Local History

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  • Prix courant: 14,47 $

    • 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
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    • 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 $

    • Unanswered Questions About the Tsarnaev Brothers, the US Government and the Boston Marathon Bombing
    • Auteur(s): Michele R. McPhee
    • Narrateur(s): Devon Sorvari
    • Durée: 9 h et 27 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-10-27
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • Mayhem goes a long way toward answering questions that still linger about the notorious Boston Marathon bombing....

    Prix courant: 19,81 $

    • 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
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    • 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 $

    • 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 $

  • Prix courant: 30,73 $

    • Auteur(s): Charles Hemstreet
    • Narrateur(s): Gary Middleton
    • Durée: 3 h et 15 min
    • Date de publication: 2025-05-22
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • 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 $

    • His Own Story: The Autobiography of a Great Patriot Warrior
    • Auteur(s): S. M. Barrett
    • Narrateur(s): Pat Bottino
    • Durée: 3 h et 34 min
    • Date de publication: 2008-03-17
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 évaluations
    • Here is one of the most extraordinary and invaluable documents in the annals of Native American history: the authentic testament of a remarkable "war shaman"....

    Prix courant: 10,49 $

    • The Civil War in North Carolina, January-May 1864 (Modern War Studies)
    • Auteur(s): Hampton Newsome
    • Narrateur(s): J. Rodney Turner
    • Durée: 15 h
    • Date de publication: 2025-07-08
    • Langue: Anglais
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    • On a cold day in early January 1864, Robert E. Lee wrote to Confederate president Jefferson Davis "The time is at hand when, if an attempt can be made to capture the enemy's forces at New Berne, it should be done.

    Prix courant: 21,92 $

    • The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways
    • Auteur(s): Earl Swift
    • Narrateur(s): Rob Shapiro
    • Durée: 12 h et 30 min
    • Date de publication: 2011-12-21
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • From author Earl Swift comes the surprising history of the U.S. interstate system, a fascinating route through the dreams, discoveries, and protests that shaped these mighty roads....

    Prix courant: 23,38 $