden age of American capitalism. In The

California Crazy. American Pop Architecture (Heimann Jim)(Pevná vazba)

At the dawn of the automobile age, Americans' predilection for wanderlust prompted a new wave of inventive entrepreneurs to cater to this new mode of transportation. Starting in the 1920s, attention-grabbing buildings began to appear that would draw in passing drivers for snacks, provisions,

Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror (Hayden Michael V.)(Paperback)

From the bestselling author of The Assault on Intelligence, an unprecedented high-level master narrative of America's intelligence wars, demonstrating in a time of new threats that espionage and the search for facts are essential to our democracy For General Michael Hayden, playing to the edge

Double Crossed - A Fighting Man Under Fire (Wood Brian)(Paperback / softback)

The Sunday Times BestsellerAt the age of 23, Brian Wood was thrust into the front line in Iraq, in the infamous Battle of Danny

Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald F. Scott)(Paperback / softback)

The Great American Novel of love and betrayal in the Jazz Age is now a major film. 'I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby's house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited - they went there.' Jay Gatsby's opulent Long Island mansion throngs with

American Grand Strategy in the Age of Trump (Brands Hal)(Paperback)

'Looking beyond the headlines to address the enduring grand strategic questions facing the United States todayAmerican foreign policy is in a state of upheaval. The rise of Donald Trump and his 'America First' platform have created more uncertainty about America's role in the world than at any time

Arado AR 196 Units in Combat (Jong Peter De)(Paperback)

A detailed study of the attractive Arado Ar 196, one of the last fighting seaplanes. It was the standard seagoing aircraft for the German Kriegsmarine during World War II, providing the Luftwaffe with reach into the southern oceans. Beating its biplane rivals in a 1936 Reich Air Ministry design

North American XB-70 Valkyrie (Davies Peter E.)(Paperback)

Of the many futuristic military aircraft concepts created in the 1950s the North American XB-70 still stands out as the most awe-inspiring. With its huge, white partially-folding delta wing, its fuselage resembling a striking cobra, and its extraordinary performance, it was one of the foremost

Prague in Black and Gold - The History of a City (Demetz Peter)(Paperback / softback)

From the Velvet Revolution to the disturbing world of Franz Kafka, from the devestation of the Thirty Years War to the musical elegance of Mozart and Dvorak, Prague is steeped in a wealth of history and culture. PRAGUE IN BLACK AND GOLD is a first class history of this unique city, allowing us to