Local History

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    • Did an Owl "Murder" Kathleen Peterson?
    • Auteur(s): Tiddy Smith
    • Narrateur(s): Tom Lennon
    • Durée: 9 h et 47 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-03-02
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • On December 9, 2001, Kathleen Peterson was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in her Durham, NC home. Her scalp was laced with deep incisions, and her blood was strewn from outside to inside the house....

    Prix courant: 25,00 $

    • A History of Black Protest in America
    • Auteur(s): Jimmie R. Hawkins
    • Narrateur(s): Amir Abdullah
    • Durée: 15 h et 28 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-08-30
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • In this compelling and informative volume, Jimmie R. Hawkins walks the listener through the many forms of Black protest in American history, from pre-colonial times through the George Floyd protests of 2020....

    Prix courant: 27,83 $

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    • A Study in Urban Revolution
    • Auteur(s): Dan Georgakas, Marvin Surkin
    • Narrateur(s): Brian Jones, David Sadzin, Allyson Johnson
    • Durée: 10 h et 25 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-02-25
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • This new South End Press edition makes available the full text of this out-of-print classic - along with a new foreword by Manning Marable, interviews with participants in DRUM, and reflections on political developments over the past three decades by Georgakas and Surkin....

    Prix courant: 31,26 $

    • Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker
    • Auteur(s): Katherine J. Cramer
    • Narrateur(s): Coleen Marlo
    • Durée: 8 h et 26 min
    • Date de publication: 2017-04-07
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 évaluations
    • Since the election of Scott Walker, Wisconsin has been seen as ground zero for debates about the appropriate role of government in the wake of the Great Recession....

    Prix courant: 25,00 $

    • People, Planning, Preservation, and Urban Renewal, 1915-2020 (Urban Life, Landscape and Policy)
    • Auteur(s): Dennis E. Gale
    • Narrateur(s): Kevin Moriarty
    • Durée: 10 h et 18 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-02-22
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • The origins of gentrification date back to World War I - only it was sometimes known as “remodeling” then. Dennis Gale’s insightful book The Misunderstood History of Gentrification provides a recontextualization of American gentrification, planning, and policymaking....

    Prix courant: 31,26 $

    • Dutch-Amerindian Encounters in New Netherland (Early American Studies)
    • Auteur(s): Donna Merwick
    • Narrateur(s): Gloria Mason Martin
    • Durée: 12 h et 20 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-05-01
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • The Dutch, through the directors of the West India Company, purchased Manhattan Island in 1625. They had come to the New World as traders, not expecting to assume responsibility as the sovereign possessor of a conquered New Netherland....

    Prix courant: 31,26 $

    • Memoir of a Montauk Summer
    • Auteur(s): John Glynn
    • Narrateur(s): Michael Crouch
    • Durée: 6 h et 57 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-05-14
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 évaluations
    • They call Montauk the end of the world, a spit of land jutting into the Atlantic. The house was a ramshackle split-level set on a hill, and each summer 31 people would sleep between its thin walls and shag carpets....

    Prix courant: 25,23 $

    • Auteur(s): Charles Hemstreet
    • Narrateur(s): Gary Middleton
    • Durée: 3 h et 15 min
    • Date de publication: 2025-05-22
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • The Story of Manhattan by Charles Hemstreet is a compelling narrative history of New York City, tracing the island’s evolution from a pristine, wooded homeland of Native Americans to the world-renowned metropolis we know today.

    Prix courant: 5,34 $

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    • Yellowstone National Park and the Evolution of an American Cultural Icon
    • Auteur(s): John Clayton
    • Narrateur(s): Arthur Morey
    • Durée: 9 h et 5 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-06-18
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • As the National Park system enters its second century, Wonderlandscape allows us to reflect on the values and heritage that Yellowstone alone has come to represent - how it will shape the America's relationship with her land for generations to come....

    Prix courant: 17,50 $

    • Auteur(s): David McCullough
    • Narrateur(s): David McCullough
    • Durée: 37 min
    • Date de publication: 2005-07-01
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • On May 15, 2003, David McCullough presented "The Course of Human Events" as The 2003 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities in Washington, DC....

    Prix courant: 9,17 $

    • Smiling Man Indrid Cold, the Jersey Devil, the Legend of Mothman and More (American Legends)
    • Auteur(s): Mark Muncy, Kari Schultz
    • Narrateur(s): The Authors
    • Durée: 3 h et 10 min
    • Date de publication: 2024-05-31
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Gear up for a frightful jaunt into the darkest reaches of the ancient Appalachians. Folk deep within Appalachian hollers lean close to share stories of the inexplicable with hushed awe. Monsters rumbling in the hills.

    Prix courant: 18,74 $

    • And Other Misadventures in Maine's National Park (Dear Earthling)
    • Auteur(s): Randi Minetor
    • Narrateur(s): Steve Edwards
    • Durée: 5 h et 5 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-11-08
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Maine Acadia National Park is one of the most visited national parks in the United States. It is an adventure seeker's paradise. Hiking, climbing, snowshoeing, back-country skiing, and ice-climbing are among the activities pursued there....

    Prix courant: 25,00 $

    • An Epic of the American West
    • Auteur(s): Hampton Sides
    • Narrateur(s): Don Leslie
    • Durée: 6 h et 29 min
    • Date de publication: 2006-09-22
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by Mexico. Fueled by the new ideology of “Manifest Destiny,” this land grab would lead to a decades-long battle between the United States and the Navajos....

    Prix courant: 17,48 $

    • The 300-Year Quest to Dewater the Crescent City
    • Auteur(s): Richard Campanella
    • Narrateur(s): Chris Abernathy
    • Durée: 13 h et 11 min
    • Date de publication: 2024-01-16
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • In Draining New Orleans, renowned geographer Richard Campanella recounts the epic challenges and ingenious efforts to dewater the Crescent City....

    Prix courant: 27,83 $

    • Going Local to Defeat Violent Extremists
    • Auteur(s): Scott Mann
    • Narrateur(s): D. Scott Mann
    • Durée: 11 h et 12 min
    • Date de publication: 2015-10-20
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • Despite vast amounts of blood and treasure expended since 9-11-2001, America and her allies are losing the war against Islamist violent extremists....

    Prix courant: 33,01 $

    • The Fire That Changed America
    • Auteur(s): David Von Drehle
    • Narrateur(s): Barrett Whitener
    • Durée: 10 h et 54 min
    • Date de publication: 2011-06-21
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • On March 25, 1911, as workers were getting ready to leave for the day, a fire broke out in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York's Greenwich Village....

    Prix courant: 26,22 $

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    • A History
    • Auteur(s): Thomas S. Kidd, Barry Hankins
    • Narrateur(s): Jonathan Walker
    • Durée: 11 h et 59 min
    • Date de publication: 2015-06-01
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • In Baptists in America, Thomas S. Kidd and Barry Hankins explore the long-running tensions between church, state, and culture that Baptists have shaped and navigated....

    Prix courant: 31,26 $