In the Arena: A History of American Presidential Hopefuls (Shea Peter)(Pevná vazba)

In the Arena: A History of American Presidential Hopefuls (Shea Peter)(Pevná vazba)

In the Arena profiles 34 American leaders who captured their party's nomination for the presidency, but never reached the Oval Office. Author Peter Shea tells of the rise, early career, campaign and later achievements of historical giants like Aaron Burr and Henry Clay, up through modern candidates

Treasures of World History: The Story of Civilization in 50 Documents (Snow Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Models of Representation in Czech Literary History (Bilek Petr)(Pevná vazba)

In the last twenty years of their academic engagement in the field of literary history, the authors have focused predominantly on the explorations of various possible ways of writing literary history with the impulses and inspiration produced by recent literary theory. Their long discussions

Short History of The American Civil War (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Minuteman: A Technical History of the Missile That Defined American Nuclear Warfare (Stumpf David)(Pevná vazba)

In Minuteman: A Technical History of the Missile That Defined American Nuclear Warfare, David K. Stumpf demystifies the intercontinental ballistic missile program that was conceived at the end of the Eisenhower administration as a key component of the US nuclear strategy of massive retaliation

Innovation - A History of England Volume VI (Ackroyd Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The sixth and final volume in Peter Ackroyd's magnificent History of England series, taking us from the Boer War to the Millennium Dome almost a hundred years

London Transport (Waller Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The final volume in the Regional Tramways series focuses on the history of tram operation in the London area. Starting the story with the pioneering horse tramways operated by George Francis Train in the 1860s, the book narrates how the various horse, steam, cable and electric tramways evolved in

Silk Roads - A New History of the World (Frankopan Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight Over the English Language (Martin Peter)(Pevná vazba)

A compelling history of the national conflicts that resulted from efforts to produce the first definitive American dictionary of English In The Dictionary Wars, Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictionary that would rival

American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850 (Taylor Alan)(Pevná vazba)

In this beautifully written history of America's formative period, a preeminent historian upends the traditional story of a young nation confidently marching to its continent-spanning destiny. The newly constituted United States actually emerged as a fragile, internally divided union of states

A Raisin in the Sun (Hansberry Lorraine)(Pevná vazba)

'Never before, the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of black people's lives been seen on the stage,' observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959. Indeed Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations

Remaking the Presidency: Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson, 1901-1916 (Arnold Peri E.)(Paperback)

In a period of American history marked by congressional primacy, presidential passivity, and hostility to governmental action, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson became iconic presidents through activist leadership. Peri Arnold, a leading presidential scholar, goes beyond the biographers to

The President and American Capitalism Since 1945 (Rose Mark H.)(Pevná vazba)

This volume describes the many ways presidential actions have affected the development of capitalism in the post-World War II era. Contributors show how, since Harry S. Truman took office in 1945, the American 'Consumer-in-Chief' has exerted a decisive hand as well as behind-the-scenes influence on

A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues (Hughes Peter)(Pevná vazba)

A timely history of the world spanning every continent, religion and era, told through the creation and destruction of 21 Statues. The statues range from the iconic to the unknown, from Hatshepsut in Ancient Egypt to statues destroyed in 2020 including Cecil Rhodes (Cape Town), George Washington

Surrealism at Play (Laxton Susan)(Pevná vazba)

In Surrealism at Play Susan Laxton writes a new history of Surrealism in which she traces the centrality of play to the movement and its ongoing legacy. For surrealist artists, play took a consistent role in their aesthetic as they worked in, with, and against a post-WWI world increasingly

Case Study Houses (Smith Elizabeth A. T.)(Pevná vazba)

The Case Study House program (1945–1966) was a unique event in the history of American architecture. Sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, the program sought to respond to the postwar building boom with prototype modern homes that could be both easily replicated and readily affordable to the

Ezra Stoller: A Photographic History of Modern American Architecture (Serraino Pierluigi)(Pevná vazba)

A captivating history of 20th-century Modern American architecture, as seen through the eyes of a legendary photographerIt is impossible to overstate the importance of photography's role in shaping the world's perception of architecture. And towering above the ever-growing crowd of image-makers is

American Democratic Socialism: History, Politics, Religion, and Theory (Dorrien Gary)(Pevná vazba)

A sweeping, ambitious history of American democratic socialism from one of the world's leading intellectual historians and social ethicists 'The movement whose tangled history Gary Dorrien tells in American Democratic Socialism has deep roots in the very 'American' values it is accused of

Rosa: The Story of the Rose (Kukielski Peter E.)(Pevná vazba)

A beautifully illustrated and unique history of the 'queen of flowers' in art, medicine, cuisine, and more 'Rich in fascinating cultural history, Rosa takes us on a joyous visual romp through the stories and symbolism of the most iconic of all garden flowers.'--Peter Crane, author of Ginkgo: The

The Vultee Vengeance in Battle (Smith Peter C.)(Pevná vazba)

This book describes the extraordinary combat career of the American-built Vultee Vengeance dive-bomber in both the Royal Air Force and Indian Air Force service during the Burma Campaigns of 1942-45. This single-engine, all-metal aircraft was ordered by the Ministry of Supply during the darkest days

Pershing: A History of the Medium Tank T20 Series (Hunnicutt R. P.)(Pevná vazba)

This comprehensive entry in R. P. Hunnicutt's 10-volume compendium of American tank history details the development of the T20 series of American tank prototypes ending with the standardized M26 Pershing. Although M4 Medium Tank Sherman proved itself by contributing mightily to U.S. Armored

HMS Victory (Goodwin Peter)(Pevná vazba)

When she was launched in 1765, HMS Victory was the ultimate warship of the Georgian era. As Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, she has since become inextricably linked to the memory of Britain's greatest naval hero. The Victory was built in the 18th century, with an

The Art of the Japanese Garden: History / Culture / Design (Young David)(Pevná vazba)

**Winner of the American Horticultural Society Book Award** Japanese gardens are rooted in two traditions: an ancient one in which patches of graveled forest or pebbled beach were dedicated to nature spirits, and a tradition from China and Korea that included elements such as ponds, streams,

Evangelicals Incorporated: Books and the Business of Religion in America (Vaca Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

A new history explores the commercial heart of evangelical Christianity. American evangelicalism is big business. For decades, the world's largest media conglomerates have sought out evangelical consumers, and evangelical books have regularly become international best sellers. In the early 2000s,