The United States of Absurdity: Untold Stories from American History (Anthony Dave)(Pevná vazba)

The United States of Absurdity: Untold Stories from American History (Anthony Dave)(Pevná vazba)

The creators of the podcast The Dollop present illustrated profiles of the weird, outrageous, NSFW, and downright absurd tales from American history that you weren't taught in school. The United States of Absurdity presents short, informative, and hilarious stories of the most outlandish (but true)

Cuba: An American History (Ferrer Ada)(Pevná vazba)

An epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex and intimate ties to the United States--from before the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the present day--written by one of the world's leading historians of Cuba. In Cuba, the passing of Fidel Castro from this world and of Ra l Castro from power

Untold History of the United States (Stone Oliver)(Paperback / softback)

The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896 (White Richard)(Pevná vazba)

The Oxford History of the United States is the most respected multivolume history of the American nation. In the newest volume in the series, The Republic for Which It Stands, acclaimed historian Richard White offers a fresh and integrated interpretation of Reconstruction and the Gilded Age as the

Folktales of America: Stockings of Buttermilk, and Other Traditional Stories from the United States of America (Philip Neil)(Pevná vazba)

This exhilarating book brings together some of the best classic stories told in the United States. Many of the tales were brought to the USA from Europe, and their origins can be traced in English, Scottish, Irish, French, Spanish or German tradition. But wherever they spring from, the tales are

A Black Women's History of the United States (Berry Daina Ramey)(Pevná vazba)

The award-winning Revisioning American History series continues with this 'groundbreaking new history of Black women in the United States' (Ibram X. Kendi)--the perfect companion to An Indigenous People's History of the United States and An African American and Latinx History of the United States

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 Young People's History of the United States, Volume 2: Class Struggle to the War on Terror (Zinn Howard)(Pevná vazba)

A Young People's History of the United States brings to US history the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and others whose stories, and their impact, are rarely included in books for young people. A Young People's History of the United States is also a companion

Concise Untold History of the United States (Stone Oliver)(Paperback / softback)

Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick examine the dark side of American history from the beginning of the twentieth century right up to the Obama

New Women in the Old West: From Settlers to Suffragists, an Untold American Story (Gallagher Winifred)(Pevná vazba)

A riveting history of the American West told for the first time through the pioneering women who used the challenges of migration and settlement as opportunities to advocate for their rights, and transformed the country in the process Between 1840 and 1910, hundreds of thousands of men and women

The Other Veterans of World War II: Stories from Behind the Front Lines (Simmons Rona)(Pevná vazba)

The untold stories of troops serving miles away from front lines For decades, the dramatic stories of World War II soldiers have been the stuff of memoirs, interviews, novels, documentaries, and feature films. Yet the men and women who served in less visible roles, never engaging in physical

Through the Prism: Untold rock stories from the Hipgnosis archive - Aubrey Powell

Intriguing stories of creative endeavour, volatile relationships, excessive lifestyles and bizarre events from the world of rock, as told by Hipgnosis co-founder, creative designer, photographer and filmmaker Aubrey Powell   Founded in 1968 by Aubrey “Po” Powell, Storm Thorgerson and Peter

Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States (Wellerstein Alex)(Pevná vazba)

The first full history of US nuclear secrecy, from its origins in the late 1930s to our post-Cold War present. The American atomic bomb was born in secrecy. From the moment scientists first conceived of its possibility to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and beyond, there were efforts to

American Colonies: The Settling of North America (the Penguin History of the United States, Volume 1) (Taylor Alan)(Paperback)

A multicultural, multinational history of colonial America from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Internal Enemy and American Revolutions In the first volume in the Penguin History of the United States, edited by Eric Foner, Alan Taylor challenges the traditional story of colonial history by

Erased: The Untold Story of the Panama Canal (Lasso Marixa)(Pevná vazba)

The Panama Canal's untold history--from the Panamanian point of view. Sleuth and scholar Marixa Lasso recounts how the canal's American builders displaced 40,000 residents and erased entire towns in the guise of bringing modernity to the tropics. The Panama Canal set a new course for the modern

The United States of War, 48: A Global History of America's Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State (Vine David)(Pevná vazba)

2020 L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist, HistoryA provocative examination of how the U.S. military has shaped our entire world, from today's costly, endless wars to the prominence of violence in everyday American life. The United States has been fighting wars constantly since invading Afghanistan in

A History of New York in 27 Buildings: The 400-Year Untold Story of an American Metropolis (Roberts Sam)(Pevná vazba)

From the urban affairs correspondent of the New York Times--the story of a city through twenty-seven structures that define it. As New York is poised to celebrate its four hundredth anniversary, New York Times correspondent Sam Roberts tells the story of the city through bricks, glass, wood, and

Business Statistics of the United States 2017 - Patterns of Economic Change(Pevná vazba)

Business Statistics of the United States is a comprehensive and practical collection of data from as early as 1890 that reflects the nation's economic performance. It provides over 80 years of annual, quarterly, and monthly data in industrial and demographic detail including key indicators such as:

The U.S. Navy: A Concise History (Symonds Craig L.)(Pevná vazba)

This fast-paced narrative traces the emergence of the United States Navy as a global power from its birth during the American Revolution through to its current superpower status. The story highlights iconic moments of great drama pivotal to the nation's fortunes: John Paul Jones' attacks on the

Secret Weapon (Horowitz Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

A collection of short stories featuring familiar characters from the 'Alex Rider' series. From the dangers of SAS training, high-speed ski-ing in Colorado and a parasailing journey which could go horribly wrong - it provides insight into the life of teenage super-spy Alex

An African American and Latinx History of the United States (Ortiz Paul)(Paperback)

Crime in the United States 2020, 14th Edition (Hertz Hattis Shana)(Pevná vazba)

Crime in the United States contains findings from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the offenses known to law enforcement and released annually. This reference is the most comprehensive official compilation of crime statistics in the United States and is an important addition to your

American Disruptor: The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford (de Wolk Roland)(Pevná vazba)

American Disruptor is the untold story of Leland Stanford - from his birth in a backwoods bar to the founding of the world-class university that became and remains the nucleus of Silicon Valley. The life of this robber baron, politician, and historic influencer is the astonishing tale of how one

In the Shadows of Victory II: America's Forgotten Military Leaders, the Spanish-American War to World War II (Phillips Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

The history of the United States is peppered with extraordinary military leaders. Fate has enshrined an exceptional few in the public's collective consciousness while sometimes ignoring others often equally as deserving, relegating them to footnotes at best. Though the nation owes them considerable